The party guys do the right thing.

Because of the age of time, Western Shang Dynasty formed a group force that was almost "trust" in Yangzhou. This force itself formed a certain evil force. The number of servants and thugs is beyond the reach of ordinary wealthy families.

Therefore, if the rich and domineering Western merchants honestly claim the IOU of Eunuch Wei, there must be someone who is even more evil than them.

Zheng Duo is this evil man.

In fact, although Zheng Duo is a Korean, he is considered half an intellectual, and he is considered a Confucian general around Eunuch Wei. It is obviously inappropriate for his father-in-law to send people out as evil people.

But who makes Zheng Duo's image more in line with the temperament of a villain than Cao Wenyao?

In Liaodong, Zheng Duo did a lot of robbery.

Borrowing money is actually no essential difference between robbing a family.

If there is a difference, it means that one is to pull the wool on the cow and the other is to pull out the wool.

For Hui merchants, because they have a high level of culture, Confucianism and business, they like to sue every time and especially like to talk to others. Therefore, it is definitely not appropriate to send evil people to their homes, and they must send a good person.

This is not to say that Cao Wenyao is a good old man, but that he is from a regular Central Imperial Guard after all. Judging from his background alone, he is ten times better than Zheng Duo, who was a horse bandit.

Whether it is literature or martial arts, two groups of people will be sent out. It depends on how many money can be borrowed for my father-in-law now.

Taking into account the price level and per capita wealth, as well as the current bourgeois income in Yangzhou, my father-in-law borrowed money on per capita this time.

Commonly known as levy.

Whether it is rich or small, there are only 5,000 taels of family members.

Give money to the placard, and you will be free from being deceived.

The one who went to Xiaguan with Zheng Duo was a prefect of the father-in-law, two infantrymen, and one horse team.

The people who went to Xiaodongmen, Huizhou Merchant Gathering Area were also similar to those of Cao Wenyao.

This movement must have alarmed the officials of Yangzhou. At the first moment, the officials of Yangzhou City all over the world knew that Eunuch Wei sent thousands of eagles and dogs into the city, and suddenly became a mess.

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Hui merchants gather in Xiaodongmen and belong to Yangzhou New City. This is an emerging market and Xiaguan, located on the canal, close to the Yanyun Department, is called the place where the great men live by Yangzhou people.

A great man is the name of rich people in Yangzhou.

The Pan family is a great man.

His family is from Huizhou, and he traded salt and grain as early as the pseudo-Yuan Yuan. I heard that his ancestors had a very wealthy time and had covered all the taxes in Huizhou.

After the change of dynasty, the Pan family's business must have been hit. After all, those who can make a fortune under the Mongolians will not be able to collude with the Mongolian Tartars.

The Ming Dynasty expelled the Tartars, and traitors like the Pan family would inevitably be hit. However, I don’t know who they took the path. Although the Pan family lost their wealth, they did not recover because of this, and their family was destroyed and their family was destroyed.

During the rebellion of Chengzu, the head of the Pan family bet on Chengzu and secretly provided a military salary for the Yan army. After Chengzu ascended the throne, he naturally rewarded the Pan family with great convenience.

After several generations of family management, when the Chenghua Dynasty arrived, the Pan family's business was ranked among the top three grain merchants in Huizhou. During the Hongzhi period, the Pan family immediately came from Huizhou to Yangzhou to open a branch and engaged in salt monopoly. After several generations of operation, they have now become the leader of Huizhou and have a lot of fighting with the great masters of Western merchants.

The current head of the Pan family is Pan Ki, who is in his forties and has two sons and one daughter.

The eldest son helped Pan Ki manage his family's property, while the second son took it as his mission to get fame and fortune through study and exams, which is the choice of most Hui merchant families.

Because merchants are cheap and wealthy, they cannot get the true respect of officials and the people. Therefore, in a family, the eldest son usually inherits the industry, while the other sons train and study in order to obtain fame and fortune. Once the fame is in hand, they can be proud and truly become a family of officials and businessmen.

Therefore, people in the world say that Hui merchants are both Confucian and Businessmen are based on the reason why Hui merchants attach importance to reading.

The Pan family's business is getting bigger and bigger, and their children are all grown up. Ban Ki's life is not uncomfortable, but Ban Ki has never been happy.

