All of this was as expected by Emperor Mingguang.

He knew that these aristocratic families that had been arrogant for hundreds of years were not that easy to deal with.

Look, he asked Prince Cheng to show off his "sword". All major prefectures and counties have built official salt shops, and a large amount of snow salt is clearly placed there, just to tell you that the court has salt, and you can't stand it anymore.

Unfortunately, those people were "blind" and didn't see it at all.

Even suspected that he had "ulterior motives".

Emperor Mingguang snorted coldly: "Hmph! I have given them a chance. Since I don't know how to cherish it, don't blame me for being cruel."

A direct imperial edict was issued to stabilize the salt market in the Ming Dynasty and to prevent merchants from hoarding salt, and those who violated the orders were killed.

At the same time, he increased the inventory of snow salt in various places. He wanted to see how big the basics these aristocratic families had and how much salt they could buy. If they dared to empty the local salt warehouse, haha...

With this imperial edict that "can't stock up on salt", not only the salt merchants smelled an unusual smell, but other merchants who did not pay attention to this area also noticed the abnormality.

As one of the great merchants in the world, Qian Laifu received invitations from major merchants to inquire about the inside story.

Qian Laifu, who had received the news, directly hinted everyone, "What should you do, and never interfere in the affairs of salt merchants, especially at this time. No matter how powerful their merchants are, can they compare to these aristocratic families? Can they be stronger than the court?"

"It's okay if two people don't interfere, and they don't help each other. Once they intervene, it's okay if the helper wins, but if they lose..." Qian Laifu said, "I don't know what the outcome will be. The dispute between the aristocratic families and the court is not something that we have a shallow foundation that can intervene."

Many businessmen complained in their hearts: Come on! We are almost the same as "little businessmen". You Qian Laifu is a "big merchant in the world". You don't even dare to interfere. Who else dares to interfere?

However, they were also worried, what should they do if the aristocratic family and the court asked them, such small merchants, take sides?

The court is fine. As long as they don’t follow the aristocratic families, they will most likely not do anything to them, but these aristocratic families...

"Master Qian, what if we refuse and the aristocratic family settled the score later?" A businessman surnamed Sun said carefully, "We are all doing small business, but we can't stand the troubles of these aristocratic families."

Qian Laifu turned the white jade finger on his hand and was slightly puzzled: "Then if you help the aristocratic family, what will you do if the court causes trouble for you later?"

"Uh..." Mr. Sun froze there.

If the court wins, it goes without saying that it will definitely clean up the aristocratic families and the vassal families of the aristocratic families.

But... the law does not blame the masses. Compared with a smaller-minded family, the imperial court should only "grasp the big and let go of the small" in order to stabilize the situation, and would not care about small businessmen like them, right?

"And, where do you think that the court suddenly becomes tough and has no preparation? Since the court dares to do it, it must have thought about the consequences and prepared for the fulfillment. Since this is a game that cannot be lost, Qian Laifu looked at Master Sun and said, "How can you be sure that if you miss a single blow, the court will not turn over the table?"

Mr. Sun and everyone present all said in his heart.

No, the court actually has such a great determination?!

If you miss a single blow, you will even turn over the table?!

"Why not? Who gave you the illusion that he could tolerate someone stepping on his head? If you really can tolerate it, don't take action when you were young, why did you have to reach this age before you take action?" Qian Laifu was almost hinting that Emperor Mingguang was not young anymore. Logically speaking, there would be no big noise in the past emperors at this age, and they just wanted to "spend their old age in peace."

Then give everything to the next emperor.

But Emperor Mingguang refused to do it. He had no movement in the past few years. This year, he suddenly launched an operation against a family holding a salt mine. Is this normal?

It's abnormal.

Since it is not normal, then keep your composure and don’t get involved if you can.

Do you know if Emperor Mingguang will turn over the table?

If he really turned over the table, he would not be afraid of civil unrest and use force to suppress the aristocratic families and merchants who dared to be right with the court, what could they do to the court?

What these merchants bet on were nothing but the court "dare not" to them.

Mr. Sun and others: “…”

No, it’s time to turn over the table?!

The court really can't stand it anymore?

But, do they dare to gamble?

Definitely not dared.

If the court wants to deal with those aristocratic families, those aristocratic families will inevitably be suppressed by their lives. But is it necessary for them, businessmen who have no involvement with them?

Of course not.

They even prayed that the court should suppress those aristocratic families as soon as possible, so that the world would not be in chaos, otherwise...

Otherwise, the world will be in chaos and the people will not be in vain. The unlucky ones will not only be the people in the world, but also those who can stand up only in a "peaceful and prosperous era".

Mr. Sun swallowed: "Then... Mr. Qian means... we just watched it so hard, without caring about it? But if... if the court is too stressed and there will be civil rebellion... we will also be implicated."

If the two do not help each other, it will be fine if the aristocratic family loses, but if the imperial court loses.

Damn, these businessmen will also be pulled off the boat.

Mr. Qian is joking with them?

How can they solve this problem by helping or not?

It seems that the aristocratic families are fighting with the imperial court, and they sit on the mountain to watch the tiger, but in fact, they will be affected by the fish that will be affected by accident.

Qian Laifu looked motionless and asked, "That Mr. Sun means..."

"My meaning is very simple, that is, we have no other choice except to win by suppressing the imperial court." If the aristocratic family wins, the aristocratic family will definitely settle the score with them.

It would be better to help the court from the beginning, not only to receive commendations, but also to avoid the court from turning over the table, triggering civil unrest, and causing these small businessmen to be affected.

Qian Laifu saw Mr. Sun expressing his thoughts and smiled slightly: "Mr. Sun is worthy of being a smart person. No wonder this business is getting hotter and hotter. Unlike some people who don't know themselves, they always think that they are big businessmen. They are amazing. They want to make some refugee money. Then they don't know that refugee money is as good as peace and events. The world is really in chaos. If you are not careful, you will lose your life. But if the world is safe, it will be lost. You can find a way to make money back. There is only one life, and only a fool will want to use his life to win. Do you think?"

Which businessmen here have no background?

Staying in a wealthy nest is at most like making more money and making your nest richer, but no one wants to joke about his life.

In the past, people would not think about this, but they only thought that businessmen were people on the same boat. If the court wanted to deal with anyone, they had to join forces to keep warm, otherwise they would be dealt with by the court and others might be "influenced".
Chapter completed!