Chapter 187 The Ancestor of the Kang Family
"Mr. Qin, long time no see. I've been away for three days. I looked at each other with admiration. Unexpectedly, in just less than a year, Lord Qin jumped from a small clerk to the general of Huguang. It's amazing!" The fat and greasy middle-aged man Kang Youtian looked smiling.
Qin Yiming glanced into the room with a look of disappointment. He thought Kang Shengnan had come to the capital. Now it seems that he is thinking too much. The hairpin in his hand reminded him of the beautiful woman who is as beautiful as a fairy but has a ruthless spirit in his heart.
Kang Youtian might know that Qin Yiming was a little disappointed, so he smiled and said, "Shengnan is living a good life in his hometown in Shanxi. Although he was punished a little before... But since Lord Qin became the general, cough cough, Shengnan has also regained his freedom."
When Kang Youtian was talking, he secretly glanced at Old Man Bai. Seeing that the old man had no expression and was still closing his eyes to rest, he dared to continue speaking.
"You invite me here, what's the matter? Tell me quickly if you have something to do. If you have nothing to do, I'll leave now." Qin Yiming had no good feelings for these people. Kang Shengnan was not there, and he didn't want to stay.
Kang Youtian was anxious and said, "Mr. Qin, please stay tuned. We really want to ask for something. I heard Erlang say that the message from the palace is that if my Dalang wants to come out, I still need to ask for it, so..."
"Haha, I'm afraid I'm useless to beg me now. I'm a clay Buddha crossing the river now, so I can't protect myself!" Qin Yiming was embarrassed.
"Why is this?" Kang Shiyuan asked in confusion.
"You don't know, you have so many friends from the court, but you haven't found any news? You are not your good brother, so you bit me back and you bought pictures and sold them to Chen Yunze. I don't know about this at all. Your elder brother just said that I was in contact with you and knew about this. Now the ministers of the foreign court said that I knew it and did not report it. Even the theft case of the Li family said that I was arranged by me." Qin Yi was a little surprised. The Kang family had been entrenched in the capital for many years, so how could he not find out the news?!
"What, brother is really like this..." Kang Shiyuan didn't expect his elder brother to frame him, and he was instantly angry.
"We really don't know that these adults are too late to hide from our Kang family now. We can't even get in. Now there is no way. This time it's a disaster for genocide. We can't wait to die." Kang Youtian looked helpless. When the servants of the adults went to their house to withdraw money, he knew that something was wrong. He had indeed found many ways, but no one dared to receive him.
"Rebellious son!" said the old man Bai. Kang Youtian and Kang Yingyuan were silent and did not dare to breathe.
Qin Yiming was very curious. In this ancient society, did the old man have such a high status? Thinking about the descendants who were a little more filial, they could still listen to a few words from the elderly. Those unfilial descendants simply regarded the words of elders as the words of elders, and even thought the elderly were too lazy to listen to them. Looking at the elderly man in front of him, he snorted casually, and his descendants did not dare to breathe.
"My little son is spoiled, and he is too much to be loved!" The old man was not angry and powerful. Kang Youtian looked worried and blameless, and Kang Shiyuan's expression was strange, as if he was secretly happy.
"You all go out, I have something to tell Lord Qin." The old man ordered, and the two of them quickly left the room.
Qin Yiming also sat down honestly. The ancestor of the Kang family in front of him seemed to be in a state of disbelief last year, but his eyes were particularly bright, as if he could see through everything.
The old man tasted the tea, his deep eyes glanced at Qin Yiming, and then slowly said, "The Kang family has been passed down for eight generations. I have passed the age of 70. I think I have seen countless people. Today I have only seen that I have misunderstood my opinion. In such a situation, I am calm and composed, even the old man who is about to fall into the ground cannot do it."
"Old man, you're joking. You haven't seen me before, so why bother to see me? Besides, I'm just a little person, not as calm as you said." Qin Yiming replied with a smile, but in his heart he wanted to say, what's there to be afraid of if the emperor trusts us?
"Haha, Lord Qin is very funny. Although I am not allowed to marry Shengnan, I have been paying attention to your affairs. I know everything you do. You are better than my unfilial descendants! The most valuable thing is that you have the Han people in your heart." The old man praised.
"The old man praised me and I am ashamed of it!"
"I came this time for my eldest grandson. The man from the Kang family was a poor man. He was also the heir of my designated family. He could not have anything to do, so I took action personally and hoped that someone could inquire about it. Unexpectedly, I arrived in the capital. The situation changed so much that I could not even deal with it. So I hope Lord Qin helped our Kang family overcome this danger and cleansed up the grievances of our Kang family." The old man said slowly, his face full of traces of time, and his expression could not be seen, but through his eyes, Qin Yiming looked at the old man's confidence, and he didn't know where the confidence came from.
"Old man, do you think of me too much? I am just a martial artist. Besides, your eldest grandson admitted it, and said that I know the inside story, these..."
"The Kang family will never have any people who are tyrants from the country, and they will never have. This is the ancestral teaching of the Kang family. Once it appears, it will not only be removed from the household registration, but also be beaten to death by sticks!" The old man interrupted Qin Yiming's words, his face turned slightly red, and he was obviously angry.
