"Master, as expected, someone came to discuss the horse business, but"
Liu Mingzhi slapped the fan in his hand and looked at Ma Biao who was hesitant to speak: "It's just that this person is from the Hong family, right?"
"How did the young master know that it was Hong Ping, the head of the Hong family?" Ma Biao knew for the first time that Liu Mingzhi was really good at calculations, as if he knew everything.
Liu Mingzhi was not able to calculate, but he had a good grasp of the Hong family's psychology. Since the Hong family was determined to enter the horse business, they would naturally pay attention to every move of the Liu family's horse farm, although Liu Song was deliberately asked to go to the Hong Mansion that day to deliver false information.
The news came to stimulate the nerves of the head of the Hong family. However, Hong Ping was an old fox who had experienced business for a long time. He could not easily believe the words of his subordinates and would definitely send someone to monitor the business of the Liu family horse farm.
Liu Mingzhi, who had guessed this step, had already arranged for manpower to guard the surroundings of the racecourse in advance and prohibited strangers from entering and watching, which interrupted the Hong family's view.
Liu Mingzhi ordered Ma Biao to drive the horses with shoe shoes from the north gate of Yangzhou City toward the official road of Bingzhou every day. After making a large circle, they entered through the south gate of Yangzhou City and pretended to be horses shipped from Suzhou.
Since the horses are equipped with horseshoes, they don't have to worry about running long distances. The horsemen also completely let go of their temper and ran wildly. Some of the horses were one to two hundred or dozens of good horses at a time in Yangzhou City.
, deliberately attracting the attention of the Hong family.
The Hong family could not monitor the situation at the racecourse, so they would naturally arrange manpower at each city gate. As expected, as Liu Mingzhi expected, there was always a situation where no horse from the north gate went to Bingzhou, and from the south to Suzhou, no horse left the city and entered the city.
The subordinates reported to the head of the Hong family.
"Dad, let's wait a little longer. The people Uncle Dong sent to Bingzhou to find out the news will be back soon. What if it's a plot set up by Liu?"
Hong Ping shook his head solemnly: "We can't wait any longer. Five hundred good horses have been brought in and out in the past two days. Isn't this Liu Mingzhi a famous playboy in Jinling? Bah, I think this kid is even more ruthless than his father.
There is no need for plots and tricks, just use a conspiracy to place it here for me, hold your pockets and wait for me, the Hong family, to get in. We have to get in."
"Dad, why, why do you have to go to his Liujia Racecourse to buy horses? We can go to Huma next year. Dad, didn't you find a reliable way?"
"This is where Dad said he has a sharp eye. Since he can know how much money our Hong family has lost this year selling Hu horses, he can know that Dad can only get this batch of Hu horses for sale. If you want to sell horses, you must
Just go to Liu’s house and buy a horse.”
"What? Dad, you have no connections? Didn't you tell Ma Biao?"
"I deceived him because I wanted him to agree to the Hong family's investment in the Liu family horse farm business. Feng'er, how can it be so easy to get Hu horses? If they have connections, the imperial cavalry will not still ride a large number of horses.
There are horses from the Central Plains. Didn’t you see that this time the business of 1,500 horses out of the 2,000 horses was bought by the horse administration department of the imperial court?"
"Dad, we have been strictly guarding against Hu Ma this time. How did the Liu family know about it?"
Hong Ping smiled bitterly: "Jiangnan Liu and Xibei Yun are not just two names, they are strength. As Liu Mingzhi said, no matter how rich my Hong family is, they can only run rampant in this three-acre land of Yangzhou. Jiangnan is
There are so many places under the jurisdiction of five prefectures and thirty-two states. The Liu family's business covers twenty-seven states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River. As Liu Mingzhi said, if the Liu family puts out a word, the Liu family will smooth the threshold for merchants who come to seek cooperation.
That's why the Jiangnan Liu family is called Jiangnan Liu. Do you know how much money the Liu family has? It is said that the King of Huainan doesn't know."
"Dad, if that's the case, then you still want to vow to join the Liu family's business?"
"I thought the Ma family was just a small business of the Liu family in Yangzhou. I never thought that the Ma family was the face of the Liu family."
