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Looking at the shopkeeper Kangda, although he was still silent, his old face was very gloomy, as if it was about to drip water.

Fan Sanba couldn't help but smiled knowingly, then turned his head to look at the head of the Qu family, and said, "The Qu family has been running the bank business all year round, and they have always been respected by our Shanxi merchants.

However, the military ticket issued by Zhang Cheng on the North Road is really invincible!

Nowadays, not to mention those shops on North Road, even the shops in Zhencheng, even the shops in Datong, Shanxi, and even the shops in Gyeonggi, they all find it very convenient, and they are widely collected by them for mutual transactions.

Everyone thinks that the bank in his hand can be compared with it?
The ancestor of the Qu family, San Xingong, worked hard for decades. At the beginning, he walked the streets and alleys, selling Luma and Yali, and worked hard all his life to lay down the current foundation.

Can everyone bear to see it destroyed? "

Sitting next to the head of the Kang family was a very rich and fat businessman, his fair face turned black and red at this moment, his buttocks were writhing uneasily on the seat, which seemed very unnatural.

Fan Sanba was eloquently pointing out the threats brought by Zhang Cheng one by one, which made the faces of shopkeepers and family owners in the hall turn pale again and again.

"Cough cough..."

The Patriarch of the Kang family, Gong Xu, coughed and said slowly: "My nephew's words are not unreasonable, but we really need to carefully consider how we should respond.

You must know that even the Tartars were defeated by Zhang Cheng. Could it be that I and the men who guarded the caravan can fight head-to-head with his brave army?

If you really get to that stage, I'm afraid it's no different from seeking death, I'm afraid we will all die without a place to bury! "

Although Mr. Kang also hated Zhang Cheng, he did not lose his mind. Even Wang Dayu hesitated a little when he heard the words, and said beside him: "Patriarch Kang's words are not unreasonable, and we really need to think long-term. Don't be too reckless."

Although Qu Shikai, the head of his family, looked very ugly, he still didn't say a word. Like Kang Gongxu, although the family's business territory spreads all over the country, its main business foundation is still in Shanxi.

Although Zhangjiakou's border trade also has shares, it is just icing on the cake for them. Even the shops in Xuanzhen are roughly the same. Head-on collision.

But Wang Dayu's situation is slightly different from them. In recent years, he has been gradually shrinking the smuggling trade in Zhangjiakou, but he has tried his best to root and develop his main business in Shanxi, and has further developed Gyeonggi, Shandong, Henan and other places.

In addition, he was also influenced by Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong. After all, they, the businessmen, saw Zhang Cheng's true strength very superficially.

As a family member, Wang Pu would naturally advise the Wang family to avoid making enemies with Zhang Cheng.

Although, Wang Dayu's family has greatly supported Wang Pu's career, almost relying on their Wang family's financial resources to send him to the position of Datong General Soldier.

But now Wang Pu is getting more and more wings, and the Wang family has become a relationship of mutual use. Since he has made it clear that he cannot be an enemy of Zhang Cheng, it is impossible for Wang Dayu not to take it seriously!
In particular, Zhang Cheng's methods also made him feel scared!
Today’s merchants in the Ming Dynasty have almost all integrated government and business. With their strong financial resources, they opened private schools and hired famous teachers to educate their children. Therefore, almost every generation has recruited people and Jinshi, and even people with business backgrounds have done it. The chief minister of the cabinet.

Moreover, they made more friends with the powerful ministers of the current dynasty, and tied their family interests with them by giving annual silver or even dry stocks, making them a protective umbrella on their business roads.

Their own strong financial resources, background and background support have resulted in the arrogant and domineering style of the wealthy businessmen.

Regardless of the current civil servants or military generals, as long as anyone wants to trouble them, they only need to mobilize their colleagues to strike, and these officials and generals often end up losing their positions.

Most of them use their background and background to impeach and attack. Even those high-ranking officials and generals in the dynasty will also lose their positions and ranks, and eventually lose the battle.

After all, which of the officers and generals of the Ming Dynasty didn't have some stains and mistakes?
If you search carefully, you may be able to find a lot of stains and shortcomings. Even if he can be fair and selfless, wouldn't he still have children and relatives?
In addition, there are clansmen, servants, even former disciples, as well as subordinate officials, generals and soldiers!
It's just that the methods that have been tried and tested elsewhere, when meeting Zhang Cheng, it was like kicking a piece of iron, and there was no wave. They failed to encourage the merchants on the North Road to go to the market.

