"Why is it so small? Li Zicheng, aren't you the best at robbing? How can you robbing such a small amount of money? A profiteer as big as Fan Yongdou only has a few hundred thousand taels?"
Outside the Great Wall, in Xinghesuo City, in the Golden Summit tent, Zhu Youjian looked at Fan Yongdou's confession and family property list sent by Li Zicheng, and began to question Li Zicheng's professional ability!
Li Zicheng was confused. What does it mean to be the best at torture? Before I was admitted to the emperor's servants, I worked as a postman, not a jailer, so how could I be tortured?
"Your Majesty," Li Zicheng quickly defended, "I have tried my best and even broke the hands and feet of Fan... Just give me this amount, how about you try someone else?"
"No need." Zhu Youjian thought to himself: No one is better at torture than you, who else should I change? Liu Zongmin? I haven’t found it yet!
"Shen Tingyang," Zhu Youjian called "Queen's profiteer" Shen Tingyang over again, "Look...is this number about the same?"
Shen Tingyang took the confession and the list and wrote them down on a piece of paper. He read them carefully. After reading them, he nodded and said: "Long live Lord, it's almost done... Fan Yongdou's old name of the Fan family is in Zhangjiakou." It is considered a big business, but it is nothing in the entire Ming Dynasty. It is really not easy to come up with hundreds of thousands of taels of cash. The Fan family must live their daily lives very carefully. "
Shanxi old pit...Of course you can't compare with Jinling Master Shen Tingyang! Moreover, the Fan family's traitorous business has just started, and it is not yet time to make a lot of money, so it would be wrong to be able to spend millions in cash.
Shen Tingyang added: "The Fan family still has some properties...the land in Shanxi, the real estate in Zhangjiakou and Xuanfu, and they have also lent some debts outside. If they can be disposed of properly, they can still get more than 100,000. It won’t be a problem to scrape together three hundred thousand taels.”
"Only three hundred thousand..." Zhu Youjian was very dissatisfied, "And the cash in hand is only a hundred thousand, and there are seven profiteers who are not as good as the Fan family, right?"
"Of course it's not as good as..." Shen Tingyang said, "How big is the market for Zhangjia's eloquence? If the cash on hand of the seven companies plus one dollar is 700,000, it is too much."
"That's only 800,000 yuan..." Zhu Youjian frowned, "It's not enough! Those industries can't be managed well... I copied so much land before, but I didn't receive much. A grain of silver is lent out and the debt cannot be recovered..."
When Zhu Youjian thought about the ability of his eunuchs to manage the industry, he couldn't help but complain. These people are really bad... They can't even collect rent, and their ability to collect debts is even worse!
"Shen Qing," Zhu Youjian glanced at Shen Tingyang, "Your family has been a traitor for generations...no, it has been a loyal businessman for generations. Is there any way to manage such a large property?"
"I, I can't control that much..." Cold sweat broke out on Shen Tingyang's forehead. This young emperor just wanted to say that his family has been a profiteer for generations! In the conscience of heaven and earth, can the Chongming Shen family be considered profiteers? Our family comes from upright pirate backgrounds, and we are not treacherous at all!
"Your Majesty doesn't know something..." Although Shen Tingyang is not a profiteer, he still doesn't want to get involved in Huangzhuang's industry. The water in Huangzhuang is so deep! It's just a matter of managing the internal treasury accounts, but managing Huangzhuang is another matter... Most of the royal properties are under the jurisdiction of the Yuma Supervisor. What kind of yamen is the Yuma Supervisor? When the Shen family in Chongming was full, they went to compete with the Royal Horse Supervisor for food?
However, he couldn't say these words openly, so he had to find other excuses: "There are also sectarian opinions among merchants. The Chen family is a Jianghai merchant gang, while Fan Yongdou and other eight families are Shanxi merchants. Their business is difficult for the Chen family. Next. In addition, the trading companies in Northern Zhili have always been run by merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi. I am from the south, so it is difficult to get involved. However, I can go to the southeast to talk to Zheng Yiguan on behalf of Your Majesty, and I can also recruit other Hainan merchants for Your Majesty. business......"
"Don't interrupt!" Zhu Youjian had a long face, looking very dissatisfied, "Shen Tingyang, you are the right deputy envoy of the inner transport warehouse, and your family has been a businessman for generations. Don't you listen to any ideas? Maybe you think Huangzhuang The industry is in deep water, so you don’t dare to get involved, right? It’s okay if you don’t want to get involved, as long as you give me an idea, how can I manage the Huangzhuang’s industry well?”
