Bai Songlin took a sip of tea and said calmly: "I don't think Yang Xun will take back our right to sell salt. After all, Yang Xun is also the new master of Huaizhou now. There is no need to make things so tense. !”
The fat boss suddenly became anxious: "Old Bai, I think you are really confused! You and Yang Xun are not relatives. How could Yang Xun give you the right to sell salt? It will be a matter of time before he takes back our right to sell salt. If we If you don’t seize the opportunity, you won’t have anywhere to cry!”
Hearing this, Bai Songlin also frowned. He had to say that what the fat boss said made sense.
It is true that the Bai family is the richest man in Huaizhou, but if they lose their right to sell salt, they will be surpassed by others soon.
But he didn't want to offend Yang Xun. If Yang Xun got angry, he would most likely attack his Bai family. After all, his Bai family was the richest man in Huaizhou, so he was naturally the leader of these merchants.
"Old Bai, don't hesitate. I think you will take the lead in this matter and it will definitely succeed!" the fat boss said quickly.
In fact, he also had his own considerations. To put it bluntly, this was a gamble, betting that Yang Xun would bow to them.
But Yang Xun is the prince after all, and he has military power, so there is no guarantee that he will not use strong methods against them. If this is the case, with Bai Songlin joining, Bai Songlin can also be pushed out to withstand the thunder.
"But if we stop selling salt, the price of salt in Xiangzhou will soar and the people will not be able to afford it." Bai Songlin frowned and shook his head.
At this moment, a servant hurried in, leaned into Bai Songlin's ear and said something.
"Is there such a thing?" Bai Songlin's eyes widened with a look of panic on his face, and he left in a hurry without even bothering to say hello to other businessmen.
Looking at Bai Songlin's retreating back, the other businessmen were all confused. Without Bai Songlin taking the lead, they were really hesitant.
The fat boss had a look of resentment on his face and said angrily to the other businessmen: "If Bai Songlin doesn't want to join, then he won't join. When we force Yang Xun to bow his head, we will turn around and deal with his Bai family!"
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On the other side, outside Huaizhou City, Yang Xun was riding a tall horse and looked at the Huaizhou City in front of him with stern eyes. Behind him were the 80,000 Xuanjia Army and 50,000 Qingzhou Army who were ready to go.
"Lord, most of Huaizhou has surrendered to us now. As long as we capture the city of Huaizhou, Huaizhou will basically fall into our hands." Xue Rengui said with a smile.
Yang Xun nodded and asked, "What did Jiang Wei say? Did Prince Xiang and his son surrender?"
At first, Yang Xun only gave Prince Xiang and his son three days, but he has been out for more than ten days, and there is still no movement from Prince Xiang and his son. Yang Xun has no patience anymore.
Xue Rengui said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Back to my lord, General Jiang's letter said that Prince Xiang and his son still have no intention to surrender. In addition, according to reports from spies, Princess Xiang is constantly wooing generals at all levels in Xiangzhou, and it seems that she wants to fight the lord to the end. , In addition, Jiang Wei also said that the 100,000 recruits that the lord asked to recruit are already full, and training can begin at any time."
Yang Xun nodded. Before he left Beiyan, he asked Jiang Wei to recruit 100,000 new soldiers to prepare for emergencies. King Xiang's attitude had already been anticipated by Yang Xun.
Although King Xiang was a fool like King Huai, Princess Xiang was a general, and her father and brother both held important positions in the Xiangzhou army.
With the support of her father and brother, Princess Xiang could easily obtain the military power of Xiangzhou, so naturally she could not surrender so easily.
"Since they are unwilling to surrender, there is no need to keep them. Let Jiang Wei kill them and send their bodies to Xiangzhou for Princess Xiang to receive them personally!"
"The 100,000 new soldiers must be trained as soon as possible. After one month, Jiang Wei will disperse the new soldiers to the counties and counties of Northern Yan, replace half of the original defenders in each county, and lead all the replaced Northern Yan troops to Huaizhou to fight with us. Meet up!”
After Yang Xun finished speaking, he looked at Li Sandan aside.
"How did you do with the information I asked you to inquire about?"
Li Sandan hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Back to your lord, I have found out clearly that among the famous families in Huaizhou City, apart from a few noble families who have surrendered, there are only one Bai family and one Jia family. "
"The current head of the Bai family is called Bai Songlin. He has a daughter who is about to be married. She is about the same age as the prince, and she looks like a water spirit..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Before Li Sandan could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Yang Xun.
"The king asked you to inquire about the situation of these famous families, not to ask about their daughters and pick the important ones!"
Yang Xun was left speechless. What was this guy talking about? He acted as if he was thinking about his daughter. Am I, Yang Xun, that kind of person?
"Yes, yes, you are too talkative." Li Sandan quickly shook off his words and continued, "The Bai family has been in business for generations and is the richest man in Huaizhou. It has countless properties. He had a good relationship with the King of Huai before, but The latter two families suddenly had little contact with each other. According to rumors, it was because Prince Huai’s Crown Prince teased Miss Bai’s family, which caused the two families to be very unhappy."
"As for the Jia family, like the Bai family, they are also a business family. Their main industry is selling salt. The head of the Jia family is called Jia Dagui. This person is a die-hard loyalist of King Huai. He was promoted by King Huai. There is a village outside the city. , it is said that the family also maintains a lot of private soldiers, numbering four to five thousand."
Yang Xun nodded. It was so courageous for a small businessman to dare to station troops privately.
However, Yang Xun, who had four to five thousand private soldiers, really didn't take it seriously. He waited until he entered Huaizhou City to deal with this Jia Dagui.
At this moment, the gate of Huaizhou City slowly opened, and an official in official uniform walked over quickly.
The official knelt down in front of Yang Xun without hesitation and said respectfully: "I'm going to be the governor of Huaizhou, Ma Youzhong, to pay homage to the King of Zhenbei and respectfully welcome the King of Zhenbei to the city!"
Yang Xun smiled slightly, dismounted himself and helped Ma Youzhong up.
As early as when Yang Xun first entered Huaizhou, Yang Xun received a letter from Ma Youzhong, saying that he was willing to surrender to Yang Xun. His words were full of flattery and flattery to Yang Xun. Today he finally met him.
"Thank you for your hard work, Sir Ma."
Although Yang Xun despises such flattering villains, Ma Youzhong is the governor of Huaizhou after all. He understands the situation in Huaizhou very well and is useful to Yang Xun.
Being helped up by Yang Xun, Ma Youzhong burst into tears of gratitude, wiping his tears and said: "The prince is a rich man, but he is so approachable, which really makes me admire him. I am willing to follow the prince's lead, and he will not hesitate to fight against the swords and mountains of fire!"
"Let's go to the city first!" Yang Xun smiled slightly, but did not take such words to heart.
The 130,000-strong army entered Huaizhou City smoothly. Yang Xun immediately said to Xue Rengui: "Rengui, you and Lord Ma first go to familiarize yourself with the situation in Huaizhou. I will personally go to the Huaiwang Mansion."
Xue Rengui nodded and immediately called a member of the Xuanjia Army Qianhu: "You lead a thousand troops to protect the prince's safety!"
At this moment, Yang Xun suddenly remembered a mechanical prompt sound in his mind.
[Ding, trigger the hidden mission, mission goal: rescue Bai Shuangshuang and massacre Prince Huai’s Mansion. 】
