The bloody facts told this old man who had experienced decades of ups and downs that the times had changed, and the era that belonged to them had ended, and in an instant, the back of the mountain seemed to bend down, and the power of the whole body had been reduced by three points.

"Governor Qiao, you can go to the cold house, the old man is very honored, don't be kind for a little thing, let's invite it in the house!" Qiao Yu went straight to the main hall with the situation, and countless members of the Elder Brotherhood along the way looked at Qiao Yu with resentful and fearful eyes, but they didn't dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool.

When he came to the main hall, Qiao Yu sat on the first place, and glanced at Zhang Deyang and the others who were already sitting in the main hall with his eyes, and did not say anything, but smiled at Guan Youshan: "Old, I had a conflict with many friends of your guild in Yucheng, please don't blame me!" ”

"Governor Qiao is polite, the rivers and lakes and the temple are two places, since they are willing to get involved in politics, they have deviated from the purpose of the people of the rivers and lakes, life and death are their own, I don't want to care, let alone care, now the old man has something to plead with the governor?"

"Besides, you're polite, you can talk about it, and you will definitely not shirk if you can do it in the future!"

"The governor is young and promising, and he is doing the right thing, I am a bad old man, and I shouldn't say anything, but these children below have to eat, so I beg the governor not to let them even smash their jobs, but it is also hundreds of thousands of people, and it is also a trouble to mess up!"

Although Youshan's momentum has weakened a lot, his words are still soft and hard, and he directly told Qiao Yu not to do things if he doesn't want to be in chaos in Sichuan! Qiao Yu still didn't react, and glanced at the audience majestically.

"The old age, the Qing court is incompetent, unable to rectify local security, the people who can't survive have to form various organizations to protect themselves, which is understandable, and now the Manchu Qing Dynasty is about to be completely destroyed, a new country will be established, this new country belongs to the people, to do as much as possible to serve the people, in the future, all those who are willing to pay hard work, abide by the rules and regulations will be able to live freely, and anyone who wants to get something for nothing, tricks and robberies will inevitably be hit, if they violate the law and commit crimes, they will be punished, this is inevitable, As long as the congregation of your congregation can obey the law, it will be safe and sound, otherwise there will be nothing they can do! ”

Besides, Youshan still wants to say something, and suddenly feels that he doesn't know where to start, and the set in the past is not good, if the practices of the elder association are legal, then what is the party doing in the association, go home directly to be a farmer, why come out to fight to the death, isn't it that good thing for everyone! Besides, Youshan thought about it for a long time, and it seems that as long as he goes straight in, the other party really can't get in.

"Governor Qiao has the people in his heart, it is the blessing of Sichuan, the old man has anything to say, the first governor intends to change the salt policy, I don't care, I just hope to be able to give Brother Zhang and others the right to continue to produce well salt, as for the rest, it is all up to the governor, in addition, many brothers of the elder brother are pointing to protect the salt road alive, and I hope that the governor can understand the hardship, so that these brothers can continue to rely on this to eat, in addition, the old man has nothing else to ask for!"

After Youshan finished speaking, Zhang Deyang and the others were slightly dissatisfied, the old man originally said that he wanted to stop the reform of the salt administration, why did he change his mind now, but after thinking about the dozens of dead and injured people outside the door, they also did not have the courage to force Qiao Yu to comply, if they could continue to experience well salt, it would already be a great benefit, it would depend on whether Qiao Yu could agree.

The elder congregations present also pricked up their ears, this is related to their jobs, they can't help but be serious, Qiao Yu smiled at the situation Youshan: "It stands to reason that I should listen to the words of the old gentleman, but the situation has changed, forgive me for all difficulties, and now it has been determined that seven merchants are the operators of the salt industry, as for whether it needs to be increased depends on the actual situation, the second situation is that the brothers of the elder brother will protect the salt road, and now the military and political axe has collected the salt tax, and it is obligatory to ensure the safety of the salt road, Anyone who wants to threaten the safety of the salt road will have to endure the punishment of the law, there is no doubt about it! ”

Besides, Youshan has been a man of his word in the past few decades, and now the two conditions mentioned have reached the bottom limit, according to his thoughts, how could Qiao Yu agree to one, so as to give him a face, and put an end to today's matter, who knows that Qiao Yu has not agreed to any of them, how can he order his subordinates in the future, so the old man's face is also very ugly.

