Chapter 464: Tighten the noose

Yang Jingyi was in a very refreshing mood after he finally put the noose on the salt merchant's neck. The rest was to take advantage of his information and do something.

It was not until I arrived at the warm room that my tense face finally relaxed. The acting was so hard.

"Great companion, call the Duke of England to see me." Yang Jieyi said with a smile.

"Abide by your order, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment, and immediately agreed with a smile.

"In addition, I will send a message to Fan Weicheng, asking him to scold the salt merchants in the mansion report, and say more important reasons, so that everyone in the world will know that the salt merchants will pull my back and the court's back, without any trustworthiness." Yang Jie said.

"Sister to obey the order." Wang Chengen agreed carefully.

"In addition, let Fan Weicheng leave a message in the residence report, saying that in order to make up for the holes owed by the salt merchants, I am preparing to sell Liulizhai's stock..." Yang Jie said.

"...Your Majesty..., this... I obey the order..." Wang Chengen was somewhat reluctant to let go of the emperor's stock, but he couldn't control this matter, so he agreed.

"...In addition, tell the merchants who hold shares in the south that if the stocks sell well after this time, don't worry. If they are delayed, let them hold the market and don't let the stocks be too deserted..." Yang Jing ordered again.

"I obey the order!" Wang Chengen agreed.

Wang Chengen left, Yang Jie stayed in the warm room and took a sip of sweet potato wine. The sweet potato wine had great potential, and Yang Jie fell asleep unknowingly.

When he woke up again, he saw that Wang Chengen was looking at him with concern and was still covered with a quilt. Yang Jing shook his head, looking like he was really drunk and his head hurts a little.

After asking for a cup of strong tea and sobering up, Yang Jie felt more comfortable.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of England has arrived." Wang Chengen whispered.

"Oh, see!" Yang Jie washed his face and felt much more comfortable. The wine was so delicious that it was drinking, but it had a great momentum.

After a while, the British Duke got near the warm room, his face was red, and he smiled and saluted with a smile when he saw the emperor.

"I bow to your Majesty." British Duke Zhang Weixian said.

"No need to be polite, please sit down!" Yang Jie pointed, a chair with a thick cushion.

"Thank you Your Majesty!" The British Duke sat down with a smile. Then he said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Yang Jie looked at Zhang Weixian with some surprise. Before he could speak, he congratulated himself first.

"Haha, Duke, what's my joy? I'm going to issue more stocks from Liulizhai in order to make up for the 4 million taels of silver in the salt class. What's my joy?" Yang Jing said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, don't hide it from the old minister. Your Majesty's sweet potato wine, it's really delicious. The strong wine is indeed strong enough. After taking a sip, the old minister still feels hot. Didn't your Majesty say that you want to make this a big deal and ask everyone to invest? I am the first to respond to Your Majesty's call and prepare to participate in the shares... I just don't know if Your Majesty is willing to..." Zhang Weixian's old eyes flashed with a hint of joy.

"Hahaha..., the Duke of the State is well-informed. I have this plan for this matter, but this is all small money, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!..." Yang Jing said with a smile.

"Your Majesty is joking. Your Majesty has a small business, and in His Majesty's eyes, it's a huge fortune to me, but to me, that's a huge fortune!" Zhang Weixian said with a smile. The emperor was the one who welcomed him into the palace. The emperor was indeed different from ordinary people. Zhang Weixian always thought of this, so it was quite casual to chat with the emperor. Recently, he had done business with the emperor several times and became closer to the emperor, and his value was also rising.

"Hahaha, I summoned the Duke of the People today, which is indeed related to stocks and transactions. However, it is not for the small money such as sweet potato wine and sweet potato flour. The transaction of sweet potato wine can make tens of thousands of taels or hundreds of thousands of taels every year, which is awesome. If it goes up, it won't be too much. How can this little money be enough? I summoned the Duke of the People today, which is a big deal, depending on whether the Duke of the People is interested." Yang Jing smiled.

