"The imperial court strictly inspected sulfur and saltpeter, and recently secretly issued an edict to the four provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, Bihuan and Guangxi, strictly prohibiting merchants from trafficking."

"It seems that the four provinces have also begun to reach out to businessmen, looking for an opportunity to dismantle the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce from within."

"The court is even more discussing whether to directly ban Cantonese merchants and investigate the branches of Sanjiang Ticket Bank in Jiangnan and the surrounding four provinces."

In Zhuang Xueli in the southwest of Baicheng, Li Xian led the horse and walked slowly, a girl seemed to be chatting with him on the side, but it was passing on the crucial news, near the girl, Long Gaoshan and a few guards stared at her but their eyes were full of vigilance.

This girl is naturally Ru Xi, the daughter of Martai, the prefect of Guangzhou, and although she can travel freely between Guangzhou and Yingde, she is not allowed to enter and leave Baicheng at will. Every time you have to come into contact with Li Shi, not only is she closely monitored, but also Bai Honggu and other female guards are carefully searched. If Yan Sanniang is free, she will have to keep an eye on her personally.

But Ru Xi behaved very naturally, not only did not complain, but also brought very valuable information every time, but this value was only reflected in the information obtained by Han Yi from the way from Guangzhou.

Li Shi's background is rapidly passing towards the north little by little, including the specific military strength, industrial and commercial forces, and the hands and feet under the Guangdong prefecture and county. Gathered together, Li Shi, who appeared in front of Kangxi, was an extremely strange existence, his strength was enough to control most of Guangdong, and his arrogance was very arrogant, and he regarded the government as nothing. But it seems that he is not determined to occupy land as the king, but just wants to do business, and even forbears not to tear the face of the court for this reason, and he doesn't care about Guangdong's money, grain, and government decrees.

This made Kangxi and the court uncertain for a while, and they always felt that they had not seen through the whole picture of Li Shi, and it was difficult to determine the next move.

The first is to find a way in military affairs, I heard that Li Xianquan is a fast spearman with a light and fierce cannon, and the first action of the Qing court is to prevent the import of sulfur and saltpeter to Guangdong.

In the past two or three years, he has hoarded quite a lot of saltpeter and sulfur, and the size of his army is not large, and the raw materials he is currently hoarding are enough to support him to fight two or three all-army battles. In addition, there are also sporadic local outputs in Guangdong, and now most of Guangdong's industry and commerce are under his control, and supporting these production areas to expand production can also make up for the gap caused by most of the blockade.

If you really feel that the raw materials are tight, and you spend some effort, the blockade order of the Qing court will be ineffective, and even if you don't rely on the merchants of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce for smuggling, the Ministry of Commerce and Relations itself can not be more skilled. Even the public relations department can directly move the gunpowder raw material warehouse in Guangdong Luying, as for the gunpowder made by their pharmacy, Li Xian can't look down on it at all.

In summary, he was not worried about the raw materials of gunpowder at all, but when he heard that Ru Xi confirmed that the Qing court was going to attack the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce, Li Xian's heart jumped a little more.

The actions of the Qing court are still secondary, and some recent movements have made him more worried about the situation within the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce.

"One of your daughters' family, I can't bear to do such a dangerous thing......"

Li Xi lost the mind to slowly negotiate with Ru Xi, and was ready to make another temptation, so he decided what to do with her.

"Why don't you just come to me? There were only three ladies around me, and the long night was quite lonely. ”

Stopped, Li Xian squinted at Ru Xi, spitting amazing words in his mouth, his mind was savoring the wonderful feeling of being turned red with Yan Sanniang last night, his eyes were released, and the dress on Ru Xi's body seemed to be gone.

It's a lot worse, whether it's the face or the figure...... Li Xi secretly compared, Na Ru was happy for a while, and his face was also burned red by his gaze, and he lowered his head and whispered after a long time: "Thank you for your kindness, little girl...... I already have someone else in mind. ”

Hey? I really met my opponent.

