Chapter 744 Action
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"It seems that Shen Hao can't hold on for long."
Sure enough, the next day, the warehouse of Shen Hao's family was burned and the goods were completely burned. That night, someone threw dead chickens, dead dogs, and dead rats into his house...
On the third day, Shen Hao surrendered and sold the shares to Xu Ke and Hu Ning, only getting 1,000 taels of silver.
For a moment, people in Hangzhou were panicked, and the small and medium-sized merchants were worried every day, fearing that Xu Ke and Hu Ning would come to the door that day.
but……
What should come is still coming. Two days later, Xu Ke and Hu Ning went to the Yu family together, a small merchant holding Daming Haimao Co., Ltd. The small merchant did not dare to argue with him at all, and obediently sold his shares in exchange for only one thousand taels of silver. At this moment, the small merchants became even more panicked and went to the five major families. The five masters came to the prefect's office together, but were blocked by the Qi family army who was holding the gate, saying that Luo Xin was sick and did not see any foreign guests.
Now even the five masters lost confidence in Luo Xin. What's the disease? Isn't it possible to hide in the mansion and not come out? The five masters were also anxious. They didn't know how much Xu Ke and Hu Ning would do?
"Brother Lu, why don't we go and see Hubutang?" said the head of the Wang family in vain.
Lu Ding sat there and pondered for a while, finally shook his head and said, "Do you still remember when we and Song Danian joined forces to target Lord Luo?"
"Remember, what's wrong?"
"At that time, Lord Luo also hid in the Maritime Warehouse and couldn't come out. Later, he went to Song Danian to ask for a meeting like a grandson every day. At that time, we were all reading Luo Xin's jokes and thought that Luo Xin had no choice but to be tired of it. We became the biggest joke, and Song Danian became the biggest joke."
"Brother Lu, what do you mean?"
"Look at it again, I feel that I have never seen through Lord Luo. Have you ever thought that at this time, if we voted on Hu Zongxian and completely offend Lord Luo, what will happen if Lord Luo wins in the end? Then the Lu family is the lesson of the past."
Everyone thought of the Lu family being destroyed, and they couldn't help but feel chills. Chicken nodded like a pecking rice and said:
"Yes, yes, look again, look again!"
The prefect's office.
Luo Xin and Qi Jiguang sat opposite each other in the second hall. Luo Xin was wearing an official uniform, Qi Jiguang was wearing a helmet and armor. Both of them were drinking tea silently, but no one spoke.
The atmosphere seemed solemn, and Qi Jiguang finally put down his teacup and said, "Sir, do you think Xu Ke and Hu Ning will really go to Liu Fang's house?"
"If you can go, you will definitely go." Luo Xin also put down his teacup and said, "Liu Fang is only a small merchant, so after Xu Ke and Hu Ning have cleaned up those retail investors, they will definitely attack the small merchants. They have now eaten the Shen family and Yu family. Maybe the next one will not be the Liu Fang family, but it won't be too long. By the way, are your thousand cavalry waiting in armor?"
"Yes!" Qi Jiguang frowned and said, "Every day I let them hide in the yard, wearing armor, and don't tell them why. My subordinates have problems staying there. I always ask why."
"Persistent for a few days, look at me, aren't I also wearing official uniforms here every day? Brother Yuan Jing, this level is crucial to me. Relatively speaking, whether I can catch Zhang Daoyuan is not important. What is important is to let Xu Ke and Hu Ning enter Liu Fang's house."
Speaking of this, Luo Xin sighed and said, "I missed this opportunity. I really can't think of a way to deal with the attacks of Xu Jie and Hu Zongxian. Once I fail, I will not be afraid of being dismissed from office, even if I die, it is not worth mercy. But the Maritime Bureau, which I have worked hard to establish, will be destroyed. Brother Yuan Jing, do you think that once the Ming Dynasty loses the maritime trade now, will the Ming Dynasty's finance still have hope?"
"Oh..." Qi Jiguang also sighed.
Capital.
Xu Mansion.
Xu Jie looked at Xu Luqing opposite him and asked, "Is there news from home?"
"Yes!" Xu Luqing said respectfully: "The third brother and Mr. Hu have already acquired all the retail investors' shares and started to acquire shares of small merchants. The first one to acquire a Chen from Hangzhou, a man named Chen, encountered some trouble and got to Luo Xin. However, Luo Xin had no choice but to let us both take over the shares of the Shen family.
