That night, Li Jingxing was sent home. His whole body was swollen, his lips were purple due to the cold, and his breathing became very weak.
The entire Li family was panicked, and they quickly wiped his body with snow, and used century-old wild ginseng to help him survive. After struggling until the early morning of the next day, Li Jingxing finally came back to life.
"Dad, it was the Cao Gang who did this. You have to help me take revenge."
Li Jingxing's father nodded hurriedly. He was such a single seedling, and if something went wrong, his lineage would be cut off.
It was precisely because of his favor that Li Jingxing behaved in such an arrogant and domineering manner. After being repaired by Zhao Wuyou several times, he became more courageous and went further and further in the road of being a playboy and a prodigal.
Early the next morning, officials from the imperial court's Ministry of Household Affairs began a thorough inspection of Caobang Wharf. In just half a day, five Caobang cargo ships were impounded.
"Did the Cao Gang offend someone who shouldn't be offended?" Those who were involved in the martial arts all asked this question.
Obviously, it is rare for the Ministry of Revenue to directly inspect the situation. Especially this time, officials from the Ministry of Revenue in the capital swarmed up and seized the ship without saying a word. Such a thing has never happened before.
The capital of the Fengming Empire is extremely cold. The high-quality coal and winter supplies transported from the northern mountains and forests are all transported by ships. Now the Caobang, which has the most powerful freight function, has its ships impounded. Those forces that compete with the Caobang are all
With his head exposed, he is bound to get a piece of fat from this incident.
That night, Shen Daomen announced that he not only had walking escorts, but also water darts. Two large escort boats with the Shen Daomen imprinted on them sailed into the pier of the capital in a mighty manner. For a time, merchants in the capital swarmed in.
At the end of the day, outside the Shendao Gate, they were crying and calling for the Shendao Gate to help them transport their things.
This situation is constantly happening on the east and west piers of the capital. The Cao Gang's boats are impounded as soon as they arrive, while other forces reveal their cards one after another and plunder the business that originally belonged to the Cao Gang.
The secret forces under Mulu also began to take action and took over a lot of Caobang's business. He even deliberately spread the news that Caobang had made a big mistake and the court would severely punish him. Caobang was in danger.
The news whether it was true or false was dizzying, but as a capital city, especially with the Shenlong Empire’s mission, the Fengming Empire could never be embarrassed. In the morning of the next day, accusations against the Ministry of Revenue also began to be staged.
The Cao Gang was powerful and exerted its power in the court. Soon they knew that the Queen's family was behind the trouble. Moreover, their Cao Gang was caught carrying private goods on the cargo ship. As the leader of the Cao Gang,
, Cao Wude, who was originally semi-retired, also began to exert his efforts and use his own connections to ease the complicated relationship with the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The intricate relationships between the characters have disrupted the entire cargo terminal. What was originally just an act of revenge organized by Li Jingxing's father has become the focus of partisan fighting.
Zhao Wuyou has not gone out these days. He is waiting for a suitable opportunity for him to appear.
On Zhao Wuyou's bed, the little white tabby finally opened his eyes. He who was still dragging his hind legs finally stood up and started to walk staggeringly, but he walked staggeringly and looked very...
funny.
Zhao Wuyou hugged the little white tiger while listening to Mu Lu reporting to him the great changes in the capital in the past few days.
"Now some of the ships in Caobang have been released. I heard that this time, Caobang paid a fine of five million taels of silver, and the court seems to have new plans for these water transportation matters." Mu Lu
He said with some worry.
Zhao Wuyou lowered his head and said after careful consideration:
"I think this water transport must be reformed. The people who were originally in charge of water transport were too weak, so many plans required the approval of the Cao Gang. In the past, the Cao Gang was too weak, so they were obedient.
Things have changed over the years. The power of the Cao Gang has become stronger. They have also begun to think about themselves. They have also begun to obey and disobey the orders of the Cao Yuan Yamen. In fact, many people in the Cao Yun Yamen were recommended by the Cao Gang. Since then, the entire Cao Yuan has become a
Did their Cao Gang have the final say?"
After Zhao Wuyou finished speaking, he raised his head again and asked Mu Lu beside him with a smile:
"If you were the emperor, could you allow the Caobang to be the leader of such a critical juncture? The Caobang will definitely be suppressed recently. The imperial court will not only support new forces, but also cultivate its own direct descendants. Just watch.
In the future, the Caoyun Yamen will have a strong person who is deeply trusted by the imperial court."
