When Tang Yin woke up in a daze, it was pitch black around him. He immediately realized that there was danger and had a thought in his mind: "What's going on? Could it be that I was kidnapped again?"

But when he sat up from the bed, he felt like he was in the inn room, with a dim tung oil lamp on the table, and someone at the door was explaining something to someone... When Tang Yin saw that the man was Chen Xi, he became angry: "Shen Zhongcheng, why are you kidding me for nothing?"

Chen Xi turned his head when he heard this, squinted his eyes and looked at Tang Yin, throwing the bag on his hand onto the bed, which were the two paintings that Tang Yin wanted to sell before.

Tang Yin picked it up and looked at it. When he recalled what happened before, he couldn't help but blush and lowered his head in shame.

Chen Xi said: "Brother Bo Hu wants to figure it out, it's not that he is tied up with you, but that someone wants to make a fuss about you. You are simply throwing yourself into the trap... You are so lucky that you happened to be caught by my servant, and then you saved you. Otherwise, I really don't know what the outcome will be!"

Tang Yin suddenly felt cold sweat. Those people used their own value to deal with Chen Xi. Once their value was squeezed out, they would end up killing people.

After stabilizing his emotions, Tang Yin looked at the sky outside the window. It was already dark now, which means he was in a coma for at least three or four hours.

"Shen Zhongcheng, I don't know who is so hardworking?" Tang Yin got out of bed and came to Chen Xi at the door, and asked in a low voice.

Chen Xi spread his hands and said, "I don't know who is leading this behind the scenes. Brother Bohu should stay in the inn and have more rest. This is Guangzhou Prefecture, not Wuzhou Prefecture, nor Fuzhou and Suzhou. If there is a difference, I will not be able to protect myself, and I am afraid I will have no time to take care of Brother Bohu's safety."

After Chen Xi finished speaking, he took the people away.

Tang Yin muttered: "I was kidnapped, isn't it because of you? Those people just want to use me to deal with you... Alas, even the kidnapping trick has been used. It's not easy to mess with the people of the governor!"

In fact, everyone knows that this matter has something to do with the government office, but there is no evidence. If Chen Xi wants to open a breakthrough, he can only think about it.

Chenxi arrived at the place where the detainees were held. This was a house near the city wall in the northwest corner of Guangzhou City. The original owner built a secret room, which could prevent the sound from coming out. Entering the secret room built underground, Ma Jiu and others were torturing the criminals. The "slap" sound from the whip whip was accompanied by a miserable howling, which was very heartbroken.

"Master, I have used two rounds of punishment, but I didn't ask anything. I was very stubborn." Zhu Qi replied back and forth.

Zhu Qi was a bandit, and he said he was honest and did not do anything to kill people. It is hard to say what the real situation was. Now that he was ordered to act and Chen Xi gave him power, he naturally would not be ruthless and beat him hard. As for Ma Jiu, he himself crawled out of the pile of dead people, and he would not frown in such matters.

Chen Xi frowned and waved his hand: "Continue to question."

Zhu Qi asked, "Master, what if these people don't confess after dawn?"

Chen Xi pondered for a moment and said, "If you don't confess, you will send someone to the Censor's Office after dawn. You will say that you will encounter a few thieves who intend to commit murder on your official, and ask the Nieshi Office to punish them strictly!"

Zhu Qi was a little confused: "Master, shouldn't you send it to the prefecture and county government office?"

Chen Xi looked at Zhu Qi and said, "As I told you... These people were sent to the county or government office, and they were useless. If they were in front of their feet, they would be protected by others."

Even though Chen Xi knew that it was probably someone sent by the governor, he was not polite at all. Zhang Yuan should play "Tai Chi Pushing Hand" with him, and he had to repay him.

The incident in Fuzhou may have made Zhang Yuanying feel that it was a coincidence. Chen Xi was preparing to let the other party know that I could defeat Shang Yingkui and also remove your Zhang Yuanying as a stumbling block. It depends on whether you cooperate.

With Chen Xi taking action, the relationship between the two sides will definitely deteriorate rapidly. If Zhang Yuan should use local forces to do whatever he wants, Chen Xi must be prepared.

Chen Xi originally planned to let Xie Yuner and others live in the inn, but now it seems that the city is not stable. Chen Xi is going to secretly send Xie Yuner and others out of the city so as to better deal with the governor.

The attitude of the Censorate and the Commander Commander is not clear. Chen Xi does not have much manpower at hand now. It depends solely on Ma Jiu, Zhu Qi and a number of brothers from the chariot and horse gangs to confront each other such a powerful opponent in the Guangdong Provincial Administration and Inspector, and must make the worst plans in advance.

"Does I really need to go back to the Wuzhou Governor's Office to honestly recruit three provinces and ten departments, and wait until the troops are in place to carry out the conquest?"

Chen Xi felt that the power at hand was really limited, and he was a little unwilling to go back to Wuzhou. After all, it was too remote. Instead, Fujian was calmed down by him. Returning to Fuzhou might be the best choice at present.

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Chen Xi decided to go to Huiniang and Li Jin to discuss business matters.

The Guangdong Provincial Administration Commission will not provide money and food for the time being, but Chen Xi always has to arrange a commercial territory in Fujian and Guangdong. Now he cannot provide sufficient policy protection to Hui Niang and Li Jin as expected, so he asked Hui Niang to suspend the plan at hand and change the business strategy until he controls the overall situation.

Chen Xi did not have someone to follow him, so he personally rushed to the yard rented by Hui Niang and Li Jin.

