The Grand Void – Becoming a Dragon

Among the buildings and boats.

inside the room.

The atmosphere suddenly froze.

Zhuang Ming's expression remained calm and did not change.

Qian Yang, who was standing behind him, just remained motionless.

And the prince had a murderous look on his face, and the four guards behind him all put their hands on the handle of the knife.

Under the induction of Zhuang Ming's young dragon, the ambush soldiers hidden in the dark seemed to be prepared.

"hehe……"

Zhuang Ming laughed, and said: "When it comes to the idea of ​​doing business, I, Zhuang Ming, have been struggling so far, and I think I am not weaker than others. Even if the prince kills me and takes over the Zhuang's business, it will really grow stronger? The prince If you agree, you will help me with the power of the government, and I will be able to grow stronger, and I will earn more silver taels every year than I am now, even if I share half of it equally, it is far better than the illegal business of the prince's private salt!"

At the end of his speech, he accentuated the word "breaking the law".

The prince laughed and said: "The way of doing business, do you really think that there is no one under my king's command?"

Zhuang Ming shook his head slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, there are some masters, but when it comes to business, especially taking over the Zhuang's firm, I, Zhuang Ming, are the best candidates! If you don't want to agree, both sides will suffer. Of course, Zhuang thinks he is not as powerful as the prince, so he will be injured more severely, but you will be injured less. But then again, even if Zhuang does not stand up, and you, the prince, may not be much better..."

As soon as the words fell, the four guards behind the prince all showed fierce expressions.

The prince even sneered and said, "You are threatening, not begging for mercy!"

Zhuang Ming gently stretched out his hand, flattened the wrinkled clothes, and said calmly: "I am not threatening, let alone begging for mercy. This trip is just to discuss cooperation between you and me."

The prince raised his chest slightly, looked down with a proud posture, and said, "Cooperation? You have been in business for six years, don't you know that the so-called cooperation is when both parties are equal, and they join hands for profit!"

"Now, under the order of this king, your Zhuang's business firm has closed all of its hundreds of stores and warehouses in the sixteen mansions of Huai'an. The daily loss is huge, and it will collapse if it can't last for a few days!"

"When this king finds an opportunity, as long as you are convicted, you will not escape death!"

"This king is an official, you are just a merchant, the difference is like cloud and mud!"

"What qualifications do you have to stand shoulder to shoulder with this king?"

The prince spoke slowly, with an extremely arrogant attitude.

He also has proud capital.

Zhuang Ming said calmly: "My lord really doesn't want to let it go?"

The prince looked at Zhuang Ming, and said in a fierce voice: "This king is not short of money, but he is short of breath! Even if I keep you, I can really earn more silver taels, this king doesn't care! Now this king wants your life! How can you What kind of capital can make this king give up?"

"Zhuang Ming, you are so bold that you dare to destroy this king's business!"

"You should know, from the moment you think about it, you should think about today!"

Following the words, the lord stepped forward and slowly stepped behind the four guards to prevent the dry sun from rising and killing the fish.

And Zhuang Ming exhaled, and said: "My lord, your business is illegal, and it is the laws of the Dongsheng Dynasty, not me, that destroyed your private salt business! It’s just that I haven’t found it so far, Zhuang just provided clues and pointed out the direction, that’s all!”

"Follow the law?"

The prince showed a mocking look, and said: "This king is also following the law. How about sealing up your Zhuang's business? The so-called law... Now in the sixteen mansions of Huai'an, my king's intention is the king's law!"

Zhuang Ming was silent for a moment, and then sighed: "Forget it, originally Zhuang asked himself and was confident that he could persuade the prince, but he didn't think that the prince was only out to vent his anger, and didn't care about benefits... Since the prince is so firm, many things that he originally wanted to say, Zhuang A certain person doesn't waste much time talking, sometimes, what is roughly done is more effective than what is said."

As soon as these words came out, the prince took another two steps back.

The four guards looked solemn, and the blades were half an inch out of their sheaths.

"What? Listening to your implication, you want to assassinate this king with this martial arts expert under your command?"

"Don't dare..." Zhuang Ming said softly: "No matter how strong a martial arts master is, he is no stronger than thousands of troops. How dare he assassinate the prince? What's more, Zhuang himself is here, and if he uses a knife or gun, he will inevitably be accidentally injured. It's just..."

