Nian Tang and Li Wei were extremely surprised, and there was another bustle outside the yamen.

"No braids, it's Nanban!"

"Why are you wearing a yellow jacket!?"

"Why don't you catch it and kill your head?"

"I'm afraid it's an envoy sent by the Longmen Nanban, the two countries are at war, and they don't kill the envoys, this is the rule."

"The messenger of the fart, you don't recognize the two universes with such a big chest? This is a porter with a tailwind! ”

A group of people wore melon skin hats, put on straight talk, their hands shrunk in their sleeves, their waists bent back, buzzing and talking, and their eyes turned back and forth.

The gaze they cast at the man at the door was one of abomination, with his hair in a bun, and he was rebellious! Bright yellow vest, borrow more! The man was even more one-armed, and the people were even more wondering if the Nanban had specially come to disgust them.

Lo and behold, the one-armed man is still laughing calmly! If it weren't for the soldiers and the officials accompanying them, the people who surrounded the yamen would have smashed the stones and tiles on the person a long time ago.

"Go, go! It's not something you can get involved in, get out of here! Lord Zhang, don't you,......?"

The officer commanded the soldiers, drove the people away, and then smiled flatteringly at the porter.

The porter shook his head and said: "I'm not an adult, I'm just a porter who delivers in a hurry, this letter is sent directly to Nian Qianyao and Li Wei, and I will leave when I get the receipt." ”

The official didn't care about the other party's name call the two bosses, so he nodded his head, and said secretly whatever you say, anyway, for this errand, Fan Zhizheng of the Nanban Privy Council passed a message to me, and Bai Daolong of Jinshanwei sent troops to escort him, porter? I've never seen a porter of this size.

The one-armed footman looked at the official's face and smiled absently. Speaking of which, he really worked as an official in China before.

Liu Hong, originally a disabled soldier, has been a post official in Moshan Township, Qujiang County for several years. Now the industry and commerce in the country are booming, Shunfeng Express expands the county and township markets, and digs him to the company as a manager with a high salary.

Yinghua opened the dragon gate and entered the south of the Yangtze River with commercial goods. Huang Fei, the proprietor of Shunfeng Express, was originally from Jiangnan, and came to Jiangnan in a hurry with the fiery heart of returning to his hometown, wanting to expand the express delivery market.

But now Nian Qianyao and Li Wei strictly control Jiangnan, checking the commercial goods and Nanban personnel layer by layer, although they can build some business with the help of the salt generation, it is difficult to be physically fit after all, so they have been bored in Longmen to build warehouses and offices.

A few days ago, Fan Jin, the governor of the Privy Council and the head of the Jiangnan camp, found Huang Fei and explained a major incident, which is not only related to Yinghua's Jiangnan layout, but also has a lot to do with the business of Shunfeng Express.

This thing needs a bold person to do, and Huang Fei launched his love Liu Hong. Liu Hong has been a red-clothed soldier and a few years of Yizheng, although he is one-armed, he is the best candidate.

What Liu Hong wants to do is very simple, that is, as the porter of Shunfeng Express, send a letter to Nian Qianyao and Li Wei, and get their receipts at the same time, which is the business charter of Shunfeng Express.

The letter was written by Fan Jin himself, but the person who sent the letter was a porter who was a private courier, and he did not raise the banner of Yinghua, which is weird.

In the yamen, Nian Qianyao read the letter with Li Wei, and sighed at the same time.

Nanban moves one after another, and the moves are really endless.

Nian Qianyao said dejectedly: "If Nanban can't trade, he will come to Tongyi, and he will really do everything possible to drill a crack in the south of the Yangtze River!" ”

That's right, Tongyi.

Fan Jin directly said in the letter that he was just talking to the two of them on behalf of Shunfeng Express and other people's post operators, and this matter had nothing to do with the north and south affairs, just to let the two sides exchange news, hoping that the two would let go of Jiangnan Minyi and allow Yinghua Express to be in the Jiangnan industry.

Li Wei shrugged: "This is really hard to refuse, the situation in Jiangnan is so precipitous, and we and Nanban have not been able to understand the channel of speaking in private." Originally, Nanban also hid two lines of light and dark in Jiangnan. The bright ones are Jiangnan Ticket Shops and Hushu Pass, which are stained with silver money, and the dark ones are the Heaven and Earth Society, which are stained with suspicion. If we let the Nanban Minyi come in, we can still have a way to ventilate, and we can also let the Nanban understand that we don't want Jiangnan to be too chaotic on both the north and the south. ”

Nian Qianyao snorted coldly: "After Xu Tongyi, their people will come in, and the strategy we made before will be abolished!" It can be passed, but their people can't come in, they can only be distributed by Jiangnan locals! ”

Li Wei disagreed: "If you let the locals distribute it, isn't that just letting these people be controlled by them?" The Southern Barbarians can still tell the difference at a glance, and the locals are secretly making trouble through the people's posts, so can the government see it all? ”…,

The two have their own opinions, and in the end they can only report to Yongzheng and let Yongzheng decide.

