Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 613

Yan Congnian was so angry that he knocked hard on the small window again. After a while, there was a creak and the window was closed. A young man walked out of the door next to him holding a wooden stick.

"Qing Yongchang, you dare to make trouble and don't want to live anymore?" The guy looked fierce, "See if I can't beat you to death."

In front of the Ming army, Yan Congnian was so ugly that he returned to Jiangning. Although he was not as good as the Manchu officials, he was still a high-class man, and he could still make people dominate him.

The guy was about to hit him, Yan Congnian couldn't stand it if he got hit by a stick with a thick arm, his face was startled, he retreated and shouted, "Call Wang Gong, he knows me."

There are more than ten priests in this pawn shop, but the oldest senior priest is from Shanxi, not because he has a unique vision, but because he is an old man from the Fan family and is deeply trusted by Fan Yongdou. This pawnshop is basically run by Wang Gongfeng. reason.

Yan Congnian yelled, startling the people in the shop, who heard the commotion outside, and an old man's voice came out, "What's the noise?"

The buddy hurriedly stopped his movements, turned his head first and said: "Brother, there is nothing wrong, small things can be solved."

The old man just heard the sound and felt it was familiar, but he came out. Seeing this, the clerk hurriedly said: "Master, this man is causing trouble, I will drive him away immediately." After speaking, he went up with the stick, but the old man stopped him, Looking Yan Congnian up and down, he recognized it immediately, surprised and delighted, "Shopkeeper Yan, why is it you? Aren't you arrested by the Ming army? How did you come back?"

"Shopkeeper Yan? Arrested?" The clerk was taken aback when he heard this, but immediately dropped the stick and knelt down. He is capable of bending and stretching, and knows the current affairs. He is also a talent.

The treasurer of Qing Yongchang helped the Qing Dynasty transport ore and cast cannons, and was caught by the Ming army on the Yangtze River. Qing Yongchang naturally knew it.

The firm has contributed a lot to the Qing Dynasty. Qing Yongchang has contributed a lot to the rivers of the Qing Dynasty, so Qing Yongchang can be so tyrannical, but they can only be in the Qing Dynasty. This falls into the hands of the Ming army. Cong Nian will definitely be beheaded by the Ming army, he has already lit incense and burned paper for him.

This guy had even burned a stick of incense. He didn't expect Yan Congnian to come back alive. The guy was so frightened that he quickly slapped himself on the face and apologized in a low voice. He completely lost his vicious look just now, "Little Yes, you have eyes but no pearls, and the shopkeeper does not remember the faults of villains."

Yan Congnian felt happy when he saw the guy slapping his face, he is not an adult, how could he not hold grudges in his heart, but he has no time to talk to him now, so he first smiled at Wang Gongfeng, "Wang Gongfeng, is the Patriarch in Jiangning? "

"The ships of the Ming army are criss-crossing the Yangtze River, and the master is still in Yangzhou, but the third master just came to Jiangning from Yuhang." Wang Gongfeng said worriedly: "Boss, come in quickly."

After speaking, Wang Gongfeng turned sideways, stretched out his hand to ask, then glanced at the guy again, and said angrily: "Those who don't have long eyes, get out of here."

The buddy fan's cheeks were flushed, and after hearing the amnesty, his job was saved, he hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "I know my mistake, I'll just get out of here." After speaking, he really rolled out, just like a month ago Yan Congnian, like birds of a feather really flock together, it's not that a family doesn't come into the house.

Yan Congnian saw his ugly appearance, and immediately remembered that he probably looked like this at the time, and felt very unhappy. He waved his sleeves and snorted coldly, "You don't have to come tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, he strode into the door, and the rolling guy's face suddenly turned ashen.

The front of the pawn shop is very shabby with small windows and small doors, but there is a hole in the back. The hall is very spacious and magnificent. Why is it designed this way? It is probably to tell the pawnbrokers that I am also poor so that the price can be lowered.

At this time, someone in the hall asked, "Who is the king?"

"Third Master, Shopkeeper Yan has escaped back!"

After hearing this, a middle-aged man saw Yan Connian enter the room, hurriedly put down his teacup, and said pleasantly, "Congnian, how did you escape? I thought you were killed by the Ming army."

This middle-aged man is the third head of Qing Yongchang. Fan Yongdou's brother, Fan Yongsheng, is the person in charge of Qing Yongchang's procurement of materials in Jiangnan and Zhejiang. When the water transportation was cut off and his fleet was blocked in Zhenjiang, he came to Jiangning .

