After coming out of the Dagan Silver Crown of the Capital, Shi Kai felt desperate.

If the bank account could lend him another silver dollar, the business would still be able to hold on, but all the bank account would no longer lend him money. The businessmen and wealthy families in the capital would avoid it as if they had agreed, so they would understand that this was a conspiracy and knew that he might be over this time.

Shi Kai sat for a long time before he stood up and walked back in dismay.

He has made a lot of money in recent years, and his family has moved from the shanty town of the outer city to the inner city.

At this time, he was about to pass through the city gate when a muffled sound suddenly sounded like something fell from a high place and hit the ground.

At the city gate, the crowd waiting to pass was immediately filled with noise and surrounded them and pointed at them.

Shi Kai walked over and saw a corpse in brocade, which was pierced on the stone floor in front of the city tower, and a pool of blood flowed.

"It's Zhou Yuanwai!" Shi Kai looked carefully and saw that the person who jumped into the city tower and committed suicide just met him, and he was also one of the businessmen invited by Sun Fantai.

Sun Kewang worked as a prefect in Yingtian Prefecture for two years and has many businessmen with good relationships in the business circle of the capital.

This time, many people were affected. Not only did they lose their money, but they were burdened with huge debts and would never be able to turn things around in their lives.

Shi Kai looked at the corpse blankly, wondering if he could withstand it, and whether he would choose to commit suicide to escape failure like Mr. Zhou in front of him.

At this time, the soldiers guarding the gate rushed too quickly. Perhaps because they were worried that the impact was not good, they hurriedly drove away the onlookers and covered the bodies with white cloth.

Seeing this, Shi Kai came to his senses and thought that he had achieved what he had today step by step. He couldn't help but clench his fists and silently said in his heart, "Shi Kai, hold on, you must not admit defeat, you cannot fail!"

When Shi Kai returned to the house, Zhao Ming immediately came up and grabbed him and asked anxiously: "Brother Shi, how about it? Has the silver number been released?"

The price of soybean oil in Jiangnan fell sharply. The soybean oil and soybean meal in the hands of Shi Kai and other merchants could not be sold, or they could only be sold at low prices and could not pay Sun Kewang's payment for the goods, which made Sun Kewang anxious.

If Shi Kai and others go bankrupt and Sun Kewang cannot get back the payment for the sale of soybeans, then the farm dividends this year will be ruined, the public ownership of the land will be questioned, and he will not be able to fulfill Gao Huan's expectations.

At that time, the ministers in the court who opposed public ownership would definitely take the opportunity to attack, and his political future would be completely over.

Shi Kai shook his head in pain, "I have been to all the silver numbers, and no one is willing to give us a loan."

Zhao Ming's cheeks were stimulating, and said in an atmosphere: "This must be the conspiracy of those people. They are deliberately targeting Fantai and want to disrupt the operation of the collective farm."

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At this time, in Qixia Temple outside the capital, Zhou Yanru and several officials were tasting tea in a room, secretly discussing land policy.

Because Gao Huan supports public ownership, many officials in the court did not dare to object openly, and could only discuss with each other secretly, intending to influence Gao Huan's decision, and Zhou Yanru was one of them.

Zhou Yanru was a politician. His ideal was to be the chief minister of the dynasty. He actually didn't care much about whether the land was owned by public or private.

The reason why he supports private ownership of land is actually because his political enemy Li Yan supports public ownership, and most of the officials support private ownership. He can gain more support from officials by supporting private ownership, and at the same time he can take the opportunity to attack Li Yan.

After Gao Huan transferred Sun Kewang to Hedong, officials and gentry who opposed the public ownership of land have been closely watching Sun Kewang's actions.

They knew very well that whether public ownership could be implemented depends on whether Sun Kewang can achieve political achievements in Hedong.

If Sun Kewang succeeds and proves that public ownership can be implemented, then they will not have the right excuse. Gao Huan will immediately issue a decree to implement public ownership in big business.

