This is already Chapter 019. The owners of the house are discussing matters, but unlike the lively atmosphere that was noisy last time, after the meeting, the entire meeting hall was silent, and no one was the first to speak. Wang Tong, the head of the main seat, also had a gloomy face, his eyes swept back and forth in the venue, and he didn't know what he was thinking?

Wang Kuang, who was sitting at the last place, looked at the situation in the field, but he knew that the other party was not easy to mess with, but the uncles and uncles in front of him were obsessed with greed and thought that the Wang family had no need to worry about the territory around Taiyuan. Now, as soon as the other person's methods came out, they immediately hit the family seven inches. Now even he, a self-proclaimed wise man, was helpless.

"Wang Kuang, you are most familiar with industrial and commercial affairs. Let me tell you, what impact does the court policy have on our Wang family's carboniferous mine?" The eyes of the patriarch Wang Tong finally fell on Wang Kuang, who was watching coldly, and sighed in his heart. If he had listened to his opinions more, the Wang family would not have fallen to such a passive level.

Wang Kuang immediately stood up and lowered his head and said, "Report to the clan leader, because there was no demand for carbonite supply some time ago, all the houses in the clan invested a lot of money. Now, our Wang family accounts for two-thirds of the total amount of carbonite mines, and the remaining one-third are occupied by the so-called Carbonite Industry Association. Now, this policy is clearly aimed at our Wang family, which has increased the cost of our carbonite mining, so that we will be at a disadvantage in the future when we want to compete with the carbonite produced by the other party in the future."

When Wang Kuang said this, he paused and said, "And now there are more and more carbonite mines. Although the demand for cement plants in various places is large, as the carbonite output increases in the future, there will always be a day when the supply is oversupply. At that time, the price of the carbonite we produce is higher than that of others. It will be eliminated as soon as possible, that is, even if we dig out the carbonite in the future, it will not be sold."

Listening to Wang Kuang's explanation, the atmosphere in the venue became even more solemn. In fact, many people also thought of this consequence, but Wang Kuang's analysis was not as thorough as Wang Kuang.

"So in your opinion, do we have a way to solve it?" Wang Tong was in charge of the Wang family in Taiyuan for decades, and of course he could see this. The reason why he asked Wang Kuang to say was to ask the rising stars in this family to see if he had any way to solve this problem?

"The best way to report to the patriarch is to expand the sales of carbonite or reduce the cost of carbonite. However, the other party has invested enough money this time to completely block us, so this road will not work at all?" Wang Kuang sighed and said.

"Oh. Why doesn't it work?" asked the middle-aged man with long beards sitting at the lower head of the clan leader Wang Tong. The man's name is Wang Dong, and he is the inner-decisive person of the next clan leader. His son is Wang Xian. He is the young man who quarreled with Wang Kuang during the last time. Wang Xian was the first person to seize the carbonite mine. Now, because of the carbonite incident, the clan has been in crisis. Wang Dong and Wang Xian and his son are also criticized.

Wang Kuang looked at the middle-aged man with long beards and sighed. Although the other party was in a disagreement with him, the clan was in danger now, so he had to put his past grudges aside. So he bowed and replied, "Uncle, there were originally two ways to solve the crisis of our Wang family for this matter, but..."

"Oh? What's the solution?" Before Wang Kuang finished speaking, many people in the conference hall asked anxiously. They had been thinking hard for a long time in the face of this situation in front of them, but after all, they didn't understand business matters and could not think of a good solution. Therefore, when they heard that Wang Kuang had two solutions, of course they were impatient. After all, the people who were sitting there had a lot of shares in the carbonite mine, but unfortunately they didn't hear that. Wang Kuang had already said just now that these methods would not work.

Looking at the scattered uncles and brothers, Wang Kuang sighed and had no choice but to answer: "Actually, the first solution is very simple, and the other party has already seen through it, and he has also taken our army in advance."

"Are you talking about the news that has been circulating in the city these two days?" Wang Tong's face narrowed and he asked coldly.

"Yes, it's the rumor that our Wang family is unkind and the wages given to mine workers by 10% or 20% less than those given by the Carboniferous Industry Association. I have investigated this matter. The other party's wages given to workers were actually the same as ours, but it was only a few days ago that the workers' wages were suddenly increased. It can be seen that the other party was really scheming in order to retaliate against us." Wang Kuang nodded and responded.

