Everyone understood that as long as there was a word about Hutchison, there would definitely be a large number of businessmen following up, and this is something that doesn’t need to be thought about!

Everyone in the Shi family was full of passion and wanted to go home early and discuss with their wife early to see if they were digging three feet of the ground. They must get more money. At that time, they will invest with the money from the Public Security Bureau and leave it to Shi Congbin for operation. As long as they invest some principal, the return may be doubled or even tripled or five times!

If you invest 20,000 silver in, you will come back in three months and you will get 100,000 yuan. This possibility is not without!

In this era when one tael of silver can invite about ten people to a restaurant for a good banquet, five taels of silver per cow head, ten taels of silver per acre of land, forty taels of silver a countryside, and one hundred and twenty taels of silver a small courtyard in Kaifeng City, you can earn thousands of taels of tens of thousands of taels of taels of tens of thousands of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels of taels in half a year. This is really a great thing

Shi Congbin shook his head slightly. He didn't know what to say, but Shi Congbin knew that similar scenes were probably everywhere in the country. The big net cast by Hutchison had firmly wrapped the Ming Empire in it.

Thinking of this, Shi Congbin was also in a state of excitement.

Since ancient times, from the Battle of Muye to the Northern Expedition of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, I have never heard of using such means to cross a complete empire. From Shi Congbin's perspective, this matter is not impossible, or even very likely!

"What a strange man, a magical technique." When he went out, Shi Congbin couldn't help but admire him.

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Qian Wensheng came out of the capital at the end of September, boarded a boat from Tongzhou and headed south through Dezhou and Linqing. He observed the local situation in Linqing for more than ten days. He went to Jinan to Suqian, then to Qingjiangpu, crossed the river from Guazhou in Yangzhou to Zhenjiang, and then hired a black-sailed boat from Zhenjiang to Changshu. By the time he arrived at Qian Mansion in Changshu, it was less than ten days before the New Year was celebrated.

At this time, Changshu, Changzhou, Suzhou and other places were not later generations. In later generations, due to the construction of Daxingtu Road, the construction of expressways, railways, and urban expansion, the rivers in Suzhou urban areas decreased by more than 70%.

In this era, nearly 200 large and small rivers passed by in Suzhou alone. Many villages and houses were built directly on both sides of the waterway, so there were people from the north riding horses and southerners taking boats. Qian Wensheng took a boat and got off the boat directly at the dock built by his own house outside the Qian Mansion. There were always people from the Qian family at the dock. When he saw Qian Wensheng from afar, seven or eight men came over and carried Qian Wensheng's luggage in a row.

"It's all the northern soil." Qian Wensheng beat his waist and said with a smile: "After Hutchison was searched, it was really not easy for me to bring these things. There was a package inside that contained pastries from the capital. You can take some back for the children to eat."

Most of the people who helped carry the goods were from the Qian family, and everyone was different from Qian Wensheng. Someone opened the package with a smile, and it turned out that each person had a share.

"Why are you all here at the dock?" Qian Wensheng asked someone to move the items to his yard and hand them over to his wife for storage. Someone left with a load, and then he asked, "Is it so idle now that the year is over?"

"These days, several masters have been discussing the worship of ancestors. I've prepared it. The rest of the chores are sweeping the courtyard, wiping Fugong, and preparing New Year's goods. These things are almost done, so there is nothing to do."

"We can't say that there is nothing wrong, but the master thought about Uncle Wensheng and asked you every day if you have come back. We are waiting at the dock. As soon as people arrive, they quickly report it to him."

Of course, the master is Qian Qianyi, the current head of the Qian family in Changshu. Qian Qianyi was a student at the age of 17, which is a very amazing achievement, and it also shows that this person is a truly smart person.

Don’t say that learning eight-legged essays is useless and you look down on others. With the same framework and the same books, the articles made by others are obviously better than you. This is smart.

A place like Suzhou was the best in culture and education in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It had already suppressed Fujian and Jiangxi, which had been vying for hundreds of years. Only Zhejiang could barely compare. Qian Qianyi was able to rank first in the Ming Dynasty, such as Suzhou, and became a student of the prefecture at the age of seventeen. There is no need to say more about his intelligence.

When he was twenty-seven years old, Qian Qianyi went to the capital to take the exam, and was ranked third in the first class, and his future was bright.

This time, when the new emperor ascended the throne and expelled the eunuch party, many Donglin members were about to recover, but it was not very good news for Qian Qianyi. Han Yu was about to be restored to the prime minister. Qian Qianyi was in Ye Xianggao's path at the beginning, and the relationship between Han Yu was not very harmonious.

Qian Wensheng listened to the clan members and said with a smile: "It seems that he is really anxious to bear it."

It is not convenient to delay any more now. From the dock, it is the outer courtyard of Qian's mansion. After passing through a few intervening roads, it reaches the inner courtyard. Qian Qianyi lives in a monastery and heard the news that he was already greeted at the door.

"I've seen the Fourth Brother." Qian Qianyi bowed his hand urgently and said, "Although there is a letter, there are some things that are hard to ask in the letter. I'm really anxious to wait for the Fourth Brother."

"Why is this?" Qian Wensheng said in surprise: "I gave the money to my husband Cao, and he also agreed to help. I thought there was nothing else to do and I traveled everywhere in Linqing. After receiving your letter, I quickly came back."

"Oh, there is no hurry to get back." Qian Qianyi said: "Let's go into the house to talk."

Qian Wensheng knew that things had changed a lot, so he didn't say much at the moment and went to the hall of the monastery with Qian Qianyi.

