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At this time, King Yong's brows were tightly locked, and he looked ready to get angry at any time, it was not for nothing that these Jin merchants could be left and right between Yongdi and Liangdi, he and King Liang were very aware of the existence of these Jin merchants in their hearts, and they also knew what they were doing.

It's just that these Jin merchants are very generous, and they will give him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, not to mention jewelry and beauties.

Because of this, he naturally turned a blind eye, who would have trouble with silver, as long as these Jin merchants did not harm their interests, it was enough.

But now these Jin merchants obviously stabbed Lou Zi and made Xiao Ming find out.

"Are these Jin merchants really collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country?" King Yong couldn't help asking.

He never cared about what kind of business these Jin merchants and barbarians did, he only cared about how much silver he could get from these Jin merchants.

Xiao Ming nodded and told King Yong the news that the secret guards had gotten.

"Hmph, these profiteers, this king once told them not to go too far, but I didn't expect them to secretly do these things without the king, the virtuous nephew can rest assured, this king will clean them up when he goes back." King Yong said with a big grin.

When Xiao Ming heard this, he sneered, he believed in King Yong's words to have a ghost, and now it is not a matter of a day or two for the vassal kings of the Great Yu Kingdom to act separately.

In fact, he understood that moving out of Xiao Wenxuan would not be able to make King Yong surrender, and the most likely thing for King Yong to do at that time was to kill some people casually to make up the numbers, and what these Jin merchants should do and what they should do, it was just a change of appearance.

Instead of using the imperial power to suppress, it is better to talk about interests directly, after all, whether it is King Yong or King Liang, these are the vassal kings who guard the frontier, and they will still be outside and the king's orders will not be affected, let alone these vassal kings.

"Uncle Sihuang, you and I are both understanding people, so you don't have to use this to send your nephew." Xiao Ming took a sip of tea and took a sip slowly.

King Yong was dissatisfied: "Virtuous nephew, what do you mean by this? Didn't Uncle Huang promise you? What else do you want Uncle Huang?"

"If Uncle Huang is really sincere, this time my nephew will send three thousand cavalry to go back with Uncle Huang, and if I don't see the heads of these nine Jin merchants, my nephew won't believe it." Xiao Ming blew on the heat of the tea, but King Yong's face darkened.

In King Yong's opinion, Xiao Ming is a little bit of an inch, how can he endure this hot temper.

Without waiting for King Yong to get angry, Xiao Ming continued: "My nephew understands what Uncle Huang is worried about, isn't it just hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year? As long as Uncle Huang can eradicate these Jin merchants, this silver nephew will give it to you. “

King Yong's face gradually recovered as before, and he was puzzled: "Virtuous nephew, Uncle Huang, I have always been straightforward and fast-talking, say something offensive, Uncle Huang doesn't believe that you are doing this for the world of the Great Yu Kingdom, after all, you are just a small vassal king, and this world is the prince's, it is the imperial brother and the prince who should be worried, not you, why do you work so hard?" I can't say that the merit will be high in the future, this merit is poison, the more merit, the faster you will die, we vassal kings only need to take care of their own one acre and three points of land, and stretching out too long will make some people unhappy. ”

"It is said that the four emperor uncles are brave and unscrupulous, but the nephew may not be able to see it." Xiao Ming was surprised, King Yong's words were exactly what most of the vassal kings were thinking now, and he said in a deep voice: "Uncle Huang's words make sense, and my nephew thinks so now, so this eradication of Jin Shang is for the sake of the Great Yu Kingdom, and also for himself." “

"Oh?" King Yong exclaimed, "Why did this Jin merchant provoke the virtuous nephew?" ”

"Because these Jin merchants took goods from the king's chamber of commerce, but sold them to the barbarians four times or even five times, and also obstructed the business of the chamber of commerce on the grassland, how can this king bear it?"

Although the Great Yu Kingdom forbade merchants to trade with the barbarians in private, if there was Xiao Wenxuan's edict, they could still do business with the barbarians, but these businesses could not involve iron, saltpeter and other materials, just like the barbarians' restrictions on war horses.

However, the imperial court has always levied heavy taxes on border trade, which has led to the fact that there is no smuggling to make money in general trade, and because of this, the Jin merchants have made a fortune from it.

Now that Xiao Ming has been treated as an imperial merchant and can not pay taxes, he naturally does not want to let go of the lucrative border trade, after all, the national strength of the barbarians is also very strong, and the barbarians have plundered a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry from the countries of the Western Regions after years of conquest.

As far as he knew, the nobles of the barbarians also loved luxury, and the trend of comparison prevailed, which was an opportunity for him, after all, even if there was a war, trade could still be carried out.

"Hahaha...... I see, well, these Jin merchants are indeed excessive. King Yong said.

Xiao Ming smiled and continued: "The interests of the Jin merchants are comprehensible, and they dare to sell anything, how can this be compared with the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce, at least my nephew will not sell saltpeter and sulfur, so defeating these Jin merchants can not only prevent the Jin merchants from fattening the barbarians, but also allow the nephew's Chamber of Commerce to control the border trade, and the imperial uncle can also take the silver generously, right?" ”

King Yong was tempted, he kept these Jin merchants just for the silver, and now Xiao Ming promised to make up for him, why not, and he has always been unhappy with King Liang, these Jin merchants also gave King Liang more silver than he gave him.

What made him most angry was the battle of Jizhou, where King Liang watched his Jizhou being besieged and had no intention of helping at all.

Thinking of this, he nodded, "In that case, this busy uncle will help, and he can try the power of this arquebus." ”

"Then the nephew is waiting for the good news." Finding a thug for himself, Xiao Ming felt a sense of relief in his heart.

It can not only crack down on the traitorous behavior of these Jin merchants, but also expand their own trade, and this action against the Jin merchants is a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

After saying this, King Yong was about to receive the arquebus, and he was in a hurry, and he was eager to equip his troops with the arquebus now.

took King Yong to the warehouse at the Qingzhou wharf, and the two went directly to the warehouse dedicated to storing arms, where the arms he traded with other vassal kings were all guarded by layers of soldiers.

According to the last agreement, Xiao Ming wanted to produce 2,000 arquebuses for King Yong, and now this batch of arquebuses has already been produced, just waiting for King Yongwang to come and receive them.

This time, King Yong arrived in Qingzhou with silver and personal guards, just for this matter.

"Uncle Four Emperors, this batch of arquebuses will be handed over to you." Xiao Ming said that King Yong came in person, and he had to accompany him.

The armory was full of boxes of arquebuses, and when he saw these arquebuses, King Yong's eyes lit up, and he nodded with satisfaction to Xiao Ming, "Thank you, nephew, come here, and bring the silver down from the cargo ship." ”

While speaking, King Yong walked around the armory, and when he saw the cannons in the armory, his eyes were hot, and he said, "Virtuous nephew, can these twenty cannons also be given to the imperial uncle?" ”