The masters of each family also learned about the situation at home from the mouths of their subordinates, so they were not in a hurry to go back. Instead, they followed Zhou Boru to a separate courtyard of the Zhou family to discuss countermeasures.
"This Jia Lian is really bullying people. He dared to directly confiscate the Zhao family!"
The six people sat down and cursed Jia Lian angrily. Of course, only they themselves knew how much fear there was.
"The people I sent out have found out clearly that the entire city of Yangzhou is now basically under the control of Jia Lian.
Even the prefect Wu Zhirong, the guard Gao Kui and others were placed under house arrest by Jia Lian.
It can be seen that Jia Lian was fully prepared before taking action against the Zhao family, and did not give me any room to resist!"
The officials in power in Yangzhou are all controlled by Jia Lian, so even if they want to find someone to help punish Jia Lian, it is impossible.
Seeing that everyone was silent and languid, Wang Shanxiang said bitterly: "Are we just going to be slaughtered by mermaids like this? That Jia Lian is obviously an extremely greedy person. He is the Zhao family today, and he may be the Zhao family tomorrow.
Any one of us.
Everyone, we have reached the point of life and death. If we want to survive, there is only one way to go..."
"Where to go."
"Get rid of Jia Lian and ask the court to send another imperial envoy down!"
When Wang Shanxiang said this before, everyone ignored it, but now, everyone had to think about it seriously.
Jia Lian's direct use of weapons posed a great threat to them.
For ordinary rich people, having a huge wealth is already considered a wealthy person, and wealth is the lifeblood of the rich.
And this is even more true for salt merchants. Because each of them has far more than a million yuan in wealth! Take the six people present, each of them must have a wealth of more than a million yuan.
They originally had endless wealth to enjoy. However, Jia Lian wanted to deprive them of their wealth, which was no different than killing them.
Dogs will jump over the wall when they are anxious, not to mention that they are not kind people in the first place.
At this time, no matter what the consequences are, you have to lean back.
"You said it's easy, how do you get rid of him? After what happened tonight, Jia Lian will definitely be more vigilant. Are you sure you can kill him?"
He has so many officers and soldiers, why should we summon the slaves to fight with the officers and soldiers?"
"Even if we can kill him, how will we respond if the court becomes angry..."
Faced with the doubts of others, Wang Shanxiang just sneered and said: "Everything depends on man and God. No matter how difficult it is, can it be more difficult than our current situation?"
Just now when Jia Lian's cold sword was pressed against his neck, Wang Shanxiang truly felt the fear of death.
But behind the fear, he was filled with endless resentment.
Seeing that Wang Shanxiang seemed confident, others asked him what to do, but Wang Shanxiang kept silent, obviously not wanting to tell them clearly.
Their minds started to move one by one. If Wang Shanxiang was really sure to get rid of Jia Lian, it would indeed be a good thing for them. As he said, no matter how bad the situation is, it cannot be worse than it is now.
Judging from Jia Lian's current posture, he wants to catch them all in one fell swoop! Who can be willing to do that?
Moreover, if Wang Shanxiang really dares to take action, even if the matter cannot be resolved, it will be Wang Shanxiang and the prince and others behind him who are in charge. Everyone likes to sit back and enjoy the success.
Zhou Boru glanced at Mr. Bai, who had a gloomy face from beginning to end but said little, and then said: "Okay, no matter what, after everyone goes back tonight, immediately send people to contact their connections in the court to launch
All possible forces must be mobilized first.
Since Jia Lian did not take action against us directly at the first time, it means that he also has concerns. At least, he does not dare to completely destroy the salt administration in the entire Jiangnan area. We have the entire salt transportation and sales in Jiangnan in our hands. Once
If something happens to all of us, the whole Jiangnan will be in turmoil. This is something that even Jia Lian cannot afford.
However, it will take time for the people behind you and me to take action, and we cannot sit still and wait for death. I have already planned to find an opportunity to invite Jia Lian again to try to solve the problem in a peaceful way..."
Although Zhou Boru said this, his tone was very low at the end. It was obvious that he himself had no confidence in buying off Jia Lian.
But everyone felt that Zhou Boru's words were reasonable, at least more reasonable and well-founded than Wang Shanxiang's. Therefore, they felt a little relieved. After cursing each other, they all promised that they would do their best, no matter the cost, and it would be best to let the court send Jia Lian to prison.
