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Chapter 755 Crossing the line

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    Governor Lin has a quick mind and always sees problems sharply.

    ¡°But after listening to Zhao Hao¡¯s long speech, he couldn¡¯t see through it this time.

    I always feel that what this kid said is right, and the prospects he describes are very good, and what is commendable is that he has patched up the possible shortcomings in advance.

    This strong sense of responsibility is very rare among businessmen.

    But his intuition told Lin Run that there seemed to be a deeper conspiracy hidden behind this impeccable arrangement.

    But the limitations of knowledge only allowed him to see that Jiangnan Company wanted to take the opportunity to control the Suzhou bank business.

    Lin Run can imagine that as long as he nods his head, in the future, the money transactions between the government and private merchants in Suzhou Prefecture will not be able to bypass the Jiangnan Bank that is about to be established.

    Although major national banks such as ¡®Wanyuanhao¡¯, ¡®Hengtongji¡¯ and ¡®Xinlong¡¯ are far more powerful than ¡®Wuji¡¯.  But with the support of the Suzhou government, at least in Suzhou, Wu Ji will definitely be able to defeat them.

    But the problem is, based on Lin Run¡¯s understanding of Jiangnan Company, he always feels that their plot goes beyond that.

    While I was thinking, Suzhou City was already in front of me.

    When Mr. Zhao came the day before yesterday, he saw that although the streets and markets outside the city were closed, most of them were safe and sound.

    However, just two days later, the situation deteriorated rapidly, and fires were seen in the streets beside the moat from a distance.

    Faint sounds of cursing and crying came down the wind. It was local gangsters who took the opportunity to set fire to and rob.

    Lin Run saw with his own eyes that several thugs smashed open the floor of a southern goods store.

    The elderly shop owner and a few waiters waved iron bars to try to stop him.

    However, the broken store door attracted a larger number of thugs, and the people in the store were eventually outnumbered and knocked to the ground.

    The thugs swarmed in and immediately rushed out of the store with stacks of various beautifully decorated packaging boxes.

    The shop owner hugged the leg of a thug in distress, but was beaten again

    Such atrocities actually happened under the eyes of the dignified Governor Yingtian!

    Lin Run stood up suddenly and shouted: "Feng Qianhu!"

    "Here you are!" A burly officer immediately responded in a deep voice.

    "Lead the troops off the ship immediately and eliminate the gangsters here!" Lin Run ordered sternly.

    "Follow your orders!" Feng Qianhu immediately took the order, ordered the sand ships riding on his men to dock, and then issued a purge order.

    Before the boat could be lowered, the soldiers jumped off the boat one after another. Without enough time to form a team, they rushed towards the thugs who were setting fire and looting.

    Seeing the sudden appearance of a large group of officers and soldiers, the thugs quickly dispersed with their trophies in their hands.

    Of course, there are also those who are short-sighted and slow-legged. They were pushed to the ground by the soldiers who rushed up and were beaten.

    "The three to four mile long street was full of officers, soldiers and thugs chasing each other. The sound of curses and screams became a pot of porridge, and the scene became increasingly chaotic.

    The shop owner and the shopkeepers did not dare to rush out to take revenge, but quickly found a way to re-block the shop door.

    In the eyes of ordinary people, officers and soldiers are as scary as thugs, or even more

    It wasn¡¯t until Magistrate Cai and Zhang Defu got off the boat and loudly announced to the citizens that the governor had come to quell the chaos, that the officers and soldiers would protect the country and the people, and that Qiu did not commit any crimes, did the tense atmosphere relax slightly.

    Lin Run¡¯s tense face finally relaxed a little as he watched the soldiers tie up the captured thugs, string them together, and walk through the messy streets.

    He looked back at Zhao Hao and said in a deep voice: "This court has agreed to the agreement between Suzhou Prefecture and Jiangnan Company. Let's sign the contract and implement it as soon as possible."

    It was urgent to put an end to the chaos, and Lin Run had no choice.

    "Don't worry, Mr. Zhongcheng, Jiangnan Company's first deposit will be received tonight." Mr. Zhao promised softly.

