In the eyes of these merchants, the Ming Dynasty still demanded that they should return to the country, they could grovel to the Manchu soldiers, because those people were in a hurry to kill, but there was no need to give much respect to these people, as long as something happened and gave some silver, the trouble could be solved.

These are all the words of the old men of their family, in Daming, as long as you have silver, unless you rebel, there is no trouble that cannot be solved.

So they thought that they had already settled on this Da Ming, but they didn't expect that this Da Ming had little to do with the previous Da Ming.

After a short period of panic, Qi Yunyong suddenly figured out what was going on, and said with a smile: "Don't scare me, our Qi family has not violated the law of the Ming Dynasty at all, if you kill us, not only will you offend the businessmen in Chengdu, but even the people of the world will be cold." ”

Cheng Xiaolian suddenly felt very pitiful to him: "Let's go, I'll take you to see how your family was killed." ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the surrounding Jinyi guards had already tied him up, and then led him towards Qi Mansion.

When he arrived at the Qi Mansion, Meng Ke had already brought people to him, and the hammer in his hand had already made the guards of the Qi Mansion begin to chill, but Qi Angelica, the head of the Qi family, was not in a hurry, standing at the door and sneering: "I don't know which law my Qi family has violated?" If there is no law to condemn the crime, I am afraid that it will be difficult to plug the mouth of the world. ”

Cheng Xiaolian scratched his head: "The Qi family didn't break the law, I just want to destroy you, okay?" ”

Qi Angelica's eyes glared: "Vertical Zier dare!" ”

Cheng Xiaolian waved his hand: "Those who resist will not be killed, and those who surrender will not be enslaved!" He originally wanted to destroy him and teach the businessmen in Chengdu a lesson, but when he thought about it, he would inevitably have a reputation for being cruel and easy to kill, and besides, although human life in the troubled world is like mustard, God has the virtue of good life.

Meng Ke first shouted: "Those who surrender will not die, and those who resist will not be killed!" Then he rushed in with his hammer. The first one was Qi Angelica standing in front of the door, Meng Ke smashed his skull with a hammer, and then the army rushed into the Qi Mansion.

The house has long been spread all over the shouting just now, although these guards have some kung fu, but they are not willing to go against the soldiers, and there is a steady stream of support for killing these people, so except for some diehards, almost everyone has put down their weapons.

Cheng Xiaolian glanced at Qi Yunyong next to him: "Third son, how about it, if you say that you are full of doors, you will be destroyed, from today on, the Qi family will be removed from Chengdu City." ”

Who knew that after waiting for a while, he didn't hear Qi Yunyong speak, and when he turned his head again, Qi Yunyong was already so frightened that he peed his pants and stood in place stupidly.

Cheng Xiaolian shook his head: "Why bother." ”

On that day, all the property and land of the Qi family were confiscated to the Chengdu government, and then the family was reduced to slavery, and the Qi family was destroyed overnight.

The overnight collapse of the Qi family deeply shocked the merchants in Chengdu, so there was a rumor that these merchants were going to move their families and no longer stay in Chengdu.

Cheng Xiaolian didn't react to this news at all, businessmen are born to pursue profits, they can't be willing to give up such a big market, and this matter was originally what they provoked the court first, since they dared to provoke, they had to bear the consequences.

Sure enough, although the news came out, none of the merchants in Chengdu migrated, and the prices in Chengdu also inadvertently fell back to the normal level, and the merchants in Chengdu used this way to express their submission to the Ming court.

But Cheng Xiaolian was not complacent, he understood that these people were just looking for the face of the silver, but if there was an opportunity, he would never mind stabbing him in the back.

And half a month later, there was news that on the way to the Lizhou Pacification Division, a group of people kidnapped the third son of the Qi family, which added a layer of haze to this matter.

However, the only good thing about this matter is that Zhu Fu can finally live with his wife and children openly, and those who know are hundreds of miles away, and no one will know what happened in the past.

Cheng Xiaolian decided to come forward to talk to these businessmen in person, in this era, the businessmen already had a small group of organizations, because the status of businessmen was low, and the last one in Shinong Industry and Commerce, not to mention the officials, did not even look down on them, so they held together to protect their own interests.

Thinking that they are businessmen in Chengdu, they have a Chengdu business hall in private, and the Qi family was originally one of the important members of this organization, but now they have been removed, so Cheng Xiaolian wants to visit the owner of the business hall.

When the hall master heard that Cheng Xiaolian was coming, his heart immediately raised, but they heard about the Qi family's annihilation, and because they didn't agree with each other, they didn't even go through the process of the official mansion and directly destroyed the door. The hall master understands that this group of people is not the previous Ming court, they also picked up knives to fight the world, they may recognize silver, but they will definitely not be controlled by others.

So as soon as Cheng Xiaolian entered the door, the hall master immediately handed over a silver ticket: "This is a little bit of me, used to support His Highness's great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty." ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly: "Hall Master Xu doesn't have to be like this, I'm not here for this this time." ”

Hall Master Xu's face darkened, and he began to muttered in his heart, is it a bit small in silver, and people don't look down on it, but these are not made up by Shangtang, they are all made by him alone, it can be said that it has already made him very painful, and if he takes more, he will hurt his muscles and bones.

Cheng Xiaolian seemed to notice something, and laughed: "I'm not selling it to you, it's really not for the silver this time." ”

Then he was already sitting on the main seat of the room: "Master Xu, please take a seat." ”

Hall Master Xu said again and again: "Don't dare, don't dare, where is my place to sit in front of Your Highness, Your Highness should talk about things." ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "I had no choice but to kill Qi Angelica, and I didn't mean to attack you businessmen." ”

As soon as they said this, they were stunned, before they deliberately released a rumor to threaten Cheng Xiaolian, who knew that Cheng Xiaolian didn't care about them at all, and finally they all began to soften, and Cheng Xiaolian came to the door to say this again, which really made Hall Master Xu a little confused.

"Qi Angelica is against His Royal Highness, and he deserves to die, and we dare not have any criticism."

Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly: "I said Master Xu, I came to discuss things with you sincerely, do you have to detour with me like this?" ”

Hall Master Xu didn't know what to do, so he could only bite the bullet: "If Your Highness has anything to say, just give it to your Highness, and what we can do will definitely be done for Your Highness." ”

Cheng Xiaolian's eyes fluttered: "I don't know if you've heard of the imperial businessman?" ”

When Hall Master Xu heard this, his face immediately turned pale: "Our Shangtang has few people and is small, so we don't dare to take over the business of this imperial merchant, Your Highness should find another choice." ”

(End of chapter)