In Zhangjiakou Fort City, in a side hall of Shanyou businessman Fan Yongdou's private house, all the shopkeepers and owners of various shops in gorgeous clothes were sitting. They were discussing how to deal with the new Xuanfu commander-in-chief, Yongningbo Zhang Cheng.
But Zhaitang's proposal to seek cooperation with North Road merchants sparked a discussion in the hall. Seeing that today's topic seemed to be going astray, Fan Yongdou, the leader of the Shanyou Businessmen's Association, hurriedly said: "We will cooperate with Bei Road merchants."
Cooperation is not a bad idea.”
When everyone heard what he said, they all looked at him with incredulous expressions. Fan Yongdou continued: "It's just that it's not the time to talk about this topic yet. Everything has to wait until Zhang Cheng is eliminated and the situation can be resolved."
Let me wait until I have control before I can open this hole again."
Fan Yongdou made the final decision, and everyone stopped arguing with the North Road merchant Shanyou. Today's discussion finally returned to the right track. However, the person who spoke next was no ordinary person, but one of the eight major merchants in Shanyou.
Wang Dayu.
It should be said that although the eight Shanyou families originated in Zhangjiakou and controlled trade with the Mongolians outside the mouth for more than ten years, their roots originated in Fenzhou, Shanxi.
Among the eight major merchants, Wang Dengku and Wang Dayu were actually originally one branch, but due to some family grudges in the previous generations, they separated and became two branches of the Wang family.
But those are the grievances and grudges of their ancestors. By their generation, they have already put aside the grievances and grudges of the past. Although they no longer belong to the same family, they are still closer to others than others, so they are always in trouble when things happen.
Negotiable.
Fan Sanba, for example, has always been very impressed with Wang Dayu, especially his cold eyes on Wang Dayu's annual trade trip to Shenyang City, Liaodong.
Since then, I have expressed my intention to go with him several times, but Wang Dayu declined them all for various reasons. However, during the autumn harvest season last year, Wang Dayu occasionally felt cold after leaving. He had to travel far, so I was the one who could snatch it.
After having the opportunity, he went to Shenyang City to meet the Qing Emperor in person.
Since returning from his trip to Liaodong, Fan Sanba has become more and more proud, and he obviously has no intention of replacing Wang Dayu as the leader of the meeting.
"My mother!"
Jin Liangyu seemed to want to say something more, but just when he was about to say something, he caught a glimpse of Tian Shenglan's mouth squeaking, as if he was hesitant to speak, and he swallowed back the words before they even reached his lips.
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Tian Shenglan rolled her eyes, looked at Cai Yingxiang who was looking down, and said with both yin and yang: "Fan Xiaojia, why did you ask the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty to ban the trade between Manchu and Mongolian tribes and Dushikou?"
Now, how could I endure being provoked by Wang Denku's words? However, as a scholar, I did not slow down my words because of my anger.
Had some fragrant tea.
Do you think you can endure the first point?"
Moreover, the surrounding Mongolian tribes still regard Your Majesty as their co-leader, and every time they send troops to provide strength, Your Majesty is doing extremely bad things."
It can be seen from this that the relationship between you and Zhang Cheng has reached the point of ‘there is no turning back’, and there is no way back.”
Although Fan Yongdou is a junior among everyone, he is also an outstanding leader among the younger generation, so I am still quite insulted by my family, not to mention that I don’t have the face of Wang Dayu, the gold medal father.
Fan Yongdou paused, waiting for everyone to speak, and then continued: "You just spent a lot of money to befriend Chen Yuzhu, the 'Tianbawang' who has no way out, and your original intention was to use him to contain Zhang Cheng and make him unable to fight with you.
While competing for the benefits of border trade, they were eradicated with "thunder tactics".
I continued: "Prince Shaoergun of the Qing Dynasty wrote a letter later, asking you to design a plan to get rid of Zhang Cheng, but if this is successful, it will be a small achievement for you.
Cai Yingxiang glanced at me sideways and said matter-of-factly: "Go ahead."
Jin Liangyu and Wang Denku had always been on good terms, but seeing that he was so enlightened, he was too lazy to pay attention to me, so he just ate some more dumplings on his own.
Now that I have finished talking about Zhang Cheng, they have forgotten the argument just now and everyone pricked up their ears to hear what I have to say!
The fact that he opened border trade at Dushikou on the North Road without authorization is not proof. I saw that the business at the Zhangjiakou Mutual Market was booming, and I wanted to step in. But before I was rejected by Jiayan, I opened the Dushikou Mutual Market to trade privately with the Mongols.
"Yes. It's the fish that dies, not the net that breaks!"
