The helper spoke, and everyone immediately fell silent.

The Salt Gang was able to become the largest gang in Datong Mansion by virtue of not only unscrupulous means, but also a complex network of relationships.

And Hu Shidao now looks confident, obviously with information that is nine out of ten.

"Gang leader, we all feel that the acting king's move is to shoot himself in the foot, but his policy has affected the foundation of our salt gang, and we have dozens of gangs who have quit the gang, do you think we are teaching him a lesson?"

The second gang leader, the one-eyed dragon, is a radical, he doesn't care what kind of prince Zhu Gui is, as long as he threatens his interests, he will try his best to eradicate it.

"Yes, if it goes on like this, our salt gang will collapse."

"Help, just say something, we can't be bluffed by that fourteen-year-old little prince, can we?"

The radical wing of the Salt Gang began to speak, while the conservatives watched in silence.

Hu Shidao waved his hand, and everyone fell silent again.

"Be honest with me, no matter how young the acting king is, he is also a prince, don't we move him to go against the court? If something happens, no one will be able to save us. ”

Hu Shidao is an understanding person, and the Salt Gang can now mix like a fish in water in Datong Mansion, because black and white are all-encompassing, if they offend the imperial court, then they will no longer have a foothold.

When the people of the Salt Gang heard this, they could only stop talking.

"You don't have to worry, the acting king is just a child after all, although his policy seems to give the salt dealers a way to live, as long as they have no other livelihood, sooner or later they will go down this road."

Hu Shidao said with a smile.

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

As Hu Shidao said, one of the reasons why Zhu Gui's current policy is effective is that the previous salt dealers who didn't know what to do offended him, so that Xu Yingxu cleaned it up.

However, as long as time passes, as long as these salt dealers have no other way out, sooner or later they will continue to follow the old path of selling salt.

But what Hu Shidao didn't expect was that Zhu Gui soon issued another notice.

That is, all salt dealers can go to the palace of the king to get a public position.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

For a while, everyone thought that the acting king was crazy.

There are thousands of salt dealers in this Datong Mansion, what does he want to do when he gathers so many outlaws?

The first to find Zhu Gui was Xu Yingxu.

He had just cracked down on the salt dealers in Datong Mansion, ostensibly looking for a place for the king, but in fact these salt dealers almost hurt his sister.

All along, the two young masters of the Xu family have loved their sisters, especially Xu Yingxu.

If it weren't for the emperor's marriage, he would never agree to the second sister Xu Miaoqing marrying the infamous acting king.

Now that he heard that he had not only pardoned those salt dealers, but also recruited them, Xu Yingxu immediately couldn't sit still.

He came to the palace of the king and pushed away the guards at the door.

"Your Royal Highness, what do you mean by this?"

Although Xu Yingxu's words were honorific, there was obviously anger in his tone.

Zhu Gui waved away the somewhat embarrassed guards, then pointed to the chair next to him and said, "General Xu, sit down and listen to this king." ”

"No need." Xu Yingxu stood in place and said with a frown.

"What do you want to ask?" Zhu Gui unhurriedly put down the teacup in his hand.

"Why pardon those salt dealers, and why conscript them? What is the purpose of the king? Xu Yingxu's fists clenched.

"So that's the case, this king remembered that the palace could recruit a hundred private soldiers, right? General Xu will return to Nanjing soon, and this king does not want to be kidnapped by the modern princess. Zhu Gui stood up and said.

Hearing that it was for the safety of his sister, Xu Yingxu's anger decreased slightly.

"It turns out that the acting king is motivated by this consideration, but if it is to recruit private soldiers, I can have my soldiers stationed in the palace, they are much more reliable than those salt dealers." Xu Yingxu proposed another plan.

The salt dealers had kidnapped his sister, and he didn't trust them much.

"This is a mistake, this king does not doubt the elite level of the soldiers brought by General Xu this time, but their families are all in the capital, how can they stay here to protect this king with peace of mind? These salt dealers are different, they are all outlaws, and now that they have been pardoned by this king, they will naturally be grateful to Dade for his providence. ”

Zhu Gui explained with a smile.

"Having said that, His Highness can only recruit a hundred private soldiers, and when I came, I already saw thousands of people lined up to sign up, how does Your Highness plan to place them?"

The vassal king was not allowed to have an army, and it was against the law of the Ming Dynasty to privately invest in an army.

Xu Yingxu was reminding Zhu Gui that he didn't want his sister to be implicated.

Zhu Gui glanced at Xu Yingxu with some surprise, and said: "This king naturally knows that other people are arranged freely by this king, and General Xu doesn't have to worry about it, if you really want to help, help this king train these people." ”

Xu Yingxu paused for a moment, but he didn't expect that he was coming to Zhu Gui to ask for an understanding, but now he was pinched by the other party.

"If I have time, I'll send someone."

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Zhu Gui didn't care, but picked up a piece of copy on the table.

He had planned all of this for a long time.

In order to prevent these salt dealers from becoming the source of trouble in Datong Province, and at the same time to be used by him, he formulated this strategy.

In order to prepare for the future battle of Jingjing.

These salt dealers are the best source of soldiers, but because of the current policy, he can't do it so obviously.

It's still easy to get them a job, though.

Except for the 100 private soldiers of the palace, everyone else worked for him as workers.

Of course, these thousands of people can't be idle like this.

Some of them would train in the mountains in the name of helping him produce illicit salt.

Others were prepared for the formation of caravans and the construction of roads.

As for the extra money, it is not a problem at all after getting the monopoly right to sell official salt.

On that day, more than 1,000 salt dealers came to the palace to register.

This made the people in Datong Mansion waiting to see his jokes dumbfounded.

They don't understand what the hell is doing with so many people on behalf of Wang Bai.

As for whether the acting king can afford it, no one is worried, after all, the interests of selling salt are there.

It's just that everyone is speculating now how long the acting king can control the salt road of Datong Mansion.

It was during this period that Zhu Gui's twists and turns finally arrived in Nanjing.

On the same day, an angry roar came from the imperial study.

Those who are familiar with the emperor's character know that this time I am afraid that someone will be unlucky again, but I don't know who it will be.