A month later, in the Xuyi Palace, a palace guard walked into the hall and said respectfully: "King Wu, Gaoyou salt merchant Li Chenghui is out asking to see?" ”

"Salt merchant Li Chenghui?" A hint of doubt flashed between Deng Yu's eyebrows, and then he ordered: "Lead him in!" ”

"No!" The palace guards answered the promise and withdrew from the meeting hall. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It didn't take long for the palace guards to lead a middle-aged man in.

Li Chenghui's face was respectful, and he knelt down and bowed: "Gaoyou Li Yuzhi (Li Chenghui, the word Yuzhi) See King Wu!" ”

"The head of the Li family is exempt from courtesy, give a seat, and serve tea!" Deng Yu had a smile on his face and a very enthusiastic attitude.

Li Chenghui saw that Deng Yue was so polite, and his behavior was even more respectful.

After a few words of greeting, Li Chenghui turned to the topic and said: "I heard that King Wu plans to run the salt industry and monopolize sea salt? ”

Deng Yu nodded and said, "Not bad!" ”

Hearing Deng Yu's personal confirmation, Li Chenghui's face changed slightly and said: "King Wu, although the official camp of the salt industry can bring huge profits to the Wu State, this policy is difficult to implement!" ”

In Li Chenghui's view, the salt industry official camp needs to be unified to have the strength and authority to implement, the world is bustling, all for profit, enough profits, can give birth to enough outlaws, any princes along the way, it is impossible to ban private salt.

At present, the Gaoyou Mansion and Tongzhou Prefecture (Tongzhou, Rugao, and Haimen counties) under the jurisdiction of Wu State have a large number of powerful and illegal salt dealers involved in the salt business.

Moreover, if the salt industry is not well controlled, the people will suffer, and it will have a great impact on Deng Yu's reputation.

In line with the principle of knowing everything and saying everything, Li Chenghui brought these concerns together, and after a long speech, his mouth was also dry, he confessed his guilt, and picked up the teacup and drank heavily.

"The head of the Li family is successful in business, and he is really thoughtful, but this king also has some countermeasures here......" Deng Yu pondered for a moment, suddenly raised his head, and raised his voice: "Come on, go and recruit Captain Lin Zexi!" ”

"No!" The guard outside the door said yes, and after a short time, he brought someone in.

"The last general, Lin Xu, see King Wu!" The man was a burly man in his thirties with a scar on his face.

Before Deng Yu could introduce him, Li Chenghui suddenly got up, pointed at Lin Xu and shouted, "Captain Lin? Are you Lin Xu, a smuggler in Xinghua? You, didn't you go against Zhang Shicheng and be arrested and imprisoned? How, how is it here? ”

When Lin Xu heard this, he gave a thumbs up and praised: "The master of the Li family has a good memory, we just dealt with each other once, and I still remember it, speaking of which, thanks to King Wu for defeating Zhang Shicheng, I, Lin Xu, can see the light of day again, King Wu did not think that Lin was mediocre and incompetent, so he promoted Lin to lieutenant and stayed in the palace to be used." ”

"No wonder ......" Li Chenghui nodded and shook his head again.

"Master Li, are you familiar with Captain Lin?" Deng Yu asked with interest.

When Li Chenghui heard this, he hurriedly replied: "Captain Lin used to be a well-known smuggler of salt in the Huaidong area, and his prestige in the rivers and lakes was no less than that of Zhang Shicheng. ”

Deng Yu nodded and smiled: "Since the two of you know each other, it's even better, Captain Lin, it's up to you to explain it next!" ”

"Yes!" Lin Xu promised, and then said eloquently: "If you want to monopolize the salt industry, you must first master enough salt fields, where does the salt fields come from, of course, you have to get it from the Haoqiang and salt merchants in Gaoyou and Tongzhou Erfu." ”

"To obtain the salt fields from Haoqiang and salt merchants, King Wu means both soft and hard, and the head of the Li family will come forward to buy, pacify, and connect in tandem in the open, and secretly......"

Speaking of this, Lin Xu's eyes rolled and he asked with a smile: "Does the head of the Li family know that King Wu has pacified the blood shark pirates who are rampant in the East China Sea?" ”

Li Chenghui nodded and said, "Li has heard that since King Wu pacified the blood shark pirates on Chongming Island, those pirates on Shengsi Island have reined in a lot recently!" ”

Shengsi Island (now Shengsi County) is the easternmost island of Zhejiang Province and the northernmost part of the Zhoushan Islands, where there are many bandits, and the single road is not as strong as the slanted eye biao, but the total number is more than the slanted eye biao's troops, and Shengsi Island is also entrenched in many illegal salt dealers.

Deng Yue's extermination of the Blood Shark pirates is almost unknown in the Central Plains, but for many pirates near the East China Sea, it is a great event, and all the pirates are now silent, for fear that the next moment, Deng Yu will slash the blade at them.

Deng Yu nodded at Lin Xu, then turned to Li Chenghui and said meaningfully: "So... Master Li, do you understand? ”

"King Wu is far-reaching, Li admires!"

How could Li Chenghui not understand that coercion and temptation, he is responsible for inducement, and Lin Xu, a smuggler of salt, is naturally responsible for coercion.

Although there are many pirates and smugglers on Shengsi Island, in the face of the Wu army who can easily exterminate the blood shark pirates, isn't it just a dish?

As long as the Wu army sent troops to take the lair of pirates and smuggler salt dealers, with Lin Xu's prestige among smuggler salt dealers, he would be able to recruit and co-opt this group of people, and let them quickly turn into anti-smuggling salt dealers.

Salt merchants and Haoqiang often help each other with smugglers and pirates, and without the help of smugglers and pirates, the salt merchants and Haoqiang in Haozhou and Tongzhou are like tigers with teeth removed, and can only honestly act according to the rules set by Deng Yu.

In this way, Li Chenghui believes that Deng Yu will eventually be able to control the salt industry, but he still has a doubt about his heart, if he can get a satisfactory answer, Li Chenghui will do his best to help.

I saw Li Chenghui looking directly at Deng Yu with both eyes, and asked with a solemn face: "I don't know if King Wu took the benefits of sea salt, whether it was for a temporary speculation or a long-term plan!" ”

Deng Yu heard Li Chenghui's question, and knew that Li Chenghui was a good businessman with a moral bottom line, so he immediately replied calmly: "This king's profit from Haiyan is indeed for the sake of enriching the country and strengthening the army in the short term, to support the great cause of 'expelling the Tartars and restoring the Han dynasty'!" The long-term plan is to regulate the price of salt and prevent the general public from being exploited by unscrupulous salt merchants! ”

"How does King Wu plan to regulate the price of salt, so that the people will not be exploited by unscrupulous salt merchants?" Li Chenghui couldn't help but ask.

Deng Yu didn't care about Li Chenghui's rudeness, and continued to reply calmly: "After this king controls the price of salt, he will not blindly rise, but let it be as it is, but will take the initiative to make the price of salt fluctuate in some specific periods, and then crack down on those salt merchants who hoard and try to make profits!" ”

After getting the answer he wanted, Li Chenghui left his seat, bowed respectfully to Deng Yue, and immediately took over the important task of luring salt merchants and Haoqiang.