"Well, that makes sense." Mu Lushen nodded in agreement. He also maintained the same view on this matter as Zhao Wuyou. What's more, things have gradually begun to be implemented according to Zhao Wuyou's ideas.
Zhao Wuyou's plan also cooperated with the imperial court. On the surface, the Shen Dao Sect began to officially embark on water transportation. With Prince Xin's Mansion at his back, there was nothing to worry about.
As for secretly, Mulu's merchant ships are not all in communication with each other, they act in a low-key manner, and they are also engaged in the weakest profit link.
The two discussed for a while, and Mu Lu asked his question:
"Why do we use dilapidated boats and do business that makes little money? Now, can we take advantage of the chaos in water transportation and change our strategy? We start transporting grain and other things that are in short supply. It is winter now, and everything in the capital is in trouble.
There are a lot of gaps, and this is when we make money."
Zhao Wuyou expected that Mu Lu would ask this, so he also asked with a smile:
"Will our court allow merchants to make a lot of money by spending the winter?
Is Cao Wude, the leader of the Cao Gang, the kind of person who is brave and foolhardy and is willing to be weakened?
Do you, a person with no background, dare to compete with the people who work for those powerful people?"
When the three questions came out, he originally pointed to Mulu Mianhuo, who was relying on the rapid development this winter. He hadn't thought that far yet. He only thought that he could develop rapidly and then compete with the Caobang. However, he ignored an objective fact.
.
Caobang will not allow others to surpass him. If someone challenges his position, Caobang will use all his strength to deal with him in order to safeguard his own interests.
"I understand, if we build cargo ships with small profits but high sales, it shows that we have little strength, but we can also hide our strength and bide our time. Watching Cao Gang fight with those who try to challenge his position, we secretly reap the benefits.
Moreover, our development is not easily noticed by others, and these big shots have set their goals on those commodities that are in high demand."
Mu Lu said excitedly. Now he finally understood Zhao Wuyou's intentions, and he also saw his own future. He saw that the Cao Gang was coming to an end under the leadership of Cao Wude, and he would become a dark horse, with invincible power.
Posture, announce your identity, and regain control of the Caogang.
Zhao Wuyou nodded, then said to Mu Lu:
"Now it's time for us to achieve our next goal."
"What?" Mu Lu didn't understand. What was Zhao Wuyou going to do with the water transport business he had just planned?
"Starting from today, there should be a bank called Tang Sheng Bank in the capital. Its main business is to store silver and make it available to the world. Another thing is to insure our ships.
You can declare openly and openly that as long as you buy insurance from Tang Sheng Bank, then his goods will be protected no matter what happens."
Zhao Wuyou's vow was very exciting, but Mu Lu was a little confused:
"Will we lose money if we do this? Those who open banks are people with profound backgrounds, and they are not willing to insure high-risk ships like shipping. If something happens, they can lose money."
People lose money and go bankrupt.”
"It's just because it's difficult that we have to do it. If it's easy, how can we do it?" Zhao Wuyou is full of confidence. Before time travel, he was an educated godfather who understood economics and business operations.
, he knew very well what was going on.
For the sake of safety, Zhao Wuyou chose to test the waters first, insure his own ships, and do some insurance policies for the escort agency. He now maintains his reputation, and then slowly expands other businesses step by step.
Things turned out exactly as Zhao Wuyou had imagined. Within a few days, all the Cao Gang's ships were released, and Li Jingxing's father, with the help of his colleagues and the Cao Gang's recognition, made a tearful profit.
With half a million taels of silver, he finally agreed to give Caobang a way out.
"Son, it's not that dad is incompetent, it's just that the Cao Gang is too powerful. If I completely overthrow it, I'm afraid the emperor won't be happy either. Let's take it as soon as we can. Keep these two hundred thousand taels of silver and don't go out recently.
Take a good rest at home."
Li Jingxing curled his lips while lying on the hospital bed. Although he was a dandy, he also knew that this could only happen like this. There were many people behind Caogang who were worthy of his father's fear. To be able to do this, his father had tried his best.
as a result of.
"Humph, since I can't punish you on the surface, I can punish you secretly." Li Jingxing thought of the torture he received that day and became angry.
Zhao Wuyou also walked out of his house after the Cao Gang completely rescued him from the siege, and strolled down the street with Banban in his arms. The preliminary contest for the Fengming Empire also kicked off that afternoon. This chapter has been completed!