Jiang Ming led his soldiers, condescendingly rushing toward Shen Zhou and others like an unstoppable tide.
Shen Zhou and others didn't even have the courage to look back, so they just kept their heads down and ran for their lives.
The natives also discovered a scene that shocked them. Just now, these outsiders had easily cut off their weapons and people, and it was a one-sided massacre of them. Even if they exhausted all their strength, they could not do anything about it.
Strangers. So far, so many of them have died, and not even one of those strangers has been injured. They are as powerful as the legendary guards of the Sun God, making them feel that there is no hope of taking back the sacrifices.
But now they saw an even more shocking scene. After seeing a flag, those powerful outsiders were so frightened that they wanted to escape without hesitation. For this reason, they didn't even want to take away the sacrifices they robbed. They threw them on the ground.
On the ground, just to escape faster.
No need to think about it, these outsiders must know these people who came later, and they are definitely not as powerful as the people who came later. Only in this way, they will not even have the slightest idea of fighting, but just see the flag without hesitation
Want to escape.
The natives snatched back the gold and gathered together, neither advancing nor retreating. They did not dare to block the arrival of Jiang Ming and others. Although they have not seen Jiang Ming and others take action yet, and
I don’t know why they were able to frighten the outsiders in front of them so much that they ran away, but no one was stupid. Jiang Ming and these people must be more powerful than the outsiders in front of them, so that the current scene happened.
These natives couldn't even stop Shen Zhou and others, let alone Jiang Ming and others.
Jiang Ming led the navy officers and soldiers and rushed towards the indigenous people without any obstruction. Without even looking at the gathered indigenous people, he passed them directly and rushed towards Shen Zhou and others.
One party was as powerful as a dragon, and the other was running like a wolf, and they began to chase each other on the plain.
After the distance between the two sides was close, the indigenous people watching on the side finally understood why those powerful outsiders ran away without hesitation.
I saw that the arrows that the outsiders had just been brave and sharp now became chaotic and scattered, and they shot a few sparsely back. After the arrows flew for a certain distance in the air, they fell weakly, even to the people who came after them.
Not even enough.
Later, the man just raised the strange weapon in his hand, "Bang~bang~bang~" After a fierce sound, the outsider in front burst into blood flowers. He fell to the ground with a scream, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
The indigenous people were stunned by the scene in front of them, and some even knelt down directly, because this could easily kill people with invisible weapons, which were very similar to the weapons used by the guards of the Sun God in their legends.
Could it be that these people who come later are the guards of the Sun God, and those strangers in front are demons?
It must be, it must be the Sun God who knew that the devil was coming to attack them, so he sent guards to protect them. There were not a few indigenous people who had this idea in their hearts. Many people knelt down and continued to worship Jiang Ming and others.
However, the indigenous leaders did not think that these later people were the guards sent by the Sun God to protect them, because the things these people wore were almost the same as those of the previous people. Although the colors looked different, the styles were the same.
After shouting a few times, the indigenous leader stopped more and more tribesmen who were kneeling down and asked them to step back. He led the tribe's warriors to guard the place.
Facing Jiang Ming's charge, laymen like Shen Zhou and others fell apart in an instant. Bows and arrows, iron armor, and stainless steel swords were all useless. Facing the fierce firepower of the revolver, Shen Zhou and others had to surrender.
, or die!
A battle that was shocking beyond words in the eyes of the natives was as boring as a child's play in Han Du's eyes. Shen Zhou and others did not put up any resistance at all, but after Jiang Ming's charge,
If you fall, you will die, and if you surrender, you will surrender. From the beginning of the exchange of fire to the end of all the battles, it is just a matter of a cup of tea.
There is really nothing remarkable about this kind of battle.
Jiang Ming and his men captured Shen Zhou alive and stabbed the injured people directly. Anyway, these people were heinous and deserved death, so there was no problem in executing them directly.
Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Han Du slowly came over from behind. When he passed by the gathered indigenous people, he glanced sideways at them, which instantly made the indigenous people nervous.
However, no matter how nervous the indigenous people were, they did not dare to take action against Han Du after seeing the ferocity of Han Du and others.
Han Du ignored them and stepped forward.
Jiang Ming escorted a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe over. The middle-aged man walked tremblingly. Jiang Ming disliked him for walking too slowly, so he kicked him, causing the middle-aged man to roll twice on the ground.
.No matter how painful my body was, I didn’t dare to lie on the ground. I got up quickly and endured the pain by gritting my teeth and persisting.
"Kneel down!" Arriving in front of Han Du, Jiang Ming raised his feet and
Shen Zhou was kicked to the ground.
