Chu Yi walked casually and looked around, but he had not walked through half a street. Chu Yi found that there were at least hundreds of shops of all sizes. It can be seen that the prosperity of Suzhou's business is really not a saying, that's true.

Tang Yin said on the side: "The Lord of the Supervisor doesn't know that the night market in Suzhou is extremely prosperous and can almost be enjoyed all night. If the Lord of the Supervisor is interested, you might as well go to the night market to take a look."

Cao Shaoqin looked around and looked at the prosperous scene around him and frowned: "If our family remembers correctly, the commercial tax tax silver paid in the entire Suzhou Prefecture last year should be only more than 5,000 taels. Not to mention the others, just the shops we have seen, the commercial tax silver will probably be less than tens of thousands of taels in a year."

Tang Yin coughed lightly. He was a man who had been the first in the high school test. He was displaced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai for half his life. Tang Yin can be said to have seen through the world. Now, after hearing what Cao Shaoqin said, Tang Yin sighed with a little sigh on his face: "If the supervisor will promote the new tax in the future, then the Suzhou and Hangzhou will definitely be a tough bone. If he does not find a way to suppress the tax resistance of the gentry and merchants in the Suzhou and Hangzhou, he is afraid that the new tax will not be implemented in the Jiangnan area at all."

As he spoke, Tang Yin looked at Chu Yi and said, "The Supervisor should know that the Jiangnan gentry gathered in Suzhou and Hangzhou, especially Suzhou and Hangzhou. He had a riot in the past due to tax resistance and beat the tax collector to death. If the Supervisor promoted the new tax, the merchants in other places would not know what would be the reaction, but in Tang's opinion, the merchants in Suzhou and Hangzhou would never submit."

Qi Hu narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "They dare!"

Fang Li, who was standing beside him, looked at Qi Hu and said, "Qi Datou, don't forget to take money away like killing parents. The Supervisor wants to collect taxes from them, what else do they dare not do!"

Qi Hu widened his eyes and said, "Can they still dare to rebel?"

Fang Li chuckled and said, "Don't forget, killing officials is equivalent to rebellion. They even dare to surround and kill the emperor's eunuch. Even if they rebel, it is not a strange thing."

Cao Shaoqin said sharply: "Then let them rebel and try it!"

Chu Yi looked calm when talking about Qi Hu, Fang Li and others, but just looked at the prosperous scene lightly.

Such a prosperous business is enough to charge huge commercial taxes to support a huge empire, but the annual commercial tax of Ming Dynasty was only tens of thousands of taels, and even the wealth of any wealthy businessman in Jiangnan was not as good as that of any wealthy businessman in Jiangnan.

These people were lying on a giant like the Ming Dynasty and were crazy about absorbing nutrients but not knowing to feed back. As a result, a hundred years later, Jiangnan was stained with blood, and Yangzhou was slaughtered three times in Jiaqing in ten days.

Dongchang is required to set up a stronghold in Suzhou City, but Chu Yi and his group obviously cannot rest on the boat, and they will not find an inn to settle down, so the Dongchang stronghold is the most suitable.

A courtyard that looks quite ordinary, with more than a dozen Dongchang people and one Dongchang leader is the owner of the entire stronghold.

In Suzhou Prefecture, this little manpower is really useless, which is to convey some information. As for the shocking place, to be honest, the deterrent power of the East Factory is far less than that of the Jinyiwei after leaving the capital.

Mao Yu, the head of the East Factory, looked at the group of people in front of him, especially when Cao Shaoqin showed him the identity token inside the East Factory, Mao Yu was shocked and looked at Chu Yi and his group with horror on his face.

Before Mao Yu was sent down, he had personally visited Cao Shaoqin. Although he had never met Chu Yi, he was not a fool. Cao Shaoqin and others obviously took Chu Yi as the core. In this case, Mao Yu could naturally guess Chu Yi's identity.

In addition to the emperor and Chu Yi, Mao Yu really couldn't think of anyone who could make Cao Shaoqin so respectful, almost the future governor of the East Factory.

It was obvious that the emperor could not leave Beijing. With some rumors about Chu Yi, Mao Yu stepped forward and bowed to Chu Yi for a week and said, "Mao Yu, the head of the East Factory, pays homage to the Lord Supervisor, Supervisor Qiansui, Qiansui, Qiansui!"

He glanced at Mao Yu indifferently, and Chu Yi brushed his hands and said, "No need to be polite, get up!"

Only a very few people know about Chu Yi's departure from Beijing. Perhaps someone in the capital has noticed Chu Yi's departure from Beijing at this moment, but Chu Yi did not make any statement in this place. No one knows that Chu Yi has been away from Beijing for many days.

