After sending Yuan Jia away, Chen Kan's sleepiness was basically gone.
After pondering for a moment, he told Yuncheng: "Ask Xu Yuan to come see me."
There must be something fishy about the collective disappearance of people in Donghe Town.
Although Chen Kan really doesn't want to care about this matter, after all, he has nothing to do with Donghe Town becoming what it is today.
Furthermore, now that the New Year is over, Chen Kan should also arrange some counterattack methods.
Otherwise, after a long time, people will think that he is a softie, and he will not dare to come forward even if his own woman is bullied.
Xu Yuan came quickly.
Now Xu Yuan has grown up, and he and Zhu Gaosui worked together in the Wucheng Bingma Division, one against the other, and the Wucheng Bingma Division was run smoothly.
If this continues, Chen Kan feels that it won't be long before he can hide behind the scenes and work as the sixth man with peace of mind.
"Sir, what are your orders for calling your subordinates here in such a hurry?"
Chen Kan pointed to the chair opposite: "Sit down and talk."
Xu Yuan sat down as he said, Chen Kan pondered for a moment, and said calmly: "The people of Donghe Town disappeared collectively for a day three days ago. The result of the investigation by the Ministry of Punishment is that the people went to Laoya Temple to pray together.
But I feel that this handwriting is very much from the White Lotus Sect. Send two trustworthy people to check it out. "
Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "The White Lotus Sect still dares to come?"
Chen Kan shook his head: "I am just guessing, but if I want so many people to disappear for a whole day for no reason, apart from the White Lotus Sect and Jianwen Yudang, I can't think of anyone else."
"This White Lotus Sect is really haunted. I will take people to investigate right away!"
Xu Yuan was very angry, extremely angry. The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the White Lotus Sect had been fighting for so long, and the two sides had already reached the end of a fight to the death.
But after the White Lotus Sect has lost so many backbones, and even the top management has been almost wiped out, they still dare to do things under the noses of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division. This can no longer be explained by audacity.
This is completely disrespectful of the imperial court and the Five Cities Military and Horse Division.
I can't tolerate it, I can't tolerate it at all.
At the critical moment, Chen Kan scolded: "Why be anxious? If you panic when you encounter a trivial matter, you will never become a big deal."
Xu Yuan came to his senses and hurriedly stood up to plead guilty: "It was my subordinate Meng Lang who was taught a lesson by the Marquis."
Chen Kan motioned for him to sit down and continued: "Also, the information you collected can be released. This time, I will make them despised by the entire capital."
Xu Yuan's eyes lit up and he asked: "Is the Marquis finally going to take action against those people?"
Chen Kan's mouth twitched: "Can you find a nicer adjective? What does it mean to be aggressive? It makes me look like a big black hand."
Xu Yuan smiled awkwardly: "Master Hou, please forgive me, I will take care of it now."
"Go ahead."
After seeing him off for a long time, Chen Kan sat on a chair and tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously.
"Dong, dong, dong~"
Zhu Di warned him that he could retaliate appropriately against those who reached out to him when he was unconscious, but he could not affect the court.
In fact, Chen Kan never thought of using the power of the court to regain his position.
Chen Kan has a clear understanding of his position, allowing him to play tricks and tricks. He believes that he is not inferior to anyone, but in the upright and upright manner above the court, he may not be one of those who have read the Four Books and Five Classics well and understands the subtle words and righteousness. official's opponent.
Therefore, Zhu Di's warning was not so much a restraint for him as it was something he wanted to do.
Of course, it's not that Chen Kan has no energy in the court.
After all, a great god like Fang Xiaoru occupied the position of the leader of hundreds of officials every day. If Chen Kan really made up his mind to use the power of the court to deal with the two consorts, Fang Xiaoru would not sit idly by.
But again, if Chen Kan wants to go higher and further after passing the imperial examination, he must cultivate his own strength now.
Living under Fang Xiaoru's wings all the time can easily make Chen Kan develop a dependence mentality.
Fang Xiaoru is already over 50 years old. How many more years can Chen Kan rely on him?
Chen Kan felt that he was like a hypocritical ghost now. While he wanted to be independent, he was reluctant to part with the resources left by Fang Xiaoru.
Needless to say, if there was a mirror in front of him now, Chen Kan would definitely be able to see a big "mean" word on his face.
After pondering for a long time, Chen Kan called Yuncheng again and said: "Send the order. All workshops in Jinghaihou's line will stop working from now on, including the workshops that provide water conservancy stamping equipment for the imperial court."
Yuncheng was stunned and asked in disbelief: "Master Hou, all work has been stopped?"
"Yes, all of them."
Chen Kan issued the order to stop work without any doubt, even if doing so would cause the Hou Mansion to lose tens of thousands of dollars every day.
The perfume and glass invented by Chen Kan, with the help of Jiangmen's sales channels, have been sold to every corner of the Ming Dynasty, as well as to the small countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty.
And these two businesses alone brought in more than one million yuan in revenue to the entire Jiangmen last year.
