This middle-aged man was Fan Sanba, the son of Fan Yongdou. When Fan Yongdou was fighting, he was the only one who dared to come forward and try to persuade him.

And in his opinion, his father Fan Yongdou decided to move his property out of Zhangjiakou as soon as possible just because he heard that Yang Zhen was going to the capital to offer prisoners, and then to visit relatives in Xuanfu, and to leave Zhangjiakou.

It's a bit too childish.

The Fan family has been operating in Zhangjiakou for many years. The Fan family's properties are everywhere inside and outside the fort. How can we just leave!

Xuanzhen surveillance eunuch Cao Benzheng, who was fed money by the Chamber of Commerce, couldn't defeat Xuanfu Liu Yongzuo and chief soldier Yang Guozhu, so that didn't matter.

After Cao Benzheng left, Emperor Chongzhen in the Jinluan Palace in Yanjing would definitely send another surveillance minister to announce the government.

When the time comes, if we use money to capture him, won't the world be at peace again?

As for Yang Zhen, whom his father Fan Yongdou is most worried about, in Fan Sanba's view, people have shortcomings, and people want money.

If it doesn't work, just give him money. Anyway, when you travel outside the customs in the future, you will need this person unprepared.

Furthermore, Yang Zhen, just like his own family, was having an affair with the Qing Dynasty. His eldest son Fan Yuxin saw this with his own eyes. Isn't this one of his own?

If Yang Zhen dared to do harm to his family, someone in his court would directly report him to Emperor Chongzhen for being a traitor to the Qing Dynasty.

According to the method of the man in the Jinluan Palace in Yanjing, when the time comes, no matter how hard Yang Zhen is, he will be dismissed from his position, it will be a trivial matter, even if he makes his head fall to the ground, it is not impossible.

Fan Sanba finished speaking and was thinking about continuing to persuade his father. Unexpectedly, not long after he finished speaking, he heard his father yelling at him:

"You rebellious son, how much did you suffer from Yang Zhen last time? Don't you have a long memory?!"

When Fan Sanba heard this, he looked up in surprise and saw a tea cup flying towards him. Fortunately, he dodge quickly. The gold-inlaid jade tea cup rubbed the tip of his nose and flew over, landing directly on the stone pier under the door.

, with a snap, it fell to pieces.

"Now that Eunuch Cao has fallen, Liu Yongzuo and Yang Guozhu are wearing the same pair of pants again. This Yang Zhen is Yang Guozhu's nephew. What good things can he do by coming to Zhangjiakou?!"

Fan Yongdou was obviously very angry with his son. After throwing a gold and jade tea cup, he cursed: "You don't think about how to protect yourself, but you still want to threaten him?! Are you crazy?!

"Don't you know that this Yang Zhen has already killed Shi Huashan and Shi Tingzhu? Even the ten princes of the Qing Dynasty and Prince Duduo of Henan were sent to the capital and beheaded alive. There is still a possibility that he will join us.

The Qing Dynasty? Even now, you still want to let Yu Xin befriend him, you don’t want your life!"

Fan Yongdou said so many words in one breath that he coughed and wheezed for a while and was out of breath.

Those sitting in the room couldn't sit still for a while and stood up one after another. Fan Yuxin, the eldest son Fan Sanba mentioned just now, also hurriedly stepped forward, standing with one foot on the ground and one leg on the couch, and beat Fan Yongdou's back.

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After a while, he finally came around, and Fan Sanba quickly knelt on the ground and confessed his mistake to his father.

At this time, several people in the room stood up in front of a rickety old man who was about the same grade as Fan Yongdou. He coughed a few times, cleared his throat, and then said to Fan Yongdou:

"Mr. Fan, I understand what you mean. We took inventory of the warehouse and made arrangements to stay behind. It was a bit careless. You were afraid that we might alert the enemy, and that we were not allowed to leave for fear that someone would keep you there.

"But from my perspective, I don't want us to leave and want to make more money from us. That's true, but I'm not afraid of anyone who dares to be tough or aggressive with us.

"Although the Ming Dynasty is currently in chaos, we are here near the capital, in broad daylight, and the world is bright. I, Zhaitang, have been doing business in Zhangjiakou all my life. Except for the northern and eastern captives, I have never seen the dignified officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty dare to enter the city to rob.

of?!"

Of course, this Zhai Tang is not an ordinary character. He has already heard clearly from the conversation between Fan Yongdou and his son. The reason why the Fan family wants to transfer their property is not entirely because of the fall of Cao Benzheng, the surveillance eunuch of Xuanzhen, and the continued extortion by soldiers and horses in Xuanzhen.

