Chapter 471

The atmosphere in the main hall was a little serious.

At this time, King Yong's brow was locked, and he was ready to get angry at any time. It was not for no reason that these Shanxi merchants could find their way between Yongdi and Liangdi. He and the king Liang were very clear about the existence of these Shanxi merchants and what they were doing.

But these Shanxi merchants are very generous, and they give him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, not to mention jewelry and beauties.

Because of this, he naturally turned a blind eye. Who can't get along with silver? As long as these Shanxi Merchants don't harm their interests, it's enough.

But now these Shanxi merchants have obviously made a mistake, and let Xiao Ming find out.

"Do these Shanxi Merchants really cooperate with the enemy and betray the country? "King Yong asked.

He didn't care what business these Shanxi merchants did with the barbarians. He only cared how much money they could get from them.

Xiao Ming nodded and told King Yong what the secret guard got.

”Hum, our king once told them not to go too far, but they did these things secretly without our king's knowledge. My nephew is at ease, and we will deal with them when we go back. "King Yong said carelessly.

Xiao Ming sneers when he hears the words. It's only when he believes the words of King Yong that there is a ghost. Now it's not a matter of two days for the vassal kings of the state of Dayu to do their own affairs.

In fact, he understood that moving out of Xiao Wenxuan could not make king Yong submit. At that time, the most likely thing King Yong would do is to kill some people to make up the number. What these Shanxi merchants should do is to change their face.

It's better to talk about the interests directly than to press the imperial power. After all, both King Yong and King Liang are vassal kings guarding the border areas. They will not be subject to the emperor's orders, let alone these vassal kings.

"Uncle Sihuang, you and I both understand, so we don't have to use these words to send our nephew. "Xiao Ming took a sip of the tea.

King Yong was discontented and said, "what do you mean, nephew? Uncle Huang, did you agree? What else do you want uncle Huang to do? "

" if Uncle Huang is sincere, my nephew will send 3000 cavalry to go back with Uncle Huang this time. If you don't see the heads of the nine Shanxi merchants, my nephew won't believe it. "Xiao Ming blew the heat of tea, but king Yong's face turned black.

In King Yong's opinion, Xiao Ming is a bit aggressive. How can he tolerate his hot temper.

Without waiting for King Yong to get angry, Xiao Ming continued: "nephew knows what uncle Huang is worried about. Isn't it tens of thousands of taels of silver every year? As long as Uncle Huang can root out these Shanxi merchants, nephew will give you the money. "

King Yong's face gradually returned to its original state, and he was puzzled and said:" my dear nephew, uncle Huang, I've always been Frank. If you offend me, uncle Huang doesn't believe that you do it all for the sake of the kingdom of Dayu. After all, you are just a little vassal, but the world belongs to the prince. What should you worry about is your brother and Prince, not you. Why do you work so hard? It can't be said that in the future, the credit will be poison. The more credit you get, the faster you will die. We vassal kings only need to take care of one mu and three cents of our land. On the contrary, some people are not happy when we stretch our hands too long. "

"It's said that uncle Sihuang is brave but not resourceful. When my nephew sees it, he may not." Xiao Ming was surprised that what king Yong said was exactly what most vassal kings thought. He pondered for a moment and said, "Uncle Huang's words are reasonable. My nephew thinks so now. Therefore, the purpose of eradicating Shanxi Merchants this time is for the state of Dayu and for himself. "

" Oh? " King Yong exclaimed, "how did the Shanxi Merchant provoke his nephew?"

"Because these Shanxi Merchants took goods from the king's chamber of Commerce, but they sold them to the barbarians four times, or even five times, and obstructed the business of the chamber of Commerce on the grassland. How can the king bear it? "

although the state of Dayu forbids merchants to trade with the barbarians in private, they can still do business with the barbarians if they have Xiao Wenxuan's instructions, but these businesses can not involve iron, saltpeter and other materials, just like the barbarians' restrictions on war horses.

However, the imperial court always imposed heavy taxes on the border trade, which resulted in that the general trade did not make money from smuggling. Because of this, Shanxi merchants made a fortune from it.

Now Xiao Ming has been treated as a merchant and can not pay taxes. He naturally doesn't want to let go of the lucrative frontier trade. After all, the barbarians are also very powerful. The barbarians plundered a lot of gold, silver and jewelry from the western regions after years of war.

As far as he knows, the aristocrats of the barbarians also love luxury goods, and the trend of comparison is very popular. This is an opportunity for him. After all, even in war, trade can still be carried out.

"Ha ha ha I see. Well, these Shanxi businessmen really went too far. "Said King Yong.

With a smile on his face, Xiao Ming continued: "Jin merchants are so interested in their interests that they dare to sell everything. How can they compare with Qingzhou chamber of Commerce? At least my nephew can't sell saltpeter and sulfur. So beating down these Jin merchants can not only prevent them from fattening the barbarians, but also let my nephew's chamber of Commerce control the border trade. Can uncle Huang also take money generously?"

King Yong was moved. He only kept these Shanxi merchants for the sake of money. Now Xiao Ming promised to make it up for him. What's more, he was always unhappy with the king of Liang. These Shanxi merchants also gave more money to the king of Liang than to him.What made him most angry was the battle of Jizhou. Liang Wang just watched his Jizhou besieged and didn't mean to help at all.

Thinking of these, he nodded, "in this case, uncle Huang will help you. You can try the power of the firerope gun."

"Then my nephew is waiting for the good news." Finding a thug for himself made Xiao Ming feel relaxed.

It can not only crack down on these Shanxi Merchants' traitorous behavior, but also expand their own trade. This action against Shanxi Merchants is killing two birds with one stone.

With that, King Yong was about to take over the muskets. He was impatient and wanted to equip his troops with muskets now.

Taking King Yong to the warehouse of Qingzhou wharf, they went directly to the warehouse specially for storing arms. The arms he traded with other vassal kings were here, and the soldiers were guarding here.

According to the agreement last time, Xiao Ming had to produce 2000 firerope guns for King Yong. Now these firerope guns have already been produced, waiting for King Yong to come and receive them.

This time, King Yong arrived in Qingzhou with silver and his bodyguards, just for this.

"Uncle Sihuang, I'll give you these fire line guns." Xiao Ming said that King Yong himself had to accompany him.

The armory was full of boxes of rifles. When he saw these rifles, King Yong's eyes lit up. He nodded to Xiao Ming with satisfaction. "Thank you, my dear nephew. Come and move the silver from the freighter."

As he said this, King Yong wandered around the armory. When he saw the guns in the armory, he was very excited and said, "can you give these twenty guns to Uncle Huang, my dear nephew?"

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