Ye Hua discovered that Zhang Yongde was a very good thug if he didn't consider turning against him!

He was cruel and ruthless, and had no scruples at all. After he entered Yancheng, he captured all the prisoners of the defenders, cleanly and neatly. It seemed that the prisoners were not human at all. In Zhang Yongde's dictionary, there were four words forever: repaying grievances with directness!

If Li Hongji dares to kill the prisoners of the Great Zhou, I will kill your soldiers!

And if you kill one, I will kill ten!

When Ye Hua arrived, blood was already flowing.

"You better not pretend to be a good person, otherwise I will look down on you!" Zhang Yongde said viciously!

Ye Hua gave him a blank look, "I'll ask you, are the salt merchants in the city still there?"

"Here!" Zhang Yongde yelled twice and said bloodthirstyly: "They are so fat that I can't bear to kill them! How about it if I knock out the money? "

"Not really!" Ye Hua said angrily: "Go and kill all the salt merchants, whether they are the salt-cooking merchants or the transportation merchants, without leaving any one!"

Zhang Yongde was a little confused.

The salt merchants are all fat sheep. What do you do if you kill them? Isn’t it good to knock out some money?

Ye Hua disdains and contempts him, thinking you are a cruel person!

It turns out he is also a coward!

"Kill, no one is left, kill in front of all the people, kill, kill them completely!"

Zhang Yongde had no choice but to follow Ye Hua's orders to find the salt merchants, line them up in a large row, and then chop off his head. Every time he cut off a head, Zhang Yongde's heart bleeds. Damn, how much is that!

In the end, Zhang Yongde felt so painful that he couldn't do it.

But Ye Hua's face remained unchanged, and almost one hundred salt merchants were wiped out by him.

Many civilians who witnessed this scene were stunned. Suddenly, someone knelt on the ground, kowtowed constantly, and cried bitterly. Zhang Yongde initially thought that these people were salt merchants who cried dead, but later he realized that he was thanking Master Qingtian for avenging them and eliminating the evildoers!

Zhang Yongde was confused. I was here to kill people. When did I become Master Qingtian? Isn’t this a nonsense?

Ye Hua pulled him and went to the people to see it with his own eyes.

Looking at those hands, Zhang Yongde was used to killing, but in the face of this situation, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide and showed a surprised look.

Some people say that in ancient times, boiling sea for salt was correct, and this statement is correct, not right.

In fact, the ancients would dig out a salt pond, introduce sea water, wait until the sea water is concentrated, then take it to a pot and cook it, and cook it clean and crystal salt.

Strictly speaking, it is a combination of salt drying and salt cooking.

But no matter which method, producing salt is not an easy thing.

A large wooden barrel weighing dozens of kilograms, filled with concentrated brine, is more than 200 kilograms. It takes dozens of trips to pick it from the coast to the home every day.

The worker's back was bent and his shoulders collapsed. What's even more serious was that he had been exposed to brine for a long time, and his joints were twisted and deformed to varying degrees, and his wrists were even as thick as those of ordinary people.

There are even worse things, because of the corrosive nature of brine, their ears are deaf, their eyesight is reduced, and they are even blind. They are also infected with skin diseases and are difficult to cure ulcers.

Many salt workers are lonely and suffer from severe rheumatism when they reach old age. They cannot survive or die.

Zhang Yongde saw one salt workers after another, and he felt that his heart was hit strongly. It turned out that life was really torture for some people! Living is suffering!

The salt workers will only count their painful experiences on the salt merchants. If they kill the salt merchants, they will naturally be happy, no matter who they are! Even if they are the bandit mountain king, they will be able to rebel with a large group of salt workers!

Ye Hua called Zhang Yongde aside, "Mr. Prince Consort, are you very surprised? Have you never seen him?"

Zhang Yongde had a calm face, "It's better to kill those people and they're going to be cut off!"

Ye Hua chuckled, "What about the Great Zhou Dynasty? There are so many salt merchants in our country. Should we kill them all? Do you still eat salt? Do you use salt to brush your teeth?"

"This...then, what should I do?" Zhang Yongde didn't pay attention.

Ye Hua shrugged. The best way is to reform the process and adopt a complete salt drying method. However, after using the salt drying method, the salt production cannot be controlled, and the private salt will definitely increase sharply, which will impact the salt method and affect the annual income of the national treasury... Therefore, any reform is not that simple.

If you move a benefit, it will cause a series of reactions, and no one can say what effect will be produced in the end.

Ye Hua had no intention of using the salt method.

He just wanted to destroy the salt-producing area of ​​Southern Tang, it was that simple!

"Immediately distribute the salt merchant's property to the salt workers, and then send my people to escape to Dazhou with the salt workers, telling them that when they arrive in Dazhou, they will be given land and can be a farmer, and they will not have to be a salt workers!"

Ye Hua smiled and said, "There is no salt merchant and no salt workers. Even if Nan Tang wants to resume production, it will take time! I will send my order to introduce the sea water and pour the salt field. All the salts that have been exposed will be thrown into the sea, and don't leave a single grain of salt!"

Zhang Yongde always thought he was a ruthless person, but compared with Ye Hua, he felt that he could not even compare with that person's little finger!

The salt stored in the Yancheng warehouse is less than 100,000 stones!

