When Tang Yin woke up in a daze, it was dark all around, and he immediately realized that there was danger, and he had a thought in his heart: "What's the matter?" Could it be that I've been kidnapped again? ”

But when he sat up from the bed, he found that he was in the inn room, with a dim tung oil lamp lit on the table, and there was a man at the door explaining something...... Tang Yin saw that the person was Shen Xi, and suddenly became angry: "Shen Zhongcheng, why are you kidnapping me if you have nothing to do?" ”

Shen Xi turned his head when he heard this, squinted at Tang Yin, and threw the burden in his hand onto the bed, which were the two paintings that Tang Yin was going to sell before. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tang Yin picked it up in his hand and looked at it, and then thought back to what happened before, he couldn't help but blush, and lowered his head in shame.

Shen Xi said: "Brother Bohu wants to figure it out, it's not that I'm tying you up, but that someone wants to make a fuss about you, and you're simply throwing yourself into the net...... Thanks to your luck, you happened to be bumped into by the servant of the official, and this saved you. Otherwise, I don't know what will happen! ”

Tang Yin was suddenly drenched in a cold sweat, those people used themselves to deal with Shen Xi, once their value was squeezed out, most of them ended up killing people and killing people.

After stabilizing his mood, Tang Yin looked at the sky outside the window, it was already dark at this time, which meant that he had been in a coma for at least three or four hours.

"Shen Zhongcheng, but I don't know who is so painstaking?" Tang Yin got out of bed and came to Shen Xi's side at the door, and asked in a low voice.

Shen Xi spread his hands and said: "I don't know who is behind all this, Brother Bohu still stays in the inn to rest more, this is Guangzhou Mansion, not the peaceful Wuzhou Mansion, let alone Fuzhou and Suzhou, if there is a bad pool, the official himself is difficult to protect, I am afraid that he will not have time to take care of the safety of Brother Bohu." ”

After Shen Xi finished speaking, he took the people and left.

Tang Yin muttered: "I was kidnapped, it's not because of you?" Those people are just trying to use me against you...... Alas, even the kidnapping trick has been used, and the people of this political envoy are not easy to mess with! ”

In fact, everyone knows that this matter is not unrelated to the political envoy Si Yamen, but there is no evidence. If Shen Xi wants to open a breakthrough, he can only use his brains on it.

Shen Xi arrived at the place where the prisoners were held, which was a private house in the northwest corner of Guangzhou City near the city wall, and the original owner had built a secret room to prevent sound from coming out. Entering the secret room built underground, Ma Jiu and others were severely torturing the criminals, and the "snapping" sound of the leather whip on the body, accompanied by a miserable howl, was very terrifying.

"Master, I've used two rounds of punishment, but I haven't asked anything, and my mouth is very hard." Zhu Qi replied.

Zhu Qi has been a thief, he himself said that he has not done anything to kill people and rob the road, it is difficult to say what the real situation is, now that he is acting on orders, Shen Xi has given him power, he will naturally not be merciful, and he will not fight hard. As for Ma Jiu, he himself crawled out of the pile of dead people, and he would not frown on this kind of thing.

Shen Xi frowned and waved his hand: "Continue to torture." ”

Zhu Qi asked: "Master, what if these people still don't confess after dawn?" ”

Shen Xi groaned slightly, and said: "If you don't confess again, you will send people to the Yamen of the Inspectorate after dawn, and say that if you encounter a few thieves who intend to commit murder against your own official, please punish the Yamen of the Si Si severely!" ”

Zhu Qi was a little puzzled: "Master, shouldn't it be sent to the Yamen of the prefecture and county?" ”

Shen Xi glanced at Zhu Qi and said, "Do as I tell you...... These people are sent to the county government or the government office, and they are of no use, and if the front foot goes in, the back foot will be bailed out. ”

Even if Shen Ximing knew that it was likely to be someone sent by the political envoy, he was not polite at all, Zhang Yuan should play "Tai Chi Pusher" with him, and he had to return the color.