Liu Mingzhi couldn't help but chuckle when he looked at the sentence on the rice paper. Businessmen want to get rich, but they can't do without connections. The ancients honestly don't deceive me. I don't know if the old man's case is considered collusion between government and businessmen.
'Wonderful brother, Hu Ma has no way, so I signed it to Song Yu.'
Song Yu is the Minister of War of the Great Dragon Dynasty. The situation of Ma Zheng is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. As the Minister of War, Song Yu naturally knows the importance of Hu Ma. Every day, the Great Dragon Dynasty has countless spies and officials and businessmen trying to get through to Hu Ma.
However, the results were fruitless. An imperial court had no access to the land, let alone a small Yangzhou tycoon.
Two thousand barbarians appeared in Yangzhou, which was not a small number. As soon as Liu Zhi'an received Ma Biao's message, he sent someone to deliver the letter to Song Yu, the eldest brother of the capital, who was sworn to the Ministry of War.
Song Yu received a letter from Liu Zhi'an. The entry of two thousand Hu horses was naturally no small matter. This was an important way to open up the business between the Dalong Dynasty and the grassland. Naturally, it couldn't be careless. The Dalong Dynasty's spies had already discovered that the Hong family was selling Hu horses.
The investigation of the route is clear.
Hong Ping accidentally met a businessman from the Western Regions and bought these horses from the Western Regions businessman for twice the amount of money. The Western Regions businessman disappeared without a trace after completing the deal.
Therefore, there was no way for Song Yu to reply to Liu Zhi'an and Hu Ma. When Liu Mingzhi came to Yangzhou, Liu Zhi'an gave the letter to Liu Song, and Liu Song gave it to Liu Mingzhi only after he arrived in Yangzhou.
Therefore, Liu Mingzhi concluded that if the Hong family wants to sell horses, they must not do without the Liu family. Horse selling is a business and stock ownership is a partnership.
These silver.
"Ma Biao, take the fire candle."
Immediately after Ma Biao gave the order, someone came in holding a candlestick and lighting a bright candle. Liu Mingzhi burned the letter in his hand to ashes before letting the candlestick be taken away.
Liu Mingzhi ignored Ma Biao's doubts and muttered to himself: "There are always hidden dangers in some things. Only when they are wiped out can people rest assured. This is for the sake of the lives of several families and hundreds of people. I never thought that one day I would do something like this."
I will feel at ease with the deceiving things."
"Young master is so right. Only when some things disappear can people feel at ease."
"Uncle Ma? My old man developed the Liu family and named it Jiangnan Liu. I wonder how many people were killed in this trap?"
Ma Biao was stunned, not expecting Liu Mingzhi to ask such a question: "Master, those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. Shopping malls are like battlefields. It is inevitable to destroy families and kill people. It is like a confrontation between two armies. If you don't die, I will die."
Death, sometimes you have to be ruthless even if you are intolerant. If you cut the grass without eradicating the roots, there will be endless troubles."
"Are you saying that I'm not cruel enough compared to the old man?"
"Master, I have something I don't know whether to say or not?"
"Tell me."
"Although the young master is a well-known dandy in Jinling and even Jiangnan, a dandy is just a dandy and cannot be on the stage. Compared with being cruel and ruthless, a hundred young masters are not even half as good as the head of the family."
Liu Mingzhi closed his eyes, and in his mind came the Liu Zhi'an who was a talkative little bastard but never really angry with him, the Liu Zhi'an who spoke arrogantly and kept his mouth shut but obeyed his wife's words. In an instant, Liu Zhi'an
Mingzhi opened his eyes. Is it really that easy to have his family destroyed?
"Did the old man tell you how to punish the Hong family?"
"The master meant that anyone who covets the Liu family will have to pay the price, but later I wrote a letter saying that the young master will have full authority to handle it."
"What will happen to me if it goes wrong?"
"More than a thousand good horses and tens of thousands of dollars, it hurts my heart to see the old horse. But the master said, just let the young master practice his skills. If you lose money, you will lose money. It's just a small matter."
"With one hundred thousand taels of silver to practice your skills, the old man is really more greedy than rich."