"What are you talking about?" Wang Xian shouted at Lu Zongbao with his eyes wide when he heard this.

"The little nephew is saying that the little nephew has a way to wipe out the local wealthy families in Yuzhang!" Lu Zongbao didn't seem to know how sensational his words were, and just looked at Wang Xian with a calm face.

"Say!" Wang Xian just spit out such a word with a solemn expression.

Lu Zongbao smiled, pondered for a moment, and after organizing some words, he said, "Actually, this method of the little nephew is still learned from one person. ”

"Who?"

"Xu Chen!"

"Oh?" Wang Xian was a little surprised.

It only took two months to turn a barren wasteland outside the city into a million dollars, and he just used some small means to frantically amass millions of dollars. ”

"It's amazing!"

"However, if it is compared to the next plan of the little nephew, it is not worth mentioning at all!" Lu Zongbao said proudly.

"What are your plans?" Wang Xian also roughly understood some of Lu Zongbao's meaning when he heard this, and it seemed that he wanted to use the way of merchants to achieve his goals.

Although the way of businessmen has always been not respected by orthodox literati, Wang Xian is not only a literati but also a politician, and the way of businessmen is naturally well versed in the study of the world.

When Lu Zongbao heard this, he did not answer directly, but said to Wang Xian Kankan: "Xu Chen's methods seem to be mysterious, but in fact, they are worthless! His purpose has always been only one from beginning to end, and that is to attract tourists! The reason why the wasteland is worthless is because no one cares about it, and he first took great pains to build a square, which seems to cost a lot, but it is only the first step to attract people!"

After the square was built, tourists flocked to it, and as soon as there were many tourists, business opportunities appeared! Those wastelands that were once worthless also doubled in value!

"As for the auction behind him, it is completely because he has taken the lead, those merchants who participate in the auction have a request for others, and it is not unusual to be slaughtered into anything, and the trend of profit, although tens of thousands of people are also gone!"

"What are the business opportunities in Zou Run's recital?" Wang Xian asked after pondering for a moment when he heard this.

"If the commercial tax is redetermined, the commercial tax will inevitably increase significantly, so I am afraid that business will become more and more difficult to do, right?" Wang Xian looked at Lu Zongbao suspiciously.

Although the increase in commercial tax will inevitably have a certain impact on the affairs of merchants, but since ancient times, even under the harsh government, business travel has never been cut off, and although the nominal commercial tax is not heavy, there are many customs tax cards in various places, and the burden of ordinary merchants is not small at all. ”

"And those influential families are also the people who have been hit the hardest after the increase in business taxes, and these people will also be the main force of opposition!" Lu Zongbao said eloquently.

Wang Xian looked at Lu Zongbao and asked, "Then how are you going to convince these clans?"

"This is the key to what the little nephew said today!"

After a long time, Lu Zongbao finally entered the focus of today.

"Actually, to put it bluntly, a qiē is just a comparison of interests! As long as I can give them greater benefits, they will naturally support me!"

"In addition to the increase in commercial tax, Zou Run's performance has one of the most critical things, that is, the city division! This is the key to our breakthrough!"

"Once the Municipal Shipping Division is established, it means that the chaotic management of maritime merchants by the imperial court will come to an end, and all overseas trade will be brought under the management of the Municipal Shipping Division, and those cities that have established the Municipal Shipping Division will thus become legal bases for maritime trade, and on the contrary, trading in other cities will become illegal. ”

"In this way, those cities with market companies will gather businessmen, and this business opportunity will come soon!"

Lu Zongbao smiled confidently.

"Do you want to set up a city division in Yuzhang City?" Wang Xian also understood what Lu Zongbao meant.

Once the city and shipping department is established, those maritime merchants can only trade in the cities where there are market and shipping companies, so that a large number of merchants will gather, and the land in these cities will become hot!

The city is just like the square built by Xu Chen outside the city, after gathering the flow of people, business opportunities will rise, and the value of the land will be doubled!

"That's right, as long as we let Zou Run's recital pass through the court and add a Yuzhang City to several cities where the city has set up a city, then our first step will be completed!"

"Next, we only need to hoard a lot of land, with the strong financial resources accumulated by our seven sects and five surnames for nearly a thousand years, although the strength of the wealthy families in Yuzhang City is not bad, but except for one ten thousand families, the rest are not worth mentioning at all, through guò This kind of means, we can squeeze the foothold of the Yuzhang wealthy family, and lose the land in Yuzhang City, these people are just some rural rich people! The south is not as good as the north, the focus of those families in the north is still on agriculture, and the proportion of these families in the south in commerce is already very large, and the loss of the land in Yuzhang City must be greatly damaged, and the cultivated land in the countryside is not impossible for us to ......."

