Chapter 670 The Great Emperor and Jiang Xingchen join forces to compromise
The Qiankun Empire is not near the sea, the number of salt mines is limited, and the salt is not rich, so it must be introduced from neighboring countries.—
The empire also knew the importance of salt. Even the salt produced in the salt mines in several territories must be set by the empire. The same is true for those foreign salts, and this is all signed.
This time, the sudden price of salt in the Dali Kingdom caused chaos in Hengshan Township. The salt price continued to rise, so the people would of course rush to buy it.
Hengshan Hou was furious and could not even bother to be angry with Jiang Xingchen and hurriedly wrote a letter to the empire. If the people could not afford salt, there would be trouble.
The other lords looked at each other, and they were so happy just now that they became like this in a blink of an eye. The sudden change made them feel uncomfortable all over. But now that Hengshan has learned such a thing, they can't help. They want to leave, but they feel that it is not suitable.
About a month later, Hengshan Hou was back. At this time, he was no longer as angry as before. He looked a little dazed, his body was a little hunched, and he was holding a piece of white paper in his hand.
Several lords hesitated for a moment and asked, "Hengshan Hou, have you finished writing a letter to the empire?"
Hengshanhou grinned bitterly, and did not speak, and put the letter paper in his hand on the table. He had just finished writing the letter and had not sent it out, the Empire's notice arrived.
One of the lords picked up the letter paper, which mentioned the issue of the price increase in salt this time.
The Dali Kingdom did not adjust the price privately, but notified the empire in advance that Dali produced more sea salt, but in the further stage, pirates were rampant and often harassed the coastal areas, which greatly reduced the production of official salt. Now Dali's salt is a bit tight, so the price control has to be raised...
The letter roughly explained the reason for the price increase in Dali Kingdom. Then it told Hengshan Hou that the empire's treasury was empty after the flood.
Although the letter did not explain it, the empire's meaning was very clear. The price increase in the Dali Kingdom was an external cause and there was no way to do it. Moreover, the empire had no money, so you can find a way for yourself.
"If the empire has no money, do I have money? So many people eat salt, how much money do I have to invest in to balance the price of salt!" Hengshan Hou slapped the table suddenly. Although Hengshan's leader was not big, there were still millions of people, and he could afford to pay.
A lord shook his head and said, "The problem now is that Dali is invaded by pirates, and his own country is in short supply. Maybe when will this salt be unable to be supplied! Without salt is the most troublesome!"
"It's better to do this. There is a salt mine in the Hou of Hengshan, Grand Duke Zhengxing, so try to ask him for help!" Another lord came up with an idea.
"Yes, although the empire lacks salt, there are not those three territories. Please squeeze out some of them and help them temporarily!"
Hengshan Hou's eyes lit up and nodded, "I'll write a letter to Grand Duke Zhengxing now!"
"Let's go together. The territory around you also uses salt from the Kingdom of Dali. I'll write a letter to ask what's going on there!"
"I know a businessman from Dali. I also asked about Dali's situation..." Several people stood up at the same time, waited in Hengshan to lead the way, and hurried to the study.
At the same time, far away in the lord's mansion of Xingchen, the old man looked at Jiang Xingchen in amazement and said for a long time: "Your move is really immoral, it's too yin, no matter how cruel it is, it's a force to kill Hengshan Hou. Once the civil war is in trouble, he will be finished!"
Jiang Xingchen sneered and said, "As long as Hengshan Hou comes to find me, he will not finish it. I have to buy affordable supplies from him!"
Salt is like food, and is a must for life. Once the price of salt rises, it will definitely cause turmoil. In the past ancient times, almost every dynasty had special officials responsible for salt and iron, controlling these two things in the hands of the country. Jiang Xingchen still remembers that after the island nation earthquake and the nuclear power plant leaked, a rumor made countless people rush to buy salt, and the supermarket shelves were empty, which shows the importance of salt to people's lives.
In this regard, the two worlds are consistent, so Jiang Xingchen used this method. Can you, Hengshan Hou? Are you not afraid of commercial suppression? Are you self-sufficient? I will block you from the salt and see what you do.
The old man silently observed a moment of silence for Hengshan Hou in his heart, and asked again: "It is not that the emperor of Dali who moved the Kingdom of Dali, you are afraid of being beaten by you... It shouldn't be that even if he signed an unequal treaty with you, he wouldn't be able to risk angering the empire and raise the salt price without authorization, right?"
"What do you mean? It's like I bullying more people!" Jiang Xingchen looked dissatisfied and said, "The Kingdom of Dali has a good relationship with me, so he helps me..."
The old man made a look of vomiting and said loudly: "You really have the attitude to say that someone would block your daily necessities. You knocked down all the walls of several big cities and forced them to cede land and pay compensation. He would have a good relationship with you. You can die if you don't talk nonsense... Tell me quickly, what is the reason?"
"Because I'm handsome!"
"Puff!" The old man couldn't spit out the roof of his old blood, and this little soul was so naughty.
