The gang leader spoke, and everyone immediately fell silent.
The Salt Gang has become the largest gang in Datong Prefecture, relying not only on unscrupulous means, but also on a complex network of relationships.
Hu Shidao now looks confident, and he obviously has the most reliable information.
"Gang leader, we all feel that King Dai's move is shooting himself in the foot, but his policies have affected the foundation of our Salt Gang. Currently, dozens of our gang members have quit the gang. You see, we are
Don't you want to teach him a lesson?"
The second gang leader, One-Eyed Dragon, is a radical. He doesn't care what kind of prince Zhu Gui is, as long as he threatens his interests, he will find ways to eradicate them.
"Yes, if this continues, our Salt Gang will collapse."
"Help, just say something. We can't be fooled by that fourteen-year-old prince, right?"
The radical forces of the Salt Gang began to speak one after another, while the conservatives watched all this in silence.
Hu Shidao waved his hand and everyone became quiet again.
"Be honest with me. No matter how young the king is, he is still a prince. If we touch him, won't we be going against the imperial court? If something happens, no one will be able to protect us."
Hu Shidao is a sensible person. The Salt Gang is now able to thrive in Datong Mansion because both black and white have access to both. If they offend the imperial court, they will no longer have a foothold.
When everyone in the Yan Gang heard this, they could only stop talking.
"You don't have to worry. King Dai is just a child after all. Although his policies currently seem to be giving the salt dealers a way to survive, as long as they have no other livelihood, they will continue to follow this path sooner or later."
Hu Shidao said with a smile.
Everyone nodded after hearing this.
As Hu Shidao said, one of the reasons why Zhu Gui's current policies are effective is that those unscrupulous salt dealers offended him and were cleaned up by Xu Yingxu.
However, as time goes by and as long as these salt dealers have no other way out, sooner or later they will fall back on the old path of selling salt.
But what Hu Shidao didn't expect was that Zhu Gui soon issued another notice.
That is, all salt traders can go to the Dai Wangfu to get a public position.
One stone stirs up thousands of waves.
For a moment, everyone thought Dai Wang was crazy.
There are more than a thousand salt dealers in Datong Mansion. What does he want to do by gathering so many desperadoes?
The first person to find Zhu Gui was Xu Yingxu.
He had just attacked the salt dealers in Datong Mansion. On the surface, he was trying to find a way for King Dai, but in fact, these salt dealers almost hurt his sister.
The two young masters of the Xu family have always been very protective of their sisters, especially Xu Yingxu.
If this was not a marriage granted by the emperor, he would never have agreed to his second sister Xu Miaoqing marrying the infamous Dai Wang.
Now that he heard that he not only pardoned the salt traders, but also wanted to recruit them, Xu Yingxu couldn't sit still.
He came to Prince Dai's Mansion and pushed away the guard at the door.
"Your Highness, may I ask what you mean by this?"
Although Xu Yingxu used honorifics in his words, his tone was obviously angry.
Zhu Gui dismissed the somewhat embarrassed guard, then pointed to the chair next to him and said, "General Xu, please sit down and listen to what I have to say."
"No need." Xu Yingxu stood there and said with a frown.
"What do you want to ask?" Zhu Gui put down the tea cup in his hand slowly.
"Why should we pardon those salt dealers and why should we recruit them? What is the purpose of acting as king?" Xu Yingxu clenched his fists.
"So that's what happened. I remembered that Dai Wangfu could recruit a hundred private soldiers, right? General Xu will return to Nanjing soon, and I don't want the Dai Wangfei to be kidnapped again." Zhu Gui stood.
He stood up and said.
Upon hearing that it was for the safety of his sister, Xu Yingxu's anger subsided slightly.
"It turns out that the purpose of acting as king is this. But if it is to recruit private soldiers, I can station my soldiers in the palace. They are much more reliable than those salt dealers." Xu Yingxu proposed another plan.
These salt dealers had kidnapped his own sister, so he had little trust in them.
"That's wrong. I don't doubt the elite soldiers brought by General Xu this time. However, their families are all in the capital. How can they stay here to protect me? These salt dealers are different. They
They are all desperadoes, and now that they have been pardoned by this king, they will naturally be grateful and serve me as their guide."
Zhu Gui explained with a smile.
"Having said that, His Highness can only recruit a hundred private soldiers. When I came here, I saw thousands of people lining up to sign up. How do you plan to arrange them?"
The vassal king was not allowed to have an army, and raising an army privately was against the laws of the Ming Dynasty.
Xu Yingxu was reminding Zhu Gui that he did not want his sister to be implicated.
Zhu Gui glanced at Xu Yingxu in surprise and said: "Of course I know this. I can arrange the others freely. General Xu doesn't have to worry about it. If you really want to help, help me train these people."
Bar."
Xu Yingxu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that he came to Zhu Gui to ask for clarification, but now he was manipulated by the other party.
"If I have time, I will send someone."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Zhu Gui didn't take it seriously, but picked up a piece of copywriting on the table.
He had planned all this long ago.
In order to prevent these salt dealers from becoming the source of trouble in Datong Mansion and at the same time, they could be used by him, so he formulated this strategy.
The purpose is to prepare for the future Jingnan Campaign.
These salt dealers are the best source of soldiers, but due to the current policy, they cannot do it so obviously.
But it's easy to arrange a job for them.
Except for the one hundred private soldiers of the palace, everyone else worked for him as workers.
Of course, these thousands of people cannot be idle like this.
Some of them will be trained in the mountains in the name of helping him produce private salt.
Others are preparing for the subsequent formation of caravans and road construction.
As for the extra money, it is not a problem at all after getting the exclusive right to sell official salt.
On that day, more than a thousand salt traders came to the Prince Dai's Mansion to register.
This stunned everyone in Datong Mansion who was waiting to see his joke.
They don't understand what Dai Wang is doing raising so many people for free.
As for whether Dai Wang can afford to support him, no one is worried about it. After all, the benefits of selling salt are there.
But now everyone is guessing how long Dai Wang can control the salt channel of Datong Mansion.
During this period, Zhu Gui's memorial finally arrived in Nanjing.
That day, a roar came from the imperial study room.
Anyone who is familiar with the emperor's character knows that someone may be unlucky again this time, but they don't know who it will be.
