Zhou Yuanzhao and other merchants entered the imperial school one after another. Under the leadership of the Hu Ben Army, they walked around Minglun Hall and walked through a moon gate to the very luxurious backyard.

The backyard is well-designed. Looking around, the pavilions and towers are arranged in an orderly manner.

Moving and changing scenery makes people feel refreshed.

However, these merchants had no intention of enjoying the scenery of the garden. Most of them were worried that His Majesty the Emperor would attack them.

Walking along the pebbly path, you will see a bamboo forest.

Although the area of ​​the bamboo forest is not large, it is designed with great cleverness, no matter which angle you look at it, you can't see at a glance.

Everyone walked through the bamboo forest and faced with a pond.

To the north of the pond is a two-story bamboo building, with a group of Tiger Army soldiers guarding both sides.

Zhou Yuanzhao swallowed and spitted, and tried to calm himself down.

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

Since I have already attended the banquet, it is naturally impossible to find any reason to run away.

Leave it to fate.

Everyone was led to the bamboo building and searched again behind him and entered the bamboo building one by one.

The space in this bamboo building is extremely large, not to mention dozens of people, even hundreds of people can accommodate it.

Zhou Yuanzhao and others went upstairs one after another and found a man wearing a vermilion robe and a whistle-like crown sitting opposite them.

This should be the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty?

"Caomin Zhou Yuanzhao pays homage to Your Majesty."

Zhou Yuanzhao took a deep breath, pushed Jinshan into the jade pillar and bowed his head.

He buried his head tightly under his arms, his butt was sticking out very high, and his posture was indeed done.

The other merchants also followed suit and kowtowed.

Zhu Youlang sat by the window and was drinking. At this moment, he put down his glass and raised his hand slightly and said, "Let's just flat."

"Here, I'll give you a seat."

Although Zhu Youlang held a banquet here, the seats for the merchants were not prepared from the beginning.

It was not until the moment Zhu Youlang opened his mouth to give him a seat that the imperial soldiers of the Hu Ben Army moved out the chair.

Such an hint cannot be more obvious, it is telling merchants to recognize their status.

Zhou Yuanzhao and others sat down carefully, their butts were only touching the small half of the chair, their whole body was shrinking, and their heads drooped down and they didn't dare to look around.

After all, there are strong soldiers around them, and they are afraid that they will be taken down if they make a wrong move.

"I am holding a banquet here today to invite the wealthy merchants and tycoons in Yangzhou City to talk about what family and country are."

Zhu Youlang scared Zhou Yuanzhao and others as soon as he spoke.

What is a country?

Is this what they can comment on?

No matter how you look at it, these are all issues that a supreme saint like His Majesty the Emperor should consider.

No matter how bad it is, it is also something that princes and nobles, prime ministers and elders are considering.

Ask them to answer, what's the point?

"Zhou Yuanwai, you are the richest man in Yangzhou, let's talk about it."

Zhu Youlang seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and directly called out his name.

Zhou Yuanzhao was shocked.

It turns out that people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. His Majesty the Emperor speaks like old Yin and Yang.

The richest man in Yangzhou? What does it mean to be a richest man in Yangzhou compared to the emperor?

The more His Majesty the Emperor said this, the more Zhou Yuanzhao felt guilty.

Is this sure to be on him?

"Report to Your Majesty, the old man feels that the so-called family, country and the world are one. Small families form a country? Every family is a country? The country is a family."

Zhu Youlang touched his hands and said, "It's good to say... But what if some small families have selfish intentions and only want to make profits for the small families and ignore the interests of the court?"

Zhou Yuanzhao was happy first and then surprised? Why did His Majesty the Emperor breathe so much? It was so scary.

"Uh... Your Majesty, Caomin thinks this kind of person is a cancer and scum? He should use national laws to kill him as a warning."

Zhu Youlang seemed to be very satisfied with Zhou Yuanzhao's attitude, and nodded slightly and said, "Let's play music."

The musicians who were already ready to wait in the house started playing.

For a moment, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestra resounded throughout the bamboo building? But the merchants were in no mood to appreciate it.

They have been called like this by the emperor? How can they not hear the hidden meaning?

This is hitting them.

There were several plates of hot dishes and some cold dishes placed in front of everyone.

But few people moved their chopsticks.

Zhu Youlang was a little dissatisfied with this and said, "Why, do you think my wine and food are not up to the taste? Well, it turns out that what I eat is not as good as those of you."

This is a murderous sentence.

Zhu Youlang was just as arrogant as he was not angry? After this point, all the merchants couldn't sit still.

They all knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty forgives your crimes, Your Majesty forgives your crimes."

"What? Are you guilty? This is not what I said."

Zhu Youlang grabbed a piece of lotus root and put it into his mouth and chewed it slowly.

It took him a long time to continue, "Zhou Yuanwai, come and talk to them on their behalf? What are your sins?"

Zhou Yuanzhao was under great pressure, and he was even more panicked when Zhu Youlang asked this.

If he hadn't been afraid of death, he really wanted to hit the pillar at this moment.

"Your Majesty, we have a small family fortune but we dare not distribute the money to support the righteous men to fight against the enemy? This is a serious crime."

Zhou Yuanzhao's mind was running rapidly, and he finally thought of a crime that was both serious and serious.

"Just not dare to resist the enemy?"

Zhu Youlang didn't seem to be planning to expose it? Instead, he gradually increased his tone: "I heard that Mr. He has been doing business with the barbarian army. If I'm not wrong? The military uniforms of the barbarian army in Yangzhou were provided by He Yuanwai?"

The one that Zhu Youlang mentioned was He Sancai. He relied on his relationship with the prefect Wen Muan to get the order made of the military uniforms of the Green Camp in Yangzhou.

With this order alone, He Sancai made no less than 100,000 taels, which was a huge profit.

Hearing Zhu Youlang's name, He Sancai kowtowed and said, "The people are wronged, and the people are wronged."

Zhu Youlang sneered and said, "Is it wrong that I am accusing you?"

"Ah, the grass people dare not, the grass people dare not."

He Sancai kowtowed desperately, and blood oozed out of his forehead in a short while.

"You are not only responsible for providing military uniforms to the barbarian army, but also cotton coats and armor. You should have made a lot of money in so many single businesses, right?"

Zhu Youlang had already figured out the situation and pointed out the showdown at this moment and said, "You are obviously treason. As a Han Chinese, you should not be doing business with the Tartars and help them fight the Ming Dynasty. You are so crazy and have the face to come to the banquet and listen to my Yale? Come on, drag this monarch without a father, and behead you!"

If Zhu Youlang does not exert force, he will be thunderous. Once he exerts force, he will be thunderous.

He Sancai was frightened and begged for mercy desperately, saying, "Your Majesty, please spare me."

But the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army did not care about these things. The two of them dragged him out from left and right.

"Your Majesty listen to the explanation of the grass people, listen to the explanation of the grass people."

He Sancai struggled desperately but to no avail and was dragged down from the bamboo building.

The merchants looked at each other, and they didn't even dare to show off their anger.

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