When Ma Shiying heard this in the distance, he let out a "puff" sound, which made Wu Zheng roll his eyes.

Liao Zhongping said sadly: "I am worried... Liu Yuan's troops and Xiushui militia have only more than a thousand people together... I am afraid that it will suffer a loss when I head to Hangzhou City with such a big fanfare... Otherwise, I will send a partial army to suppress the formation... I can let the soldiers dress up as civilians..."

"Huh--!" Wu Zheng shook his head and said, "I am still disdainful to do such dirty things... Are they not worried about people's hearts? Then let them see what people's hearts are... Ignore them, just lead the army north to change defenses, Fengyang, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou garrisons, and Gu has other uses!"

"Abide by the order!"

....

Hangzhou City, at the foot of Ziyang Mountain.

There is a villa with a luxurious appearance and covers only four or five acres.

Because it is far away from the market street, there are few people on weekdays.

But today, it seems a little different, and people come to the door in a row.

And it seems that he is familiar with the family, and there is not even a servant to welcome guests at the entrance of the village.

There were already about a dozen people sitting in the big house of Zhuangzi.

These people surrounded a table about eight feet wide and three feet long, with different expressions.

On the three main seats opposite the gate, there were the famous Financial Secretary, the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Mo Zhinian, Vice President Xi Benzhen and Huang Zongxi.

This is a secretly closed-door meeting of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.

What is stunning is that the already infamous Shanxi merchants, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou and others were sitting on the seats on both sides.

Sure enough, I’m doing business!

Compared to Xi Benzhen, Huang Zongxi looked a little angry, Mo Nian looked silly, and there was no slight fluctuation on his old face covered with gullies.

"Mr. Mo, you can't be unreasonable, right?" Fan Yongdou choked with a smile, "In business, business... We are businessmen, we are businessmen, we are doing business by selling high and buying low. People in the world say that they can beat and scold them, and they can't lose money... We can't even know that this is a pit, but we still have to jump down, right?"

Wang Dengku took the opportunity to echo: "Brother Fan's words are reasonable. We have spent all our money on the Chamber of Commerce over the years... But now, the King of Wu insists on the Northern Expedition, and the two dynasties have been fighting for more than a year... The rivers, seas and land have been banned. If this continues, even if the Chamber of Commerce has gold and silver, I am afraid it will not be able to hold on?"

Speaking of this, Wang Dengku stood up and pointed with his fingers, "Among all the kind brothers, there are northern merchants and southern merchants... Although there were many things to do when we were in business, now we eat in the same pot, so we have to work hard to go in the same place... No matter what kind of country or country, we are not compassionate, we only have one word - profit!"

Jin Liangyu applauded, "... What the king said is really deafening. What axiom, righteousness, worth a few taels of silver, can it be used as money?... When my stomach is empty, I am afraid that even people will have to eat it... The King of Wu used the technique of making money by making money one after another. Indeed, we were really kept in the dark at first, but we are not fools, and we cannot be fooled again and again..."

Think about it, first, the battle of grain prices, the King of Wu used the grain reserves of Jiaxing Prefecture to overturn all the grain merchants in Hangzhou Prefecture. Well, overnight, all the rice shops and grain stores in Hangzhou Prefecture and surrounding areas went bankrupt, and they all became the items in the King of Wu. The King of Wu suddenly became kind and exchanged half of the store's shares for the original owner to continue to operate... It sounded like the King of Wu was kind and did not add any harm, but now we understand... The King of Wu included the entire rice shops and grain shops in Hangzhou Prefecture without spending a tael of silver... Tsk, what a big deal...!"

Fan Yongdou also stood up, "...This is the predecessor of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce. Brothers, King Wu thus occupied 20% of the Chamber of Commerce's shares... 20% of the shares. Even if we expanded the capital several times and diluted it, King Wu still occupied 10% of the Chamber of Commerce's shares... Now the Chamber of Commerce's share capital is 20 million taels, 10% of the shares, that is 30 million taels of silver... But has King Wu invested a 1000 taels of silver in the capital? It was all the shares we merchants from the north and the south used real money and silver to lose weight to His Highness the King of Wu!"

Jin Liangyu slapped the table indignantly and said, "If it were just like this, it would be fine. The so-called officials would not fight with officials... But what did the King of Wu do in recent years... First, it is better to build a new city. The King of Wu has 200,000 tigers in his hands, and is just around the corner to win the world. We are just about to win the treasure... That's what we think, right? So, we spent all our money and bought wasteland in Songjiang where birds do not shit or chickens do not lay eggs. The Chamber of Commerce used no less than 30 million taels of real money and silver... Everyone, the Chamber of Commerce's capital at that time had not exceeded 80 million, which means that the Chamber of Commerce used nearly 40% of its capital to invest in that wasteland... It was all our hard-earned money!"

"If it's all this, that's fine!" Wang Dengku added, "After all, the new city has been built. Whether it can really cash out the wasteland, at least the chamber of commerce's account books are profitable... But you should know in your heart that after the new city was built, it was necessary to move the capital... If not, who would be willing to buy wasteland at a high price? But now, the new city was completed before the New Year, what about moving the capital... King Wu actually denied that he had said he wanted to move the capital... Mr. Mo, when you advised us to invest, he was very confident?"

Fan Yongdou immediately followed, "... Also, after the First Jiangbei War, after the Northern Expedition Army occupied Xuzhou, Mo Lao also agreed with confidence that the King of Wu would withdraw his troops and could govern the Qing Dynasty across the Yangtze River (Yangtze River), so that we can invest with confidence, and the more the better... As a result, the King of Wu did give up Xuzhou, but what is the scene in Xuzhou City and the surrounding areas? You feel like a mirror in your heart... right? The King of Wu claimed to be a land reform and shared land for the poor... But in fact, what is the difference between robbery... They all have a master land, Fan, Brother Wang, Brother Jin, etc., and countless industries there were burned...!"

"In the Second Jiangbei War, the Northern Expedition Army occupied Xuzhou twice, and Mr. Mo was even more determined. He said that he would force the King of Wu to submit no matter what, and he would be able to be controlled across the river (Yellow River) from the Qing Dynasty... OK, he agreed to redeem the Regent, but he actually secretly attacked... Now in the Third Jiangbei War, does Mr. Mo still want to deceive us? Did he say that he can now be at peace with the Qing Dynasty with Shanhaiguan as the boundary? Mr. Mo is so untrustworthy, and He Yan is the president of the Chamber of Commerce?!"

These words shocked everyone, including those who were still coming.
Chapter completed!