The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

After Yan Huarong transported the new salt to Qilu, the price of salt there was immediately suppressed.The salt dealers in Qilu couldn't sit still, but they didn't dare to do anything blatantly because Song Weikang was there.

No matter how arrogant the salt dealers in Qilu were, they would not dare to make a mistake in front of General Song.The reputation of General Song can be said to be powerful in all directions.Besides, many years ago, Song Weikang's methods of eradicating aristocratic families and salt dealers in Yangzhou were very ruthless, which frightened salt dealers in other places.

Not daring to challenge Song Weikang, the salt dealers in Qilu could only comfort themselves, thinking that the new salt shipped by the imperial court was not enough to sell.When the court's new salt is sold out, they will immediately increase the price of their salt.

It is true that Yan Huarong only transported more than 1000 kilograms of new salt from Marsh Mansion, which was not enough for the people of Qilu. However, the emperor had previously sent people to make new salt at the seaside in other places.When the new salt shipped from Marsh Mansion is sold out, the new salt made in other places will be shipped to Qilu.

The salt dealers in Qilu couldn't believe that the imperial court had completely produced new salt, and it was produced in large quantities.

The new salt sold by the imperial court was cheap and tasted pure without any bitter taste.The people were naturally more willing to buy the court's new salt.

The salt dealers in Qilu were completely unable to sit still, and they quickly lowered the price of their salt, from the previous six hundred yuan per stone to three hundred yuan per stone.They thought that as long as they lowered the price, people would buy their salt obediently, but it turned out not to be the case.

The common people would rather spend an extra hundred yuan to buy new salt from the court than buy salt from salt sellers.

The salt sold by salt sellers is cheaper than the new salt from the court, but it is not as delicious as the new salt from the court.

Seeing that the common people would rather buy the expensive new salt from the court than buy their own salt, the salt dealers were anxious, so they had to lower the price again, to two hundred yuan per stone.This price is twice less than the price of new salt from the imperial court.

It is true that many people went to buy salt from salt sellers for cheap, but they regretted it after buying it back.Because the salt bought by the salt sellers is the worst salt, and it is also mixed with a lot of stones. Needless to say, the taste is not much salty, but full of bitterness.

The salt sellers priced their salt at over two hundred yuan a stone. Of course they didn't want to lose money, so they sold the worst sea salt.

After the people suffered a loss and were fooled once, they would not be fooled a second time.The common people who originally wanted to take advantage of the situation stopped buying salt from the salt dealers and went back to buy new salt from the court.

The salt dealers saw that no one was buying the salt even after selling it for [-] yen per dan, so they lowered the price again to [-] yen per dan.

One hundred coins and one stone of salt never appeared in the previous dynasties, let alone in the Zhou Dynasty.This is the lowest price ever.

The salt dealers thought that if they lowered the price of salt by one hundred yuan per stone, the people would go crazy. However, the people did not buy it at all.The common people continued to buy the new salt from the imperial court.

Seeing that lowering the price to [-] yuan a stone would not work, the salt dealers had no choice but to give up and sell the good salt they had before.

Before the emergence of new salt, the salt in Dazhou was basically well salt.The well salt in the hands of salt dealers is not as good as tribute salt, but it is still good.Of course, it is far behind compared to new salt.

The salt dealers thought that by selling the good salt they had before, they would be able to deal a blow to the court's new salt. As a result, not many people bought their salt.

Some people are very poor and have no choice but to buy salt from salt sellers.Of course, they will also buy some new salt from the court.

The salt dealers sold their salt at a low price, which not only did not affect the court's new salt, but also made the court's new salt sell better and better.

The common people are not fools. Before the new salt was sold by the court, the salt dealers controlled the price of salt and kept it high, making them unable to afford salt.Nowadays, salt dealers lower the price of salt, thinking that they can get the support of the people, but unfortunately the people do not let them get their wish.

Over the years, the people have hated the salt dealers in Qilu.They prayed every day for bad luck and retribution for the salt dealers.Now that they see the salt dealers being unlucky, the people are so happy that they want to set off firecrackers to celebrate.

The common people were well aware of the viciousness and greed of the salt dealers, and knew that the salt dealers were forced to lower their prices because the court produced new salt.If the salt dealers' salt beat the court's new salt, they would definitely increase the price immediately, and even higher than before.At that time, the salt dealers will become even more arrogant, and then their people will be bullied again.

The people were more willing to trust the court than the salt dealers.They had heard that the new salt was made by His Highness the King of Han, so that their common people could afford it and eat good salt.

