The Gong family in Jiangzhou, Jiangnan Prefecture, invaded the Liu family's porcelain business in Jinling, and eventually the family fell into decline. The whole family abandoned their ancestral home and fled to the northwest to make a living. The Gong family, which had run rampant in Jiangzhou for three hundred years, completely disappeared from the sight of the people in Jiangnan.
A century-old local business family was suppressed by wealthy businessmen from another place and had no future. It had to abandon its ancestral home and go to the northwest to make a living.
In the 22nd year of Xuande in the Dalong Dynasty, the Wu family in Raozhou has been running the silk business for generations. Because they were dissatisfied with the Liu family's refusal to complain, they entered the silk selling business in Raozhou and maliciously attacked the Liu family who had just arrived in Raozhou and had an unstable foundation. In the 23rd year of Xuande, Raozhou
None of the silkworm-eaten and rat-eaten silk in the Wu family's treasury in the prefecture is for sale.
The Wu family in Raozhou merged into the Liu family's silk business, which eventually took it to a higher level.
Bits and pieces of everything the Liu family did in Jiangnan gradually came to Hong Ping's mind. Only a few years had passed, and how could he get confused and want to compete with the Liu family when his brain got hot?
I wonder what will happen to my Hong family, the northwest or the northeast?
"Master Hong, let's drink tea!"
"Ah?" Hong Ping, who was holding the tea cup, came to his senses and said, "Thank you Mr. Liu for the tea."
A slight smile appeared at the corner of Liu Mingzhi's lips: "Master Hong, I wonder why you came to my Liu's horse farm today? I don't remember that our two families have any business interactions."
Hong Ping's face was calm and he wasn't angry at Liu Mingzhi's words. He looked inferior to others and could only lower his head and frown: "Young Master Liu is joking. Hong is here to buy a horse!"
Saying this sentence seemed to have exhausted all the strength of Hong Ping. Hong Ping's straight body could not help but slump on the chair. The words had been spoken. Life and death are determined by fate and wealth. I hope that the Liu family can give the Hong family
Just let the old and the young find a way to survive.
The little kid Hong Tao swayed his feet and put his hands on his knees to amuse himself. He had no idea what the Hong family was going through and what the outcome would be.
Ma Biao admired Liu Mingzhi. Before Hong Ping came to visit, Ma Biao thought that he might be here to buy horses, but he didn't expect that Hong Ping would be so straightforward.
"Young Master, since the head of the Hong family"
Liu Mingzhi raised his hand and interrupted Ma Biao: "Uncle Ma, I have my own arrangements."
Ma Biao sat quietly and said nothing. Since Liu Zhi'an left this matter to Liu Mingzhi, he had his own reasons. Whether it was a loss or a profit was no longer Ma Biao's business.
"Master Hong, I have a question. I wonder if you can explain it to me?"
Hong Ping nodded respectfully: "Young Master Liu, it's okay to just say it. Hong Ping will definitely know everything and say everything."
"Hey, it doesn't have to be like this, it's just a minor problem. I want to know whether you came here to buy horses just to compensate for the Liu family's losses and calm down the Liu family's anger, or are you really buying horses because you want to make a living in this business?"
Hong Ping's face changed again and again. He didn't know how to answer this sentence, so he gritted his teeth and said what he was thinking: "Hong didn't dare to hide Mr. Liu. This time he came to buy horses because he really wanted to run this business.
Regarding business, Hong had previously informed Mr. Liu that the business in Yangzhou was deteriorating day by day. Hong was selling horses because he wanted to make some money for the Hong family. Hong was old and his two sons and one daughter were mediocre people.
, If we don’t save more money for our children now, Hong is afraid that it will be difficult for these two boys to live in the future.”
Looking at Hong Ping, who was in his early forties, Liu Mingzhi wanted to laugh when he said that he was old, but he also understood what these people were thinking. Seventy years are rare in life, and forty is indeed an old age in today's eyes.
