I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

"Master! Butler Hu was beheaded!"

Inside Li's mansion, servants hurried back to report.

"what!"

Li Yang was startled and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground.

"Gone?"

He couldn't believe that Jiang Zuo actually dared to do that.

"It's really gone. With a snap, Butler Hu's head fell off."

The servant said with a look of horror.

"How dare you kill someone from my Li family!"

Li Yang was so angry that he slapped the eight-immortals table hard.

"Also, the governor-general also said that he wanted to overthrow our Jiangnan family, saying that he wanted to sell cheap things that ordinary people could afford, and that it was fair... all kinds of nonsense. Now the people of Yecheng are scolding us for driving up prices..."

The servant said in panic.

Hearing these words, Li Yang couldn't help but smashed another cup.

"If you don't give me face, don't blame me for being cruel!"

……

Two days later.

The old market in Yecheng has been completely transformed.

There were a few large characters written on the plaque at the gate.

"Yecheng Department Store."

The people were all confused: "Who owns this?"

"This is the affordable market that Lord Jiang mentioned a few days ago."

"What exactly is it?"

After that, the people went in one after another.

In the middle of the market, Jiang Zuo, the governor-general of Zhenbei, was introducing various commodities to the people in a very friendly manner.

You have to know that Jiang Zuo came from a business family and became famous when he was in Anding County.

Now that he is on the road, his talking skills are still as good as ever.

But this time, Jiang Zuo did not bring the high-quality goods from Anding County, but instead brought some cheap goods and sold them to the people of Yecheng at super low prices.

After all, the Jizhou area had just experienced a major disaster, and the people did not have much spare money to buy expensive things.

"Everyone, here we produce high-quality salt in Jizhou. Now, it only costs 220 coins per pound."

On the stage, Jiang Zuo held up a spoonful of salt and introduced it to the people, "This salt is guaranteed by the government, so the quality is definitely good enough."

"Only over 200?"

When people heard this number, they couldn't believe it.

You know, the salt they usually buy costs at least 600 coins per catty, and recently the price has risen to more than one tael of silver per catty.

"I want a few pounds!"

"I want one pound, too."

The people held up their silver coins and rushed to buy the goods.

The price of salt in Yecheng has skyrocketed in recent days, resulting in a shortage of supply.

Now that salt is so cheap, how can we not grab it?

"Don't worry. If you need to buy salt, go to the food section, which is on the south side of the market. Okay, next item."

Jiang Zuo said as he took out another piece of soap from the box and said to the people in the audience, "This is the soap produced in Anding County. The preferential price is fifty coins per piece, and one piece can be used for a whole year."

"Soap? Never heard of it."

Some people in the audience were confused.

Jiang Zuo placed the goods in front of everyone and introduced them, "This soap can be used for bathing. Just apply it on your body and it will still smell fragrant after washing off."

“There are still good things like this.”

Everyone came forward to smell it.

"It smells so good!"

"Excuse me, where can I buy this thing?"

Jiang Zuo replied: "If you want to buy daily necessities, please go to the first area of ​​the market."

"Here is some good cloth for a hundred coins a piece."

"A glass teacup worth two hundred taels."

"Fifty taels a bag of candy."

"Fine red mountain tea leaves."

At this moment, Jiang Zuo's identity has changed from the Governor-General of Zhenbei to a salesperson.

The only way to deal with the wealthy Jiangnan families is to use the power of the people to suppress the economy of these families.

With its low-price and practical model, it quickly seized the Yecheng market and broke the Li family's monopoly on commodities.

It is easy to eliminate the enemy in the mountains, but it is difficult to defeat the enemy in the heart.

If we simply kill one person from the Jiangnan family, it will not solve the problem fundamentally, but will only create more trouble.

What Jiangzuo wants to utilize is the power of the people, allowing them to awaken spontaneously and unite to fight against those aristocratic families who exploit the common people.

……

Li House.

"Master, Jiang Zuo is selling things in the market."

The servant came to report.

"What does it have to do with me if he sells something? No matter how he sells, it can't shake the foundation of my Li family."

Li Yang didn't care at all.

"But he's selling salt!"

"what!"

Li Yang was shocked and cursed: "How dare such a dog official sell salt without authorization."

You know, the tea and salt business is the foundation of the Li family.

Without the permission of the imperial court, no one dared to sell salt.

Li Yang felt a sense of provocation.

"Not only salt, but also tea, soap, all kinds of things."

Servants report.

Li Yang frowned immediately and asked, "Is this Jiang Zuo an official appointed by the imperial court or a businessman?"

"Their salt is only sold for two hundred coins per pound."

The servant added.

"Two hundred coins?" Upon hearing this, Li Yang couldn't hold back and cursed, "Is he being kind? Damn it! He is deliberately provoking! This is a cruel move!"

As a result of Jiang Zuo's operation, hardly a single item of Li family's merchandise was sold in a day.

……

The next day.

The department store in Yecheng is still booming.

The workers who were building the reservoir outside the city did not forget to go into the city for shopping in their spare time.

The once lifeless Yecheng now seems to have become more vibrant.

As Jiang Zuo's right-hand man, Master Guo has been very busy recently.

With the opening of the market, he, as a legal advisor, also had to coordinate various transactions. He had never been so busy before when he was in Anding County.

As usual, Master Guo walked hurriedly in Yecheng.

As he was walking, he was suddenly stopped by a group of people.

"Please lend it to me."

Master Guo said politely.

There were three people on the other side, all of them were burly men. At this moment, they stood in front of Master Guo, and it was unknown what their purpose was.

Seeing that the other party did not respond, Master Guo prepared to take a detour.

After all, he is a busy man and doesn't want to bother with such a gangster.

But when Master Guo turned to the left, they blocked him, and when Master Guo turned to the right, the group of people directly surrounded him.

"Are you Master Guo?"

The other party asked in a low voice.

Master Guo obviously knew that the other party had bad intentions, but he did not deny it and said, "I am you. May I ask what can I do for you?"

Since the other party knows his identity, he probably won't do anything extreme.

Master Guo was really worried that the other party was here to rob him. After all, he had a lot of silver on him.

"Oh, nothing, I just want to make friends with you, Master Guo."

The leader laughed.

"Let's talk about it another day. I'm busy now."

Master Guo said perfunctorily, and then prepared to leave through the gap between them.

But these three people pushed Master Guo against the wall and said, "Master Guo, please don't be so disrespectful. I heard that you are a popular person around Master Jiang."

Master Guo looked displeased, and it was obvious that the other party had no good intentions.

"If you don't leave now, people from the government will come."

Master Guo warned.

"Please ask Master Guo to come over here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Master Guo had a sack put over his head. Then he felt waves of pain, as if someone had punched him hard in the abdomen...