There was a dead silence all around.

They are all ups and downs in troubled times, and they have also been crawling in society for many years, just because they were overly nervous, they were flustered for a while, and when they really calmed down, coupled with Feng Dong's clear explanation in front, they also woke up amazingly.

All their stability actually depended on the Qin court.

Without the protection of the Qin court.

What will happen to them? Especially after the promulgation of the Commercial Law?

There is hardly any need to think about it.

They all clearly realized that without the protection of the Qin court and the protection of the Qin law, these merchants would die a miserable death, and they might even directly destroy the clan.

This is not alarmist.

It's a fact that is very likely to happen.

They are businessmen, and they know better what will happen to the businessmen.

When they were doing business in the past, they often said to people, those who cut off my financial route, such as killing my parents, and now because of their existence, Daqin has launched the business law, isn't this cutting off the financial route of the vast majority of businessmen in the world, and the resentment that this has attracted is that even if you just think about it, several people feel that their scalps are numb.

They are indeed victims.

But who cares?

Who cares about that?

The other merchants would only think that they were operating incorrectly, and the Qin court would notice that in order to prevent the merchants, the Qin court decided to strengthen its control over the merchants, and no matter what the final result was, this evil result would definitely fall on them.

Looking at the ugly looks of everyone around him, Feng Dong sighed lightly and continued, "Haven't you felt anything else strange? ”

"What's so weird?" Everyone's faces sank, and they hurriedly asked.

Feng Dong smiled bitterly: "Do you need to inform us of the government's decree?" Need to make things clear? ”

Hear the words.

Everyone was stunned.

They already understood what Feng Dong meant.

How could the government ever care about Shang Jia's advice? How have you ever listened to the advice of a businessman?

Never!

So why is this time unusual?

The results are clear.

Deliberately.

It's not about pressure.

Nor is it to force them to comply.

Instead, he deliberately blamed the implementation of the "Commercial Law" on the merchants, so that they could attract the hatred of the world.

In this way, the hatred of the Qin court was weakened.

This is inhumane!

Looked at.

Feng Dong also knew that the others understood, and he said: "This is probably the real purpose of Mr. Zhong, everything in front of him is all tricking, and it is all deliberately intimidating us, just to make me and others fall into a rambling panic, and then quietly settle this matter." ”

"Right now, Qin Ting is powerful, even if other businessmen know that we are the target of Qin Ting, they will not rashly fight against Qin Ting."

"They can only come against us."

"Ugh."

Feng Dong let out a long sigh, and said with a gloomy expression: "This Mr. Zhong is really a deep calculation, he pushed us down the abyss, and then threw a rope from the sky, and looked down at us from above, and then told us that we could survive by grabbing Qin Ting's rope." ”

"It's a great irony."

The audience was silent.

How can others not realize it?

But what can they do but show some anger in their hearts and words?

And what can be done?

Originally, these salt merchants and iron merchants gathered together, and there were tens of thousands of people, but in the past ten days, a large number of clansmen and subordinates of each family have fled, and they can gather less than 1,000 people now.

What's more, he was closely guarded by the Qin court.

Come to think of this.

There was a sense of fear rising in everyone's eyes.

It suddenly occurred to them that this was also in Mr. Zhong's calculations?

Is it for fear that the merchant fish will die and the net will be broken?

Don't give a chance!

Cheng Zheng laughed and sighed: "This person really looks up to us, calculates us to death, doesn't give us any chance to live at all, and will never allow us to create more turmoil externally, and then affect the progress of things." ”

"It's really ruthless enough to defend it so strictly."

The others' eyes darkened.

They are now being targeted, and there is absolutely no room for resistance, so what should they do now?

A man in the lobby whispered, "So what are we going to do now?" ”

"What to do? Who knows? ”

"Now that Qin Ting has counted us through, what can we do, don't it all depend on what Qin Ting thinks? Qin Ting wants us to live, we may still have a glimmer of life, if Qin Ting wants us to die, I'm afraid we will not be far from death. ”

"Didn't Brother Feng say that if you take refuge in the Qin Court, you have a chance to live, and if you don't take refuge, you will die."

"It's up to you."

"Take refuge in the Qin people? It's ridiculous. ”

"It's clear that Qin Ting harmed us like this, but when we turned our heads, Qin Ting wanted to be our 'life-saving benefactor', it's really a big joke in the world, if this is spread, I am afraid that I will be poked in the backbone of the world for a lifetime, and I can't afford to lose that person."

"It's really unreasonable, it's tolerable or unbearable."

“.”

The five of them cursed in the lobby.

But none of them dared to raise their voices, and all of them only dared to whisper.

Outraged.

After a burst of scolding and drinking, Cheng Zheng reminded in a loud voice: "Don't forget that there is also salt and iron. ”

The words fell, and the surroundings were quiet again.

