Recently, landlords and wealthy businessmen in Suzhou have been in panic.

Zheng Chenggong's army surrounded Suzhou City, and the martial law was imposed in Suzhou City. Everyone could not even go on the streets or do business. How could they live this life?

In fact, these landlords and wealthy businessmen don’t care who is in charge of the rule and who is the emperor.

As long as they can guarantee their interests.

It is the most unacceptable to waste like this.

Which big merchants like them are making money every day? If they were besieged in the city for a month, wouldn’t they stop doing business?

After enduring for two or three days, they finally couldn't bear it anymore and came to the prefect Pei Yuanshan to petition.

Pei Yuanshan originally did not intend to meet them, but he had no choice but to come to Suzhou's famous figures, so it was inappropriate to just leave them alone.

In desperation, Pei Yuanshan had to let them in.

Who knew that this group of people came prepared?

"Pei Magistrate Pei, the Ming army is powerful. We can't hold on for long. Instead of sticking to the last city and destroying the people, it is better to surrender earlier and continue to live a normal life."

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As soon as you open your mouth, you will be old yin and yang.

Pei Yuanshan sneered in his heart. These hypocritical hypocrites were obviously worried that their interests would be damaged, but they were said to be for the people.

Such disgusting words are so disgusting.

"Mr. Xue is not saying this. My official is paying the salary of the Qing Dynasty, so he should naturally die for the Qing Dynasty. Do you want to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and fall into the Ming Dynasty?"

He said it very seriously, just to disgust these hypocritical wealthy businessmen.

Why are these wealthy businessmen only allowed to disgust him but not fight back?

The wealthy businessmen looked at each other. They really didn't expect that Master Pei's reaction would be so strong.

Originally, they wanted to cut the flesh with a blunt knife and grind it slowly, but now it seems that Master Pei wants to fight to the end.

"Master Pei, everyone puts the overall situation first. Even if you surrender in time, it may not be possible to play in the new dynasty."

"Yes, Master Pei, there is a saying that good birds choose trees to live in. The Qing army is in decline now, why should you hang yourself on a tree?"

"Please think twice!"

"Please think twice!"

A group of merchants pressed over and did not give Pei Yuanshan a chance to answer the conversation.

OK, these merchants have been discussing and colluding.

This is to force him together.

"The war is imminent, and our morale is disrupted. What crime do you just deserve?"

Pei Yuanshan looked stern and sternly stern.

Seeing that the prefect Pei was about to order to take over the next moment, the merchants had to find a way to find a dagger and take the lead.

The rich merchant Xue Lu pulled out a dagger from his sleeve and directly hit Pei Yuanshan's neck.

hiss!

All this happened so quickly that Pei Yuanshan had no preparation at all.

"Master Pei offended him."

Xue Lu smiled treacherously, and the dagger deliberately pressed down, warning Pei Yuanshan not to move around.

"As the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents. Why does Prefect Pei fight against so many of us? What people who do our business value most is profit. If you can't make money, even your mother can turn against you."

Pei Yuanshan calmly face and said nothing.

It is said that bitches are ruthless and actors are unrighteous.

Pei Yuanshan thought it was possible to add another sentence, that is, merchants are neither ruthless nor righteous.

"If this mansion doesn't follow, what do you do? Will you kill the officials and rebel?"

After a long time, Pei Yuanshan said a coldly.

"Why is Prison Pei? Everyone is making a living. The difference is that you work for the court. Changing the family is not as difficult as you imagined. You might as well look at Wu Sangui, who is a slave from the three surnames. He is a slave from Ming, Shun and Qing dynasties and has been in a different way. The most important thing in this chaotic world is strength, and the rest is not important at all."

Xue Lu paused and said, "Prince Pei has tens of thousands of Green Camp soldiers in his hands. This is a place where every inch of land is rich and prosperous. This is a place. You have both territory and strength. If you surrender, you will definitely be valued."

"Master Pei, you have to think clearly that everyone is just for the sake of making a living. If you are stubborn and make everyone have no food to eat, everyone will have to offend them."

"Are you threatening our home?"

Pei Yuanshan asked coldly.

"What does Priest Pei think?"

Xue Lu pressed the dagger down and asked.

For a moment, a clear blood mark appeared on Pei Yuanshan's neck, and Xue Lu would probably bleed if he used some strength.

People are greedy for life and fear of death, and Pei Yuanshan is no exception.

The reason why he was stubborn before was to bet that the other party did not dare to do anything randomly. But now it seems that the other party is not only prepared, but also has been determined to take advantage of the weight.

If Pei Yuanshan was still stubborn in this situation, he would be really going to be splattered with blood.

"It seems that our government can only cooperate with you."

Pei Yuanshan sighed.

"You all let me go first, I will do what you said."

Cui Lu sneered: "Does Pei Fuzun think we are three-year-old children? He is so casually coaxing us. Not to mention whether you will regret it if we let you go. Even if you don't regret it, we should have a backup plan, right?"

Pei Yuanshan's heart immediately skipped a beat.

The other party really can't bear to take him.

If I had known this, it would have been better to agree to their "petition" from the beginning.

It's really embarrassing to make it so indecent now.

But at this point, he could only follow the wishes of these merchants.

"Okay, I agree to what you said. What should I do now?"

"Pei Fuzun, please quickly write a handwritten book to let the soldiers in the city put down their weapons and open the city gate, and then leave the city with us to surrender."

Xue Lu added: "I advise Prison Pei not to be smart, otherwise don't blame Xue for being ruthless. The room is full of our people, and even if you call the guard, it's impossible for me to be faster than my knife, right?"

Pei Yuanshan sighed in his heart.

But he would never have thought that these merchants would dare to attack him directly.

Now I really have the strength to use it, it's so uncomfortable.

Pei Yuanshan nodded and said, "Call someone to prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

The pen, ink, paper and inkstone were all ready-made in the government office and were soon placed in front of Pei Yuanshan.

"Can Mr. Xue's knife be looser? It's hard for you to use your pen to hold your pen like this."

Xue Lu thought about it and thought it made sense, so he nodded and said, "Forget it, please give yourself a favor."

After saying that, he put away the dagger.

Anyway, the house is full of their people, so there is no need to worry about Pei Yuanshan running away.

Pei Yuanshan really had no extra thoughts. He picked up the pen and dipped it ink and then started writing.

Soon Pei Yuanshan wrote a handwritten letter. He picked it up and read it again, then handed it to Xue Lu and said, "Can Mr. Xue look at it and still make me feel good?"

Xue Lu took it and saw a smile on his face.

"That's right, that's what it means. Prison Pei is indeed a hero who knows the current affairs."

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