"Liu Peiqi, Cao Shuai...and you, are you Sheng Jiujie? You three brothers came out to be happy and didn't even call me?"
No one expected that Zhang Xiaowen would do it as soon as he said it. After smashing a wine jar with Sabao, he commanded the awning boat to rush over and climbed on the side of the boat to jump on!
Simpson didn't expect that there would be such excitement today, so he quickly followed and rushed forward. After all, journalists are a bit of a desperado, and they are really not afraid of danger!
The man who led the troops was Sa Bao, a small leader in Songjiang Prefecture Mancheng. As a result, he bumped into Emperor Tongzhi when the emperor was paying a private visit incognito!
Although Zai Chun did not make things difficult for him afterwards, the boy was scared to death, and finally used his connections to find a way to escape to Suzhou Prefecture. Fei Shuo, the general in the city, had a cousin with this boy, so he finally kept him by his side. Become a soldier!
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaowen revealed his identity in one breath! How embarrassing!
The three people who were struggling to confront the soldiers saw their friend, who was a local snake from Jiangnan. They suddenly had someone to rely on and their backs became much thicker.
These three people are not simple people. Simpson can tell from their clothes and the golden pocket watch chains on their chests. They are all very wealthy people!
Zhang Xiaowen stopped in the middle of the crowd and sneered: "There is no king's law in broad daylight? Do you want to rob people? Don't say this is Suzhou Prefecture, even if you are in Songjiang Prefecture, don't think about it!"
"Did you see the foreign man behind me? He's a big shot in London who has a wedding invitation in his hand... Can you afford to offend him?"
Um? As soon as Simpson saw the bold finger pointing at him, he knew something was wrong. He was taking advantage of his identity. This guy was really bad!
But at the critical moment, I couldn't be cowardly. I could only stand up, raise my head and pretend to be fierce, and glare at Sabo fiercely!
Not to mention that it was really effective to bring Master Chuyang out. Sabao was hit with a wine jar and was about to fight back, but he held back!
"Okay... Zhang Xiaowen, Zhang is bold! I have heard of you in Songjiang Mansion, and you are indeed brave enough! But don't forget, you are now a teller, a little boy!"
"Do you know whose errand you are blocking? It's General Fei..."
"Get out of here! Isn't it Fei Shuo? What's going on with the descendants of our ancestor Fei Yanggu? Are you bringing him out to scare me? Haha, okay, I'm just a little boy, so I stopped here. What can you do?"
"Come on, come on... your neck is here, where do you want to cut with your knife?"
Zhang Xiaowen stretched his neck and leaned forward, glaring at Sabao sideways, making the boy's eyes burn with anger!
"My surname is Zhang, I'm just giving in to you for the sake of Mr. Hu. Don't be so shameless! If you really piss me off, Hu Xueyan can't protect you!"
"This is still a Manchu world, it's not your Han businessmen's turn to raise your tail!"
With a puff, Zhang Xiaowen laughed, "I raised my tail, what are you doing? Cut it..." After saying that, he poked his butt at Sa Bao, as if he was shaking the invisible tail!
The brothel girl behind the men was scared just now, but now she was made to laugh by Zhang Xiaowen. The tense atmosphere on the boat was suddenly broken!
Simpson asked in a low voice in English, "Mr. Zhang...is it okay to directly conflict with your country's army? Is it dangerous?"
Zhang Xiaowen sneered, shook his head, and replied in English, "No! This soldier is a layman. He has no idea who the three people he stopped are!"
"If he knew the secrets here, he would never dare to do anything wrong!"
Zhang Xiaowen knew all three guests in the boat. None of them were from Jiangnan. They were very familiar with each other, so these soldiers were confident!
But in Zhang Xiaowen's eyes, if this fool Sa Bao offended these three people, it would be like hanging himself!
The first one, Liu Peiqi, is an ordinary Shanxi merchant. He ranks very average among the Shanxi merchant families and does not even make it into the top ten! But his other identity is amazing!
This person is the royal broker of Yang Zhi, the governor of the Central Bank of the Qing Dynasty and the director of the mint. This person is running errands for Yang Zhi. During Zhang Xiaowen's financial strangulation war, he was the one who connected many northern funds. !
Yang Zhi can now be the head of half the household department of the Qing Dynasty. He is a senior official that the Manchu Qing Dynasty relies on very much. Moreover, officials in charge of money and food have been the most powerful since ancient times!
The local officials would rather offend the Ministry of Household Affairs than offend a young man like Yang Zhi!
Looking at the second person, he is also a new person whom I just met this year. He came all the way from the distant northwest, Cao Shuai!
This young man and his family were originally small traders from the Han Dynasty doing business in the northwest, but they were captured by Agubai's army and used as captive coolies!
Zuo Zongtang's vanguard rescued them, and the Cao family naturally fell under Zuo Zongtang's sect!
Because they are familiar with the geography, culture, and economy of the northwest, many of Zuo Zongtang's businesses are controlled by them. Now the war in the northwest relies on Hu Xueyan to raise funds on the one hand, and on the other hand the Chinese Bank to issue debts!
On the other hand, the Cao family made some private money for the officials of the Northwest Army!
It is not easy to be a soldier and fight. Everyone hopes to earn a little more in addition to their salary. In the future, if they become disabled or even die, they can still leave a little more money for their families!
Especially for the seizures on the battlefield, it is most reliable to rely on your own people to sell them!
Zuo Zongtang controls Xinjiang, and apart from other things, the monopolized Hetian jade business is so big!
This Commander Cao is very young, but he represents Zuo Zongtang's interests. If you Sa Bao offend him, aren't you offending Zuo Jigao?
As for the last man named Sheng Jiujie, Zhang Xiaowen only met him last month. He was a maritime businessman mainly engaged in trade with Fuso!
It may seem small in scale, but Zhang Xiaowen's vicious eyes cannot deceive. This man can vaguely mobilize the power of all Fuso merchants in the entire Jiangnan!
This guy is the most mysterious, and mystery is a kind of power!
These three great gods got together to drink flower wine, but Sabao got into a collision. The fool who didn't know the details actually led his troops to rush into the flower boat, and that was how the conflict just happened!
Zhang Xiaowen looked up and saw a familiar girl hiding at the end, shouting, "Isn't this the Full Moon Girl? Why are you hiding after seeing me? I won't flatter you again next time..."
"Come out and tell us what's going on?"
The thin little girl is only about sixteen or seventeen years old. She has a waist as thin as a willow but has a very delicate and beautiful baby round face. Maybe her name comes from this small face!
The little girl wiped away her tears and said, "They... they want to forcefully buy our sisters... They say they want to send us to the capital, but we don't want to... so they come to rob us!"
