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The rescue team, arrest team, traitor removal team, assassination team, etc., of the East Road Intelligence Division, although they are all in the clouds and fog in the eyes of outsiders, there are also differences. The arrest team is slightly in the light, the rest is in the dark, and the special assassination team is even more mysterious, even ordinary intelligence department personnel, it is impossible to know their identity.

Because of Wang Dou's strong support, the spies of the Shogunate's Intelligence Department have long covered the three towns of Xuanda, as well as all parts of Shanxi, in mid-to-late October, when rumors began to spread in Beijing, Shanxi, and fake food stamps appeared, the wind of resistance from other towns and roads, and even the trend of running on grain stamps everywhere, the Intelligence Department paid attention to some behind-the-scenes masterminds.

After Wang Dou set out on the expedition, the most noble person on the East Road was Wang Dou's mother, Mrs. Zhong, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang Dou, Mrs. Xie Xiuniang, and all members gathered in the General's Mansion to discuss urgently.

After asking the two ladies, Liu Benshen, the director of internal affairs of the Intelligence Department, personally went to Beijing to report to Wang Dou, the general who returned to the dynasty.

Although the situation of the East Road is basically self-sufficient, like a small closed kingdom, most of the goods such as tea, cloth, salt, tobacco, pigments, medicinal herbs, silk and other goods have to be imported from the outside, and in order to strengthen relations with foreign countries, many coal and iron materials are also purchased from outside.

Not to mention grain and grass, you can buy as much as you can.

When the major merchants united to resist the export of goods from the east route and cut off the import of goods from various merchants, the members of the shogunate sent a large number of people to carry out activities to divide them and at the same time let out rumors. These people who are against the generals and the East Road should think twice before acting!

Words. The meaning of settling accounts after autumn is very strong.

Facts have proved that interest groups are afraid of power but not morality, and Wang Douwei is famous and thinks about the consequences of opposing it. Some merchants hesitated, especially many merchants in Xuanfu Town, and Zhongyongbo would soon be stationed in the town. Is it wise to confront it if you are under its direct jurisdiction and have a ruthless heart?

Therefore, after the shogunate released the rumors, the encircled circle slightly broke some holes.

However, the eight major families are deeply rooted in Shanxi and Xuanda, and the officials who shelter them. Merchants, generals, countless, the encirclement is still getting denser and denser, they shout slogans. Not a grain of rice, a pinch of salt, or a spoonful of water are allowed to enter the boundaries of the East Road.

Not to mention that a meat porcelain jar and a fur coat on the East Road will enter all places except the East Road, so that these bloodsuckers will lose all their money.

They also mobilized forces to intercept and kill the caravan that was transporting into the East Road, that is, Ji Shiwei, the governor of Xuanda, who was close to a merchant and escorted salt and tea, starting from Yanghe, just entered the Tianchengwei area, and before it approached Xuanfu Town, the caravan personnel were slaughtered.

The merchant was put into a sack and trampled to death with a horse's hooves, and the death was horrific, and all parties later declared that this was the act of the northern captives outside the Saiwai, and it was the revenge of the loyal and brave uncle who went out of the fortress without authorization.

Because of the entrance of the rangers, the slaughter of soldiers and civilians, the Tianchengwei staff general, who was good friends with Ji Shiwei, was guarded by the mouth of the white sheep, and was blamed, and it was very likely that the official position and office were not guaranteed, that is, the governor Ji Shiwei, who was also very passive, had already been impeached by the patrol, and there were even more officials in Beijing who were moved.

Among the commercial goods that are forbidden to be imported, the salt is the heaviest, followed by tea, especially salt, Xuanfu Town is not salt-producing, and the salt pond salt field of Daming is mainly concentrated in the southern part of Shanxi, Sichuan, Northwest, and Shandong and other coastal sea salt.

Salt is a daily necessity, the existing population of East Road is nearly 600,000, the monthly salt consumption, at least more than 20,000 catties, if there is a long-term lack of salt, the hair will turn white, the body is swollen, suffer from various incurable diseases, and even lose life.

It is a sergeant, if he does not get salt supplementation, his physique will definitely decline significantly, and the combat effectiveness of the army will be seriously weakened.

Tea is also a necessity of life, and the people of the Central Plains have become accustomed to drinking tea every day.

What sauce vinegar and the like, if you lack it, you also have a lot of troubles.

In the Ming Dynasty, after the opening of the law, it has been by the merchants everywhere, in the border towns to transport grain and grass, in exchange for salt, for a hundred years, the border army of the towns, especially the border army of the three towns of Xuanda, the transportation and sale of grain and grass, basically controlled by the merchants, especially by the merchants of Shanxi.

Over the years, their hands have been stretched out in all directions, and many supplies in the border towns depend on their supplies.

If their supply is not timely, the border troops of each town will have the worry of freezing and starvation, and it is a trivial matter to cause an uproar, so in the Ming Dynasty, the power of merchants should not be underestimated, and it has been quite a trust in later generations.

Although the consequences were extremely serious, they did not dare to stop supplying grain and grass to the three towns of Xuanda, but they had already stopped supplying grain to the East Road, especially salt and tea, which could be described as a sinister move......

Also, because of the spread of rumors, at this time the gentry and merchants were powerful, the information was backward, except for the military and civilian people outside the East Road, many people had a bad feeling towards Wang Dou.

At the end of October, outside the East Road, there were a few roads for the remnants of Xuanfu Town, and suddenly fake grain stamps were flooded, and under the secret fanning of some people, the local military households and ordinary people crowded out some grain exchange points set up in other places, and the official stores on the East Road urgently transported grain to support.

