Chapter 4 Blackmailing Salt Merchant (II)

Not long after, there were more and more salt merchants in the lobby, and there were identities and statuses to greet each other and compliment each other. Zhu Yinglong's table had already stopped talking. Zhou Buqun took good care of him. Knowing that he was the first time he came to such an occasion, he kept introducing some people he knew, while instilling some of his so-called life experiences and ideas in him. Then someone came to greet him and asked Zhu Yinglong, and he also helped cover it up. In short, the table was very harmonious.

Zhu Yinglong was thinking that he could not show up directly. Although Zhou Buqun and Brother San were talking about the secrets that were not secrets among the salt merchants, he, the emperor, must be kept in the dark now. The war is imminent, and there is no fire in the rear. So he wants to find an excuse to go out and then appear as the emperor. Anyway, they are all disguised now, and when they come back, no one can recognize him.

"Three brothers, I feel a little uncomfortable. I want to send her back first!" Zhu Yinglong gave Cheng Huaixiu a color. She immediately understood it. Although she was a little unwilling, she still frowned and her eyes showed a little sadness. Zhou Buqun and the other two could not see that they were pretending. They all said a few comforts with concern. The five left the lobby and then left Qionglinyuan.

He found a secluded inn, then gave a few instructions in Hai Chengxin's ear and asked him to go.

When Zhu Yinglong removed the disguise on his face and showed his handsome face with sword-browed eyebrows and star-like eyes, Cheng Huaixiu was already moved, and his beautiful eyes were never allowed to move away. When Zhu Yinglong put on the black cloud brocade gold silk embroidered dragon robe, he was so shocked that he could not speak.

"You, you, why are you..."

"What's wrong with me? This outfit is mine!" Zhu Yinglong said with a smile.

"Are you the emperor?" Cheng Huaixiu felt that his brain was a little lacking in oxygen and he felt like he was about to faint.

Zhu Yinglong laughed, Cheng Huaixiu looked very cute in surprise, "Why, don't you look like this?"

"Don't lie to me, pretend that the emperor wants to behead him!" Cheng Huaixiu rushed up and said anxiously.

"Fake it, I'm obviously like this. Why do you need to fake it? I'll suppress the wife of the village!" Zhu Yinglong laughed and grabbed Cheng Huaixiu's little hand in his hand and said.

"Stop playing, I'm going to be beheaded!" Cheng Huaixiu's eyes burst into tears.

Just now, I remembered the sound of footsteps outside the door, and then I heard a voice saying: "I am the governor of Jiangsu Chang Yanlin, respectfully requesting the holy care!"

"It's not slow, come in!" Zhu Yinglong ordered lightly.

Chang Yanlin, wearing a governor's uniform, pushed the door and walked in. Cheng Huaixiu was the daughter of the richest man in Yangzhou. The governor of Jiangsu was naturally familiar with it. He recognized it at a glance. He had to kneel down to see the man he had just met and was about to entrust his life to his life. In other words, he did not lie. He was really the emperor. Cheng Huaixiu felt dizzy and his eyes turned dark.

Since his identity has been revealed, it is no longer appropriate to take Cheng Huaixiu with him, so he ordered someone to send Cheng Huaixiu directly back to the palace.

Thinking of the salt merchants who attended the meeting today, Zhu Yinglong's mind suddenly had an inspiration, and the plan came to his heart.

When Zhu Yinglong appeared in the lobby of Qionglinyuan again, hundreds of gazes looked at him, and the sound of Shanying shouting long live came out.

"Let's just flat!" Zhu Yinglong's mouth was dangerous, but he sneered in his heart. These people came happily, afraid that they would go back crying.

"Sit down, sit down!" Zhu Yinglong walked to the position he prepared for him and stood still, waved his hand to signal the salt merchants to sit down and said.

"Today, I have summoned everyone to thank you. You think what the court thinks and is anxious about what the court is concerned about. Not only did you donate two million taels of military expenses, but you also solved all the expenses and expenses I have in Yangzhou. The merchants in the world can think of you two Huai salt merchants. What else do you worry about? Do you think this is the reason?" Zhu Yinglong made his opening remark first, subconsciously observing the expressions of the salt merchants sitting below. They couldn't see clearly from a distance, and they could see a little excitement on their faces nearby, and even a few were red and purple.

"Eunuchs are in trouble, and Caomin and others have long hoped that the court can eliminate these eunuchs who have harmed the country and the people. We cannot withstand guns or swing big swords. Only this is a little skilled in doing business, and we cannot make little efforts to serve the court!" Among the three major salt merchants, Huizhou salt merchants, this is recognized and defaulted in Yangzhou. Cheng Chong is the first to stand up and speak out.

"Are you?" Although Zhu Yinglong guessed that the middle-aged salt merchant in front of him who stood up to speak for all the salt merchants in Yangzhou was Cheng Chong, he still had to pretend that he didn't know.

"Long live the meeting with the people of the grass!" Cheng Chong immediately knelt down when he heard this.

"Get up, I heard your name as soon as I came to Yangzhou. The richest man in Yangzhou, a great charity, haha." Zhu Yinglong smiled.

"Caomin is not the richest man, nor is it a great charity." Cheng Chong stood up and lowered his head and said in panic.

"Oh, a gentleman loves money and gets it well. As long as it is not an ill-gotten wealth, what about the richest man?" Zhu Yinglong said with a smile.

"What the emperor said is that the grass-roots are obsessed with it." A layer of white sweat appeared on Cheng Chong's forehead. Ninety percent of the wealth he gathered was not from the right way. If someone else said this, he would have been cold-eyed, but the person he faced today was the emperor, and he had an ominous premonition. The young emperor seemed to be able to see everything he could see. Under those bright and sharp eyes, he had no secret to hide.

"You have made contributions to donating military funds this time. Now, the war has not been fought yet. I can't explain how great your contributions are. When the war is over, we will reward the rebellion again. How about it?" Zhu Yinglong had no intention of rewarding these people at all. The amount of money they donated may belong to the court, and it is a drop in the ocean. The court takes back its own things and still rewards it. Isn't this a big deal about the world?

"The emperor is thoroughly thoughtful, and the people are very impressed." Cheng Chong followed, thinking that he was the initiator of this donation, and at least he could get a reward of honor. Unexpectedly, there was nothing. God knows whether the emperor would still remember his contributions today after the war.

"Your Majesty, is there a problem with Jiang Guochun?" Jiang Guochun, the younger brother of the Jiang brothers, stood up and asked respectfully.

"What's the problem?" Zhu Yinglong admired Jiang Guochun's courage. Among the Lianghuai salt merchants, he was one of the few decent people and had a clean foundation.

"The court has already banned foreign countries. I wonder if we inland merchants can also participate in it?" Jiang Guochun asked.
Chapter completed!