"I understand, your first solution is to transfer the tax paid more than the other party to the workers by reducing the workers' wages, so that the costs can be reduced again." The middle-aged Wang Dong also reacted. Of course, he could not be a stupid person to be elected as the next patriarch, but he immediately said frustrated, "But now this rumor has not only hit the reputation of our Wang family, but also blocked this road. If we really dare to reduce the workers' wages at this time, the workers in the mine will probably run to the other party to mine."

After hearing Wang Dong's analysis, the people in the hall were also depressed. In fact, they felt that the wages given to workers are already quite large. The wages earned by an adult laborer last month were enough to support a family of four or five. However, the other party actually had to increase the wages of workers. You must know that it is easy to increase the wages, but it is difficult to reduce them. The upstarts in Chang'an City are really willing to do so.

"My uncle said it is right. Now there are serious shortages of workers in various mines. The other party raised wages for workers. Not only can we not reduce them, but we are forced to increase them together. Otherwise, no matter how appealing our Wang family has in Taiyuan, the workers below will have to go to the other party sooner or later in order to earn more." Wang Kuang said with a wry smile. The other party's move was indeed vicious. Seeing this, he forced them to increase the cost of carbonite a little.

"Wang Kuang, didn't you just say there were two ways, what is the second way?" someone stood up and asked in the hall, and the others also looked at Wang Kuang.

"Well~, the second method I have already said just now is to expand the sales of carbonite." Wang Kuang pondered slightly and answered, but when he talked about this method, a look of thinking appeared in his eyes, and he seemed to have caught something in his mind.

However, Wang Kuang immediately woke up and said: "Carboniferous is mainly acquired by cement factories, but all the cement factories in Datang are under the management of the Cement Industry Association. Liang Wang Li Yan is the president of the Cement Industry Association and has a great influence on those cement factories. Although he did not use this influence some time ago, those cement factories were treated as solemns. As long as the price is low and the quality is good, they would not have to worry about not being able to sell it. But now that they have taken action and have reduced the cost of carbohydrate produced by themselves, they will definitely put pressure on all cement factories to only purchase carbohydrate from the Cement Industry Association. In this way, the carbohydrate produced in our mines will lose its largest market."

As soon as Wang Kuang finished speaking, some young people in the field couldn't help but angrily scold Li Yan for being shameless, and the older people looked extremely ugly. If Li Yan really used his influence on the cement factory, then their Wang family's carbide would probably not be sold again within these few days, and they would lose all their money by then.

"Good, if our carbide cement plant does not collect, how can we expand the sales of carbide?" The patriarch Wang Tong also asked with a gloomy face.

"The leader of the clan, as an emerging fuel, has many uses. A few days ago, Chang'an reported that there is a honeycomb coal made of carbonite, which can replace the firewood and charcoal they usually use. It is very convenient to boil water and cook, and it is also very cheap. It has become popular in Chang'an now, and countless people have used this new fuel. There is also a very mysterious coke that can be used to smelter iron and steel. I heard that it is also made of carbonite. These two new products have now been sold, and the demand for carbonite is very huge. If we can get a part of it, we will definitely solve the future carbonite sales problem." Wang Kuang said this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and the things he caught in his mind just now became clear immediately. He finally understood the other party's hidden intention.

When Wang Dong heard this, he frowned and said, "Well, I have heard of these two things Kuan'er said, but these two things were created by King Liang, and he also registered a patent in the newly established patent company..."

"Ah~, I understand. No wonder that King Liang took so much effort to create a patent department. It turned out that he came for our Wang family at the beginning." When he said this, Wang Dong also suddenly realized that the Wang family had received news about the establishment of the patent department, but they didn't care much. Unexpectedly, they were already calculating them at that time. After reminding the two of them, the rest of the Wang family immediately woke up, either resentful or helpless, and even more, cursed loudly, and the atmosphere in the field was temporarily out of control.

"No, it's really a scheming!" Wang Tong, who was in the position of patriarch, slapped his knees and said with a flushing face. "This King Liang is so meticulous, and he acts wildly and unconventional. It's really not unfair to lose our Wang family under such a person!"

However, at the end of the story, Wang Tong's face turned into a sneer and said to himself in a low voice: "Hehe, such an outstanding person appears among the princes, but because of his identity, he cannot inherit the throne. If His Majesty dies today, I don't know how much trouble it will cause? Unfortunately, I am old and I probably won't see that day."

While the scene was in chaos, Wang Kuang seemed very calm. He took a step forward and shouted in a voice that overshadowed everyone: "Chief, although the other party pressed step by step, in Kuang'er's opinion, things did not turn around without any chance!"
Chapter completed!