Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

In order to complete the task assigned by Zhao Heng, Li Jun went to Binzhou to find Sun Tiebiao many times.

To be honest, Sun Tiebiao is good at fighting and killing people, but he doesn't have the brains to wield power.

Fortunately, three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. Fu Gang was able to become the leader of the Binzhou branch not simply by fighting and killing, but also by being a little clever.

It just so happened that he himself was tired of the gang fighting and killing. This time the King of Chu gave him an opportunity, and he must seize it. There were still many families of his dead brothers who needed to be taken care of.

"I understand what you mean. It's about quitting while you're ahead. If they have too much free time, then find something for them to do."

Fu Gang liked Sun Tiebiao very much. He thought that Sun Tiebiao was a righteous man who could handle things. He didn't know Li Jun very well, but the King of Chu sent him to help him and repeatedly advised him to stay calm.

I guess such a person can’t be that bad!

Seeing that Fu Gang had grasped the truth, Sun Tiebiao thought to himself, "Good fellow, his brain is similar to mine, and he actually figured it out."

Li Jun went back and reported the Binzhou incident to Zhao Heng.

"He's right. That's the point. Let them know there are always eyes watching them. Let them behave themselves."

Zhao Heng said while knocking his hands on the table and shaking his head.

Li Jun didn't know who the "they" Zhao Heng was talking about were, but he just had to get his job done.

Cui Minghao went straight to the salt market as usual. The family was actually quite optimistic about this market. They had wanted to do this several times at the nearby seaside, but the salt field site could not be approved.

After all, salt was controlled by the imperial court. Moreover, people had died after eating salt in the past. When talking about salt, everyone was very cautious. Even if there was no problem with the salt they made at home, if something went wrong, no one would be spared.

If the Cui family could control the salt market or enter the salt fields, and their own people came up with a method of salt production and obtained official approval, they could go back and open their own salt fields and pay membership fees to the court.

On the day when Cui Minghao rented the Salt Gang's warehouse, the former Salt Gang's porters were blocked by the Cao Gang's people. The Zhou family's former Salt Gang brothers have now been cleared out, but this does not mean that there are no Zhou family members in the Cao Gang.

"What do you want to do? If you have something to say, just say it. Don't come here to cause trouble. Although my Cui family has no influence in Binzhou, it doesn't mean that I have no one in the court."

Cui Minghao's words were not without power, but too powerful. It was said that even the emperor of the time was wary of the Cui family.

Just as the other side was about to retreat, the salt gang's porter quietly slipped away, leaving behind a sentence: "Boss, it's not that we in the salt gang are afraid of them, but we have no choice but to retreat now that we have encountered this situation."

Cui Minghao had never seen such a cowardly gang. He even came out to support the Salt Gang, but they ran away before the battle even started.

"What do you mean? With my Cui family here, no one dares to bully you."

Although Cui Minghao said this, he still couldn't keep the person from leaving.

He turned to look at the group leading the riot and asked, "This area has been a quarrel between you, the Cao Gang and the Yan Gang. We were originally going our separate ways, but you insisted on doing this. Now what do you say we should do?"

The leader of the Cao Gang did not expect such an outcome. Now the Salt Gang ran away without saying a word, leaving the Cao Gang no chance to get angry.

"Sir, we just have a little conflict with the Salt Gang. I didn't expect them to be so cowardly. But this warehouse belongs to the Salt Gang. We can't help them transport salt."

Cui Minghao looked at the Cao Gang members and wanted to get angry, but he also knew the truth that a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. He could only sigh and said, "Hey! Either you guys come to an agreement, or I really need you to carry the goods."

Of course the Cao Gang wanted to take on this job, but merely transporting the goods and transporting and selling them by themselves were two completely different things.

This has also been the secret of Binzhou Salt Field over the years. There is a lot of knowledge involved in salt making, transportation, trafficking, and local transportation and sales, especially transportation and sales, which involve the most tricks.

For example, you go to the supermarket to buy eggs, but there are only 100 eggs, and VIPs have special prices. You are an idle person, and you cooperate with the supermarket's counter outside to directly transport the eggs from the warehouse to the counter outside.

Then you buy the eggs at the VIP price and sell them to the counter outside the supermarket. The supermarket announces that they are out of eggs and you have to wait until tomorrow to buy them.

However, eggs at the counter outside are only one cent more expensive. Would you wait until the next day?

Now the salt gang is people who have VIP cards, and the warehouse is the counter outside the supermarket. Local salt merchants will naturally not buy from them, but salt merchants from other places need to cooperate with these warehouses.

The Salt Gang only rents warehouses but does not transfer VIP cards. In order to expand its scale, the Cui family will cooperate with Fu Gang, and the Cui family will also get a share of the profits.

This is a win-win situation. Now that the Cao Gang is causing trouble, the Salt Gang will not earn any money from the transportation fee. After all, the Salt Gang is too weak now.

Once the Salt Gang withdraws, one or two labor vacancies will be left in the salt fields, forcing the Cao Gang to recruit people.

The Binzhou Cao Gang had experienced two armed conflicts, and their numbers had been greatly reduced. Now they were recruiting new people from the city, so it was inevitable that they were not united.

At this time, the newly recruited people not only strengthened the Zhou family's power in the salt field, but even the people sent by the King of Chu mixed in.

"What do you think? The salt gang members are not suitable for trafficking. Although some salt gang members on land are also engaged in trafficking, they are still unable to expand."

Zhao Heng held the information in his hand and showed it off to Li Jun with a smile.

Since he and Li Shiyuan have been together, although they have not held a wedding, he has treated Li Jun very well and now discusses everything with Li Jun.

"I think there are your people here, and there are also your enemies' people here."

Li Jun didn't want to discourage Zhao Heng's enthusiasm, but he was familiar with history books, especially some unofficial history books. He had discussed these matters with Zhao Heng frequently recently, so it was inevitable that he would think more about it.

"You're right. I need to have my people divide them, create some conflicts, and let them fight each other."

Zhao Heng was very dissatisfied with the Cao Gang's later behavior of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, especially after they captured the Salt Gang's headquarters in Chuzhou. Without his order from the King of Chu, it would have been difficult for the Cao Gang to gain a foothold in Chuzhou.

However, the King of Chu not only did not gain any benefit from helping them, but was also eager to divide up the territory and completely forgot his benefactor.

What’s even more infuriating is that they played the emotional card with the Second Prince’s network of relationships and business connections, thinking from the beginning that he, the prince, was redundant, or that the Second Prince was more reliable?

When Liu Yihui went from Shangjing to Chuzhou, the leader of the Cao Gang asked him to keep in touch with Zhao Heng. However, for some reason, this guy was led astray and spent his days in brothels.

It was not until one day when the headquarters asked the fifth prince what his future plans were that he remembered his purpose in Chuzhou.

However, Zhao Heng did not give him so much time. When Liu Yihui came to express his gratitude with gifts, Zhao Heng directly said that he wanted to build a pier on the Chuzhou River.

Liu Yihui didn't understand what Zhao Heng meant by this, and just thought that the prince was too bored to do business!