Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 968 Influence of the Salt Market
"My lord, the price of salt on the market is still soaring. In less than ten days, it has gone from [-] yuan a stone to [-] thousand yuan a stone now!" Liu Jin came in a hurry and reported to Mujing.

The salt war has begun.

The Minghou Mansion wants to clean up this group of salt merchants. The only thing these salt merchants can do to fight back is to cut off the goods in the market. Salt and food are necessities in life. Without salt, it will cause civil disasters, so they He wanted to take advantage of this danger and force the Minghou Mansion to surrender.

"Is it serious?"

Mu Jing's mood is quite good, after all he has obtained Zhuge Liang's allegiance, this young man is unknown now, but he will definitely shine in the future, but after hearing Liu Jin's report, another layer of haze shrouded his heart.

"At present, it is still under control, but..." Liu Jin said: "If this continues, the resentment of the people will eventually boil, and it will be difficult for us to clean up the situation!"

"Since it is under control, there is no need to panic!" Mu Jing said calmly: "There is no reason for war without injury. Now it is a war of salt, without using swords or guns, but the degree of danger is no less than that of ordinary battlefields. In order to get it done once and for all, we even It's worth paying a little!"

"understand!"

Liu Jin also understands this truth, but he is still worried: "My lord, what if the supply of salt from the Bai people is not enough?"

Once the supply of Bai people's salt is replenished, then this battle means that the Minghou Mansion has lost. It is impossible for the Minghou Mansion to leave the market without salt.

"Ha ha!"

Mu Jing laughed twice, the corner of his mouth raised into a smile with a bit of coldness, and said: "If we really reach that point, then we have no choice, and I don't mind being a villain with a reputation for killing people. It's not like I haven't done anything about stealing my home!"

He is determined to take down the salt affairs.

It would be best if it could be resolved peacefully, but if he really couldn't fight it, he insisted, not afraid that these salt merchants and powerful families would rebel, at worst, he would pour the blood of Qianwei's murder into a river, smash it into ruins, and then rebuild.

"I hope I don't have to go this far!"

Liu Jin smiled wryly.

He is also aware of the importance of salt, but it is Mujing's determination. He may not have felt it clearly before, but now, he clearly feels it. It is a firm attitude that will not let go even if the sky falls.

"What about the salt from the East China Sea?" Liu Jin asked.

"Salt from the East China Sea?"

Mu Jing stood up, paced back and forth, thought for a while, and then said: "If they come, they will be safe. If they want to come in, let them come in. Yizhou market must first do two words, fair, the more Fairness, the more trustworthy merchants can be, the more funds can be attracted!"

He resolutely said to Liu Jin: "We welcome anyone who comes to do business. If the salt from outside comes in, we welcome it. If the merchants from outside come here to buy salt, we also welcome it. Only with support can we build a more prosperous society." The market, the more prosperous the market, the more benefits we can bring to Yizhou. We don't want them to sell salt, which will impact our local salt sales. Maybe we are worried that someone will buy grain from Yizhou and sell it to other princes If you want to create a healthy market, there should be no regional distinctions, fairness and justice, as long as it is a reasonable transaction, we support it!"

"In this way, don't they have money and can do everything?"

Liu Jin frowned.

"That's not true, what I'm suggesting is that things in the shopping mall should be treated with the attitude of merchants!" Mu Jing said with a smile: "At any time, as long as they don't violate the laws of "Minco", we have to make concessions. If we can’t suppress people with power, it will not be good for us to operate the Yizhou market!"

"Salt is only one aspect. Yizhou is a land of abundance. In the past two years, our Yizhou has had a bumper harvest. It is inevitable that some princes will take advantage of the cheapness of businessmen to buy resources from us and transport them out. This is capital. Enemy act!"

"As long as real money comes in, it doesn't matter!" Mu Jing said indifferently: "They can do this, so can we, and it seems that we are at a disadvantage, but Yizhou is actually benefiting, let them put the entire market in Yizhou , how many people will benefit from it, there are countless!"

"My lord really doesn't worry about these worries at all!"

