Gu Anlin set up a shop in Yingzemen in the south of the city, because the south of the city had suffered from the war, so the price was relatively cheap, he gritted his teeth and borrowed a debt and bought it, although the environment is temporarily inferior to other places, but the year will develop sooner or later, and the room for value-added is also the largest.

After a period of time, he had a clearer understanding of Shanxi's policies, Taiyuan was a sincere supporter of merchants, all kinds of tax collectors in the past were gone, and the security on the streets was better than any city he had ever stayed in.

Gendarmes wearing white armbands and dressed in novel crimson uniforms can be seen everywhere on the streets, and the ruffians and bullies have no soil to survive, and as soon as the business opens, it is not only customers but also customers who come to the door. This made him a little uncomfortable, in order to deal with the use of the head snake, he prepared a few gift boxes early, and now he sees that this is not needed, and his heart is still a little bottomless, is the head snake really not coming to make trouble?

After spending a few days in apprehension, Gu Anlin was finally convinced that his gift boxes should not be needed. But then, an invisible oppressive force made his heart hang again.

Just ten days ago, he received a ban similar to the previous one, and the person who issued the ban was not the government, but was said to be a prominent figure in the city. But fortunately, it was only for a certain person, it is said that he was still a scholar of Zhishi University in the city, and at first he didn't think so, saying that the people didn't fight with the officials, and they could still have good fruits to eat? But the surrounding shops all responded, and he had no choice but to follow the crowd no matter how reluctant he was, but the news came to a great surprise, and the scholar Zhang actually relented, and it is said that he also sent a prayer post. Obediently, who is behind this embargo? The university scholar is the old man of the court, and he is the prime minister of the past for a while, and he will clean it up?

Gu Anlin finally realized that the characters behind this were by no means simple, and he didn't care much about the fight between the immortals, after all, he was too far away from him. However, the ban on sales has become more frequent recently, and just yesterday he received a summons from some people, and from today onwards, all merchants in the city will close and boycott the market, and as for when the market will resume, it will have to wait for notice.

The previous ban was on a certain person, he could still follow the crowd, but today he was not allowed to open, which made him unacceptable, the borrowed money will generate interest every day, if it is not open for a day, not only will it lose a day's profits, but also calculate a lot of interest, how can he bear it in the long run?

Early in the morning, Gu Anlin instructed the young man to remove the door panel as usual and start business, what he planned was to wait and see if the big guys were all complying with the ban on sales issued by the non-official government. He actually has his own set of ideas in his heart, judging from what he has seen and heard in Taiyuan, the government of Taiyuan attaches great importance to industry and commerce, and the previous ban on sales for a certain person may not attract attention, if such a collective strike, it will inevitably shake the government, so how can the government give up? Looking at the heavily armed gendarmes on the streets every day, he did not think that the government would acquiesce in the matter.

If the government really acquiesced, thinking of this, Gu Anlin sighed, then he would lose his big gamble in Shanxi this time.

The first day turned out to be peaceful, because most of the merchants in the city were not open, Gu Anlin's income on this day was more than ten times as much as before, and he couldn't help but feel a little secretly happy in his heart.

Trouble finally came, but it was not the ruffians who came to find trouble, but the creditors. The creditor only coldly dropped a sentence, either to repay the money or to close the shop. Gu Anlin threw all the money on the shop, and in a hurry, he asked him where to raise so much money. Under the bitter pleading, the creditor did not let go, and he was really annoyed by him, so he had to tell the truth.

"Let's be honest, I don't want to break the contract to collect your accounts in advance, but the words sent by Master Lu will be the same as you are now. Don't embarrass me, let me widen your one-day deadline, go and find a way, I can dredge the relationship and ask Master Lu for better, if you can't dredge it, this shop will be closed tomorrow! ”

After the creditor threw down this sentence, he left without looking back, leaving only Gu Anlin sad.

In terms of Xuanfu, Cheng Mingjiu sent a military report, because the situation in Xuanfu was unstable for a long time, and the new governor of Xuanda was still in office, the military department issued an order to let the three guards stay in Xuanfu for a period of time, and he was asking Li Xin what to do.

Master Guo and Tian Fuzhen were both there, and Master Guo immediately said that this must be the idea of someone in the DPRK and China who was using means to attack their three guards, and this military command must not be obeyed. After yelling for a while, he saw that you Tian Fuzhen was silent on the side, and seemed to be a little absent-minded, so he deliberately asked, "What does Tian Fuzun think of this matter?" ”

Tian Fuzhen said leisurely: "The transfer order of the military department is reasonable, even if you are as domineering as a general, there is no reason to refuse, not to mention that several battalions of soldiers and horses are already in people's pockets." ”

Tian Fuzhen, the master Guo who uses the word "people", is extremely comfortable, he has always been worried that Tian Fuzhen, as a civil official, will eat Li Xin inside and out, so he always beats him with something to say. Tian Fuzhen never cared about him, such a crime.

"This is not easy to do, Pingyang and Zezhou Mansion are far from peaceful, it is not easy for him to mess up?"

