Chapter 442 Deception, Threat, Acquisition

The fireworks will go down in Yangzhou in March, and the location of Yangzhou Prefecture should be an important point. Since the establishment of the government, whenever the economic development is booming, Yangzhou government has always been able to lead the way.

At dawn, the city gate of Yangzhou Fucheng slowly opened. A few sergeants rubbed their eyes and shouted impatiently outside: "Everyone retreat! Don't block the road!"

Since the opening of China and France in the early Ming Dynasty, salt merchants began to gather here in Yangzhou Prefecture, and most of these salt merchants had close ties with the government, and there were convoys transporting salt in and out every morning.

I can't afford to offend you!

A motorcade in the city gate had already stopped there. After hearing the shout, the thin-faced man sitting in the first bullock cart smiled and said, "It seems that the master's money is not in vain!"

The city gate was finally opened, and several sergeants were about to get out of the way, but one of them felt that something was wrong, so he took a closer look.

"There is a ghost!"

A cry of surprise attracted the attention of the people in the convoy.

"What the hell?" The thin-faced man said disdainfully, "It's bright and sunny, where did the ghost come from? I think our Ming soldiers are not as good as...uh!"

The thin-faced man looked like a chicken with its neck stuck, pointing outside the city gate and tremblingly said: "Then... what is that?"

Several coachmen came to the front, and then tremblingly said: "This is not here to catch us, is it?"

Outside the city gate, there were dozens of rows of cavalry standing quietly at this moment. The bodies of these people and horses were all wet with dew, obviously they had traveled all night.

The suppressed sergeants looked at each other in blank dismay, and the last little flag stepped forward and said to the cavalry in front of him tremblingly: "My lord, do you dare to ask if there is any reconnaissance?"

"Old Seven!"

Fang Xing said a little tiredly.

Xin Laoqi's spirit is still vigorous, and he can't tell that he is someone who has driven away at night. He stepped forward to take out Kanhe, and said in a deep voice, "I'm going to enter the city, so I'll inform your prefect."

Xiaoqi took over Kanhe,

I wanted to say that I couldn't tell the difference, and then drag this group of scary cavalry, but Xin Laoqi then took out another sign.

"Hurry up, you can't afford to delay my uncle's important event!"

"Go to town!"

After checking and cooperating, the group of people rushed into the city without getting off their horses.

Xiao Qi and his men leaned against the wall, praying in their hearts that they are not here to take people.

But when he saw the person who was caught in the middle, wearing a black cloth cover and tied to the horse's back, his heart immediately turned cold.

"Majiabuzhuang next to the government office!"

When the brigade of cavalry appeared at the edge of the government office, the servants ran in in a panic, shouting as they ran, "A large army is coming..."

Fang Xing was sitting on the horse's back. The big white horse looked a bit listless after a night of trekking.

The cloth shop in front of him had just opened the door, and the man saw so many cavalry around the door, his feet were so frightened that he went limp.

"My... my lord, but do you want to buy cloth?"

Fang Xing frowned and looked at the dark counter, whispered a few words to Fang Wu, and Fang Wu led dozens of cavalrymen to scatter around.

"Surrounded, no one is allowed to come out!"

After seeing the formation of the encirclement circle, Fang Xing said indifferently: "Rush in, get everyone under control, and immediately search all the rooms."

"Yes, sir!"

Xin Laoqi got off his horse and cupped his hands, and rushed in with his people.

The man leaned on the table where the cloth was loaded, and shouted with a pale face: "The small one is not a thief, the small one is not a thief!"

A sergeant went over to watch him, and shouted: "Shut up, if you speak out, you will be an accomplice!"

The clerk looked at the sergeants rushing in like wolves and tigers, and said sadly in his heart: "Boss, what have you done!"

In the backyard, the shopkeeper's family who had just woken up was frightened by the sergeant rushing in, and all of them knelt on the ground.

"My lord, the little one did nothing wrong!"

The shopkeeper's wives and concubines were lying on the ground, and the children were trembling and weeping.

Fang Xing strode in, and behind him was that Mr. Feng.

"Ask him."

Fang Xing felt a little tired, so he sat on the stone pier in the yard.

Xin Laoqi took off the black cloth hood, and asked, "But this person?"

At this moment all the sergeants who had entered the room to search came out empty-handed.

"Uncle, there is no child."

"Uncle, none."

"Uncle..."

The shopkeeper knelt on the ground, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but raised his head and shouted: "My lord, there are only three children in this small family! They didn't keep them privately."

Fang Xing looked up at the sky and sighed, "Sure enough, it's cunning! That's all!"

When Xin Laoqi heard this, he immediately understood. He held Mr. Feng in one hand, and poked his finger under his ribs.

"ah……"

This was the second time that Xin Laoqi used his trick. Mr. Feng trembled from being poked by this finger, as if he was getting an electric shock.

Fang Xing saw that the three children were all frightened, so he said, "Lao Qi, take him out for questioning, and be ruthless!"

After Xin Laoqi left with Mr. Feng in his arms, Fang Xing said to the shopkeeper in a pleasant manner, "Get up, maybe you misunderstood."

The shopkeeper wiped off the cold sweat from his forehead, stood up and said, "My lord, this small cloth shop has been in existence for three generations, and there is really nothing wrong with it!"

Fang Xing took out a few candies from his purse, and said with a smile, "If it's a misunderstanding and your business has been delayed today, Fang will of course have compensation here, so don't worry."

At this time, the shopkeeper realized the uncle's address just now. Seeing Fang Xing's expression turned pale, he boldly took the candy, but held it in his hand, not giving it to his own child.

Fang Xing smiled, not minding his cautiousness, and chatted with him about the Yangzhou Mansion.

"I heard that those salt merchants are very rich? The house is made of gold and silver."

The shopkeeper secretly thought about Fang Xing's intentions, and said cautiously: "Uncle, the Hui merchants are willing to spend money, while the Shanxi merchants are old-fashioned, wearing old padded jackets all day long, and the food is poor."

Fang Xing let out a sigh. In his impression, Shanxi merchants are so rich, how could they be so old? And still stingy to himself.

"Are those Shanxi merchants willing to spend money on women?"

Fang Xing took out a ring made of 'platinum' and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper is naturally very knowledgeable, but after seeing this ring, he was still quite surprised.

"This thing..."

Fang Xing said with a smile: "This thing is called platinum, it is not easy to mine, let's take it as compensation for today."

"How dare the little one?"

The shopkeeper respectfully presented the ring.

"I'll take it for you!"

Fang Xing's tone increased, and the shopkeeper was so frightened that he hurriedly apologized.

"Tell me, are Shanxi merchants willing to spend money on women?"

The shopkeeper took a peek at Fang Xing, seeing Fang Xing's tired face without anger and prestige, he trembled in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, those Shanxi merchants are willing to buy women, but they are not willing to spend money on them. "

"What about the badge merchants?"

The shopkeeper felt that it was strange that Fang Xing asked Huizhou merchants at the end, because Huizhou merchants had already begun to squeeze out the shares of Shanxi merchants, and they were very rich.

"Huizhou merchants are willing to spend money and enjoy themselves, and they also buy women."

Fang Xing smiled slightly: "Where did they buy the woman?"

This question made Nuo Nuo, the shopkeeper, afraid to speak. Fang Xing observed his words and said calmly, "Benbo came here on the emperor's order. You can think clearly about the consequences of lying!"

The shopkeeper trembled, fell to his knees and said, "Uncle, it's the Yu family outside the city..."