In the current understanding of Daxia, there is still an arrangement of scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, and the status of merchants is very low.
They lived a poor life and may have a lot of wealth, but their social status is still looked down upon by many extremely poor people.
But it's different now.
Zhou Mu personally wrote me an invitation and invited me to attend their auction!
What's this?
This is Lord Zhou Mu’s recognition of me!
This is the glory of our ancestors!
Everyone who got the invitation instantly became arrogant.
It turns out that some retired old people and so on, although they made a lot of money before, they have never been respected by others in terms of their status.
But since I got the invitation, it seems like I’ve received new life.
Our family was personally invited by Zhou Mu!
Which of you can have this honor?
Come on!
Carry my sedan, no! I'm walking! Who can see my invitation in the sedan?
So this begins.
It turns out that those people who rarely leave home, with the blessing of this invitation, begin the long journey of visiting relatives and friends.
I wish I could put the invitation on my forehead.
Amidst the constant compliments and admiration from everyone, my vanity was greatly satisfied.
Even though I was running here and there all day long, I was as tired as a dog.
But I feel at ease in my heart!
Even the ancestral tombs of our ancestors are not peaceful. During this period, there are obviously many more people going to the tombs to worship their ancestors than before.
But this is only one aspect of it.
After all, not everyone got an invitation.
Some of them were the second or third oldest people in this industry. When they saw the people in front of them receiving the invitations, they immediately became unhappy.
Why?
Why do they have invitations but we don’t?
Aren't they just a little bigger than us?
Give us another year and a half, and we will definitely surpass them!
All of a sudden, complaints of grievance, unwillingness, unfairness, etc. arose everywhere, but before these voices started, they were suppressed by those in the industry who had received the invitation.
Why?
Just because our Kong family is the boss of the cloth merchant industry!
You Meng family just followed our Kong family to drink some soup, and then you managed to get to your current status. We are the boss!
Did you see that? This is an invitation!
This is Master Zhou Mu’s affirmation of us!
You Meng family are still far behind!
The Kong family's words made the head of the Meng family almost vomit blood.
From then on, the Confucius and Mencius families completely broke apart!
On that day, the Meng family began to implement a strategy of large price cuts to seize the market. Not to be outdone, the Kong family also followed the Meng family and started a price war. The price of cloth instantly dropped to much lower than before.
The same situation is happening in various industries.
All kinds of things like turning against each other and beating each other up happened from time to time.
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The Zheng family at this time.
The new head of the Zheng family, Zheng Kongliang, sat in the middle of the room, looking at the information sent to him.
This new head of the family is the younger brother of the previous head of the family, Zheng Kongming.
At that time, these two brothers were considered strong contenders for the previous head of the family, and as the elder brother, Zheng Kongming, he had the pride that has been inherited by the Zheng family.
For Zheng Kongming, the Zheng family is a tiger lurking on the side. Once something happens, it will be unstoppable.
It was precisely because of Zheng Kongming's self-confidence that he became the head of the Zheng family.
As the younger brother Zheng Kongliang, he has different ideas from his elder brother. For him, the current Zheng family is just fish on the chopping board, although it seems to be very powerful in all aspects.
Also very knowledgeable.
However, the long-term dormancy has caused the Zheng family to lose the courage to stand in front of others.
What the Zheng family needs to do most now is no longer hibernating in the dark and being arrogant behind closed doors as usual, but they should step out and establish connections with other people in an open and honest manner.
So when Zhu Yue found Zheng Kongming, Zheng Kongliang was very dissatisfied with the cooperation with Zhu Yue.
If we really want to cooperate with Zhu Yue, then for the Zheng family, it will only be buried deeper in the secrets!
After Zheng Kongming was hacked to death by Lao He, Zheng Kongliang successfully became the head of the Zheng family.
After Zheng Kongliang came to power, he overcame everyone's opinions and gave up everyone's idea of revenge against Zhang Bao. Instead, he made a detailed inquiry into everything Zhang Bao had done since the incident.
After three days behind closed doors, after getting to know Zhang Bao clearly, Zheng Kongliang made a bold decision.
He decided to bet the entire Zheng family on Zhang Bao in exchange for the Zheng family's take-off and rebirth.
That's why the Zheng family turned to Zhang Bao later.
At this time, the two sides of the room were filled with the current principals of the Zheng family.
"Have you all heard about the recent auction in Heyang County?"
"What do you think?"
Zheng Kongliang asked everyone.
"The head of the family, Zhang Bao, is simply a genius in business. He has created such a big business, but he still doesn't know what he is selling."
"It can be said that it whetted everyone's appetite."
"And after doing this, they have to go. Now according to their situation, if they don't bring something back after they go, it will be really troublesome."
"So when the time comes, even if you take out some items of low value at the auction, they will probably be able to fetch a very high price."
"I'm afraid I'm going to make crazy money this time."
An old man sitting next to him said while stroking his beard.
After hearing what the old man said, everyone nodded. During this time, the Zheng family has been deeply involved in the business field. For them, the power of this business method is obvious.
"It's not just that."
Zheng Kongliang stood up and walked a few steps forward with his hands behind his back.
"After hearing about Zhang Bao, I feel more and more that it is a very wise thing for our Zheng family to take refuge in Zhang Bao."
After listening to Zheng Kongliang's words, everyone looked up at him.
When Zheng Kongliang made this decision before, there were many objections, but Zheng Kongliang still made the decision forcefully, even at the cost of offending several elders of the Zheng family.
Now that they heard about Zhang Bao, they began to look at Zhang Bao again.
"You must know that whether it is doing business or being an official, or in other words, doing the work itself, it is not about what you do, but about grasping people's hearts!"
"And the Zhang Bao in front of us has reached an astonishing level of insight into people's hearts."
"For those of us from aristocratic families, even ordinary squire and landowners, we have skipped over the things that ordinary people pursue. What we care about is no longer money or women, but rights."
"As long as you have rights, these things will come naturally."
"And power not only refers to control, but also status. Zhang Bao's operation this time took advantage of this."
"Otherwise, since you want to sell something, you can just sell it normally. Why do you have to hold an auction?"