The four caravans in Xiao Cheng's plan will monopolize the trading rights of bulk goods in Qianzhou. For example, grain, salt, iron, cotton and linen, etc. Controlling these bulk goods will basically control each Jizhou.

economic lifeline.

You may not be convinced and you may come to compete, but which of the Jisu prefectures under the jurisdiction of Qianzhou has the power to compete with these behemoths in terms of financial resources?

If you really dare to invest a lot of money, I'm afraid that the other party will only need to use some means, and they don't even need to use the power of the government, it is just pure commercial means, and you will lose all your money.

Want to use force?

Just right!

Xiao Cheng wished that some tribes could not bear it and jumped out to make a noise, so that he could scare the monkeys.

Speaking of which, the success of Yang Wanfu and others in Dushan really aroused Xiao Cheng's desire to complete his success in one battle.

This is the easiest way!

However, this idea only circulated in Xiao Cheng's mind and was extinguished on its own.

The actions of Yang Wanfu and others in Dushan can be regarded as being caused by their personal grudges with Huang Ze. The surrounding Jizhou prefectures will only think that Huang Ze's skills are inferior to others. Anyway, such a change of power in this area

It's not uncommon, it happens every few years.

But if Xiao Cheng intervenes directly, it would be equivalent to the government's intervention. This will make these Jizhou prefectures have the same hatred and hatred, and things will be difficult to handle.

Although places like Sizhou and Bozhou are also ruled by chieftains, the Tian family and the Yang family are still very different from these small tribes. Those small tribes that occupy one area are truly barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, but the Tian family

The Yang family is now a big family, and has been integrated into the upper class society of the entire Song Dynasty and has been recognized. It is impossible for them to go into battle shirtless.

And this is the basis for Xiao Cheng to cooperate with them.

If you don't plan for the overall situation, you can't plan for a region; if you don't plan for the eternity, you can't plan for a moment.

As a de facto local separatist force like the Tian family and the Yang family, they have always been a thorn in the side of a unified court. At any time, the central court wants to get rid of such special existences. Just because of this or that

They just dare not take action because they are involved in the problem. Once given the opportunity, no matter who is in power, they will take action without hesitation.

Therefore, the first thing the heads of families like the Tian family and Yang family must consider is how to avoid this situation.

No matter how you plan, strength still comes first. As long as you have enough strength, others can only smile at you.

But just as the Tian family and the Yang family were wary of the court, the court was also always vigilant to these two families. Whenever they stretched out their hands to Sizhou and Bozhou, they would immediately receive a crushing blow.

Xiao Cheng's arrival gave them an opportunity.

Xiao Cheng's series of actions in the northwest had attracted their attention, and what made him happy was that Xiao Cheng actually arrived on their territory.

The Xiao family's influence in the northwest is already large enough, but in this area, it is not worth mentioning. A lonely but ambitious young man came to a land he was unfamiliar with and wanted to

If you want to achieve something, you naturally need powerful allies.

Then, with the help provided by Tian and Yang, Xiao Cheng, who is weak in power, can suddenly become a powerful force, capable of wrestling with anyone.

Of course, at this time, the Tian family and the Yang family did not know that Xiao Cheng had laid out the chess pieces in advance.

Not for Xiao Cheng, the Tian family and the Yang family came to his door automatically, but they did what he wanted. If you want to completely integrate this area, you can't avoid families like the Sizhou Tian family and the Bozhou Yang family.

Having such an entry point allowed him to successfully break into two extremely closed families that outsiders were not allowed to enter. It saved him a lot of things and countless time.

Both sides get what they need.

As for whether the east wind will prevail over the west wind or the west wind will prevail over the east wind in the future, it depends on each person's methods.

The Qianzhou Business Federation came into being.

"Everyone, there are dozens of large and small Jisi prefectures in Qianzhou, and they are all doing their own thing. To put it bluntly, the laws of the Song Dynasty in these places are basically equivalent to a piece of waste paper, and the government has never formed an effective rule in these places.

