These prominent families stopped selling salt, which caused the price of salt in Huaizhou City to skyrocket, forcing Yang Xun to beg them in desperation. It must be said that he made a good calculation.
But it's a pity that they never thought that the salt in Yang Xun's hands was much more than that in their hands!
Two days ago, Liu Zheng sent someone to deliver the news, saying that the first batch of refined salt has been refined, with more than 30,000 stones. This salt is enough for the people of Beiyan and Huaizhou to eat for a year!
With this kind of salt in hand, the plans of those famous families will only end up in vain.
"Your Majesty, there is a man named Bai Songlin outside who wants to see you." At this moment, Zhang Ergou came over and said.
Yang Xun frowned. Bai Songlin was the richest man in Huaizhou and a representative of a prominent family in Huaizhou. What did he mean by calling him here at this time?
But now that he is here, Yang Xun still plans to meet him: "Let him come in!"
Soon, Bai Songlin, dressed in white, walked over quickly and knelt down in front of Yang Xun: "The common people have seen the prince."
"Boss Bai, please wake up! I wonder why Boss Bai is here?" Yang Xun asked.
Bai Songlin hesitated for a moment and then said: "Tell the prince, the prince must have heard about the soaring salt price in Huaizhou City. The common people came here for this very reason."
Bai Songlin immediately told the Huaizhou merchants' plan that day in Wangchun Tower.
This involves the two most critical figures, Wang Bo and Jia Dagui.
The fat boss who proposed to stock up on salt that day was Wang Bo, and it was Jia Dagui who ultimately took the lead in implementing the plan.
After all, the Bai family and the Jia family are the largest in Huaizhou City. Since Bai Songlin didn't join them, they naturally wanted to find Jia Dagui to support them.
Although the Jia family cannot compare with the Bai family in terms of property, they have four to five thousand private soldiers, which makes them much more powerful than the Bai family.
Bai Songlin originally did not intend to get involved in this matter, but Yang Xun saved the lives of their father and daughter after all.
Besides, Bai Songlin could see that Yang Xun was different from the previous King of Huai. If Yang Xun could be allowed to lead Huaizhou, he would definitely do better than King Huai!
Both emotionally and rationally, Bai Songlin should stand up and tell Yang Xun about this.
"Your Majesty, I still have eight thousand stones of coarse salt in my hands. If Your Majesty doesn't mind it, I'm willing to donate all of it for emergency relief." Bai Songlin said with a hand.
Hearing this, Yang Xun glanced at Bai Songlin in surprise.
Although Jia Dagui's plan was similar to what Yang Xun had expected, Bai Songlin, as a member of a prominent family in Huaizhou, not only told Yang Xun all about the plan, but also donated the salt from his village. Why?
Is it just because Yang Xun saved the father and daughter?
Opening his fire eyes, Yang Xun looked over Bai Songlin's head and discovered that Bai Songlin's loyalty had reached an astonishing 70!
During this period, Yang Xun has a general understanding of loyalty. As long as the loyalty reaches 20, people are willing to do things for Yang Xun, but only if Yang Xun gives them enough benefits.
People with a loyalty level of 50 are willing to work for Yang Xun, but they may betray Yang Xun at critical moments.
Loyalty reaches 70, which means he is loyal to Yang Xun. Although he cannot die for Yang Xun, he is willing to do anything for Yang Xun and will not betray Yang Xun easily.
Those whose loyalty reaches 100 are Yang Xun's die-hard loyalists and are willing to dedicate everything to Yang Xun. Even if Yang Xun asks them to die, they will not hesitate.
However, apart from the characters summoned by Yang Xun, Yang Xun has never seen anyone with a loyalty level of 100 until now.
70's loyalty is already quite high, and he is a person worthy of Yang Xun's trust.
Thinking of this, Yang Xun immediately said: "Boss Bai, in your opinion, how can we solve this salt shortage crisis?"
Bai Songlin thought for a while and said: "Back to your lord, although the common people can come up with eight thousand stones of coarse salt, it is far from enough to solve this crisis. In my opinion, there are only two ways to completely solve this crisis." .”
"First, the prince compromised with the famous families in Huaizhou and asked them to sell the salt in their hands."
"These famous families are just afraid that the prince will take back their right to sell salt and reduce their status in Huaizhou. As long as the prince compromises with them, they will be willing to take out the salt."
"Second, the prince can obtain a large amount of salt and put it into the market so that the people in Huaizhou can afford salt. If the people have salt to eat, they will naturally stop making trouble."
Bai Songlin's analysis was very clear, but in his opinion, it was too difficult to solve this crisis through the second method.
Beiyan did not produce salt, and all the salt was transported from Huaizhou. How could Yang Xun have a large amount of salt in his hands.
It seems that Yang Xun will eventually have to bow to the famous families in Huaizhou.
At this moment, Yang Xun suddenly laughed and said, "Boss Bai, there is another way you haven't said yet!"
Bai Songlin was stunned. Is there another way? How can this be?
"Please give me some advice, Your Majesty!"
"Then kill them all and grab the salt!"
Bai Songlin: "..."
What the hell is this method called? What is the difference between this and banditry?
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's against the king's law to do this, right?"
Although Daqian has gone through hundreds of years, all foreign enemies have been kept out of the country by various vassals over the past few hundred years. The people of Daqian have lived and worked in peace and contentment for too long.
Even though we are in troubled times now, there are not too many wars in the north. Even if Yang Xun occupied Huaizhou, he did not fight many battles.
They had no idea what troubled times meant, and subconsciously thought that Yang Xun would not do this.
After all, the word "rob" often appears on those bandits and robbers, and Yang Xun is an official. What's going on when an official robs people's things?
Those famous families obviously had the same idea as Bai Songlin, so they dared to confront Yang Xun.
If it were a prosperous age, Yang Xun would indeed have no way to deal with them. Even if Yang Xun was the King of Zhenbei, he could not kill people casually. After all, it was his freedom to hoard goods, and he did not violate the laws of Daqian.
If Yang Xun kills people at will, he will be punished by the court.
But now times have changed, and even the imperial court Yang Xun didn't take it seriously, let alone a few small businessmen.
After hearing what Bai Songlin said, Yang Xun suddenly laughed: "Boss Bai, have you forgotten that I am the prince, and what I say is the king's law!"
"In this day and age, whoever's sword is sharper has the right to speak. It's like the Prince of Huai killed so many people in your Bai family in broad daylight to steal your daughter. In normal times, would he dare? But in these troubled times Even if he does this, what can you do to him?"
"A few businessmen dare to challenge me. It's really the birthday man who hanged himself because he thought his life was too long!"