This time, Shen Zhou could only kneel down and did not dare to get up.
"Master Hou, this thing says he is the head of the Shen family. Master Hou will interrogate him carefully. If he dares to lie to Master Hou, the general will break all his bones into pieces piece by piece." Jiang Ming looked ferocious.
, clasped his hands together and kept squeezing and grinding them, as if he wished Shen Zhou had the courage to deceive Han Du so that he could get addicted to his hands.
Shen Zhou was like a little chicken in front of Jiang Ming. How could he dare to test the law? He quickly said to Han Du: "Han Du, you are also a scholar. Scholars can be killed and not humiliated. Why do you do this to me?"
"That's right. A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. I won't humiliate you either. I'll drag you down and kill you." Han Du said lightly.
Jiang Ming suddenly grinned at Shen Yiyi.
This smile made all the hairs on Shen Zhou's body stand up, and he looked back at Han Du in horror. He did not expect that Han Du would act so unreasonably, and would kill him directly without even asking a question.
Doesn't he know that he knows a lot of secret information? Isn't Han Du not interested in this information?
Originally, when Shen Zhou was caught, he thought about how to save his life. After thinking about it, Shen Zhou still felt that the secrets he had about the major families were his most valuable thing, and it was also the reason why he bargained with Han Du to save his life.
The cost of life.
But he never dreamed that Han Du was completely different from what he imagined. He didn't even have the interest to ask him questions, and just wanted to kill him.
"Han Du, you can't kill me, you can't kill me. I know you have been pursuing the secrets of our family, but do you know those others?" In order to survive, Shen Zhou didn't care about anything at all. Even if he wanted to kill others,
As long as he can survive, he will not care if several people betray him.
They had already parted ways and fallen apart, and now it's not a pity to let news from other families spread.
Han Du narrowed his eyes when he looked at Shen Zhou and asked in a deep voice: "What is your name?"
"Han Han Du?" Shen Zhou didn't understand what Han Du meant.
Han Du sneered twice and said: "Those who don't know their dignity should be dragged down and killed."
After saying that, he waved to Jiang Ming.
Shen Zhou was immediately frightened out of his mind, and quickly begged: "Hou, Mr. Hou, I made a mistake. Please have a lot of money, Mr. Hou, and spare me this time."
This time Han Du waved lightly to signal Jiang Ming to put him down, and said disdainfully: "You are not stupid enough. What is your identity, and what is my identity? How can I allow you to call me by my first name?"
"Yes, yes, I know I was wrong." Shen Zhou lowered his head, his face full of frustration and nowhere to vent, thinking that he was once the head of a very powerful family. In the Shen family, he also said the same thing, turning his hands for the clouds and turning his hands for the clouds.
The rain character has to swallow all the humiliation in order to survive.
Seeing that beating Shen Zhouchu was effective, Han Du let him go for the time being. Then he asked: "Tell me, besides you, who else is there among you?"
Shen Zhou was afraid that Han Du would really kill him, so he did not dare to neglect and said quickly: "Back to Mr. Hou, we have six families in total. In addition to our Shen family, there are also five families: Gong, Wen, Yang, Fang, and Luo.
Now it is the turn of the Gong family to make the decision, so we all jointly elect the head of the Gong family as the elder, and the other five families follow his orders."
When Han Du heard the word Fang, his eyes dropped and he asked casually: "What is the name of the head of the Fang family?"
"Fang Jing is a few years older than the little idiot. He is an old fox." Now that Shen Zhou has taken the first step, there is no longer any obstacle in his heart when he betrays others.
This is just like a brothel girl. As long as she receives a customer once, then receiving customers will become a natural habit, just like eating and drinking.
"What about Fang Benzhai? Who is he from the Fang family?"
Although Fang Benzhai had died long ago, as the mastermind behind the poisoning of Zhu Xiongying, Han Du wanted to know who gave him the order. Zhu Xiongying was the emperor's direct grandson, and his death was destined to make everyone related to him
All the people involved died without a burial place.
"Fang Benzhai is Fang Jing's nephew." Shen Zhou did not dare to deceive Han Du and said honestly.
Han Du's eyes narrowed slightly and he asked in a deep voice: "Then whose idea was it when Fang Benzhai murdered the emperor's grandson?"
When Shen Zhou saw the murderous intent in Han Du's eyes, he couldn't help but tremble all over, and a large amount of cold sweat broke out on his back. He quickly lowered his head, not daring to face Han Du's eyes, and replied: "This kid really doesn't know
, it is impossible for the Fang family to tell Xiao Xiao about such a secret matter. However, since Fang Benzhai was involved, then this is probably an order given by Fang Jing. Because the people of the Fang family will only follow the orders of the family.
