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Chapter 528 Promise Like Gold ([-])

"Stop, close the defense area, and idlers are not allowed to approach!"

In front of the Shanxi governor's yamen, watching the approaching crowd, a guerrilla general who led his troops on guard finally lost his composure. He pulled out the big knife from his waist, pointed forward, and let out a low voice.

"Qiangqiang..."

As soon as the guerrilla general stopped drinking, the sound of the waist knife being unsheathed suddenly rang out. Dozens of shield swordmen raised their swords in unison to guard. At the same time, more than two hundred spearmen also straightened their spears, like Pointing like a forest to the crowds of people rushing along the street, a sense of murder suddenly rose.

"General Lin, this old man is being polite."

Seeing the officers and soldiers facing each other with swords and guns, the surging crowd suddenly became a commotion. They did not dare to press forward any further, and they all stopped at a distance of more than twenty steps from the cordon. After a while of discussion, Then there were three old men who stood out from the crowd, the first one was tall, with a Chinese character face, white hair and childlike appearance, and he was quite extraordinary. This man was one of the big merchants in Taiyuan City, Chen Shunchang, the owner of "Maji Silk and Satin Co., Ltd.", but seeing his smile With a full face, he bowed his hands to the guerrilla general who was on guard with a knife, and exchanged a very polite greeting.

"Shopkeeper Chen, you don't need to be too polite. This is an important place in the yamen. It's not a place where you can gather. Please tell shopkeeper Chen to persuade the big guys to disperse. If not, the consequences may not be fun."

General Guerrilla was obviously quite familiar with Chen Shunchang, and when he saw him coming to see him, the murderous look on his face immediately eased. It was just that his duties were limited, but he did not dare to ignore him, and he did not return the gift, nor let go of his hand. The waist knife, but explained it patiently.

"General Lin invited me. I didn't come here to cause trouble. I just wanted to ask Mr. Li to uphold justice for us. It has been seven days. The 'Risheng Bank' has not yet opened, and our business is already unsustainable." , many people in the city are waiting for the rice to cook. Three days ago, the old man and others had already submitted the petition. At that time, Mr. Li had said that this matter would be resolved within a few days, but now there is no movement, the old man We are really at our wit's end, so I came here to ask Mr. Li to make the decision for us, and I would like to ask General Lin to hand over the petition papers for me, please?"

Chen Shunchang smiled helplessly, handed over a letter in his hand, and asked sincerely.

"Well... well, let's just go for a while, and I'd like to ask shopkeeper Chen to restrain the whole group of people, and don't make mistakes."

Chen Shunchang was known in Taiyuan City for being kind and charitable. He had a high prestige among the people, had a wide range of friends, and had many connections with official figures.Not to mention others, even the guerrilla general had received his favor, and now he heard Chen Shunchang's pleading, he felt a little bit embarrassed, after hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and agreed to his request.

"There's General Laurin."

Hearing that the guerrilla general agreed to forward the petition on his behalf, Chen Shunchang hurriedly bowed and thanked him, and at the moment of submitting the petition, he slipped a folded bank note into his sleeve quietly.

"Wait here."

Although Chen Shunchang's movements were concealed, the guerrilla general could clearly feel his "sincerity", and his face, which had already calmed down, eased a little because of it, but he didn't show much. , Just nodded, and after giving an order, he rushed into the heavily guarded yamen with the petition.

Outside the yamen is a heavily guarded and murderous atmosphere, while in the back hall there is a gloomy silence. The three well-dressed officials sit still like wooden sculptures and clay sculptures, as if they are more patient. They refused to speak first—one of them was dressed in the robes of a civil servant of the first grade, with a thin figure and an extremely haggard complexion. This person was Li Quan, the governor of Shanxi, who was born as a Jinshi in the 27th year of Kangxi. He was able to send Fujian to Taiwan as a standard, and was later transferred to Henan as the chief envoy. In the 15th year of Kangxi, he was promoted to the governor of Shanxi, and the rich civil servant on his left is Ku Xi, the chief envoy of Shanxi. , and sitting on Li Quan's right hand is Chen Geran, a native of Shanxi Province.

The three giants in Shanxi officialdom have different origins, and it is difficult for them to pee in the same pot at all. In the past, apart from business affairs, they had little friendship at all, and it was impossible to get together to chat. We got together because of the financial turmoil, and nothing else. Although Taiyuan City is located inland and has no special output, it is an out-and-out financial center—there are three of the six major banks in the country. Right here in Taiyuan City, especially the "Risheng Bank", which was the No. [-] bank in the Qing Dynasty. This wave of bank runs together will hit the entire Shanxi economy like a major earthquake. If the matter is not resolved for a day, The three giants couldn't live in peace for a day, so they had to get together to find a solution. The problem was that the three had their own ideas, and none of them wanted to take responsibility. No, the discussion just started today, but the discussion broke down again, and the situation became stalemate without giving in to each other.