Feng Dong hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said: "Salt and iron should be fine, looking at the tone of Mr. Zhong's words, I am afraid that we have already decided that we have transferred salt and iron, this is not a matter of whether we admit it or not, but it is impossible for Qin Ting to believe our justification." ”

"And"

Feng Dong paused for a moment and continued: "It doesn't really matter if we say it or not. ”

"As long as one person in the room says it."

"Then there is."

"There are none, too!"

Everyone's eyes were rolling, obviously all having their own thoughts.

But they all didn't speak.

Feng Dong knew this situation.

When the catastrophe comes, they fly separately.

They are businessmen, and they are even more familiar with this set.

No one wants to die.

And it could be the end of the whole race.

even carried the infamy of the ages, and no one could bear this kind of evil consequences.

So he didn't think anyone would seek death.

Cheng Zheng looked around and sneered: "Now that the matter is now, there is no need to deceive ourselves and hide it anymore, the government will not believe us, maybe the government has found something, or it is just a simple disbelief, but it doesn't mean anything at the moment." ”

"Salt and iron are our open deeds to the government."

"If you want to live, you have to hand it in."

"No."

"Then you can only wait for death."

"So there's no need to worry about salt and iron."

"The government shouldn't embarrass us, and it may even blame a few other people for this, but." Cheng Zheng sneered and reminded: "Now there are only five people on our side, and there are six people on Cao Bingsheng's side, and the amount of salt and iron in their hands is much more than ours, if they fall to the government, I'm afraid we may not be able to save it." ”

"After all."

"This time the incident is so big, it is destined to need someone to end it."

"It's not them, it's us!"

"So open the skylight and say bright things, set things in advance, don't pretend to be advanced here, make yourself more mysterious, if you are preempted by Cao Bingsheng and others, I am afraid that I will regret my pretense posture when I die."

The others smiled awkwardly.

They still agreed with what Cheng Zheng said.

Although Mr. Zhong verbally said that he did not invite the other six people, who knows if he did not invite, will the eldest son invite? Once one side compromises, the other side is doomed, and who wants to be the one who is tragic about this incident?

Someone in the lobby spoke: "It seems that everyone agrees. ”

"Then let's settle it like this."

"Anyway, it's better to die than to live."

"During this time, because of the pressure of the government, there are a lot fewer people in our respective clans, which can be regarded as an alternative throttling, even if it is still those shares in the future, the profits in the clan will be a lot more, and it should be much better than in previous months."

"Huh."

Hearing this man's words, everyone's faces sank.

Only to sigh helplessly in the end.

It seems that the result is better, but the cost is too heavy.

It's so tragic that it's hard to face.

But now they have no other way.

You can only survive with a broken tail.

Everyone picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea.

A few sips of tea into the stomach, the tea in the bowl is almost bottomed.

Feng Dong and Cheng Zheng didn't say anything more, and the others didn't have the idea of speaking, everyone tacitly lowered their heads, thinking about the response to the meeting.

However, salt and iron can admit it.

But in the end, it is still necessary to be tactful, and to shirk the responsibility.

After all, what the government needs is 'clean' merchants.

Slightly.

The tea in the bowl is gone.

After a few dozen breaths, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

Feng Dong and the others were in a daze, and hurriedly returned to their respective positions, sitting precariously waiting for Mr. Zhong to arrive.

Creak.

The closed door opened again.

Ji Heng, wearing a mask of indifference, stepped into the field.

He stood in the doorway, letting the sunlight shine all over his body, like a dazzling deity, making people dare not look directly.

He glanced at the audience lightly, and said without anger: "Can you think about it now?" ”

Cheng Zheng looked around and took the initiative to speak: "I have thought about it clearly, we were incoherent in front of us, so that Mr. was abrupt, after the time rewarded by Mr. Zhong, we have calmed down, and we are also clear about Mr. Zhong's great kindness, and we are willing to send it to the government." ”

"Those salt irons."

Cheng Zheng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Maybe it's still there, I was also shocked when I asked each other earlier, but please Mr. Zhong Mingjian, when the salt and iron were privately transported away, it had nothing to do with us, and we didn't know about it, if it wasn't for Mr. Zhong to wake up all the time, I am afraid we would not have thought about this." ”

"I'm scared."

"Please forgive Mr. Zhong."

The other businessmen also hurriedly bowed down and said, "Please forgive Mr. Zhong." ”

Ji Heng looked at the cautious people below, a smile appeared in his eyes, he slowly raised his hand, and said calmly: "Don't blame those who don't know, what's to blame for this?" ”

"I'm sure you're telling the truth."

"Thank you Mr. Zhong for your trust, I am very grateful." Cheng Zheng and the others hurriedly said again.

Ji Heng stepped to the main seat, Shi Shiran sat down, and said, "Since you have discovered the clues of salt and iron, it is just right for me to invite you to come and discuss." ”

"Can we talk about salt and iron again?"

(End of chapter)