This is not the first time that His Highness the King of Han has made good things to benefit the people. He has made many good things before, such as Quyuan plow, and the court distributed them to them free of charge.

This time His Highness the King of Han made such delicious new salt, and the court sold it to them at the lowest price.The imperial court would not harm their people, but the salt dealers would.

Although the new salt sold by the imperial court was more expensive than the salt sold by current salt sellers, it was much cheaper than the salt sold by previous salt sellers.They would rather spend hundreds of dollars more to buy new salt from the court than buy salt from salt dealers.They will never let the salt traders be proud, let alone let them come back.

The salt dealers saw that no matter how they lowered the price of salt, the people would not buy it. This made them completely anxious, but they could not think of a good way to deal with the court's new salt.

The salt dealers in Qilu could only watch as the court's new salt sold better and better, but the salt in their hands could not be sold.

In addition to the new salt in Qilu, other places are also selling new salt.

After the common people had eaten the new salt from the court, they would not be willing to eat the old salt sold by the salt sellers.

Before the Chinese New Year, except for the price of salt in Qilu, the price of salt in other state capitals has also completely stabilized.

The emperor was very satisfied with this, but the salt traders were furious.

Knowing that the new salt was made by His Highness the King of Han, the salt traders hated him.For the salt dealers, the new salt made by His Highness the King of Han was tantamount to cutting off their income.

Many salt traders sent people to Lingnan to assassinate the King of Han, but unfortunately none of them succeeded.Not only did they fail to kill the King of Han, but they themselves lost their lives.

The dragon guards sent by the emperor to protect Zhao Yao were not vegetarians.They are secret guards specially trained by the emperor who spent a lot of effort.

Each of the Dragon Guards is highly skilled in martial arts and possesses unique skills.With them protecting Zhao Yao, not even humans, not even monsters or ghosts could hurt him in the slightest.

Zhao Yao didn't know that the salt dealers in the interior sent people to assassinate him. After he learned that the court had made new salt and sold it in many places, which stabilized the price of salt in many places, he stopped paying attention. New salt thing.He is now busy sending the latest glass and mirrors to the capital.

There are many glass products made in this batch, and each one is very exquisite.Zhao Yao divided the batch of glass products into several parts and sent them to the capital, and one part was sent to the palace for the emperor.This gift to the emperor must be divided into several parts.The largest share of the emperor's share is the emperor's share.The others are for Concubine Liang, Concubine Li, Concubine Ying, and of course the Queen and Concubine Rong.

The reason why Zhao Yao gave some glass and mirrors to Queen Xie and Concubine Rong was because he wanted to do business with them.

Zhao Yao also sent several boxes of glass products and mirrors to King Chu and King Wei.Of course, he also gave some to King Dai and King Jing to thank them for giving him money in the first place.Before Zhao Yao came to Lingnan, King Dai and King Jing had no choice but to give him some money, but they gave it away after all.As his younger brother, he should be grateful for their gift.As for the ministers of the DPRK, Zhao Yao did not give them glass and mirrors.It's hard not to think too much about a prince suddenly sending something to a minister of the court.

This batch of glass and mirrors was personally sent back to Beijing by Liang Run.After he returned to the capital, he was busy starting up the glass and mirror business.

When Liang Run arrived in the capital, it was already late and he could not enter the palace to offer glass and mirrors, so he went to the Prince of Chu's Mansion first.

When the King of Chu learned that Liang Run wanted to see him, he immediately sent Wei Mian to invite him in.

Liang Run met the King of Chu and first asked him to check several boxes of things that Zhao Yao gave him. However, the King of Chu did not look at them immediately. Instead, he first asked Zhao Yao how he was doing in Marsh Mansion.

Liang Run was very moved to see that the King of Chu was first concerned about Zhao Yao's situation.He briefly told King Chu what Zhao Yao had been busy with recently.

Knowing that Zhao Yao was fine in Marsh Mansion, King Chu felt much more relieved.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, His Highness the King of Han said that he is doing well in the Marsh Mansion, so you don't have to worry about him."

King Chu didn't see Zhao Yao okay with his own eyes, but he was still worried about him in his heart.

"By the way, before you return to the capital, is there anyone who is unfavorable to the tenth brother?" The King of Chu had already learned that the salt dealer in Qilu sent someone to assassinate Zhao Yao.

"No."

"Is it true?" King Chu felt that Liang Run was hiding something from him, "Is the tenth brother really okay?"

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, His Highness the King of Han is really okay." Liang Run didn't understand why His Highness the King of Chu asked, "Your Highness the King of Chu, don't worry, His Highness the King of Han has many guards with high martial arts skills around him, no one can hurt him."