"Oh, I don't know what the deal is about Your Majesty?" Zhang Weixian looked wide and looked at the emperor. The emperor didn't take the deal worth more than 100,000 yuan seriously, but he didn't know what the big deal was in the emperor's eyes. Zhang Weixian was looking forward to it.

"Duke can you know that I have recruited a pirate leader recently?" Yang Jingwei said confidently.

"Your Majesty is talking about Zheng Zhilong?" Zhang Weixian asked immediately. Zheng Zhilong is a popular figure in the court recently! He was defeated by the government army last year. He was a pirate leader known to everyone in the court. Now he has been treated with high standards by the emperor and is said to have been reconciled.

"Yes, it's this person. Can the Duke of the State know why this person can afford tens of thousands of soldiers? He can conquer cities and plunder land?" Yang Jing asked.

"This, Your Majesty, probably the benefit of the sea." Zhang Weixian thought for a while and said, "The profit from the sea is abundant. Although he knew, this matter was always controlled by the merchants in the south. Even as the number one noble of the Ming Dynasty, he could not get in, so it was very vague.

"Yes, Zheng Zhilong relies on sea trade to make a profit of millions of taels of silver every year, so he can afford to support so many people who dare to conquer cities and plunder land. He can remove tens of thousands of people in a flash and give silver and oxen. Without silver, how dare he boast? It depends on sea profit..." Yang Jingjie said.

When the emperor heard the profits from the sea, the British Duke stuck out his tongue. As the first honor, his family relied on the little promising in the ground every year, but they could barely survive, but they could only make millions of taels of silver at any time, which was really incomparable!

"Your Majesty is saying that you are doing business at sea?" Zhang Weixian became nervous. Compared with this, the transaction of sweet potato wine is indeed not enough!

"Not bad! I have convinced Zheng Zhilong to be the general of the navy. One premise is to withdraw from business. I will not let him be an official and a navy while doing trade to make money, and become a general who holds heavy troops but is rich enough to rival a country. Therefore, he will give up this transaction..." Yang Jinge said with a smile.

"Your Majesty is right, while holding the navy and wealth that is as rich as a country, it is indeed dangerous. It is better to destroy it in advance... Your Majesty said that you should take over this deal now?" Zhang Weixian didn't care about how the emperor recruited Zheng Zhilong, but was concerned about whether the deal could be obtained, and became more and more nervous.

"Yes! I mean that...Duke don't worry, taking over his deal is one of the conditions for me to recruit him, otherwise I would rather not recruit him. Zheng Zhilong has agreed. I will take over this deal. Duke can tell that Zheng Zhilong has almost monopolized the trade of Japan. Therefore, this deal is a big profitable deal, not to mention Zheng Zhilong has only opened up Japan, and let's not talk about the Southeast Asian country. In the East China Sea alone, in addition to Japan, there is also North Korea. North Korea is just a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty. I just need to send people to reprimand it, and then North Korea's trade will naturally belong to me. Together, these two items can make a profit of about one or two million taels a year..." Yang Jing only cared about "happy" himself, but he did not expect that Zhang Weixian was already "swallowing".

"...I am willing to invest in shares, I am willing to invest in shares..." Zhang Weixian said immediately, wishing he could pay the money immediately.

"The Duke of the State invested, so there is no problem, but..." Yang Jingwei said.

"But what? Your Majesty?" Zhang Weixian asked quickly.

"However, there are still some problems in this matter." Yang Jing kept it in a silence.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what the problem is? I don't know if I can share your worries." Zhang Weixian immediately followed the stick.

"Oh, Duke! This transaction still requires naval troops at sea and warships to protect it! Otherwise, the trade will not last long. In this way, my expenses will increase greatly. Therefore, if I invest in business, I will take the majority of the money, I will pay the navy and build warships, otherwise, the transaction will not be possible." Yang Jingwei said.

"This minister can't help but let Your Majesty take over the top, that's for sure!" Zhang Weixian immediately said, "This is indeed no problem. It's reasonable for the emperor to take over the top, so it has never been like this."