"Just how?"

"It's just that Zhuang is very sincere."

Zhuang Ming said seriously: "I will let the prince see my sincerity."

Chen Wang laughed and said: "Okay! This king will see, what skills do you have that can make this king and you clear up the past!"

Zhuang Ming said slowly: "Zhuang will definitely satisfy the prince."

Wang Chen waved his hand and said, "Get out!"

In the heart of the prince, he was extremely disdainful of this.

No one knows better than himself, the hatred for Zhuang Ming in his heart!

This young man ruined a business of his own, and was almost found by the court to follow the vines and find himself. To avoid implicating himself, he had to cut his wrists.

Because of this incident, I, the high and mighty prince, could hardly sleep or eat for more than ten days.

It's a shame that ants dare to offend Huwei!

No matter how Zhuang Ming pleases her, she can't erase her hatred for him!

No matter what kind of gift Zhuang Ming can offer to make amends, it cannot make up for it!

What's more, any gold and silver treasures in Zhuang Ming's hands, once he seized the business house, everything will be his own.

Today he summoned Zhuang Ming, not for peace talks, but to condescend and take a look at this young man who is about to die!

Look at how helpless and fearful this young man who claims to be with no plans is under the weight of the government!

——

On Bailing Lake.

There is a small boat sailing slowly towards the shore.

Above is Zhuang Ming and his party who left early because of their discomfort.

When they reached the shore, the boatman gave a salute and headed towards the boat again.

"My lord..." Bai Lao hesitated.

"Get in the carriage." Zhuang Ming said, "Go back first."

"Yes." Bai Lao replied.

The surrounding area is still very lively.

This place has obviously become a lively place similar to festival temple fairs.

Although many people are not qualified to board the tower boat, they also join in the fun here.

And in the carriage.

The atmosphere was quite silent.

"This prince is more difficult than I expected, and it is really hard to let it go."

Zhuang Ming said softly: "At first I thought he was angry at most for destroying the private salt business and losing a lot of silver taels, but now it seems that he is not only angry with me, but also has hatred for me... Maybe it's because of the destruction of the private salt business. When he was doing private salt business, he suffered losses in other aspects, otherwise, it wouldn't be like this."

"However, apart from taking revenge, I'm afraid they also want to use me to gain power."

"The new official took office three fires. He came to command the sixteen mansions of Huai'an, which inevitably weakened the power of officials from all over the country. Although this prince is a king and has great power, but he has just arrived, and he really wants to make these officials bow their heads and obey their ears. , but it’s not easy.”

"He knows that I have been in the sixteenth mansion of Huai'an for six years, and I have made a lot of troubles. I must have contacts with officials from all over the country, so he wants to use me to make an example and kill chickens and monkeys."

Speaking of this, Zhuang Ming sighed quietly, and said: "I thought that we would have finished the business of secretly assisting the government to break up the private salt business, and this prince, indeed, had gained nothing before, so he stopped here. But never Thinking of the appearance of a Song Tianyuan in Xuancheng who is so smart and intelligent, and who can search for clues carefully."

Bai Lao said in a low voice: "Fortunately, Song Tianyuan has been put to death, the disaster has been eliminated, and the worries for the future have been eliminated."

Zhuang Ming shook his head slightly, and said: "But what he left behind is not easy to settle."

Bai Lao paused for a moment, and then asked immediately: "My lord, have you thought of a countermeasure now? In our firm, hundreds of stores and warehouses have been sealed off, with no income, and expenses remain the same, and the goods that are not easy to store will gradually be destroyed, and the daily loss is extremely high. Big, it's hard to go on like this for a long time..."

Zhuang Ming focused his eyes slightly, stretched his hand into his sleeve, stroked the young dragon entwined in his sleeve, and said in a slightly lower tone: "A strong dragon does not overwhelm a snake. Since he is so arrogant, let him see it too. The six-year-old snake in Liufu is not easy to mess with..."

Bai Lao was stunned for a while, and said, "Young master, do you want to?"

Zhuang Ming looked down at the piece of paper passed secretly by Master Zhao, and said in a deep voice: "Didn't King Chen come here by the emperor's order? I will spare no effort to let him achieve nothing and not be safe in the sixteen mansions of Huai'an!"

"He used the authority of the government to oppress him with force. If that's the case, then Zhuang will also have a contest of brute force with him!"