"Your Hong family caused a wild horse to flow into Yangzhou, causing Yangzhou's horse business to be nearly saturated this year. There are not many opportunities for the thousand horses from my Liu family's horse farm to be sold, and they will definitely fall into their hands. The Hong family
Do you want to bear the Liu family’s losses yourself?”
"Don't worry, Mr. Liu, Hong can sell these good horses to other places."
"Suzhou, Hangzhou, Raozhou, Jiangzhou, Jizhou, Shaozhou, and Yongzhou all have the Liu family horse business. The horses in the south of the Yangtze River are already saturated. Where do you want to sell them to? The northwest?"
Hong Ping's face looked a little ugly. Liu Mingzhi was indeed right. These horses would most likely be smashed into his hands, let alone the northwest. Jiangnan was not suitable for raising horses. Most of the horses came from the northwest. I think
It is definitely not possible to rush back to the northwest to sell them. Not to mention the consumption losses on the road, just the price of horses is not enough. Horses can be raised in the northwest, and the price of horses will definitely be lower than that in the south of the Yangtze River. Buying horses from the south of the Yangtze River at a high price and selling them to the northwest is not enough.
Are you able to hold on?
"Please also ask Mr. Liu to point out a clear path for the Hong family."
Liu Mingzhi first glanced at Hong Ping, who had a pleading look on his face, and then looked at the innocent Hong Tao and sighed slightly. The Hong family could now spend 500,000 taels of silver to invest in the Liu family horse farm, but they did this to a playboy of his.
You lower your eyebrows and listen to your ears, is the Liu family already so powerful?
Scholars, farmers, and merchants, I don’t know whether the businessmen’s popularity is a blessing or a curse for the Liu family.
"Master Hong."
"exist."
Liu Mingzhi changed his tone quietly and did not want to correct him: "I wonder whose business in Yangzhou City is engaged in timber business? Is it the largest business?"
Hong Ping first glanced at Liu Mingzhi strangely but then said respectfully: "Master Liu, is the Hong family the largest timber business owner in Yangzhou City?"
"Oh? Is it such a coincidence?"
"Young master, I don't know. The Hong family has been running the timber business for three generations, and the generation of the head of the Hong family is the fourth generation." Ma Biao explained in a timely manner.
"That's even better. You don't have to worry about anything. Since your Hong family is engaged in lumber, that's even better."
"What do you mean, Mr. Liu?"
"Master Hong, what does your timber business include?"
"Young master Liu doesn't know about tables, chairs, furniture, carriages, horses, boats, and house construction. These tables, chairs, and furniture last for several years, and the house may last a lifetime. The lumber business is getting worse every year."
"And there are carriages and other business?"
"Exactly, the Hong family has a business that specializes in building carriages."
"In that case, how many horses does the Hong family want to buy this time?"
Hong Ping pondered for a few moments: "One thousand horses, this is the only money that Hong can afford. The Hong family also needs to spend money on the timber business. Although it is in recession, it is the business started by the Hong family and cannot be lost."
Liu Mingzhi calculated silently. One thousand horses seemed not enough. It would be best to have 1,500 horses.
"Then just fifteen hundred horses, let's make it up."
One thousand horses is also a round number, but Hong Ping did not dare to say: "Then just listen to Mr. Liu's suggestion of one thousand five hundred, and it will be one thousand five hundred. Hong will go home immediately to raise money."
"Wait a minute."
"Master Liu?"
"These fifteen hundred fine horses are worth 90,000 taels of silver. Our Liu family won't take a single tael of silver from your Hong family to give them to you?"
Hong Ping opened his mouth: "Send it to me?"
"Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet. I can give these fifteen hundred good horses to you, but my Liu family and your Hong family will join in a business, and my Liu family will take 70% of it."
"What kind of business is worth investing one hundred thousand taels of silver? Hong is so shallow that he still asks Mr. Liu for advice."