Chapter 265: Crossing the Line
Governor Lin is quick in thinking and has always hit the nail on the head.
But after listening to Zhao Hao's tirade, he couldn't see through it this time.
I always feel that this kid is right, the prospect depicted is very good, and what is commendable is that he has patched up in advance for possible drawbacks.
This strong sense of responsibility is very rare in the businessman community.
But his intuition told Lin Run that behind this impeccable arrangement, there seemed to be a deeper conspiracy.
But the limitations of knowledge can only make him see that Jiangnan Company wants to take the opportunity to control the business of Suzhou Qianzhuang.
Lin Run can imagine that as long as he nods his head, in the future, the money exchanges between the officials and private merchants in Suzhou will not be able to bypass the soon-to-be-established Jiangnan Bank.
Although 'Wanyuanhao', 'Hengtongji', 'Xinlong' and other national big money villages, their strength is far better than 'Wu Ji'. But with the silver ticket supported by the Suzhou government, at least in Suzhou, Wu Ji will definitely be able to defeat them.
But the problem is that with Lin Run's understanding of Jiangnan Company, he always feels that their plans are by no means more than that.
While thinking about it, Suzhou City is already close at hand.
When Zhao Gongzi came the day before yesterday, although the markets outside the city were closed, most of them were safe and sound.
However, after only two days, the situation was rapidly deteriorating, and in the distance I saw a fire burning in the streets along the moat.
The faint sound of scolding and crying came down the wind, and it was a ruffian who took the opportunity to set fire to and rob.
Lin Run saw with his own eyes that several thugs smashed open the floor of a southern goods store.
The elderly shopkeeper and a few men brandished iron rods to stop them.
However, the shattered door attracted an even larger number of thugs, and the shopkeepers were eventually outnumbered and knocked to the ground.
The thugs swarmed in and rushed out of the store with stacks of beautifully decorated boxes.
The shopkeeper hugged the leg of a thug in distress, but was beaten again......
Such an atrocity actually happened right under the nose of the dignified governor of the heavens!
Lin Run Huoran got up and snorted, "Feng Qianhu! ”
"In!" A burly officer immediately replied in a deep voice.
"Immediately lead the troops to disembark and eliminate the gangsters here!" Lin Run ordered sharply.
"Yes!" Feng Qianhu immediately took the order and left, ordered the sand boats that were set up under his subordinates to dock, and then issued an order to purge them.
Before the planks could be lowered, the soldiers jumped out of the boat, and before they could form a group, they rushed straight to the thugs who were setting fire to the looting.
Seeing the officers and soldiers of the brigade suddenly appear, the thugs hurriedly scattered with loot, birds and beasts.
Of course, there are also those who are not long-eyed, have slow legs and feet, and are pressed to the ground by the soldiers who rush up, and they are beaten fatly.
The long streets for three or four miles were full of officers and soldiers and thugs chasing each other, shouting and screaming into a pot of porridge, and the scene became more and more chaotic.
The shopkeeper and his fellows did not dare to rush out to take revenge, but hurriedly tried to find a way to re-block the door of the store.
In the eyes of the common people, officers and soldiers are as terrible as thugs, and even more so......
It wasn't until Governor Cai and Zhang Defu got off the boat and loudly announced to the citizens that the governor had come to quell the rebellion, and that the officials and soldiers had protected the territory and the people, and that there was no crime in the autumn, that the tense atmosphere eased slightly.
Watching the soldiers tie up the captured thugs, string them together, and walk through the messy streets, Lin Run's tense face finally relaxed a little.
He glanced back at Zhao Hao, and said in a deep voice: "This court has agreed to the agreement between Suzhou Mansion and Jiangnan Company, let's implement the agreement as soon as possible." ”
The chaos was urgent, and Lin Run had no choice.
"Zhongcheng rest assured, the first deposit of Jiangnan Company will be in place tonight." Zhao Gongzi assured softly.
