The Most Powerful Man in the World

How big the profits of overseas trade are, if you don't step into this business yourself, you can't imagine it at all. I'm afraid no one can imagine that once the porcelain worth dozens of yuan in Daming is shipped overseas, its value almost skyrockets by dozens or hundreds of times.

That is to say, if you invest [-] taels of silver, once you successfully return, the profit will be at least dozens of times as much. Even if Haimao has to bear great risks, this amazing profit of dozens of times is still quite a lot of money. Groups of people joined the ranks one after another.

It is with the money earned by the Meng family in maritime trade that the Meng family has the money to build bridges and pave roads to build their own reputation.

Without the huge profits from sea trade, the Meng family would not have so much gold and silver to do these things.

With the opening of the sea by the imperial court, ordinary businessmen who have no relationship and no way out can finally set foot in this lucrative industry.

The profit of an industry depends on how many people are engaged in this industry. Sea trade itself is a huge profit business, and coupled with the policy of the Ming Dynasty to prohibit the sea, this has led to a result that only a very small number of businessmen can rely on it. Carry out maritime trade with their own relations.

With the implementation of the court's policy of opening up the sea, a large number of merchants naturally entered this industry, which would naturally dilute the huge profits of sea trade.

Of course, the so-called diluted profit is only relative. After all, the profit of overseas trade is too great. Even if more businessmen join it, it will still make more money than [-]% of the industry.

From dozens of times the huge profits down to several times, ten times the profits, there are some profits, for those new businessmen, they are naturally very happy.

But for the Meng family, who had been involved in sea trade earlier and ate a mouthful of oil, the profits had plummeted so much all of a sudden, which made these families who were used to eating alone could not accept it.

These people tried their best to prevent the imperial court from opening the sea, but under Chu Yi's insistence, even if many officials in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty received money to speak for these maritime merchants, they could not change the opening of the emperor and Chu Yi. determination of the sea.

Since the opening of the sea could not be stopped from the imperial court, some people either gave up completely, but some people did not give up. They believed that all this originated from Chu Yi, as long as the culprit Chu Yi could be eradicated, then At that time, the strategy of opening the sea can naturally be cancelled.

I believe that without Chu Yi in charge, they will spend a little bit of thought and means at that time, and then use those people in the court, and it will not be a problem to ban the sea.

It's just that Chu Yi's name is too fierce, and there are people who try to assassinate Chu Yi, but it's a pity that anyone or family who try to deal with Chu Yi will end up looting and destroying their family.

It is said that in this case, the massacres should be able to shock people's hearts, but people's hearts are unpredictable, or in the face of huge profits, some vested interests simply can't bear the huge profits that originally belonged to them being shared by so many people, they I miss the days before the opening of the sea, when a random trip to sea trade was dozens of times of huge profits.

The more I miss these, the more I hate Chu Yi.

And Meng Yi is naturally one of the representatives of the family who hates Chu Yi. These people are quietly connected through channels, hiding their identities, and secretly planning to deal with Chu Yi.

Some people secretly transported dozens of blooming bullets from the warehouse of the imperial military department through connections, and some people got strong crossbows. Anyway, in order to kill Chu Yi, these people really fought hard.

You must know that even if these people are careful and careful, as long as some things in this world are done, they will inevitably leave some clues and clues. Once the court strictly investigates, they may not be found out.

Of course, these people have done so much, but they are confident that they will be able to eradicate Chu Yi. As long as there is no Chu Yi, a mere emperor, wouldn't it be easy for them to settle it?

If so many ministers of civil and military affairs in the DPRK unite, even if they are today, they will obediently decree to ban the sea.

Although it is said that there have been great changes in the military officials of the court, no matter how they change, the court is still in the hands of the previous officials. As for the newly promoted officials, although there are many officials, they have not been able to completely control them. Chaotang.

After all, no matter how aggressive Chu Yi is, it is impossible to empty the court at once, right? So Zhu Houzhao can only replace the Chinese martial arts little by little. The officials were replaced again.

At that time, nine out of ten of the Chinese martial arts in the court will be newly promoted officials promoted by the emperor, and they will obey their orders.

Meng Ping's face was gloomy. He never dreamed that his father had gone out, but when he came back, it was a separated corpse.

Meng Yi's body was brought back by a loyal servant of the Meng family. Meng Ping asked, although he couldn't tell why his father was beheaded, he could probably guess some reasons.

Meng Yi has always been secretly planning to assassinate Chu Yi with some people. Others may not know this, but Meng Ping, the eldest son, is very clear.

Not long ago, Chu Yi returned from overseas, and it didn't take long for the whole Shanghai county to spread the word, and Meng Ping naturally got the news.

Meng Ping knew exactly why his father went out not long ago, but he didn't expect his father to go out well, but he just went away and never returned.

He slammed a punch on the coffee table, and looked at his father's head, which was gradually being stitched together, Meng Ping gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't repay this revenge, you will be a son of man in vain!"

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, Meng Ping looked and saw that his housekeeper was leading an official.

Seeing this, Meng Ping hurriedly greeted him, with a smile on his face: "This lord is here, I don't know what to teach you."

