Disarmament is impossible, and if it were not unnecessary, Zhang Ming would still want to expand the army.

At this time, the expansion of the army is really unbearable.

Zhang Ming wrote a very long letter and went back, and the next day he left Zhuo County and continued south.

At this time, the situation in Xuzhou is also very delicate.

Xi Zhicai ordered the salted fish to be sold, and even arranged for many people to go out to set up stalls.

A large amount of salted fish was sold.

On the sixth day, Xi Zhi resumed selling for half a day.

But at this time, many people have a lot of salted fish in their homes.

These salted fish, save a little to eat, you can eat for a long time.

Xi Zhicai called the pillar.

"I've got some news with you, and you're going to spread it, and in two days' time, it's going to spread it in all counties at the same time."

Xi Zhicai wants the pillar to act day and night, and the news must be spread on time.

"Fight with us, I'm afraid this pottery thorn history won't be home yet."

Xi Zhicai was very proud, and he prepared a big gift for Tao Qian.

I believe Tao Qian will enjoy it very much.

The time for the seven salt merchants to prepare was up, and on the evening of the seventh day, they met at the Tanglin Restaurant.

"But you're all set?" Cao Xing asked first.

"Don't worry, from tomorrow onwards, this Zhang Ming's salted fish will not be so easy to sell, not only will it have to add a lot of taxes, but it will take a lot of trouble to get in."

"Well, we have raised the price of salted fish to facilitate our shipment, and now the working capital is pressed on it, and life is not easy."

"Don't worry, Zhang Ming will not be happy soon."

The main purpose of this meeting is to reconfirm the consensus, and then ask how well each family is in contact.

After they are determined one by one, they will act at the same time the next day and start attacking Zhang Ming.

They are a group of local snakes, and they are not afraid of Zhang Ming, an outsider.

The party was a success, and everyone was happy.

"Tao Thorn Shi has acquiesced, and Zhang Ming will cry soon."

"So much salted fish will only make a wedding dress for us."

"This time, in less than ten days, Zhang Ming will go back to Liaodong in a gloomy manner."

"Hahahaha."

When the party broke up, they went home and waited for the next day.

At dawn the next day, Xi Zhicai sat alone in the courtyard drinking tea.

The action has already begun.

Soon, news will spread.

"As soon as Tao Thorn Shi took office, he wanted to immigrate for profit, and he wanted to set up a card to increase taxes."

"Tao Thorn Shi is loyal on the surface, but in fact he is a traitorous and evil person, how long has he been in office, he has to raise taxes, how can the people live?"

"I heard that Tao Qian is going to rebel, and he collects taxes just to recruit troops and buy horses?"

"You don't know, Tao Qian's two sons, one is collecting money, and the other is making friends with people from all walks of life, preparing to rebel."

If the tax is really raised and a checkpoint is set up, Xi Zhicai is already ready to splash all the dirty water on Tao Qian and attack him.

When the tax increase is confirmed, there will be all kinds of rumors in Xuzhou, which will be enough for Tao Qian to be uncomfortable at that time.

Of course, Xi Zhicai doesn't know how to do anything.

"I heard that Tao Qian wants to raise taxes and increase all taxes, and the owner who sells salted fish said that there is a lot of inventory and the price will not increase."

"There will be no price increase, if it is out of stock, everyone will wait a few days."

"You can wait, there are still ten salted fish at home anyway."

"Ten salted fish? Local tyrants. ”

"Hahaha, I have fifteen salted fish at home."

"It's good if you don't raise the price, it's good if you don't increase the price."

Xi Zhicai had long known that the major families were hoarding a large amount of salted fish, so he released the news and promised not to increase the price.

At this time, the people still have a lot of stock in their hands, enough for them to eat for a while, even if they don't sell it for a while, they will be fine.

At this time, their inventory is indeed not very large, and if it cannot be shipped in from outside, it is only enough to sell for two and a half days.

Xi Zhicai has already arranged for people to set up stalls in various places.

The stalls are mobile, so that many people can buy them.

Several major families are still waiting for news, and Tao Qian has also been paying attention to this matter, he has just taken office, and if there is a major incident, it will be disastrous for him.

"Lord Thorn."

"My lord, it's not good."

The long history of the Assassin Mansion came in a panic, and Tao Qian's heart couldn't help but tremble, today is the day when Zhang Ming's salted fish was done, is there something wrong?

"My lord, it is rumored that my lord is going to rebel."

"Also, the adults want to raise taxes and compete with the people for profit."

Tao Qian trembled, competing with the people for profit, these four words are too heavy.

These four words can destroy a person and make a person who is originally very famous fall to the bottom all of a sudden.

During the Ming Dynasty, the court was poor, and those scholars and merchants, the rich were going to die, and the emperor wanted to raise taxes, so the Donglin Party began to attack the emperor, with a saying that they could not compete with the people, so that the emperor could not increase the commercial tax, and finally the country went bankrupt.

At this time, some people attacked Tao Qian and competed with the people for profit.

"Whoever is spreading rumors, arrest them all."

Tao Qian was angry, he was an official at the end of the Han Dynasty, and his reputation was very important.

This kind of ruining his reputation is like digging up his ancestral grave.

"Lord Thorn Shi, it's not just one or two, but the entire Xiapi City has spread."

Tao Qian sighed in his heart, this matter is not simple.

After realizing that it was not simple, Tao Qian said: "Go and check immediately, what is going on." ”

This is not a trivial matter, in case it spreads widely and his reputation is bad, he Tao Qian will not have to be an official, at least he will have to change places to be an official.

"A bunch of trash."

Tao Qian thought about it, it must be that these families did not operate well, leaked the news in advance, or some other reason.

In the evening, the people who had gone to investigate returned.

"Lord Thorn Shi, this is not a good thing."

"How?"

"The streets and alleys have all spread, as if no one knows about it."

Tao Qian was stunned, even if there were some rumors, it shouldn't be like this.

Tao Qian's IQ was online, and he immediately realized that someone did it on purpose.

"It must be Zhang Ming."

Tao Qian could think that the only one who dared to do this and had a motive was Zhang Ming.

It is indeed Zhang Ming, but how can it spread all over the streets and alleys in one day?

Zhang Ming's communication technology and concepts are much more advanced than those of the ancients, and in terms of intelligence, Zhang Ming has watched so many spy war dramas in later generations, at least he knows how to use codes on the street.

As for the communication, the grapevine, plus a few words about my cousin's neighbors, my aunt's relatives or something, works best.

The news spread.

This caught the seven major salt merchants off guard, and they were in Xiapi City at this time.

As soon as I heard the news, I was immediately stunned, this plot is completely wrong.

At this time, everyone still thought that it was just Xiapi City, and someone was making ghosts in Xiapi City.

On this day, they began to move and set up cards.

A lot of salted fish were stopped, but they stopped directly outside the checkpoint, and the people were there, without leaving and not paying taxes.

The seven major salt merchants, no matter what, all stopped the salted fish for the time being.

At this time, the salted fish was stopped in many places and could not be transported.