"Well, this hospital has gone to deal with the riot, you children, don't get off the boat." Lin Run nodded, took a deep look at Zhao Hao and said, "It's here, let's talk about it again." ”
"Okay, I also have a gift for Zhongcheng." Zhao Hao bowed down to send Lin Run off the boat.
When Lin Zhongcheng came ashore, Zhao Hao stood up straight and looked at the chaotic street.
Jiang Xue Yingqiao stood beside Zhao Hao and said softly: "Brother feels uncomfortable? ”
"It's always uncomfortable to witness this kind of riot." Zhao Hao said astringently.
"In fact, Suzhou always comes to Suzhou once every few years." Jiang Xueying said very openly: "It's just that this year's scale is unprecedented, and there are many people who take advantage of the chaos to make trouble." ”
"Didn't there be so many robberies in previous years?" Zhao Hao frowned and asked.
"It's inevitable, but in broad daylight, it's rare to do this kind of thing." Jiang Xue said with a hint of anger on her face:
"In fact, the people of Suzhou are measured in making trouble, no one plans to rebel, and life has to be lived again. So it's all about venting anger, so blatantly smashing and looting, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to eat afterwards and walk around? ”
As she spoke, she glanced at the officials who were comforting the affected people, and said in a low voice: "Don't look at the government's good talk now, when the situation calms down, it will definitely settle accounts after the autumn." ”
"You mean that in this popular uprising, someone added material?" Zhao Hao's expression moved.
"I was about to report to my brother, and Suzhou Wu Ji sent a report on the civil uprising." Jiang Xueying handed a folding sheet to Zhao Hao.
Wu Ji's predecessor was an intelligence agency disguised as a carriage and horse shop, and after Wang Zhi's death, with the help of Zhao Liben, it was transformed into a commercial bank based on Qianzhuang logistics, but the old bank has never been lost.
Zhao Hao opened the folding, and while browsing, he listened to Jiang Xueying:
"At first, it was just a small riot by the weavers against the Weaving Bureau, and if it weren't for the weaving eunuchs asking for help from the Cai Governor's Mansion, the Suzhou Mansion would not even come forward. But he only arrested a few weavers led by him, and he didn't arrest people at all. ”
"Hmm." Zhao Hao nodded, Cai Zhifu is a famous minister of science, and he cherishes feathers very much. I heard Liu Zhengqi say that he was preparing to build a shrine for him in Dongshan White Horse Temple.
At such a time, he certainly does not want to bear the notoriety of aiding and abusing and poisoning the people.
Moreover, Cai Guoxi's ability is not bad, and the party in charge is also very experienced, so he naturally knows how to calm down the situation.
Zhao Hao asked Cai Zhifu, he originally planned to lock up those weavers overnight, and release them as a warning.
But who knew that night, someone brazenly broke through the prefect's yamen, not only opened the cell, let all the prisoners go, but also burned the prefect's yamen with a fire.
"The report said that weavers were incited everywhere that night to attack the government office, and 200 masked gangsters took the lead." Jiang Xueying said in a deep voice: "Although the mastermind behind the scenes has not been investigated, it is already certain that this popular uprising is premeditated and organized. ”
"Eighty percent is the Xu family." Zhao Hao sighed lightly and said: "Before the incident, Zhongcheng was in Songjiang Qingzhang Tianmu. ”
"My little sister sees it the same way." Jiang Xueying nodded and agreed: "In the land of the ten prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, now only Songjiang is still not cleared, and the arrogance of the Xu family can be seen, how can they easily bow their heads to Lin Zhongcheng?" ”
Zhao Hao slammed his palm on the railing, and said with a straight face: "The Xu family has crossed the line!" ”
Zhao Gongzi hated the officials and gentry the most in his life for their own selfish interests, regardless of the lives of the people.
Not to mention using the people to achieve ulterior goals.
ps. I'm sorry for you, but there are trivial things to do on the weekend, and I can only have two shifts today. The third will be made up tomorrow morning.