Because he knew in his heart that the officials in Yangzhou City were polite to him on the surface, but in fact they were not for his family's money. If they had not used gold and silver to open the way, they would be afraid that they would not even take the steps of the officials' homes.

Even if you know the Minister of the Nandu and the Minister, others will not look at you differently. Only if you have a real reputation in your family, at least a juren, can those officials truly admire their family.

Fortunately, his second son was quite successful. He stood out in the provincial examination two years ago and passed the Juren. He participated in the competition this year. According to gentlemen, this son is likely to be a high school Jinshi. It seems that his future hope will be placed on him.

Thinking of his second son Pan Yue, Pan Kid immediately felt relieved, but thinking about what happened last night, Pan Kid began to feel uneasy again.

At the moment of noon, someone suddenly came to the door. The famous note that the person who came was from Li Sancai, the boss of the Donglin Party and former governor of the canal transportation.

Although Li Sancai was demoted to a civilian for stealing the imperial tombs, the lean camel was bigger than a horse. As long as the Donglin Party was still there, no one in the world dared to underestimate this Donglin boss.

Therefore, Pan Ki was extremely surprised and curious. He didn't know what the famous Li Sancai was asking for him?

You should know that although his Pan family is engaged in government affairs on weekdays, they are not divided into parties and never deliberately make friends with the Donglin Party, the Zhejiang Party, the Kun Party, or the Kun Party, for fear that any party will suddenly lose its power and implicate them.

Now the people of the Donglin Party have found the Pan family for no reason, and it is Li Sancai’s famous post, which makes Pan Ki jump three times.

Ban Ki tried hard to recall that he was cautious in daily life and knew about all forces, so he should not have done anything to offend Donglin.

In this way, I felt a little calmer, and I thought that if someone offended someone because of a business dispute, the other party invited Donglin to stand up for him, then even if I lost money, I would have to let the other party go back with satisfaction.

Who said he was a commoner? Those people from the Donglin Party were officials. If they suffered losses, they could only be buried in their hearts and had nowhere to complain.

With this idea, Pan Ki-qianwei treated the person to invite him into the mansion. Unexpectedly, the other party did not want to talk to him about something, but asked him to go to Nandu in a few days, representing the Yangzhou merchants to accuse the external garrison yamen of being bullied by the admiral Wei eunuch.

This shocked Pan Ki. He had also heard about the circulating news about the Eunuch Wei from Beijing. Although he was amused by the rumors that the Eunuch Wei was extremely fierce, there was no wind and waves. I think that the little eunuch was indeed a bit vicious.

He also heard about what happened in Gaoyou and Taizhou. Guazhou and Yizhen and other places have recently been rampant in the minions of Wei, openly extorting and wantonly arresting people. He also heard that Wei's eunuch had arrived in Yangzhou. According to the speculation of the government officials, this is that the person who comes is not good, and the good ones will not come.

It is said that the prefect was afraid that the eunuch Wei would do whatever he wanted in Yangzhou, so he specially arranged it to Zuiyuan Tower by the canal. Otherwise, the eunuch Wei would live directly in the city, and the unlucky one would definitely be the rich merchants.

Seeing that the Wei eunuch did not come to Yangzhou, his actions of sealing the river also harmed the interests of the Pan family. After all, in addition to the salt industry, the Pan family also did food, cloth, raw silk and other businesses. The Wei eunuch always dominated the Yangtze River and did not provide water transportation, and the merchants in Jiangbei were in trouble.

Pan Ki was a little moved, but he didn't dare to be the first to be a leader. He found an excuse to give away people in the future. He discussed with his eldest son for a while and decided to go to the Huizhou Guild Hall in the afternoon to see how many fellow villagers received famous posts from the Donglin Party. What are their opinions on this?

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After dinner, he took a short while and drank another cup of tea, Pan Ki set out from home to the guild hall. His home was not far from the Huizhou guild hall, less than two miles away. The housekeeper was originally planning to have someone prepare a car, but Pan Ki said he would walk over and check the transaction situation of Xiaodongmen on the way.

At that moment, the master and servant went out.

"Master, I heard from the eldest young master that Eunuch Wei is in our Yangzhou. Will he go to our mansion to quarrel?"

The third son is very eye-catching among several servants, black and strong. He will never forget this person if he takes a look at him.

Because of his strong body, the third son usually acted as the master's bodyguard and ran errands. After the Chinese New Year, the master planned to ask the housekeeper to find a wife for the third son.

