"Greetings, Your Highness!"
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
Everyone knelt down at the same time.
"Get up."
Zhu Yunhao said lightly.
Lou Jiye stood up and frowned.""Your Highness, could it be that the reason why they are unwilling to trade with us is because they have the support of the Leizhou Prefecture?”
"What do you think?" Zhu Yunhao looked at the merchants with a faint smile.
A few merchants laughed and said," Hehe, Your Highness must be joking. You also know that the governor of Leizhou Prefecture is a military general. He has never liked to deal with merchants. How could he have any interaction with commoners?"”
"Didn't you say it earlier? Things were different now. He didn't like her in the past, but maybe he would like her now?”
The corners of Zhu Yunhao's mouth curled up slightly. He paused and continued,""Besides, I never said that the person behind you is from the Leizhou Prefecture. Maybe it's another prince?”
"This king's uncles are all old and experienced. Now that the great war is imminent, they will naturally increase their efforts to forge weapons and armor for future use.”
"So, tell this king, who is this person? Is his price higher than mine?"
Zhu Yunhao said confidently.
Sure enough, after hearing Zhu Yunhao's words, the expressions of the merchants changed, but they recovered in an instant.
They had never thought that this young prince of Qiongzhou Prefecture would have such shocking insight.
Just from the words they said earlier, one could guess that there was a prince standing behind them.
"Your Highness, you've misunderstood. This commoner doesn't have any backing. This commoner and the others simply want to get some benefits before the war arrives and then hide for a while.”
"That's right wangye, how could a small business like this enter the eyes of other wangye? wangye, you're thinking too much.”
A few merchants laughed.
Zhu Yunhao saw the expressions of these people clearly and already had an answer in his heart.
He suddenly laughed and said,"Is that so?" You really don't have a backer?"
"I really didn't, I didn't, I didn't!"
The few merchants looked confident.
"Then…capture them all!" Zhu Yunhao said coldly.
"Ah?" The merchants panicked.
"Your Highness, what are you doing? What crime have I committed? Your Highness, please speak clearly!"
"Wangye, business can be discussed slowly. Why do you arrest people just because they don't agree?”
"Your Highness, aren't you afraid of cutting off the trading system of Qiongzhou Prefecture? It's not a big deal for His Highness to arrest us, but what will the commoners think? What will the other merchants think? Would they still be willing to do business with His Highness?”
The merchants begged with a hint of threat.
This was also one of their reasons for being confident.
Zhu Yunhao looked at them as if they were fools and said,""It's still what you said before. Times are different now. You said that the war has already erupted, and extraordinary times naturally require extraordinary methods. You bullied this king first, so what is there to talk about with you? Are you worthy?"
Since he knew that the other party had the support of one of his uncles, there was nothing for him to worry about.
Because no matter how much they negotiated, even if he agreed to pay more money, the other party would not ship the materials over.
He might as well snatch it.
Since he had already bought the mining and smelting technology, this trade line was dispensable to him.
"Your Highness, we won't hide it from you anymore. This matter was ordered by King Jingjiang. I'm just a commoner. How can I resist?”
A few merchants quickly threw out their trump cards when something was wrong.
From the meaning of his words, he thought that he was begging for mercy.
However, his tone was unusually calm. If one listened carefully, one would find that he was threatening her.
Everyone knew that Qiongzhou was a poor and remote place. Whether it was in terms of economy or military, it was lagging behind other provinces.
However, Guilin, where King Jingjiang was located, was a rich land.
No matter in terms of geographical area, products, population, economy, military, etc., Qiongzhou was incomparable.
These words were equivalent to telling Zhu Yunhao that if he wanted to touch them, had he asked King Jingjiang?
If you don't give face to King Jingjiang, then can your small Qiongzhou Prefecture withstand King Jingjiang's anger?
Zhu Yunhao naturally understood what he meant, but he just sneered disdainfully.
This King of Jingjiang was called Zhu Zanyi. He was not a prince, but a descendant of a county king.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a rule that a prince should be granted the title of prince and be given a golden treasure or book.
The prince was granted the title of king and was given a gold-plated silver seal and a silver book.
Although the King of Jingjiang was conferred the title of king as his grandnephew, his ancestor was Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest brother, so his status was unique. Not only was he assigned a good Guilin vassal, but his salary was also more than that of ordinary princes.
Although his status was lower than that of a Prince, it was higher than that of a Regional King. It was very special.
Speaking of which, Zhu Zanyi was a few years younger than him, and in terms of seniority, he was one level lower.
However, the treatment of the two was worlds apart.
"Alright, don't be long-winded. This king can spare your lives, but this king wants all the resources in your hands. The price will still be the same as before.”
Zhu Yunhao said thoughtfully.
As for the money…
That was his lifeblood.
He had too many ways to deal with these merchants.
However, he reckoned that it would not be easy to get the supplies, so he brought all the flintlocks with him this time.
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