The former decisive and decisive Qin Wen could never compromise with a group of businessmen, but after all, he could not withstand the ravages of time and injuries. Now, not only is his body about to run out of fuel, but his ambition to conquer the world
It also gradually became dusty.
However, a tiger is a tiger after all. Even if the old one can no longer run, it is not something that the fox can provoke. As long as it shows its teeth once, the fox is destined to die from the tiger's mouth.
This time, Qin Wen was very determined to eradicate the cancer among Shanxi merchants. He even directly dispatched the strongest lineup that Heibingtai could send at present.
Qin Yijue, the adopted daughter of Qin Wen, is the unique kendo genius of the Qin family. She is only in her twenties and is already a kendo master in the Black Ice Platform, second only to Dugu Qiubei and Ah Qing.
Six Sword Slaves, the ace killers of Black Ice Platform, are also Qin Wen's favorite blades. Countless enemies have died in their hands.
Xuan Jian was a powerful being who once singled out Gai Nie Weizhuang and won. Although it might be difficult to fight even one of them now, there is no doubt about his strength.
The first generation of Jing Salamander, the mother of Tian Zi No. 3, the last user of Jing Salamander Sword...
Covering the sun...
Since the establishment of Jinyiwei, they have been poaching people from Heibingtai. Gai Nie, Wei Zhuang and other key players have all been poached, but even so, Heibingtai has not been hollowed out.
Now that both Dugu Qiubei and Ah Qing are gone, Black Ice Platform can gather such a luxurious lineup, which shows the depth of its heritage.
This time Qin Wen's target is all the traitors who have colluded with Yuanmeng. This is not just the eight Shanxi merchants and Shanxi merchants. It involves a large group of people, so the strongest lineup must be sent to ensure that there is no risk.
Shanxi merchants are undoubtedly a huge group.
The original Bingzhou was a bitter and cold place, poor, backward, and remote, with a total population of just over one million. The total number of aristocratic families was also small, no more than a hundred at most, and most of them were in Taiyuan and Bingnan.
After more than ten years of vigorous development, Bingbei already has a population of more than three million. Not only does the population far exceed that of Bingnan, but the number of aristocratic families has also doubled, and it has also driven the development of Bingnan.
Bingnan was driven by the development of Bingbei University. Now, excluding Taiyuan and Bingbei, only the four counties of Bingnan have a population of more than one million.
Bingzhou originally had only nine counties and 91 counties. Now, including the three counties and 30 counties of Hetao, there are a total of 12 counties and 121 counties, with a total population of nearly five million.
In this era of war and chaos, the population of every state and county in the world is decreasing. Only the population of Bingzhou has not decreased, but has increased from one million to nearly five million. I have to say that this is simply a miracle.
In addition to the increase in population in Bingzhou, the number of aristocratic families also increased extremely rapidly.
If we calculate based on the allocation of at least two or three aristocratic families in each county, it is conservatively estimated that there are nearly 500 large and small families in Bingzhou today, and at least 70% of them are Shanxi merchants, which is nearly 350 Shanxi merchants.
Shang family.
In terms of data, the number of Shanxi merchant families in Bingzhou is a bit abnormal, but in fact this is not surprising at all, because business played a decisive role in promoting the prosperity of Bingzhou.
In the wave of Bingzhou's great development, whether it is a local family, a family that migrated abroad, or a new family, if they do not turn to business and integrate into this wave, they will only be eliminated under the wave, and there will not be much at all.
s Choice.
Among the 350 Shanxi merchant families, nearly 70% are concentrated in Bingbei, that is, nearly 250 families.
Although the population and wealth of Bingbei far exceed that of Bingnan, more than 80% of the population migrated there, and Qin Wen's control over Bingbei was extremely strong, which resulted in the family's foundation in Bingbei.
They are all extremely weak and can only rely on the Jin army to survive without any resistance.
Therefore, although the number of Shanxi merchants from Bingbei was greater than that from Bingnan, their background was far less profound than that of Bingnan merchants.
