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In the evening, it will get dark.

Xia Yun released the four largest salt merchants from the prefectural government.

The four groups of soldiers who were traveling with them quickly confiscated the salt industries of the four major families.

"Write a notice and post it. Starting tomorrow morning, the Hangzhou prefectural government will hold a bidding meeting to auction the operating rights of all businesses in Hangzhou."

"All merchants in our Daliang Dynasty, regardless of their place of origin or birth, can participate in the bidding."

Xia Yun posted a new notice.

Just as he finished speaking, suddenly, a soldier hurriedly appeared in the lobby of the yamen.

"Report! Your Excellency, the convoy of the wealthy merchants from Dai County has arrived at the city gate. Please give your instructions."

The soldier knelt on the ground respectfully and began to report.

Hearing this, Xia Yun's eyes revealed a rare hint of excitement.

Those guys hurried and finally arrived in Hangzhou.

"Set up the procession to welcome the distinguished guests!"

A smile appeared on Xia Yun's lips.

When he was in Dai County, he looked down upon those wealthy and powerful businessmen.

I never thought that after coming to Hangzhou, I would find those guys to be quite good.

It doesn't take a while.

Under the leadership of Xia Yun, Jiang Wenzhong, Chong Heihu, Xu Wan'er, and more than two hundred soldiers lined up and appeared at the city gate.

However, when the merchants who rushed over from Dai County saw such a scene, the first thought that came to their minds was to escape.

It was not until they saw the figures of Xia Yun and others clearly in the crowd that they all showed an expression of relief after a long drought.

"Master Xia, we missed you so much!"

"Since we parted in Dai County, we have missed Lord Xia as much as children miss their parents and subjects miss their monarchs!"

"Lord Xia has come out of the city to welcome you, which shows his love for the people. Please accept our greetings, Lord!"

What was somewhat unexpected to Xia Yun was that when these businessmen from Dai County saw him, they no longer had the calculating mindsets they had in the past.

Each one of them was just as he said, with excited expressions like children seeing their parents again.

In fact, apart from a group of Daixian businessmen, there was only one other person at the scene who understood what was going on.

This person was none other than Chong Heihu who had just arrived in Hangzhou yesterday.

Chong Heihu remembered that since Xia Yun left Dai County, Qin Tianye was ordered to take over the entire Dai County.

Compared with Xia Yun's occasionally gentle approach, Qin Tianye can be said to be a real hardliner.

In order to complete Xia Yun's order and protect Dai County.

The day after Xia Yun left Dai County, Qin Tianye arrested a large number of Dai County merchants.

The excuse is to eliminate all unstable factors in Dai County.

Afterwards, the Daixian merchants who were arrested were beaten half to death in prison.

By the time they were released from prison, they had completely forgotten their hatred for Xia Yun.

They could only sigh.

It's good to be alive!

Not only that, in order to improve production efficiency, Qin Tianye assigned production tasks to each merchant.

As a result, those merchants who were used to a free and relaxed attitude suddenly felt tremendous pressure.

There are too many to mention.

Therefore, as soon as these merchants seized the opportunity, they fled the evil den of Dai County and flocked to Hangzhou.

Thinking of this, Chong Heihu couldn't help laughing.

Xia Yun stepped forward, and a group of merchants knelt on the ground. Xia Yun quickly signaled for everyone to stand up.

"Master Huang, why are you here too?"

Xia Yun soon saw Mr. Huang among the merchants.

It was the other party who sent Huang Yuner to serve him.

"Since I left you, sir, I have missed you so much that I have come to help you despite the travel trouble."

Mr. Huang responded with a smile.

In fact, his heart is full of bitterness.

The militarized management implemented by Qin Tianye in Dai County made these businessmen completely miserable.

Although Xia Yun often exploited them, his temperament was always gentle.

In addition, Xia Yun has unique business acumen and genius creativity.

Although it exploited them, it also brought them income far beyond what they had before.

"Xia has missed you all very much since I left you. The government office has prepared wine and food. I hope you all will return to the government office with me so that we can celebrate properly."

Xia Yun laughed.

Not long after, Xia Yun brought a group of Dai County merchants who came from afar and held another grand banquet in the prefectural government office.

At the same time, on the other side of Hangzhou City.

The back hall of the governor's Yamen.

A few figures took their seats.

The lights flickered in the breeze, creating reflections on the wall.

“Who would have thought that the four major salt merchant families would end like this.”

In the back hall, the depressing atmosphere lasted for quite a while.

The dead silence was not broken until the governor Zuo Anning spoke.

"Yesterday, the capital sent a message that the young minister had already submitted a petition to impeach Xia Yun. His Majesty has sent a censor, who will arrive in Hangzhou soon."

Governor Chen Hanzhi spoke immediately afterwards.

The series of changes taking place in Hangzhou City today are completely beyond his control.

Especially yesterday, Governor Lei Zhenning punished Wang Lei in front of everyone.

This is undoubtedly telling the world that he, Lei Zhenning, will not interfere in the fight between the governor and the prefect.

"The Censor-in-Chief is here?"

Upon hearing this, Judge Zhang Qingquan showed a rare look of surprise on his face.

"Sir, we have to do something."

Governor Zuo Anning thought about it and his expression quickly became serious.

Although he did not show up yesterday.

But the entire Zhejiang officialdom, and even the imperial court, knew that Zuo Anning was a real official of the Jiangnan Party.

One glory and one glory.

"What do you want to do?"

Chen Hanzhi raised his eyebrows. At this point, he couldn't think of any better solution.

The few remaining options are all means of taking advantage of the situation.

"Sir, since Xia Yun is unkind, and we don't have to be righteous, I'll leave this matter to you. I must bring Xia Yun to the capital when the censor arrives!"

A hint of ruthlessness quietly emerged in Zuo An Ning's eyes.

Seeing this, Chen Hanzhi thought for a moment and finally chose to agree.

"Sir, there is another situation. The prefectural government posted a notice in the evening, saying that a bidding meeting will be held tomorrow. All Daliang merchants can spend money to bid for various business rights."

“I wonder how we should deal with this?”

Judge Zhang Qingquan suddenly asked.

The main reason why he asked the question at this time was that a group of Hangzhou merchants who followed them were exerting pressure behind the scenes.

"Tell those wealthy merchants to prepare their silver and buy back their valuable business rights."

"But remember, wait until the sun sets tomorrow before going. Even if you can't deal with Xia Yun now, you must embarrass him!"

Chen Hanzhi responded in a gloomy voice.

It was because he ordered Hangzhou merchants to resist registration and refuse to pay operating fees that today's embarrassing situation occurred.

Whenever Chen Hanzhi thought of this incident, he felt very angry.