The official glanced at Meng Ping, and then looked around, it seemed that the atmosphere was a little off, but the white cloth hanging around was strange.

"Where is Meng Yuanwai? The prefect sent a subordinate official to invite Meng Yi Yuanwai to the Winter Garden. The chief manager opened his mouth to summon him. This is a great blessing for Meng Yuanwai."

Meng Ping's eyes shrank involuntarily when he heard the words. He had hated Chu Yi deeply before, but now his father lost his life.

The Winter Garden was taken out by Meng Yi to entertain various officials, not only to entertain Chu Yi. It can be said that the Winter Garden was definitely bought by the Meng family and remodeled, and used it to get closer to the officials.

Apparently, the official hadn't noticed Meng Yi's body yet, he just looked at Meng Ping with a slight smile and said, "This is the great joy of the Meng family. I don't know if Meng is here, so I asked him to come with me. Meet the Chief."

A strange look flashed in Meng Ping's eyes, he took a deep breath and glanced at the official, then turned slightly to the side, made a way to the official and said, "This lord, come with me."

The official was very puzzled, and followed behind Meng Ping into the lobby.

In the lobby, the servants of the Meng family were already covered with white cloth, and even set up a mourning hall. When the official entered the mourning hall, the whole person couldn't help but stay for a while.

Especially when he saw Meng Yi's body lying there, the official who was the prefect's confidant couldn't help being stunned.

This official could never have imagined that he was ordered to come and ask Meng Yi to accompany him to visit Chu Yi, the general manager. As a result, Meng Yi did not see it, but he saw Meng Yi's body.

As for Meng Yi, not to mention this official, it can be said that at least half of the people in the city admired Meng Yi very much. When they saw Meng Yi's body, the officials were stunned for a while before they were shocked. In one voice: "Oh my God, Meng Yuanwai, he..."

Meng Ping stood aside, with a bit of sadness on his face, gritted his teeth and said, "Meng Ping feels very uncomfortable when my father suffers from this disaster. If there is any rudeness, please forgive me."

The official glanced at Meng Yi, who was lying there with his head sewn to his neck, and sighed in his heart.

Meng Yi's luck is really bad. Now Chu Yi summoned him, but he didn't have such a blessing, but he lost his life.

Thinking of coming here on his own orders, the officials hesitated, and even their heads were chopped off, how could they go to see the general manager!

Should he go back and reply to Xu Bang, the prefect, saying that Meng Yi had been beheaded?

If such a murder occurs, the court will naturally try to solve the case, but if Chu Yi knows this, does it mean that the prefect Xu Bang left an even worse impression in Chu Yi's heart? .

It must be known that the sudden assassination incident in the port had already made these officials tremble, for fear that Chu Yi would blame them.

It was difficult for Chu Yi not to take anger at them because of the assassination case. Now, if he suddenly told Chu Yi that Meng Yi, a famous and virtuous man in the first benevolent family in Shanghai County, had his head beheaded by extremely brutal means, that would not be true. Are you making trouble for these officials?

Chapter Five Hundred and Twelve The Meng Family Massacre [2 More]

Thinking of this, the official frowned, obviously worried about what he should do.

Noticing the change in the official's expression, Meng Ping said: "My lord, my father has suffered this misfortune. The general manager has a lot of interest in our Meng family. Meng Ping is willing to walk for his father and go to see His Royal Highness King Wu!"

The officer who was in a dilemma about how to return to life looked at Meng Ping with his eyes lit up.

At this moment, Meng Ping was looking at him expectantly. Seeing such a situation, the official moved in his heart and said with great enthusiasm: "If this is the case, it would be better, just one point..."

Thinking that Meng Yi's death might make them angry in front of Chu Yi, the officials were naturally a little hesitant.Of course, this look was deliberately made for Meng Ping to see.

Sure enough, Meng Ping saw the look of the official and said, "I don't know what your lord has instructed, but Meng Ping will definitely follow your instructions."

The official glanced at Meng Ping with admiration. The Meng family's father and son were really not bad, and it was worthwhile for the magistrate to speak well for them in front of Chu Yi.

With a slight smile, the official looked at Meng Ping and said solemnly to Meng Ping: "Meng Yuanwai, the old staff member has suffered this misfortune, it is very distressing, just to go to see His Royal Highness King Wu this time, Meng Yuanwai better not be in front of His Highness. When it comes to matters other than the old staff, after all, His Royal Highness King Wu has returned triumphantly, but I am waiting to be considerate of His Highness's mood, and we should not take this kind of thing to ruin His Highness's mood."

Meng Ping nodded and said, "Thank you sir for reminding me, Meng Ping knows it, and he definitely won't mention the misfortune that happened to my father before the Highness."

With a bit of a smile on his face, the official said to Meng Ping, "In that case, please tidy up outside Meng, then follow me to the Winter Garden, don't let the prefect and His Highness wait. "

However, it was said that Hai Bawang Wang Hai fled before the guards under Chu Yi's men could react. It didn't take long for these Wang Hai to gather dozens of fierce pirates in one place.

