Tang Huo rolled up his sleeves and looked at Zhou Chaozong with a sneer: "No one in this Shang Fang Mansion dares to speak to me like this. You, a businessman bitch, dare to contradict Shang Guan on your first day here. You are really not afraid of death!"
Of course we are afraid of death!
But there is no risk, how can you get the upper hand!
No risk, no reward.
Zhou Chaozong, who was born as a merchant, knew this very well and was not afraid of what Tang Huo would do to him.
It's no big deal to embarrass yourself,
But I am doing it for Tang Huo!
Zhou Chaozong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Sir, can you listen to what I have to say before you hit me? If you listen to what I have to say, you still want to hit me, I will definitely have no problem with it."
"Okay." Tang Huo sneered and sat down: "I want to see what reasoning you can come up with! Tang Huo was very annoyed that the other party actually mentioned his origin. He was a craftsman!
Craftsmen are more humble than merchants.
Despite his background as a craftsman, everyone in Shang Fang's house knew not to mention his background in front of Tang Huomian!
Just like a rich man who was once a beggar, he can't accept his past. After all, he is a human being, and who likes to hear about his own bad luck.
After all, there are only a few people who can accept their past calmly. Most of them smile on the face but feel paralyzed in the heart!
I am so awesome now, why are you bringing up my past?
The whole social atmosphere in Daliang is a chain of professional contempt.
That’s what the scholars, farmers, industry and commerce said!
Even those who are officials, Jinshi subjects will look down on those from other subjects. Among scholars, those who take the Analects of Confucius as their main text will look down on those who take the Doctrine of the Mean as their main text. It is the same as the Four Books and Five Classics, but there are subtle differences.
Zhou Chaozong was determined not to convince Tang Huo, but he might really offend this person to death!
"Sir, this business is fraudulent!"
"..."
"Sir, behind those wealthy businessmen are the wealthy families from the southeast!"
Big news, big news!
This guy really dares to say it!
"Since Shang Fang Mansion planned to promote shuttles in accordance with His Majesty's decree, it has investigated the merchants in the city. The details of these wealthy merchants are very clear. These wealthy merchants are all locals. They have never married into a wealthy family in the southeast within three generations, and occasionally they have only
It's just some business dealings, do you think Shang Fang Mansion doesn't even know who they are?"
Tang Huo shook his hands into a fist, smashed it on the table, and said with a bang: "Zhou Chaozong, you are from the Zhou family, a wealthy family in the southeast, and you are also a disciple of the Zhou family's branch. If not for His Majesty's permission, I would never want you."
"Your Majesty asked Shang Fang's Mansion to promote shuttles, and three million silver must be deported to the Young Master at the end of the year. Do you know how much pressure Shang Fang's Mansion is under? In order to complete His Majesty's instructions, a certain person could not sleep at night, and did not know how to eat. Now it is very difficult for these wealthy businessmen
You are willing to buy a shuttle, but you actually say they have a problem, what are your intentions, are you here to harm someone!"
"Those people are really cheating!"
"You also said, Zhou Chaozong, are you looking for death?"
"Your Excellency, even if you want to beat me to death, I will say that my future is in your Majesty's hands. Your Majesty asked me to come to Shang Fang Mansion because I am a merchant, proficient in business methods, and familiar with the situation of merchants all over the world. Lord Tang thinks
No!"
This makes sense!
Tang Huo is not stupid. The emperor asked Zhou Chaozong to come to Shang Fang Mansion and he couldn't come to work as a craftsman.
"That's all you have to offer!"
Zhou Chaozong took a deep breath, and Tang Huo finally came to his senses: "Sir, it's understandable that you don't know the details of those people. You must have only checked the relationship between their family and the wealthy families in the southeast. You must not have checked their side disciples.
Regarding the relationship with the Southeast, many of the disciples of these people are related by marriage to the housekeepers of the wealthy families in the Southeast. Many of their disciples also like to go to the Southeast to study and hold cultural gatherings."
Tang Huo was stunned. He really hadn't checked the side disciples of these people because they were merchants and bitches!
How could someone from a wealthy family in the southeast marry them? But the women of these merchant families and the housekeepers from a wealthy family in the southeast...
These rich people cannot marry wealthy families. Does it matter if they marry the butlers and servants of wealthy families?
"What do you mean..." Tang Huo spoke solemnly.
"Just as you think, there are many wives and concubines in these families, as many as a dozen, as few as three or five. The in-laws of these wives and concubines are mostly married to the servants of the wealthy families in the southeast, or perhaps the disciples of the wealthy families in the southeast have come to Jinling. These
Rich merchants often use their own wives and concubines to entertain them. You can imagine, sir, are the concubines in these people’s homes really their own? Couldn’t it be that they helped to raise the disciples of the wealthy families in the southeast? "
Ouch!
Tang Huo was speechless immediately. This was something he didn't expect at all!
Use your concubine to entertain others and help others raise women!
Aren’t you afraid of being cheated?
"This...if according to what you said, this wealthy disciple is not afraid of those women having an affair with others?"
Zhou Chaozong said with a smile: "Sir, these women are originally used to win over people, and wealthy disciples cannot take them back, so it is okay if these wealthy businessmen really have an affair with those women. The wealthy disciples don't care at all. Wait until someone happens.
The new person forgets the old person. It is common for a woman like this to accompany several people within half a month. There are exchanges and gifts between each other. It is actually a common thing, and it is not surprising!"
hiss!
How did Tang Huo know what was going on in this wealthy family? Hearing this, his body swayed and he sat on the chair and fell directly to the ground.
After a slap on his butt, Tang Huo stood up on his chair. He was so embarrassed.
"It's really unheard of that such a thing exists!"
Zhou Chaozong's expression didn't change, he looked very calm. When he looked at Tang Huo, he didn't look like you were really ignorant. Instead, he was very serious and sincere.
Tang Huo was immediately satisfied. This person was sincere and didn't even laugh at him. He was immediately more polite!
"Then according to what you said, these wealthy businessmen are really related to the wealthy families in the southeast!"
"That's right, sir, it's impossible to become a wealthy businessman in Jinling without having no one behind you. These wealthy businessmen are naturally wealthy in the eyes of outsiders, but in fact they are just a tool for making money for the wealthy families in the southeast."
He also expects these wealthy businessmen to bring him performance.
"Then what should we do? Your Majesty has told me to hand over three million silver to the young master at the end of the year. I dare not fail to complete it and let His Majesty down!"
Zhou Chaozong breathed a sigh of relief. Tang Huo's tone was considered polite and his anger towards him was gone!
His career was saved!
"Sir, I dare to ask you, sir, what price did you set with them?"
"Five thousand taels of silver per shuttle. This is what I persuaded them to agree to. These wealthy businessmen are willing to buy 400 shuttles, which is two million silver. If the deal is completed, more than half of the errands assigned by His Majesty will be completed. I am willing to do so."
The government will now have an additional source of income!”
Zhou Chaozong's eyes widened. Five thousand taels of shuttles were shipped from the Royal Shang Fang Mansion.
Isn’t the word “royal” valuable?
Five thousand taels of silver may not be enough for these wealthy businessmen to pay for a meal!