Chapter 606
Chapter 606
Tang Yin looked at the indignant Cao Hai, snorted and laughed, and said quietly: "It seems that Your Excellency is not here to accompany Gu to drink today, but to be angry with Gu on purpose!"
Cao Hai said-for-tat: "In Hedong, there is only one king, but that king is definitely not His Royal Highness the Wind King!"
"Hehe, who is it?"
"King Ning!"
"Haha-" Tang Yin laughed on his back, but then, he suppressed his laughter and said gloomily: "Since Your Excellency is so loyal to King Ning, then you should go on the road first and wait for him!"
While speaking, Tang Yin's arm waved suddenly, and a cold light appeared, drawing a half-moon-shaped arc in the air, and at the same time, a spiritual wave flew out, and when everyone in the hall did not react, the spiritual wave was not biased, and just hit Cao Hai's eyebrows.
With a short muffled sound, Cao Hai's body suddenly stiffened, he looked at Tang Yin dumbfounded, and after a full second, half of his head slowly slid down, and his body fell to the ground on his back, blood and brains splattered like a big puddle.
"Huh?"
This sudden change made an exclamation resounding in the hall, Wang Kai was dumbfounded on the spot, and the other seven rich and noble people were already trembling in fright, their faces were pale, and their faces were covered with cold sweat.
Tang Yin didn't look at the others, the scimitar he had just drawn out had already been put back, he raised his eyes and said in a deep voice outside the door: "Someone!"
"What does the king command?" he said, as several guards approached from outside.
Tang Yin pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "Drag it out." ”
"Yes, King!" the guards swarmed up, dragging Cao Hai's corpse and walking away quickly. As soon as they left, the servants on both sides hurried forward, each kneeling on the ground, and quickly wiped the blood from the ground.
Blood can be wiped dry, but the smell of blood wafting in the lobby cannot be cleared, and the scene of Cao Hai's tragic death is also fixed in people's minds, and it can't be waved away for a long time.
"Big ...... The king spared his life...... "Deng Ping, Peng Yu, Zeng An, Xiao Qing, Tian Ju, Dong Jian, and Yuan Chunan knelt tremblingly on the ground at the same time, with their heads on the ground, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads, let alone look at Tang Yin.
Tang Yin looked around at everyone, the murderous intent on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a harmless and kind smile, he waved his hand, and said, "What are you doing? ”
At this time, where did everyone dare to get up, and said in a trembling voice: "The king...... I'll wait...... Tomorrow he will prepare the silver and send it to him himself...... "Let them take out 100,000 taels of silver as cutting off their hearts, but 100,000 taels of silver is nothing compared to their lives."
However, to their surprise, Tang Yin shook his head and said, "No need!"
"The King...... You ......"
Tang Yin picked up the wine glass with a smile and said softly: "Let each of you take out 100,000 taels of silver, that is just a temptation of Lone's to you, to test your loyalty to the Wind Country and Lonely, and as a result, it turns out that Cao Hai, a thief, is a thief, and so on, Lone will never tolerate the traitor, and will definitely kill them all." Lord Wang?"
Wang Kai heard Tang Yin's summons, and finally came back to his senses, at this time his heart was as uncomfortable as a knife, Cao Hai didn't want to come, he forced him to come, but it turned out to be self-defeating, but Cao Hai lost his life, how could he afford such a big responsibility, and how did he explain to Cao Hai's family?
He took a step forward without being colored, mechanically bowed his hand to Tang Yin, and asked in a hoarse voice: "King, the minister is here!"
Looking at Wang Kai, who was enduring his grief, Tang Yin sneered in his heart, but his face was silent, and he said with a smile: "Don't tolerate the thief's family, Lord Wang, you go in person, immediately take someone to Cao Hai's mansion, arrest all his family members, and escort them to prison, remember, don't let anyone go, go!"
Wang Kai looked at Tang Yin in disbelief, he had already killed Cao Hai, was this not the end, and he had to kill Cao Hai's entire family? Tang Yin really planned to do so, and said sideways: "Cheng Jin?"
"The minister is here!"
Cheng Jin, who was standing on the side, stepped forward quickly and bowed. Tang Yin said with a smile: "You go with Lord Wang, assist Lord Wang, and be sure to get things done." ”
"Yes, King!" Cheng Jin agreed, walked up to Wang Kai, who was still stunned, and said expressionlessly: "Lord Wang, let's go!"
Wang Kai still wanted to speak, but Cheng Jin had already taken the first step to hold his arm and dragged him out of the lobby. When he got outside, Cheng Jinfang sent his hand away and said slowly: "Lord Wang, you have seen Cao Hai's performance just now, and you have heard what he said, such a great rebel, it is not a pity to die, if you intercede for him, you will undoubtedly ask for trouble and destroy your future, Lord Wang should think twice!"