This is also the fundamental reason why among the eight Shanxi merchant families, the strong Bingbei only occupies two seats, while the weak Bingnan has six seats.
It was precisely because the merchants of the Northern Jin Dynasty were not reconciled to this that they colluded with Yuan Meng and betrayed the Jin army. However, their methods were too harsh.
Naturally, it is impossible for all of the two hundred and fifty Shanxi merchant families in the north to collude with Yuan and Meng. Most of them
Some Shanxi merchants are quite honest, and only two of the eight major Shanxi merchants have actually betrayed them, as well as dozens of the closest ones to these two families.
Arresting dozens of families at once is a huge project, but fortunately most of these families are concentrated in one place.
The rebellious Shanxi merchants were led by the Qiao family of Yanmen and the Chang family of Taiyuan, and families close to them were naturally also present in these two counties.
The Jin army moved extremely quickly without any warning. Before these Shanxi merchants could react, the army had already sealed off the entire city, and then Heibingtai went door to door to arrest them.
Business families in other states and counties generally have caravan guards to protect their caravans, but Shanxi merchants alone do not, because Qin and Wen do not allow merchants to have their own armed forces, and the entire Bingbei does not even have more than a hundred soldiers.
Family.
Therefore, those Shanxi merchants who were waiting for Yuanmeng to come to rescue them realized that the sky was about to fall when they found out that it was the Jin army who came to their door.
For ordinary people, the life of Qiao Sheng, the head of the Qiao family, is very inspiring.
Although he was born as a commoner, he could become sworn friends with the fourth son of the Qin family and develop the Qiao family into one of the eight Shanxi merchant families. This was something that not many people would envy.
But only Qiao Sheng himself knew that it was because of his sworn relationship with Qin Jian that the Qiao family could be among the eight major merchant families of Shanxi.
In Qiao Sheng's opinion, becoming sworn brother to Qin Jian was the most correct decision he had ever made in his life. Although he was respectful to Qin Jian, his sworn brother, secretly he was extremely contemptuous of him.
It's ridiculous that Qin Jian, that stupid warrior, was deceived by his two words and impulsively sworn sworn friends with himself.
My good big brother, it doesn’t matter that you have such a good background, but in the end you were not taken advantage of by me. Qiao Sheng thought with pride in his heart.
At this moment, a group of people broke into Qiao's Mansion, and Qiao Sheng immediately went up to them and angrily shouted: "Who are you? You broke in without permission. Do you know that this is Qiao's Mansion?"
Qin Yijue looked at Qiao Sheng coldly and said indifferently: "So what if it's the Qiao Mansion?"
"Does General Qin Jian know that he is Lord Zhou Mu's fourth brother, and he is my sworn brother? If he offends me, you will not suffer the consequences."
Qiao Sheng said fiercely, and as he was talking, he found that there was a stunning beauty across from her, so he was ready to step forward and tease her.
A cold light flashed in Qin Yijue's eyes, and he slapped Qiao Sheng several meters away. When he saw again, Qiao Sheng's face was swollen and no longer looked like a human face, and most of his teeth were knocked out.
"You dare to hit me, you actually dare to hit me, just wait, you people are all dead, no one can save you..."
Qin Yijue stepped on Qiao Sheng's face and said coldly: "You bastards are just pigs kept in captivity by my Qin family. As pigs, you actually want to seek the throne. Who gave you the courage?
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Qin Yi trampled Qiao Sheng's limbs with his feet and said coldly: "The pigs have been fattened, so they must be killed.
All members of the Qiao family were taken away and imprisoned, and all of the Qiao family’s property was immediately seized.”
"promise."
The first-generation Jing Salamander came over at this time. After seeing Qiao Sheng's miserable state, he frowned and said, "My lord said that he would be handed over to the fourth master to deal with."
"As long as you don't die, that's fine."
Qin Yijue replied nonchalantly and said lightly: "Let's go to the next house."