Mao Yu hurriedly said, "Supermaster, please come in!"

In the hall, Chu Yi sat upright in the middle, and the others were on both sides, and each sat down under Chu Yi's instructions.

Mao Yu felt a little nervous and nervous. After all, he had no news in advance. Chu Yi suddenly arrived. If there was something that could not be done, if Chu Yi was disgusted, he would have no future in the East Factory.

Taking a deep breath, Mao Yu respectfully said to Chu Yi: "The governor needs Mao Yu to report on the situation of Dongchang in Suzhou Prefecture!"

Chu Yi nodded and said, "It's good to say it, let's see what information you have collected."

As his eyes lit up, Mao Yu quickly bowed and said, "Report to the governor, although there are only a dozen people in Suzhou Prefecture, my Dongchang factory has bribed dozens of eyeliners on the outside to inquire about the big and small things that have happened in Suzhou Prefecture at any time..."

From Mao Yu's mouth, Chu Yi learned more about Suzhou Prefecture. Obviously, compared to Tang Yin, he simply introduced Suzhou Prefecture, while Mao Yu told everyone present about Suzhou Prefecture from another aspect.

Not to mention that Dongchang has no other capabilities, and it is still first-class in collecting intelligence. Many secret matters have been discovered by Dongchang. Even Tang Yin nodded repeatedly after listening.

It took a full half an hour for Mao Yu to tell Chu Yi about the information about Suzhou Prefecture. Fang Li, Cao Shaoqin and others couldn't help but look at Mao Yu with a different look. They could manage the Suzhou Prefecture East Factory stronghold in this way. To be honest, Mao Yu is really a talent. Cao Shaoqin even had the idea of ​​when would he transfer Mao Yu back to the capital to reuse it.

Now Chu Yi has almost completely let go of the matter in the East Factory. It can be said that Cao Shaoqin is dealing with it, and he is only one position away from the position of the East Factory Supervisor.

If Mao Yu can catch Cao Shaoqin's eyes, he will definitely be able to rise to the top within the East Factory in the future.

Chu Yi nodded slightly, looked at Mao Yu with satisfaction and said, "Yes, it seems that you have put your heart into this Suzhou Prefecture."

After hearing Chu Yi's praise, Mao Yu said excitedly: "I am just loyal to you, and I should not be able to praise you like this!"

Chu Yi signaled Mao Yu to sit down, picked up a cup of tea, tasted it, and looked at Mao Yu and said, "Mao Yu, you often live in Suzhou Prefecture. You know more about Suzhou Prefecture than everyone else. I will ask you, if this Supervisor wants to charge commercial tax, may it be implemented in Suzhou Prefecture?"

Mao Yu's expression changed when he heard this, and he shook his head almost instinctively and said, "Mr. Lord, must not!"

Although they had known that it was very difficult to charge commercial taxes in Suzhou Prefecture, they never expected Mao Yu's reaction to be so great.

Mao Yu felt everyone's eyes falling on him and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said respectfully at Chu Yi: "It's so that the governor knows that there are five major families in Suzhou Prefecture, Zhang, Wang, Chen, Li, Liu, among which the Zhang family, Wang family and Chen family are famous maritime merchants in the entire Jiangnan area. Each company has dozens of sea boats traveling overseas all year round, while the Li family and Liu family control the textile, tea, and porcelain industries in Suzhou Prefecture. No matter which one company has a net worth at least one million."

It is not surprising to everyone. Whether it is marine trade or the textile, tea, porcelain and other industries that control the entire province, the profits are amazing, and the net worth of millions is all small.

Mao Yu continued: "In addition to these five major families, there is also a Wu family. The second master of the Wu family is the garrison of Suzhou Prefecture. The following garrisons are all from the Wu family. Even if they are not, they are in-laws of the Wu family. They control the large and small mines of Suzhou Prefecture. Previously, the tax collectors of Suzhou Prefecture were surrounded and killed, and the behind-the-scenes promoters were just one of these six families. It can be said that as long as these six major families are willing, the huge Suzhou Prefecture can be shut down overnight at any time and then cause turmoil in Suzhou Prefecture."

Tang Yin was born in Suzhou and grew up in Suzhou Prefecture. He naturally knew that what Mao Yu said was true, and there was no exaggeration at all. He sighed and clasped his fists and said to Chu Yi: "Supermaster, Mao's squad did not lie. The shortest of the six major families in Suzhou Prefecture have been entrenched for decades. It can be said that several families have joined forces to operate Suzhou Prefecture like an iron bucket. Even from the prefecture to a clerk, it depends on the expressions of the six major families."