The matter in Fuzhou may make Zhang Yuanying feel that it is a coincidence, Shen Xi is ready to let the other party know that I can get rid of Shang Yingkui, and I can also remove the stumbling block of you Zhang Yuanying, it depends on whether you cooperate.

With Shen Xi's move, the relationship between the two sides will definitely deteriorate rapidly, and if Zhang Yuan should use local forces to make trouble, Shen Xi must be on guard.

Shen Xi originally planned to let Xie Yun'er and the others live in the post house all the time, but now it seems that the city is not stable, and Shen Xi is ready to secretly send Xie Yun'er and the others out of the city, so as to better deal with the political envoys.

According to the attitude of the Inspectorate and the Commander of the Envoy Division, Shen Xi did not have too many manpower at hand now, and relying solely on Ma Jiu, Zhu Qi and a group of brothers from the Carriage and Horse Gang to go toe-to-toe with such a powerful opponent as the Guangdong Political Envoy, he had to prepare for the worst in advance.

"Could it be that I should really go back to Wuzhou to supervise the Yamen, honestly issue an official document to requisition and transfer the three provinces and ten divisions, and wait for the money and food to be sufficient and the soldiers will be in place before carrying out the conquest?"

Shen Xi felt that the strength at hand was really limited, and he was a little unwilling to go back to Wuzhou, after all, it was too remote there, but Fujian was pacified by him, and returning to Fuzhou might be the best choice at present.

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Shen Xi decided to go to Hui Niang and Li Jin to discuss business.

The Guangdong political envoy will not provide money and food for the time being, but Shen Xi has always had to lay out the business territory in Fujian and Guangdong, and now he can't provide enough policy protection for Hui Niang and Li Jin as expected, so let Hui Niang suspend the plan at hand and change the business strategy until he controls the overall situation.

Shen Xi didn't let anyone follow, and personally drove to the courtyard rented by Hui Niang and Li Jin.

Shen Xi's awareness of anti-tracking was very strong, so he stopped the car halfway, tied the horse to the tree next to the road, looked around a few times, and then passed through a few alleys, deliberately hid behind a piece of thatch and stayed for a while, and saw that no one was following, so he stood up and came to a small courtyard in front of the barking of dogs. He knocked on the door, and the door quickly opened from the inside.

“…… Sir, are you alright? ”

It was Li Jin who opened the door, she saw Shen Xi, she was happy at first, and then found that Shen Xi had a straight face, her brows were furrowed, as if she had encountered something tricky, and her joy suddenly turned into melancholy, mixed with a little concern.

Shen Xi didn't answer, and went directly into the courtyard.

At this time, Hui Niang in the house heard a voice and came out. Seeing Hui Niang, Shen Xi's face was finally not as grim as before, and he nodded as a greeting.

Entering the living room of the main house and sitting down, Shen Xi gave a general account of the situation of the day, although Hui Niang was a little worried, but said with a touch of relief: "It seems that the people of the political envoy Si Yamen dare not do anything to the master." ”

Shen Xi said: "Now I haven't used force, but I have been plotting behind my back, mainly trying to drive me out of Guangzhou Mansion, or even drive me back to Beijing." The local punishment is very close to the procuratorial envoy department, the command envoy department and the political envoy department, and the ice is solid, and it is difficult to pry it open for a while. ”

Hui Niang looked a little afraid, as long as it involved the affairs of the government, she didn't dare to deal with it, which was also the fact that she had been repeatedly calculated in dealing with the government before, leaving a strong psychological shadow on her.

Shen Xi glanced at Li Jin and said, "In a few days, you will send someone to the Salt Division to raise the division, and when Xia Yan is introduced, there will be merchants in the city who deal in official salt to contact, and you will follow to find out the news." ”

Hui Niang's face was a little puzzled.

Shen Xi asked her to suspend the opening of some shops and handicraft workshops at hand, and on the other hand, let her get in touch with the official salt trade, which seemed to contradict herself.

