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Businessmen make money as the foundation.

A price war is a war of attrition.

Not many people want to.

But this is related to the final ownership of the market, so even if they are unwilling, they can only grit their teeth and support it, and Luoyang Salt City is suddenly full of mourning.

"What, and the price is going to be reduced?"

"If it goes down like this, our family will lose everything in the end!"

"For three days in a row, the price has to be reduced every day, and now the price of salt has been reduced to 12,000 yuan a stone, and buy one get one free, the average price is less than 6,000, when has there been such a salt price in these years, we want the northwest wind!"

"We can't reduce the price anymore, and if we reduce the price again, we won't be able to do this deal!"

“……”

The price war kicked off, Jingping Commercial Bank approached step by step, reducing the price by about 1,000 every day, and the salt merchants in Luoyang could only follow the price reduction, when the price fell to 7,000, they were suddenly miserable, and were forced to a desperate situation by Jingping Commercial Bank.

In fact, the salt merchants who can be based on the market have a few brushes, but they can't stand the strong financial resources of Jingping Commercial Bank, and Jingping Commercial Bank has made it clear this time that it is necessary to hurt people with this and directly fight a price war to pull the price of salt to an unprecedented bottom.

The biggest problem is that Jingping Commercial Bank can afford to lose, and they may not be able to afford the end of this battle.

"It's not okay to go on like this!"

Above the Fang Mansion, Fang Shao, the head of the Fang family, stood on the corridor with a gloomy face.

Although he was prepared, he still underestimated the ferocity of Jingping Commercial Bank, and he might be able to stand it if he lowered the price little by little, but Jingping Commercial Bank did this, landing at least one gear every day, and it only took three or four days to force the Yanyang Salt Merchants to be angry, and then it was a bottomless pit.

Even if the Fang family's family background is okay among the salt merchants, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid it will be a big loss.

"Why don't you talk to someone from Jingping Trading House!"

As soon as Fang Shao's thought rose, he was pinched off.

Peace talks are tantamount to admitting defeat.

Jingping Commercial Bank is not an ordinary salt merchant, the general salt merchant enters Luoyang strongly, and at most he is based in Luoyang, which will not let them have no way out, and Jingping Commercial Bank wants to dominate Luoyang, and if he admits defeat, there is no hope of gaining a foothold in Luoyang.

The Fang family has been based in Luoyang for many years, and when the Yan family was in a state of power, they were unable to drive the Fang family out of Luoyang City, and they must not leave Luoyang so gloomy.

"That's it!"

Fang Shao raised his head, his eyes were cold, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside, gritting his teeth, and muttering to himself: "I don't believe that Jingping Commercial Bank can hold on for long!" ”

At this time, it can only be consumed, and there is no second way.

……

And the Yan family, as another salt merchant giant, is also in turmoil at this moment.

"Keep cutting prices?"

"Master, we can't bear it!"

"If this continues, I'm afraid the Yan family's family will be lost!"

One by one, the shopkeepers really can't bear to continue to reduce the price.

"The old man you are talking about knows that in just a few days, we have lost a full four hundred gold, and with the background of our Yan family, I am afraid we will not be able to bear it for a few days!"

Yan Hong is a few years old, although he has experienced countless storms to get to where he is today, but this storm came too fast and urgently, so he didn't even have a chance to fight back.

But he is old and strong, calm as he is: "But for the future of the Yan family, we must hold on, pass on the order, and the salt shops follow the footsteps of Jingping Commercial Bank, they reduce the price, and we will continue to reduce the price!" ”

"Yes!"

When the shopkeepers heard this, they looked at each other, and only responded.

"Uncle Yan, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid our Yao family won't be able to hold on!"

At this time, the head of the Yao family, who was also a giant of the salt merchants in Luoyang, came to visit and discussed things with Yan Hong, the head of the Yao family was only in his early forties this year, but his personality was a little weak.

In this storm of salt prices, the Liu family was the first to withdraw from the battlefield, and now they have not breathed a sigh of relief, and the He family remains neutral, compared to the Yan family and the Fang family, the Yao family is still not enough, so among the three giants, the Yao family is the first to bear it.

"What do you mean?"

Yan Hong squinted his eyes and looked at the head of the Yao family.

"The foundation of the Yao family that was hit hard by the He family a few years ago has not yet been restored, and it is not the same as the Fang family and the Yan family, which can rely on the trading in the north to maintain, our market is only in Luoyang, once the salt price in Luoyang collapses, our Yao family is afraid that the family wealth will be scattered, and the family will be ruined!"

The head of the Yao family said it gently, but Yan Hong understood what he meant.

"You want to quit?" Yan Hong's pupils changed color.

He had long known that the salt merchants in Luoyang were not very attentive in this battle, and there were many people who wanted to quit halfway, but he didn't expect that the first one was the Yao family.