Wang Kai is not afraid of death, but now he can't die, he must keep a useful body and save more lives of Ning people. He took a deep breath, nodded, bowed to Cheng Jinshen, and said, "Thank you General Cheng for reminding me." ”
Cheng Jincai didn't care so much about Wang Kai's life or death, he just considered that he still had to reuse Wang Kai now, once he had a dispute with the king in public, it would be a loss to him if he didn't even kill him with him.
After Cheng Jin took Wang Kai away, Tang Yin looked at the seven nobles with extremely ugly faces, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, as long as you are dedicated to the wind and loyal to Lone, Lone will not only not hurt you, but will also reward you heavily." As Gu has said just now, the 100,000 taels of silver I asked for from you are just a temptation, you don't have to take it seriously, but in the future, in addition to paying taxes, it is still necessary for you to hand over 100,000 stone of grain per person every year, Gu thought, this should be an easy thing for you, right?!"
At that time, one tael of silver could buy four to eight stone of grain, and one hundred thousand stone of grain was equivalent to ten thousand to twenty thousand pieces of silver. For the seven rich and noble, 100,000 stone of grain per year is really nothing. People kowtowed to each other and said in unison: "Thank you, little man!"
Compared with 100,000 taels of silver, 100,000 stone of grain is indeed several times less, and everyone sighed in their hearts. Tang Yin suddenly remembered something, beckoned to Yuan Wu behind him, and then said softly: "Send it down!"
"Yes!"
Shangguan Yuanwu responded, took out a stack of official documents from his arms, and then walked up to Deng Ping's seven people, and distributed them to everyone according to the names on the official documents. The seven rich people didn't know what it was, and they didn't dare to look at it carefully after receiving the official document, and looked at Tang Yin in bewilderment.
The latter smiled and said: "This is the official document issued by Lone himself, with this, you can freely enter Tongmen in the future." You should also know that now that I am suffering from a famine due to strong winds, a shortage of grain, and the price of grain remains high, you can use the official document issued by the orphan to transport the grain from Hedong to the inland through Tongmen, and the profit is much higher than that of selling it in Ningguo!"
After hearing this, everyone was shocked, they are all businessmen, and they are very keen on business opportunities, and at this time they can enter the east of Tongmen to sell grain, and the profits are endless. In the past, Fengning was evil, Tongmen has always been closed, and it is strictly forbidden for people to enter and exit, but now Tang Yin actually gave himself an official document to enter and exit, which is incredible. People could hardly believe that this was true, and Deng Ping asked uncertainly, "Great King...... The king allows us to pass through the Tong Gate at any time without any hindrance?"
"That's right!"
"I'll wait...... We can enter the Windy Country...... No, no, is it possible to enter my windy inland to do business?" Deng Ping asked again.
"That's right. Tang Yin replied with a smile.
was confirmed by Tang Yin personally, and everyone finally believed that this was true. The look of fear on the faces of the seven was swept away, and it was replaced by ecstasy.
You can freely enter and exit the Wind Country to do business, then it is not only to sell grain to make money, but also to sell many other things, the business opportunities are difficult to estimate, and more importantly, only seven of them are allowed to enter the Wind Country, and there are few competitors, which is more conducive to obtaining high profits.
"Villain...... Thank you, little man!" This time, everyone's gratitude was heartfelt, and their voices were much louder than just now. Most businessmen are like this, only for profit, if there is milk, Tang Yin can provide them with convenience and create favorable business conditions, and their hostility and vigilance towards Tang Yin will be immediately replaced by interests, willing to obey Tang Yin, willing to accept his control. At this time, everyone looked at Cao Hai, who had just been killed, and they all felt disappreciative in their hearts, but secretly laughed at Cao Hai, who didn't know whether he was alive or dead against Tang Yin, but as a result, he had the opportunity to make a lot of money but was not blessed.
How did they know that the convenience that Tang Yin gave them and the opportunity to earn benefits was all to appease and win them over in order to stabilize the situation in Hedong, once the situation in Hedong was completely stabilized, the Feng Country's control over Hedong was deeply rooted, and they, the big businessmen of the Ning Kingdom, would become the first batch of targets to be persecuted by Tang Yin, no matter how much money they made in the Wind Country, it would only be temporarily stored in their respective homes, and in the end they would not be able to escape from Tang Yin's palm.
Tang Yin slashed Cao Hai with a knife, first playing a deterrent role in killing chickens and respecting monkeys, and then used Tongmen's pass to please and win over these seven big businessmen, this is the strategy of hitting a mouth first and then giving a sweet date, but the simplest method is often the most direct and effective.
After this banquet, there was not a single word of dissatisfaction with Tang Yin from the mouths of the seven rich and noble, on the contrary, they often praised Tang Yin in front of people as a young and promising, kind and generous sage king.
The change in their attitude had a huge impact on the Hedong region, which directly led to the impression of a considerable number of Ning people on Tang Yin beginning to change.
The people of Hedong are gradually accepting the fact that they are ruled by the Wind Country, in fact, their lives have not changed much compared to before, but that does not mean that the voices against Tang Yin and against the Wind Country have disappeared, in fact, under the calm surface of Hedong, the killing of Tang Yin is everywhere.