This person obviously didn't notice that Liao Haiqing was sending men to surround him. After hearing these words, the people around him became agitated again if they looked at it.
At this time, Zhu Gui suddenly magically placed several large wooden boxes next to the Shenwu cannon.
Zhu Gui said: "This matter is indeed something I didn't consider well, but Ma Renjie really can't hand it over to everyone, but in order to express his apology, here is some refined salt to compensate for everyone's losses. As for the subsequent compensation, we will
Negotiations can continue."
As he spoke, he opened a box filled with white salt.
This scene made the people who originally wanted to continue to question Zhu Guixing's army were dumbfounded, and many people swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
There is no way, in this era, table salt is hard currency, not to mention this refined salt that looks like a high-end product.
If these boxes were all made of refined salt, their value would be unimaginable.
Moreover, Zhu Gui also said that these were compensations for them, and these people accepted the other party's statement as a matter of course.
"Since you said so, let's just believe you for now."
"That's right. Since you are so sincere, we can let this matter go for the time being. Ma Renjie will be under the custody of the county magistrate for the time being. As for the salt, is it really given to us?"
When they saw Zhu Gui nodding again, these people finally couldn't stand anymore and immediately rushed over to grab the salt.
This looks like a lot of salt, but there are more people here, and who doesn’t want to take more?
Fortunately, there were many officers and soldiers beside Zhu Gui. Although they were in trouble when facing gangs and bandits, they were still somewhat effective when facing these common people.
So with these officers and soldiers maintaining order, the situation in the yard quickly stabilized.
Although Zhu Gui paid some salt, the 'price' to him was just some experience points.
Moreover, the benefits of his purpose of doing so are also obvious. It can temporarily alleviate the conflicts between the two parties and at the same time lay a public foundation for Zhu Gui's subsequent rectification of the landlords and gentry in Taiyuan.
Yes, even if he cannot expose his identity, he still wants to distribute all the land in Taiyuan in the hands of the landlord class to the farmers.
Although it may not be as thorough as in Datong Prefecture, it can also liberate Taiyuan's labor force to the greatest extent and lay the foundation for the subsequent development of industry and commerce.
And another benefit is even more obvious.
Zhu Gui looked towards Liao Qinghai, who had already led his officers and soldiers to capture all the people who were still there.
Although these people are all dressed as ordinary people, looking at their big shoulders and round waists, they don't look like common people who have endured hardships.
"You, even if you are the county guard, you can't just arrest people, right? What have we done?" The fat-faced man at the head still wanted to quibble.
Zhu Gui walked through the crowd and walked up to the man and said, "You are not common people at all. Tell me, who sent you here to cause trouble?"
Zhu Gui asked seriously.
"Who are you? How can you say that we are not common people?" The fat man looked at Zhu Gui with a fearful expression on his face.
"Because no common people can be unmoved when they see salt. Just like them, that's normal. And you being indifferent to it only shows that you don't have to worry about food and clothing."
Zhu Gui pointed to the people on the other side who were queuing up in an orderly manner, waiting to receive salt.
When the man saw the direction Zhu Gui was pointing, his face turned ashen.
Liao Qinghai on the side even called it wonderful and immediately asked the officers and soldiers to escort these people away.
"Your Majesty, I will send someone to interrogate them more intensively. What should I do next?" Liao Qinghai was already in awe of Zhu Gui's admiration.
"The county governor's office will come forward to announce the victory in the fight against the gangs in Taiyuan City, and at the same time announce the imminent implementation of land reform."
Zhu Gui already had a plan in mind and said.
"Land reform? But this is not a matter decided by officials. This matter needs to be reported to the court..." Liao Qinghai did not have Zhu Gui's courage and immediately wanted to shirk the blame, but was stopped by Zhu Gui.
"You can report to the court, but it's not a request for approval, but a notification," Zhu Gui said.
"Notification? Huh?" Liao Qinghai was even more dumbfounded. How could he have the courage?
Zhu Gui ignored him, but continued: "The credit for wiping out these gangs this time can be attributed to you. You only need to add the sentence 'People's resentment is boiling' on the memorial. At the same time, I will go to the Jin Palace."
Find the widow of King Jin and let the son of King Jin take over the political affairs of Taiyuan."
Zhu Gui's words made Liao Qinghai's expression change several times.
He is naturally very happy to see these credits given to him. With this credit, he can even be transferred to Nanjing to serve. However, in his opinion, the land reform is completely a big pitfall and can even offset his efforts.
Credit this time.
Moreover, Zhu Gui also said that the son of King Jin should replace King Jin's title.
In fact, during this period, the position of vassal king was reserved to the imperial court, more specifically to the emperor himself. As for whether it would be passed on to the crown prince, there was no precedent.
Moreover, through what happened in the past few days, Liao Qinghai already felt that Taiyuan might be the best outcome if the young prince in front of him took charge.
But the other party didn't have this intention. Liao Qinghai didn't know whether the prince of Jin King had this ability or whether Taiyuan would return to its previous state.
But these are obviously not things he can decide.
Although he had a lot of helplessness and thoughts in his heart, Liao Qinghai could only nod and agree.
Liao Qinghai sent more people to maintain order, and Zhu Gui's personal guards also came over.
However, seeing how injured they all were, Zhu Gui felt a little emotional.
However, it is obviously not the time to rest yet. Although Zhu Gui has temporarily alleviated public resentment, this is not a long-term solution after all.
And he didn't want to rely on the system to maintain the current situation, so he sent people back to Datong Mansion to contact the Datong Chamber of Commerce and let them officially take over Taiyuan and develop the market here.
The Datong Chamber of Commerce has not thought about entering the Taiyuan market before, and even the entire Shanxi except Taiyuan has been undeveloped.
However, because of the Datong Chamber of Commerce's background and the Dai Wang's palace, the King of Jin has always been very resistant to this.
But now that King Jin is dead, and Zhu Gui has actually secretly controlled most of Taiyuan City, now is the most appropriate time.
After finishing all this, Zhu Gui returned to Zuixian Tower.
At this time, Zuixian Tower had been purchased by the Gongsun family and became Zhu Gui's exclusive residence.
Although Zhu Gui was not short of the money, it was still a little bit of the other party's wishes, so he did not refuse.