Cai Yingxiang has been observing everyone's expressions. I hate seeing the four small families fighting with each other. As a result, our family, the Fan family, can sit back and relax as the number one merchant in Zhangjiakou.
The leader of Qing trade.
In the future, when a small army of the Qing Dynasty enters the customs and takes over the sky, the sale of salt, tea and other commercial goods will be in your pocket before the royal family and princes purchase all the commercial goods."
"The little guy has no money to pay, no one to find anyone, and no ability to contribute. He has to let Zhang Cheng know. We are all in vain in Xuanzhen!"
If you can't evade business taxes, you will have to pay them. At worst, your property will be confiscated. At worst, you won't be jailed. What's worse, the girls will be sent to the mines to spend the rest of their lives. The men will be divided among the gang under my command.
Qiu Si was a concubine and a slave.
But if Zhang Cheng dies, you will have no way out!"
Cai Yingxiang has always been very concerned about Cai Yingxiang. At that time, when he saw that my words were on his lips, but suddenly stopped talking, he asked in public: "Shopkeeper Tian seemed to be hesitant to speak, but he didn't have any good ideas. How could he talk to me?"
Do you want to listen to it?"
I saw a very cryptic smile and said: "Dear shopkeepers, what I just said is just one of the reasons why Zhang Cheng must be eliminated."
"Seventh, the businesses on North Road must pay commercial taxes to their respective health departments based on their monthly revenue. The little guys all know that Zhang Cheng is as corrupt as anyone in the world, and his viciousness is even comparable to that of others.
Wang Dayu was the leader of Shanxi merchants in Zhangjiakou, so he naturally had no self-cultivation. Before I heard Tian Shenglan's words, I didn't get angry. I just smiled, picked up the silver chopsticks from the table, picked up a dumpling, and chewed it quickly.
However, Zhai Tang, who had just proposed to cooperate with the North Road merchants to seek to establish a united front to overthrow Cai Ying's rule, once again said: "The only person Zhang Cheng holds is the bravery of his gang Qiu Si and the warriors.
That's all, but you and others are good at holding on and brave. This is Zhang Cheng's strength, and this is your shortcoming.
"It's not, 'I'm willing to die to drag the emperor on his horse.' I'm leaving a way for us to survive. Even if our small office is cut to death, we have to do it first."
Cai Yingxiang also saw the performance of everyone, and was secretly happy, and then said: "Looking at Zhang Cheng's style, wherever he goes, there is bloodshed.
When I mentioned that, I looked at Wang Denku with squinted eyes and asked, "Does Shopkeeper Jin know where your strengths lie?"
My business is spread all over Shanxi, Xiaotong, Xuanfu, Henan, and Gyeonggi Province. Although the business in Zhangjiakou is relatively small, the income is huge. It cannot be said that it is a piece of fat that is difficult to chew.
Only then did he raise his head, and together with Wang Dayu and Tian Shenglan, the seven of them nodded in greeting, and then quickly said, "It is best to deal with warriors. The method of beating and killing is what Zhang Cheng is used to.
If you try too hard, you are bound to suffer a small loss.
But Fan Yongdou, the young master of the Fan family next to me, stood up with a smile, bowed his head and bowed his hands to Tian Shenglan, saying: "Wang Xiaojia..."
Wang Pu, the current commander-in-chief of Xiaotong, received full support from the Cai Yingxiang family during his official career, and Cai Yingxiang also relied on the support of Commander-in-Chief Wang to make the family business prosperous in Xiaotong Town.
That's right, as Brother Shenglan said, make the most of your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, that's the way to win!"
Wang Dengku laughed softly before he thought about it: "How can we say that their shopkeepers who have read books like that are so good? They are all very clever, and their minds are full of twists and turns. They really know when to give us the money."
Go around and back away."
In my eyes, Fan Yongdou is just a senior, and he doesn't seem to be as cautious as Wang Dayu, and he is less polite and less polite.
Especially Tian Shenglan, because I always treat people very politely, and I have little contact with Shanxi, especially Futai and other officials of Taiyuan Prefecture, as well as prefectural and county magistrates, and the heads of various academies. Jin Liangyu is also very fond of this.
It's admiration.
The Fan Xiao family doesn’t have any clever ideas to kill Uncle Yong Ning who is at the height of his power?”
After Jin Liangyu finished speaking, he asked Wang Dayu and Cai Yingxiang: "What do Fan Xiaojia and Wang Xiaojia think about this?"
Tian Shenglan is slightly fat, with a round face that always has a confusing smile. She has a pair of emerald green jade fingers under her little fingers, and her whole body exudes an air of elegance and wealth.
What I said was in everyone's mind, everyone nodded in agreement, but no one said anything, they were all waiting for my words.
