Leaving aside the three conditions offered to the salt merchants, Zhao Xiaoxi shifted his next energy to the matter of disposing of the officials of the two Zhejiang roads. In the face of so many officials involved in this incident, Zhao Xiaoxi must be cautious, relying on the forbidden army and the cloth pavilion he brought, always control the latest movements of the cities on Liangzhejiang Road, and beware of people making trouble and causing chaos on Liangzhejiang Road.

As for the salt merchants who saw the officers and soldiers leaving, they didn't have to worry about losing their heads for the time being, and they were also entangled in the face of the conditions thrown by Zhao Xiaoxi. In fact, what made them even more entangled was that they didn't know that in the hands of this prince of Qincha, he controlled the evidence of their crimes with Jiangnan officials. If you really conceal it and don't report it, the consequences are unpredictable!

Looking at President Lu Wuwei, who was in deep contemplation, the local salt merchant in Hangzhou asked, "President, what should we do now?" It's okay for us to double our money, but if we betray those officials, who will dare to take care of our salt club next time? This method of the prince is undoubtedly to cut off our back road! ”

Lu Wuwei, who was interrupted from his thoughts, sighed and said, "This Qincha prince is a good method!" It seems that we are allowed to live, but in fact, it cuts us off. In the future, if we want to continue to engage in salt trading, I am afraid that we will have to cooperate honestly with the government. In this way, we can get a lot less benefit.

Without the government as a backer, we are afraid that we will continue to be in trouble in the future, which can be regarded as completely cutting off our relationship with the government and slowly making us pay the price for this incident. But you also heard before, this prince is not a good stubble, if we don't do what he says, whether we can live in three days, I'm afraid it's a question! ”

Hearing Lu Wuwei say this, the salt merchants also quickly realized that they had encountered such a powerful person. Their wealth really doesn't play a big role. The connections that have been in business for many years collapsed at the moment when the other party led troops into the city. Even if there are still many officials in Jiangnan who have survived at this moment, but Liu Guangqian, who has the highest position, has fallen, what role can other prefects play?

The salt merchants who thought of these also said to Zhao Xiaoxi before that this world belongs to the people of the world, but it also belongs to his Zhao family. At this moment, the imperial rule made them feel that a rope had appeared around their necks. At the slightest movement of them, the rope of imperial power would cost them their lives.

If there is no money, as long as they can continue to run this salt business, they will be able to earn it back sooner or later. If you lose your life, no amount of wealth will be like a cloud of smoke. Compared with this prince of Qincha, who holds the imperial power and military power, they are really not enough at this moment. If they fight to argue with the imperial court, causing turmoil and chaos in the salt market in Jiangnan, they are worried about whether they can see that the moment when the imperial court is pacified.

The salt merchants, who were in a dilemma, fell into helplessness again. At this time, Zhu Liye, a salt merchant who came to Mingzhou on Liangzhejiang Road, spent a lot of effort in order to squeeze into this salt business circle. If Zhao Xiaoxi's practice is followed, the illicit salt he has smuggled over the years will almost make him lose his qualification as the heir of the family. For this reason, he will not sit idly by no matter what.

Seeing these old salt merchants who usually looked down on him, sitting here in a daze, Zhu Liye quickly got up and said, "President, since everyone can't discuss and decide now, then please forgive Liye for leaving first." Compared with all of you who are old qualifications of the Chamber of Commerce, although Liye is a newcomer, he will not sit still no matter what.

Even if he is a prince and a Qincha, he can't kill innocents indiscriminately, right? What's more, I don't believe that he, a prince who usually sits in the capital, can really know all the things we have done.

If he really has such great ability, why should he let us confess our sins? Wouldn't it be happier to just arrest us and raid our homes? I, Zhu Liye, have finally made this situation today, and I will not pay twice the tax under any circumstances. ”

Leaving behind such a move to the salt merchants, this new salt merchant, who usually abides by the rules in the salt merchants' association, quickly saluted and turned around and left the teahouse. And looking at Zhu Liye who was leaving, Lu Wuwei seemed to guess something that was about to happen. It's just that after listening to Zhu Liye's words, he felt that it would be good to let him test that Qincha's reaction.

This kind of thinking is not only Lu Wuwei, but also other salt merchants who have not left. The psychology of 'dead poor people are not as good as dead friends' is very obvious at this moment. In the face of Zhu Liye, who was likely to cause trouble when he left, he did not send farewell or comfort any salt merchants, but felt that letting the other party test it was the most beneficial situation for them.

Despite this idea, Lu Wuwei still confessed to these salt merchants when he announced the end of the party. During this three-day period, it is better to avoid trouble. And in order to buy time for Zhu Liye, he also told these salt merchants that it was best to make some moves to prepare money and prepare to pay the arrears of taxes.

According to Lu Wuwei's guess, Zhu Liye, who left earlier, controls the entire Haiyan Workshop in Mingzhou. After he returned, he was afraid that he would use his influence among the salt people to cause some trouble. Moreover, his ability to enter the Salt Merchants Association has a lot to do with the fact that the Zhu family is a famous family in Mingzhou.