Chen Xi had a strong sense of tracking. He stopped the car halfway, tied the horse to the tree beside the road, looked around for a few glances, and then walked through several alleys, deliberately hid behind a piece of thatch for a while. Seeing that no one was following, he stood up and came to a small courtyard with the barking of dogs. He knocked on the door, and the door quickly opened from inside.

“…Master, are you okay?”

Li Jin opened the door. When she saw Chen Xi, she looked happy at first, and then she saw Chen Xi with a stern face and frowned. It seemed that she had encountered something difficult. The joy suddenly turned into a worrying color, and there was a bit of concern.

Chen Xi did not answer and went straight to the yard.

At this time, Hui Niang in the room heard the sound and came out. Seeing Hui Niang, Chen Xi's face was not as serious as before. He nodded as saying hello.

After entering the living room of the main house, Chen Xi roughly explained the situation that day. Although Hui Niang was a little worried, she said with a hint of relief: "It seems that the people from the yamen of the governor and the yamen dare not treat the master."

Chen Xidao: "I have not put into force now, but I have been conspiring to plot behind my back. The main purpose is to drive me out of Guangzhou Prefecture and even to Beijing. The local criminal commissioner's chief commander's chief commander and the governor's chief commander's chief commander and the governor's chief commander, and it is hard to pry it open for a while."

Hui Niang looked a little scared. She didn't dare to deal with it as long as it was involved in the government affairs. This was also because she had been repeatedly plotted against her when dealing with the government before, leaving her a strong psychological shadow.

Chen Xi glanced at Li Jin and said, "In a few days, you will send someone to the Salt Course Training Department. When Xia Yan is out, there will be merchants operating official salt in the city to contact us. You will follow us to explore the wind."

Hui Niang had a little puzzled look on her face.

While Chen Xi asked her to suspend the establishment of some shops and workshops on hand, she also asked her to contact the official salt transactions, which seemed to be a contradiction.

Chen Xi explained: "Like the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce and Exhibition model, it will take effect in three or five years. Time will not wait for anyone! Now, the urgent need for money and food for coastal bandits is quelled, and they can only take the path of using power for personal gain."

Now Hui Niang didn't even dare to raise her head.

In the past, he was exploited by the government to the point where he had to work harder and he was unable to do anything. Now, if he had to cooperate with the government, wouldn’t he seek death? Fortunately, Shen Xi’s current status is different. As long as he can subdue the government and the envoys, at least within the three provinces, there should be no problem.

In this way, Hui Niang and Li Jin will no longer be ordinary merchants, but "officials and businessmen". Chen Xi is their general backstage. They only need to use Chen Xi's power to monopolize some industries, make huge profits and buy military rations.

Hui Niang hesitated a little: "Master, will this... damage your official voice?"

Chen Xi sighed softly: "What is the use of official voices? The most important thing is to work hard. In the Ming Dynasty, if you don't use your power for personal gain, there will always be others to do it. At least we use it on official business to benefit the people of the Ming Dynasty and have a clear conscience. If I can grasp the right to speak in the future, I will naturally change the rules and formulate good rules for all walks of life. It will not be too late to talk about fair competition at that time."

Chen Xi means that he is not really in charge of power now and cannot change the bad habits in the Ming Dynasty officialdom. Now he urgently needs money and food to raise soldiers, and can only rely on these illegal means to accumulate money.

After all, in addition to the governor of the three provinces, Chen Xi also has the responsibility of "supervising the food and salary and managing salt law", and he can ask about the salt road yamen in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Although the court did not approve him the salt entries and asked him to exchange salt entries for silver as military pay, Chen Xi could use his authority to sell the salt entries that the court granted to the Guangdong and Guangxi Salt Course Department every year to "his own people", making great profits. This is very common in this era. Behind him an official, a group of brothers-in-law and cousins ​​who do business, the transactions involved are basically related to the administrative authority of the official.

As for how to make a lot of money from salt, Chen Xi needs to prepare well.

At this time, Chen Xi stood up and Hui Niang asked, "Master, are you going back now?"

Chen Xi was going to go back to the inn, but after all, he had to arrange for Xie Yuner and others to clean up their belongings and leave the city the next day, but he left like that, and he couldn't bear it.

Chen Xi didn't care about Li Jin's presence, so he walked over and took Hui Niang into his arms, and said, "I'm tired, I've taken a shower, so I'll rest here tonight."

Hui Niang realized that Chen Xi was not leaving, so she quickly ordered: "Jin'er, go and arrange to boil water for the master. Master, I will help you back to your room to rest...ah."

Hui Niang was about to "help" Chen Xi, but Chen Xi was much more domineering than she thought, so she picked her up directly.

Hui Niang's body was originally light, with thin arms and legs, and small feet, and thin bones. It was not difficult for Chen Xi to pick her up.

Chen Xi knew that he had to show his superior authority in front of Hui Niang, otherwise Hui Niang would not surrender to him wholeheartedly. This is the current pattern of how the two get along.

Hui Niang must make her feel that she is "forced to feel guilty in her heart, and she can be a polite and be a woman around her.

As for Li Jin, he could only bow his head and give way, watching his master carry his mistress back to the room, but he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Chen Xi's strength not only infected Hui Niang, but also made her heart turtle and she was at a loss for a moment.

ps: First update!

My mother suddenly felt paralyzed when she woke up in the morning. The emperor was too frightened and took her to a nearby hospital. She stayed in the hospital for examination during the day. The preliminary diagnosis was acute cerebrovascular disease...

Now the emperor feels like he has returned to 13 years, and everything is not going well at home at that time. Alas... (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!