nanming man

Chapter 328
There is a saying that a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, and no matter how powerful Fan Yongdou is in the north, he has to lie on his stomach in the south.

Local hooligans, there are not too many ways to get a stranger.

When Fan Yongdou heard that the granary was ordered for him, he trembled with anger, "You scoundrel! It's fine to stop Fan from selling grain, but you still burn my granary. What kind of grudge do I have against you?"

There are not many people in the Fan family business in Yuezhou, and there were more than a dozen guys watching the grain depot, but there were scoundrels at the pier, who beat up the money shopkeeper, and the guys guarding the grain depot went to the front to help.

At this time, several Xuanyi guards climbed over the wall from behind and burned the grain depot with a torch.

Originally, Fan Yongdou could buy 30 shi of grain, but in the end he only bought [-] shi. Now that [-] shi was set on fire, Fan Yongdou wanted to die.

He rushed out in a hurry, and the scoundrels gathered on the pier, seeing the grain depot on fire, immediately fled to get into trouble.

"Hurry up~ put out the fire!" Fan Yongdou couldn't help shouting hoarsely when he saw the black smoke rising from the grain depot and a raging fire.

In fact, without waiting for his order, the guys had already picked up buckets and basins to put out the fire, but there were too few people to stop the fire.

While Fan Yongdou was desperately trying to fight the fire, Ma Hongshan and others boarded a boat and went to Changde Mansion to temporarily avoid the limelight. They were planning to start eating a large amount of grain after the grain price continued to fall back to [-] taels.

This time, Ma Hongshan and his group, together with several large local grain merchants in Huguang, can be said to be the dealers and winners. They fried the grain from two grains to 12 taels, and then shipped them at high prices. Therefore, the grain merchants who did not ship in time are losers, and the people who buy grain are also losers.

Of course Fan Yongdou was the worst, no one was worse than him.

At this time, on board the boat, Ma Hongshan and several big merchants from Huguang temporarily left Yuezhou to avoid the limelight.

People like them, who can monopolize the business of a place, naturally have connections in the government. In addition to giving gifts to those high-ranking officials every year, they also have a good relationship with the subordinate staff at the bottom.

No matter what the imperial court's orders are, or what orders the superiors have, in the end, they have to rely on these low-level subordinates to get through their relationship. Then they will be at home in the local area. As long as they don't kick the iron board, they can basically walk sideways.

Ma Hongshan and others had already received the news that the government was going to take action against the merchants who fried rice, and those low-level officials and subordinates took advantage of it. They also heard that the person who took the lead this time was Ma Shoufu's nephew, so they naturally reported it early got the news.

At this time, the boat was sailing on Dongting Lake. Ma Hongshan and Gao Yicheng stood at the bow of the boat, and the majestic wind blowing over the lake made people feel refreshed.

Everyone was full of happiness, Gao Yicheng said with a smile: "Mr. Ma's operation this time can be said to be quite good. The commander gave me 30 taels of silver. This way of buying low and selling high, it became 80 taels. Mr. Ma said I'm afraid I made a lot of money next time!"

Ma Hongshan smiled, "This is also to make a fortune with Mr. Gao."

As he said that, he continued: "Commander Gao, the news in Huguang is quite tense now, and this batch of money may not be shipped out for a while. After the rumors pass, should the money be bought for all grains, or Commander Gao should take some of it back."

Gao Yicheng glanced at Ma Hongshan, "The commander-in-chief has already explained that all the grain will be bought and transported to Chengtian Mansion for storage."

The fire near the wharf was already difficult to extinguish. In a hurry, Fan Yongdou went into battle and led the men to grab food from the fire, grabbing bags of rice.

However, the Fan family had too few buddies, and the hirelings they hired were driven away by hooligans. Facing the burning crowd, Fan Yongdou felt despair.

At this moment, a large group of nearby people rushed to see the warehouse on fire.

Without saying a word, the local men rushed into the grain depot one after another, carrying out the unburned grain.

When Fan Yongdou saw him, a glimmer of hope immediately lit up in his heart, and he was so moved that he almost shed tears, "In times of crisis, the villagers are still simple and honest, and they are willing to help!"

When Fan Yongdou was excited, his eyes were instantly blurred by tears, and he was so moved.

He saw an old man wearing bunts, trousers rolled up to his knees, wearing a pair of straw sandals, and carrying a bag of rice on his shoulders, but he came out of the grain storehouse at a brisk pace. But the old man walked past him like the wind.

"Damn it, tell Jin Zi to come back quickly, stop fishing, and move it again quickly." The old man was carrying the rice bag, his face flushed, and he shouted excitedly while carrying the rice home.

The people who came here were all like this, they were more happy than the festival, and they took advantage of the chaos to loot. Anyway, if it is burned, it will be burned. Why don't we move back and still have enough to eat.

When Fan Yongdou saw these muddy legs carrying away his food, his face was full of astonishment, he shook his body a few times, and immediately spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

"My boss, my boss~" Shopkeeper Qian was shocked and rushed to help him, but he was a step too late. Fan Yongdou didn't catch his breath, and collapsed on the ground.

A group of Fan guys, who had been disfigured by the smoke, rushed forward in a hurry, pinched and slapped, and it took a long time to rescue Fan Yongdou.

Not long after, the grain depot was burned down, and the grain was only less than a thousand stones.

This time, he really lost all his money and had to bear a huge debt of more than 60 taels, and more importantly, he failed to complete the tasks assigned to him by the Qing court, and he was afraid that he would be finished after returning.

For a moment, Fan Yongdou wanted to die, but at this moment, the yamen servant, who had been late for a long time, suddenly rushed over.

The first head catcher pushed the crowd aside arrogantly, stood in front of Fan Yongdou, and said arrogantly: "Who is your boss?"

Shopkeeper Qian was full of anger, and when he saw a yamen servant coming over, he immediately said: "Master, this is our master, the master has to make decisions for us! Look at how angry those gangsters are with our master. "

"You are the proprietor?" the head catcher asked, without waiting for Fan Yongdou to answer, he suddenly waved his hand and shouted sharply: "You profiteer, you drive up the price of grain, and when you see the truth, you set fire to the grain, trying to destroy the criminal evidence, it is heinous. Come, take it away for me."

Before that, Ma Hongshan had people spread the news that a group of Shanxi merchants was harvesting grain in Huguang.

After that, he asked people to spend a lot of money to bribe several officials in Yuezhou, as well as several subordinate officials who were in charge of arresting.Although this kind of subordinate staff is not popular, they have a lot of power in their hands. They can lock you in for any reason. When you are in prison, they will do whatever they say, and you have no place to reason if you die.

These subordinate officials didn't know Fan Yongdou's identity, they only knew that he was a foreign businessman, and there was no pressure at all to do it.

Before Treasurer Qian could react, several yamen servants came forward, put the shackles on Fan Yongdou, who had a sluggish face, and dragged him directly into the city, where he was locked in a dark cell.

"Government and business collusion, is there still a law in the Ming Dynasty?" Watching Fan Yongdou being dragged away, Treasurer Qian trembled.

A lot of fan schemes have suddenly undergone major changes, and they have lost their backbone, their faces are blank and full of fear~
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