"Never!"

Mu Jing waved his hand and returned to the topic: "Don't think so much, the most important thing for you now is to keep an eye on the salt market. In addition, the hydraulic weaving workshop has been established, and the cloth market will also be covered next. In the chaos of war, I am afraid that these salt merchants have countless wealth in their hands, and when they take the lead and directly disrupt our economic market, then we will suffer a loss!"

"I will keep an eye on it, but if there is any fluctuation in the market, I will be vigilant!"

"You just need to stabilize the situation. I'll do the rest!" Mu Jing said, "I can only deal with them better if I take out the Minghou's mansion, and it won't cause some people to hate our Minghou. The resentment of the government!"

"Yes!"

Liu Jin nodded.

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News of the war in Jiujiang came back every day.

"The Nanyang army joined the battle, Huangfusong personally led the army, and they have already invaded Runan!"

"There is news that Lu Bu has personally led the Bingzhou Army to hold the battle in Yuzhou!"

"Jingzhou Army is still preparing!"

"Our army has already left Nanyang and went north by way. So far, it seems to be going smoothly. Nanyang has not blocked it, and Jingzhou has no intention of intercepting it. They let our army go north!"

"..."

These news gave Mu Jing a headache. He pondered for a while before he said: "Yuan Gonglu must not be able to hold on for a long time, so I ordered Zhang Liao and Zhou Cang to go northward quickly, rush day and night, and enter the Runan battlefield as soon as possible." , we can't just watch them make meritorious deeds, but also drink soup behind!"

"Yes!"

Huo Yu drew up a military order, then stamped it, and quickly sent someone to Beiwutang, so that Beiwutang could issue it directly with the military order.

"Zhuge, go to Jingwusi Yamen and call Tan Zong for me!"

"Yes!"

Zhuge Xuan went there personally and invited Tan Zong, the boss of Jingwu Division, to Zhaoming Pavilion.

Tan Zong limped into Zhaoming Pavilion. He had the privilege not to kneel before the king, but he was very courteous, so he bowed his hands and made a big salute: "Tan Zong, pay homage to the lord!"

"How is your layout in Jingzhou?"

Mu Jing asked.

"It's not going very well!" Tan Zong replied: "First of all, we are in Jingzhou. Because we fought fiercely before, their recognition of us is very low. It is difficult to convince people, especially those around Liu Jingsheng. Some people, after the chaos in Xiangyang, Liu Jingsheng seems to have more control over the direct lineage around him. Another reason is that Jingzhou seems to be not only planning for us, but also some people who I can't see are against us. They are familiar with our methods of doing things, and they also understand our operating procedures. They sabotaged our good deeds again and again, and let us win over a few pawns, all of which were suddenly exposed!"

"Who?"

"I suspect it's an old acquaintance!"

Tan Zong's eyes flickered with this cold light.

His leg is aching now, which is a shame that he can't wash away in his life, unless he can solve those Zhu's remnants.

"Old acquaintance?" Mu Jing narrowed his eyes: "Since the establishment of Jingwu Division, the biggest enemy?"

Mujing never regrets what he did.

After all, he grew up under the red banner and couldn't adapt to this troubled world. He was prepared to kill and be killed, but he still couldn't do it. Even now, he couldn't do it.

So back then in Wuyin City, when he spared those children of the Zhu family, he thought he did nothing wrong.

"It's a pity that I couldn't get rid of him at the beginning!"

Tan Zongdao: "He is becoming more and more experienced in doing things, and I feel that the resources in his hands are different from him. I suspect that he has completely surrendered to one of the princes. No one supports him, just because of his shady identity. , he dare not come out and show his head!"

"Who do you suspect?"

"Jiangdong, or Xuzhou Cao Cao!"

"Check it out!" Mu Jing said: "It can be solved, and it can be solved as soon as possible. If it can't be solved, we should start from the root cause and force them out of Jingzhou. I don't want someone to do bad things in this situation in Jingzhou!"

"Yes!"

Tan Zong took a deep breath, nodded and said.

(End of this chapter)