These pirates are all murderous and lawless people, not to mention killing officials, even if they rebel, they will not frown.

Wang Hai counted the number of people, nodded and said, "Yes, the brothers are all here!"

A pirate said with a smile: "That's natural. When we do things, when have we made mistakes, and this time we actually bombarded a prince like Chu Yi. I feel excited when I think about it."

"Thinking about Chu Yi, the fierce name is out there. Now, it seems that it is nothing more than that. Wasn't it smashed to pieces by us!"

These people were talking excitedly about their successful assassination of Chu Yi. Obviously, these people didn't know that Chu Yi wasn't killed by them at all.

After all, these people jumped into the sea and escaped immediately after firing the shells in their hands, and there was no time to investigate the results of the shelling.

But they have seen the power of the blooming bullets. Under the coverage of more than a dozen or twenty blooming bullets, even the Iron Man would have been blown to pieces.

As for Chu Yi's ability to save his life under the cover of this piece of artillery fire, at least the pirates present did not believe it.

Wang Hai waved his hand, and the group became quiet, only to hear Wang Hai say: "Everyone follows the old rules, let me sneak into the city, be honest for a while, and then go to sea after the limelight has passed."

Wang Hai knew what the consequences of the assassination of Chu Yi would be. Regardless of whether it was successful or not, Chu Yi was assassinated. The whole Shanghai County was afraid that a major earthquake would break out. They just had to hide honestly. can find them.

Watching the crowd dispersed, Wang Hai glanced at the port in the distance. Even if they were far apart, Wang Hai could feel the tense atmosphere in the port.

It didn't take much time for a few figures to return, and they were the leaders of Wang Hai's pirates.

These leaders looked at Wang Hai, and said with some doubts: "Leader, do you have any orders to leave us?"

It turned out that when the people just left, Wang Hai secretly left these leaders behind.

Wang Hai looked straight and said, "I've left you all this time, but there is one thing that requires you to go with me."

The leaders looked at Wang Hai, full of puzzlement, but they were used to obeying Wang Hai's orders, and they didn't ask questions even if they had doubts in their hearts.

"Not long ago, in order to frighten those people, I slashed the great good man from Meng's family in Shanghai County!"

"Meng Yi? Leader you killed Meng Yi?"

A small leader looked at Wang Hai with a look of surprise on his face, apparently surprised by the news revealed by Wang Hai.

What kind of person is Meng Yi? In this county, Stomp is a unique person. In terms of local affairs, even the county magistrate asks to be taught by the Meng family.

They were very fond of Meng Yi's reputation as a kind person, and now their leader even told them that Meng Yi's head had been chopped off by them.

"Hahaha, it's a good cut. The Meng family's hands are covered in blood, and they even trafficked in human beings. It's ridiculous that these people are respected as good people!"

Several leaders laughed, and after a while, someone looked at Wang Haidao: "Leader, stay with us, is it related to the Meng family?"

A murderous look flashed in Wang Hai's eyes: "Meng Yi died in the hands of this leader, what do you think the Meng family will react to?"

A small leader said: "Meng Ping, the son of the elder Meng family, is not an ordinary person. He went to sea with Meng Yi when he was only a teenager. For more than ten years, the maritime merchants who were with the Meng family are now gone, only the Meng family. It has prospered under the leadership of Meng Ping. The most important thing is that Meng Ping is a person who will be punished. If we let him know that Meng Yi died in our hands, Meng Ping will definitely find a way to harm us..."

Wang Hai nodded and said, "Yes, we always pay attention to cleanliness and neatness in our actions. Since we kill Meng Yi, then there will be no future troubles. Let the Meng family, young and old, go to see Meng Yi together."

Murderous intent pervaded, which of these leaders did not have blood on their hands, and when they heard that they were going to destroy the Meng family, not only did they not hesitate, but they were eager to try and excited.

Meng Ping instructed the housekeeper to assist his mother and wife in housekeeping, while he himself accompanied the officials to the Winter Garden to meet Chu Yi.

On the bustling street, two carriages passed by. Needless to say, Meng Ping was seated in one of the carriages, while Wang Hai and several others were seated in the other.

The two passed by, Meng Ping subconsciously glanced at the passing carriage through the gap, and after taking his eyes back, there was an inexplicable sense of crisis in his heart.

Meng Ping only thought that it was because he was about to meet the legendary Chu Yi that he felt a sense of crisis, so he didn't take it to heart.

Winter Garden.

The place where Chu Yi lived temporarily, accompanied by Xu Bang, Chu Yi briefly strolled around. I have to say that this manor is really well-maintained, and it is also a clean place.

In the hall, Chu Yi sat there, but he made various arrangements in an orderly manner, without any intention of avoiding Xu Bang.

Xu Bang sat there watching Chu Yi deal with the assassination incident not long ago, and Xu Bang was full of admiration for Chu Yi's impeccable style.

After making the arrangements, Chu Yi said to Xu Bang: "But I've been waiting for Xu Zhifu slowly!"

Xu Bang hurriedly said to Chu Yi with a look of sincerity and fear: "His Royal Highness is a broken official."