"Break your legs, give you a pair of crutches, and tell you: Without me, you can't even walk, so you have to be grateful." Ji Heng looked at the lame beggar and limped away. He whispered and left without looking back.
This time he was actually doing the same thing.
However, this was what the powerful nobles and merchants did to the poor people at the bottom. Now he just did the opposite and imposed it on the merchants.
The effect is indeed surprisingly good.
At least Feng, although she hated him in her heart, she was still grateful to herself.
Not long after.
Ji Heng returned to Xicheng.
He took off the mask on his face, threw it directly into the kitchen, fetched some water from the well, poured some water on the vegetable patch he had created a few days ago, and then lay lazily on the deck chair.
he knows.
There will basically be no problems with merchants.
No matter how bold and greedy the merchants are, they will never dare to argue with the 'First Emperor'. Lu Buwei's banner will directly overwhelm them.
They can only agree.
Once the Salt Pond Mine is handed over, it will be no longer up to them.
The government has too many means to target it.
However, Ji Heng knew very well that it was absolutely unrealistic for merchants to just give in temporarily and expect them to willingly spit out the benefits they received.
They will definitely resist.
It's just that in the past two years, merchants have not dared to take the lead.
Merchants travel all over the world and travel north and south. They are not much slower to know what is happening in the world than the imperial court. The reason why they endure and lie dormant is just because they are forced to bow their heads due to the pressure of the imperial court. Once the imperial court declines or the world is in turmoil, they will Will move with the trend.
Ji Heng put his hands under his head and said coldly: "Businessmen compromise too easily."
"They are counting on changes in the world and taking advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. Little do they know that Da Qin is also fighting for time. Once the Yanchi Mine is taken away by the court, it will be too difficult to get it back."
"You don't even have a chance!"
"The shackles on the heads of merchants are slowly being formed. When the Qin Dynasty sweeps the world again, you will have no chance to take off the shackles on your heads."
"Everything in the world is about profit coming and going."
"The appearance of Lu Buwei's unique talent is actually a good thing for China."
"At least the businessman was put in a cage."
"But it's not enough!"
Di store.
Fusu looked at the empty door, smiled bitterly, and returned to the west wing. He did not dare to be as willful as Ji Heng.
With Ji Heng's demonstration, all you have to do is follow the example.
Fu Su waved his sleeves and said to Wei Sheng, "Go and ask another merchant to come in."
"No." Wei Sheng said quickly.
Fusu sat upright.
He recalled Ji Heng's words, deeds and every step of operation, and secretly marveled in his heart. Ji Heng calculated the merchants so hard that he did not allow the merchants to argue. Whenever the merchants wanted to argue, they would directly suppress them with a stronger attitude. The merchants had no choice but to keep silent.
Strong!
Strong from start to finish.
Even though the government was asking for help from the merchants, Ji Heng still maintained his strength and never made any retreat or compromise. Instead, step by step, he forced the merchants to kneel down and beg for mercy.
Fusu couldn't help but be amazed at his superb control over the situation.
immediately.
He thought of Lu Buwei.
He actually knew very little about Lu Buwei.
When Lu Buwei died, he was only five or six years old.
But he vaguely remembered that after Lu Buwei resigned as prime minister and committed suicide, the world was in turmoil and the government and the public were restless.
The Qin Dynasty had been a country for more than five hundred years. It was unheard of in the past that the death of an official who committed a crime would lead to chaos in the government and the public.
Lu Buwei entered the Qin Dynasty for more than 20 years. He made contributions to the stability of the country and also committed the crime of causing chaos. But his achievements were great. He worshiped the prime minister to lead the country, granted marquises and fiefdoms, broke the Qin State's false feudal laws, and actually owned 100,000 households in Luoyang. He had too much power, wealth and honor. princes.
Only his sin is great.
Entering the palace privately, committing treachery and disrupting the government, causing turmoil in the government and the public, and ugliness abounded.
But what really silences the world is the rare things that can be lived in!
Perhaps it was because of Lu Buwei that after Lu Buwei's death, the First Emperor personally issued a "Letter to the People of the Country", concisely announcing to the world that people with a city registration like Lu Buwei would never be allowed to live in the country from that day on. In the State of Qin, officials were appointed as eunuchs.
Don’t say you didn’t predict what you said!
Therefore, when Ji Heng brought out the banner of "Lu Buwei", neither Feng nor other merchants were destined to dare to argue again, because they could not argue, let alone dare to argue.
Fusu pondered for a moment, showed a hint of understanding, and whispered: "Is this taking advantage of 'power'?"
At this time.
There were a few footsteps coming from the next door.
Fusu recovered his mind, took a deep breath, and looked towards the east chamber.
Feng Zhai.
After lying on the couch for a while, Feng Dong opened his eyes. How could there be any confusion in his eyes at this moment? It is clear that Xue Liang is powerful.
His eyes were just full of anger and hatred.
He sat up straight and could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He slapped the bed angrily and cursed: "It's unreasonable. It's really unreasonable."
"I, Feng Dong, have been in business for decades. Have I ever suffered such a big loss?"
"How dare you humiliate me like this?!"
"What a shame!"
aside.
Feng Zhen had been standing quietly for a long time.
In fact, he had already anticipated his father's move.
After Feng Dong's voice deepened, Feng Zhencai lowered his head in shame and said: "Father, my child has let you down this time. The government came prepared this time and did not allow us to object at all. They even moved the opera mausoleum out." , just to force us to submit.”