In this era of relatively scarcity of material resources, it is not salt, but money! It is even easier to use than money.

In the past, when paying wages in the army, in addition to money and grain, there were also physical goods, cloth, silk, and green salt. The most popular one was green salt. Not only did you eat it yourself, but you could also change food and clothes when you took it out, and you could change anything.

So the treasured thing, the one named Ye, didn't frown and ordered it to be ruined directly. How could you be a loser?

Zhang Yongde really wanted to talk about it, but Ye Hua had already taken out the Emperor's Sword.

"Disobey the order and kill without mercy!"

There was no way, so Zhang Yongde could only destroy the salt obediently.

They struggled for most of the day, and the entire Yancheng was damaged.

Almost all the salt workers took some money, and some even fled north with their clothes and dry food, and headed to the Great Zhou territory.

Of course, among so many people, there are some different ideas. They choose to escape south and go to the hinterland of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

"Champion Hou, these people are still thinking about Nan Tang, I'll intercept them now!" Zhang Yongde shouted that he was going to take action, and Ye Hua stopped him, "Forget it, I just need these people to send messages to Li Hongji! Without salt, I think what else can he do!"

Ye Hua immediately ordered the entire army to prepare for the battle and to scatter the explorer. In addition, he sent people to contact Wu and Yue, and asked their navy to transport military supplies and food as soon as possible, and to send personnel to assist in the battle.

I sent troops to help Wu Yue. I can't let those grandchildren be idle, I must let them bleed!

Ye Hua went from inside to outside, like a merciless businessman, he was petty and did not lose at all.

Zhang Yongde was confused. Ye Hua didn't blink when dealing with salt, and he was a prodigal son. He did not give in to Wu Yue at all, and he didn't want any face to go to the country!

I really don’t know which face is the real Ye Hua?

Although Zhang Yongde was confused, he was used to obeying Ye Hua's orders and faithfully implementing them. He even learned from Ye Hua's virtues and ran to negotiate with Wu Yue's fleet with the head of the general of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Finally, Wu Yue dispatched 300 ships, 200 ships, to guard the Huaihe River line, to prevent the Nantang Navy from cutting off the floating bridge, and there were 100 large sea boats, parked outside Yancheng. If the situation changed, Ye Hua would lead his subordinates to escape by boat.

Anyway, he is performing a destructive mission, and he is not desperate. He can fight if he can. If he can, he can run away quickly!

The longer I was with him, the more I felt that this kid was not like a hero who was invincible and the champion of the three armies. Instead, he looked like a rogue, completely and couldn't find any heroic spirit!

"Grandma, all the heroes have died in battle. I am not yet a child. A life is precious and I can't afford it!" Ye Hua crossed his legs and said disdainfully.

The closest to Yancheng is Chuzhou, where 20,000 Southern Tang troops were stationed, commanded by Huangfu Hui. After learning that the Great Zhou troops attacked Yancheng, he was shocked and wanted to send troops to rescue him immediately. However, Guo Wei had already launched a fierce attack on the front. Zhao Kuangyin and Yang Ye, two powerful generals, led their troops to attack Chuzhou. Huangfu Hui had no time to take care of him, so he could only send people to ask for help from Li Hongji.

When the request for help was sent to Shouzhou, it was placed on Li Hongji's desk.

This eldest prince faces the biggest choice in life.

I just sent news that it was a wealthy merchant in Suzhou, and someone wanted to rebel against the Great Zhou and surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

If the news is true, taking Suzhou will be like opening the gate of the Great Zhou, going north along the canal, capturing Bozhou and Songzhou, and you will be able to directly take Kaifeng!

The dream of competing for the Central Plains will be realized immediately.

Li Hongji's young body was filled with passion and fighting spirit, and he wanted to immediately head north.

But at this moment, Huangfu Hui's urgent document came.

"Yancheng! Zhou Bing attacked Yancheng! Are they going to be pirates? Guo Wei is simply an old scoundrel!" Li Hongji slapped the table and yelled angrily.

General Chai Kehong still had some vision, "Your Highness, if Yancheng is lost, the Tang Dynasty will definitely lack salt. The situation is critical. Finally, I think that the rescue of Yancheng should be the first priority!"

Zhao Duo also agreed with this view.

Only Li Hongji, he thought for a while, "Salt is indeed important, but now it is winter, and the most salt-producing thing is in summer and autumn. It is not a problem for the time being! It cannot be eaten as a meal. Who has not stored salt at home? Even if it is more expensive on the market, it doesn't matter. As long as you last for a month or two, you will naturally have salt after defeating Zhou Bing."

Chai Kehong's face changed. Your Highness, isn't salt that simple?

He wanted to persuade Li Hongji again, but the eldest prince sank his face and ordered directly, "Tell Huangfu Hui that he would send troops to rescue him, the Lone King has his own opinions!"

After saying that, Li Hongji shook his sleeves and left the others in front. He turned back to the inner tent and thought about how to take over the king's dominance in Suzhou.

But as a veteran, Huangfu Hui was furious after receiving Li Hongji's reply, and was so angry that he was simply crazy!

Li Hongji, you have been pampered since childhood and have grown up in the royal family. After winning a few battles occasionally, you are arrogant. How can you know the sufferings of people’s livelihood?
Chapter completed!