Because Luo Xin's helplessness made those shareholders disappointed, and they were even more afraid of our Xu Jie and Hu family. When the third brother came to the second Yu family, the Yu family did not dare to resist and sold the shares to us happily. Now everything is going well, and I think Luo Xin really has no choice this time. As long as Luo Xin loses his prestige, we will occupy 30% of the shares. At that time, we will attract and fight a few of the five major families, and soon this Daming Haimao will be ours."
Xu Jie's face did not show joy, but instead frowned slightly. Xu Luqing looked at Xu Jie in confusion and asked:
"Father, you..."
"I was wondering why Luo Xin kept hiding in the prefect's office and had no response?"
"Father, you've thought too much." Xu Luqing smiled and said, "What can he react? In the face of our Xu family and the Hu family joining forces, does he have the ability to react? Father, the child says unfilial words. If you are in Luo Xin's current position, do you have any solutions?"
The Xu family thought about it, then smiled bitterly on their faces, shook their heads and said, "I really have no choice."
"That's it." Xu Luqing smiled and said, "You can't even do anything, father, so what will Luo Xin do?"
Xu Jia frowned and said, "But... I always feel something is wrong. With Luo Xin's temperament, how could he be so quiet?"
"What can I do if I don't calm down?" Xu Luqing said with extreme confidence: "This is our two families are too powerful, and Luo Xin is afraid."
The Xu family shook their heads gently and said, "I always think something is wrong with my father, but I can't think of what kind of moves Luo Xin has in this situation. Let's take a look."
Speaking of this, Xu Jie also showed confidence on his face: "I also want to see what kind of backup he has. I don't believe that he, a newcomer, can have any powerful means."
Xu Luqing thought for a while and said, "The power that Luo Xin has is nothing more than the Fuxing Society. The people of the Fuxing Society are indeed young heroes, but what is important is the word "youth". Maybe twenty years later, the Fuxing Society has become a major force in the Ming Dynasty, but from the current perspective, he is all small minions and cannot be on the table or stir up storms.
Could it be... Gao Gong?"
"No!" Xu Jie shook his head and said, "Gao Gong's old fox can only watch from the wall, sit and watch us fight with Luo Xin, and then take advantage of the fisherman. And... even if Gao Gong wants to take action, he has nowhere to take action. We are a normal acquisition of shares, and those people are voluntarily selling them, so he has nowhere to take action at all."
"That... is the military?" Xu Luqing raised his eyebrows and said, "Luo Xin has a great influence in the military. I heard from my third brother that Qi Jiguang is now like his private army, guarding the gate for him."
"How dare he rely on the military?" Xu Jie laughed and said, "What Your Majesty is afraid of is his influence in the military. Now Luo Xin is too late to hide in the military, so how dare he approach the military? As for Qi Jiguang guarding the gate for him...haha..."
Speaking of this, Xu Jie laughed and said, "I'm really guarding the gate for him. Didn't he just be assassinated by the Red Turban Army? I'm afraid he received some news again. The Red Turban Army was going to kill him again, so he asked Qi Jiguang to guard the gate for him..."
Speaking of this, Xu Jie's expression suddenly became stunned and said for a while: "Maybe Luo Xin was really scared by the assassination of the Red Turban Army. He has been busy looking for the Red Turban Army for a while, but he doesn't care about us."
"This is not better!" Xu Luqing's eyebrows were dancing, and Xu Jie's face also relaxed a lot. Xu Luqing suddenly said in a cold voice:
"Father, do you really want to join forces like Hu Zongxian?"
"Yeah!" Xu Jie nodded and said, "Hu Zongxian has become a climate now, and Gao Gong is now forced to do so. Joining forces with Hu Zongxian will outweigh the disadvantages."
Suzhou.
Governor's Office.
Hu Zongxian laughed and patted Hu Ning on the shoulder and said, "You've done a good job, keep doing it well."
"Uncle, don't worry." Hu Ning smiled happily, and suddenly the smile disappeared again, and Qiqi said in a vain:
"Uncle, is it a bit...a bit for Lord Luo when we do this?"
Hu Zongxian sighed and sat back on the chair and said, "I don't want to do it either! But look at the uncle who is now called the Southeast King, and he is called the Southeast King, but he doesn't know that uncle is just sitting on the crater. Uncle, I have no background, and there is still Yan Song, but I didn't expect that Yan Song would fall, and uncle could be thrown into the heavenly prison at any time. Although with the help of Luo Xin, Uncle, I finally gained a firm foothold in the Southeast, but I have no heels in the court, so I have to find someone to form an alliance. In fact, Uncle, I hope that the target of the alliance is Gao Gong. Although Gao Gong is a little taller, it is not sinister. However, Gao Gong looks down on his uncle and disdains his uncle, and makes me stick to his cold butt, which is meaningless. So I had to cooperate with Xu Jie."