When Liu Hong took the receipt of Nian Li and returned flutteringly, the official scolded the surrounding people: "People are just sending letters, and they have nothing to do with the affairs of the north and the south." If you have relatives in the south, you can also look for this yellow vest directly, and all the couriers in the south wear this vest. ”

After getting the receipt of Nian and Li, Liu Hong returned to Longmen from Suzhou City, passing through countless checkpoints along the way, but there were no soldiers and officials to stop him. Now that the two bigwigs in Jiangnan have accepted the letter from Shunfeng Express, this yellow vest has become a symbol of unimpeded traffic.

When Tang Yao and Li Wei came to their senses and found that they had become the living evidence of Yinghua Minyi's entry into Jiangnan, a number of express companies led by Shunfeng Express had sent many yellow vests to travel through the state and county, and started business in the area of Hangzhou Bay.

Before Liu Hong went to Suzhou Mansion to be guarded by Suzhou officials and Jinshan guards, now even if he is on the road alone, as long as he wears a yellow vest and carries a letter bag, he is indeed the porter of the express company, and no one is left at any sentry post. The only "exploitation" was that the officers and men at the outpost begged these porters to bring letters and light miscellaneous items to their families along the way.

In Longmen Port, a letter with a Shunfeng Express envelope was sent to Fan Jin's desk, and when he opened it, Fan Jin smiled.

Nian Qianyao and Li Wei did not talk about the matter of the post mentioned by Fan Jin, but asked "to restrain the British and Chinese people, Mo Sheng to the government, sneaking secrets, otherwise the court will be angry and blood will flow." ”

This is Nian Li and Li bargaining, they pinched their noses and recognized the status quo of Tongyi, but at the same time asked Yinghua to restrain the Heaven and Earth Society and other detailed spies, and also asked Fan Jin to guarantee that there would be no more cases of Hangzhou prefect Xi Wantong being kidnapped.

The express delivery industry was the first to rise in Jiangnan, and this industry has developed rapidly since it first took shape. But later, there was a Shunfeng express case, and the express delivery industry was secretly suppressed by the Qing court, and the industry turned south to Yinghua. After that, Zhang Boxing was in charge of Jiangnan, and he tried his best to suppress it, and it was difficult for Jiangnan to see this industry again.

Now this gang of express delivery industry has made a comeback and quickly gained recognition among the people. After all, the industry they hold has greatly facilitated the people of Jiangnan, including industry and commerce and the government. Previously, the prefect of Suzhou personally escorted Liu Hong to the yamen of the governor of Liangjiang, with the appeal of the local government to Tongyi.

Therefore, although Nian Li and Li understood that Yinghua was using this strategy to break the blockade of people and goods in Jiangnan, at the juncture where this salt matter had already made them anxious, they could not take care of it anymore, so they could only pretend to be arrogant and put forward quid pro quo.

Fan Jin summoned Huang He and smiled at him: "Okay, Jiangnan Tiandi Society, you can wash it, the brothers below, if there is no big trouble, I am willing to live a different life, let them prepare to be our tooth merchants in Jiangnan." ”

Huang Yi slapped his thigh: "Damn, these poor boys are about to be sent!" ”

Jiangnan Tiandi will be whitewashed, and those who worked hard for Yinghua in the past have become compradors of Yinghua Industry and Commerce in Jiangnan.

Most of the people who develop in the south of the Yangtze River are grassroots grass people, and they are particularly familiar with the details of cities, counties and townships. When the merchants of Longmen learned that the imperial court had actually transferred such a boost to them, they were all ecstatic. The opening of the salt industry has opened, and other businesses are impatiently waiting, and now with such a group of credible local Ya people, even if the situation is not wide open, they can begin to occupy a foothold in Jiangnan.

Towards the end of the year, from salt, rice, iron and coal to medicinal materials, furs, machinery, frames, and even Nanyang spices, coral pearls and other things, they were continuously transported into Longmen Port.

Jin Shanwei, Zhong Shangwei and Bai Daolong, "Say goodbye." "He's had a good time. Bai Daolong, the former master, was equal to him, no, and even got along with him with a little flattery, and the two once again took care of their livers and started a business together.

