As for Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude, Zhu Gui could only hope to indirectly influence him through his influence on Zhu Yunwen.
Just when Zhu Gui had made up his mind, the representative from the superior hurried in and knelt down in front of Zhu Gui with a 'pop'.
"Your Majesty, Cao Min has made a mistake. Cao Min has reached a cooperative relationship with those businessmen in the name of the Prince's Palace. They are willing to introduce suppliers to the Datong Chamber of Commerce, but they hope to join the Datong Chamber of Commerce."
After the young man finished speaking, he kowtowed with a "dong dong" sound.
He knew how much impact this incident might have on King Dai, and he was a businessman, so why didn't he know the social status of businessmen in the Ming Dynasty?
But at that time, he was confused and agreed, but when he came back to his senses, things got out of hand. Now everyone outside thinks that the Dai Wangfu is trying to win over the business community in Nanjing City.
Zhu Gui waited until his head was bleeding from kowtowing before asking the servant next to him to stop him.
Although he has decided to accept the 'mistake' made by the other party, this does not mean that the other party's reckless actions will not be punished, otherwise he may make bigger mistakes in the future.
"May I have your name?"
"Cao Min, Cao Min Shang Ming." The young man said with a trembling body.
"Hurt 'Ming'? This is not a good name. Let's do this. I will give you a name. You can be called 'Wang Ming' from now on."
Zhu Gui said calmly.
Wang Mingli was stunned for a moment, then immediately knelt down and thanked him.
Being given a name by the prince means that he is already a retainer on behalf of the king.
This is an opportunity for him to achieve success in one step.
The surname "Wang" is exactly the maiden name of Zhu Gui's mother.
Wang Ming expressed his gratitude and went down.
Zhu Guizai read the documents signed by him and the small businessmen, and fell asleep after making sure that there were no problems.
Zhu Gui fell asleep, but someone couldn't sleep.
Although the business community in Nanjing is not as good as other classes on the surface due to the Ming Dynasty Law.
This can be seen from the ranking of ‘scholars, farmers, industry and commerce’.
But because doing business can amass wealth, merchants, especially big merchants, have also been the most special class in all dynasties.
Not only because their profit-seeking nature often disregards national interests, but also because through wealth, big businessmen can easily bribe high-ranking officials as a protective umbrella, or purchase large amounts of land to transform into the landlord class.
And because of the circulation of goods, merchants are also very sensitive to various news.
Therefore, what happened in front of the Prince's Palace that night alarmed the major businessmen in Nanjing.
Representatives from three of the four major families gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
They originally thought that Zhu Gui would be convicted by the emperor this time, so they did not take him seriously at all. Instead, they began to actively plan and plan how to establish a relationship with the new crown prince who was about to take over.
But I didn't expect that Zhu Gui would learn a lesson so quickly.
In fact, Zhu Gui was not the first to sell products with bonus items.
But no merchant has ever done such a crazy thing as giving free salt.
The Shi family, one of the four major families, is in the porcelain business. The representative of the Shi family is an old man with gray hair. He is wearing a pair of high-quality silk shirts, showing his wealth and majesty.
At this time, he was sitting at the head of the desk with a porcelain vase in his hand and said: "I have asked someone to study it. The craftsmanship of this porcelain is not inferior to the official porcelain of Jingdezhen, and it is actually produced from Datong Prefecture. Even if it is
Including shipping costs, the price is half cheaper than the porcelain sold by Shijia."
"As far as I know, Datong Mansion is not rich in pottery, let alone porcelain. These porcelains were only produced in the past six months after the young prince came to the vassal. Not only is the output amazing, but the craftsmanship can also be as fake as real.
The situation is really unbelievable.”
Sitting next to Old Man Shi was a fat man wearing an opal round hat. He looked like a tiger hiding a knife in his smile, ready to bite anyone at any time.
"Don't talk about your porcelain. Look at this refined salt. It's finer than official salt, and it's still a gift. I heard that the Prince's Palace has mastered more advanced salt-making methods. Why doesn't the imperial court take care of it?
This salt tax is related to the filling of the Ming Dynasty's treasury."
"Fat Li, you don't know something right now? It is said that the emperor has made an agreement with the king, and Yunzhou must pay a tax of five million taels next year."
A short and thin young man said to the 'Fat Li' beside him.
"Five million taels of tax? The tax of the entire Shanxi Province is no more than this, right?" Fatty Li was startled, but a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Who says otherwise? It seems that the emperor's attitude towards the acting king has changed. Who would have trouble with money?" Shouxiang said in a mocking tone.
"Okay, don't complain. I called you here tonight to think of a countermeasure. If we don't think of a countermeasure, there will no longer be a place for our three families in Nanjing."
Old Man Shi threw the porcelain vase to the ground and said angrily.
This shocked the two people next to them, because they knew that Old Man Shi was usually very stingy and would like to break a penny in half to spend it. Why did he drop such a good porcelain annotation today?
However, they immediately remembered what the other party had said before. This porcelain was produced by Shijia's competitor, and it was very cheap. Even if it was broken, it would not cost much.
But this also shows the other party's level of anxiety.
Today's party was organized by Mr. Shi.
"How about we also lower the price? Also give away salt? At worst, we have a price war with him. I don't believe how much goods Dai Wangfu can have. Don't forget that this is Nanjing, not Datong." Fatty Li patted the table and said.
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"Don't think about it. If we had done this earlier, we might still have a chance of winning, but today thousands of small and medium-sized merchants in Nanjing went to Dai Wangfu to attend the Datong Chamber of Commerce. They no longer worry about the supply of goods."
Fatty Lin said while stroking his beard.
"That's the acting king. Have they forgotten how the acting king brought trouble to the people in the past few years?" Fatty Li asked with some confusion.
Lin Shouzi rolled his eyes at him and said: "As before, who would have trouble with money? And the other party is also a vassal king, and now only the emperor can make him stop all this."
"Yes, that's right, maybe this method is feasible."
Old Man Shi's eyes suddenly lit up.
"The emperor has been suppressing us businessmen. Now that the king is doing this, it is undoubtedly a violation of Nilin and the law of the Ming Dynasty. Maybe as long as we spend more money to allow a few high-ranking officials to impeach the king, we may be able to get him
If you restrain yourself, you may even be pulled down."