"I"
Feng Dong glanced coldly, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "You didn't do anything wrong. I heard it at the time. Even I could only bow my head at that time."
"This eldest son has such a deep plan!"
"From the moment we learned about this, we have been plotting. From the first rumors, which made us panic, to the time we were notified, it was calculated step by step."
"Our Feng family really suffered this time!"
"That's not right." Just when Feng Dong shouted angrily, he seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly stood up from the couch, shook his head and said, "Not the eldest son."
"We have lived in Xianyang for so long, and we still know something about the eldest son. The eldest son has a gentle temperament and is definitely incapable of doing such a cunning thing."
"The culprit is Mr. Zhong!"
"This is the man who took away our salt pond with five bamboo slips."
Got it all figured out.
Feng Dong's expression became extremely ferocious. If Ji Heng appeared in front of him again, he would even want to eat Ji Heng alive.
That's too much!
Feng Zhen smiled bitterly, so what if he knew?
Standing behind this person is the eldest son.
He was unwilling to say: "Father, what should we do now? Just hand over the salt pond and salt well like this? This is a gold pond that can steadily bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars a year!"
“Without the salt pond and the salt well, we are just like being dug up.”
"Even worse."
"We are also asked to take away the people who are in the Yanchi Salt Well. If we do this, the Yanchi Salt Well will have nothing to do with us."
"Father, what should we do?"
Feng Dong said nothing.
He held the bamboo stick in his hand and walked back and forth in the house, thinking about how to solve it. Finally, Feng Dong had a ruthless look in his eyes and hissed: "Since the government wants it, give it to them."
"Give?" Feng Zhen's face froze.
Feng Dong snorted coldly: "If you don't give it, will the government let you go?"
"You have read those five bamboo slips. The charges are clearly listed on them. As long as we dare to show our different intentions, the government will immediately have our entire clan beheaded."
"in addition."
"Everyone arranged by Yanchi has withdrawn."
"Don't leave any behind."
"Those incompetent members of the clan, no matter the big clan or the small clan, are all sent to the government. The family has raised them for so long, so it's time for them to share some of the tasks for the clan."
Hear the words.
Feng Zhen's face changed slightly.
He said solemnly: "Father, is this a little too much?"
"Passed?" Feng Dong sneered and said disdainfully: "If you don't do this, how are you going to get the letter from the court? Do you really think that the government can't find out the people we planted in Yanchi? Do you really think that if we send some side soldiers there, the government will As if nothing happened?"
"Don't test the court's bottom line."
"We are not qualified!"
"Instead of worrying in the future, it's better to have peace of mind in a quick way."
Feng Zhen looked around and lowered his voice: "Father, the government is so powerful this time. I'm afraid the salt merchants and iron merchants in Guanzhong have been called. They are probably very dissatisfied with the imperial court. Why don't we connect in private? By the way. It’s an opportunity for the court to make some concessions.”
Before Feng Zhen finished speaking, Feng Dong's bamboo stick struck him.
"Confused!"
Feng Zhen looked puzzled.
Feng Dong said coldly: "If you really do this, you will really fall into the trap of the government."
"What does the surname Zhong mean by Shuzi?"
"The imperial court is taking this action to prevent Lu Buwei. By doing this, doesn't it prove that you have the intention to threaten the imperial court?"
"Do you think the court will still treat you lightly?"
Feng Zhen's face changed slightly.
He really didn't think about this.
Feng Dong snorted coldly and said solemnly: "You still haven't seen through the scheme of this Zhong Shuzi. His scheme is one link after another, one link after another."
"You can't resist at all!"
"And this is exactly the brilliance of Shuzi Zhong."
"He left leeway from the beginning."
"Our Feng family has donated six thousand gold. Isn't six thousand gold a lot?"
"many."
"But the eldest son didn't pay attention at all and returned it directly. Our Feng family didn't accept it, and I'm afraid the other families didn't accept it either."
"You should think about it now."
"If the government collects our donations and takes away our salt ponds and mines, we merchants, large and small, will not dare to fight against the trapped beasts."
"But the wonderful thing about this person is that he only accepts one thing."
"This leaves us with a way out. With a way out, do you think other merchants will try their best? Moreover, the government will not leave you only a few gold or dozens of gold, but all of it."
"Thousands of gold!"
"This is enough to last for generations."
"With thousands of gold in the clan, who would risk the entire clan being killed just to piss off the imperial court?"
Feng Zhen's face turned pale.
The whole person was also terrified.
Seeing Feng Zhen's panic, Feng Dong flashed a flash of dissatisfaction and said: "Now you know you are afraid?"
"I will admit my defeat honestly this time."
"We have no chance of winning."
"This man has been plotting against us from the very beginning. However, although he forced us all up the dangerous peaks, he also left us a narrow path."
“To do more will make you wrong, to do less will make you wrong, and to do less will make you wrong.”
"Don't be stupid now."
"Otherwise this person will really push us down!"
"And once this goes down, all the hundreds of members of my Feng family will be dead."
"The only thing we can do now is to wait until the world is in chaos and the court cannot control the situation. This won't be long."
"I, Mrs. Feng, can still afford to wait."
"We can only wait!"
Thanks to the leader of Mingchan1111133 for the reward.
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grateful!
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