Ling. As for whether the elder asked Fang Jing to do this, I don’t know."
"Fang Jing" Han Du muttered in a low voice, keeping this name in his heart.
Later, Han Du raised his head and asked Shen Zhou, "You mean, all six of your families are doing their own thing? One family will only obey the orders of the family head, and can ignore the orders of other family heads?"
"What the Marquis said is true, that's exactly what it is." Shen Zhou nodded quickly.
"What about the so-called elder? He can't order your Shen family members?" Han Du asked with some disbelief.
After hearing this, Shen Zhou nodded quickly and explained: "That's right, even the elders are not qualified to order people from other families. Moreover, people from other families don't know who the elders are. Even if the elders give orders, they will not
Will comply. Of course, if the elder wants to ask a certain family member to do something, he will contact the head of the family and then use the family to arrange specific affairs. .??.
Elders will not give direct orders to people from other families."
Han Du frowned when he heard this, and at the same time he understood why they had been able to hide in the dark for so long without being exposed at all. It turned out that these people were working on their own, even from different families, and they had no idea whether the other party was related to them.
They belong to their own group. And the people who know the situation are members of the same clan and have blood relations with each other. In this era of kinship and clan laws, no one will betray his own clan. Because betraying his clan is equivalent to betraying himself.
, this is something no one would do.
Coupled with the fact that there was an elder coordinating in the middle, the entire secret organization was formed. I am afraid that only the six heads of the organization know the specific situation of the organization. The others may be completely confused and are completely ignorant of the other five families.
strangeness.
Only then did Han Du realize why he had harvested so many people in the past despite being tortured and forced to confess by the Yiluan Division. There was nothing valuable at all. Now he finally understood that it was not those people who really wanted to confess.
They are so stubborn, but they really don’t know.
Han Du couldn't help but look up at Shen Zhou, who had a flattering expression on his face. It must be that there was such a greedy and fearful person in the family, so he was able to pry into the secrets of these people.
"How come you six families are willing to work together?" Han Du didn't believe that these six families would trust each other for no reason. There must be a reason. It is impossible for people to just trust each other.
We trust each other once we meet, let alone leave it to a huge family?
"This, it's a long story." Shen Zhou's face turned pale. It was obvious that Han Du's words had touched his sore spot.
Han Du calmly sat on a stone moved by Jiang Ming and said to Shen Zhou: "Then speak slowly, don't be in a hurry, I have plenty of time."
Shen Zhou was used to being pampered, how could he be as free and easy as Han Du. Looking at the mud on the ground, not even a stone, he hesitated for a long time, but still did not go on, so he stood in front of Han Du and bowed and said: "Young man, look
It is also recorded in the clan, it is said that it was around the end of the Southern Song Dynasty."
Han Du didn't pay attention at first, but when he heard Shen Yiyi spoke about the late Southern Song Dynasty, Han Du couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Wait, what did you say? You two have been dating since the Southern Song Dynasty?"
Shen Zhou nodded and said: "The records say this, our six families have known each other for more than a hundred years."
Hearing that these six families had started to unite more than a hundred years ago, Han Du felt that some secrets were unfolding towards him.
"Go on, it's best to explain the ins and outs of your six families to me."
"Yes." Shen Zhou replied cautiously. Seeing that Han Du was interested in the news, Shen Zhou seemed to have finally found his value in front of Han Du, and he felt relieved.
"But what I know about it is only from the family records." In order not to offend Han Du, Shen Zhou had to carefully remind him, lest Han Du's dissatisfaction would be vented on him.
Han Du nodded lightly and said: "Yes, but if I let this prince know that you have something to hide, then you can try to live."
"No, I will never do it, I will definitely know everything and tell you everything." Shen Zhou was startled, and he waved his hands to Han Du in an exaggerated tone to explain.
Seeing the impatience on Han Du's face, Shen Zhou quickly continued: "Well, according to the records of the clan, our six families were all merchants in the Jiangnan area during the Southern Song Dynasty. Due to the boom in maritime trade at that time, our six families were slow
Slowly we became well-known wealthy businessmen in various places. After that, the exchanges between each other became more and more frequent. With the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, because each of our six families had hundreds of millions of wealth in their hands,
At that time, the Meng Yuan Dynasty was about to dominate the world. In order to avoid being influenced by the former Yuan Dynasty court, the six families discussed and transferred most of their wealth from the Central Plains to overseas. Those who stayed in the Central Plains had to do so openly.
Go up and turn into darkness."