This is still the case when the gate only occupies two molecules.
The real big boss is Zhu Di, whose income is a full 2.5 million yuan, which is equivalent to the combined income of all the royal houses and royal subsidiaries.
If it had not been for these incomes, Zhu Di would not have had the money to build ships for Zheng He last year, let alone send a partial army north to the grassland despite the opposition of all officials.
The construction of Beijing, the construction of the Royal Military Academy, and the development of firecrackers are even more impossible.
Now all workshops were suddenly ordered to stop working, and Zhu Di was most affected.
But now that Chen Kan has made this decision, these things are in his plan.
He wanted to see what choices Zhu Di and Jiangmen would make after suddenly losing so much profit.
This move is called killing with a borrowed knife.
Someone makes me unhappy. Either you help me deal with him, or I cut off your financial resources. It's your choice.
A very strong sense of coercion.
But this is what Chen Kan wants to achieve.
There are many people in the capital who are hostile to the Hou Mansion. Except for the Marquis of Guangping and the Marquis of Fuyang, who have already broken their skins, the other partners may not necessarily be of the same mind as Chen Kan.
Everyone gathers for profit.
When Chen Kan was alive, Chen Kan ate meat and they drank soup.
But once Chen Kan has any shortcomings, they will turn into evil wolves.
This time it was because Chen Kan was not really dead, and Zhu Di was secretly suppressing them to prevent them from succeeding.
What about next time?
Just take this opportunity to warn them.
You will have meat to eat if you follow me. If you dare to show your teeth at me, then don't blame me for turning the table over.
"Master Marquis, if each family sends people to ask about it, how should we deal with it?"
Yuncheng hesitated, the loss was too great.
Chen Kan said calmly: "From now on, the Hou Mansion will be closed to thank guests, and we will wait for them for a few days before talking."
"this......"
"Okay, I'll do it now, old slave."
No matter how much Yuncheng hesitates, he is just a housekeeper, and the real owner of the Hou Mansion is Chen Kan.
All he could do was to remind Chen Kan of the dangers he would encounter if he did so.
Now that the master is ready to face the crisis, as a servant, he can only obey.
After dispatching Yuncheng, Chen Kan went into the study, organized all the drawings, and asked Fang Xu to hitch a carriage and drive towards the palace.
Chen Kan had just arrived at the palace, and news of the suspension of work in the perfume and soap workshops also spread to various mansions.
The heads of each family prepared generous gifts and sent their stewards to Jinghaihou Mansion to inquire about the news.
Fuyang Marquis Li Rang and Guangping Marquis Yuan Rong were members of the generals. After receiving the news, they gathered together with uncertain expressions.
"Chen Kan, what does this mean?"
The two of them instinctively felt that something was wrong. They instinctively felt that Chen Kan was targeting them this time.
However, the shutdown of the perfume and soap workshops harmed the interests of everyone, including Chen Kan.
For a moment, they were confused.
At the same time, shops across the capital also hung signs saying that perfume and soap were sold out.
With so many people in the capital, it was easy to say that perfume was not something they could afford without any financial resources, but the sudden shortage of soap made all the people a little shocked.
After all, many people are not used to using cheap and easy-to-use soaps, and then using expensive and difficult-to-use bath beans.
"what's going on?"
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the capital suddenly became noisy.
This period is when the consumption of soap and perfume is at its highest, especially in major restaurants and the painted boats on the Qinhuai River.
Restaurants are loyal users of soap, and perfume is the only way for the ladies on the Qinhuai River to make money.
Many shops that had placed orders were suddenly told by their suppliers that they had no goods. The madam of the flower shop and the shopkeeper of the restaurant had no choice but to bring the matter to the tooth shop guild, and the major tooth shops fell into chaos instantly.
Several gossips about Guangping Marquis Mansion and Fuyang Marquis Mansion also began to spread after the perfume and soap were suddenly out of stock.
Among them, two princes' mansions competed with the people for profit, annexed land, occupied rivers, and robbed people's shops, and their stories were instantly trending.
Economic sanctions, public opinion sanctions, and isolation by all nobles are Chen Kan's means of counterattack and Chen Kan's means of establishing his power.
After this combination of punches, Yuan Rong and Li Rang would not kneel on the ground and call daddy, but Chen Kan's name would be written upside down.
Unlike the nobles who were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, the initiator of all this, Mr. Chen Kan, was enjoying the attentive service from the palace maid.
Zhu Di and Queen Xu summoned Chen Kan in the harem.
As soon as he entered the door, two maids came forward to take off Chen Kan's cloak, and then thoughtfully gave Chen Kan a hand-warming hotpot.
Putting on his clogs and walking into the main hall of Kunning Palace, which was warmed by earth dragons, Chen Kan suddenly felt that life in the palace seemed not bad.
It's a pity that the palace belongs to Zhu Di, not him.
He secretly swore in his heart that when he returned home, he would let Yun Cheng dig out the exact same earth dragon according to the palace.
If he can't do it, then - deduct his wages!