Yan Congnian saluted Fan Yongsheng, then checked that there were no outsiders in the hall, and said honestly, "Third Master, I didn't escape, but the Ming army deliberately let me back."

When Fan Yongsheng heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, his face changed, and he quickly asked Wang Gongfeng to arrange people outside the hall, and then closed the door, while he brought Yan Congnian to the back hall.

"Congnian went to Tongling to extract mines, what happened afterwards?" Fan Yongsheng looked at Yan Congnian, saw that he was dressed in rags, his whole body was thinner, and he was also darker. Quite a few, he asked Yan Congnian to sit down, and asked nervously, "Why did the Ming army let you back, but is there anything important you want to convey?"

It was originally a secret that Shanxi merchants supported the Manchu Qing, but since the Manchu Qing held a banquet in Bauhinia City to thank Fan Yongdou, Qi Liangyu, Huang Yunfa and other eight major Shanxi merchants, and bestowed the title of "Imperial Merchants", it has become a fact that Shanxi merchants have colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country. The world knows things.

It can be said that as the relationship between the Shanxi Merchants and the Manchu Qing was exposed to the world, the Shanxi Merchants have been tied to the Manchu Qing.

If the Ming Dynasty defeated the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they would inevitably suffer liquidation. The Shanxi merchants had no way of turning back. They could not support the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty would not tolerate them.

Fan Yongsheng couldn't figure it out, what did the Ming army want to do when they let Yan Congnian come back?
"Third Master, the Ming army let me come back because they wanted to do business with our firm on an important matter." Yan Congnian said.

"Deal?" Fan Yongsheng was taken aback.

"The navy of the Ming army has cut off water transportation. As long as the merchant provides food and grass for the Ming army and pays a sum of money, the Ming army can allow some of the merchant's ships to pass through the Yangtze River." Yan Congnian continued.

Fan Yongsheng frowned when he heard this. A large number of cargo ships and supplies from Yongchang in the Qing Dynasty were stranded in the north and south of the Yangtze River because the Grand Canal was cut off by the Ming army. The tea, silk, and porcelain purchased at high prices from the south of the Yangtze River are now unable to be shipped out, and the products in the south of the Yangtze River are gone. Sales, all kinds of goods are piling up, the price has plummeted, and Qing Yongchang can't even recover the cost.

Now due to the lack of materials in the north, the prices of various items have skyrocketed, while the south of the Yangtze River is in disrepair. If we can make a deal with the Ming army and transport the materials from the south of the Yangtze River to the north, Qing Yongchang will definitely make a fortune. However, if we provide food and grass to the Ming army , money, doesn’t that mean they are collaborating with the enemy and traitorously?

Merchants seek profit, especially Shanxi merchants. Fan Yongsheng has done a lot of traitorous things. Fan Yongsheng has no pressure on this. Not to mention traitorous, the interests are big enough, and he sells his daughters.

Fan Yongsheng was moved by the benefits, but not long after the Shanxi merchants sold the Ming Dynasty, they boarded the big ship of the Manchu Qing, and then turned around and sold the Qing Dynasty again. This method is too dirty. Believe in Shanxi merchants.

From a short-term perspective, this matter is definitely profitable, but in the long-term, it will lead to self-destruction. Fan Yongsheng hesitated and waved his hand, "This matter is very important. I can't be the master. I have to talk to the master of the house."

Yan Congnian was just saying that the Ming Dynasty did not appease him, and he did not surrender to the Ming Dynasty, but he felt that trading with the Ming Army would bring a lot of benefits to the firm, and if he could make it happen, Fan Yongdou would definitely reward him.

Now that he has regained his freedom, he still wants to be the big treasurer of Qing Yongchang, so it is necessary to meet Fan Yongdou, "In this case, the third master will give me a boat, and I will cross the river to meet the master."

After hearing this, Fan Yongsheng straightened up, "There are Ming warships all over the river. What if we get caught? It's better to stay in Nanjing and take care of the company's property in Jiangning."

"Third Master forgot, am I released by the Ming army?" Yan Congnian smiled.

Fan Yongsheng reacted, and immediately said with joy on his face: "Then I will also cross the river together. Jiangnan has now become a place of disputes, and war may start at some point."

The appearance of the Ming army on the Yangtze River made Fan Yongsheng feel uneasy. He felt that Jiangnan might change hands, and Jiangbei was safer.

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