Suzhou is dominated by silk-based merchants, and they have suffered heavy losses because of being ten dollars.

Yangzhou is a salt merchant who is not satisfied, what are they for?

One word: salt!

As mentioned earlier, Nantang lacked salt, so he controlled the salt, which was even cooler than having a mine at home, and he didn't even have to dig it himself, and someone directly sent it to the door with money.

The salt merchants had a good time.

It's just that they didn't expect that Li Hongji's heart was black, how could he let the salt merchants make a big profit!

Li Hongji's abacus is very shrewd, he deliberately connived at the salt merchants, making them make a lot of money, like fat pigs, full of meat.

Moreover, the people suffered from the high price of salt and became angry with the salt merchants, so Li Hongji attacked them, took the wealth of the salt merchants, filled the emptiness of the treasury, cut off the heads of the salt merchants, and eliminated the anger of the people.

This guy crackles the abacus.

In order to prevent a shortage of salt, Li Hongji issued an edict to the salt merchants in Yangzhou, ordering them to sacrifice 500,000 quintals of salt.

Of course, as an emperor, he will not ask for money in vain, Li Hongji gave money, but it was the latest minted "Dangbai Big Money".

When they got this money, the salt merchants were stupid!

When 100 big money!

If you give it to you, it's better to grab it directly?

One piece is a hundred dollars, and the copper content is slightly more than three coppers, that is to say, at the price of hundreds of dollars, the salt merchant actually only got one-thirtieth of the price.

Li Hongji, you're a robber! Brigand!

The salt merchants gritted their teeth and hated, eager to catch Li Hongji and swallow him alive. However, as an emperor, they are not comparable to them at all, so they have to accept their fate.

But what happened next made the salt merchant even more angry.

The Bank of Suzhou, which was supported by the Great Zhou, was established, not to mention the exchange of ten major money, but also provided interest-bearing deposit business.

The salt merchants were immediately interested, and they decided to transfer their property to the Bank of Suzhou.

But just after transporting two boats, the Yangtze River Naval Division sealed the Yangzhou River to confiscate the boats, and when the copper coins were found, all of them were confiscated, and the relevant personnel were arrested, and all of them were put in prison.

Li Hongji also made a decree that if anyone dares to deposit money in the Bank of Suzhou without authorization, he will not be spared!

It is not enough to rob us of our property, but to cut off our financial routes, which is unbearable.

The merchants of Suzhou have set an example, and when it comes to strength, our salt merchants are much more powerful than them, and it is a big deal to raise the banner of rebellion and return to the Great Zhou.

When they had this idea, the salt merchants quickly assessed that they had a little advantage and a little disadvantage over Suzhou.

The advantage is that they are in Jiangbei, and the people of Da Zhou are close at hand.

As for the disadvantage, Yangzhou has too many Southern Tang Dynasty people and horses, all of them are land and water, and if they want to rebel, they will be suppressed immediately.

Therefore, the salt merchants jointly wrote a blood letter and sent a messenger to ask the Great Zhou to send troops.

Yangzhou is subordinate to Jiangdu Mansion, Jinling is subordinate to Jiangning Mansion, Jinling is the western capital, Yangzhou is the eastern capital, and the status is equivalent to Luoyang of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and even surpassed.

Bordering the Yangtze River and guarding the canal, it can be called the barrier of the north of the Yangtze River and an important town for soldiers.

If you want to take Yangzhou, it is by no means an easy thing, not to mention that Ye Hua has always been unwilling to fight hard, although it is said that a success will be a thousand bones, but the new army is all good families, many people are still literate, and they will go to the local government to be small officials in the future, which are all rare talents, and they are wasted in the siege war filled with human lives, which is really a tyrannical thing.

I don't want to fight hard, but I still want to win Yangzhou, what should I do?

"This is not simple, let the salt merchants be the internal response, gather their salt workers and stove households, make trouble in the city, open the city gate by the way, enlarge the army into the city, Yangzhou will not be in hand." Zhao Er said with a grin.

After listening to his high arguments, Ye Hua only wanted to say one sentence, "Don't say that you are my disciple in the future, it's too embarrassing!" ”

Zhao Er seemed to have received a slap in the face, and he was very embarrassed.

In front of the master, he always doesn't like to use his brain, but when he was scolded by Ye Hua, he couldn't help but use his brain.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Er said, "Master is worried that the salt merchant will not be used?" ”

Ye Hua nodded slightly.

Zhao Er seemed to be encouraged, and continued: "Li Hongji is eyeing the salt merchants, so he won't be afraid of their rebellion, maybe Li Hongji is still waiting for the salt merchants to make trouble!" Perhaps, when our army drives over, the heads of the salt merchants will fall to the ground! ”

Ye Hua finally nodded and said: "Li Hongji is ruthless, even his father and younger brother can be killed, not to mention a group of irrelevant salt merchants. It's just that the salt merchants and the officials of the court colluded with each other, and if the counter-feelings were unclear, it would be difficult for Li Hongji to do it. ”

"Disciple understood!"

Zhao Er said with some regret: "Master, since this is the case, the salt merchants can't be counted on - it's also the reason, the merchants in Suzhou have made trouble once, how can Li Hongji not be wary!" It's just a pity that a good move can't play a role! Damn it! ”

Ye Hua laughed, "Wrong, salt merchants are available, it's just a matter of using some brains." Do you know Li Hongji's biggest weakness? ”

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"My imperial brother's biggest weakness is that he is high up and not grounded. He has the power to scheming, the strategy, the ambition, and the means...... But he doesn't understand the people's suffering, he doesn't know what the people think, in his eyes, the Southern Tang Dynasty is strong and thriving, but from my eyes, the Southern Tang Dynasty is already stormy, and the imperial brother is destined to a big dream! ”

Li Yu muttered silently in his heart, his eyes were red, as if something was about to pour out.