"Uncle Yan, it's not that the little nephew is weak!"

The head of the Yao family said with a wry smile: "Some people say that this storm in Luoyang City is in full swing, and it is no longer suitable to continue to live, and who is the person behind Jingping Commercial Bank, my uncle also knows that we can't afford to provoke it, no matter how we fight, we will lose this battle, my Yao family doesn't want to destroy the foundation for a hundred years, just destroy it here!" ”

"What do you want?" Yan Hong sighed, a few days of cruel price wars, so that many people can't see a way out, he doesn't blame the head of the Yao family, the situation is like this, even he is thinking of retreating, but at this point in his heart, there is no way out.

"I still have 600 stone of salt in my hand, which can be sold to my uncle, and the Yao family's salt shop, I can also transfer it to my uncle!"

The voice of the head of the Yao family was a little silent: "My Yao family has already decided to leave Luoyang and return to Jiangxia!" ”

The Yao family is from Jiangxia, and it has been based in Luoyang for nearly a hundred years, this storm has made the Yao family lose more and more, and the Yao family is at sunset among the salt merchants after all, so they are retired, and there is at least one way to live if they leave Luoyang.

"Since you have already decided, the old man will not force it!"

Yan Hong was helpless, and he didn't dare to force him to stay, in case he became an enemy, it would be equivalent to pushing him directly to Jingping Commercial Bank, he wouldn't do this kind of thing: "But this matter needs to be kept secret, Yaojia Salt Shop I will send someone to take a comprehensive follow, you can't tell the matter!" ”

He can't let people's hearts scatter, so he can only use this method to suppress it.

"Thank you, uncle!" The head of the Yao family is very grateful, he also knows that this kind of behavior is equivalent to pitting people, but in a pit, he will never stay if he can go ashore, he can pit others, and he must not let this pit bury himself.

……

……

The price war in the salt market is becoming more and more intense, some people sell, and naturally some people buy, which stimulates the liveliness of the salt market.

"Today's salt price has dropped again!"

"This kind of opportunity is rare, and it's good to stock up on more salt at home!"

"If it were usual, I wouldn't have seen such cheap salt!"

"Haha, this time it's the right time to go south, I didn't expect the price of Ruyang salt to be so low, everyone quickly sell the sheepskin horses in their hands, and then go to buy salt, transport it back to the north, and make a lot of money!"

“……”

The price of salt has been lowered, which has stimulated the enthusiasm of countless people to buy salt, and the consumption of salt is becoming more and more huge, and the inventory in the hands of various salt merchants is being consumed all the time.

The more they consume, the more uneasy these salt merchants become.

"Is there any news from our caravan?"

"Haven't the people who went to Xichuan come back yet?"

"Last month, I asked them to go to the East China Sea to bring back a batch of salt, why hasn't it arrived now!"

"Damn, if it goes on like this, even if we are willing to reduce the price and make profits, I'm afraid there will be no salt to buy!"

"If it's closed, it's going to be a price reduction!"

“……”

Countless salt merchants began to worry.

And that's not even after winter.

The ice and snow have not completely melted, the surrounding roads are not easy to walk, and it takes time for the caravan to transport salt from the outside, but the salt market has been so hot recently, the inventory consumption is too large, and there is no ability to replenish the warehouse, so it will naturally form an empty warehouse.

……

The salt market's method of hurting others and hurting oneself in the price war, even the Jingping Commercial Bank began to struggle a little.

"These salt merchants are really tenacious!"

In the hall of Jingping Commercial Bank, Mu Jing crossed his knees, looking at the distribution of the power of the salt market on the screen in front of him, and a cold smile rose slightly at the corner of his mouth: "It seems that there is no big bleeding, but I can't deal with them!" ”

"Big shopkeeper, the He family is starting to do it!" Zhang Heng walked in and handed over his hand to report.

"It's early!"

Mu Jing's eyes were a little puzzled.

"They say it's just the right time!" Zhang Heng sounded the scene of discussing with He Yu, and said: "It doesn't seem to be He Yu who is in charge, he is a young man, I haven't seen it, but He Yu is respectful in front of him, he just simply said, 'When you are sure, you must make a decisive move' He Yu immediately responded!" ”

"When you are sure, you have to make a decisive move?"

Mu Jing muttered to himself, "He is a decisive person!" ”

"Do you want to check this person?"

"No!"

Mu Jing waved his hand: "We don't have such effort to put so much effort on them, no matter who they are, as long as we are sure that they are on our side, it's okay, the business is about win-win, not monopoly, we can accommodate our allies!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Heng nodded.

"Shizi!"

The two discussed the next strategy, and at this time, a ranger entered from outside with the token of Jing Wusi and sent a secret to Mu Jing: "This is the information that the master asked us to send!" ”

The people of Jingwu Division were all tamed by Tan Zong, and they always called Tan Zong the master.