Handu
Hearing this, he nodded secretly. Too much private wealth would of course attract the attention of interested people. Not to mention the court of the former Yuan Dynasty. In the turbulent era of the late Southern Song Dynasty, even a thousand captains in the former Yuan Dynasty could give these six families to
Massacre them and rob them of all their wealth.
In order to preserve their family wealth, it was wise for them to choose to hide overseas. Because as long as the wealth was in the territory of the former Yuan Dynasty, it could be robbed by the former Yuan Dynasty court or officials at any time.
Don't think that no one will know if you bury gold, silver and jewels in that cave. As long as these people are caught, they can dig out the treasure three feet under torture.
Only by moving their wealth overseas and hiding it, like these six families, and hiding the people within the country so that no one can find it, can they truly protect their wealth.
Seeing that Han Du didn't speak, Shen Zhou continued: "In the BC Yuan Dynasty, the emperor and the court did not know how to manage business. They could not even calculate the taxes clearly. They often made many mistakes and omissions without telling them, and often collected them.
After the first tax, a second tax was collected. This made the people miserable, and conflicts between the people and officials often broke out. Finally, the matter came before Emperor Qianyuan, but the emperor did not know how to deal with it.
later"
"Wait a minute." Han Du suddenly thought of something and quickly raised his hand to stop Shen Zhou's words and said: "I know this matter. Later, Qian Yuan invited Semu people who were good at business to come out to handle business for them.
And tax collection. Don't tell me that you have any hand in this matter?"
Shen Zhou nodded proudly and continued: "Several family heads at that time saw this opportunity, so they used their connections and suggested that the business and tax collection be handed over to Semu people. We have been doing sea trade for many years.
, I knew countless Semu people, so I secretly recommended the Semu people controlled by several families to the former Yuan emperor."
"Hiss~" Han Du couldn't help but look horrified when he heard this. He didn't expect that these people would dare to do such a bold thing in the former Yuan Dynasty. And, the most important thing is that they actually did it.
Controlling a country's trade and taxation would bring such incredible wealth, even Han Du could not imagine. A comparison can tell. The Manchus and Qing ceded territories as compensation, and handed over customs duties to foreigners to collect.
I have been scolded by people for more than a hundred years, and they still continue to scold me.
It is conceivable that a cunning operation like the former Yuan emperor's would hand over the entire country's commerce and taxes to others. This is simply seeking death, so the emperor is so relieved?
"Since you have received such great benefits in the First Yuan Dynasty, why did you do nothing for the destruction of the First Yuan Dynasty?" Han Du felt that if he could be like these companies, he could collect all the country's trade and tax revenues.
In the bag, he must be reluctant to part with this hen that lays golden eggs. This is no longer laying golden eggs, it is completely laying. Han Du feels that words cannot describe the feeling of making a lot of money.
Shen Zhou smiled awkwardly when he heard this and remained silent.
Han Du suddenly understood something when he saw it, "Yes, after all, they are businessmen. Businessmen pursue profit and only care about whether they can make money. How can they care about the rise and fall of the world and the life and death of the people?"
However, Han Du was a little confused and said: "Since you people have mastered the business and taxation of Qian Yuan, you should see that this is a unique source of wealth. Why would you give it up so easily? Don't you know that if Qian Yuan
If the yuan is gone, and someone else is in charge of the country, how can we hand over trade and taxation to you again? Even if we hand it over to you, what difference will it make from before?"
Shen Zhou smiled awkwardly and didn't know what to say.
Han Du's face suddenly darkened when he saw it. The matter might be worse than he imagined. Taking a deep breath, he asked in a deep voice: "Why?"
When Shen Zhou faced Han Du's gaze, he felt a little scared. But he had to answer Han Du's words. After a few breaths of obsequious words, he could only say: "Young ones don't understand much. At first, I only learned from the records of the clan.
Arrived. It is said that it was because the sea trade in the former Yuan Dynasty was not smooth, and you could not make much money just by digging in the soil. Therefore, when the people's resentment boiled, not only did they not help the court of the former Yuan Dynasty, but they only added insult to injury."
Shen Zhouyue said that he felt more and more embarrassed. He didn't know what his ancestors thought, but they would kick Qian Yuan away, a huge source of wealth, and even take the opportunity to step forward.
Han Du let out a long breath, "What are these people thinking? Yes, collecting taxes from the land is not as fast as sea trade. After all, sea trade is known as a shipload of porcelain, tea, and silk.
You can get half a boatload of silver back in exchange.
But this is just relatively speaking, it is easier and faster to make money from sea trade. It does not mean that domestic commerce and land taxation alone are not profitable. From the perspective of Handu, this is a huge profit to the point of cruelty.
Profits are actually looked down upon by these people. So how big should their appetite be?'