Quiescence!

Deathly silence!

Facing the young prince who was not tall at the top, but clamored to try "whether the sword is sharp", the faces of the businessmen changed.

Today, His Majesty does not like businessmen, and everyone knows it. Although the Ming Dynasty was not like the Yuan Dynasty, the people were divided into three, six, nine and so on. However, the low status of merchants at the official level is indeed the highest in all dynasties.

At this time, the Jiangnan businessmen only became a little climate, far from the point where they manipulated the dynasty decades later.

Otherwise, Ru Taisu and Wei Guan would not have closed the shop as soon as they were short of food, and forced the merchants to "donate".

On one side is the prince, and on the other side is the businessman, no one doubts that Zhu Su's threat only dares to stay in words. Didn't you see this prince hanging his son and looking out of tune? Who dares to bet on whether this is a stunned young man who will really draw a knife against him if he disagrees?

To sum up, naturally, no one dared to reply with "My sword is not disadvantageous", and they couldn't explain the question of whether their family members were rice buckets or demons and monsters, so they had to bow their heads one by one and be quails.

Even the salt merchant and horseman who clearly said "His Highness is young" and "His Highness doesn't know" at every turn are silent at this time.

It's just that...... This His Royal Highness King Wu, where did he get the accurate amount of grain stored by each family?

"Don't you quibble? It can be said that this number is purely imaginary. ”

"You guys are like this, this king has no sense of accomplishment."

Zhu Su naturally did not explain his sources to them. Seeing that everyone was silent, they only crossed their legs again and leaned on the back of the seat at the top. His gaze swept over the crowd, almost as if Zhu Su saw that wherever the businessmen shrank, for fear of being named by Zhu Su.

From this atmosphere, it can be seen that the data of each company in this account book is accurate, what do you want us to quibble?

Do you have an excuse to make an example of you?

"Looks like you're all acquiescing." Zhu Su sneered. "Now, let me ask you one more question."

"Who is willing to do this shipping business with the imperial court?"

"If you are willing, you will bid with rice. The amount of rice and grain to determine the size of the shipping space in the future! ”

"This is doing business with you, you wait, but don't say that this king is clever and robbed?"

said that it was not a clever robbery, but how could the businessmen below not understand? This young prince just wants to take advantage of it in his heart! It's just that I want to think about some royal face and find a fig leaf!

What kind of seaborne military rations, there is no shadow, not to mention the size of the shipping space. Maybe there were so many people there, and only one cabin was left?

However, they also understand that this is the only chance for the prince in front of them to borrow the donkey from the slope! The county order of the broken family is the mansion Yin, and it is not difficult for the prince to destroy their nine clans, let alone just take some grain! I'm really anxious about this guy, tear off that layer of skin, and when the time comes, the long sword will be added to the neck, and the grain depot at home will naturally let his soldiers take what they want!

Didn't you hear him! He's going to try it to see if the sword is sharp!

"Your Highness! My Shen family is willing to give another 10,000 stones, and enter His Royal Highness's business! ”

Contrary to Zhu Su's expectations, the first one to come out of the list was actually Shen Wang of the Shen family. Zhu Su was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Second Uncle Shen, didn't your Shen family already donate 80,000 stones to the imperial court yesterday?" ”

"What, your Shen family still has hidden grain? It's very deep. Zhu Su's eyes shone with unkindness.

"How dare you deceive Your Highness, the Shen family's grain has already been sent to Fuzun." Shen Wang's fat face showed a half-flattering and half-bitter smile. Yesterday, I watched the grain truckloads being transported to the bottomless pit of the Suzhou Mansion's reserve warehouse, and almost pouted him and the shopkeepers in distress.

But now that the food is gone, it is time to consider how to better benefit the Shen family. At this time, the greatest benefit for the Shen family is nothing more than to regain the trust of His Royal Highness King Wu. Therefore, Shen Wang continued: "Although my Shen family has no food now, the affairs of His Royal Highness are naturally the affairs of my Shen family. ”

"Your Highness wants to do shipping business, and my Shen Jiayan doesn't support it?"

"Fortunately, my Shen family still has little family resources. Sell some family business, and then make up 10,000 stones for His Royal Highness, you can still do it by gritting your teeth. ”

"All of you present, if anyone is willing to sell my Shen family 10,000 stones, my Shen family is willing to increase the price by one percent compared to the current market price, so as to strengthen the prestige of His Highness!"

In the end, Shen Wang turned around directly and bought food on the spot from many peers behind him. Zhu Su was also stunned by his operation, but he already understood in his heart that Shen Wang was begging for his forgiveness for Shen Hai's hoarding again.

With today's food prices added by 10%, it is already the same as when food prices were at their highest. Even if it is the Shen family, such an acquisition will have to hurt the bones. What's more, if you say it in public, there is no room for repentance at all?

His gesture also shocked the faces of many businessmen. The Shen family was willing to spend such a price, just to participate in the shipping business...... Who doesn't know that his Shen family wore a pair of pants before with this young prince. He spent so much money, could it be that he knew some internal news?

Could it be that this shipping business really has unimaginable benefits?

"Your Highness! I, Zhao Yunyan, am willing to use 85,000 stone of grain to seek a shipping seat! Below, the businessman surnamed Zhao with a national character face, the second stood up and shouted.

"Your Highness, I, Hong Benxiao, am willing to give 40,000 stone of food!"

"Your Highness, I would like to ...... Shidao"

"Your Highness......"

The scene finally warmed up, and a group of businessmen either really wanted to try investment, or simply wanted to calm Zhu Su's anger, and one by one finally let go of the Pixiu mouth that could only enter but not leave, and spit out the hoarded grain.

Zhu Su finally regained his smile, beckoned Luo Guanzhong, who was acting as a clerk, and recorded the amount of money these businessmen were willing to invest on the spot. Since they dare to speak out, they are not afraid that they will repent. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the legal system was not strict, and they hoarded Juqi, and there may not really be any bill that can justifiably arrest them.

But if they dared to deceive Wang Jia in public, then even if Zhu Su was angry and killed, even if it was Yu Shitai, he would not be able to say anything.

As the amount reported by the merchants was recorded, Luo Guanzhong handed over the thick account book that recorded the amount of "shares" of the businessmen to Zhu Su.

Zhu Su flipped through the data of the "criminal evidence" account book and found that most of the merchants had "spit out" most of the grain stored in their homes. Most of these businessmen are still knowledgeable about current affairs, and they no longer dare to test the bottom line of their "strong dragon" as a local snake.

It's just that there are exceptions, Zhu Su looked at a few "one hundred stones" and "two hundred and fifty stones" in the account book, and couldn't help but smile coldly in his heart. I thought that there was no chance to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, but unfortunately, there were always some "chickens" who wanted to jump up and down by themselves.

Ma Fengsun ...... Horse salt merchants, right? ”

"You and a few other salt merchants, donating one hundred and two hundred and fifty stones, aren't you perfunctory to the king?"

Zhu Su said.

"How dare the grass people perfunctory His Highness." The horseman who talked the most went out of the column. "Really, there is really no money left at home."

"If Your Highness really wants to take all this food away...... Don't say how the shipping will be in the future, my Ma family will be bankrupt in an instant! ”

A salt merchant named Ma Fengsun kept begging for mercy.

(End of chapter)