"Report, report to Master Li, the merchants in the city gathered outside the Yamen again. There is a petition here. Please take a look at it."

Just as the Big Three were comparing their patience, a guerrilla general surnamed Lin came out from behind the screen in a big stride when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps. Coming over, it was as sharp as three knives. Even though the guerrilla general couldn't help but shiver, he didn't dare to delay the business. Reported a way.

"Well, hand it over!"

The merchants in the city had come to petition for three days in a row. Although Li Quan felt helpless about it, he was used to it, and he didn't find it strange. The voice commanded hoarsely.

"twitter!"

Hearing Li Quan's order, the guerrilla general didn't dare to neglect, he respectfully agreed, stood up, and handed the petition in his hand to Li Quan.

"Let's take a look, both of you."

Li Quan had already read three copies of the same petition. Seeing the clichés again, he found it boring. After a quick glance, he handed it to the chief envoy Ku Xi on the left.

"Hey."

Ku Xi is also an old official. Although he did not come from the imperial examinations, he started working in the Ministry of Punishments as a pen post. After more than [-] years of official career, he has long been familiar with the officialdom. Seeing that Li Quan himself did not express his opinion, It was clear that he was trying to shirk responsibility, so he refused to be fooled. After receiving the petition, he just flipped through it casually, then smiled noncommittally, and casually threw the petition to Shanxi Nie who was sitting opposite Taiwan Chen Geran.

"Your Majesty Futai has orders, and the lower officials must obey them."

Seeing that the two bosses didn't express their views, Chen Geran was not stupid, of course he didn't want to take the responsibility alone, he read the petition very seriously, but after reading the statement, he was out-and-out Nonsense.

"Um……"

As the governor, Li Quan is said to be No.1 in the officialdom of Shanxi, but there is nothing he can do about the two subordinates in front of him. Nothing else, the roots of these two are very deep, and the backing is very strong. It's really not that good The dispatcher, seeing that the two subordinates refused to be the first bird, Li Quan cursed inwardly, but he had no choice but to let out a displeasure, just thinking about ordering the former When the guerrilla general who came to report went to disperse the crowd of petitioners, he suddenly heard an uproar outside, and his face turned pale involuntarily.

"What are you still doing in a daze, quickly, go and see what's going on?"

A petition is one thing, but a civil uprising is another. The former is fine, it is still within the controllable range, but if it is the latter, it is not a trivial matter. Li Quan had to be pushed away, and Li Quan became anxious on the spot. He didn't care about being decent, and suddenly jumped up, his eyes widened, and he yelled at the guerrilla general who came to report.

"twitter!"

Seeing Li Quan go crazy, the guerrilla general panicked, hurriedly responded, and was about to run outside, but before he could take a few steps, he saw several people turning around behind the screen, walking He couldn't help but paused, took a closer look, and saw that the visitors were all in plain clothes, he was furious at once, pulled out his pockets, and shouted loudly: "Who are you waiting for, how dare you trespass..."

"Chen Geran, the pacifier of Xiaguanshan, kowtowed to the prince!"

Before the guerrilla general finished his threatening words, he saw Chen Geran, a native of Shanxi Province, jumped up frantically, and rushed to the young man surrounded by visitors in a few strides, hurriedly Kneeling down on the ground, paying homage incessantly.

"My lord? Are you..."

Seeing someone trespassing on his yamen, Li Quan was about to get angry, but when he saw Chen Geran's behavior like this, he couldn't help being stunned, and after a closer look, he still didn't know which master came, and there was no one else. Ever since he was released in 43 years of Kangxi, Li Quan has been working in the local government. There are not many opportunities to return to the capital to report on his work. Generally, he returns as soon as he goes. He is not very familiar with those elder brothers and princes in the capital. I can't figure out who it is.

"I, Wang Hongqing, came to Shanxi on business by order."

It was Hong Qing who came—the financial turmoil is no small matter, and if it turned into a civil uprising, it would be difficult to deal with it. For this reason, Hong Qing led Li Minxing and other royal guards to rush away After two days of traveling day and night, I finally arrived at the land, but as soon as I arrived at the Governor's Yamen, I saw countless petitioners gathered outside the Yamen, and my mood was not much better. Seeing that the Big Three were present at the moment, But no one came forward to appease the petitioners, and Hong Qing would not give the three of them any good looks, so she glanced at Li Quan, who was in doubt, with a pale face, and showed her identity with a gloomy voice.

(End of this chapter)