"Don't talk nonsense."

Pan Ki, dressed in a civilian costume, smiled and knocked on the third son's head: "We can't mess with eunuchs. They are people around the emperor and have many minions under their hands. Don't talk nonsense or say bad things about others. If they hear it, I can't protect you, lord."

Ban Ki wore silk and silk when he was at home, but once he left the house, he would only wear cloth clothes. He often told his family that he should be pragmatic and should not be arrogant just because he had a few money. It should be noted that many disasters in the world were caused by being too arrogant and hype.

When you go out, you should pay special attention to this. If you can wear it more simply, it is simpler and not conspicuous. This will at least not make people look at it and tie the ticket.

"Don't worry, Master, if that eunuch Wei dares to be detrimental to you, even if the young man sacrifices his life, he will keep the master safe!"

The third son said resolutely, his eyes showing a firmness.

He was picked up by Pan Ki from the countryside, and his parents had long been both dead. If Pan Ki had not taken in, he would have become a beggar. Therefore, he has always kept his kindness to Pan Ki in his care and vowed not to allow anyone to hurt his master. If anyone dares to touch the master, he will fight to the death.

Ban Ki knew very well about the third son who had grown up when he was young, and smiled and didn't say anything.

The master and servant continued to move forward. After walking for a short while, he saw the noisy in front of him. When the master and servant were confused, he saw the people and vendors in front of him suddenly running towards them. The third son looked sharp-eyed and pointed and shouted: "Master, there are so many soldiers, so many soldiers!"

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Ban Ji and his servant were unable to go to Chenghuizhou Guild Hall because they were "invited" home by the officers and soldiers.

Although the third son is strong and brave, he dares not move in the face of so many vicious officers and soldiers. Even if he dares to move, Pan Ki would not let him do anything.

After being "invited" to go home, the Pan family was surrounded by officers and soldiers. It was like a house search, but it made the Pan family panic, and many people were so scared that their faces turned pale.

Pan Ki was also afraid that he could not be afraid. He had heard at least a dozen of eunuch Wei's deeds of doing something wrong. But it was useless to be afraid now. The officers and soldiers outside surrounded him tightly, and he couldn't even go out even if he wanted to send someone to the government office to report the news.

After a moment of worry and fear, a gang general who claimed to be surnamed Cao brought dozens of soldiers into the Pan family, claiming to be under the order of the Admiral Maritime Eunuch Wei, and had something to discuss with Mr. Pan.

"Wei...Eunuch Wei has something to discuss with me?"

Ban Ki sat there and looked calm, but he felt really panicked.

He still didn't understand what was going on. He could see it clearly on the way. It was not his family who was surrounded by officers and soldiers. It seemed that the Huizhou Guild Hall was surrounded.

Could it be that the morning incident leaked the news?

Pan Ki felt that this was very likely, otherwise Eunuch Wei would not have made such a big fuss. But if he really did this, there would be nothing wrong. After all, he had never agreed to come and go to Nandu.

However, I don’t know if Eunuch Wei is reasonable or not, and the other party is unreasonable and insists that the Pan family is against him, so this matter is difficult to deal with.

It is a blessing or not a disaster, it is a disaster that cannot be avoided.

Pan Ji sighed inwardly. Although the Pan family has great business, compared with the eunuchs with soldiers, the Pan family is like an ant, and can be controlled by others but can do nothing.

What he fears most now is that Eunuch Wei is so angry that he wants to occupy his property.

After traveling around the country for so many years, Pan Ki has seen many worlds. He knows that some eunuchs use their power to suppress others and forcefully seize business property. However, the government has no choice. Even if the court knows, it will not hold the eunuchs accountable. They will let themselves go and will not stand up for a businessman at all.

If Eunuch Wei is such a person, then he will undoubtedly be a disaster for the Pan family.

Now I only want eunuch Wei to not have that big appetite, just leave a little for the Pan family. If you keep the green mountains there, you are not afraid of not having firewood, but you are afraid that the eunuch has a surprising appetite.

Ban Ki knew things and made the worst plan.

Alas, my ancestors struggled for hundreds of years to earn this family business, but they didn’t want to fall into the hands of others today...

Pan Ki was extremely frustrated, but the general named Cao who came in smiled and said to him: "Master Pan, don't you know how convenient it is at hand?"

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To be continued...