Zhong Shangwei sells coal, Jiangnan does not produce coal, and the local firewood price is also very high. If the coal is transported directly from the port of Haiphong in Jiaozhi, it will be added by 30% according to the domestic price of Yinghua, which will also be a great benefit to the people of Jiangnan.

Bai Daolong was very knowledgeable, he didn't dare to stretch out his hand too much, he only hoped to contract the coal business in Taicang, so Zhong Shangwei used Jinshanwei as his temporary office and began to set up a sales network for Jiaozhi Coal Company. Now there are more tooth merchants from Jiangnan Tiandi, and the points in Hangzhou, Ningbo, Suzhou and other prefectures have all been paved. …,

At the farewell banquet of the two, Bai Daolong slapped his chest loudly: "This section of the Xuntang sentry card is covered by my old white, as long as it is Lao Zhong's coal crossing, who dares to stretch out his hand, you will fight to the death!" If you can't die, I'll cut off their heads again! ”

Zhong Shangwei squinted his eyes and raised his glass to Bai Daolong, took a sip of wine, and his mind turned to the entire Jiangnan: "Our coal business is not eye-catching, but is it salt...... Lao Bai, what kind of charter is your side? ”

Bai Daolong's face collapsed, and he sighed: "The emperor himself doesn't have a charter, and Li Zhitai and Nian Dashuai don't have a charter, what other charter can I have?" By the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River fighting with your salt generation, I don't think I saw it. ”

He scratched his head and said: "The current situation in Jiangnan"..., hey, I really don't understand! ”

Suzhou, Liangjiang Governor's Mansion, Nian Qianyao is saying goodbye to Li Wei, he is going to Songjiang Mansion to sit in battle. Although Yongzheng refuted his strategy of bloody war in Jiangnan, the Songjiang camp was to be built, and the Jiangnan green camp also had to be gathered, and the posture of a big fight must be put on, otherwise they would not be able to explain to Yongzheng, and Yongzheng would not be able to explain to the world.

The two of them arched their hands to each other, each turned their heads, but the next moment they both turned back.

Li Wei asked pointedly: "The movement of the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River."

Nian Qianyao Yin**: "I didn't see it, no matter whether they win or lose, they all have to be finished." ”

Li Wei nodded: "Since Lianggong understands, I won't say more." ”

Nian Qianyao said again: "The Southern Barbarian warships are continuous, I'm afraid that they have also seen through the movements of the salt merchants, and I think they are doomed." ”

Li Wei also said coldly: "No matter how we die in Jiangnan, Jiangnan salt merchants must die in front of us." ”

The two looked at each other and nodded, they had a rare tacit understanding on this matter.

In the south of Songjiang Prefecture, outside Huating County, there are many camp tents. In the county town, a group of luxuriously dressed melon skin hats with oily faces gathered together, pointing at the map with high interest.

"There are rumors from the Internal Affairs Office and the palace, long live the Lord! Long live the Lord who recognizes us! Li Wei, Nian Qianyao, Fan Shijie and Li Ba turned a blind eye to the fact that we gathered in Yanding and bought guns and fireworks, this is the proof! ”

In the crowd, an old man's voice sounded, and the humming voice suddenly dispersed.

"We and them, although they are both dogs of the Long Live Lord and dogs of the court, but the paths are different, and they always look at us unpleasantly. This time, we lifted the table and did this taboo thing, they were afraid that they had the intention of watching the tiger fight from across the mountain. It's nothing! As long as we win this battle and drive away the Nanban, we can put an end to this salt chaos from the roots! After the salt chaos is settled, the disasters in Jiangnan are also calmed, and we can fight for more profits with the long live Lord and the imperial court. ”

The old man was still talking, and the others called out again.

"Old Man Wei, you can do what you say! All of my 200 salt dices from Danyang County will be handed over to you! ”

"We Jiangyin people also support Old Man Wei! The Nanban Salt Dynasty was too rampant in Jiangyin, and he couldn't bring out manpower, my brother-in-law was a guerrilla in the Biaozhong Battalion of Jiangyin Town, so he brought 300 patches from the Green Battalion, all of them can fight! ”

"There are not enough people in Hangzhou, so they will pay for food, and everyone will work together to pull out the dragon gate of this southern barbarian!"

It was a gathering that surprised both the Yinghua and the Manchus, a gathering of Jiangnan salt merchants. The Jiangnan salt merchants, who were cornered by the Yinghua salt dynasty, failed to get the support they wanted from the Jiangnan local government, so they chose to "rise up." "You have to use your own hands to directly pull out the roots of the Yinghua Salt Dynasty: Longmen...... ）