"I have recently exchanged letters from all families in the south of the Yangtze River." Qian Qianyi asked someone to pour tea, then drove the person out with his sleeves, and then said to Qian Wensheng: "They all advised me to do one thing together, but I was still hesitating. Do you know what happened?"

Qian Wensheng said: "Is it a matter of food or cloth?"

"Yes, yes." Qian Qianyi nodded and said, "I have several partners who do business together. Since my fourth brother understands so much, I will ask them to discuss it together."

Qian Qianyi made a hand gesture, took Qian Wensheng out and led it into the room next door.

Several people in the room were already sitting and drinking tea and waiting. When they saw Qian Qianyi coming in, they all stood up.

"This is Mr. Ma, a doctor in the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue." Qian Qianyi introduced: "Except Mr. Ma, everyone else is familiar with it."

"Natural." Qian Wensheng first bowed to Ma Shiying and praised: "Mr. Yaocao." Then he nodded to the rest of the people. He was a little surprised. Although there were only a few people present, the energy in the Jiangnan area was quite amazing.

"Thank you for your hard work in literature." Cheng Jiasui, who was known as a poet of a generation, had more than a thousand poems in his life, was a representative figure of Hui merchants in the Jiangnan area. He did not take the exam once, and all the people he had interacted with were celebrities and gentry in his life. He was famous for his poetry and painting in the scholars. He painted a portrait for Qian Qianyi, which was very vivid and imaginative. His painting skills were skillful and sophisticated, and he was praised by people at that time.

But what Cheng Jiasui is unknown is his background of Hui merchants. His father and ancestors are both big merchants in Hui merchants. Most of his family members and marriage partners are famous big Hui merchants. His reputation in Shilin is not for nothing, but for hard work. This kind of business requires spending money, not wanting to make money. If he wants to make money, he can only go to a high-ranking company to be a customer, and he will take another way.

It is not so easy to be a famous scholar.

Cheng Jiasui expressed his kindness, and Qian Wensheng quickly bowed and said, "Brother Meng Yang is polite. He is used to traveling around the world. Walking on the road and enjoying the unprecedented scenery in his hometown is actually a joy of life."

"Haha, this is reasonable. I have also met Xu Xiake. If he heard Brother Wensheng's words, he would definitely be a confidant."

Qian Wensheng smiled and said nothing. He only had the status of a scholar. If he didn't play for Qian Qianyi in his family, he would be marginalized. Even so, his identity was worse than those in front of him. Xu Xiake was a serious gentry and looked down on him.

Ma Shiying coughed slightly and said, "Let's gossip when we greet Brother Wensheng in the evening. Now let's talk about serious topics."

"Okay." Qian Qianyi said, "I already know how this person responds to him when he met Cao Huachun. Later, he was scolded by the emperor. We have also heard about it here. What is the situation?"

Qian Wensheng knew that these people could not come to listen to his experiences in the capital. He was also a smart person. After pondering for a moment, he said directly: "Although Mr. Cao was scolded, he was still trusted by the emperor. It was because the palace was run by Wei eunuchs for many years. The emperor had only believed in the old people in the vassal residence in his heart. Now Mr. Cao is still the eunuch of the company, and his position has not changed."

"When my fourth brother left Beijing, could the Hutchison people be arrested?"

"This is really not." Qian Wensheng thought for a moment and said decisively: "The court has repeatedly arrested him, but the people who remember him were very well hidden, and no one got him."

The few people present looked at each other, Ma Shiying shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "Last time, he said that the people from Hutchison bragged, and thousands of factory guards, and the people from Hutchison were not exposed in the capital, so none of them were arrested? Now it seems that my factory guards in the Ming Dynasty are really a waste."

Qian Qianyi's face was not very good either. From being a student in the Central Government in his teenage years to becoming a Hanlin scholar in his first class, the Ming Dynasty was the country where he was born to know, including courts, emperors, factory guards, civil servants, military officials, local governments and clans, students and famous scholars. All of this constituted a complete Ming Dynasty.

Now the Ming Dynasty is being fooled by others, and thousands of factory guards are not even as good as dogs in their eyes. Even literati are born to dislike factory guards, they can't help feeling lost at this time.

"What's the situation in the city?"

Ma Shiying asked this question more broadly, but Qian Wensheng still knew what the other party was asking. He thought about it and replied: "At the beginning of the eunuch party, both officials and gentry in the capital were excited, and they praised the emperor as a rare wise monarch, and the Ming Dynasty had the sign of a revival. Later, the attack on Xinpingbao failed, and the loss of soldiers and generals died on the battlefield. Although the public dared not say it clearly, they were all worried. People knew that Hutchison was not easy to associate with, so they were extremely worried! After that, the price of grain began to rise sharply, and then the price of various goods rose sharply, and the people in the capital all complained. When they left Beijing, the image of the emperor was quite damaged."

The people present did not speak out, but they all nodded slightly to express their agreement.

The emperor was most unhappy about eliminating the eunuch party, of course, Wei Yan himself and his core gangs, and then those implicated officials. For example, a person from Henan Governor was just dismissed from his post last month because he built a temple for Wei Yan during his tenure as governor.

This is actually because someone is thinking about being the governor, and there is no point in trying to add a crime.

When Wei Yi was in full swing, Emperor Tianqi gave him the title of Shanggong, and he was in power. How many governors in the world did not establish a temple? How could officials in the court have nothing to do with the eunuch party?

Although the emperor did not want to prosecute the prison, he seemed to have a psychological obsession with cleanliness and always wanted to catch the eunuchs in one fell swoop, which was a bit too much.

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