He also urged Zhang Guowei, the deputy general of Xuanzhen Town, to suppress Zhang Cheng, but he never thought that he would be killed by Zhang Cheng directly. Even the various memorials of impeachment of Zhang Cheng by the official censor did not stir up any waves.

And Zhang Cheng is cruel and ruthless, killing and slashing at every turn, blood often flows into rivers wherever he passes, which makes people feel chilling and fearful.

Fan Yongdou and others have also seen this point, and thinking about the fact that they and others produced fake military tickets in the early stage, they must have been noticed by Zhang Cheng. With precautions and frequent replacement of templates, they failed to cause a big blow to his economy.

However, when they thought of Zhang Cheng's thunderous methods and bloody brutality, they shuddered. In order to survive, they did not hesitate to risk their lives in order to ensure their own safety and long-term safety.

Seeing that many people in the hall echoed Kang Gongxu's opinion, even those who were originally determined hesitated a little. Fan Sanba smiled and said nothing, but looked directly at his father Fan Yongdou, motioning him to come out and speak.

"cough……"

Fan Yongdou knew that he must not back down at this moment, he coughed first to attract everyone's attention, and then he said tremblingly: "All shopkeepers, I am planning for a rainy day!

As the saying goes, "People have no long-term concerns, but they must have near-term worries." If you want to continue the family business that you have worked hard for, it is extremely necessary to prevent problems before they happen.

Think about how Zhang Cheng made his fortune?

At the beginning, he was just a small head of the right-wing battalion. With a little bit of merit when he was king of Qin, he was promoted to the rank of general to go out of Zhenbei Road, and cleared the land. How many wealthy households have been destroyed?

Promote grain, salt, and iron official camps, levy commercial taxes, and kill how many merchants on North Road?
Even Vice President Zhang died under his butcher's knife, and then took charge of the East Road, and repeated the killings when he was on the North Road. It can be said that Zhang Cheng can have today because he stepped on the blood of the corpses of my Xuanfu merchants. Hai, come all the way! "

What he said made everyone in the hall pale for a while, and everyone fell into silence.

Fan Yongdou's stabbing words didn't stop there, he just continued to say: "You must have seen that Zhang Cheng is not only very ambitious, but also greedy.

Now that the army has been stationed in the town, it is inevitable to continue to greedily squeeze the blood and sweat of the merchants in the Xuanfu. If we follow this way, the family fortune that I have accumulated through years of painstaking efforts will be stolen by him like a bone-sucking marrow in his hand?
Besides, as far as I know, Zhang Cheng's subordinates have already found out about the fake military ticket. After he has gained a firm foothold in the town, he will use this as an excuse to attack us. After we are murdered by him, The family wealth that you have worked so hard to save must have entered his private treasury.

At that time, even if someone spoke for me, but we have already become the ghosts of his sword, so what can we do?Everyone, we need to save ourselves now, if we hesitate today, it will be too late to regret in the future! "

After hearing Fan Yongdou's words, even Wang Dayu was silent and fell into deep thought, while Kang Gongxu, the head of the Kang family, said solemnly: "How should I deal with it? come up with a solid plan.”

Kang Gongxu is very interesting. He not only wants Fan Yongdou to plan a plan, but also requires it to be safe, which shows that their Kang family is not prepared to take risks.

Fan Yongdou's expression was very gloomy, and he said: "Hmph, I don't need to fight head-to-head with Zhang Cheng. You must know that there are many ways to kill people without blood!"

He glanced at the people in the hall very darkly, and said: "Our top priority is to mobilize all forces and spare no effort to discredit Zhang Cheng in Xuanfu and Beijing, so that the Emperor of Ming no longer trusts him. It can destroy its foundation, so as to completely eradicate it. There will be no future troubles!"

"Hey hey hey..."

A sneer like a male duck: "After all, Zhang Cheng was born as a warrior. What kind of background and knowledge can a drunkard have? He only knows bloody killings, but he doesn't know that many times, killing is not enough. .

Moreover, Zhang Cheng is so arrogant and domineering, so he must have a lot of grudges. As far as I know, the town guerrilla Wen Hui has an irresolvable grudge with him. "

Seeing that everyone in the hall looked very interested, he continued: "After all, the North Road is a remote and remote place, how can it be compared to a town?

