ebookland Chapter 83 The Frenzied First Emperor
Chapter 83 The Frenzied First Emperor
Not far away, Shi Huang was furious looking at the domineering Jin Yiwei.
Jin Yiwei is Ying Yu's subordinate, so he knows it without thinking, it must be Ying Yu's order.
"It's really unreasonable, this kid is getting more and more presumptuous."
"It's okay to arrest the salt merchants, but to force the people to buy salt, what does he think?"
In Daqin, although only officials can sell coarse salt, there are also some traders who sell salt privately.
Behind these people, without exception, some rich and powerful nobles are supporting them.
The forces involved in this are intricate, and the imperial court turned a blind eye to it without disturbing the market.
"Master, calm down, Gong Ziyu is not a reckless person, and he will definitely not do this without a reason."
Seeing that the first emperor was angry, Wang Jian quickly opened his mouth to defend Ying Yu.
It's just that Wang Jian himself didn't believe what he said. This grandson-in-law is really worrying.
This method of buying and selling by force was thanks to him who came up with it.
Shi Huang snorted coldly:
"I think he is crazy. As the son of the supervisor, isn't he afraid of being criticized by Confucian scholars for doing so?"
The first emperor personally experienced the energy of Confucian scholars.
These Confucian scholars, no matter what your purpose is.
As long as there is something unreasonable, it will become the object of their criticism.
With Ying Yu doing this, Shi Huang knew the consequences without even thinking about it.
It is estimated that it will not be long before Confucian scholars all over the world will use this as an excuse to criticize him.
After thinking about it, Shi Huang suddenly froze.
I saw countless people chasing the carriage that pulled salt.
What's happening here?
"Officer, I beg you to be merciful, and sell me some salt."
"That's right, sir, this is the first time I've seen such a good salt, so please sell me a little more."
"I've never seen such cheap salt in my life. No, I have to buy more today. Otherwise, what should I do if I can't buy it later?"
"Yeah, Mr. Yu is a good person, such a good salt was sold to me at such a cheap price."
"That's right, compared to Mr. Yu, those salt merchants are black-hearted robbers."
Seeing more and more people, Qinglong felt helpless, jumped on the carriage and shouted loudly:
"Fellow folks, there is no need to do this. Mr. Jian Guoyu said that a royal firm will be established in a few days...
The fine salt will be sold in the business store, and the quality and quantity will be guaranteed, and the price will not change. "
After Qinglong yelled, the number of people not only did not decrease, but increased.
Because they don't believe it at all.
In the eyes of the people, no matter what you say, they will believe only when the facts are in front of them.
They didn't see the so-called royal firm.
But this salt, like white snow, is actually right in front of you.
And the selling price is still so cheap, they naturally won't let it go, they all want to buy more, for fear that they will never be able to buy it again.
Seeing this, Shihuang glanced at Wang Ben beside him and said coldly:
"What are you still doing here? Why don't you send troops to help?"
What's the matter, send troops to help?
Didn't you just say you want to deal with Mr. Yu?
Is this going to help?
Wang Ben looked at Shihuang, and went to dispatch troops helplessly.
After a while, teams of black-armored guards appeared on the street and began to maintain order.
"I want to have fun with the people today, so let's line up when we go."
Shi Huang looked at the excited faces of the people around him, and his mood was not to mention how comfortable it was.
"Your Majesty, fish and dragons are mixed here, so let's not go there."
Looking at His Majesty the First Emperor who was eager to try, Zhang Han hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him.
"What are you afraid of? This is Xianyang City. Who would dare to harm me?"
Shihuang snorted coldly, and walked towards the crowd on his own.
Zhang Han hurriedly followed. Thinking about it, they were all disguised and would not be recognized at all.
Moreover, there are dark guards from the Black Ice Terrace around, and there are so many guards in brocade clothes on the bright side, so nothing should happen.
Originally, Zhang Han planned to forcefully jump into the queue, but was stopped by a look from Shihuang.
After about a quarter of an hour, it was finally Shihuang's turn.
"Here I give you, here is your salt, go over there and pay a total of five and a half taels."
On the carriage, Jin Yiwei, who was in charge of distributing salt, handed Shi Huang a small bag of salt without even raising his head, and then got busy again.
"Little brother, this salt is so good, why is it sold so cheap?"
"There is such a practice of buying and selling by force, which Master Jian Guoyu proposed?"
"Isn't he afraid that His Majesty will punish him for doing so?"
After Shihuang took the salt, he asked three questions in a series.
Jin Yiwei, who was busy, glanced at Shihuang and the others in surprise.
Nowadays, among the common people in Xianyang City, whoever sees their flying fish suits can't call them officials?
This person called himself little brother as soon as he came up, and even asked such questions.
There is a problem, there is definitely a problem with this person.
Ordinary people would never ask such a question, and looking at this person's clothes, his demeanor was definitely not that of ordinary people.
What is the purpose of not ordinary people queuing up to buy salt?
Thinking of this, the Jin Yiwei gave his companions a wink.
The few Jinyi guards around understood, and surrounded him without a trace.
At this time, Zhang Han, who was following Shihuang, also realized that something was wrong, and quickly stood in front of Shihuang.
At the same time, with a wave of his hand, the guards of the Black Ice Terrace hidden in the dark are ready to attack.
Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, at this critical moment, a violent voice came:
"What are you doing? Don't you hurry up and distribute salt for the people?"
The person who spoke was Qinglong.
Qinglong, just turned around after appeasing the people, when he saw this scene that made his heart tremble.
Others don't know His Majesty Shi Huang, but how could he not know him as the commander of Jin Yiwei.
After the rage, Qinglong walked over quickly: "Hurry up."
Several guards in Jinyi looked at the commander with a livid face, and hesitated to speak.
Qinglong snorted coldly, then quickly turned around and bowed down to Shihuang.
"It's so offensive, I hope you don't want to be as knowledgeable as them."
Although Qinglong knew Shihuang, he didn't reveal Shihuang's identity in public.
Shihuang was very satisfied with this, as for why Qinglong knew him, Shihuang said that he was not surprised at all.
Jin Yiwei monitors all the officials in the world. As the commander-in-chief of Qinglong, if he doesn't even know himself as the emperor, then the ability of Jin Yiwei is questionable.
"Well, you go down."
Seeing that Shihuang didn't intend to blame him, Qinglong let go of his hanging heart.
After cupping his fists and saluting, he quickly retreated.
"Let's go, let's join the Eastern Patrol Army."
Shihuang said and put the small bag of salt in his arms, and then walked towards the outside of Xianyang City with no expression on his face.