"This..." Shen Tingyang also knew that it would not be easy to pass this level today. If he didn't give the little emperor an explanation, the Chongming Shen family might have to become pirates again!
"Yes, yes..." After being forced by Zhu Youjian, Shen Tingyang really stimulated some of his potential, "Long live Lord, Fan Yongdou's confession mentioned a famous Shanxi businessman who can help Long Live I will take care of the imperial estate."
"The one mentioned in the confession? Who?"
Shen Tingyang said: "The person Fan Yongdou mentioned was Widow Xu, the head of the Huaiyan Bai family.
The Bai family is one of the eight general merchants of the Lianghuai Salt Industry. It has a general account in Yangzhou, an old account in Pinggu, Shanxi, and a Tianzi account in Beijing, each with its own boss. This Widow Xu is the head of Tianzihao and the general merchant of Shanxi Chamber of Commerce in Beijing. She has a large business and a very rough way... She obtained the copy of the memorial that the king of Dai and the princes of Datong made to confuse the public. He took it to the Shanxi Guild Hall and then got it by Fan Yongdou. "
"Then is this Widow Xu a traitor?" Zhu Youjian asked again.
"Probably not..." Shen Tingyang thought about it for a moment, and then said, "This Widow Xu is actually the descendant of Zhongliang. She has a military background. Her natal family is hereditary Commander of the West Guards of Shanxi Town. Her ancestor seems to be Xu Wuning, the King of Zhongshan. The Bai family of Huaiyan salt is a long-established salt merchant who made his fortune by opening up China's law. He is a well-known rich man in the Huaiyang and Yangtze areas. There is no need to betray the country for a few small sums."
Treason is still a small business now, and the real big profiteers will not look down on it. But it doesn't matter if he doesn't betray the country. If he wants to confiscate his house, are he worried that he won't be charged with it?
"Huh," Zhu Youjian snorted, "Even if they don't betray the country, the Bai family and Widow Xu are not good people! This group of salt merchants is the most hateful. They should pay 10 million in taxes, but they only gave me more than one million , everyone deserves to die!"
Are you just evading the salt tax? Shen Tingyang thought to himself: Where does such hatred come from? Besides...if those salt merchants weren't protected by the princes from your family, the dignitaries from the North and South Beijing, and the father-in-laws in the palace, how could they evade taxes?
"Li Zicheng!" The more Zhu Youjian thought about it, the angrier he became - back in Yangzhou, the traitor casually took out 6 million in salt taxes from the salt merchants there! That was still half of the country... So he called Li Zicheng.
"Order the troops!" Zhu Youjian shouted, "Pass my decree, the first regiment and the second regiment prepare five days of food and horse materials, each with two horses, and set off for the expedition!"
Going on an expedition? The Chinese New Year is almost here and we still have to fight?
Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, "Wan, long live my lord, where are you going to fight?"
"Beijing City!" Zhu Youjian gritted his teeth.
"Beijing?" Li Zicheng was startled, "Long live my lord, is there someone in the capital making trouble?"
"It's not that someone is causing trouble," Zhu Youjian gritted his teeth, "I'm going to rob a female profiteer!"
"Robbing?" Li Zicheng simply couldn't believe his ears - how could the emperor rob?
Zhu Youjian glared at him: "Li Zicheng, hurry up and go! Bingguishen [address.cc] speed, if I go too slowly, the female profiteer will run away!" When he turned around, he said to Shen Tingyang again, "Shen Tingyang, you follow too!"
"I, I will not rob..."
"Bah!" Zhu Youjian said, "You think I don't know the details of the Haisha Gang? Your family has been a giant thieves in the Southeast Sea for generations, and it was only during the Battle of Korea that you were helped to transport food... ..And you who are maritime merchants are both merchants and thieves, so why can’t you rob?”
Shen Tingyang was speechless, but he thought in his heart: My family has been pirates for generations, and your family is also a red scarf pirate... By the way, you robbed Princess Wu Liangha a while ago! The ancestral craftsmanship has not been lost!
Shen Tingyang had nothing to say, and Li Zicheng was even more speechless. Although he had never been a bandit, he had no objection to this industry. If he had not been chosen as the emperor's servant, Xu would have gone to Luocao now.
After receiving Zhu Youjian's order, Li Zicheng immediately went to deliver the order. This time Zhu Youjian led the two regiments of Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng out of the fortress. Now they were all mobilized, escorting the eight profiteers, entered Zhangjiakou together, and then rushed all the way to Beijing.
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