Chapter 318

When those salt merchants arrived at the island in Zhu Xinlong's back garden, Zhu Xinlong was there, and there were no servants. The salt merchants also knew that what happened today was very important. Some of these salt merchants depended on the King of Jin, and some depended on the King of Jin. Without exception, they were actually from the King of Jin.

"Are you all here?" Zhu Xinlong looked at it and asked, "You see you, I see you."

"It's all here. Last night, I just received a message from King Jin that Zhang Hao was about to arrive in Taiyuan. Before, Zhang Hao was going to rectify the salt and iron tea. I believe you all know that it was also true, so I won't repeat it. Now, it's time for us to confront Zhang Hao. If you lose, don't you think about the consequences?" Zhu Xinlong sat there, looking at the people and asked,

After hearing this, those people sat there silently.

"In addition, what I'm talking about here today is not allowed to tell people outside that no one can do it, including if you are arrested, Zhang Hao will interrogate you, and you can't say it either. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude then!" Zhu Xinlong then warned them,

They immediately said they didn't dare to do so. They were mixed in the territory of Shanxi. If they were not supported by King Jin, it would not work.

"Just dare not, let me tell me, do you have any ideas?" Zhu Xinlong asked as he looked at them.

"General of the Sui Kingdom, you are a royal family, and there is no need to mention the King of Jin. After so many generations, can you still be afraid of Zhang Hao?" A salt merchant looked at Zhu Xinlong with some confusion and asked.

"Afraid? What is Zhang Hao? Behind Zhang Hao is the emperor. What we are afraid of is the emperor. What is Zhang Hao? Plus Zhang Rong is not afraid!" Zhu Xinlong said arrogantly immediately, but some people who knew understood that he said he was panicked. In the court, emperors of all generations trusted those princes and did not trust those vassal kings. However, we cannot say it here, that was a slap in the face!

"Since we are not afraid, we can talk to Zhang Hao. No matter what conditions he has, we just agree!" Another salt merchant spoke, and the other salt merchants nodded.

However, there were still a few people who did not nod. Their Zhang family, Wang family and Fan family were all famous salt merchants. They have experienced many generations, and three of them have served as officials in the court.

For example, Zhang Sijiao, the current Zhang family's business management, his elder brother was Zhang Siwei, but with a 23-year-old Jinshi, he is now in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. Wang Chongyi, the Wang family, who manages business, his elder brother Wang Chonggu also serves as an official in the court.

"Tell me, but is there any way?" Zhu Xinlong sat there and continued to ask.

"General of the State Supplementary State, my elder brother wrote that once Zhang Hao wants to investigate the salt industry, it is best to cooperate with the investigation. Otherwise, once he is caught, it will be troublesome. At that time, the entire family will be implicated. Moreover, the emperor trusts Zhang Hao very much. If we are not sure, it is better not to go against him!" Zhang Sijiao immediately bowed to Zhu Xinlong and said.

"Yes, my elder brother also wrote a letter, which is the same thing. We should not fight against Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao is to rectify the salt and iron tea, not that we will not be allowed to sell it in the future!" Wang Chongyi also bowed and said,

They were all able to receive news from the capital, so they didn't want to go against Zhang Hao, but if they didn't go against each other, they wouldn't be able to gain a foothold in Shanxi in the future, so they are helpless now and don't know what to do.

"What do you mean? What does it mean to do it? Why did I say to go against Zhang Hao? Although Zhang Hao didn't say that he would not let you sell it, don't you know how you made money before? If it weren't for our King of Jin, you could have done so smoothly and be so big?" Zhu Xinlong looked at them with some displeasure and said.

"General of the Supplementary State, you misunderstood. This is not what we mean. Now we don't know how Zhang Hao comes over and how to rectify it. Now we will prepare. Is it a bit targeted? If Zhang Hao knows, will it arouse his dissatisfaction, which will backfire at that time?" Zhang Sijiao bowed to Zhu Xinlong and asked.

"yes!"

"Yes, what if it backfires?"

"This matter is not easy to deal with!"

Those people nodded repeatedly when they heard this. They didn't want to provoke Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao was so famous in the capital. If he provoked him, he wouldn't know if he was dealt with by then.

"You still have many things I don't know, let me tell you? If we lose this time, don't think about salt matters in the future. In addition, how many more can survive here, don't know. Do you think Zhang Hao is a kind person? Let me tell you, if we lose in this matter, it means that we lose very thoroughly, and everyone can't even save their lives!" Zhu Xinlong said to them excitedly.

"This is not that serious, right?" When those people heard this, they all looked at Zhu Xinlong in shock.