"Nah Lord Luo..." Hu Ning sighed, "It's so pitiful."
"A general's success has been broken, and it is like this on the battlefield and in the officialdom. My original intention is not to hurt Luo Xin, but I have no choice. If my uncle doesn't do this, my uncle will probably die. Your Majesty... I'm afraid he's going to kill me long ago. My Majesty has a person who is important in the capital, and often speaks good words for me in front of His Majesty."
"Can't we join forces with Luo Xin?"
"He is still too weak. On the one hand, his official position is small, and on the other hand, he is from a poor family and has no family support at all. Joining forces with him is not called joining forces, but taking care of their Luo family. Now we need allies, not younger brothers. This time, even if I, Hu Zongxian, are sorry to him, Luo Xin, I will try every means to compensate him in the future."
Speaking of this, he looked at Hu Ning and said, "Which house did you and Xu Ke decide to go to today?"
"The Liu family of Baishentang."
Hu Zongxian nodded and said, "A mixed fish, go."
Looking at Hu Ning's departure back, Hu Zongxian's eyes narrowed slightly, and a jealous light appeared in his eyes, and he murmured in a low voice:
"Luo Xin, if you want to blame, blame your name for the military god. There can only be one military god between heaven and earth, Hu Zongxian, not you. Do you think I will be grateful to you if I give up those military merits? That will only make me feel humiliated. After you are dismissed from office, the Ming Dynasty will only be left with me as a military god. Your Majesty will be reluctant to kill me. The Ming Dynasty always needs someone who can fight. At that time, I will take care of you and let you live the life of a rich man, and be grateful to me in your heart. Haha..."
The prefect's office.
A figure flew rapidly over the roof, so fast that people on the street didn't notice it. The figure headed straight to the prefect's office.
"Swoosh..."
The figure fell straight into the courtyard of the second hall.
"Clang..."
Wan Daquan's long sword was unsheathed, and his body rushed towards the figure, exuding a fierce murderous aura.
"All the whole thing, stop."
Luo Xin's anxious shout came from behind, and Wan Daquan's body was paused. The long sword in his hand was less than half a foot away from Shi Yun's head. Shi Yun's forehead was covered with sweat. At that moment, he wanted to hide, but was captured by Wan Daquan's rich murderous aura and could not move a step. Until this time, his heart was still beating violently.
Luo Xin and Qi Jiguang stood up, strode to the fortune, and shouted in a voice:
"How about it?"
Shi Yun hurriedly said, "Sir, Xu Ke and Hu Ning have already entered."
Luo Xin's eyes lit up, and he walked out with great strides, and shouted, "Yuan Jing, go!"
"Boom..."
After only a dozen breaths, Qi Jiguang's thousand cavalrymen rushed towards the Liu Fang family under the leadership of Luo Xin and Qi Jiguang.
Liu Mansion.
Above the hall.
Liu Fang had a flattering smile on his face, and looked at Xu Ke and Hu Ning, who were sitting in front of him, with a arrogant look on his face, said:
"Two young men, I'll visit my humble house today, what advice do you have?"
"It's nothing to give advice, but there is one business." Xu Ke said lightly.
Liu Fang's eyes shrank, but then he returned to his smile and said, "I don't know what business it is, two young men came to the door in person?"
"You have shares in Daming Hai Trade Company, right?"
"Yes!" Liu Fang nodded.
Xu Ke took out a silver note from his sleeve and placed it on the table and said, "This is a thousand taels of silver. This son has acquired your shares."
Liu Fang sneered in his heart. He naturally knew what these two people were doing. These two people are making trouble in Hangzhou now. If Liu Fang didn't know what they were doing, he would be blind and deaf.
But even though he knew, he didn't know what to do. If the Red Turban Army wanted to rebel, it naturally needed a lot of gold and silver. The Ming Haimao was undoubtedly a treasure pot, which was definitely a huge support for the Red Turban Army. Giving up the shares of the Ming Haimao was a huge loss for them. Therefore, in the past two days, he also told Zhang Daoyuan who was recovering from the injury here. Zhang Daoyuan was also reluctant to leave this piece of fat and could not make up his mind for a while. At this time, dozens of Zhang Daoyuan and others were waiting for Liu Fang's news in the backyard.
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*(To be continued.).
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