The story of King Dai rescuing his princess from bandits alone soon spread throughout Datong Mansion.
This has even become a popular story in the streets and after dinner.
As for the salt dealer in the story, Zhu Gui deliberately changed the word into a gangster.
After all, the group of salt dealers is too large. Although the two parties have competing interests, and Zhu Gui also intends to use the refined salt provided by the system to completely control the industry, it is not the best time yet.
He has just arrived, and if he acts rashly, he may be the one who encounters danger next time.
As for Xu Yingxu's actions, Zhu Gui had nothing to say.
After all, Zhu Gui is also a prince, and the majesty of the Ming royal family cannot be offended.
But speaking of it, the biggest benefit of this incident was that it dampened the arrogance of the salt dealers.
On the other hand, what he didn't expect was the subtle change in his relationship with Xu Miaoqing.
Originally, in order to keep the secret of the system, and because Zhu Gui really wasn't too fond of Xu Miaoqing's temper, he planned to stay separated.
But after this heroic rescue operation, Xu Miaoqing's attitude towards him seemed to have changed.
After returning that day, Zhu Gui went to bed early after the doctor and everyone took turns to say hello.
The next morning, when he opened his eyes, he saw a pretty face staring motionlessly at him less than ten centimeters away from his face.
Zhu Gui almost rolled off the bed in fright.
He thought it was the people he killed yesterday who came to demand his life.
"Am I that scary?"
Xu Miaoqing bit her lip, a hint of anger flashed between her brows.
"You, you got up so early?"
Zhu Gui didn't dare to get entangled in this proposition, so he quickly got up and wanted to get dressed.
Unexpectedly, his actions made Xu Miaoqing panic.
"Hey, your injury hasn't fully healed yet. The doctor asked you to rest in bed for a few days. You can't get out of bed."
Zhu Gui couldn't care less about that. He said while getting dressed: "I know my body better than those doctors."
With that said, he was about to walk out, but was stopped by Xu Miaoqing.
"The doctor said you need to take a good rest."
Xu Miaoqing stared at Zhu Gui and said word by word. She was like a female animal protecting her cubs, exuding a dangerous aura.
Zhu Gui was speechless: "I want to go out to make money. When I left Nanjing, there was only one carriage beside me. I don't want to be laughed at by others in the future."
What he said was not false, and he indeed still had a lot to deal with today.
Especially when it comes to selling salt, it seems that we need to adjust our strategy a little.
If those salt dealers unite and want to take advantage of him, with his current strength, even if he has a gun in time, he may not be able to withstand it.
Therefore, we must first appease those salt dealers, and then expand our own power.
Ming Dynasty vassal kings were not allowed to have armies.
But you can recruit some private soldiers privately.
In order to save money, Zhu Gui's palace currently does not have a single private soldier.
The people responsible for protecting him were all brought by Xu Yingxu.
But if this cheap brother-in-law left, he would have to consider his own safety.
Xu Miaoqing was a little surprised by his words. She looked at the man in front of her again, and it seemed that they were very inconsistent with the rumors she had heard about him.
"No, if something happens to you, if word spreads, others will say that I, Miss Kefu!"
Xu Miaoqing bit her lip and said, obviously she wanted to care, but the words she said were still so ugly.
The corner of Zhu Gui's mouth twitched and he said helplessly: "Let the kitchen prepare some blood-replenishing things for me. I am a man and my body is not that delicate."
He could only reason with this eldest lady earnestly and sincerely.
Xu Miaoqing thought for a while, took out the stack of silver notes she had given to Zhuer before, and said angrily: "Well, I took this from you before, and now I will give it back to you."
Zhu Gui took it over. He had spent a lot of time and energy on it during this period. He almost lost his temper when he saw it was swept away.
He checked and found that Xu Miaoqing didn't spend much at all.
Then he glanced at Xu Miaoqing, who lowered his head and frowned, frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, he put half of it into Xu Miaoqing's hand.
The moment the two people's hands came into contact, Xu Miaoqing's body stiffened.
Zhu Gui's eyes also flashed with a trace of unnaturalness, but his face smiled sarcastically and said: "You are the princess, this money will be used as your house expenses, lest outsiders say that the king treats the princess harshly, and the princess has to become a thief."
After Zhu Gui finished speaking, he took the banknote and passed by Xu Miaoqing, who was standing there blankly.
"you……"
Xu Miaoqing felt a bet in her heart, her eyebrows were tied back, and when she raised her head, she found that Zhu Gui had disappeared.
Zhu Gui finally slipped out of the room, which made him let out a sigh of relief.
Then he came to the reception room and immediately called all the salt merchants in Datong Mansion.
Half an hour later, more than twenty people had gathered in the living room.
Most of them were officials of the Ming Dynasty Salt Road, and a few of them were designated salt merchants who cooperated with the imperial court.
Zhu Gui sat in the first place, glanced at everyone and said, "You should know that you have heard about what happened yesterday, right?"
"I heard that His Highness is so brave that he saved the princess from the hands of those desperadoes all by himself."
"Yes, the storytellers in the tavern are telling stories about the prince now, and the people all praise the prince very much."
Everyone was flattered and flattered.
"Okay, I'm not here to tell you this today, but to tell you some details of the time. That is, the people who kidnapped the princess were not robbers at all, but a group of salt dealers."
Zhu Gui waved his hand to stop everyone's flattery and continued.
Everyone's expressions suddenly changed.
"Then His Highness called us here to crack down on the salt dealers in Datong Mansion? Isn't General Xu in charge of this matter?"
An official stood up and asked.
Others also looked at His Highness the King in bewilderment, obviously not knowing what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.
"I called everyone here today because I want to solve two things. One is the supply and pricing of local refined salt."
"The other problem is the local salt dealers."
Zhu Gui said calmly.
After everyone heard this, they immediately started talking in low voices.
Datong Prefecture is not a salt-producing place. Before this, all local salt was transported from coastal states and counties.
And they, the salt officials and salt merchants, are responsible for this matter.
The acting king did not know where he got a large amount of refined salt from before, which made them very distressed.
However, due to the identity of the other party, they did not say anything.
Unexpectedly, the acting king would now talk about this issue first. Does the other party really want to intervene in this issue?