But immediately afterwards, the old man's eyes rolled and he laughed: "Emperor Dali has a special hobby..."
Jiang Xingchen suddenly felt his scalp numb, goose bumps all over his body, jumped up, pointed at the old man and shouted: "I'm old, if you dare to disgust me, I will fight you!"
The old man smiled sinisterly, and said proudly, "It's time! Why did Dali help you?"
"Actually you know that I have a huge benefit to the Kingdom of Dali, and they can't refuse it... In addition, this matter is not just based on the Kingdom of Dali!"
"Uh!" After hearing Jiang Xingchen's words, the old man became even more confused. I only know what, not only Dali Kingdom, but who else...
The old man was thinking about it, Jiang Xingchen stood up and strode out of the door.
The old man woke up and hurriedly chased out, shouting loudly: "It's clear, I know what... Who else is there in this matter except the Kingdom of Dali..."
Usually, the day passes very quickly, but today is like a year for Hengshan Hou. The letter is written, but when I wait to reply, every minute and second is so long.
From daytime to late at night, Grand Duke Zheng Xing's reply arrived. The moment he saw the result, Hengshan Hou suddenly collapsed. The result was completely contrary to what he expected. Grand Duke Zheng Xing had no salt, and except for the ones he used, the salt was transferred away by the empire. The letter reminded him that he should not count on the other two territories.
"The empire was transferred, how could it be so coincidental? The empire transferred salt when I needed it! But when the salt production in Dali Kingdom was reduced..." Hengshan Hou shook his head repeatedly.
The other lords wanted to persuade Hengshan Hou, but they didn't know how to speak. If the Grand Duke of Zhengxing was not able to go through this road, they could only pay Hengshan Hou.
At this time, they all regretted it. Why do they care about face and did not leave early? What if Hengshan Hou reached out to borrow money from them...
At this moment, the second letter came back, which belonged to the two lords around, and they also used the sea salt of the Dali Kingdom.
But when he saw this letter, several lords suddenly widened their eyes, then their mouths twitched violently, and a bitter smile appeared.
"What's wrong?" Hengshanhou looked at the few people in confusion.
"Hengshan Hou, take a look!" One of them handed the letter paper to him.
"It turned out to be them!" Hengshan Hou narrowed his eyes suddenly, and the letter said that the other two territories were helped by the world's trading companies and the salt prices were stable.
"Is this a conspiracy?" At this time, several lords felt something was wrong. The world's trading company appeared too timely and too coincidental.
Just as they were suspicious, the third letter came back, which was returned by the merchants of the Dali Kingdom. When they saw this letter, Hengshan Hou and several lords seemed to drown in the water, and they felt difficult to breathe. The letter said that the salt price in the Dali Kingdom was normal, and there was no news of pirates harassing him.
There was nothing wrong with the Dali Kingdom, but he sent a notice to the Empire and found an excuse to raise the salt price. The Empire agreed, and even they could easily ask for the results in a letter. It was not easy for the Empire to investigate the facts of the Dali Kingdom, but in fact, the Empire obviously did not investigate, or did not investigate at all.
If you contact the World Commerce Company so coincidentally appeared in the other two territories to help them stabilize the salt price. If Hengshan Hou can't see anyone specifically dealing with him, that would be a idiot.
"Jiang Xingchen must be Jiang Xingchen. He actually used such a method!" Hengshan Hou shouted loudly, his face turned red, and his teeth were almost broken. The world's trading company appeared, and he cut off the raw materials of Ruifeng two days ago. This matter was clearly Jiang Xingchen's revenge, forcing himself to compromise.
The other party didn't even hide the real situation of Dali, just to let yourself see clearly. If you slap me, I will give you ten mouths. So arrogant and domineering, Hengshan Hou trembled all over, which was so deceptive!
But Hengshan Hou completely forgot how Heijiang Xingchen was and how he stuck Ruifeng resources.
"Hengshan Hou, calm down! The world's trading company appeared. This matter was clearly Jiang Xingchen's conspiracy, but have you ever thought about why the Empire would push its hands next to you?" asked a lord.
"Yes, why did the Empire do this? Isn't the Emperor incompatible with Jiang Xingchen? The storm that happened some time ago, if there was no identification from the Imperial Monthly, it would definitely not be so big!" Hengshan Hou was also stunned, puzzled.
At this moment, another letter was sent over, which belonged to the Fang family in the capital. There was only one thing on it, that is, the emperor had transferred the eldest prince into the Imperial Guard, and the Star Monthly magazine was handed over to the second prince for management.
Seeing this news, Hengshan Hou and several lords all collapsed on the chairs. The emperor actually transferred the eldest prince away. Isn’t this to calm Jiang Xingchen’s dissatisfaction?
"Jiang Xingchen and the Emperor joined forces again and actually attacked me!" Hengshan Hou lost his temper at this time and looked bitter. No matter how important his face is, it is not as important as the family and territory. Can you not compromise?
The next morning, a carriage in Hengshan Hou Mansion galloped out and headed straight for the Xingchen Leader in the northwest. (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster! u