Before Lu Zongbao could finish speaking, Wang Xian interrupted him: "Your method is good! But have you thought about it? Legal business can't be done, they can still do illegal business!"

"If you want to collect taxes, even if you get through the court, these people in the southeast will not be able to buy your account, and they will not be able to do regular maritime trade, and they can still smuggle them! What kind of sailors are the sailors of the imperial court, you also know very well, how can they resist these wolf-like maritime merchants by relying on the few broken ships of the sailors? Without the support of force, the city is just a decoration, they can complete the transaction anywhere, why do they rush to send you money?"

When Lu Zongbao heard this, he still said unhurriedly: "So we still have to take Wuyue Town!"

"Hongzhou Shipyard almost monopolizes the manufacture of sea ships in the whole of Datang, and taking down Wuyue Town is equivalent to controlling the source of maritime trade, and the escort team in Wuyue Town can be said to be the most elite sailor in Datang, as long as you master this sailor, are you afraid that you won't be able to collect taxes?"

When Wang Xian heard this, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "Wuyue Town is indeed a key, but you have also been to Wuyue Town, and the city defense there is not so easy to break, how are you going to deal with it?"

"Zhou Gang!" Lu Zongbao said.

"He?" Wang Xian frowned.

"That's right! It's him!" Lu Zongbao said affirmatively: "Zhou Gang was born in Jin Wuwei, and behind him is the current saint! Once Zou Run's twists and turns are cleared, the saint will naturally be happy to see it, and Zhou Gang, as a subordinate of the Son of Heaven, can only stand on our side!"

"What are you going to do?" Wang Xian is also a resolute person, and although Lu Zongbao's plan is still a little imperfect, the possibility of success is already very great! As for the risks, as a politician, there is no such thing as not taking risks, as long as you are 50% sure, it is worth fighting!

Lu Zongbao forcibly held back his excitement when he heard this, and tried to speak in a calmer tone: "Please also ask Uncle Wang to go back and talk to those old people at home, and ask them to give their full support!"

Wang Xian, as the eldest brother of the head of the Wang family, is also the person with the highest official position in the court of the Wang family, and has a high influence in the decision-making level of the entire Seven Sects and Five Surnames.

As for Wang Xian, Lu Zongbao is not worried at all, he has been an ornament in Yuzhang City for a few years, and Wang Xian, who is from an extraordinary background, may hope to break the blockade of the local wealthy family more than himself.

"The old man knows about this, and he will repair a letter to each family later, as for their reaction, the old man can't predict it!" Wang Xian said.

"Thank you Uncle Wang for your success!" Lu Zongbao bowed to Wang Xian.

Soon after, the two brothers of the Lu family left the palace.

On the way home, in the ox cart, Lu Zongbao excitedly said to the eldest brother: "Big brother, this time we can finally regain the lost one!"

"I want to show the people of my family, without them, I, Lu Zongbao, can still dominate the situation, I want to return to them what they once humiliated us ten times and a hundred times more! I want them to welcome us back to the ancestral shrine in a dignified manner!"

Lu Zongtai calmly looked at his younger brother who was dancing, did not respond but did not stop, but asked out loud: "What if those old people in the family do not agree to this plan?"

"Big brother, don't worry! He Wang Xian cares more about this plan than we do, and with his best operation, there will be no problem!"

"I'm worried that our slow action will give Wanjia a chance to stop it, Zou Run's twists and turns have already spread all over the world, and the people of Wanjia are not fuel-efficient lamps, even if they don't realize what we are going to do for a while, but once the seven families start to fully launch, if the court discussion is too long, the people of Wanjia will definitely be able to react!"

Lu Zongbao muttered to himself.

"So we have to speed up our actions! Make sufficient preparations before the court meeting, so as to make sure that one hit must not give Wanjia a chance to react!"

Thinking of the last time when Wan Wan's thunderous methods, Lu Zongbao felt a palpitation for no reason, and then shouted loudly at the coachman outside: "Stop! Hurry! Go to Taishou Mansion again!"

"Second brother, you?"

"Big brother, I just thought of a key person, if this person comes forward, he will definitely be able to strengthen the determination of the saint to levy business taxes!"

"Who?" asked Lu Zongtai.

"Today's concubine, Yang Yuhuan's third brother, Yang Zhao!" Lu Zongbao smiled mysteriously and said.