At least part of the reason, or even the main reason, was the private holiday between the Fan family and Yang Zhen.

In this case, Zhai Tang felt reassured.

When he finished speaking, he saw Fan Yongdou staring at him and wanted to say something. He didn't want to listen anymore. He waved his hand to Fan Yongdou and said:

"Mr. Fan wants to teach his descendants a lesson, and you will continue to teach him a lesson. As for the relocation of the Chamber of Commerce, let's wait until the bandits have made trouble for a while. I'm sorry for not accompanying you!"

The old man Zhai Tang's words almost made Fan Yongdou, who was already furious, faint from anger.

But Zhai Tang was one of the early people who started buying and selling money in Zhangjiakou. Although he was not as big as the Fan family, his family wealth should not be underestimated. At least he was the same generation as Fan Yong in the eight major families, so he did not dare to scold him.

My own son scolded or scolded the Wang family's son like that.

Fan Yongdou pointed at Zhai Tang and was speechless for a moment.

Zhai Tang ignored him and bowed to him first, then turned around and walked out with the support of his son.

Seeing this, the rest of the people also said goodbye one after another.

These people were originally sent by the families who had made preparations for relocation to inquire about departure arrangements.

The first auspicious day these people agreed on was tomorrow. They planned to let the old, young, women and children of each family go first, pass through Wanquan, pass Huai'an, and go to Datong.

However, this sudden change made them undecided. Whether or not to leave tomorrow, and how to leave, they came to Fan's house to make an idea.

But when Mr. Fan heard that the city gates would be closed from now on, no entry or exit was allowed, there was great chaos. Not only did he say a lot of things, but he also lectured his son in front of them.

Moreover, the information revealed in Mr. Fan's words seemed to be that the Fan family had some kind of private holiday with the Yang family in the main town of Xuanfu.

When these people saw it, they thought, if that's the case, forget it. It was the Fan family who first released the news about their intention to move westward. Now that the road is not smooth and they can't move for a while, that should be what your Fan family is worried about.

Although they were becoming more and more intolerable to the endless donations from Xuanzang soldiers and horses, they were convinced that those people only wanted money and would not kill them.

Just like that, the other proprietors and young proprietors who came to discuss matters in the Fan family courtyard quickly left in a hurry.

In the hall that was originally crowded with guests, only Fan Yongdou, Fan Sanba and Fan Yuxin, three generations of their ancestors, stayed in place. The charcoal fire was still burning brightly, but it gave people a feeling of desertedness.

The three of them discussed for a while, and finally decided that Fan Sanba would lead his eldest grandson Fan Yuxin, who had some contact with Yang Jie, in a carriage and pull a load of heavy gifts to Xiaobeimen to pay a visit to the minister-general's residence.

Yang Jie.

They asked Yang Jie to give them a warrant that would allow them to leave the city early tomorrow morning as scheduled on the auspicious day of the zodiac.

Yang Jie has already received the news and knows that his biological brother Yang Zhen is on his way to Zhangjiakou with his troops and will arrive tonight.

Therefore, Yang Jie readily agreed to Fan Sanba and Fan Yuxin's request on the spot, and happily accepted the heavy gift of 20,000 taels of silver from them. He only asked them to send someone to pick it up for them separately early tomorrow morning.

A safe pass token used by the Fan family to go west.

After Fan Sanba, Fan Yuxin and his son got Yang Jie's promise, they were convinced that the so-called invasion of horse thieves must be a trick made up by this bullshit general who didn't even have hair.

And it must have been those who packed their bags and leaked the news, letting the baby general know the auspicious day of their departure, so they calculated the day and tormented them.

And this little charlatan is doing things here and there, doing things here and there, just to take advantage of the opportunity to extort another sum of money.

After Fan Sanba, Fan Yuxin and his son made this judgment, they felt relieved, returned home, and reported the truth to Fan Yongdou.

When they said this, even Fan Yongdou, who had always been cunning and cunning, was a little unsure.

Fortunately, the gold, silver and soft things they had accumulated over the years had already been secretly counted and packed into boxes, and they were just waiting to load them out of the city tomorrow morning.

As for the houses, fields, warehouses, shops and the ironware, saltpeter, grain storage, cloth and other things in the warehouse, as Zhai Tang said, in broad daylight and the sky is bright, how can it be possible for the officers and soldiers to rob these things openly?

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These things can be sold and transferred slowly in the future.

In this way, the Fan family compound, who had been nervous all day, thought that he was in danger, prepared the itinerary for tomorrow morning in the evening, and arranged for the servants and servants who would be escorting the car to rest early the next morning.
Chapter completed!