Chapter 343: Committing a Crime Against the Wind

The next morning, amidst the sound of gongs and drums, Huang Dafa and his business friends who had already obtained their business licenses opened their doors at the same time, which made the originally nervous people feel relieved.

Of course, it also made those chambers of commerce and aristocratic families who followed the command of the Donglin Party and were still on strike and had not obtained their business licenses hate Huang Dafa so much that they wanted to kill him.

However, they were not fools. Seeing that Huang Dafa was accompanied by four Jinyiwei guards, it was a bit difficult to deal with him. The key was that the emperor's attitude was already clear. To deal with Huang Dafa was equivalent to slapping the emperor in the face.

Touching the emperor's reverse scale would have serious consequences. The lightest punishment would be beheading, and the worst would be the confiscation of property and extermination of the family. Given the current delicate situation, it is best not to touch Huang Dafa, a lackey.

There are many ways to test the emperor's bottom line. If you can't do a big one, then do a small one. Let's see how the emperor reacts first. This is called planning before acting.

Zhu Youjian knew that merchants pursued profits. When merchants in the city closed their shops and went on strike, prices soared. With his full support, those merchants who reopened their shops might desperately raise prices, making the lives of ordinary people even more burdensome.

Therefore, he had to intervene administratively and only allowed a 10% increase. If there were objections, they could not sell, but if they touched the red line, they would be severely punished. If you don’t believe it, you can try my butcher knife.

Zhu Youjian also knew that this imperial decree would force all the aristocratic families, landlords and tyrants in the world to become enemies, and might even trigger a rebellion, but at this point, his method of boiling frogs in warm water and weakening the power of the aristocratic families bit by bit would not work.

In troubled times, he could only take tough measures. The army was ready, and it would depend on which unlucky guy jumped out to die.

Huang Dafa understood the emperor’s intention and was very good at dealing with things. Privately, he communicated with all the merchants who had obtained industrial and commercial business licenses, and the price only increased by 2%.

I helped the emperor a lot this time, and the rewards in the future are immeasurable, hehe.

Zhang Shirong is a good friend of Huang Dafa, and he is also one of the first small businessmen to apply for industrial and commercial business licenses and open for business today.

He is called a small businessman because Zhang Shirong has only two stores, which sell rice, noodles, dry goods and other daily necessities.

As soon as the store opened, many people came to buy rice, noodles and dry goods. Seeing the long queues of people, Zhang Shirong couldn't close his mouth.

He wished that those big businessmen and aristocratic families would close their doors forever, and his business would be booming every day and make a lot of money, hehe.

"Hey, what are you doing? Can you be reasonable? I have been queuing since early morning until now, and you just cut in line as soon as you come..."

There was a sudden noise in the queue for shopping. Zhang Shirong squeezed through the crowd and walked over to see that someone had cut in line.

He looked at the people who cut in line, frowned slightly, and felt a sense of relief in his heart. He immediately waved to a shop assistant, whispered a few words, and then retreated into the shop. If anything happened, he would run away from the back door as soon as possible.

When Zhang Shirong was young, he also traveled all over the country to work for others. He saved a little money by living frugally, and then relied on this little money to do some small business, selling things from village to village, and slowly began to make a fortune, and then he achieved today's achievements.

He has experienced many ups and downs, his mind is more flexible than ordinary people, and his vision of people is also sharper than ordinary people.

Although the three people who cut in line were dressed simply, they were all young people, and they were strong and had a sense of ruffian. At a glance, they were not honest and ordinary people.

At the party yesterday, my good friend Huang Dafa, Vice President Huang, repeatedly reminded us to be careful of some people making trouble, and report to the Jinyiwei immediately if we find them.

In order to support these small merchants, Zhu Youjian ordered Jinyiwei Commander Tian Boguang to send more people, strengthen patrols, and secretly take care of those merchants who were open for business. Once someone was found to be causing trouble, no matter who they were, they would be arrested and put in Jinyiwei Prison. Those who dared to resist arrest would be killed without mercy.

Among the first batch of more than 100 merchants who applied for business licenses, there must be spies from the Chamber of Commerce, aristocratic families, and Donglin Party. They naturally knew that Jinyiwei was protecting these merchants under secret orders.

They still dared to commit crimes in order to test Zhu Youjian's bottom line.