Making you a son-in-law is not about making you conquer the world.

"Oh? Your name is Hu Bazhi?" Lin Ping wasn't surprised to see this familiar face; instead, he was amused by the other person's name.

Hu Bazi has a mustache shaped like the character "八" (eight). Could it be that his parents guessed he would look like this when he grew up?

Hu Bazi made a standard chrysanthemum face and chuckled, "It is indeed I, Your Highness, please give me your instructions."

The man's appearance didn't cause much of a stir, since Su Hongxin had never seen him before. However, the Su family steward was so terrified he was speechless, collapsing to the ground and muttering repeatedly, "It's over, it's all over..."

Jiang Yunying's beautiful eyes widened, and she glared at Lin Ping with annoyance, saying coldly, "My husband is just bullying people, even lying to Yunying!"

"Heaven and earth bear witness, when have I ever bullied you, Jiang Yunying? Even if I had the heart and the guts, I didn't have the strength," Lin Ping said, expressing his grievance with his eyes.

"Husband, thank you!" Jiang Yunying suddenly kissed Lin Ping on the forehead. Even Lin Ping himself couldn't count how many times he had been violated.

The appearance of Hu Ba Zi immediately made the situation clear, except for Su Hongxin and others who couldn't see through it. From then on, it was completely Lin Ping's turn to dominate.

"Eighth Brother, go and bring those ten cartloads of salt over here. Sell them for ten coins a bushel. If they dare to ask for even one more coin... you know what will happen!" Lin Ping looked at Hu Bazi's crotch with ill intent.

"Eighth Brother?" Hu Ba Zi was a little puzzled by this address. It sounded like someone was addressing him as a brother, but there was something strange about it.

Regardless, Hu Bazhi followed Lin Ping's instructions and walked out of the crowd.

"Ten cartloads of salt? Is Ping'er crazy or just stupid?" the city lord asked Jiang Yunying in a puzzled tone.

How could the city lord not know how much wealth Lin Ping possessed?

How could ten extra cartloads of salt have appeared out of nowhere?

"Reporting to Father, this man is the foreign merchant who recently sold salt on a large scale," Jiang Yunying replied with a smile, having roughly understood what was going on.

Although she didn't know where Lin Ping got the salt from, she did know that Lin Ping had tricked Su Hongxin badly once.

Ten days ago, Lin Ping had already obtained a large amount of salt. The reason he hesitated to take it out was to lure Su Hongxin into a trap. He even staged a good show by deliberately raising the price with the Su family steward and finally earned more than 100,000 taels of silver.

This not only caused the four major salt merchants to lose all their wealth, but also caused Su Hongxin to fall when he was at the highest point of his climb. Even if he didn't die, he would certainly be seriously injured.

Before long, a commotion arose outside the crowd, mixed with laughter.

The crowd parted to make way for three well-dressed young men who walked toward Lin Ping with smiles on their faces, exclaiming, "Brother Lin, you're really something! You actually dug up salt from under that barren field where no crops grow!"

The speaker was Zhu Xiaoji. Even though he was a spendthrift, he didn't refuse the temptation of mountains of gold and silver.

Previously, he, Tang Wunao, and Xu Jianren were entrusted by Lin Ping to spend a huge sum of money to dig up that bad land. They originally only wanted to make the spendthrift son's reputation even greater. Little did they know that salt was buried underground.

The three men didn't pay much attention at first, thinking it was just a small piece. So they ordered their subordinate Hu Bazhi to sell several cartloads of salt. But the deeper they dug, the more salt they found. It was a whole mountain of salt buried deep underground, an inexhaustible source!

The three were finally shocked, even imagining mountains of gold and silver. With this salt in hand, why would they need to marry into a wealthy family? They would be the biggest wealthy family themselves.

"Ji'er, is this true?" Zhu Ji, who was fawning over Su Hongxin, strode over. Although Zhu Xiaoji was a spendthrift, he never lied. In other words, the Ping family had a share of the huge treasure underground.

"How could it be fake?" Zhu Xiaoji said unhappily, then waved to the person behind him. Hu Bazi immediately brought over ten cartloads of salt that was whiter than silver.

Suddenly, Zhu Ji knelt on the ground, pounded his chest and stamped his feet, and looked up to the sky and sighed, "Ancestors above, my son Zhu Ji has made something of himself!"

At the same time, Tang Wunao and Xu Jianren's father both knelt on the ground, thanking their ancestors for their blessings. They even felt that their ancestral graves were emitting auspicious smoke, so they discussed the location of their ancestral graves, but surprisingly... there was no connection at all.

The city lord was immediately amused, and even laughed out loud. "I have a lot to say about the topic of raising children well..."

That's true. Jiang Yunyu invested 100,000 taels of silver in the name of the City Lord's Mansion, taking a 20% stake. At the moment, at least two carts of salt belong to the City Lord's Mansion, saving nearly 20,000 taels of silver in one go. In the long run, it's practically a bottomless treasure.

“Father…” Jiang Yunying was speechless. She had never seen the city lord so excited. He was just like a child. Only she, who owned 50% of the shares, remained calm.

With the help of several workers, bags of salt were unloaded from the truck and distributed to ordinary people without any hesitation.

The price of ten coins per dou was not much different from that of rice and flour, so it was practically given away for free, and it was quickly snapped up.

To prevent people from being unable to buy salt, Lin Ping stipulated a limit of one dou (a unit of dry measure) per person. Even some wealthy merchants could only buy one dou in their own name.

"Our Lord loves his people like his own children and gives away salt for free. We swear to follow him to the death!" Thousands of people knelt on the ground at the same time, their loud voices resounding throughout the heavens and the earth.

The people's affection has now turned into unwavering loyalty, which fully demonstrates their gratitude to the city lord's mansion. Without these ten cartloads of salt, countless families would not have been able to survive.

The city lord knew the credit belonged to Lin Ping and was unwilling to shamelessly accept the kowtow, but he found that the other party was looking at him with a firm gaze.

Lin Ping was merely a son-in-law living with his wife's family; how could he possibly bear the affection of thousands of ordinary people? This opportunity naturally had to be given to his father-in-law.

The city lord didn't refuse and said loudly, "Fellow villagers, don't worry, the city lord's mansion has already dug up the underground salt mountain, and from now on, we will sell salt here at a low price every day. Hurry up and tell your relatives and friends, don't keep them waiting too long!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd bowed again and quickly departed. The thousands of people were only one percent of Jiangcheng City's population; many more had not yet purchased salt, and they felt it was essential to share this exciting news with their friends and family.

"It's over, it's all over!" The four salt merchants collapsed to the ground, barely breathing.

They spent all their savings to hoard salt, originally thinking they could earn hundreds of thousands of taels. Now, Lin Ping has driven the price of salt down by two hundred times, and the salt they hoarded is worth at most a few thousand taels.

"Brother Ping, let's go have some fun!" Zhu Xiaoji said cheerfully, completely forgetting that Jiang Yunying was right beside him.

“I suddenly want you to withdraw your shares…” Lin Ping glared at Zhu Xiaoji, then immediately changed the subject, striding over to Su Hongxin and saying seriously, “Boss Su, I heard that a new chairman will be elected tomorrow. Why don’t we elect one now? Anyway, all the wealthy businessmen in Jiangcheng are here.”