"Nonsense!"

Unexpectedly, Tian Fuzhen reprimanded him instead.

"The general will not agree to your wanton behavior!"

Of course, Li Xin would not agree, signaling that the two of them did not have to quarrel, and sneered: "First of all, we will not move, our roots are all in Shanxi, and they can't dig it if they want to." ”

Tian Fuzhen nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Has the reward from the imperial court come down?" ”

"Look at yourself!"

Master Guo took it first, looked at it a few times, and then smacked his lips and said:

"Tsk, the imperial court is generous, these guys have all entered General Guangwei! The general also entered the left governor, hey, no, why are they all loose officials, the court's big deal is thunder and rain! ”

It wasn't until he finished reading the whole article that the envy in Master Guo's previous words turned into disappointment.

"The court is really stingy, beheading more than 15,000 people, and rewarding how many loose officials?"

Li Xin also sighed, "Your first day dealing with the imperial court?" What is worrying is that the mastermind behind this scene has become a fish that slipped through the net" Fan Yongdou saw that the situation was not good, and left the Xuanfu overnight before the Tartars attacked, and later despite the accusations of the seriously injured Li Fengxiang, he was already unable to protect himself, who would take his meeting seriously? Not only Fan Yongdou, but even several tribal leaders of the Mongol army have slipped through the net, and only Batu, the leader of the Tumut tribe, was captured alive.

This Batu thought that he would be captured alive by the Three Guards in his next life, and he had already been captured alive three times this time.

While several people were discussing, a family member came to report, and the county lord sent someone to deliver clothes again.

Master Guo smacked his tongue, he hadn't drunk the lotus seed soup sent by the county lord for a few days, why did he only send clothes and not food these days?

The family said: "This, this villain doesn't know, Master Guo still asks himself." ”

Sure enough, the servant had been led by the housekeeper outside the door, and when he heard the call, he came in with his clothes in his hand. Master Guo really repeated the previous culture again, but the servant said with a bitter face: "Master Guo, don't you know yet? The merchants in the city have been on strike for three days, and when people heard that it was our general military office, they didn't sell our things. ”

Strike? Li Xin sighed, he did hear the news that some merchants in the city were closed, but in the end he didn't think about the strike, and went to see Tian Fuzhen, he was the prefect of Taiyuan, and he was responsible for this, how could he watch the strike and ignore it.

Tian Fuzhen nodded gloomily, "It's true that the market has been on strike for three days, and Tian is trying his best to solve it!" ”

Li Xin suddenly realized, no wonder Tian Fuzhen has been uneasy today, looking absent-minded, it turns out that he has been pretending to be this matter in his heart.

"How to fix it?"

Niu Dan has sent military police to inspect illegal matters, and the merchants cooperate with the strike because they are afraid of illegal threats.

Li Xin shook his head secretly, Tian Fuzhen still thought about this matter too simply, are the merchants afraid of illegal threats? By no means, what they are afraid of is the monopoly of Taiyuan's commercial resources, and the people who have monopolized commercial resources. He never expected that someone would establish a "monopoly empire" under his nose, and in a short period of time, he would have the capital to compete with him by non-violent means.

"If it really doesn't work, I will go door-to-door to persuade the resumption of the market, and if it doesn't work, it will be..."

Li Xin looked at Tian Fuzhen coldly, this was definitely not his true thoughts, how could he have always been strong and even cowered? Could it be that he also has something unspeakable? Thinking of this, he glanced at the county lord and servant who were standing on the spot.

"Go to the Chinese army to get some daily necessities, just take what you need, go back and write a list and send it."

The servant followed the family out, and Li Xin said in a deep voice: "It seems that it is time for the handsome man to go out in person, but I want to see what ability the businessmen have to turn the clouds and rain in Taiyuan Mansion!" As the saying goes, shoot people first and shoot horses, capture thieves and capture kings first, if the root is not solved, it is useless to persuade the industry, let the Intelligence Department investigate, which companies are behind this strike. I don't believe it, dare to kidnap public opinion to confront the organs of state violence, where does he have the courage and self-confidence! ”

Before the words fell, a family member roared into the hall again.

"There was a fire in the south of the city, and some merchants put up banners to redress their grievances!"

Master Guo said curiously: "What is the connection between the fire and the grievance?" ”

"Back to Master Guo, the fire was set by the merchant himself, and he said that he would not be allowed to live, and if he was not allowed to gain a foothold in Taiyuan, everyone would be burned!"

"The fire is controllable?"

Tian Fuzhen was worried that the fire would not be able to be controlled, and the consequences would be unimaginable if it spread.

"The extinguishing was timely, only a few were burned, and the merchants who set the fire have also been questioned by the military police and imprisoned!"

Li Xin sneered again and again, saying that it is still against heaven to do evil, and it is impossible to live by oneself, and the truth behind it seems to be about to come out.

"Have you ever been injured by the arsonist business? If there is no big problem, Ben Shuai has something to ask him personally. ”