Shen Xi explained: "Just like the original development model of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, it takes three and five years to achieve results, and time waits for no one!" Now that the coastal bandits are in urgent need of money and food, they can only take the road of abusing power for personal gain. ”

At this time, Hui Niang didn't even dare to raise her head.

In the past, I was just doing some business of buying low and selling high, and I was squeezed by the government to the point of no return, but now I want to cooperate with the people of the government, isn't it self-defeating? Fortunately, Shen Xi's current status is different, as long as he can subdue the political envoy Si Yamen, at least within the three provinces, there should be no problem.

In this way, Hui Niang and Li Jin will no longer be ordinary businessmen, but "official businessmen". Shen Xi is their general backstage, they only need to use Shen Xi's power to monopolize some industries, and buy military rations after making huge profits.

Hui Niang hesitated a little: "Master, is this ...... Will it damage your reputation? ”

Shen Xi sighed lightly: "What's the use of the official voice?" The most important thing is hard work, the situation of the Ming Dynasty, you don't use power for personal gain, there will always be others to do it, at least we use it in official affairs, for the benefit of thousands of people in the Ming Dynasty, with a clear conscience. If I can control the right to speak in the future, I will naturally change the rules and set good rules for all walks of life, and then it is not too late to talk about fair competition. ”

Shen Xi means that he is not really in power now, and he cannot change the bad habits of the Ming officialdom, and now he urgently needs money and food to raise soldiers, and he can only rely on these illegal means to accumulate money.

After all, in addition to supervising the three provinces, Shen Xi still has the responsibility of "supervising the grain and salt management law", and he can ask about the salt road yamen in the two places.

Although the imperial court did not give him salt quotations and let him exchange them for silver as military salaries, Shen Xi could completely use his authority to sell the salt quotations granted by the imperial court to the Liangguang Salt Division every year to "his own people", and made great profits. This is very common in this era, behind the official is a group of business brothers-in-law, the old watch, and the transactions involved are basically related to the administrative authority of the official.

As for how to make a lot of money from salt introduction, Shen Xi needs to take good precautions.

At this time, Shen Xi stood up, and Hui Niang asked, "Master, are you going back?" ”

Shen Xi was going to go back to the post house, after all, he had to arrange for Xie Yun'er and the others to pack up their belongings and leave the city the next day, but he couldn't bear it when he left like this.

Shen Xi didn't care about Li Jin's presence, walked over and took Hui Niang into his arms, and said, "I'm tired, I've bathed, and I'll stay here tonight." ”

Only then did Hui Niang understand that Shen Xi was not leaving, so she hurriedly ordered: "Jin'er, go and arrange to boil water for the master." Master, the concubine will help you back to your room to rest...... Yes. ”

Hui Niang was about to "help" Shen Xi, but Shen Xi was much more domineering than she thought, and directly hugged her by the waist.

Hui Niang's body was originally light, with thin arms and legs, and small feet, and thin bones, Shen Xi had no trouble picking her up.

Shen Xi knew that he had to show his high authority in front of Hui Niang, otherwise Hui Niang would not submit to him wholeheartedly, this is the current mode of getting along with the two of them.

It is necessary to make Hui Niang feel that she is "forced", so that the guilt in her heart will be lighter, so that she can keep to herself and be a woman beside him.

As for Li Jin, he could only quickly bow his head and make way, watching his master go back to the room with his mother in his arms, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Shen Xi's strength not only infected Hui Niang, but also made her heart flutter, and she was a little at a loss for a while.

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PS: First update!

My mother suddenly got up in the morning and was suddenly paralyzed, and the son of heaven was too frightened, so I called 120 and sent my mother to a nearby hospital, and stayed in the hospital during the day today to accompany her for examination, and the preliminary diagnosis was acute cerebrovascular disease......

Now the Son of Heaven has the feeling of going back to 13 years, and at that time everything was not going well at home, alas...... (To be continued.) )