A convoy affiliated to the Liang Chamber of Commerce set off from Guangzhou City with glass costing 5,000 yuan, headed north, left the People's Army ruling area and stopped in Linwu County, Huguang. It was bought by the Zhang Chamber of Commerce for 47,000 taels of silver. The Zhang Chamber of Commerce carries the glass to Wuchang City again.

Wuchang City is just one point during the transportation of this batch of glass. Only less than one-tenth of the glass will be unloaded in Wuchang City. Most of the glass will continue to be transported northward. In the end, one-quarter of the glass will be shipped to the capital and will be sold out in a few days. In total, it will bring hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to the Zhang Chamber of Commerce, but in the end, the Zhang Chamber of Commerce's income is only about one-tenth of the income.

Soon, the convoy entered Wuchang City. In addition to unloading a small part of the glass, a letter from Liang Xin to Zhang Qing came with the convoy.

Zhang Qing opened the letter and became silent the more he read it.

The contents of the letter are very simple, and are related to the war between the People's Army and the Ming court.

Seeing the movements of the People's Army or the Ming Army, many people in the Ming court and the People's Army ruling areas could guess that the war broke out soon and the war had a great impact on the glass business. Zhang Qing and Liang Xin had agreed that the glass business would be temporarily stopped by the end of the year, and there was no discussion on whether they could continue the glass business in the future.

The letter Liang Xin wrote to Zhang Qing said that Liang Xin felt that the war was about to break out next spring. Liang Xin believed that the People's Army would win this war, and it is very likely that Huguang would be occupied by the People's Army. As a partner, he gave Zhang Qing two suggestions.

The first suggestion is to let Zhang Qing move to the north, the farther the better; the second suggestion is to let Zhang Qing stay in Wuchang City. If Zhang Qing or Zhang Qing's subordinates have bullied the people, spend money to solve the problem immediately. This solution is not to kill people to silence the people, but to spend money to forgive the bullied people. In this way, after the People's Army occupied Huguang, Zhang Qing's family is likely to save their lives.

In the letter, Liang Xin suggested that Zhang Qing stay in Wuchang City. Liang Xin believed that the Ming court could no longer stop the People's Army. Perhaps one year or a few years, the People's Army could destroy the Ming court. No matter how far Zhang Qing ran, he could not escape the People's Army's military. It would be better to join the People's Army earlier.

After reading Liang Xin's letter, Zhang Qing burned the letter as soon as possible. If it leaked out accidentally, it would be easily labeled as a collusion enemy and directly confiscated the house and killed the nine clans. Zhang Qing's glass business earned a lot of money, and there were no fewer people who were jealous of this glass business. If Zhang Qing died, they would be very happy.

Turning the letters into ashes, Zhang Qing fell into thinking. Judging from the movements of the Ming army, Zhang Qing knew that the war would break out soon, and then a million Ming troops would attack the People's Army ruling area and wipe out the People's Army.

Yes, Zhang Qing is more inclined to win the Ming army in this war. With a million Ming army, a huge number, no matter how strong the People's Army is, it will not be the opponent of million Ming army.

But Liang Xin's letter made Zhang Qing hesitate a little in his heart. Liang Xin firmly believed that the People's Army would win the war, and Zhang Qing did not think that Liang Xin would deceive him. Liang Xin knew the strength of the People's Army better than Zhang Qing in the People's Army ruled area.

It is normal for Zhang Qing to think that the Ming court sent a large army to attack the People's Army before but were defeated by the People's Army.

After thinking about Liang Xin's letter for several days, Zhang Qing finally made a decision. He divided all the Zhang family's wealth into five parts, one part in the capital and one part in Jinling City, and the remaining three parts were left and buried in the ground.

The Zhang family is in the capital and Jinling City. Zhang Qing is preparing to ask his eldest son and second son to go to the capital and Jinling City with a fortune, and he will continue to stay in Wuchang City with his family. The so-called cunning rabbit has three holes.

The Zhang family will not bully the people, but Zhang Qing's subordinates have bullied the people. Zhang Qing is planning to spend money to solve these things and be at ease.

Just as Liang Xin said in his letter, if the People's Army really defeated millions of Ming troops, the Ming court would sooner or later be destroyed by the People's Army. No matter how far Zhang Qing fled, he would be caught up and blocked by the People's Army. Moreover, in the war-torn areas, Zhang Qing's wealth is not very useful, but it will easily cause spying.

Under such circumstances, if Zhang Qing stays in Wuchang City, it is better if the Ming army wins. If the People's Army wins, Zhang Qing's family has a great chance of saving their lives. Even if the Ming army defeats the People's Army in the future, the eldest son and second son are in other places, and the Zhang family can still be passed on from generation to generation.

Faced with the war, not only Zhang Qing, Huguang, Guangxi, Jiangxi and Fujian are all preparing. Everyone can see that the battlefield is in these four places and one Guangdong. The closer it is to Guangdong, the more dangerous it is, then take refuge in places far away from Guangdong, leaving Huguang, Guangxi, Jiangxi and Fujian, and then go back when the war is over.

In fact, many gentry and merchants buy real estate in other places in case of emergency needs. People with wealth even buy real estate in Jinling and Beijing.

When they learned that the Ming army was going to mobilize a million troops to encircle and suppress the People's Army, the gentry and merchants felt that the Ming army was very likely to win, but they did not dare to feel completely relieved. In fact, the Ming court and the People's Army had been defeated in the previous war, and no one could say that the People's Army would still win this war.

They kept it and didn't leave. If the People's Army wins, the one who waits for them may be death. They basically know that most of the gentry and merchants in the People's Army-ruled areas have been scouted.

The gentry and merchants temporarily moved to other places, which is also the main reason why the Zhang Chamber of Commerce only left a small part of glass in Wuchang City. Middle and upper-class families are the main people who buy glass mirrors and transparent glass. After everyone left, they could not sell much glass in Huguang at all. They could only send most of the glass to farther places to sell.

Fortunately, at the current price of glass, I don’t have to worry about selling it. I will send it to the capital and sell it out in a few days. There are too many rich people in the capital. The Zhang family’s wealth has increased a lot through the glass business, but it is impossible to get a list when placed in the capital.

Liang Xin wrote a letter to the cooperation and gave suggestions. Many businessmen in the People's Army Ruling Region also made similar moves. Everyone was a partner. They had a good cooperation before and didn't want to see their partners die.

However, their partners almost never wrote letters. People living in the People's Army ruling areas are all people of the People's Army. If the Ming army destroyed the People's Army, these people were all guilty people, either died or demoted to coolies or sent to the border, and the consequences would be as tragic as possible.

Once a big businessman like Liang Xin, Jiang Ci, and Xia Jingshan is blocked by the Ming army, he will snatch all his wealth regardless of whether he has a background or not, and his whole family will not want to live.

Wealth can make people enjoy a better life, but in the face of war, no matter how much wealth you have, it is a mirror and a moon.
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