If a talented woman can use her wit, it is also a good thing.

So Xia Wanrou immediately encouraged Xiaoman.

"Xiaoman, if you have any clever plans, just say it, Xiuyuan and I are still waiting."

Su Xiaoman's face was swollen red at this time, and he glanced at Lu Li, as if he was waiting for Lu Li's answer, Lu Li knew that Su Xiaoman had a certain idea in his heart, so he gave her a warm smile and said to her slowly

"It's okay Xiaoman, if you have any ideas, just say it,"

Looking at Lu Li's smiling face, Xiao Man felt much more relaxed in his heart.

also knows that Lu Li is not like others, prohibiting women from discussing political affairs, Lu Li has always respected her ideas very much, as long as Xiao Man says it, Lu Li will listen carefully, this time with Lu Li's encouragement, Xiao Man is also brave to say his thoughts.

So, Xiao Man bit his lip and began to analyze.

"You see, we have now obtained this letter from these salt merchants to Lord Liu, which is ironclad evidence, if we use this ironclad evidence to threaten the salt merchants, I believe that they will have to donate money without donating silver, otherwise let Xiuyuan go to Beijing and report to the emperor, I don't believe that the emperor will protect them, and will also protect Lord Liu."

Wei Xiuyuan nodded, this is a good way, Xiao Man is really witty and smart, using this letter is now the best way they can take, so Wei Xiuyuan immediately took this letter and prepared to go out to threaten those salt merchants.

When he saw this letter, he didn't believe that such a salt merchant could still be so calm.

Wei Xiuyuan was about to go out just now, but Li Niang hurriedly stopped him, looked at Wei Xiuyuan's quick temper, and felt very helpless.

"Although Xiao Man's words are good, but there are still loopholes, if Lord Wei wants to go now, he will definitely have a conflict with those salt merchants, if they are annoyed by you, they break the jar and fall, they just don't donate silver, what are you going to do?"

Wei Xiuyuan said solemnly.

Of course, they are all locked up, and then the emperor will be revealed, and the emperor will definitely deal with them strictly when he hears about this matter.

Li Niang shook her head.

You think, if you deal with so many salt merchants, to the point of extermination, Yangzhou City for a time less so many merchants, it is inevitable that there is a shortage of materials, after the lack of materials, the market is unstable, and prices will definitely rise.

Xiao Man nodded, her idea just now was indeed too extreme, why should she be in a hurry to treat these salt merchants.

Wei Xiuyuan realized that what Li Niang said was very reasonable, and he was at a loss at this time, not knowing what to do.

Xia Wanrou helped her husband pull back into place, held Wei Xiuyuan's hand, and asked him to calm down, only when he calmed down could he come up with a real way.

At this time, Li Niang looked at Su Xiaoman again to see if she would have any new inspiration.

But Su Xiaoman was speechless at this time because the plan was full of loopholes just now, and the whole person was submissive, looking at Su Xiaoman as such a little woman, Liniang was naturally dissatisfied, to say that Su Xiaoman was the one who wanted to be his apprentice in the future, how could he be so timid if he was wrong.

What's more, Su Xiaoman, there was nothing wrong with what she said just now, but she didn't think about it well, and it was because she was too young and didn't have such an opportunity to show her talent before, so she was a little impatient at this moment.

Lu Li looked at the scene in front of him now, and wanted Liniang to slowly inspire Xiaoman, but he didn't know when he was going to drag things out, so he asked bluntly.

"Senior Liniang, can you tell us directly how to solve it, if you are delaying time, I don't know when the people of Yangzhou City will be saved."

Li Niang raised her eyebrows, she didn't expect Lu Li to be so anxious, so she just said a few more words, he couldn't wait, it seems that Lu Li's heart for the country and the people is indeed not spread by others, he cares about the people a hundred times more than that emperor.

Seeing that everyone was so anxious, Li Niang stopped selling Guanzi, and said slowly,

"You see, if we go with those salt merchants, it will not work, so we can only listen to them softly."

Hearing this, Wei Xiuyuan was naturally unhappy, those salt merchants were already heinous, and it was unreasonable to punish them if they were not arrested and imprisoned, not to mention that they were soft, did they want to beg them with their own prefect?

Senior Liniang, what do you mean, do you want us to ask those salt merchants for donations?

"Li Niang chuckled, I naturally didn't say this, we have this letter in our hands now, how can I force you to beg them, but you have to give these salt merchants a step down, otherwise if they are forced by you to be in a hurry, they will directly find Lord Liu, it won't make us lose more than we gain."

Speaking of this, Li Niang took a sip of tea, looking unhurried and confident.