Governance." Looking at the people in the room, Xiao Cheng said unceremoniously: "This is also an important reason why this area is still in poverty today. You can take a look at Jinghu Road and Liangzhe Road.

, can the wealth possessed by the people there be comparable to what we have here?”

Although the people in the room were a little unconvinced, they had to admit that what Xiao Cheng said was the truth.

"But this situation is currently difficult to change, because any forceful action taken by the government will be considered malicious by the local tribes and will inevitably arouse strong opposition from them. If something goes wrong, it will turn into a riot.

Everyone knows how difficult it is to suppress riots in these places. If it were easy, there wouldn't be these Jizhou states." Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "But we can do things that the government's decrees cannot do.

Let’s start with business. Because we will make a fortune, I don’t think anyone will refuse, right?”

In a corner of the room, Chen Qun sat in a corner, silently watching Xiao Cheng talk.

"To achieve this, we must first unite. This is the meaning of my proposal to establish a business federation. The four major caravans hold cross-shareholdings with each other, and each other has me and me, and we have money.

Everyone makes money together, and everyone suffers from difficulties together. Everyone, when the market becomes bigger, it is indeed difficult to control it, but when the market becomes bigger, isn’t the ability to withstand risks greatly enhanced?" Xiao Cheng said, "What's the matter?

, let’s discuss it. Any decision made in the Chamber of Commerce must be strictly implemented, and anyone who violates it must be severely punished!”

"Xiao Zhuan, I have something unclear!" Chen Qun suddenly said.

"If Secretary Chen Zhang is confused, just say so!" Xiao Cheng looked at the imperial envoy who came to Qianzhou on behalf of Li Fang, knowing that if he didn't reassure him, even Kuizhou Road Transfer Envoy Li Fang wouldn't

Don't worry, Li Fang doesn't worry, there are many things that he may not be able to do in the future.

"It is true that you can make money by setting up these four caravans, but it is only you four families who are making money. The other small tribes may not even be able to drink soup. This is a great loss to their interests. They

Why should you swallow your anger? It is true that you have enough strength to suppress it, but if it is really something that the imperial court cannot do when war breaks out, can you do it?" Chen Qun said, spreading his hands.

"Secretary Zhang is overthinking. Although there are only four caravans, we do not prohibit other people from applying to join!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "The four caravans are the main body. Under the jurisdiction of Qianzhou, all capable people

, everyone can apply to join. What we want to suppress is the past small-scale business model. There are dozens of caravans in dozens of Jizhou prefectures. Everyone is doing the same thing and suppressing each other.

You come to me and impose heavy taxes, and I come to you without any courtesy, and sometimes even engage in some overt and covert robbery. After doing this, we didn't make much money, but instead became friends with each other.

There was a lot of hatred, a lot of blood was shed, and the ordinary people also spent more money to get what they needed, and no one benefited."

"So you gather all these people together to do it together? But with more people, there are more voices!" Chen Qun said: "In the end, it's not just chaos, but chicken feathers everywhere."

"Of course not!" Xiao Cheng said: "This is the meaning of the existence of the Business Federation. Everyone can join, but it is not without threshold. And after joining, everyone does not necessarily have the right to speak.

To put it bluntly, some people have the right to speak, while some people only have the right to receive dividends."

"How to define who has the right to speak and who does not?" Chen Qun asked further.

"Strength!" Xiao Cheng spat out two words coldly.

Chen Qun nodded and closed his mouth.

Strength is just two words, but it contains too many things.

Strength is a very inclusive term. Political, economic, and even folk reputation can all be classified into the category of strength.

"There will be a president in the business federation, and Mr. Xiao recommended himself to take up this position." Xiao Cheng smiled and glanced at Chen Qun: "Under the federation, there will be many directors, and these directors will be composed of various branches.

The caravan will make its own recommendations, and all major issues of the Commercial Federation will be discussed by these directors and then implemented."

