Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 225 Pixiu let go
silence!

Deathly silence!

Faced with the young prince who was not tall but clamored to try "whether the sword is sharp", the expressions of the merchants all changed.

It is well known that His Majesty does not like merchants today.Although the Ming Dynasty was not like the Yuan Dynasty, the people were divided into three, six, and nine classes.However, the status of merchants at the official level is indeed the lowest in history.

At this time, the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River have only become a little popular, and they are far from the point of manipulating Chao Gang as they were decades later.

Otherwise, Ru Taisu and Wei Guan would not have closed their shops to act like rascals and forced merchants to "donate" whenever they were short of food.

With the prince on one side and merchants on the other, no one doubted that Zhu Su's threat was only verbal.Didn't you see this prince's foolish look?Who dares to bet that this person is a stunned young man who will seriously draw his sword at each other if he disagrees with him?

To sum up, naturally, no one dared to say "my sword is not bad", and they couldn't explain whether their family members were idiots or monsters, so they had to lower their heads and act like quails.

Even the salt merchant Ma Yuanwai, who clearly said "Your Highness is young" and "Your Highness doesn't know", remained silent at this time.

It's just... Where did His Highness the King of Wu get the precise amount of food stored by each family?

"Don't quibble and quibble? It can be said that this number is purely fictional."

"If you are like this, I don't have any sense of accomplishment."

Naturally, Zhu Su would not explain his source of news to them.Seeing that everyone was silent, they only crossed their legs again and leaned against the back of the upper seat.His gaze swept across the crowd, and wherever Zhu Su saw, the merchants shrank, as if he was afraid of being called by Zhu Su.

It can be seen from this atmosphere that the data of each company in this account book is accurate, why do you ask us to argue?
Give you an excuse to make an example of others?
"It seems that everyone has acquiesced." Zhu Su sneered. "Now, let me ask you one more question."

"Who is willing to do this shipping business with the imperial court?"

"If you are willing, you can bid with rice grain. The amount of rice grain supplied will determine the size of the shipping space in the future!"

"This is to do business with you, you wait, don't you say that this king is stealing and plundering?"

He said that it wasn't just stealing and plundering, but how could the merchants below not understand?This young prince just wanted to steal by chance!It's just that I want to care about the face of the royal family and find a fig leaf!
There is no such thing as seaborne military rations, not to mention the size of the cabin.Maybe there are so many people present, only one cabin is reserved?

But they also understand that this is the only chance for the prince in front of him to lend them a donkey!The county magistrate who broke the family and the governor who killed the family, it is not difficult for the prince to destroy their nine clans, let alone just grab some food!I'm really in a hurry, this guy, tear off that layer of skin, when the time comes, the sword will be added to the neck, and the grain storehouse at home will naturally let his soldiers get whatever they want!
Didn't you hear what he said!He wants to try to see if the sword is sharp!
"Your Highness! My Shen family is willing to give another [-] shi to your Highness's business!"

Contrary to Zhu Su's expectations, the first one to come out was actually Shen Wang from the Shen family.Zhu Su was taken aback, and said with a smile: "Second Uncle Shen, didn't your Shen family already donated [-] shi to the imperial court yesterday?"

"Why, your Shen family still hid food? The background is very deep." Zhu Su's eyes glowed with unkindness.

"How dare you lie to Your Highness, all the food for the Shen family has already been sent to the Fu Zun." Shen Wang had a half-flattering, half-bitter smile on his fat face.Yesterday, I personally watched those grain trucks being transported to the bottomless pit of the preparatory warehouse in Suzhou Mansion, and almost made him and all the shopkeepers feel distressed.

But now that there is no more food, it is time to consider how to better benefit the Shen family.At this time, the greatest benefit for the Shen family is to regain the trust of His Highness King Wu.Therefore Shen Wang continued: "Although my Shen family has no food now, but His Highness's affairs are naturally my Shen family's affairs."

"Your Highness wants to do shipping business, how can my Shen family not support it?"

"Fortunately, my Shen family still has little wealth. Selling some of the family property and raising [-] stones for His Highness, it can still be done by gritting your teeth."

"Everyone here, if someone is willing to sell my Shen family ten thousand shi, my Shen family would like to increase the price by [-]% compared to the current market price, so as to strengthen the prestige of Your Highness!"

When it came to the end, Shen Wang turned around directly and bought food on the spot facing many colleagues behind him.Zhu Su was stunned by his operation, but he already understood in his heart that Shen Wang was once again begging for his forgiveness for hoarding Shen Hai.

Adding [-]% to today's grain prices is no different from when grain prices were at their highest.Even if it's the Shen family, such an acquisition would be painful.What's more, if you say it in public, there is no room for repentance at all?
His gesture also shocked many businessmen.The Shen family is willing to pay such a price, just to participate in some kind of shipping business... No one knows, the Shen family and this young prince used to wear the same pair of trousers before.Could it be that he knew some inside information when he spent so much money?

Could it be that this shipping business really has unimaginable benefits?
"Your Highness! I, Zhao Yunyan, would like to obtain a shipping seat with [-] shi of grain!" At the bottom, the businessman surnamed Zhao with a Chinese face stood up and shouted.

"Your Highness, I, Hong Benxiao, am willing to donate [-] shi of grain!"

"Your Highness, I, Shi Dao, wish..."

"Your Highness..."

The scene finally heated up. A group of merchants either really wanted to try investing, or simply wanted to calm down Zhu Su's anger. One by one finally let go of the Pixiu mouth that could only go in and out, and spit out the hoarded food and fodder. .

Zhu Su finally recovered his smiling face, greeted Luo Guanzhong who was acting as a document, and recorded the amounts that these merchants were willing to invest one by one on the spot.Since they dare to speak out, they are not afraid of their repentance.In the early Ming Dynasty, when the legal system was not strict, they hoarded and hoarded, and there might really be no bill that could justifiably arrest them.

But if they dared to deceive Wang Jia in public, even if Zhu Su killed them in anger, even Yushitai would have nothing to say.

After the amount reported by each merchant was recorded, Luo Guanzhong handed over the thick account book recording the amount of "shareholding" of the merchants to Zhu Su.

Zhu Su compared the data in the "criminal evidence" account book and found that most of the merchants had "vomited out" most of the food stored at home.Most of these merchants are still aware of current affairs, and they no longer dare to test the bottom line of their "strong dragon" as a local snake.

But there are exceptions. Zhu Su couldn't help smiling coldly when he looked at the extremely eye-catching "one hundred stones" and "250 stones" in the account book.I thought there was no chance of killing chickens to warn monkeys, but no matter what, there are always some "chickens" who want to jump up and down to kill themselves.

"Ma Fengsun...ma salt merchant, right?"

"You and several other salt merchants donated 250 shi and [-] shi, are you just perfunctory to me?"

Zhu Su said.

"How dare the grassroots perfunctory Your Highness." The horseman who talked the most went out. "Really, there is really no money left in the family."

"If His Highness really wants to take all these grains...not to mention how the shipping will be in the future, my Ma family will go bankrupt in an instant!"

The salt merchant named Ma Fengsun kept begging for mercy.

(End of this chapter)