Cao Shaoqin frowned and said, "Even Nanjing City can't be a piece of iron barrel. I didn't expect that Suzhou Prefecture would be managed like this."

In fact, everyone present knew in their hearts that Nanjing City has a different status in this Jiangnan area. It is the core of southern politics and culture. There are countless powerful and gentry living in Nanjing. In this case, no matter how strong it is, no one can put the ironclad operation of Nanjing City together.

If someone really can turn Nanjing City into a solid piece of iron, it is afraid it will be not far from raiding the house and extermination of the clan.

Looking at Chu Yi, Mao Yu said respectfully: "Once the Supervisor increases the tax, it will inevitably arouse a strong backlash from these six people. If you don't talk about it in other places, at least in Suzhou Prefecture, the Supervisor will probably find it difficult to receive any taxes."

Several people looked at Chu Yi, but Chu Yi's expression remained unchanged, and even had a smile on his face. He nodded slightly: "I never thought that the situation in Suzhou Prefecture is so complicated. The huge Suzhou Prefecture is controlled by several families. It is indeed worthy of being the emperor who is far away!"

I don’t know why although Chu Yi did not show any anger, the few people present felt a little chill in their hearts after listening to Chu Yi’s words.

Just as Chu Yi and others learned about the situation in Suzhou Prefecture at the Dongchang stronghold, Mao Yu said that the magnificent mansion of the Wu family, among the six great masters.

A dock manager was now lying respectfully in front of a wealthy official. If someone saw this official, he would definitely recognize that the person was the head of the Wu family, Wu Yi.

Wu Yi was very rich, wearing a cap and dressed in gorgeous clothes, and sat there with a kind smile on her face. No matter who saw it, she would praise the appearance of a good man.

But what does it mean to be a person who cannot be looked at? Wu Yi's evil name is really a way to stop a baby from crying at night. There are no less than a hundred people who died directly and indirectly at Wu Yi's hands.

Whether it is a wharf or a mine, it is controlled by the Wu family. If it is not ruthless enough, the Wu family cannot firmly control more than 90% of the mines and Suzhou Prefecture wharf.

Wu Yi looked up at the wharf manager Wu Si and said, "Wu Si, you are not staring at the wharf. Now you are running back. Could it be that something happened on the wharf?"

Wu Si said respectfully: "Go back to the home, the old servant came here because two strange official ships came from the dock. According to the master's instructions, if there are strange big ships parked in Suzhou Prefecture, you must report to the head of the family as soon as possible!"

Wu Yi nodded slightly and said, "Oh, there is actually a strange official boat coming. Has the other party reported his identity? Have you ever found out clearly? What are their origins?"

Wu Si shook his head and said, "The other party seemed to be quite cautious and did not take the initiative to contact the dock to report his identity. However, after their people got off the boat, the old servant had already sent us a message. I think it would take not long to find out the origin of these people!"

Wu Yi looked at Wu Si with appreciation and said, "You are doing well. If our Wu family wants to maintain its current status, we have to be cautious in everything. If you can travel on an official boat, you must have an extraordinary status. Although the Wu family is not afraid, they are not willing to cause more trouble..."

While he was talking, a manager came hurriedly, but Wu Zhong, the manager in charge of intelligence investigation in Wu's family.

Wu Zhong fell to Wu Yi and said, "Head of the family, there is important news!"

Wu Yi said curiously: "Oh, what's the matter?"

Wu Zhong said in a deep voice: "After receiving the instigation from Wu Si, the old slave immediately sent someone to investigate the identity of the group, and finally found that the group had actually entered Liuye Lane!"

Wu Yi was stunned at first, then reacted, staring at Wu Zhong in surprise and said, "Did you say those people have entered Liuye Lane?"

Whether it was Wu Zhong or Wu Si, they all knew what Liuye Lane represents. The entire Liuye Lane is not big, and there are only a few families. If someone who can ride an official boat enters Liuye Lane, he can only enter the East Factory, and it is impossible for the poor people in Liuye Lane.

Wu Zhong nodded and said, "Yes, the people we arranged in Liuye Lane also came out to report that the group entered the Dongchang stronghold."

Taking a deep breath, Wu Yi said: "In this way, most of the people in this group are from the East Factory."

Wu Zhong and Wu Si didn't say anything, but just knelt quietly on the ground and waited for Wu Yi to make a decision.

After a while, Wu Yi looked at the two of them and said, "Okay, the master already knows this. You guys should go and do your own business."

Watching Wu Si, Wu Zhong and others leave, Wu Yi suddenly said, "Come here, please invite the second master to come back home, and you will say there is something important to discuss."

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