Chapter 468: Secret trading

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The atmosphere in the main hall is a bit serious.
At this time, King Yong’s brows were frowned, and he looked ready to get angry. It was not without reason that these Shanxi merchants were able to meet the source between Yongdi and Liangdi. Both he and Liangwang knew the existence of these Shanxi merchants. They also know what they are doing.
It's just that these Shanxi merchants are very generous and give him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver each year, not to mention jewelry and beauties.
Because of this, he naturally closed one eye, and who would have trouble with the silver, as long as these Shanxi merchants do not harm their interests, it is enough.
But now these Shanxi merchants obviously stabbed Lou Zi, let Xiao Ming notice.
"Are these Shanxi merchants really collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country?" King Yong couldn't help asking.
He never cared what business these Shanxi merchants and barbarians did, only caring how much money they could get from these Shanxi merchants.
Xiao Ming nodded and told King Yong what the secret guard had received.
"Hmph, these profiteers, the king once told them not to overdo it, but I didn't expect them to secretly do these things without telling the king. The wise nephew feels at ease, and the king will take care of them when he returns." King Yong said with a grin.
Xiao Ming sneered when he heard the words. He believed in King Yong's words to be a ghost. Nowadays, it is no longer a matter of a day or two for the kings of the Kingdom of Da Yu to be independent.
In fact, he understands that moving out of Xiao Wenxuan will not allow King Yong to submit. The most likely thing King Yong will do is to casually kill some people to fill up the number. What should these Shanxi merchants do is just a change.
Rather than using imperial power to suppress it, it is better to talk about benefits directly. After all, both King Yong and King Liang are vassals guarding the frontiers, and they will be outsiders and their fate will not be affected, let alone these vassals.
"Four emperors, you and I are all understanders, so you don't need to use these words to send your nephew." Xiao Ming took a sip of tea slowly.
King Yong said dissatisfied: "My nephew, what do you mean by this? Didn't the emperor promise you this? What do you want the emperor?"
"If the emperor is really sincere, my nephew will send three thousand cavalry back with the emperor this time. I don't see the heads of these nine major Shanxi merchants, and my nephew would not believe it." Xiao Ming blew his tea, and King Yong But his face turned black.
In the eyes of King Yong, Xiao Ming was a bit intolerant, how could he bear this hot temper.
Without waiting for Emperor Yong to get angry, Xiao Ming continued: "My nephew understands what the emperor is worried about. Isn’t it just a few hundred thousand taels of silver each year? As long as the emperor can eradicate these Shanxi merchants, the nephew will give you the money. Yes."
King Yong’s face gradually recovered as before, he was puzzled: "My nephew, the emperor, I have always been blunt. To say something offensive, the emperor doesn’t believe that you are doing this for the sake of the great Yu Kingdom. After all, you are just one The little prince, and this world belongs to the prince, the emperor and prince are the ones who should worry about, and not you. Why are you so laborious? If you can’t say that you won’t be able to make great achievements in the future, this credit is actually a poison. , The faster you will die, we feudal lords only need to take care of our own one-acre three-quarters of land. The stretched hands are too long, which makes some people unhappy."
"It is said that the uncles of the four emperors are brave and inexperienced. When the nephew sees it, it may not be necessary." Xiao Ming said in amazement. King Yong's words are exactly what most of today's princes are thinking. He pondered and said:" It makes sense, my nephew thinks so now, so this eradication of Shanxi merchants is for the sake of Great Yu, and also for himself."
"Oh?" King Yong exclaimed, "Why did this Shanxi merchant provoke a wise nephew?"
"Because these Shanxi merchants took the goods from the king's chamber of commerce, but sold them four times, or even five times, to the barbarians, and blocked the business of the chamber of commerce on the grassland. How could this make the king bear?"
Although the Great Yu State prohibits merchants from privately trading with the barbarians, they can still do business with the barbarians if they have Xiao Wenxuan's manual, but these businesses cannot involve iron, saltpeter and other materials, just like the barbarians' restrictions on war horses.
However, heavy taxes were always imposed on the border trade court, which resulted in no smuggling to make money in ordinary trade. Because of this, Shanxi merchants made money from it.
Now that Xiao Ming has received royal merchant treatment, 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. Years of battles have allowed the barbarians to rob a lot of gold and silver from the Western countries. , Jewelry.
As far as he knows, the nobles among the barbarians also love luxury goods, and the wind of comparison prevails. This is an opportunity for him. After all, even in war, trade can still be carried out.
"Hahaha... So that's it, um, these Shanxi merchants are indeed too much." King Yong said.
With a smile on his face, Xiao Ming continued: "The interests of the Shanxi merchants are so great that they dare to sell anything. How can this be compared with the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce. At least my nephew will not sell saltpeter and sulfur. It can prevent the Shanxi merchants from fattening the barbarians, and allow the nephew’s chamber of commerce to control the border trade, and the emperor's uncle can also take money generously, right?"
King Yong was tempted~EbookFREE.me~ He kept these Shanxi merchants only for money, and now Xiao Ming promised to make up for him, why not do it, and he has always been upset with King Liang, these Shanxi merchants It also gave King Liang more money than he gave him.
What angered him most was the battle of Jizhou. King Liang just watched his Jizhou be besieged and didn't mean to help.
Thinking of this, he nodded, "In that case, this busy emperor will help, and I can try the power of this matchlock gun."
"Then my nephew is waiting for the good news." After finding a thug for himself, Xiao Ming felt relieved.
It can not only combat these traitorous behaviors of Shanxi merchants, but also expand their own trade. This action against Shanxi merchants will kill two birds with one stone.
After talking about this, King Yong wanted to receive the matchlock. He was anxious and wanted to equip the matchlock with his troops now.
Bringing 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 clan kings were all here, and layers of soldiers guarded it.
According to the agreement last time, Xiao Ming will produce two thousand matchlock guns for King Yong. Now these batches of matchlock guns have already been produced and only waiting for King Yong to come and receive them.
This time King Yong arrived in Qingzhou with his silver and his guards, just for this.
"Four Emperors, these matchlock guns will be handed over to you." Xiao Ming said, and King Yong had to accompany him when he came personally.
The armory was filled with boxes of matchlock guns. King Yong's eyes lit up when he saw these matchlock guns. He nodded with satisfaction to Xiao Ming, "Thank you, nephew Xian, come here, take the silver from the cargo ship. Move down."
While talking, King Yong wandered around in the armory. When he saw the artillery in the armory, his eyes suddenly became hot and he said, "Nephew, can these twenty artillery be given to the emperor?"