    "Well, our hospital has gone to deal with the riot. You little kids, please don't get off the boat." Lin Run nodded, took a deep look at Zhao Hao and said, "It's over here, let's have a good chat."

    "Okay, I also have a gift for Zhong Cheng." Zhao Hao bowed and saw Lin Run off the boat.

    When Lin Zhongcheng landed on the shore, Zhao Hao stood up straight and looked at the messy street in trance.

    Jiang Xueying stood beside Zhao Hao and said softly: "Brother, do you feel bad?"

    "It's always uncomfortable to witness this kind of commotion." Zhao Hao said seductively.

    "Actually, Suzhou always comes here once every few years." Jiang Xueying said calmly: "It's just that the scale this year is unprecedented, and there are many people taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble."

    ¡°Aren¡¯t there so many people who took advantage of the situation in previous years?¡± Zhao Hao asked with a frown.

    "SinceIt's inevitable, but it's rarely done in broad daylight.  "Jiang Xue faced a hint of anger and said:

    "Actually, people in Suzhou have a sense of propriety when making troubles. No one intends to rebel, and life has to go on. So they mainly vent their anger. If they openly smash, smash, and rob, aren't they afraid that they will be left with nothing to eat afterwards?"

    As she said that, she glanced at the officials who were showing condolences to the people affected by the disaster, and lowered her voice and said, "Don't worry, the government is easy to talk to now. When the situation calms down, they will have to settle the accounts later in the year."

    "You mean, someone added some material to this civil uprising?" Zhao Hao's expression changed.

    ¡°I was about to report it to my brother when Wu Ji from Suzhou sent me a report on the uprising.¡± Jiang Xueying handed a folded page to Zhao Hao.

    Wu Ji¡¯s predecessor was an intelligence agency disguised as a carriage and horse racing company. After Wang Zhi¡¯s death, with the help of Zhao Liben, it transformed into a trading company focusing on bank logistics, but it never lost its roots.

    Zhao Hao opened the folded page and while browsing, he heard Jiang Xueying say:

    "At first, it was just a small riot by the weavers against the Weaving Bureau. If it hadn't been for the weaving eunuchs asking Magistrate Cai for help, Suzhou Prefecture would not have even come forward. But they only arrested a few leading weavers, and no random arrests were made.  "

    "Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded. Magistrate Cai was a famous official in Neo-Confucianism and cherished feathers very much.  I heard Liu Zhengqi say that he was preparing to build a shrine for him at Baima Temple in Dongshan.

    At this time, he certainly does not want to bear the reputation of aiding the tyrants and torturing the people.

    ¡°And Cai Guoxi¡¯s ability is not bad, and the party in charge has rich experience, so he naturally knows how to calm the situation.

    Zhao Hao asked Magistrate Cai that he originally planned to lock up those weavers for one night and release them after giving a warning.

    But who would have thought that that night, someone actually broke into the magistrate's Yamen. Not only did they open the cells and let all the prisoners go, they also burned the Yamen on fire.

    "The report says that there were people everywhere inciting weavers to attack the government office that night, and there were two hundred masked gangsters taking the lead." Jiang Xueying said solemnly: "Although the mastermind behind the scenes has not yet been found out, it is certain that this time the people  It became premeditated and organized."

    "It's probably the Xu family." Zhao Hao sighed softly and said, "Before the incident, Zhongcheng was clearing land in Songjiang."

    "My little sister sees it this way too." Jiang Xueying nodded and agreed: "Among the ten prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, only Songjiang is still left without a clear father-in-law. The Xu family's arrogance is evident. How could they bow to Lin Zhongcheng so easily?"

    Zhao Hao hit the railing with a heavy palm and said with a straight face: "The Xu family has crossed the line!"

    Mr. Zhao hated the officials and gentry most in his life for their own selfish interests and regardless of the life and death of the people.

    Not to mention taking advantage of the people to achieve ulterior motives.

    ps. Sorry everyone, I have been busy with trivial matters over the weekend, so I can only update twice today.  The third update will be added tomorrow morning.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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