As for Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude, Zhu Gui can only hope that he can indirectly influence the other party through his influence on Zhu Yunwen.

Just when Zhu Gui had made up his mind, the representative of the upper pair hurriedly ran in, and then knelt in front of Zhu Gui with a 'poof'.

"Lord Wang, the grass people have crossed the hairpin, and the grass people have reached a cooperative relationship with those merchants in the name of the Wangfu, and they are willing to introduce suppliers to the Datong Chamber of Commerce, but they hope to join the Datong Chamber of Commerce."

When the young man finished speaking, he kowtowed.

He knew how much impact this incident might have on the acting king, and he was already a businessman, so how could he not know the social status of businessmen in the era of the Ming Dynasty?

It's just that his head was dizzy at that time, so he agreed, and then when he came back to his senses, things were out of control, and now everyone outside thinks that the acting palace is enveloping the business community in Nanjing City.

Zhu Gui waited for his head to break and bleed before asking the subordinates next to him to stop him.

Although he has decided to accept the 'mistakes' made by the other party, this does not mean that the other party's reckless actions will not be punished, otherwise he may make even bigger mistakes in the future.

"What's your name?"

"Grass people, grass people business name." The young man said with a trembling body.

"Hurt 'Ming'? This is not a good name, so let's give you a name from this king, and you will be called 'Wang Ming' in the future." ”

Zhu Gui said lightly.

Wang Mingleng paused, and then immediately knelt down and thanked him.

Being given a name by the prince means that he is already a retainer of the acting king.

This is an opportunity for him to climb to the sky.

And the surname 'Wang' is the surname of Zhu Gui's mother's mother.

Wang Ming thanked Dade and went down.

Zhu Gui went through the documents he had signed with those small businessmen, and after making sure that there were no problems, he also fell asleep.

Zhu Gui fell asleep, but some people couldn't sleep.

Although Nanjing's business community is not as good as other classes on the surface because of the Great Ming Law.

It can be seen from this ranking of 'Shinong Industry and Commerce'.

However, because business can accumulate wealth, merchants, especially big merchants, are also the most special class in all dynasties.

Not only because their profit-seeking nature can often ignore the interests of the state, but also because big businessmen, through their wealth, can easily buy high-ranking officials as a protective umbrella, or buy a large amount of land to transform into a landlord class.

And because of the circulation of goods, merchants are also very sensitive to all kinds of news.

Therefore, what happened in front of the palace of the king on this night alarmed the major merchants in Nanjing City.

Representatives of three of the four major families gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

They originally thought that Zhu Gui was going to be convicted by the emperor this time, so they didn't take him seriously at all, but began to actively arrange, and each planned how to get in touch with the new crown prince who was about to take over.

But I didn't expect to be taught a lesson by Zhu Gui so soon.

Selling goods with gifts is actually not the first thing that Zhu Gui created.

But no merchant has ever made such a crazy move as giving salt away.

One of the four great families, the Shi family, was in the porcelain business, and the representative of the Shi family was an elderly man with gray hair, wearing a pair of fine silk shirts, showing his wealth and majesty.

At this time, he sat at the head of the case, put a porcelain vase in his hand and said: "The old man has found someone to study, the craftsmanship of this porcelain is not inferior to the official porcelain of Jingdezhen, and it is actually produced from Datong Mansion, even if the freight is counted, the price is half cheaper than the porcelain operated by the Shi family." ”

"As far as the old man knows, Datong Mansion is not rich in clay, let alone porcelain, these porcelains were produced during this half a year after the little prince became a vassal, not only the output is amazing, but the process can also reach the point of being fake, it is really incredible."

Sitting next to Old Man Shi was a fat man wearing an opal round hat, and his smile looked like a tiger with a knife hidden in his smile, and he could choose someone to devour at any time.

"Don't talk about your porcelain, you look at this refined salt, but it is finer than official salt, and this is still a giveaway, I heard that the Imperial Mansion has mastered more advanced salt making methods, why doesn't the imperial court take care of it? This salt tax is related to the fullness of the Ming treasury. ”

"Fat Li, don't you know anything? It is said that the emperor has made a three-chapter agreement with the acting king, and next year Yunzhou must pay a tax of five million taels. ”

A short and thin young man said to the 'fat man' beside him.

"Five million taels in taxes? The tax payment of the whole Shanxi in a year is nothing more than that, right? Fat Li was startled, but there was a sudden look on his face.

"Who says it's not, it seems that the emperor's attitude towards this acting king has changed, who will have trouble with money." Shou Young said in a mocking tone.

"Okay, don't complain, I called you here tonight to think of countermeasures, if you don't think about a way, there will be no place for the three of us in this Nanjing City."

Old man Shi threw the porcelain vase on the ground and said angrily.

This frightened the two people next to them, because they knew that this old man Shi was usually very stingy, and he couldn't wait to break a penny in half and spend it, how could he directly drop such a good porcelain annotation today?

However, they immediately remembered each other's previous words, this porcelain was originally produced by the competitors of the Shi family, and it was very cheap, even if it was dropped, it didn't cost much.

But this also shows the level of anxiety of the other party.

And today's party was organized by Old Man Shi.

"Why don't we cut the price too? Salt too? It's a big deal to fight a price war with him, I don't believe how much goods the palace can have, don't forget that this is Nanjing, not Datong Mansion. Fat Li patted the table and said.

"Don't think about it, if we had done this earlier, we might still have a chance to win, but today there are thousands of small and medium-sized merchants in Nanjing City who have gone to the Daiwang Mansion to participate in the Datong Chamber of Commerce, and they will no longer worry about the supply of goods."

Lin Slender stroked his beard and said.

"That's the acting king, have they forgotten how the acting king did harm to the people a few years ago?" Fat Li asked with some puzzlement.

Lin Slender glanced at him and said, "It's still the same sentence, who will have trouble with money?" And the other party is still a vassal king, and now only the emperor can let him stop all this. ”

"Yes, that's right, maybe it works."

Old Man Shi's eyes suddenly lit up.

"The emperor has been suppressing us businessmen, and now the acting king is doing this, which is undoubtedly a violation of the scales, and also a violation of the Ming law, maybe as long as we spend some more money, so that a few high-ranking officials can impeach the acting king, maybe he can be restrained, or even be pulled down."

Old man Shi continued.