At that time, I heard Fan Yongdou continue to say: "Not even the eighth one. Although Zhang Cheng opened a border market in Dushi, he strictly prohibited all firms from trading privately. They could only do business in the market I set up.
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Before Fan could wait, Wang Qi and the others made no comment. Cai Yingxiang slowly asked with a pale face: "May I ask Shopkeeper Tian, what are your strengths and what are Zhang Cheng's weaknesses?"
Dare I ask if any of you here today are willing to dig into your pockets and give your hard-earned money to Zhang Cheng for no reason?"
I glanced at the people in the hall, and said word by word with a cold and vicious tone: "You and Zhang Cheng, it is me who will die, not you. This is a life and death duel, you have to be negligent, and you have to be careful.
You must try your best to fight with your hands.
The buying and selling are completely controlled by me. By then, I am afraid that less than half of our profits will go out of Zhang Cheng's pocket.
You have already reported this matter to His Majesty Huang Taiji, but the Mongolian tribes in the distance secretly retreated to Dushi, and Your Majesty has been attacking Liaodong in recent years, so I can't take care of it for the time being.
You all know Cai Ying very well. Looking at what he does, he can be described as ruthless and ruthless. He can even be described as greedy and disgusted. He has long regarded you as a thorn in his side and has been slow to get rid of him.
When he heard that, even the usually calm Cai Yingxiang's expression didn't change.
Everyone in the Zhang family on the east road knows that I am the uncle of Deputy Commander Zhang Guowei. You and others also wanted to use Deputy Commander Zhang's hands to get rid of Zhang Cheng, but before you thought about it, I was killed first.
I was too slow to get started, so I even killed Deputy General Zhang and his family.
As soon as Fan Yongdou finished speaking, everyone's expression changed instantly, and everyone looked angry.
But according to Fan Yongdou, before Cai Ying established a firm foothold in the town, a small amount of snowflake silver would be handed over for a reason, and the thought of it made his heart bleed.
"Hahaha……"
The intention of cutting off your financial path is very obvious. Just because there are not many men under his command who are quite capable of fighting, and the imperial court is also hiring people, it turns a blind eye to this. It is heard that
It’s a question.”
The business of my branch of the Wang family is very small, such as raw silk, satin, cotton, grain, sugar, tea, medicinal materials and other industries, and even iron materials and gunpowder are not available. The family assets are more than millions?
Moreover, my branch and the general Wang family of Xiaotong Town also belong to the Wang family of Qi County, so they are still relatives. The Wang family has been doing business as its main business for generations, and in the past, it used the hereditary general relationship as a cover.
The business is getting smaller and smaller.
The joke I told was indeed not too "hot". The atmosphere in the hall, which was originally very harmonious, immediately became heated again. Everyone knew what to say.
Cai Yingxiang seemed to have guessed that I would not ask this question. I coughed twice before saying: "It's about your survival, how could Fan be so determined?
With Tian Shenglan's status and strength, naturally he cannot question Cai Yingxiang calmly: "Fan Xiaojia wants to put Zhang Cheng to death. You are very supportive of this, but you still don't have any doubts.
Fan Yongdou took it seriously, so I said very calmly: "All the young shopkeepers and proprietors are uncles and elders of Baba. There is no saying about 'preparing for a rainy day', and all of you uncles know it.
The mutual market trade in Zhangjiakou is just a way for Tian Shenglan to make money, so I don't have too many extravagant expectations there, as long as I can make money steadily.
As soon as Wang Dayu said this, the eyes of everyone in the hall shone. Above the temptation of big and small interests and money, we have not completely lost our sense. Everyone is looking forward to a good or bad future.
Although the smuggling trade is everything to us, it is also the most profitable way for each of our businesses. Once they are all withdrawn from the market and centralized trading, how can we endure it before we have tasted the benefits?
Huang Yunfa blew his beard and cursed angrily: "Even if I, Cai Ying, am Uncle Yong Ning, so what? If I dare to cut off our wealth, then we will fight with me, right?"
The viciousness of his heart is evident!"
However, although Tian Shenglan has no ordinary connection with Fan Sanba, my temperament is slightly different from him. The main battlefield of Tian Shenglan's business empire is still in Shanxi, and it also radiates to surrounding Xiaotong, Henan, and Gyeonggi.
Everywhere.
Wang Denku was sitting there, so he was certainly not a dull person. At this moment, I suddenly realized, "Oh, they are here to show that we are playing dirty tricks with Zhang Cheng."
The Tian family also had retired scholars in the next two generations. Although the family was still mainly engaged in business, they looked up to Cai Yingxiang and others who were also businessmen. They praised Wang Dayu, Cai Yingxiang and others, but they valued them very much.
You should do the opposite and use your strengths to attack the other's weaknesses!"