Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 243 Give Conditions to the Family

Zhang Ming entered the city of Linzi and called his three younger brothers.

"Yun Chang, you defend the city and start strengthening the city wall."

"Zilong, Yide, you each lead 5000 people to wipe out the bandits around you. Remember, try to capture them as much as possible, and these people can be captured to work."

The three of them listened to the order and started to act.

At this time, the big and small families in the city were very disturbed, and Zhang Ming took control of the city.

Zhang Ming had someone announce that the city will be under martial law for two days, and will open normally after two days.

Zhang Ming asked people to check the treasury, and the other thing was to get money.

There is a lot of money in the city, there are hundreds of thousands of copper coins, but this money is obviously not enough for Zhang Ming.

The most important thing is the population.

Qingzhou is relatively rich and has a large population.

Although Zhang Ming didn't plan to attack the aristocratic family in Linzi City, they couldn't sit still for a long time.

A group of people went to ask Zheng Xuan to talk to Zhang Ming.

This Zheng Xuan is very prestigious in Linzi city.

All the aristocratic families are looking for ways to talk to Zhang Ming.

A day later, Zhang Ming received the message.

After receiving the news, Zhang Ming planned to entertain everyone at Tangling Restaurant.

Dozens of aristocratic families were present, and if others took control of Qingzhou, they would not have to give any face.

But Zhang Ming is unreasonable and doesn't rely on his family. He really dares to kill people.

"Meet the General Protecting the Nation."

Everyone was very worried, so all the etiquette was there.

"Everyone, now that I control Linzi City, if I have anything to say, I will make it clear tonight."

"Don't worry, I'm not Dong Zhuo. I won't kill people casually. I killed many people in Liaodong before, but those who killed were those who didn't cooperate."

not to kill?
Although Zhang Ming was not like Dong Zhuo, he had killed quite a few people, so they were not afraid.

Everyone dared not speak, and sat silently.

Zhang Ming looked around and saw that no one dared to speak, so he said, "Since they don't say anything, then I will."

"Since I control Linzi City, I have to collect protection fees, but I will not ask you to hand over the land, nor will I repeatedly ask you for money, how much to pay every month, and discuss a way out. If you don’t need to pay, please leave Linzi City within three days.”

Zhang Ming knew very well that Linzi was not capable of controlling Linzi for a long time. Now that Gongsun Zan was fighting with Yuan Shao, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity and then withdraw.

After all, Linzi is an enclave.

Everyone still dare not speak, this is completely robbery.

Moreover, the robbery was so blatant.

No one wanted to hand over the family money to Zhang Ming.

Zhang Ming looked at the crowd and said nothing, so he said again: "Then propose another plan, first, just pay five thousand copper coins every month, second, that is to buy my salt, the price of salt is higher than the market price [-]% lower, the quality is the table salt used by Tanglin Restaurant."

"What do you think of this plan?"

Everyone was stunned, five thousand copper coins, to each of their families, was just drizzle.

Didn't Zhang Ming give them the profit by selling salt like this?

It's not that they hand over money to Zhang Ming, but that Zhang Ming gives them money.

They know that the table salt in Liaodong is very cheap, but no one knows what method Zhang Ming used to make it.

"It's settled like this. If you don't want salt, please leave Linzi City within three days. The salt will arrive soon. All of you here must join forces to eat my salt. This salt is enough for the entire Qingzhou. .”

Only then did everyone understand that Zhang Ming wanted to use them to control the salt in Qingzhou.

This is an opportunity and a crisis for them.

The former salt merchants will have no way out, and the two sides will inevitably go through a struggle.

Although the aristocratic families in Linzi City are the strongest, some of them are local snakes in other places.

Are they going to give up the family business in Linzi City now, or buy Zhang Ming's salt.

Of course, if they bought table salt, they could also sell it elsewhere.

Anyway, Zhang Ming's price for them is very low and very competitive, and they can earn a lot of money, it depends on whether they have the ability to earn it.

After Zhang Ming finished speaking, he said to everyone: "Good wine and good food are ready for you, and all my people will withdraw. You can eat slowly and discuss slowly."

Zhang Ming left after speaking.

There are dozens of people staying here, and they really need to have a good discussion.

Good wine and good food, this time it's not so bad.

They understood why Zhang Ming didn't move them, because he wanted to use them.

But why is this exploit method so delightful?
That is hard currency, very low-priced, high-quality table salt.

After some discussion, most people agreed to Zhang Ming's conditions.

They decided to form an alliance, recruit a group of salt merchants, and sell the salt directly to them. In addition, they would sell the salt themselves and sell the salt to other places.

In this way, all Zhang Ming's salt can be taken.

After eating and drinking, everyone left.

Zhang Ming has long been thinking about how to benefit from Qingzhou and improve his own strength.

Recruiting people is one aspect, and the other is to dump Qingzhou and salt.

In this way, he can sell to two states, Xuzhou and Qingzhou.

In Xuzhou, after Tao Qian came back from Luoyang, he wanted to regain control of the salt and drive Zhang Ming out, but found that those merchants had made a lot of money and began to rely on Zhang Ming. Although they didn't like Zhang Ming, they liked his salt.

After Zhang Ming sold salted fish for a while, he began to transport salt to Xuzhou.

Two days later, Chen Yang arrived with his fleet, along with several ships of salt and hundreds of people.

These people are all here to help Zhang Ming control Linzi City.

Chen Yang came with his men, and Zhang Ming immediately called Chen Yang to the Governor's Mansion.

"Chen Yang, the matter is urgent, I'm afraid you don't have much time to rest."

"Please tell me, my lord, since the time when my lord was reckless, Yang was fortunate to work under my lord."

Zhang Ming nodded. Naturally, he would not treat Chen Yang badly.

"I don't know when Linzi City will have to give up. You can mobilize all the resources in the city at will. You can immediately recruit refugees in Qingzhou. Money and food are not a problem. When recruiting, as long as you are willing to come, regardless of gender."

"After recruiting people, send them to Liaodong immediately, and promise them to allocate houses, land and farm tools."

"These are all real. In the counties under our control, the construction of houses started immediately, but the allocated land is wasteland, which needs to be reclaimed by themselves."

"In addition, we have vigorously transported salt here, and asked them to pay with part of the grain. We also bought some grain ourselves and shipped it back."

After Zhang Ming finished explaining, Chen Yang started to get busy.

Linzi City will become a springboard for Zhang Ming.

The army started to move, while Zhang Ming was busy with other things.

As soon as Zhang Ming arrived, the bandits around Linzi would naturally suffer. As soon as he came, all the bandits and bandits would be wiped out, and the people would be emptied.

(End of this chapter)