He soon saw another group of people coming over from the front yard, led by civil officials and military generals, who should be the leaders.
So he hurried over, forced a smile on his face, bowed and said, "I am Huang Yongfa, a humble servant. I wonder what brings you to my humble home?"
The visitors were the newly appointed prefect of Xuanfu, Shen Yixiao, and the general of the Beijing Cavalry Battalion, Henry He. Among them, Shen Yixiao had only received the imperial edict this morning and knew what to do, because Henry He was in charge of confiscating the properties of the eight major Shanxi merchants in Xuanfu, and his cooperation was needed to arrest the criminals.
Generally speaking, the people in charge are civil officials, but this time, it was Henry He who spoke: "You traitors, beasts, arrest them!"
The Shanxi merchants strengthened the Jianlu for their own selfish interests, causing the country to fall to this point. As a military commander, he suffered the most. Therefore, when he heard that the man in front of him was one of the eight Shanxi merchants mentioned by the emperor himself, he immediately became furious. While shouting, he took a step forward and slapped him.
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