"What if someone is ignorant and unwilling to join?" Tian Yixiao asked.

Yang Quan chuckled: "Isn't that simple? If he doesn't join, he will go bankrupt. If he dares to grin, then let him disappear completely."

The murderous words moved Chen Qun's face. Li Ge beside him also looked a little pale. On the other hand, Pang Huaien, a businessman from Yangzhou who was partnering with Li Ge, had a normal expression and a natural look.

In fact, this is the simplest way of survival in this area.

Vendettas between each other have never disappeared in this area. As far as the imperial court is concerned, the vendettas between these tribes are just a trivial matter and will not be taken seriously at all.

When things came to this point, Chen Qun roughly understood Xiao Cheng's plan. Just as Li Fang guessed, Xiao Cheng wanted to integrate the entire Ji Di Prefecture under the jurisdiction of Qian Prefecture into a whole. Since it is above politics

It is difficult to achieve the goal for a while. Those tribal chiefs and chieftains are used to being local emperors, and naturally they don't want to have their heads pressed down, so let's start with the economy.

Maybe it won't be long before the person who can issue orders in Qianzhou is not the Qianzhou Prefectural Government, but the so-called Business Federation. No one can refuse this proposal, because this is indeed a good way to make a fortune, but as long as each party

After the local economies are connected to an inseparable level, political unification will naturally come about.

But next, the four caravans will begin to compete with each other.

Fight for the right to speak in the federation.

Under such a general trend, there are dozens of Jizhou in Qianzhou, no matter whether they are willing or not, they can only join. And with their strength, they can only choose to attach themselves to one of them, and these four caravans will definitely

Work hard to win over them. Whoever has more people and a larger territory will naturally have more directors and more say in the federation.

The Yang family in Bozhou and the Tian family in Sizhou naturally have their allies in this area, and some of them live dependent on them. Xiao Cheng teamed up with local officials in Qianzhou, including Lu Ze, Wang Wenzheng and others to form a business

The caravan of Li Ge and Pang Huaien was also very powerful because Li Fang was standing behind the Kuizhou Road transit team.

Chen Qun is now very interested in this business association and decided to stay here for a few more days to take a closer look at how they can reach a final agreement.

Now, Chen Qun generally knows how powerful Xiao Cheng is. The businessman Pang Huai'en from Yangzhou must be Xiao Cheng's secret agent. Li Ge and himself have been insinuating themselves over the years. This person neither admits nor denies it.

A powerful character. In this way, this caravan can basically be regarded as an ally of Xiao Cheng, and Xiao Cheng also has chess pieces from Dushan!

The business federation will definitely be divided into several major forces, but there is no doubt that the only one who can control the overall situation and easily influence the situation is Xiao Cheng.

This person's sophistication makes him look like an eighteen-year-old boy, but he is completely a thousand-year-old fox!

What Chen Qun didn't know was that Xiao Cheng had already done this kind of thing once in Hengshan in the northwest. Hengshan Commerce and Trade has now been integrated with the General Administration of the Northwest March, and outsiders are almost unknown to it, but it controls the entire Hengshan.

The business in the north is also the financial support of Xiao Ding's army. More importantly, relying on Hengshan commerce, Xiao Cheng has brought together the large and small forces north of Hengshan. With common interests, many difficulties can be easily solved.

Can free up more energy to do more things.

With such experience, it is not easy to operate the Qianzhou Business Federation. Of course, the power in Qianzhou is more complicated than that in Hengshan, and it is more difficult to gather people's hearts, but as long as the majority of people's approval is obtained,

The final fate of the remaining people who cannot be integrated can be imagined.

Moreover, through such an operation, Xiao Cheng also gathered a large amount of money. The deposits paid by the four caravans to the federation amounted to as much as two million yuan. This made the capital of Qianzhou, which had always been extremely poor,

Suddenly he became wealthy.

Of course Xiao Cheng will not let this money mold in the warehouse. For him, money can be earned quickly, but it is actually faster to spend it!
Chapter completed!