Li Xi's curiosity was aroused again, although this Ru Xi is not as charming as Mei Xi, but his mind is generally deep.

"Really? That's really abrupt, can you tell me, what kind of character is that? ”

He asked casually, and Ru Xi's eyes were also in a trance, as if he was really thinking about someone.

He ...... He is a good person, although he has not become a monk, he is devoted to reciting Buddhism, and even ants can't bear to step on it. ”

Ru Xi's words made Li Xian gasp, how did it sound like someone's disguise?

"The first time I met him was in the afternoon of Xia Yue, I followed my father to hold a banquet for the nobles, I was really tired, but I didn't dare to enter the corridor pavilion to enjoy the coolness. He opened his mouth to tell me to rest, and at that moment ......"

Ru Xi whispered like a dream, Li Xi rolled his eyes secretly, you would be stepping on his shadow.

The details of the Guangzhou prefect Maltai, Li Shi has already mastered it, he was a petty official of the Internal Affairs Office before, a person from the Yellow Banner, and it seems that he is a relative of Concubine Wuya's clan, who is Wuya's clan? Yinzhen and Yinzhen's mother...... Looking at Ru Xi's expression, it didn't seem to be lying, Li Xian thought to himself, most of them should be the kind of top actors he had seen in his previous life, he was very good at splitting his personality, and he could tell imaginary or fabricated things as if they were true, that is, as the saying goes, "If you want to deceive others, deceive yourself first." ”

What is the purpose of such intentions?

Li Xi didn't think about it for a while, but he didn't have the heart to think about it, he just fought casually with such a spy to relax his mood.

"Such a character is really ice clear and jade."

Pretending to be embarrassed, Li Xi changed the topic, and then said that he was going to Guangzhou in the next two days, and he was willing to go back with him. Ru Xi refused very "cautiously", as if she was still afraid that Li Xi would continue to think about her.

Li Xi rode away with the guards, and Ru Xi watched him go away, his eyes gradually changed from lonely and helpless to cold.

"I don't even know what kind of character he is, so I dare to sarcastically mock him? You are just a southerner, and you are so presumptuous to me, a banner woman, you are really anti-fiery, and you are not as good as a beast! ”

"It's not that I'm afraid that you will be suspicious, so I don't need to dig out my heart like this, I just learned those vulgar fat and mediocre powders, and rolled into a bed with you, and then took your surname, like slaughtering pigs and dogs!"

Leng Li's eyes became more and more gloomy, and Ru Xi hated in his heart, No, it's not enough to kill you Li Xi, you have to understand why you can rise up. At your age, you don't deserve such power at all, and there are definitely big people behind it. Daddy is also reasonable, we can't just care about the momentary pleasure, if we want to protect our people, we have to find out the real culprit, and see if it is connected to the vines that the emperor is most worried about.

Thinking of the emperor, Ru Xi's gaze softened again, she looked to the north, and said in her heart, my lord, you should be patient, after Ru Xi understands what is going on, she will definitely avenge you.

In the end, the corners of her mouth curled, today's behavior, Li Xi should no longer suspect that she wants to get close to him with beauty, and then stab him, right? Sometimes men also lack confidants, and covering the past from this corner is more natural and casual than ordinary seduction. So how did Li Xi know that what she said to him was basically true?

Ru Xi's heartfelt voice, Li Xi is going to hear it, and he definitely has to tremble, and even wonder if this woman is also a traveler, in this era, he actually wants to gain his trust from the perspective of a "bosom friend", and he has to sigh that people's hearts are unpredictable, and her life experience is true, but she is still full of thoughts about "the world", how distorted is her surname?

But for Li Xi, Ru Xi is just a small role after all, and when he returned to the grass hall and received a news, his feelings for people's hearts were even stronger.

An explosion occurred in a coal mine in Qujiang, killing hundreds of miners, and the mine owner Pang Zewang concealed the news and even killed the families of the miners who wanted to sue the government. But Qujiang Zhixian still knew, but because the industrial and commercial master was bribed by Pang Zewang, he threatened him not to take care of this matter, so he had to pretend not to know.