King Chu guessed that the Liang family had arranged for Zhao Yao to have highly skilled guards, "It's good that the tenth brother is fine."

"Don't worry, His Highness the King of Han is really fine." Yaoyao is not only protected by the secret guards arranged by the emperor, but also by the experts arranged by his second uncle. It is difficult for anyone to hurt Yaoyao. "By the way, Your Highness the King of Chu, His Highness the King of Han will mention business cooperation in the letter to you. If you are willing to do business cooperation with His Highness the King of Han, you can send someone to me directly when the time comes."

"Why don't you go back to Lingnan?"

"I won't go back to Marsh Mansion for the time being. I will return to Marsh Mansion after completing the business arrangements arranged by His Highness the King of Han." Liang Run's main mission when he returned to Beijing this time was to do business. "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, His Highness the King of Han said that you don't have to do business with him personally. You can send someone you trust to do business with him to make money." It would be too disrespectful for the prince to do business in person, so Zhao Yao asked the King of Chu to send people and people to do business with him. He worked together to do business and make money.

"His Royal Highness the King of Han also said that money can make ghosts go around, and a penny can defeat a hero, so he asked you not to refuse cooperation in doing business."

The King of Chu knew in his heart that Zhao Yao wanted to cooperate with him in business for his own good, and he would not reject his tenth brother's wish.

"Okay, I will send someone to do business with you then." King Chu knew that Liang Run would go to the Wei Palace later, so he didn't say much to him.

Liang Run did have to go to the Prince of Wei's Mansion, so he didn't stay in the Prince of Chu's Mansion for long.

After King Wei learned that Liang Run had gone to the Prince of Chu's Mansion, he waited for his arrival in the Mansion.

Seeing Liang Run, King Wei, like King Chu, first asked about Zhao Yao's situation with concern. After learning that Zhao Yao was fine, he asked about other things.

Liang Run told King Wei again what he had said to King Chu before.Of course, this also includes cooperation in doing business.

Although the King of Wei had people from the Southern Wei Dynasty helping him do business and make money, the people from the Southern Wei Dynasty did not give him all the money without reservation.If he sends his cronies to do business with Zhao Yao, then all the money he makes will be his.The most important point is that when he has his own money, he does not need the money provided by the Southern Wei people, so he can be less constrained by the Southern Wei people.

Besides, he also knew that doing business together was Zhao Yao's heart and he couldn't refuse.

King Wei said that in two days, after Liang Run had settled down, he would send someone to talk to him about business cooperation.

Liang Run originally thought that the King of Wei would refuse to cooperate in business, but he did not expect that the King of Wei actually agreed. After all, the King of Wei was supported by the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty, and the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty were the best at doing business.

Seeing that it was getting late, King Wei left Liang Run to rest and asked Liang Run to follow him into the palace early tomorrow morning.

Liang Run did not refuse and stayed in the Wei Palace.

After Liang Run left, King Wei personally opened the things Zhao Yao gave him.When he saw the exquisite glass in the box, King Wei gasped in shock.And Yu Hai, who was standing next to him, screamed out in surprise.

Boxes of glass shimmered under the candlelight, not inferior to gold, silver and jewelry.

"Your Highness, this, this, this..." Yu Hai was so shocked that he couldn't say a complete sentence.

King Wei was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses. He looked at the glass in the box with amazement and exclaimed: "It's so exquisite!" After saying that, he reached out and picked up a glass vase.The vase is crystal clear, glowing with a light cyan color, and is very beautiful.

"Your Highness, is this really not Liuli?" There was Liuli in Prince Wei's palace, and Yu Hai had seen it before.

"The glass is not so crystal clear." King Wei picked up another tea set and looked at it.This tea set is entirely light blue, and the tea cup is also engraved with blooming plum blossoms, which is lifelike.

"Your Highness, you are right, the glass is not that beautiful!" Yu Hai was full of admiration for Zhao Yao at this time, "Your Highness, it is not an exaggeration to describe this glass as ingenious. His Highness the King of Han is really amazing. He can actually make it." Such a beautiful and incredible thing. Is this really something that humans can make?" Sometimes, he suspected that His Highness the King of Han was not a human being, but an immortal.Because every time His Highness the King of Han makes something amazing!

"Others can't do it, but the tenth brother can do it." King Wei said with pride, "Every time the tenth brother makes something, he is astonishing, and this glass is no exception."

Yu Hai said with admiration: "His Royal Highness the King of Han is so awesome!"