Xiao Man nodded, Li Niang's idea is really much better than his previous one, if he is forced to donate, the salt merchant will inevitably have a conflict with Wei Xiuyuan, if the conflict is big, they just don't give money, and Wei Xiuyuan has no benefit, so at this time, the salt merchant can only come soft, not hard."

That Liniang senior, what do you think should be done?

Li Niang pondered for a moment.

"Isn't this simple, you will invite all the salt merchants in a few days, and then at the banquet, make a table of good wine and good food, and eat and drink with them, and have a good time, and finally you take out this letter at the dinner table, and then ask them if they want to donate, and the person who donated will have the title of an honorary merchant, or the prefect's handwritten book, personally awarded, so this honor, Yangzhou City is still relatively rare."

Xiao Man listened carefully to what Li Niang said next to him, and felt that Li Niang's mind was really extraordinary.

"Yes, in this case, we, those salt merchants have a staircase, and they have to donate, and they are all singing with red faces and white faces."

Hearing Lu Li's summary, Xiao Man continued Lu Li's words and said.

"Lu Li, I think it's really good to do this, let's just put on a Hongmen banquet, let these salt merchants go to the banquet, the prefect invites them to dinner, how dare not come, when they come, we will act according to the plan, so they will have to donate money at the dinner table."

Lu Li nodded, so he immediately walked down with Wei Xiuyuan, if he wanted to invite the salt merchants in Yangzhou City, he had to plan one or two.

A few days later, the salt merchants in Yangzhou City saw Wei Xiuyuan's invitation one after another, and they felt a little puzzled in their hearts.

The salt merchants gathered together, and they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Wei Xiuyuan's gourd.

"Did you see that the prefect actually invited us to a banquet today?"

Hearing what the president said, everyone nodded, and they all received an invitation from Wei Xiuyuan, which was in red, and it was written by Wei Xiuyuan himself, and it seemed that Wei Xiuyuan also sincerely wanted to invite them.

"This Wei Xiuyuan, is there any trick, could this kid call us there just to persuade us to donate money to the people?"

A salt merchant next to him touched his beard and told everyone, he was the oldest in the Chamber of Commerce, and he was also an old man in the Chamber of Commerce, calculating the time, he had been doing business for decades, and at this time he only regarded Wei Xiuyuan as a child, and there was nothing to take care of.

But he didn't know that behind Wei Xiuyuan was a scheming person like Li Niang.

"I think let's go and have a look, by the way, let Wei Xiuyuan see and understand, how ruthless and hard-hearted we are, let him stop bothering us, and besides, we haven't gotten instructions from Lord Liu at this time, so we will brake quietly, Wei Xiuyuan is whimsical, foolish dreams, and still want to convince us that when our money is blown by the wind."

So at this time, the salt merchants felt a little proud and prepared to go to the feast.

On this day, these salt merchants really arrived, they originally thought that since Wei Xiuyuan invited them to eat, naturally there should be some delicacies from the mountains and seas on the table, but they didn't expect Wei Xiuyuan's meal to be very shabby, all of them were ordinary foods such as steamed porridge.

How can these pampered salt merchants eat it, looking at the food on the table, they are very dissatisfied, and always feel that Wei Xiuyuan is deliberately mistreating them.

The most dissatisfied thing about the salt merchants was that Wei Xiuyuan was delayed, and these salt merchants didn't know who to throw their temper on for a while.

After a long while, Wei Xiuyuan was late and sat in his place, and these salt merchants saw Wei Xiuyuan coming, and they were sarcastic.

"My lord, your food is so shabby, do you want us to eat this?"

Wei Xiuyuan was not angry, and smiled directly, "What's wrong with eating these, you must know the disaster victims outside, but they can't even eat this." ”

Hearing what Wei Xiuyuan said, the salt merchants felt that there was some truth, if this banquet was all fish and meat, so that those people could smell it, wouldn't they have to rush to it.

However, eating these green vegetables and tofu, maybe Wei Xiuyuan wants to pretend to be in front of the victims and prove his integrity, but I didn't expect this Wei Xiuyuan to be young, but he has quite an idea.

At this time, no one in the salt merchant moved the chopsticks, after all, this is a green vegetable steamed bun, no one is happy to eat it, only Wei Xiuyuan eats it with relish, Wei Xiuyuan eats a few bites, and he feels a little strange when he sees these salt merchants not moving the chopsticks.

"What's wrong with all of you, why don't you eat? If you don't eat it, then I won't tell you anything serious. ”

The salt merchants exchanged glances with each other, looked at Wei Xiuyuan, and thought that he was finally going to start talking about business.

I saw Wei Xiuyuan say slowly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know it's not easy for you to start from scratch."