Chapter 56 Nanxun Business Gang

There are more than a dozen of these businessmen, both old and young. The leader is a thin, semi-old and rich gentry with white hair, about 50 years old, with restrained and calm eyes.

The other businessmen looked hesitant. They gathered in the living room of the floating pavilion and did not dare to sit down. Only the semi-old rich gentry was quite calm, and everyone looked at him and expected him to speak first.

The semi-old rich gentry stepped forward and arched his hand with Hu Chuyuan and said, "Hu Qiwei, old Liu Yong. In the past, when your father came to Nanxun to buy raw silk, I also had some contacts with him!"

Liu Yong.

This is an admirable person, but it is also one of the main opponents of the Hu family.

This man started from scratch. When he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he worked as a coppersmith. Later, he worked as a handyman in the silk industry. At the age of 20, he began to start a business and started a raw silk business with others.

In the era of Zeng Guofan, he began to get involved in the salt industry again. Step by step, he has become the head of the four elephants of Nanxun.

He and Zhang Songxian are not only their children's in-laws, but also business partners. They run the silk industry together and sell the salt industry together.

Hu Chuyuan believes that this person plays a small role in the salt case.

He smiled and said, "Housekeeper Hu, move the stools for everyone and let them sit down and talk!"

"Thank you, Captain Hu!"

"Yes, thank you for your seat!"

These rich gentry seemed to see a glimmer of hope and showed a slight joy.

When these people sat down one after another, Liu Yong sent a list to Hu Chuyuan and said, "We Huzhou merchants admire your ambition to be eager for justice and serve the country and the people. Hearing that the court's army owed some money, they specially raised more than one million silver, which showed our loyalty to the court, and hoped that Hu Qiwei would be forward to Zhongtang Zuo Da. People!"

Hu Chuyuan said coldly. When he opened the fold, he saw that the names of Zhang Songxian and Gu Shousong were listed in the first and second place. They each donated 200,000 taels of silver. Liu Yong ranked third, and there were also 100,000 taels. Pang Yunyu ranked fourth and 80,000 taels.

These people are the legendary Nanxun merchants.

Nanxun four elephants, eight cows and seventy-two dogs, with assets of more than one million, less than one million, more than 500,000 as cattle, and less than 500,000, more than 200,000 are called dogs.

Zhang Songxian's capital is said to be tens of millions of taels, and Liu Yong, who ranks first among the four elephants, claims to have 20 million taels of silver. Gu Jia ranked third, with assets of about 10 million taels, Pang Yunyu ranked fourth, with assets of about 6 million taels.

These people have extremely strong capital. They operate the silk industry in Huzhou and don't even buy Hu Xueyan's accounts, with the exception of Pang Yunyan. This person has cooperated with Hu Xueyan for more than ten years and has been helping Hu Xueyan collect silk in Nanxun.

But after Hu Xueyan's death, he did not help Hu Chuyuan. After all, he was full of financial resources and could start his own business.

Hu Chuyuan put the list aside and said, "I will help you pass it on to Lord Zhongtang. As for what Lord Zhongtang will say, I don't know, and I can't guarantee it. I hope you understand!"

Liu Yong smiled bitterly and said, "I know that there is another list for the cavalry lieutenant here. I hope the cavalry lieutenant will accept it. If there is anything that has been offended in the past, I also hope that the cavalry lieutenant can forgive me!"

With that, he got up again and handed Hu Chuyuan another list.

This list is even more interesting. There are 27,000 mu of Shangtian in Huzhou, half of which are in Nanxun Town. There are also 12 pieces of antique calligraphy and painting, with a total price of 100,000 taels of silver.

In addition, the total amount of salt collected by each family is 67 million catties, and they are willing to transfer it to Jiangnan Commercial Bank free of charge.

Looking at the list, Hu Chuyuan laughed in his heart. Those salts are counted separately. The price of Huzhou Sangtian per mu is more than 30 taels of silver, and the first-class Sangtian is at least 50 taels of silver per mu. This alone has a price of one million taels of silver.

The price of antique calligraphy and painting plus one plus, nearly 1.5 million taels of silver, 100,000 yuan is willing to sell to him.

** Naked bribery.

But is he short of money?

Hu Chuyuan put down the list and said, "To be honest, killing people can't nod. I don't want to see too cruel situations, but these things are beyond my control. You should go to Zeng Shangshu at the right time. What can I do?"

Liu Yong hurriedly said, "Lord Shangshu will not be a guest. We have no other way, so we have to come to beg the cavalry captain. I hope that the cavalry lieutenant will beg for mercy and say a few words for us for the sake of the people in Zhejiang. If the captain can rescue us at this time, as long as the captain needs a place, we will go all out. It's incumbent on us!"

"Oh...?" Hu Chuyuan was indecisive for a while.

Liu Yong is still very trustworthy. As long as he says this, it will be much easier to collect silk in Huzhou in the future.

After a little thought, Hu Chuyuan said, "Well, I will find a way to meet Lord Shangshu, but I really can't explain the result. Leave these lists first, and I will forward them to the right person!"

"Thank you, thank you!"

These rich merchants in Nan Xun bowed their hands to thank them one after another. Seeing that Hu Chuyuan did not have a deep talk with them, they also put it away and got up to leave.

When they left, Pan Limei asked Hu Chuyuan, "Young master, what should you do now?"

"What should I do? Of course it's salad!"

Hu Chuyuan laughed badly. In fact, he didn't know anything in his heart.

On the surface, this matter has a lot to do with him, and he is also very powerful. With so many imperial historians suing in the capital, he can still protect himself, and his power is also powerful.

Unfortunately, the fact is that everything has little to do with him.

He sent a lot of money in the capital, but the money added up to Zuo Zongtang's face.

A secret letter from Zuo Zongtang will be sent to Prince Gong's Mansion, which can make Prince Gong Yi