With a bang, the door of the quiet room was knocked open, Qin Tong said to Qin Wei with a tigerish face: "Brother, there are officers and soldiers surrounding our Qin Mansion!"
Qin Wei suddenly stood up and looked at Comrade Qin with a look of shock on his face: "What, officers and soldiers, where did the officers and soldiers come from?"
The Fuzhou Prefectural Guard was almost infiltrated by their family, and even hundreds of officials were from their family. If the guards were mobilized, the Qin family would have received the news long ago.
Suddenly, Qin Wei's eyes shrank and he exclaimed: "No, Jing Haijun, Cheng Xiangwu!"
Qin Tong's expression changed when he heard this: "Cheng Xiangwu? How could he..."
Only Qin Wei knew the content of the secret letter given to him by the prefect Lin Guangwen. The rest of the Qin family did not know about it at all, so Qin Tong just wondered why Jing Haijun suddenly surrounded his Qin family.
But Qin Wei had some vague guesses. Because of this, Qin Wei's face looked very ugly.
After looking at the secret letter, Qin Wei suddenly growled: "Lin Guangwen, you idiot, you actually cheated me like this!"
In Qin Wei's view, not long after Lin Guangwen handed him the secret message, Cheng Xiangwu's army surrounded the Qin Mansion.
Cheng Xiangwu's troops have been stationed outside Fuzhou City for more than a month, and Cheng Xiangwu has never entered the city. As a result, he just received Lin Guangwen's secret message, and the army surrounded the Qin Mansion. Qin Wei could only guess that Lin Guangwen leaked the information.
Got the news.
In other words, Lin Guangwen had actually been targeted for a long time, and Cheng Xiangwu was waiting to close the net. Therefore, not long after Lin Guangwen's secret letter entered the Qin Mansion, Cheng Xiangwu's troops arrived.
Qin Tong looked at his elder brother in confusion, why he suddenly scolded the prefect Lin Guangwen for no reason.
Although the Qin family is not afraid of Lin Guangwen, there is no need to offend a prefect, especially when the prefect is standing behind such a behemoth as the Lin family.
"Brother, what are you..."
Qin Wei took a deep breath, grabbed Qin Tong's shoulders and said: "Ninth brother, our Qin family is afraid of annihilation this time. You must find a way to escape quickly and join our Qin family's fleet. No matter what, you must stay."
Qin family incense, leave quickly!"
Qin Tong was stunned when he heard this and looked at Qin Wei in astonishment.
Qin Wei shouted: "What are you doing standing still? Leave quickly!"
Qin Tong turned around and walked away, disappearing into the distance.
Qin Wei burned the secret message from the prefect, straightened his clothes, and slowly left the quiet room. At this moment, everyone in the Qin family was in panic.
Fortunately, Qin Wei was very strict in running his family, so although people were worried, there was no chaos.
The family guard team gathered in the front hall under the leadership of two priests. Although the number was small, no one retreated.
At this moment, the gate had been knocked open, and a group of soldiers poured into the Qin family manor. Even when faced with soldiers holding weapons, the dozens of Qin family guards did not retreat.
Fang Li glanced at these brave men and heard Gu Bing whisper: "These are the family guards of the Qin family. They are all brave men who have spent their lives in hundreds of battles at sea."
Fang Li nodded slightly, glanced at everyone in the Qin family and said, "Master of the Qin family, where is Qin Wei!"
At this moment, Qin Wei came forward. Everyone in the Qin family consciously moved out of the way. When they came closer, they shrank their eyes when they saw the soldiers rushing into the courtyard, and finally their eyes fell on Fang Li and Gu Bing.
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Seeing Gu Bing, Qin Wei couldn't help but look extremely ugly, and shouted at Gu Bing: "Gu Bing, you actually colluded with the army to harm my Qin family, you are so vicious."
When Qin Wei saw Gu Bing, he thought that these soldiers were brought by Gu Bing, so he reacted extremely violently.
Fang Li looked at Gu Bing, then at Qin Wei, and chuckled: "Master Qin, something happened with your Qin family!"
After being slightly startled, Qin Wei noticed that Gu Bing was half a step behind Fang Li, which meant that Fang Li was more noble than Gu Bing. Upon hearing this, Qin Wei raised his hands and said to Fang Li: "My lord
, I, the Qin family, have been unjustly accused. I don’t know how much gold and silver the Gu family has given out, but my Qin family is willing to pay twice as much. I just ask you to be kind and let my Qin family go."
Fang Li couldn't help but laugh, glanced at Gu Bing, and then said to Qin Wei: "Oh, does the Qin family master really mean what he said?"
Qin Wei's eyes lit up, he nodded heavily and said: "How dare Qin deceive all the military lords when his words are so difficult to follow?"
Fang Lida said, "Then please listen carefully. The head of the Gu family has offered my master 3.5 million taels of gold and silver, more than 50,000 acres of land, and almost 80% of the family property. If the head of the Qin family can offer 7 million taels of silver, Fang Lida will do it."
Maybe someone can make the decision and let the Qin family go..."
Qin Wei's eyes almost dropped. The amount Fang Li said was really beyond his imagination. Looking at Fang Li's solemn expression, Qin Wei suddenly couldn't help but burst out laughing.
On the other hand, he said: "It's ridiculous, it's simply ridiculous. He, Gu Bing, would only give away most of his family property if he is crazy..."
Gu Bing looked at Qin Wei and sighed softly: "Qin Wei, the Qin family is finished!"