However, because of the long distance and the fact that they had to pass through many hostile areas, the grain team was often intercepted and ambushed, and in the end, these grain exchange points had to be withdrawn to the east road, only a few roads in Xuanfu Town, and some strongholds were still retained.

Because of this change, the face value of the food stamps that are in circulation, which was originally strong and whose purchasing power is rising, has fallen layer by layer, and in some places, in the end, it is even more like waste paper, and the merchants and the common people refuse to accept it, and it is not easy to restore everyone's confidence in using food stamps again.

As for the outside of the town, the merchants who are close to the cooperation with the East Road have been suppressed, and even watched and abused, just waiting for leisure.

At this time, according to the information obtained by the Intelligence Division, the East Road began to launch a counterattack, rescue the friendly businessmen, and destroy one fake ticket den.

Even more-for-tat, there were people who sheltered and participated in the printing of fake tickets in Shanxi and Xuanda towns, those who intercepted and killed caravans, and there were no officials or generals, and carried out large-scale beheading and assassination. Assassinate!

Because of the abundant financial support, from the end of October to the middle of November, the Intelligence Department destroyed Xuanda and various places in Shanxi. Even in other provinces, there are nearly 100 fake ticket dens set up in Beijing, killing the printers of fake tickets, and the little masterminds behind the scenes who participate in intercepting or intercepting caravans entering and leaving the road. Up to dozens of people.

Among the dead, the highest rank was the deputy general of a Shanxi town, passing somewhere. Just let the artillery shotguns blast to pieces!

Donglu's reaction shocked all parts of the country, and several big families and their interest groups, although their saliva was more intense, showed more angry emotions, and desperately launched public opinion under their own influence, reversing black and white. But it's also heartbreaking.

They did not dare to intercept the caravans entering and leaving the East Road again, nor did they dare to print fake tickets again.

Even the merchants in the alliance were panicked, and many merchants began to hesitate to wait and see, and they blocked the east road. There are also frames facing collapse.

After all, businessmen are cowardly in their bones, and the merchant group is far from being compared with the cohesive farming group.

In response to this, the Fan family contacted everyone again to discuss the matter, and desperately cheered everyone up, and at this time, the news of the Beijing division came, and Wang Dou and the troops on the border of the towns were clamoring, threatening the imperial court and not entering Beijing to reward them.

"God help me!"

That's all on the minds of everyone present.

Although everyone was secretly frightened by Wang Dou's great energy, Wang Dou's move proved the truth of the previous rumors, as Fan Sanba said: "Wang Dou is so domineering, what does the saint think, and what do the princes of the court think?" If you don't have a ghost in your heart, how can you do such a kingless and fatherless act? ”

They united again, waiting for the imperial court to react while engaging in a commercial war with the Eastern Road.

Facts have proved that fake tickets, intercepting caravans and other means will only make the Donglu Group carry out a more violent reaction, it is really killing 10,000 enemies and losing 8,000 themselves, and the conventional business warfare methods are more in line with their appetites, and can also prove to the world that their strength is strong, and they also have the posture of convincing people with virtue.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Higashiji shogunate even lobbied foreign merchants to restore trade supplies, etc., and received instructions from Wang Dou, who was in Beijing to keep a close eye on the progress of the matter.

Although profiteers brought disaster to the country and shamelessly printed fake tickets to harm the people, after all the dust settled, Donglu promised that the fake tickets in the hands of all soldiers and civilians could not only be exchanged for full grain and rice according to the real tickets, but also give the victims a certain amount of compensation, and the face value would rise by about 30%.

For example, a bucket of fake food stamps can be exchanged for three liters of good rice and noodles.

After the Intelligence Department distributed more than 1,000 catties of leaflets in Xuanda and Shanxi, although everyone tried their best to slander them, the leaflets still caused a sensation wherever they went.

I don't know how many victims of fake tickets, hurriedly retrieved the fake tickets that were thrown into the garbage heap by their own anger, silently put them away, and had hope in their hearts, if the heart is as black as coal, no, kind-hearted, for the country and the people, loyal and fearless loyal and brave Uncle Wang Dou, what he said is true, then the paper ticket in his hand, in the year of the catastrophe, is a baby who can live as a family.

Although many people are skeptical, almost everyone who receives the news has put away their fake stamps, and even some black-hearted businessmen have begun to buy fake grain stamps at high prices.

In response to the blockade of grain and salt on the East Road, the East Road also responded, using force as a cover, dispatched caravans, and vigorously purchased salt and tea from Gyeonggi, Baoding, Zhending, and even as far away as Shandong.

Hearing about the East Road, Xu Yue, Hu Dawei and other people close to Wang Dou also collected salt tea in the territory, vigorously transported it to Laishui, and then transferred it to the East Road, and many other people also lent a hand.

At the same time, the shogunate began to implement a rationing system to ensure that the salt and tea stocks in various places could be eaten for at least three months to six months.

After close reconnaissance, as well as the detectives from earlier, at this time, in the hands of the Intelligence Department, the evidence of the crimes of collaborating with the enemy of the major families was piled up, and they were in collusion with civilian officials and military generals from all over the country, and the records in the books also exceeded 200 people.

According to Wang Dou's instructions, they did not move at this time, and when the business war was over and the army returned, they would be served in one pot.

Entering November, the business war between Donglu and major families is in full swing and has entered a white heat.

In order to stabilize the hearts of the people on the road, at the beginning of November, Mrs. Bo and Wang Douzheng's wife Xie Xiuniang began to inspect the cities and forts on the East Road. (To be continued.) )