"In addition, although I will not let Zheng Zhilong trade, I will still have to take out part of the profits and share them with Zheng Zhilong and his subordinates, otherwise, it will be unkind..." Yang Jingwei said again.

"Your Majesty, this is reasonable." Zhang Weixian said again. It is not incomprehensible to give it to others for a deal worth millions of taels of silver.

"In addition, the transactions under my command voluntarily pay taxes, and this cannot be changed." Yang Jing began to discuss conditions with Zhang Weixian.

"Your Majesty, this is indeed true!" Zhang Weixian said immediately. These are not problems. Looking at the problem, you have to look at it with a long-term look. You must know that the emperor has just talked about the Japanese and North Korea. With the emperor's strength, he has recruited the pirates. How can the pirates on the sea not be leveled? Although the emperor only talks about one or two million taels of silver now, Zhang Wei dares to conclude that the transactions on the sea will definitely double in the future. Thinking of this, Zhang Weixian only wants to invest quickly. Will the emperor still suffer losses in the conditions?

"Haha, there is another point. I don't want to promote this transaction now. There are many people who are working for the businessmen in the south. Once I know that I am secretly doing business at sea, I will definitely attack them. At that time, the court may be very lively. At that time, it depends on the Duke. Therefore, the Duke must find some reliable people to invest in it..." Yang Jingai said with a smile.

"When you go back to Your Majesty, this minister will naturally be careful. It is not a reliable person. The old minister will never let him know about this. Even if those people know, the old minister will stand firmly on Your Majesty's side and will not let Your Majesty down. The transaction will not be let go no matter what." Zhang Weixian is also an old fox. He knew that the emperor had something to say. The emperor said to him a few days ago and looked at it for a long time. Now, after hearing the emperor's news, he felt that the emperor was hinting at this. If he wanted to steal the business of the merchants in the south, he would definitely fight with the people in the south. At that time, he might have to come in handy. Otherwise, why would the emperor give him such a huge benefit?

"Okay! I know that the Duke of the State will not disappoint me, so the matter is settled. The Duke of the State will contact some reliable people. Then, I will find a day to talk about the investment carefully. At that time, I am afraid that many people will invest, so that the business will be big and long-term..." Yang Jingwei said.

"I will receive the order!" Zhang Weixian immediately accepted the order and agreed. According to the emperor's opinion, there will be some "strength" people involved in this matter. It seems that the emperor really wants to fight against those merchants in the south? This is a good show...

...

The next day.

In the capital, the first part of the news was that the emperor issued an order to denounce the salt merchants and asked the salt merchants to pay the money quickly. Then the emperor sold Liulizhai's stocks to block the gap. As soon as these two news came out, the capital immediately turned the capital into a stolen pot.

The snow in winter is still thick, but the teahouse is indeed warm. The heat coming out of the teapot is constantly rising, and the fragrance of tea continues to float from the tea cup, adding a lot of warmth to this winter.

"I said, how many people, there is still this? The salt merchant owes so much money? His Majesty uses the money to make up for this big hole?" Many people in the teahouse held the newspaper and discussed this matter hotly.

"This is the matter! It's old Huangsheng, and it's not a matter of a salt merchant owing salt classes for a day or two..." Someone else said without caring.

"This time, in my opinion, the salt merchant has done it too much. As the newspaper said in this residence, there is no faith in it! It clearly agreed, but it did not fulfill it. The one who did the business lost its faith. I think it is impossible to continue with this business..." Someone echoed.

"Xinyi? When did the salt merchants have Xinyi? Those of them just want to make money in their arms. What promises are, Xinyi is just a bullshit to them..." Someone else said indignantly.

"Indeed, this time! I think it's because the salt merchants have become popular. They shouldn't have hindered the Holy Emperor or the court's hindrance! If they don't give in, they shouldn't have agreed earlier... At this critical moment, they might be able to miss a big deal!"

