All the civil and military officials were amazed and extremely excited.
Everyone is in panic these days.
I don’t understand why His Majesty fell out with Bai Yongliang. His Majesty didn’t reveal anything. He didn’t reveal what happened. What’s his trump card?
Now everyone understands that it is necessary to give Bai Yongliang the most painful blow at the most critical moment, and also to give the Daqian Dynasty a severe blow, killing them until they can't breathe.
At this moment, Bai Yongliang's face has turned purple. If the Great Yan Dynasty does not want to use the salt of the Gan Dynasty, then the Great Yan Dynasty will definitely want to settle accounts with him for what Bai Yongliang has done recently.
He has requested twelve pieces of land recently, and he has cooperated with many chambers of commerce to squeeze the profits of those chambers of commerce.
What's even more terrifying is the one billion tael of silver notes before. Then the people from Dayan Bank will definitely come to settle accounts with him. There will be more things to come...
At this moment, Bai Yongliang suddenly thought of what Fang Chen had said to him outside the main hall.
Fang Chen said that he wanted to eradicate the Bai family and uproot the Bai family from the bottom up.
Thinking of this, Bai Yongliang suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness and endless despair deep in his heart.
But Bai Yongliang saw Princess Xuanyu next to him. Princess Xuanyu would protect him no matter what.
At this moment, Xuanyu gritted his teeth, not expecting that things would develop to this situation.
Originally, salt could control the economic lifeline of the Great Yan Dynasty, but in just a few dozen days, the Great Yan Dynasty was able to produce salt by itself.
Is this the method given by the Second Prince Luo Longyu?
Obviously it's impossible. If Luo Longyu really had the method, he would have produced salt many years ago. Why wait until today?
Suddenly Xuanyu's eyes fell on Fang Chen, and she understood that all this must be related to Fang Chen.
Fang Chen must have gone to Hainan City, and then the salt was produced.
In the past, Fang Chen had created miracles again and again. Obviously, he had created another miracle this time!
The current situation is extremely unfavorable to Princess Xuanyu and Bai Yongliang. It is obvious that the contract has been cancelled.
Because it was Bai Yongliang who broke the contract first, and he had to pay compensation to the other party and cut off all cooperation in the future.
Civil and military officials continued to praise the salt and were grateful to Luo Longyu and Fang Chen for their contributions.
Next, Luo Ningxin asked eunuch Feng Gao to take out the previously signed contract and read it out on the spot.
After reading it, Luo Ningxin said: "The contract is clearly written. Any party who breaks the contract will be responsible. You broke the contract first, and you have to compensate for all the liquidated damages in the past fifty years!"
Originally, Bai Yongliang held the ownership of the salt, so he was not afraid of breach of contract, but now that the other party did not want the salt, he used these things to argue.
Soon, Liu Long, the Minister of Household Affairs, calculated all the liquidated damages and said: "Your Majesty, after calculating the liquidated damages, the total amount is 1.2 billion taels of silver!"
Hearing this number, Xuanyu and Bai Yongliang were both dumbfounded. How could there be so much money?
Originally, this contract was used by Bai Yongliang and the Daqian Dynasty to deceive the Dayan Dynasty, and they deliberately included a high liquidated damages.
Moreover, this contract lasts for fifty years, which means that the import of salt for the Daqian Dynasty will suppress the Great Yan Dynasty for fifty years. The lion was talking loudly at the beginning!
That’s why we signed this particularly unequal treaty, but now we have shot ourselves in the foot!
The contract was clearly written in black and white. All the salt must be shipped before the third of every month, and no one could breach the contract.
Now that Bai Yongliang has broken the contract, His Majesty sent people to communicate with him. He also threatened the court and His Majesty, and dropped his harsh words.
Bai Yongliang knew that the other party would definitely let him compensate the 1.2 billion.
Luo Ningxin's eyes were like swords, staring at Bai Yongliang, and said: "President Bai, what do you think? Have you thought about it?"
Of course Bai Yongliang would not give it, and retorted: "I am just delaying delivery for a few days, just a few days."
"I didn't say I wouldn't pay. Just because of this trivial matter, I said I had broken the contract, that the Daqian Dynasty had broken the contract, and demanded compensation of 1.2 billion taels from me."
"This thing is really ridiculous. I don't accept it. I absolutely won't accept it!"
Xuan Yu also spoke up and said: "Even if there is really something wrong with this matter, it was Chairman Bai's fault alone."
"And His Majesty actually elevated this matter to a breach of contract between us."
"In the final analysis, this matter was done by President Bai alone and has nothing to do with me, and it has nothing to do with our Daqian Dynasty!"
"If it is an individual's fault, if the delivery is delayed for a few days, the maximum fine will be tens of thousands of dollars, but our contract will always be in effect, and the fifty-year contract will never change!"
Xuanyu was very smart. She put all the responsibilities on Bai Yongliang and the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce.
To put it bluntly, this thing was done by you and has nothing to do with me or the court in the contract.
The seal on the contract belongs to the Daqian Dynasty!
Bai Yongliang is just a nobody at best!
He cannot represent the Daqian Dynasty!
Bai Yongliang understood what Xuan Yu meant and hurriedly knelt on the ground to apologize.
"Your Majesty, the little one was confused for a moment and the little one was obsessed, which is why the misunderstanding between the two of us was caused. The little one is willing to be punished and is willing to hand over one hundred thousand taels of silver as compensation. This is all done privately by the little one. Because, it has nothing to do with the princess or the contract!"
It has to be said that Princess Xuanyu is very smart. With this trick, she can resolve the immediate crisis, resolve the compensation of 1.2 billion, and even the contract is still in effect.
At this time, Fang Chen walked over and looked at the contents of the contract. The contents were really very simple, with only a few pages.
Luo Ningxin heard what Xuanyu and Bai Yongliang said, and it seemed reasonable. Bai Yongliang took the responsibility alone, and it was his personal doing, which meant that it had nothing to do with the content of the contract.
However, it was all within the plan. Luo Ningxin said: "I read the contract. President Bai is the person in charge of delivering the goods. If the goods are delayed or something goes wrong, President Bai will be fully responsible."
"Very good. Since Chairman Bai admits his mistake and is willing to compensate one hundred thousand taels, there is no problem. I accept it."
Bai Yongliang breathed a long sigh of relief. The problem had been solved, and Xuanyu's face looked much better.
However, Luo Ningxin then said: "But threatening the entire court, or even me, is a crime worthy of death!"
"However, President Bai is a Marquis and has done many things for our Great Yan Dynasty. The death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be spared!"
"Come here, drag President Bai out and hit him with a hundred big boards!"
Bai Yongliang was frightened to death when he heard that a hundred big boards were hit again.
He knew that most of the civil and military officials present had a bad impression of it, and some even hated it!
If you are dragged outside like this, you will definitely be beaten to death!
Bai Yongliang knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life. I am willing to hand over all the fiefdoms I took away before. I also handed over all the business I took away from the court. Please take it back!"
At this moment, Bai Yongliang had no choice but to spit out these things in exchange for his own life!