Zhu Youjian: Taizu has an order! kill!

"This..."

"I wonder what the royal family wants?"

"Are you planning to take back Yanyin?"

Zhao Dama took a breath and couldn't calm down anymore.

He asked very simply.

These salt merchants all rely on salt to make money.

If this thing is missing, it is equivalent to losing the foundation.

"Yes...and no."

"The salt will definitely be taken back, but it's not what you think."

"I said that I want to do business with you."

Zhu Yujian smiled and waved his hand when he saw that everyone's faces were not very good.

After saying this, it made the people around him even more confused.

What is this called.

If you want to kill or cut into pieces, just say so!

Seeing everyone looking at me with confusion on their faces.

Zhu Yujian waved towards the door.

Soon someone came in carrying a wooden box and placed the box on the table.

"Everyone, let's take a look first."

“Let’s talk after watching this”

Zhu Yujian smiled and made a gesture of invitation.

Ok?

what's that?

Zhao Dama and others frowned even deeper.

But since Zhu Yujian asked them to open the box, the nearest people did not dare to delay.

He carefully took off the lid of the wooden box and looked inside.

And this look!

In an instant, the bodies of those people froze in place!

The confusion in his eyes gradually turned into shock!

"This is..."

"Salt!"

"how is this possible!"

Everyone here is a salt merchant, so they can naturally recognize what the crystal-like object in the box is.

but..

But this is too white!

"what happened?"

"Look, old man."

Zhao Dama saw that all his colleagues were stunned, so he couldn't help but come over.

After looking inside, the whole person stayed in the same place!

Is this salt?

"You read that right, this is the royal family's newly refined snowflake salt."

"Snow-white, no debris, no smell."

"And it can be produced on a large scale at a very low cost."

"The salt that ordinary people eat is about one hundred catties and one tael of silver."

"And the cost of one hundred kilograms of snowflake salt is less than half a tael."

"You are all smart people, you should understand what this means."

Zhu Yujian saw that everyone was frightened, and then he spoke slowly.

In fact, he said the cost was higher.

Judging from the current production situation, if we continue to expand the scale, we can probably reduce the cost to about 0.2 taels per [-] kilograms.

That is two hundred articles.

But the quality of the output is more than ten times better than the best tribute salt.

After listening to what Zhu Yujian said, Zhao Dama, who was still in shock, suddenly broke out in cold sweat on his forehead.

He couldn't help but stretched out his finger and dipped a little from the food box.

After putting it in my mouth and savoring it for a moment, the bitter look on my face became even heavier.

So salty...

Such good salt can keep the price down to this extent.

Zhu Yujian's meaning is very clear.

If there is no cooperation, once the royal family sells this salt on a large scale, everyone here will go bankrupt!

As for Shiohiki...

If you can't get this snowflake salt, what's the use of this salt?

Is it okay to just buy it and throw it away?

"Call Me..."

"I am willing to return Yanyin to the court."

"Please ask your Majesty to give the Zhao family a way to survive!"

Less than a few seconds.

Zhao Dama, who had figured everything out, knelt on the ground with a plop.

If ordinary people mastered this kind of technology, they could still think of something.

But now it’s the royal family that has the technology!

Then they really have no other ideas at all.

We can't force the royal family to reveal their technology...

With His Majesty's character as a poor man, if he dares to say anything, he might have to queue up at Zhongyi Temple.

After thinking about it, the only way to go is to hand over Shiobei honestly.

Since the royal family has sent someone to talk, it means there is still an opportunity for cooperation.

Zhao Dama knelt down, kneeling very thoroughly.

Not only him, but other salt merchants around him also knelt on the ground after thinking about it.

They all know that if they don't embrace the royal family, they will all go bankrupt!

This is a naked conspiracy...

"Taizu, they are all convinced."

"Should I talk to them now?"

Seeing that these dozen or so people were relatively familiar, Zhu Yujian couldn't help but ask in his mind with the corner of his mouth slightly raised.

Li Chen, who was watching silently, nodded.

These businessmen were quite smart. They knew they couldn't stop it and made a decisive move.

"Row."

"Just do as we say."

"We must make them bleed this time!"

Taizu's consent was obtained.

Zhu Yujian immediately sat up straighter.

"Everyone, get up and sit down."

"I'll tell you what I'm going to say next. Listen."

"If you think it's suitable, just stay. If you think it's not suitable, just leave."

"Our Lao Zhu family pays attention to fairness and justice when doing business, and we will never force anything."

fair and just...

Zhao Dama and others almost rolled their eyes when they heard this.

You just put a knife to our necks. Is this called not forcing?

They would rather not cooperate.

The key is not to cooperate. Once your broken salt comes out, everyone will be finished...

Moreover, Jin Yiwei is still searching for the associates of the nine major Shanxi merchants in the Ming Dynasty.

If you don't cooperate, I'm afraid the Jin Yiwei will come to invite you to tea when you get back.

When the time comes to confiscate the whole house and behead everyone, even if they don't accept it, they will have no choice but to talk to the Lord of Hell.

Although I despise Zhu Yujian's behavior of talking nonsense.

But Zhao Dama and others did not dare to show any dissatisfaction at all.

"Yes, yes, we can definitely trust the royal family's reputation."

"Then listen carefully."

He sat back carefully.

Zhao Dama smiled and cupped his hands.

Zhu Yujian didn't mind their duplicity.

He coughed slightly and said directly.

"Salt and iron are the foundation of the country. Your Majesty can temporarily ignore the matter of obstructing Dongchang from collecting salt taxes."

"But these two things must be returned to the control of the imperial court."

"Your Majesty's meaning is very simple. You thirteen salt merchants have almost monopolized 90.00% of the salt produced in the Ming Dynasty."

"So His Majesty hopes that you can return the salt to the court and pay a fine for tax evasion."

"If we can do this, then we can leave a place for you in the broken-promise trade that will be reformed by the royal family."

Return the salt guide...

fine?

When they heard this request, Zhao Dama and others instinctively frowned.

But when they heard that the new salt trade could give them a place, they all showed surprise!

Is the royal family willing to grant the license to sell this snowflake salt?

If that's really the case...

Good luck!

"My Zhao family is willing to return Yanyin."

"I just don't know how much the fine is?"

As the leader, Zhao Dama immediately expressed his stance!

Even without the last sentence, he wouldn't have dared to say no.

"Five million per family is your punishment for tax evasion."

"This shouldn't be anything to you with millions of dollars."

"As long as you pay this fine, Your Majesty will no longer pursue your previous tax evasion matters."

"As long as you pay taxes according to the rules in the future, Jin Yiwei will not cause any trouble for you."

500?

That's it?

Zhao Dama was already prepared for heavy bleeding.

The result was only 500 million? !