What is most annoying to the wealthy gentry in Jiangnan is that Liu Haojia actually paid the navy officers and men a lot of money, which is difficult to bribe! Coupled with the strict military discipline, no one in the navy now dares to sell their face or make deals in private! Therefore, the previous delivery channels through the Navy were completely cut off!
After the navy massacred pirates, a large number of pirates were killed. The remaining pirates either hid far away on the sea and did not dare to show their faces, or simply landed ashore and pretended to be good citizens. Or simply put down the flag and seriously engage in transportation on the sea. There is no trace of the ferocity with which they once robbed homes and homes!
This situation has cut off most of their other shipping routes! Now there is a backlog of goods in many places in Jiangnan! You know, these goods cannot be turned into money when they are smashed into your hands. They can only be turned into money when sold!
Faced with this situation, these wealthy gentry were naturally extremely anxious! They have already started working together to bring down Liu Haojia! It's just that Liu Haojia was surrounded by the Holy Family and couldn't get any handle for a moment, so he decided to take it slow! Now that there are these things about opening up the sea, they are now getting involved!
But I didn't expect that Liu Haojia not only did not intend to completely suppress these gentry and wealthy people, but also left a channel for them to traffic goods freely, that is, nominally handing over the ship to the navy, and then paying a sum of money to rent the ship. In this way You can ship goods overseas openly.
This has advantages and disadvantages for them. The advantage is that they can ship to overseas openly in the future without having to worry about being caught and labeled as colluding with pirates! And if they do this, they will have mature shops, supply sources and channels in their hands, and they will also have a first-mover advantage over the gentry in the north!
But the disadvantage is also very obvious, that is, every time you ship goods to sea in the future, you will have to pay a sum of money to the navy! And it is foreseeable that this amount of money will definitely not be low! This makes them who are used to living without money feel very uncomfortable and even hate it!
It's hard to say whether Liu Haojia will deliberately exploit them because they have messed with him before! So these people are now caught in a dilemma. Should they continue to oppose the opening of the sea to facilitate their smuggling, or should they give up some interests and participate in sea trade openly? This is a difficult problem! Read the book
So after these people digested the news spread on the street, their first reaction was to send the servants who had just returned out to deliver the letter again and go to their colleagues to ask how to deal with it. Then he would send people to report the matter to the clan to see how the clan would deal with it.
So the people who are most affected in the capital today are the servants and horses of each family! Because these servants have not stopped today, and they have been sending messages between various families! There were also some unlucky servants who were urged to mount their horses and ordered to rush to the south of the Yangtze River!
Just when the capital was in chaos, Kang Miao and Xie Jiaoniang received a message from Tan Cuiying, asking them to pack their bags today and set off early tomorrow morning!
Naturally, they didn't need to do things like packing their bags themselves, so after giving instructions to their servants, they rushed to Tan Cuiying's home, and the two of them bumped into each other at the door!
When the two of them were welcomed into the home, they found that Tan Cuiying had changed into short clothes and had a handkerchief wrapped around her hair. She was packing bags and cleaning up the furnishings with her servants.
Seeing this, Xie Jiaoniang couldn't help but said: "Sister Tan, why have you put all your things away? Don't you plan to come back soon?"
At this time, Tan Cuiying had taken off the veil on her head, put down her sleeves to talk to them, and heard her say: "I'm afraid I won't be able to come back to Tianjin in a short time this time! If everything goes well, I may go to Tianjin in the future." Now you live in Tianjin! By the way, how are you packing your things?"
Kang Miao said, "I've asked people to hurry up. Although it's a little rushed, it should be sorted out."
Xie Jiaoniang also nodded and said, "I'm about the same. But why are you so anxious?"
Tan Cuiying led them towards the tea room and living room, and said at the same time: "Didn't you hear the news on the street?"
Both men shook their heads when they heard this. In the past two days, they were either busy selling jewelry or organizing things at home, and they didn't pay attention to the street at all.
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Tan Cuiying knew what was going on when she saw the confused looks on their faces. She shook her head and said, "I'm really worried about how you two will be bosses in the future! It seems that even if you buy the shop, you can only rent it out!"
Kang Miao smiled and slapped her in the face and said, "You're still trying to show off to us. Tell us what's going on!"
Tan Cuiying then told them why she was packing up her family's property. It was because she sent Xiaozhu to the teahouse to be her eyes and ears! She was asked to come back twice every day at noon and at night to report the news, so she knew the news on the street very well!
After she told the two of them today's news, Kang Miao said worriedly: "If the matter is so big, those who oppose it will definitely become more determined. Will things change?"
Tan Cuiying shook her head and said: "No, because Wu Ningbo is extremely smart! Although he pinched the throats of the wealthy gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, he gave them a way out! As long as they are willing to spend money, the people on this sea Business can still be done, so there won't be too many objections in the end. Maybe some people from Jiangnan will turn around and support him, so Tianjin will soon become popular, otherwise I wouldn't tell You guys hurry up and pack your things! Besides, I’ve already contacted the escort and the horse and carriage agency. I’ll get up early and leave early tomorrow morning to get to Tianjin as quickly as possible.”
After hearing Tan Cuiying's explanation, the two of them finally felt relieved. But I also became anxious! Thinking of the mess at home, the two of them said goodbye to Tan Cuiying and went back to pack things.
But it turned out to be an accident after all! There was no problem with the escort they booked for escort, but the problem was with the carriage agency!
There were so many people going to the capital to deliver news in the past two days. The carriages and horses from the carriage and horse shop were all searched by officials at all levels and big business owners. They had to wait for four days before the carriage and horse shop collected four carriages! Faced with this situation, the three of them could only accept it helplessly.
And even on the day they went out, it was extremely unsatisfactory. The number of people gathered at the city gate was many times greater than usual, causing the convoy to be delayed in getting out of the city gate.
At that time, the three of them were chatting in a carriage, preparing to kill the loneliness of the journey. Seeing this situation, my curiosity aroused, so I opened the curtains of the car window and looked around. As soon as they saw it, they understood why they were so slow! It turned out that they happened to bump into the large army of nobles rushing to Tianjin!
