One of the hardest things for people to do is to try to change the habitual thinking of others.

People are easily dependent creatures, and when people get used to something or a certain state of mind, they usually don't do anything to change the status quo unless they are forced to do so or have made enough determination.

For more than a decade, the agreement between the merchants and the bandits in Shuzhong seemed to have become a matter of course, and most people felt that only in this way could they ensure the smooth flow of trade routes and make their business prosperous.

However, from the perspective of Yang Yi, who is in power, this is completely a manifestation of government incompetence.

In the puzzled eyes of everyone, Yang Yi stood up and said, "I don't care what agreement you have with the bandits, how ambiguous the relationship is, but from today onwards, if I find out who still has something to do with the bandits, I should be punished as a bandit, you are all knowledgeable people, I believe you should know what the consequences are." ”

Although Yang Yi was smiling, the murderous aura contained in his words could be felt by everyone present.

After a moment of silence, Huang Yan mustered up the courage to say, "But Your Highness... In this way, how can we live in Shu Dao! ”

In fact, Huang Yan still didn't say the second half of the sentence in his heart, that is: "Your Su family has the backing of the army, so naturally you won't be afraid of bandits, but how did we deal with bandits?" ”

This is also the voice of everyone present.

Yang Yi glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "Aren't you going to pay the road repair fee to the bandits every year?" This year's road repair fee does not need to be handed over to the bandits, all of it will be handed over to me, and after I have reorganized the army, I will go into the mountains to suppress the bandits. “

The hall is unusually quiet, and the people who can enter this room today are all well-known figures in the business community in Shu, and none of them are fools, all of them think that this is the new King of Shu is looking for a reason to ask everyone for money.

When Tao Yong was in power, he also sent troops into the mountains to suppress the bandits countless times, no matter whether they won or lost, as long as the official army retreated, the bandits would always spring up like mushrooms after a rain, and the ashes would resurge.

Cui Yonggui, who had been silent, immediately said when he saw this: "What His Highness said is that the bandits are unkind and should be punished." The official army has consumed a lot of money to suppress bandits, and my Cui family is willing to contribute 10,000 taels to suppress bandits! “

All the merchants suddenly expressed their willingness to fund the bandits, with a few hundred taels and a few tens of thousands of taels. In their opinion, this money is actually used to honor His Royal Highness the King of Shu, which is a kind of bribery in disguise.

Yang Yi didn't speak, just asked Monkey Jian'er to record the number of each person's report, these people in the province regretted it afterwards, of course they can't get along with money at this time, the heads of this group of business houses, stewards, don't look at them crying all day long and crying that life is sad, in fact, there is money hidden in the house, and it is estimated that even they don't know how to count.

Yang Yi did not send troops to these wall-to-wall grass homes to collect, he already thought that he was the benevolent master, and he was naturally at ease when he put away the money at this time.

"I'll give you 50,000 taels!" Suddenly, a voice shouted.

Everyone was shocked, and turned their heads to look, it turned out to be Gao Xin of the Gao family's trading house. Everyone immediately realized that Gao Xin wanted to use money to settle the festival of the Gao family and Yang Yisu's family.

Under the prompting of Monkey Jian'er, Yang Yi also understood that this person was Gao Xin, and naturally understood why he wanted to pay so much money, but he couldn't say it on his face, and said with a smile: "The high shopkeeper is benevolent and generous, which is really the blessing of the people in my Shu and the model of everyone." ”

Gao Xin stood up and said: "Your Highness has an overreputation, Gao just wants to do a modest contribution for His Highness." “

Yang Yi nodded, and saw that Monkey Jian'er remembered almost everything, so he said, "En... Everyone's righteousness, this king keeps it in mind, and also thanks you for the people of Shu, give this king three months, if there is a bandit on the Shu road, you come to talk to me. ”

Everyone was shocked, and the implication was that Yang Yi really wanted to send troops to suppress the bandits. I thought that Yang Yi wanted to loot everyone's money, but he didn't want it to really mean to be a bandit.

Huang Yan was puzzled: "Your Highness really wants to exterminate the bandits?" ”

Yang Yi glanced at him and said with a smile: "There is no joke in the army, is it possible that Huang Guan thinks I'm joking?" ”

"I don't dare, it's just..."Huang Yan still questioned: "It's just that the bandits are numerous, and they are hidden in the mountains, Tao Yong has also sent troops to exterminate them several times before, and every time he just retreats, the bandits resurrect, and they get worse and worse each time." ”

Hearing this, Yang Yi turned around and sat down, looking at everyone: "There are many reasons why the bandits are indestructible in Shu Dao, and I believe that you know better in your hearts than me, a newcomer to Shu, who is tired of it." Saying that, his eyes were cold and he said: "When this king sat in this position, he said that as long as he is not a heinous person, he will not be held accountable for his crimes, I don't care how many inextricable relationships you had with the bandits before, and if you don't want the whole family to ask for it, it's best to cut it off quickly." ”

"I'm a man who likes to joke, but I don't like to joke with enemies. For the sake of the hearts of the people in Shu, I have not been killing since I came to the throne, if any of you think this king is too merciful, you can try to see if my knife is sharp. ”

Yang Yi's tone was indifferent, but everyone couldn't help but shudder when they heard it, and suddenly remembered that the seemingly easy-going young Shu King in front of him had killed tens of thousands of fierce people, and the strength of Tao Yong and Gao Zuozhen was not clear to anyone here, Yang Yi could defeat the two and become the final winner, and it would definitely not be a good class.

The hall was unusually quiet, Yang Yi saw that the stick was almost beaten, and it was time to give these people a candy to eat, and said with a smile: "Of course, this king also has clear grievances, if you are friends of this king, I will also respect you one foot at a time." The silver you donate will not be collected in vain, starting tomorrow, before the Shu Road bandits are pacified, the government will organize a caravan to enter and exit the Shu Road every five days, and the king will arrange the army to escort you, and you will be guaranteed to have no worries about your property and life.

After thinking about it, Yang Yi pointed to the register in Monkey Jian'er's hand again, and added: "The number of goods that each caravan can carry is subject to the amount of money donated in this booklet, and please prepare in advance." ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole house was shocked, some people were happy and some were sad, the more donated was naturally a surprise, and the less donated could only stop and sigh.

What everyone didn't expect was that the biggest winner turned out to be Gao Xin, this guy originally wanted to please Yang Yi in the name of donation, but he didn't expect to be crooked, but he became the one with the most goods in and out.

Shuzhong has just undergone a coup d'état, and experienced a heavy rainstorm, not only the backlog of Shujin is serious, but also urgently need to transport goods into Shu from outside, who will undoubtedly take advantage of the large amount of transportation.

In March, a batch of goods every five days, if Gao Xin dares to gamble, it is very likely that after March, Gaojia Commercial Bank will be among the top commercial houses in Shuzhong.

Gao Xin's excited tears were about to flow out, and he gave Yang Yi a slap again and again, if it wasn't for the miserable support of others, I am afraid that he would have knelt down and kowtowed.