Ruan Ci is a child of a clan who was wandering in this Tongshan Gathering.

Speaking of his identity, many Annan people are afraid that they will show awe.

The Ruan family in Cannabis was one of the vassals of Annan. A hundred years ago, the Ruan family in Cannabis rebelled, and the Ruan family recruited troops and made great contributions to the Annan court to quell the rebellion. At that time, the so-called centralization of power in Annan had collapsed. Although it adopted the Song system, it had begun to have the chaos of the governors in the late Tang Dynasty. In view of the strength of the Ruan family, the Annan court enfeoffed many fiefs in the Ruan family, including a radius of ten thousand acres and a 10,000 mu of grain land. Although there were many in the Central Plains, they were not considered a huge wealth, but they were among the best in Annan.

In the past century of operation, the children of the Ruan family in Can Tho have grown up and many famous figures in Annan have emerged. The land is increasing and more, and it has not only developed in Can Tho, but is considered a top wealthy family in the eastern part of Annan.

Ruan Ci is a brother of the contemporary head of the Ruan family. He arrived here a month ago and has since taken root here. He liked this place. This place is much more lively than Can Tho. Every day there are all kinds of new things and come into contact with all kinds of new people. It is bustling during the day, and at night, a group of newly met people invite each other, drunkenly and dreamlessly. Here, as long as you have silver, you can buy everything, including tribute tea from the Ming Dynasty, sake from Japan, sandalwood from Sulu, and various women, from different places, with different styles.

Ruan Ci has already established a villa here, covering an area of ​​dozens of acres. Although it is not big, it is fully equipped. You should know that every inch of land here is valuable. It is not comparable to Can Tho, and even Shenglong cannot compare to this place.

He now deals with all kinds of merchants every day, and from time to time he goes to visit Wu Xiong, the chief of the Marquis of Luzhou.

Now, the entire Annan and even Guangxi. Who doesn’t know the power of Wu Xiong and Wu Changshi. He bears countless silver inputs every day, which determines the flow of goods piled up like a mountain. When he stamps his feet, the land of Tongshan gathers will tremble. As long as he nods, he will be willing to give you a steady stream of goods. Then, even if you are penniless, you will guarantee that you will be rich on the next day.

This is the charm of silver, here. Whether you are a king or a nobleman of the Ming Dynasty or an honorary person in Annan, everyone will only look at your wealth. As long as you have silver, you are a king or a prince.

Ruan Ci's task here is actually simple. Contact the sales of cotton at any time. Since last year, Ruan's family has started to grow a large amount of cotton, and almost all the land has been changed into cotton. This aggressive approach is a last resort. Annan has undergone earth-shaking changes. Because Lang Son's large number of people attracts people, and the income from growing cotton is higher. The manpower required is also quite expensive, so the treatment of the tenants in Annan has been greatly improved. With the increase in the working price, the tenants are naturally not stupid. It is impossible for Wang Ertian cotton from the next door to have a full meal. I grow grain at your house but drink porridge. Therefore, the income will not only be reduced, but also the cost will increase greatly.

Almost all grain households are no longer able to sustain it. Many small landlords even went bankrupt and no one was willing to cultivate the land. They raised the wages of long-term workers and short-term workers, and had no profit. In the end, they had to be purchased by the big farmers.

Growing cotton can prevent such tragedies. Ruan’s family grew grain, and as a result... Hao Fenglou was convicted.

That's right, it's a crime. This guy who once promised to buy their cotton was suddenly captured by the Ming Dynasty court, and the whole of Annan was in chaos.

This is definitely not a joke. Is there anyone willing to collect so much cotton? What if I don’t collect it, what will happen?

After all, landlords and big farmers have paid huge costs and paid such a heavy cost. If the cotton produced in countless fields is worthless, what does it mean?

It means that after a year, there will be no profit. Not only will there be no profit, but you will also lose a lot of money.

In addition, many aristocratic families have many mountains and forests in Annan, and the same is true for the Ruan family. They own a whole mountain of Cinnam in Can Tho. When they heard that Lang San needed iron ore and wood, the Ruan family had already organized people to go up the mountain to mine. So many minerals and wood were piled up in their newly built warehouses, waiting for people to transport them to Lang San and get white silver.

As a result... such bad news came out. Although the Ruan family had a great family and had a great career, they might have gritted their teeth to support this year, but the family's savings and old capital over the past decades were still worth it. I am afraid they would lose all of them.