"Why are my elder brother not back yet? You are all protected by my elder brother? If something happens to you, my elder brother will follow you. Without the protection of our King of Jin, how can you make so much money?" Zhu Xinlong continued to say to them.

They heard it and hesitated again. Now they actually don’t know what to do. No one knows what Zhang Hao is doing here? He said he was to rectify the salt business, but he didn’t say how to organize it? What if everyone is fine?

"Let me say something. No matter who it is, as long as it is a human, he has weaknesses, right? Does Zhang Hao have no weaknesses? We can give him women and money! How much does it take, there will always be a way to get a price!" One of the salt merchants looked at everyone and said, and those people also nodded.

However, Zhang Sijiao immediately sneered and then said, "You give it to him a woman. Do you know who his wife is? Xu Jie, the old master of the dynasty, and once Lu Ben comes down, he may also serve as the prime minister. We will give his son-in-law women? Also, the best soap and soap sold now, but will he be short of money for the business Zhang Hao has created?"

"This? Can't?" Those people were stunned when they heard this. No one expected that there would be such a thing.

"Okay, these are useless. Let's talk about how everyone can fight against Zhang Hao. There is only one way to fight against him. Then let the court put pressure on Zhang Hao, that's fine. If the court hadn't put pressure on Zhang Hao, then Zhang Hao would not be able to go back. I told you not to sell salt before, you didn't sell it, right?" Zhu Xinlong looked at them and asked.

"No, not only did the ones here have not been sold, but also from Jiangsu and Hebei. We have agreed now. Let's talk about the changes in the court. However, some places are now short of salt. If we don't sell them, the officials from those places will submit memorials, what should we do?" One of the salt merchants looked at Zhu Xinlong and asked.

"That's Zhang Hao's business. You can't even impeach you. Don't worry, this is how you do it. You must ask the emperor to call Zhang Hao back. Zhang Hao cannot rectify the matter of salt, everything will be the same!" Zhu Xinlong looked at them and said.

"Is this possible? How sure?" Zhang Sijiao didn't want to fight Zhang Hao. Not only did he not want to fight Zhang Hao, but the Wang family and the Fan family didn't want to fight Zhang Hao. It was too dangerous. Once Zhang Hao started killing people, his family would not be able to withstand them.

"You have to do it even if you are not sure. Can't you be controlled by Zhang Hao at will?" Zhu Xinlong looked at Zhang Sijiao with dissatisfaction and asked.

"Yes, but I know someone who is Zhang Hao's cousin, his father and Zhang Rong's cousin, and now he is also doing something on behalf of the Duke of England's residence. Do you think we can ask him for help?" Zhang Sijiao asked.

"Does Zhang Hao know him?" Zhu Xinlong sneered and said, "It's been separated for several generations, so I don't know if Zhang Hao recognizes him."

"I should know that he needs to go to the Duke of England's residence every year to report on his business. He is responsible for the business of the Duke of England's residence in Shanxi!" Zhang Sijiao said.

"Hey, this is OK, we can try it!" Wang Chongyi nodded immediately and said. In fact, he knew him, but he didn't say it out loud, but he wanted to go this way and go through the representatives of the Duke of the United Kingdom and let him speak for him and others. What conditions are needed, let Zhang Hao speak!

"Then you go and try it. It's the best if you can succeed, but you still need to be prepared for confrontation. Don't worry, if the people have no salt, the ministers in the court will not sit idly by and put pressure on the emperor. Then the emperor will summon Zhang Hao back!" Zhu Xinlong sat there and said to those people.

Those people also nodded in sighs. Now there is no way they must mention the people from the King of Jin. Otherwise, how can they survive in Shanxi in the future? Then they continued to talk about countermeasures, how to put pressure on Zhang Hao and the court, if they can withstand Zhang Hao's pressure,

During this period, the people from the Zhang family, Wang family and Fan family rarely talked, just occasionally said that they did not want to fight against Zhang Hao. Confronting Zhang Hao was to fight against the emperor. If they fought against the emperor, even if they did not die this time, they would definitely die next time. How could the emperor be a person who easily admits defeat and still be suppressed by the King of Jin?

After coming out of Zhu Xinlong's mansion, the three of them looked at each other. Wang Chongyi of the Wang family asked, "Why do I go and visit Yang Caihuan? See if he can help. If he can say good things about us in front of Zhang Hao, he will not offend him too ruthlessly. Maybe Zhang Hao will let us pass the test if he looses his hands!"

"Get some gifts?" Zhang Sijiao thought about it and said.
Chapter completed!