Fang Li shouted: "The Qin family colluded with Jianghu bandits to assassinate the Earl of Ming Dynasty. Everyone got the stolen goods. On the order of the governor, the Qin family was confiscated."
Qin Wei was stunned for a moment, then screamed: "This is frame-up, Qin doesn't accept it, Qin doesn't accept it!"
Gu Bing said slowly: "Gu can testify that the Qin and Han families colluded with bandits to assassinate the earl."
Qin Wei was horrified. He looked at Gu Bing in shock and suddenly reacted: "You...you actually defected to the eunuchs. Gu Bing, you are really crazy!"
At this moment, Fang Li waved his hand and shouted: "Everyone, listen, come forward and arrest the young and old of the Qin family, don't let anyone go!"
Qin Wei shouted with red eyes: "The guards obey the order and kill me!"
Suddenly, dozens of members of the escort looked at me and I looked at you. They were surrounded by cold spears on the opposite side. Under such a situation, even the escort who was not afraid of death could not help but hesitate.
Upon seeing this, Qin Wei drew his sword and rushed forward, slashing a soldier to the ground. Only then did the guards react and rush forward with howls.
Qin Wei rushed into the formation and shouted: "Follow me and fight out!"
A group of soldiers stepped forward and held Fang Li with shields and spears. Gu Bing and several others were guarding him behind him. At this moment, they heard a loud shout: "Archers, shoot!"
Suddenly, arrows were seen coming through the air, and in an instant they sank into Qin Wei and other escorts. Screams were heard, and one by one of the escort members fell to the ground, and some even had their bodies covered with arrows.
Got the arrow.
The dozens of escorts were indeed fearless of death, even though they knew they were about to die. However, under the leadership of Qin Wei, they all rushed towards the army.
The strength gap between the two sides is really too big. It is simply delusional for dozens of people to break through the thousands of prepared troops, not to mention the fact that there are masters like Qi Hu sitting in charge.
With Qin Wei and a group of guards being killed, the Qin family lost its military support. Facing the fierce soldiers, no one dared to resist.
It was just a matter of time, and the Qin family was easily captured.
Fang Li left several Dongchang policemen to supervise hundreds of soldiers checking the Qin family's property, while he, Gu Bing, and Qi Hu led the army straight towards the Han family.
The Han family is worse than the Qin family, but the head of the Han family, Han Ming, is also not simple. Faced with the strength of the Gu family, the Qin and Han families have united in many matters to deal with the Gu family.
Rather than leading the troops and dying in the chaos, when the army rushed into the Han family, Han Ming chose to surrender.
In one day, both the Qin and Han families were captured and their property confiscated.
In the military camp outside the city, Chu Yi looked at Cao Shaoqin and said, "What was the result?"
Cao Shaoqin said with a bit of disdain: "Then Lin Guangwen is a loser. He hasn't waited for torture yet. Just seeing those torture instruments, he was frightened. It can be said that he just said whatever he asked without any hesitation."
Chu Yi sighed softly: "Among the literati, there are not many who regard death as returning home. Nine out of ten officials in the world are like Lin Guangwen, who forgets his righteousness when he sees profit. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, such literati could rule the world with swords and guns.
The character has been destroyed long ago."
After sighing, Chu Yi looked at Cao Shaoqin and heard Cao Shaoqin slowly introduce Lin Guangwen and the huge Lin family behind him.
Chu Yi raised his brows and said, "I never thought that such a force would still be entrenched in Zhejiang, and that the military and political affairs of this province are all controlled by one family."
Cao Shaoqin looked at Chu Yi and said: "Lord Governor, according to Lin Guangwen's explanation, the Lin family has united many maritime merchants to send a large amount of money to hundreds of officials in Beijing. I am afraid that all officials will unanimously oppose the Governor's opening of the sea!"
Chu Yi sneered and said: "A hundred officials are against it? Even if all officials are opposed to the matter decided by this governor, it will definitely be implemented. When the time comes, I will have to see whether the money from the maritime merchants is more popular, or the money from this governor."
The governor’s butcher knife is even more touching!”
A bright light flashed in Cao Shaoqin's eyes, he hesitated and said: "This Lin family..."
Chu Yi said slowly: "No hurry, no rush, since the Lin family is willing to help me find those maritime merchants who choose to stand against me one by one, how can I let the Lin family down!"
There was a burst of noise, and the big tent was opened. Cheng Xiangwu walked into the big tent with a happy face and said: "Lord Governor, what a great harvest!"
Chu Yi couldn't help but smile when he saw the happy expression on Cheng Xiangwu's face: "Oh, to make Uncle Dingwu so happy, it seems that the Qin and Han families have a lot of money."
Cheng Xiangwu laughed and said: "It's not just a lot, it's simply terrifying. There are as many as five million taels of silver, a total of 80,000 acres of land, and more than a hundred shops and restaurants, not counting two.
A ship that has not yet returned."
But Chu Yi didn't look surprised. Apart from the rich and powerful, the richest people in this era were the gentry and maritime merchants.
But relatively speaking, most tycoons are unable to compete with maritime merchants. Maritime merchants make huge profits, especially overseas where there is a lot of gold and silver. Porcelain, silk, satin, tea, etc. that are often of low value in the Ming Dynasty can be exchanged for the entire ship overseas.
of gold and silver, and the huge profits among them, it is no wonder that those maritime chambers of commerce are so crazy and resolutely opposed to opening the sea.
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