Iron Dynasty

The atmosphere in the main hall was a little serious.

At this time, King Yong's brows were furrowed, and he looked like he was ready to get angry at any time. It was not without reason that these Shanxi merchants were able to get along between Yongdi and Liangdi. Both he and Liangwang were very aware of the existence of these Shanxi merchants. Also know what they are doing.

It's just that these Shanxi merchants are very generous, giving 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 would have trouble with Yinzi, as long as these Shanxi merchants did not harm their interests, it was enough.

But now these Shanxi merchants are obviously making a fuss, and Xiao Ming finds out.

These Shanxi merchants really cooperated with the enemy and betrayed the country? King Yong asked involuntarily.

He never cared about what business these Shanxi merchants and barbarians did, but only how much money he could get from these Shanxi merchants.

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

Hmph, these profiteers, this king once told them not to go too far, but I didn't expect them to secretly do these things without this king. My nephew is at ease, and this king will clean up them when he returns. King Yong said carelessly.

When Xiao Ming heard the words, he sneered, he believed what King Yong said, it was a ghost, and it was not a matter of a day or two for the kings of the Great Yu Kingdom to govern themselves.

In fact, he understood that moving out of Xiao Wenxuan would not be able to make King Yong submit. The most likely thing King Yong would do at that time would be to kill some people and use it to recharge. What should these Shan merchants do, it's just a facelift.

Instead of using imperial power to oppress, it is better to talk about interests directly. After all, whether it is King Yong or King Liang, these are the vassal kings who guard the frontier.

Fourth Emperor Uncle, you and I both understand people, so you don't have to use these words to send your nephew away. Xiao Ming picked up the tea and took a slow sip.

King Yong said dissatisfiedly: My nephew, what do you mean by this? Didn't the uncle promise you? What do you still want uncle?

If the uncle is really sincere, the nephew will send three thousand cavalry back with the uncle this time. If you don't see the heads of these nine major Shanxi merchants, the nephew will not believe it. Xiao Ming blew the steam of the tea, and King Yong His face turned dark.

From King Yong's point of view, Xiao Ming was a little too far ahead. How could he endure this fiery temper.

Without waiting for King Yong to get angry, Xiao Ming continued: My nephew understands what the uncle is worried about, isn't it just the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year? As long as the uncle can eradicate this gang of Shanxi merchants, the silver nephew will give you the money. Yes.

King Yong's complexion gradually returned to normal, and he said puzzledly: My nephew, Uncle Huang, I have always been outspoken. If I say something offended, Uncle Huang does not believe that you are doing this for the sake of the world of the Great Yu Kingdom. After all, you are just a person. A small vassal king, but this world belongs to the crown prince. It is the prince and the prince who should worry about you, not you. Why do you have to work so hard? You can’t say that your credit will be high in the future, but this credit is poison, the more credit you have. , the sooner you will die, we vassal kings only need to take care of our own one-third of an acre of land, and some people are unhappy when their hands are stretched too long.

It is said that Uncle Fourth Emperor is brave and reckless, but it may not be the case when your nephew sees it. Xiao Ming said in surprise, King Yong's words were exactly what most vassal kings were thinking today, he pondered for a while and said, Uncle Huang's words It makes sense, that's what my nephew thinks now, so this eradication of Shanxi merchants is for the Great Yu Kingdom and for myself.

Oh? King Yong exclaimed, How did this Shanxi merchant provoke his nephew?

Because these Shan merchants take goods from this king's chamber of commerce, but sell them to barbarians four times or even five times, and also obstruct the business of the chamber of commerce on the grasslands, how can this king bear it?

Although the Great Yu Kingdom forbids businessmen to trade with the barbarians in private, if there is Xiao Wenxuan's handwriting, they can still do business with the barbarians, but these transactions cannot involve iron, saltpeter and other materials, just like the barbarians have restrictions on war horses.

However, the border trade court has always imposed heavy taxes, which also led to the general trade without smuggling to make money. It is because of this that Shanxi merchants made a fortune.

Now that Xiao Ming has been treated as a royal businessman, he does not need to pay taxes. He naturally does not want to let go of the lucrative border trade. After all, the barbarians are also very powerful. , jewelry.

And as far as he knows, the nobles among the barbarians also love luxury goods, and the style of comparison is prevalent, which is an opportunity for him, after all, even if it is a war, trade can still be carried out.

Hahaha... It turns out that, um, these Shanxi merchants are indeed going too far. King Yong said.

Xiao Ming smiled and continued: Shanxi merchants are so fascinated by their interests that they dare to sell anything. How can this be compared to the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce, at least my nephew will not sell saltpeter, sulfur and other materials, so destroying these Shanxi merchants will not only It can prevent the Shanxi merchants from fattening up the barbarians, and let the nephew's merchants take control of the border trade, and the uncle can also take money generously, right?

King Yong was tempted. He kept these Shanxi merchants just for the sake of money. Now Xiao Ming promises to make it up for him. What’s more, he has always been unhappy with Liang Wang, and these Shanxi merchants are also for Liang Wang’s money. more than what was given to him.

What annoyed him the most was the Battle of Jizhou. King Liang just watched his Jizhou besieged, without any intention of helping.

Thinking of this, he nodded, Since that's the case, this busy uncle will help, and it's time to try the power of this matchlock gun.

Then nephew is waiting for the good news. Xiao Ming felt relieved when he found a thug for himself.

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

After saying this, King Yong was about to receive the arquebus. He was so impatient that he wished he could equip his troops with the arquebus now.

Taking King Yong to the warehouse at Qingzhou Wharf, the two went directly to the warehouse dedicated to storing arms. The arms he traded with other vassal kings are all here, and layers of soldiers are guarding it.

According to the last agreement, Xiao Ming wanted to produce 2,000 arquebuses for King Yong. Now this batch of arquebuses has already been produced, just waiting for King Yong to come and receive them.

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

Uncle Fourth Emperor, I will hand over these arquebuses to you. Xiao Ming said, and King Yong had to accompany him when he came in person.

The armory was full of boxes of arquebuses. Seeing these arquebuses, King Yong's eyes lit up, and he nodded with satisfaction to Xiao Ming, Thank you nephew, come here, take the silver from the cargo ship Move down.

As he spoke, King Yong wandered around the armory. When he saw the artillery in the armory, his eyes became hot and he said, Nephew, can these twenty artillery pieces also be given to Uncle Huang?