At this time, Annan, like the Ming Dynasty, always planted the concept of family in everyone. For everyone, the interests of the family are above everything else, because every part of the family's interests is closely related to themselves. As for Annan, it is actually not the key to their consideration.

The reason why they talk about Annan everywhere was simply to prevent foreign clans from eroding their own interests. Just as if the Ming Dynasty ruled in Annan, what would happen next? It was nothing more than that Han officials began to take root in Annan. Many people took advantage of the imperial court to seize food from Annan's family, which was something that Annan people could not bear.

For them, anti-Han was an important means to defend family interests in a sense, because as long as Annan was still there, their descendants could enter the Annan officialdom through their own rules, and their interests could continue from generation to generation. Once the Han people ruled, there would be too many uncertain factors here.

But at that time, everyone was anxious. No one could let the snowflakes's Wenyin meet again from then on, and they would never allow the family to be severely damaged.

Immediately afterwards, someone began to write secretly about his confession, began to move around and write letters together. Their purpose was very simple. Only by protecting Hao Fenglou could he maintain his own interests and benefit himself.

As a result, this massive unrest movement began to spread in Annan. The unrest was sent to the Luzhou Marquis Mansion like snowflakes, while the Luzhou Marquis Hao Zheng sent these unrest directly to the capital at an extremely fast speed.

Although Chen Qing sent it away, things always had a lot of uncertainty. Ruan Ci's heart was still in a state of continuation. Although Lang San was still collecting cotton intermittently, he knew that once the Hao family was convicted, the Ming Dynasty court would definitely take action against Lang San. One person was convicted and the whole family suffered. This is Annan's tradition and the Ming Dynasty tradition. What should the Ruan family do then?

This is not fun. My brother came to write letters and asked about the news from Jinling repeatedly. Obviously, my brother had already jumped, because it was too late to change to grow grain at this time. This means that within a year, the Ruan family would not have any profit on the land. It can be foreseeable that Annan would start to lack food on a large scale by the middle of the year. The original plan was that everyone would grow cotton and buy grain from Zhenla or Daming places. Grain merchants in Daming, Zhenla, Sulu and other places had long sharpened their knives and waited for the Annan people to sell cotton and then buy their grain with silver.

result……

It is almost foreseeable that once it reaches that point, it will not only be a fatal blow to all the aristocratic families, but also under the grain shortage, and the Annan court has no leader, wars will surely be everywhere at this time. The wars of Annan are definitely not as before. The nobles of Annan resist the Ming Dynasty, or the nobles of Hu and Chen are competing for profit. This is a war that destroys all the hungry people. This has happened a hundred years ago, which is enough to make everyone follow ancient books.

The terrible harvest of the war was achieved. Many once prosperous families were broken through the high courtyard wall by the crazy people, moved away all their property, humiliated their wives and daughters, and killed their men. Many once prominent families were destroyed and even disappeared in Annan forever. As for those unrestless families, there were countless numbers. Even the Ruan family took advantage of the chaos, they did not know how much painful price they had to pay and how many tribesmen's lives.

This is the root of everyone's fear. In their opinion, Hao Fenglou must not be finished. Once the game is finished, everyone will be buried with him.

So whether they hated Hao Fenglou or loved Hao Fenglou, they had to write a letter to express their feelings. Whether they liked the Ming Dynasty or not, they would rather accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty than be subject to the storm-like plunder.

Although Ruan Ci lingers in singing and dancing with countless people every day, he still can't let go of the big rock in his heart. Early in the morning, he will appear in the Annan business store, sit there to have tea and wait for news.

But day by day, news from the Ming Dynasty court always disappeared.

The same was true this morning. He arrived at the swaying moment after the Mao hour. After arriving here, many people knew him and came to see him. Ruan Ci returned the gifts one by one and joked with them, mostly because of the fun I had had last night, or some new priest came.

Some people are interested in saying that the workshop's ironware has recently begun a new round of selling. This time, more than 900 cars are supplied, and those Han merchants are flocking to it.

Some people also whispered that it is said that the price of deer skin has increased a lot now.

Ruan Ci was not worried about this. He was a clan and was different from what the Annan merchants were concerned about, so he just slowly tasted tea, smelled the fragrance of the tea, and waited silently for the news.

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Chapter completed!