The people at this table immediately agreed. Most of the big salt merchants were merchants in Jiangnan, but they were mortal enemies with the people in their capital.

"Tsk tsk, everyone, there is a good show here..." One of the people suddenly said.

"Brother Wang, what's the show?" The person at the deskmate immediately asked.

"I heard from my uncle, the uncle of my brother next door, occasionally mentioned this matter in the same year. It was a fight between gods and immortals. I just don't know if it was the Holy Emperor or the Salt Merchants better..." The man broke the news.

"Oh, Brother Wang, what's going on?" The person at the deskmate immediately asked, this gossip is very powerful.

"Hmph, Your Majesty is not an ordinary person today. In order to get those salt merchants to pay enough salt classes, they claim to be dismantled. They would rather not have the salt classes of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. The current situation is that the Holy Emperor forced the masters in the court to force the salt merchants with the use of the waste salt classes, and asked the official masters to force the salt merchants. If the salt merchants don't pay the money, the Holy Emperor changed the salt classes, and everyone beat them up..." The man took a sip of hot tea and broke the news.

The people around the table were surprised! Unexpectedly, the things in the court would be so "interesting".

"The salt class is removed, so that the people can eat some cheap salt..." someone said.

"Tsk tsk, man is really funny. Does this dismantling salt classes have anything to do with eating cheap salt? Could it be that, I think that without salt classes, there will be no salt merchants? The salt merchants are very compassionate and do not make money from their own pockets? Brother, this is a fight between gods, what does it have to do with us ordinary people? We are just watching the show..." Someone immediately poured cold water on him.

"That's right..." The man immediately admitted that this was unrealistic and he thought too simply.

"This time the gods fight! I hope the Holy Emperor will win..." someone said.

"Oh, why do you think so?" the person next to you asked immediately.

"This is not simple. The Holy Emperor is always a Bodhisattva emperor and will never harm the people of us. It is hard to say that the salt merchants are now counting on his silver to help him. He is better and dragged him to the Holy Emperor to sell Liulizhai to fill his holes. After these two comparisons, will it come out if anyone is better or worse?" Although this person's words have no great reason, they are honest and immediately received the approval of ordinary people.

"This is not bad. I also hope that the Holy Emperor will win. It is not certain that the Holy Emperor will fight the salt merchants this time. The Holy Emperor will ask the salt merchants to sell salt cheaper. The Holy Emperor is devoted to seeking benefits for our people..." The words of the man just now received support from many people, and now the emperor's actions have been affirmed by a lot of people.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty! I heard that yesterday, a national policy was reported in the court. Your Majesty was planning to spend millions of taels of silver every year to grow sweet potatoes. Even officials had to make promotions based on the sweet potatoes. If this matter was really done, it would be a matter of great merit. How many victims would have to fill their stomachs because of this national policy!..." Someone sighed that the people's view of good and evil is always simple.

"Really? It's that sweet potato candy? Yesterday an old sister next to me got a piece of sweet potato candy the size of a palm from her master. She had a bad teeth and gave me a piece of it. Hey, I tasted it. This candy is really sweet, not worse than the frosted candy. My old sister said that this sweet potato can be a fan and a wine, and it's very useful..." Someone immediately revealed that although this Beijing city is known as a million people, it is actually very small. How many of them have no connection with the officials when the emperor gave these things on a large scale? Therefore, the emperor's sugar distribution immediately spread throughout Beijing, and this sweet potato candy immediately became a hot topic in Beijing.

"Hey, I heard from my brother that I am going to ask the countryside to plant some sweet potatoes in the morning. It would be nice to make a few kilograms of sweet potato candy during the Chinese New Year. If I could make a few kilograms of wine, hey, this day is getting worse..." Someone immediately planned for a good day next year.

"Brother, I'm very good at planning. I'll go to plant some places in the countryside..."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes..." Some people immediately praised this matter. Candy is a luxury in this era and is quite expensive. If cheap sweet potatoes can be used as sugar, it is a good thing to improve the quality of life.
Chapter completed!