From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

"Last night, Chu Feifan fought thirteen battles, defeated all masters and heroes."

"Several big gangs couldn't stand this breath, and actually sent hundreds of thugs to besiege, but they were killed by Chu Feifan alone, and the army was defeated."

"Ningbo Prefecture has changed."

Speaking of this, Guan Lu smiled and said: "Those gangs are now repositioning the Gelaohui. If I guess correctly, from today on, the major gangs and families will start to contact the Gelaohui and try to buy it out."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "Is the King of France injured?"

Guan Lu said: "A little injury, but it's not serious. He said he didn't have enough fun before he went to bed."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Look at him pretending, but it's true. Hundreds of cavalrymen of the Tsarist Kingdom were defeated by the King of France. These hundreds of thugs are nothing."

"This kid usually brags about himself, but at the critical moment, he is still "It is used. The family's goods couldn't go out, forcing them to go without any way, and forced them to get on the negotiating table. " However, he went to the courtyard. Zhou Yuan ignored him and just drank his tea quietly.

Huang Zuoyu saw that he didn't move, sobbed and said: "Your Majesty, Chaozhou merchants can't survive!"

"Your Majesty knows how much Chaozhou merchants paid in the Second South China Sea War."

"We only got a little bit of money to survive, and all the other money was given to the court!"

"We have just made back the losses of the past two or three years since we opened the sea. We can only say that we have just made back the capital and haven't started to make money yet. Now we have lost several merchant ships and more than a hundred people."

"Now the gap of more than one million taels of silver cannot be filled. The family members of more than a hundred people surround our chamber of commerce every day and refuse to leave, asking us to go Save people, how can we save them!"

"Your Majesty, only you can save us now."

"Otherwise, we will really have trouble living like this!"

Zhou Yuan knocked on the table and said, "Are you done crying? Sit down and talk properly after you finish crying."

"Hey!"

Huang Zuoyu stood up and said with a bent waist, "Your Majesty, what can we do? There are more than a hundred people. If we don't save them, their families will eat us up."

Zhou Yuan said, "You don't need to get involved in saving people, and I don't want to listen to your complaints. I want to tell you a few things, remember them."

Huang Zuoyu immediately stretched his head over.

Zhou Yuan said: "First, Chaozhou merchants have made money in the past two years. As you said, they have made back all the losses in the past two or three years, so you should be prepared to donate the money again."

Huang Zuoyu nodded, then suddenly froze and said in a lost voice: "What? Donate it?"

Zhou Yuan said slowly: "I want eight million taels of silver."

Huang Zuoyu knelt down again, his face pale, and cried out: "Prince, spare me! Eight million taels, even if you kill me and bleed and cut my flesh, you can't make it up!"

"We have indeed made back a lot of money in the past two years, but those are all coffin money. More than a dozen Chaozhou merchant families sold their industries, land, and farms, and sold everything to survive until the opening of the sea. Now we have finally made back our money and donated it again. The court can't treat us like this! We are patriotic!"

Zhou Yuan said: "This is not The court's order, I'm asking you for help."

"Your ship is lost, who's responsible?"

"Do you want to get back the lost things? Will you continue to do business in the future? These are what the court should do, and what I should do."

"War is inevitable, but I have no money, the court has no money, and the Ministry of Commerce has no money."

"How can I fight a war without money? I can only ask you for help."

"We have been friends for so many years, you can't just sit there and watch, right?"

Huang Zuoyu's eyes were filled with tears, and he trembled, "This... Prince... It's not that I don't want to help, it's that we really can't afford it!"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Sell your property, your house, and your land. If you and a dozen Chaozhou merchants can get together, eight million taels should be no problem."

Huang Zuoyu said, "It's really not enough!"

Zhou Yuan said, "Guan Lu has investigated you thoroughly, eight hundredTen thousand taels should be able to be collected if you try your best. "

"Old Huang, money is something outside of the body. If you lose it, you can still earn it. If we can't win the war, we really won't be able to do business in the future."

Huang Zuoyu was about to cry again. His face was pale and he murmured, "This, this I can't explain either. Chaozhou merchants have suffered too much in the past few years. Your Majesty, think of a new way!"

Zhou Yuan looked at him and said slowly, "War requires money. If Chaozhou merchants don't give it, other families will have to give it."

"So the question is, why was your ship hijacked? How was your sailing route exposed? Which competitors are capable of finding your route?"

"Only by thoroughly investigating this issue can we find the ghost and find the culprit."

"If you don't want to give it, someone will give it, right?"

Huang Zuoyu was stunned for a moment, and immediately gritted his teeth and said, "It's hard to find out! There can't be a traitor among us, right? These goods belong to our Chaozhou merchants. Who would infringe on their own interests? "

"As for competitors... there are a few families that can compete with our Chaozhou merchants, but they are all famous families. It's impossible..."

Zhou Yuan said coldly: "Don't say anything impossible. There is nothing impossible in front of interests."

"Guan Lu will go with you tonight. You have to sort out all the information of several major merchants in Ningbo Prefecture and conduct specific analysis."

"The merchant ship lost contact, and all major merchants began to tighten the frequency of going out to sea. Who is abnormal?"

"While everyone is losing money, who is making money?"

"You have to do a survey of the economic capabilities of each merchant and screen out suspicious people from the perspective of silver and money."

"Screen out a group of families for me first, and then you can leave the next thing to me."

Huang Zuoyu took a deep breath and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Chaozhou merchants have been here for so long, and they are still confident in surveying other families. Give me two days! "

Zhou Yuan said: "You only have one day. I want to get the list before tomorrow morning."

Everything has its traces. There is no perfect conspiracy in the world.

Colluding with the island pirates must be able to exchange for huge benefits. Detailed analysis from multiple aspects such as export scale and recent business expansion will definitely lead to clues.

In addition, Zhou Yuan also plans to go fishing.

If you use the Gelaohui to go fishing, you will definitely catch a big fish, because only a very few people know that Zhou Yuan has arrived in Ningbo Prefecture.

Most people still think he is in the Western Regions.

"Let Zhang Fei be prepared. This time they need to take risks."

The murderous intent in Zhou Yuan's eyes can no longer be stopped.