"Your Excellency the Governor, are you really not going to give us a way to live? Don't forget that there are more than 100,000 members of the Brotherhood in Sichuan, and this time the Brotherhood was able to launch the Brotherhood to protect the road! ”

"Old, as long as they abide by the law, everyone has a way to live, if they don't obey the law, everyone will be sanctioned, Zhang Deyang and others can no longer operate the salt industry, but the family wealth they have accumulated over the years is quite rich, soon I will announce a bill to encourage and support industry and commerce, as long as they are willing to change careers, the future is unlimited, and the so-called protection of the elders is just extortion and extortion, which is an illegal act that the military and political axes are resolutely opposed, if it is maintained, what is the difference between the military and political axes and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, But it's still the same sentence, as long as everyone is willing to pay, there will always be a better life! As for the other governors, they really didn't see it. ”

Qiao Yu's answer was still extremely tough, and he didn't care about the threat of the mountain at all, and at this moment, several leaders of the Elder Brotherhood below couldn't stand it anymore, and they all stood up and shouted loudly.

"Old man, since Governor Qiao doesn't give us this face, let's use our own hands to earn face back!" As he spoke, many members of the Brotherhood poured in, many of whom were armed with shotguns, Hanyang-made and other weapons, and hundreds of people surrounded the entire hall.

"Governor Qiao, two fists are hard to beat with four hands, as long as you agree to our conditions, everything is negotiable, otherwise today next year will be your taboo!"

When these elders kept shouting, they suddenly heard a rush of gunfire outside, and soon hundreds of people rushed in, and in turn surrounded them, those with muskets in their hands were taken care of and killed on the spot, and the rest of the people with large knives and red tassel guns were not threatened, so they were all let go, and a hundred special combat team members around Qiao Yu tightly protected Qiao Yu.

At this time, Wu Fenglou, who was in charge of the command outside, came directly to the main hall, only to see that he was covered in blood, like a demon, and at first glance, he had killed a lot of people with his own hands, and after he came in, he didn't put those already scared and stupid salt merchants and Guo Youshan in his eyes, but came directly to Qiao Yu and saluted: "Report to the governor, three hundred and seventy rebels have been killed, and another five hundred and twenty-three people have been captured, please command the governor!" ”

"Well, it's good, arrest all these rebels and serve hard labor for three years!"

"Yes!"

Qiao Yu saw that the situation was under control, and got up and came to the front of Guo Youshan: "Mr. Guo, the times are different, the old yellow calendar has to be changed, otherwise it will only be eliminated, please think about it!" ”

After finishing speaking, Qiao Yu left the Kuang family directly, and did not do anything to those salt merchants, in fact, there was no need for it, there was a conflict between the Kuang family here, and all the salt wells had been taken over over there, and then leased to those new salt merchants, and the pattern of Fushun Salt Industry changed drastically in an instant! The original salt merchants all ended up in disgrace except for the Lu family, and even the Elders' Association was hit hard!

In the first few days, when the two sides were still in conflict, the price of salt soared, but in the blink of an eye, the Fushun salt merchants were defeated and lost, the salt industry was reshuffled, and the seven freshly baked salt merchants announced their decision to reduce the price of salt, and the price of salt in the market fell to below 80 wen in an instant, and there was a trend of further decline.

In this salt policy reform, Qiao Yu directly got three hundred and fifty taels of silver from seven salt merchants, and at the same time obtained nearly 600,000 taels by renting out salt wells, and he immediately had plenty of money at hand, and he also knew very well that southern Sichuan had settled down, the salt administration had been resolved, and it was time to go to Chengdu and completely ascend to the throne of Sichuan Governor!