"What are you going to do to burn my raw silk silently?"
Zhu Xuan was very curious about what means this guy could use to burn all his raw silk.
Normally, as long as a fire is deliberately set, there will be traces that can be traced. This person dares to take over the task, which shows that he is confident that no one can detect it.
"White... white phosphorus!"
The servant trembled: "Hide the white phosphorus in our master's raw silk. The weather is getting hotter and hotter. White phosphorus is easy to catch fire and burn easily."
Zhu Xuan was surprised when he heard this.
The ignition point of white phosphorus is very low. Now the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it is even hotter in closed warehouses, especially warehouses that have been exposed to the sun for a day.
Once a fire breaks out, the entire warehouse can be burned down, and it can be really silent.
People in the Ming Dynasty already knew how to use chemicals.
Zhu Xuan felt that this guy was also a talent, so he picked up the treasure notes, stuffed them back into the servant's arms, and said, "Use a similar method to help me burn Shen Bin's raw silk. Of course, you can also run away directly. As long as you are confident that you can escape Jin Yiwei's surveillance, I can ignore you completely."
"No...don't dare."
The servant's body was shaking, but he could tell that Zhu Xuan could let him go, but only if he returned the favor in the same way, and promised: "I will help His Highness make arrangements right now."
"Okay, Yan Guan, take him out!"
Zhu Xuan didn't care what method the other party used.
As long as Shen Bin's warehouse can be burned down, he can use any method.
Shen Bin wanted to burn his own raw silk. If Zhu Xuan didn't burn it back, it would appear that he was very kind and he would have to teach Shen Bin a lesson.
So that Shen Bin could know how terrifying the Ming emperor's grandson was.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
The servant kowtowed a few more times before being led away by Yan Guan.
Zhu Xuan is not in a hurry, waiting to see the Shen family's good show.
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The next day.
Li Jun's raw silk was sent to the government warehouse one after another as agreed.
Shen Bin was outside the warehouse, looking at everything here with cold eyes, and sneered secretly in his heart. He believed that it would not be long before the government warehouse burned down, and the scene would be spectacular.
Even if he checked, he was confident that he wouldn't be found.
"Your Highness, the little emperor, you can't defeat me."
Shen Bin said with confidence.
"Master...it's not good, master..."
At this time, a servant of the Shen family ran over eagerly.
After hearing this, Shen Bin's face darkened, he kicked the servant in dissatisfaction, and said angrily: "You're not a good motherfucker, what happened?"
The servant was kicked and fell to the ground. He quickly got up and said, "Our warehouse is on fire. The raw silk...the raw silk is all on fire!"
"What did you say?"
Shen Bin asked in disbelief.
Although he has no other use for the raw silk for the time being, it is all money and he spent a lot of money to buy it back.
Therefore, their warehouse was extremely fireproof, so how could it be burned down?
"Our raw silk is on fire. This slave is telling the truth. Master, please go back quickly!"
The servant said eagerly.
Today is the time to burn Zhu Xuan's raw silk. How could it be that his own was on fire.
Looking at the servant's expression, Shen Bin thought it was not a joke. A servant dared not joke about this to himself.
"What the hell are you doing standing still? Go back and put out the fire!"
"Find more people to put out the fire and go back quickly!"
Shen Bin jumped up and kicked his servant again, then chased him back, and ran back in a hurry.
The raw silk in their warehouse is all money.
Return to the warehouse.
"Ghost...will-o'-the-wisp!"
Shen Bin heard the servants putting out the fire shouting.
He could see those green-lighting fires with white smoke coming out of the warehouse. They couldn't be extinguished even with water. They were really like will-o'-the-wisps and shocked many people.
Even if it was a will-o'-the-wisp, Shen Bin didn't care. He had to put out the fire.
From noon to afternoon.
The fire was finally put out.
Shen Bin let out a breath and looked at the warehouse. Two-thirds of the raw silk had been burnt, which made him feel extremely distressed, so he quickly gathered Li Jun and others.
He originally wanted to ask Li Jun face to face where the servant was, but he thought of the dirty tricks behind his back and couldn't ask.
You can only do it yourself.
But that servant in Li Jun's family will let him know what regret means when the time comes.
"Brother Shen, why don't we forget it."
Li Jun shook his head helplessly and said: "We can't defeat the Ming emperor and grandson. The entire Ming Dynasty belongs to him. What should we use to fight? It's better to listen to his arrangements and maybe get a sip of soup."
The other businessmen nodded.
They were tired and didn't want to bother anymore. In fact, they thought Zhu Xuan was quite a good person and was willing to buy the raw silk they were about to lose. Even though the price was lowered, it was still much better than a complete loss.
"We agreed to work together as one, but where is your unity?"
Shen Bin was very angry today, but he had nowhere to vent his anger, so he could only swallow it down. In the end, it was his fault for setting the fire.
The businessmen were silent.
No matter how united they are, they are still not as powerful as Zhu Xuan. Is it possible that they still unite to rebel?
Throughout the ages, there has never been a successful case of merchant rebellion. They dared to do this, and they may have just had this idea, and they were taken over by Jin Yiwei.
"Forget it, get out of here!"
"Get out of here, everyone!"
Seeing their silence, Shen Bin didn't want to talk to him anymore and drove them away with anger.
They left quickly.
Shen Bin was so angry that he paced back and forth, thinking about what else he could do.
"He purchased so much raw silk that he must need people to reel and spin the silk."
"You can't sell raw silk directly to people outside the Ming Dynasty."
"If I gather all the weavers in Suzhou Prefecture and leave none of them to Zhu Yunxuan, what will he use to weave?"
"Then all the raw silk he purchased was useless in the end."
"Come here, put out a notice, looking for workers..."
Shen Bin gritted his teeth and decided to spend some more money and pay a small price to fight Zhu Xuan to the end.
He didn't believe that he couldn't beat Zhu Xuan.
The notice will be posted soon.
The people from Jinyiwei also quickly saw the notice.
They took it back immediately and reported it to Zhu Xuan.
"Recruiting?"
"Shen Bin has monopolized all the weavers in Suzhou and doesn't leave any of them to me?"
When Zhu Xuan got the news, he was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Shen Bin would bleed so much. The Shen family was really a big family.
Even if Shen Wansan is gone, Shen Bin can still build his own family business.
However, Zhu Xuan soon smiled again.
Shen Bin's method is still useful against ordinary businessmen.
But for Zhu Xuan, it was of no use at all.
"Has our machine been delivered?"
Zhu Xuan asked.
"They are all here. They have all landed at Wusongkou and are on their way to Wu County. In two or three days, they will all be installed in our factory."
Cen Jing nodded.
"That's enough. Once the machine is installed, we will open the factory and let people from outside visit."
Zhu Xuan said: "I want to bring despair to Shen Bin again."
Most of the manufacturing industries around him can be produced by machines, and those that are purely handmade will gradually be phased out. Only in this way can a large amount of goods be dumped to the West.