Transfer back...
Many plans were discussed, and all the gentlemen went back to make preparations.
But Wang Shanxiang gave Bai Yi a look, and the two of them took a detour back to find Zhou Boru.
Zhou Boru was not surprised at all by their return, and even sat in the hall waiting for them.
"Tell me, what is your plan? If you are still as reckless as the Zhao family and send people to assassinate you, I forgive Zhou for not accompanying you."
"The president really thinks that tonight's assassin is from the Zhou family. Or is the Zhao family servant who was killed really an assassin?" Wang Shanxiang sneered.
Zhou Boru just twitched the corner of his mouth and said nothing.
Bai Yi sat down on the bench and said impatiently: "Tell me, why did you ask me to come back?"
It was also clear from his tone that he was in a bad mood.
"If I have a plan that will not only make it possible to get rid of Jia Lian, but also ensure that the court will not pursue it, are you two willing to help?"
Zhou Boru and Bai Yi both had expressions on their faces.
The reason why they didn't dare to have the idea of fighting Jia Lian head-on was because Jia Lian had already controlled Yangzhou as quickly as possible and they had no chance of winning. The bigger concern was that even if they defeated Jia Lian, they would never be able to win.
If you can't compete with the imperial court, all your efforts will be in vain in the end.
"Are you really sure?" Bai Yi asked solemnly.
After all these years, who knew that the Bai family was from the Queen Mother's family, who dared not to give the Bai family some face? Jia Lian actually dared to directly send people to surround the Bai family, and he wanted to kill Jia Lian.
Wang Shanxiang smiled and said: "If I were alone, I might not be sure. But if I add the power of Mr. Bai and Chairman Zhou, I will be very sure."
Zhou Boru and Bai Yi looked at each other and expressed their willingness to listen.
After a while, watching Bai Yi and Wang Shanxiang leave, Zhou Yanru's son Zhou Yan stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Do you really think that man named Wang can succeed?"
"Whether he can succeed or not, we have to try to find out. If he is really lucky enough to succeed, our Zhou family will naturally be willing to help him...
However, we cannot place our hopes on him. Our Zhou family also has to make two preparations.
By the way, where is Gu Qingyi now?"
"The annual Jiangnan Oiran Competition is about to begin. Girls in Tsing Yi are performing in Suzhou to prepare for the title of No. 1 Oiran."
"No need, send someone to bring her to Yangzhou. There is no need to participate in the Oiran Competition."
The south of the Yangtze River was prosperous, the literary style was at its peak, and the literati were so romantic that there were many famous brothels in the south of the Yangtze River.
Not to mention other big cities like Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Jinling, which city does not have dozens of brothels?
As a well-known salt merchant group in Jiangnan, they control an unknown number of brothels.
This Gu Qingyi is the most outstanding geisha that has appeared in the past few years among all the brothels controlled by the Zhou family. Even Zhou Boru regards her as a trump card and spends a lot of money to package her and make her famous.
Therefore, after hearing Zhou Boru's instructions, Zhou Yan asked hesitantly: "What do you mean, master? But didn't master say that the girl in green was prepared for the prince..."
"Stop talking nonsense, I'll go as soon as I ask you to go!"
"yes……"
After his son also left, Zhou Boru sighed in his heart. Everyone in the world knew that he was extremely deep and cunning, but only he knew that with such a huge property in Jiangnan, there were so many people staring at him, and he
How cautious.
He is not as flamboyant as others. When he gets close to powerful people, he becomes arrogant and unscrupulous.
He is just the opposite. Although he continues to cultivate his connections, he never takes the initiative to reveal his connections. Because he knows that those big shots hate trouble.
Therefore, even though the Zhou family is the most powerful salt merchant, not many people really know what the Zhou family relies on.
Outsiders only know that the Wang family has a relationship with the Prince's Mansion, but who knows that the Zhou family has actually already had a relationship with the Prince, which is even deeper than that of the Wang family.
If Wang Shanxiang can succeed this time, he certainly won't mind wiping his butt for him afterwards.
But if it doesn't work out, the Zhou family will naturally have to make plans in advance. Thinking about failure in advance and success later is a truly smart move.