Qin Yiming was quite curious. The Kang family actually had such a ancestral teaching. This old man didn't seem to be lying. Qin Yiming felt a sense of admiration in his heart, and he felt a sense of admiration.
The ancestor of the Kang family continued: "The change of earth and wood is a pain for the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the pain for the Kang family. Emperor Yingzong was captured, and many civil and military officials were killed. There were also the patriarchs of our Kang family who raised food and grass for the court in Datong. Later, the relationship between the two countries eased, but our Kang family found that if it were not for the Mongolians who purchased a large amount of food, pig iron and salt from the mainland, the Mongolians would not have the ability to attack our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Kang family established family rules since then, and they must not sell these materials to enemies who opposed the Ming Dynasty, otherwise it would be the people of the Ming Dynasty that they would eventually harm us."
"I really admire the Kang family, it's really a good businessman!" Qin Yiming exclaimed.
"Although our Kang family specializes in Jiubian for many years and has accumulated countless accumulations, they are inferior businessmen after all, and their lives and deaths are in the hands of others. This time, the Kang family is in trouble, and those adults are reluctant to save them. I hope that Lord Qin can help him because of Shengnan's relationship. Otherwise, if my Kang family is gone, I'm afraid no one can suppress their Fan family anymore."
"I'll try my best." Qin Yiming originally didn't want to care about the life or death of the Kang family, but no matter what, Kang Shengnan was also a member of the Kang family. Now that he heard the head of the Kang family talk about the rules of the Kang family, Qin Yiming felt that there was still a fundamental difference between the Kang family and the Fan family. Such a businessman should be protected by the Ming Dynasty. However, when the old man of the Kang family talked about the Fan family, he seemed to know what the Fan family was inside, so he became curious again.
"Fan family, haha, old man, what's wrong with the Fan family?"
"The Fan family is from Jiexiu, Shanxi. It was originally a small business that was unknown. However, the Fan family has made a big show in Fan Yongdou's hands. In just a few decades, the Fan family's wealth has expanded hundreds of times. Fan Yongdou is indeed a talent, but unfortunately his intentions are not right."
"Hundreds of times? How could Fan Yongdou be so powerful?"
"It's nothing. At that time, the imperial court implemented a material blockade on Jianlu outside the pass, and only opened it to the Mongols. Liaozuo once asked someone to find me, hoping that our Kang family would collect food, pig iron and other materials for the Tartars. But how could I forget my ancestors for small profits? Fan Yongdou learned about the needs of the Liaozuo Tatars and took the initiative to contact them and trade with Liaozuo. The wealth that Jianlu plundered was also handed over to the Fan family for sale in the pass. After a while, the Fan family had accumulated a lot in just a few decades, and was no longer weaker than our Kang family, and they were even in a hurry to catch up."
"Why didn't the court arrest the Fan family and confiscate the Fan family? Such a profiteer should be killed!" Qin Yiming was very surprised. It turned out that the Fan family's evil deeds were not known by him, a time traveler, that someone had known it in the Ming Dynasty.
"Haha, the court's trade with the Mongols was open. The Fan family and Liaozuo have always been intermediaries through the Mongols. How to arrest them? The cunning Fan family had no evidence at all. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Dorgon led his troops to attack Lin Dankhan's forces. Why did he attack Datong on the way back? It was not because there were supplies that the Fan family had prepared long ago. Moreover, the Fan family had been in the capital for several years, and they would also protect their Fan family. However, although I could not move them, I would not let them live well. The wheat and sorghum in the north were controlled by me. It was difficult for him to collect a large amount of food and grass. Unfortunately, I was powerless in Jiangnan. I asked Shengnan to conduct grain trading in Jiangnan and attempt to control the food in Jiangnan, but unfortunately I failed." The old man was quite disappointed.
Qin Yiming nodded. The Ming Dynasty's policy has always been to curry favor with Mongolia and North Korea, and to form a three-sided attack on the Jurchens. Such a group fight policy is exquisite from a macro perspective, but the Ming Dynasty is too weak, the Mongols have been conquered for a long time, and North Korea has been conquered now. Even the last bloodline of the Golden Family, Lin Dankhan's power has been conquered. There are no allies outside the pass, but now the three families have joined forces to fight one.
If you want to talk about the grain transactions of Kang's family in Jiangnan, it was still a mess that he had ruined himself. When Kang Shengnan strongly attacked Xu Zhen'er's grain transactions, he took action and used iron and silver to force Kang Shengnan to give up his attempt to do grain business in Jiangnan. Now I don't know whether it is right or wrong. However, the old man in front of him, whether it is vision and strategy or the feelings of the Han people, all made Qin Yiming admire him, and also made Qin Yiming have a good impression of the ancestor of the Kang family.
"I would also like to ask, why do you think I can save the Kang family?" Qin Yiming didn't understand where the confidence on the old man's face came from.
The old man suddenly laughed and said, "Hehe, a dog will bite people when entering a poor alley! And in the eyes of others, the Kang family is no longer separated from you."
Qin Yiming spoke in a ventriloquy and said, "I have not been killed by anyone."
Chapter completed!