In addition to controlling the Haiyan Workshop in the whole province, the Zhu family in Mingzhou also controls many fishermen in Mingzhou, and his family's business inn is even more biased in Mingzhou. It can be said that after several generations of the Zhu family's operation, Mingzhou Mansion has become the back flower courtyard of their Zhu family. Even the prefect Cao Yun envoy appointed by the imperial court had to be polite when he saw the head of the Zhu family, for fear that the other party would cause chaos in Mingzhou.

As for the city defense army of Mingzhou Mansion, most of them are local children of Mingzhou, and these people are very clear about the status of the Zhu family in Mingzhou. Even if the government wanted to take the Zhu family, many times before it could be done, the Zhu family would get the news in advance and retreat in advance, and take refuge in the Zhu family's base camp located outside the land. Then, through the official connections they operate, the officials who threaten them will be eliminated.

If you use the connections of the family business, you can't get the officials who want to trouble their Zhu family. The outlaws they kept on the outer islands would pretend to be pirates and ransack the Mingzhou Mansion and kill the officials. In the end, the Zhu family came forward again to calm down the chaotic Mingzhou, escaped the government's purge, and became a hero in stabilizing Mingzhou.

The salt merchants who know the history of the Zhu family know that their family has not been involved in matters outside Mingzhou before, and most of the sea salt produced is also sold by the family's fleet. As for Mingzhou, it is the Zhu family's own land, and it is almost impossible for any salt merchant to sell salt to Mingzhou. This also means that as long as the Zhu family does not sell salt, the people of Mingzhou will cut off salt.

It is precisely because of the understanding of the Zhu family's status in Mingzhou, coupled with the large size of the other party's shipping fleet, that the Salt Merchants Association, a chamber of commerce that rarely replenishes newcomers. finally accepted Zhu Liye, who was in charge of the family's salt business, and became a member of the Jiangnan Salt Merchants Association. That is, when they received a favorable foreign aid, the Zhu family was also qualified to sell salt goods to other places.

The scattered salt merchants, looking at the windy and sunny sky outside the teahouse, had a feeling that a storm was coming. What will turn out of this event, maybe there will be some movement in the next few days. If there is chaos in Mingzhou, it will definitely alarm this prince of Qincha, and it will soon be clear whether he chooses to appease the people of Mingzhou or choose to suppress mercilessly.

Regardless of whether it is the former or the latter, the salt merchants choose to sit on the wall and watch. If this prince is just a spearhead, choosing to appease means that what he said in the Chamber of Commerce before was to scare them.

When the matter comes, it is none of their own business, and they will not have to worry about their lives being saved according to what this prince said. If you choose bloody suppression, I believe that you will not be able to escape the charge of causing local chaos, and then this prince of Qincha is afraid that it will not be easy to deal with the imperial court. Moreover, one has a bad impact, which leads to chaos in other places, and it is very likely that the imperial court will take this prince to blame the people for their anger in order to appease the civil unrest in Jiangnan.

In short, after Zhu Liye left the Chamber of Commerce, the salt merchants' spy network paid attention to the situation in Mingzhou. But on the bright side, these salt merchants, who were sophisticated in the world and settled in Hangzhou, began to collect funds to pay compensation taxes. I want to use this to confuse this prince who is sitting in Hangzhou, and wait for the chaos in Mingzhou to start.

It's just that what they don't know is that for these salt merchants who control Jiangnan Salt City, everyone's family background Zhao Xiaoxi is in place through Bu Yiyue, and naturally they also know this local tyrant Zhu Liye in Mingzhou. What they didn't expect was that what Zhu Liye said in the main hall, as soon as the salt merchants dispersed, Zhao Xiaoxi received a secret report.

It is clear that Zhu Liye, who is the most promising successor to the head of the Zhu family, will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble when he returns to Mingzhou. In addition, the cloth pavilion arranged in Mingzhou mentioned that the Zhu family is on an overseas island, and it also supports a group of outlaw pirates. These pirates usually act as the thugs of the Zhu family, robbing the merchant ships that enter the territory of Mingzhou but do not greet the Zhu family.

Even the fact that the first prefect and the two Cao Yun envoys were killed by pirates in Mingzhou are inseparable from these pirates raised by the Zhu family. In addition, the Zhu family's power in the Mingzhou City Defense Army is also not small. In addition, the Zhu family knows that rabbits do not eat the grass next to the nest, and the prestige of the people in Mingzhou is very high, and it is very likely to cause chaos by provoking a little.

Zhao Xiaoxi, who learned of this possibility, quickly ordered Huyan Leopard to sit in Hangzhou, and Cao Zhen led the cavalry of the forbidden army to secretly go out of the city to Mingzhou. Once Mingzhou is in turmoil, immediately control all the people of the Zhu family to take over the Mingzhou city defense army. As for him, he led the members of the military department to leave Hangzhou by boat, preparing to come to the outside to get rid of the Zhu family, the biggest cancer in Mingzhou.

At the same time, he took this opportunity to warn these salt merchants who planned to make a profit from the fishermen that the consequences of trying to make a profit were very serious. As long as he waits for the officials to be replenished by the imperial court in place, he has his own way to slowly eliminate the influence of these salt merchants, and fundamentally let them understand that the end of wrestling with the imperial court is very fatal!