With the protection of the industrial and commercial master, Pang Zewang was even more unscrupulous, even waived the bereavement benefits that should be given, and used his own mine thugs to suppress his family members, and caused several lives. This Pang Zewang even claimed that above him was the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce, that is, Li Shi, and whoever dared to touch him, he would kill whomever he wanted.

"Arrest this person and Qujiang's industrial and commercial master, and cut off his head!"

Li Shi's disposal is very simple, but this matter is not simple.

"That's not good, he's a member of our Cantonese Chamber of Commerce, even if he wants to deal with it, he has to be dealt with lightly according to his own people?"

Peng Xianzhong has some opinions, the Cantonese Merchant Association was made up by him and Li Xian, and every member has spent some effort, although this Pang Zewang is immoral and is still hurting Li Xian's overall situation, but the disposal should not be so heavy.

"Qujiang coal mine, I have already explained to you, no one has yet researched the safety lamp, the depth can not exceed the limit, the upper and lower ventilation must be sufficient, the safety regulations must be guaranteed, and every time you go down to the mine, you must carefully check. Then Pang Zewang must have ignored it and dug the well too deep and detonated the gas. ”

Li Shi's tone was very cold, this matter was not negotiable.

"The constitution of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce makes it very clear that you can't do things that hurt nature and reason, and if you violate it, such as killing someone, you have to deal with it severely. Now that he is still killing people directly, then he will hand over his head. ”

Peng Xianzhong still did not accept Li Xi's ruling.

"But the current situation is extraordinary, and if you act like this, I am afraid that you will have to push the businessman out......"

He also thinks about the overall situation, but Li Xi thinks about the bigger picture.

"If he doesn't deal with it seriously, what will the rest of the Cantonese Entrepreneurs Association think? How? I help them protect the government and solve their problems, but I won't help them ignore the principles of heaven in order to squeeze more silver! If Pang Zewang is fine, I dare to assert that the businessmen will be even more unscrupulous, not only will they no longer be afraid of the government, but they will no longer be afraid of the people's hearts, and they will definitely stir up more things. At that time, there is no need for the imperial court to take me, just the magistrates entanglement of the workers will be enough to drown us. Recently, there have been many things where Guangdong businessmen have bullied and dominated the market and oppressed the people! ”

Li Xi thought like this, for the merchants, he had to reach out to help in order to gather the silver, and with the other hand, he had to pay attention to the slapping at all times to prevent them from crossing the line. He wants to integrate capital to eat the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but not to eat the people, at least the appearance of eating can't be so ugly, so there is no lower limit.

Peng Xianzhong sighed: "General Division, you have broken the rules of the imperial court, they are doing things now, and there is no longer a constraint from the imperial court decrees, so naturally they are a little unscrupulous, so can't you remind them first?" ”

Li Shi shook his head: "I'm just reminding them that at the moment in Guangdong, the matter of industry and commerce, my words are the law!" ”

Speaking of this, Peng Xianzhong was speechless, he was just worried that the situation would get out of control and the hearts of the people of the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce would be damaged.

Although the "Qingpu Commercial Treaty" set out the articles of association in detail, in order to replace the industrial and commercial laws of the Qing court, it still could not take care of so many details, and Li Xi could only act like an underworld. Speaking of which, he himself felt that it was a little unjustifiable, but now the situation can only be like this.

Two days later, Yu Hanyi's "law enforcement team" arrested Pang Zewang and Qujiang industrial and commercial master in Qujiang, and shot them to death just outside the county office. The family members cheered loudly for the wisdom of General Secretary Li, Qujiang Zhixian watched with a complicated expression, and Pang Zewang's younger brother fled Shaozhou with Pang Zewang's bereaved family in the starry night.

"The situation of the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce is very bad."

In Huangpu, Guangzhou, An Jinzhi, who accompanied Li Xi to inspect, had a very worried face.

(To be continued)