Soon, Li Yu regained his composure, he carefully looked at Ye Hua's reply to the salt merchants, Ye Hua did not let them do anything, on the contrary, Ye Hua promised to provide the salt merchants with a batch of green salt, let them sacrifice to Li Hongji, and help the imperial court tide over the difficulties.

The salt merchant, who has been cheated by the top 100 money once, actually took the initiative to offer salt, which is really filial and loyal, and it makes people fall to the ground.

Since they were so loyal, of course the imperial court could not treat them badly, and the salt merchants had only one request, that is, they were allowed to take 100 yuan to compensate the wages of the salt workers, otherwise even if the salt merchants were extremely rich, they would not be able to bear the cost of hundreds of thousands of salt blocks.

After Li Yu read it, he could completely imagine the thoughts of the imperial brother.

The salt matter is big, the salt fortification is small, when the hundred big money damages the salt workers, but the patience is over, as long as the imperial court wins the Great Zhou, they will find a way to compensate them.

All in all, the times of the community are difficult, endure each other for the country, endure for a while, and it will pass.

"Brother Huang, Brother Huang! Firewood, rice, oil and salt are no trivial matter! ”

Li Yu sighed, the Great Zhou monarchs and ministers have always done things to help the weak and suppress the strong, try their best to toss the officials, protect the people, and implement the Qingzhang fields, because of the size of the steps, worried that the people will be harmed, make a ruler, mobilize officials and students to measure carefully, and be sure to be bigger, fair and reasonable.

Such a delicate way of politics will not appear in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Li Hongji felt that changing to mulberry fields was conducive to increasing income, so he ordered it to be done, and he would not have thought that the common people would raise silkworms and reeling silk, and they would not think of what to do if there was a shortage of food?

Someone wants to say, didn't Li Hongji think of getting grain from Wu Yue and Jing Chu?

But the question is, how does the food get into the hands of the common people?

Is it to let the merchants be responsible, or to let the official warehouses of the imperial court sell grain at a flat price, the geometry of mulberry fields in various places, how much grain is missing, and whether the bridges and roads are in good condition......

These seemingly trivial things are related to the success or failure of the whole plan, and once something goes wrong, the good law will also become the bad law.

Chai Rong was a merchant in his early years, he understood this truth, and Ye Hua even understood that he could even use it as a weapon to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty.

It's just that Li Hongji didn't understand, so he saw the salt merchant's performance of offering salt, nodded happily, and later mentioned that he would pay for his wages with hundreds of dollars, he hesitated a little, but he also agreed, after all, he can do it, and he can't help but let others do it!

Of course, even if the people below don't agree, they are still messing with the salt merchants, and they have nothing to do with him. When the trouble was serious, he cut off the heads of a few salt merchants to calm the people's anger.

It seems that Cao Cao did just that, emulating the sages, there is no problem!

Li Hongji ignored a fatal problem.

His nod was tantamount to letting go, and the salt merchants were above board and spent a hundred dollars...... Since you can spend 100 big money, it's not a problem to be 10 big money.

It turned out that Li Hongji was in the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he was only allowed to use it as five big coins, and when the ten big coins were used in Wuyue.

But now it's good, as soon as the mouth is opened, I can't control it anymore.

The chaotic coins, like a monster with its mouth wide open, wantonly devours the wealth of the people, the rich become poor, the poor become destitute, and the destitute ...... Wang San was originally a farmer, and his family had less than ten acres of water to irrigate the land, barely surviving.

But the imperial court ordered to plant mulberry seedlings instead, Wang San has been rice for more than ten years, and he can't plant mulberry, and there is no mother-in-law at home, who can help him?

Wang San is a stubborn temper, he just carries it to death, others have planted mulberry seedlings, he still grows rice and transplants seedlings, but he doesn't change his ...... On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the imperial court sent someone to inspect and found that Wang San's family had not changed, so he immediately stepped on the rice field, arrested Wang San, whipped him twenty times, and put a flail on him, and stood outside the yamen for three days, almost killing him.

When Wang San crawled home, he found that his home had been sealed, the three thatched houses were gone, and ten acres of land had been taken away and mulberry seedlings were inserted.

Wang San wanted to find someone to theorize, but a kind neighbor told him that it was the county commander's brother-in-law who took his family's field, and how much ability did he have to fight with the government?

Wang San was completely desperate, he relied on the charity of his fellow villagers, barely passed ten days, and the injuries on his body were not good, so he left his hometown and went to the Taizhou area, carrying brine, and became a salt worker.

After working for a few months, Wang San relied on his strong body and carried more than others every day, and he had only one thought, which was to save money, buy another piece of land, and then go home to be a farmer.

This thought supported Wang San, like a livestock, every day he got up early and returned late, slept in a shack, ate shoddy cakes, and sometimes felt that he was like an ox in a ploughed field, silent and tenacious, and could hold on forever.

Only this time he couldn't take it anymore.

Every month, he is tired and tired, and the income of the consistent money is changed to five big money, and there are only two hundred left, he endured it, but it can be changed to a hundred big money, only ten!

Lao Tzu worked hard for a month and only earned ten dollars!

Go to the fucking bullshit court, you robbed Lao Tzu of everything, and you still don't give up, even your wages are deducted, Lao Tzu can't live anymore, I have to fight with you!

The silent Wang San touched a hammer out of nowhere, he hid it in his sleeve, pretending to be a person receiving money, and when he arrived in front of the scribe who issued the wages, he suddenly burst out, and when he hammered down, his brain burst out, splashing all over his face.

Wang Sangui sent a god, licked the blood on his cheeks, and screamed wildly, and pounced on the soldiers guarding the salt works......