When everyone thinks that the land accumulated in their family for generations will become state-owned land, they feel like they are losing their parents.

Because Gao Huan is here, they dare not destroy it openly, and initially decided to adopt a non-cooperational attitude.

They do not intervene or cooperate, and Gao Huan has nothing to say.

These officials and gentry and merchants joined forces with tacit agreements that they would not buy soybeans and grain produced by Hedong Farm, so that the grain from collective farms could not be sold, or could only be sold to the quasi-custom warehouse at an extremely low price.

If the food produced by the collective farm led by Sun Kewang is finally needed to be protected by the state treasury, officials will have an excuse to attack Sun Kewang's collective farm. At the same time, the farm income does not meet expectations, which will also arouse opposition from the army.

But Sun Kewang was not without helpers. He sent people to find some merchants and wealthy families in Jiangnan, and also received support from Li Yan. He purchased equipment himself, opened an oil refining workshop, and prepared to sell soybean oil to Jiangnan.

When officials, gentry and merchants who opposed public ownership saw it, they were very anxious. Several leaders gathered to discuss it. Then they changed their strategy and decided to make a plan. They moved to Sun Kewang in one fell swoop, destroying the collective farm, and let Gao Huan dispel the idea of ​​implementing public ownership.

At this time, Zhou Yanru took a sip of tea and smiled and said, "Muzhai Gong, I heard that the price of soybean oil has fallen sharply. Many merchants who produce soybean oil have gone bankrupt, and some have committed suicide because they cannot pay off their debts. Are these true?"

Qian Qianyi put down the teacup and said in a deep voice: "Old Master Zhou cares about people's livelihood, and the officials admire it. This is indeed the case, but there are profits and losses in business, and the court is not easy to intervene. Furthermore, the price of soybean oil has fallen, benefiting the people. This is a good thing! Those unscrupulous merchants pursue their interests and failing in business are also their own fault!"

Qian Qianyi knew what Zhou Yanru meant. He was afraid that he would cause death, which made Gao Huan angry, and finally took his anger and said to himself.

After hearing Qian Qianyi's words, Zhou Yanru had already obtained the information he wanted.

This time, officials, gentry and merchants who supported private ownership worked together, leaving Sun Kewang and the merchants who supported him lost all their money.

If Gao Huan pursues this matter, they can shirk it out that it is a market behavior and has nothing to do with them. It is just that Sun Kewang loses business, and the soybean oil falls and the people make profits. They don’t need to intervene, so it’s enough to get over it.

Their method of making the game this time was actually very simple. After they learned that Sun Kewang wanted to refine and sell it himself, they began to buy soybean oil, vegetable oil, pork, soybean and other goods in the market, gathering it up to push up the price of cooking oil. While placing an order for Sun Kewang, he inducing Sun Kewang to increase his investment in borrowing and conducting soybean oil production. When the soybean oil in Hedong was about to be launched, they broke the contract and canceled the order, and began to sell soybean oil and cut the price.

At this time, Sun Kewang would lose money when he sold soybean oil. If he didn't sell it, he had no money to pay off the debts of the bank account, which forced Sun Kewang to sell soybean oil at a loss. They could take over soybean oil at a low price, or even Sun Kewang's workshop, and then raise the price to make up for the previous losses and make a lot of money.

Sun Kewang's soybean oil and the workshop were all sold for mortgage, and he couldn't pay off the debts of the silver, so he could only leave the country in disgrace.

Zhou Yanru took another sip of tea and reminded several people: "The news came from Shandong that Your Majesty's expedition to Liaodong is relatively smooth, and it will take not long to return to the court. We will guard Jiangnan on behalf of Your Majesty. We need to stabilize the prices in Jiangnan before Your Majesty returns to avoid being furious."

All the smart people here know that Zhou Yanru was hinting them to destroy Sun Kewang as soon as possible before Gao Huan comes back and end the matter as soon as possible.

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