There are seven roads in Xuanzhen, even if Zhang Cheng controls the North Road and East Road, there are still five roads. Which of the five guards did not enjoy our filial piety?
Besides, all the officials and generals in this town, from Futai, Liangtai, and Xingtai to the masters, to the deputy general Lin Dengyou, and those generals and guerrillas, which one of them took less money from us?

How can it be compared to a small place like Beilu? "

The more Fan Yongdou said, the more excited he became. He kept asking questions, and everyone in the hall nodded frequently: "As far as I know, Zhang Cheng not only secretly opened and closed trade with the northern captives, but also secretly accommodated Mongolian fugitives in the army. , he might escape?

And I was waiting in Zhangjiakou, but it was a mutual market between officials and families entrusted by the imperial court, not to mention all the officials and generals of Xuan Town behind him, Zhang Cheng dared to kill them all!
Does he still want to rebel against the court? "

Hearing this, everyone in the hall tensed up, they seemed to hear something unusual in Fan Yongdou's words.

Fan Yongdou was secretly happy when he saw the expressions of the crowd, he continued to sneer like a drake and said: "After all, he is a vulgar warrior, thinking about things is simple.

snort.As for foreign trade, at the beginning, it was the warriors who guarded the border. They wanted to have an affair with the northern captives, and it was inconvenient for them to come forward, so I and other merchants from Shanyou came forward to maintain it. "

When he said this, he looked deeply at the people in the hall, and then continued: "Then, seeing that we have made money, what guarding eunuchs, governors, deputy generals, and even elders in the court , the father-in-law in the palace, and those relatives of the emperor, all come to share a share.

Although we are now trading with slaves, are we doing it for ourselves?Didn't most of the money earned every year go into the pockets of the royal relatives, father-in-law, Ge Lao, and Xuanzhen officials at all levels! "

Seeing everyone nodding in agreement frequently, their expressions became more firm. Fan Yongdou knew that what he said just now had an effect. Although he talked too much and was short of breath for a while, his old face was so excited that even the wrinkles stretched out.

"Humph!"

Fan Yongdou snorted coldly, and then said while the iron was hot: "He didn't even look, what is Zhencheng, what is Zhangjiakou, what is Datong Taiyuan, is it comparable to the bitter cold frontier of Beilu?
If he did something to me and all of you here today, how could the big shots behind us stand by and watch? His Zhang Cheng's butcher knife can kill Kai Pingwei's commander, the deputy commander of Xuanzhen Town, and the East Road thief king.

Could he still kill all the defense officers in Xuanzhen, the governor of Xuanfu, Liangtai, the governor, and the relatives of the emperor in Beijing?
After hearing this, everyone in the hall let go of the boulder that had been hanging in their hearts. There was laughter again, and the atmosphere immediately calmed down completely.

Fan Sanba also smiled at this time and said: "As Jia Yan said, shopkeepers don't have to worry too much. Moreover, the junior also got a piece of news that Zhang Cheng went out of the customs without permission and started provocateurs without permission. Bian is already mobilizing an army to invade Xuanda.

Now I just need to do some more tricks to spread Zhang Cheng's deeds of arrogance, lack of discipline, contempt for the court, etc. .

At that time, when these deeds reach the ears of the emperor, what will he think?
Then there are all the court elders and ministers in the court, and the father-in-laws in the palace are attacking from the side. With such a push, even if the emperor does not punish him for the time being... presumably after this point, he will have no more grace and nostalgia, and his good days will soon come to an end ! "

Wang Dayu seemed to still have some worries: "Based on these rumors, I'm afraid it will be difficult to bring down Zhang Cheng?"

Fan Sanba leaned back in the chair comfortably, and said leisurely, "Everyone makes money, Master Wang."

He smiled evilly, and continued: "Some things can be said by the officials and elders, how will the people in the world know, how will the emperor know if he doesn't leave the palace?
Could it be that the local officials and generals of my Ming Dynasty, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the cabinet elders, and the eunuchs in the palace, can they deceive our emperor together?
Back then, Yuan Chonghuan was still a great loyal minister. He guarded Liaodong for my Ming Dynasty and even shelled old slaves. In the end, didn’t Ling Chi abandon the city and the people in Beijing competed for his flesh? "

Kang Gongxu tapped the case table with his hand, and said in a deep thought: "This way, Zhang Thief may be thrown into chaos, and his feet will be sunken. It's just that I'm afraid we can't put him to death with these alone!"

Fan Yongdou shook his head and smiled, "Of course it's more than that." (End of this chapter)