"Got it, go back!"

"No!"

Mu Jing opened the bamboo tube, took out the note inside, glanced at it, and suddenly showed a smile on his face: "Hehe, Lao Zhang, the Yao family has withdrawn!" ”

"The Yao family has withdrawn?"

When Zhang Heng heard this, his eyes lit up slightly, and his expression was overjoyed.

This will be a breakthrough.

However, he was a little puzzled: "But I just went to see it, and the Yao family's salt shops are all open to do business!" ”

"That's the Yan family manipulating!"

Mu Jing said: "The Yao family has sold the property in the capital and is ready to leave the capital!" ”

"In this way, it is good for us!"

When Zhang Heng heard this, he immediately said: "Once this news is confirmed, the military spirit of the Luoyang salt merchants will collapse directly!" ”

"Get the word out right away, and make a bigger noise!"

Mu Jing said domineeringly: "In this battle, I want the entire Luoyang Salt City to respect Jingping business, those who follow will live, and those who go against will die!" ”

"Good!" Zhang Heng turned around and left, and hurriedly went to do something.

……

……

"What?"

"The Yao family actually gave up!"

"Impossible, how is this possible, the Yao family is one of the giants of our salt merchants, how rich the Yao family is, it is impossible to be unable to bear it so quickly!"

"I'll tell you quietly, in fact, the Yao family has begun to sell all the properties and is ready to leave the capital!"

"Nonsense!"

"The Yao family is the giant of our salt merchants, even they have no hope, what hope do we have!"

"Traitors, they're traitors!"

"Even the Yao family can't fight Jingping Commercial Bank, how can we fight!"

"I think everyone should pack up their things and get ready to leave Luoyang!"

“……”

The news of the Yao family's withdrawal suddenly made the hearts of countless salt merchants in Luoyang become uneasy, and many salt merchants began to become depressed.

……

"Yan Hong, Yan Hong, this time I was killed by you!"

When Fang Shaozhi got the news, he was enlightened like thunder, and the whole person was stunned, the Yao family and the Yan family were solid allies, but they didn't expect that Yan Hong would not even be able to stabilize the Yao family, and the salt merchant's military spirit would inevitably be chaotic.

After half a ring, he came back to his senses and muttered to himself: "This time, our Luoyang salt merchant is completely finished!" ”

The Liu family has been hung up, and if the Yao family retreats, this Luoyang salt merchant will be completely hopeless.

In this battle, eight percent were lost.

"Hey!"

He stood in a stone pavilion in the Fang Mansion and let out a long sigh: "After all, if you don't have the same heart, how can you stop the tiger and wolf!" ”

The salt merchants in Luoyang seem to be overcrowded.

But in fact, everyone has a little ninety-nine in their hearts.

He should have thought of this a long time ago, businessmen have always valued interests and neglected promises, how can they work together in the storm they encounter, and if they damage their interests, they will never resist hard, and they will retreat if they can.

"Master, as of the afternoon, our salt stock is less than five hundred stones!"

A shopkeeper of the Fang family walked in and said.

"Five hundred stones?"

Fang Shao forcibly cheered up, and at this point, the Fang family could only grit their teeth and hold on: "Go and ask the Yan family, the salt merchant in the East China Sea said that the salt he wanted to provide us has returned to Luoyang!" ”

This battle has not been lost to the end, as long as he and the Yan family can block it, hold on, and still have a chance, he does not believe that Jingping Commercial Bank has more salt than them, and when Jingping Commercial Bank has no salt to sell, it will be tantamount to slapping himself in the mouth, damaging his reputation, and he can only close his door.

"No!"

……

……

At this moment, above the Yan Mansion, Yan Hong's face was solemn, his eyes widened, and he looked at the person in front of him deadly: "Luo Zhen, didn't you say that there will be salt in ten days, what about the salt I want?" ”

"Master Yan, I'm very sorry!"

This is a middle-aged man from the East China Sea in Xuzhou, and he said respectfully: "The salt that I wanted to transport into the capital was intercepted halfway!" ”

"Who the hell is it?" Yan Hong's pupils were blazing, and he asked coldly.

"Mi family!"

The middle-aged man said: "Our head of the family and the Mi family are world friends, and the Mi family opens up, and our head of the family can only give all the salt of more than 10,000 stones to the Mi family!" ”

"Mi family? , then it will be the Mi family! ”

Yan Hongleng was stunned.

Why did the world's giant Mi family intercept this batch of salt?

He couldn't figure it out.

But he knew that when the Mi family intercepted his batch of salt, it was equivalent to declaring the end of the war in the entire salt market.

"Poof!"

As soon as he thought that the Yan family's family business would be destroyed in his hands, the blood in his chest was rolling, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

The ancestors and ancestors, the descendants are not filial, and they can't keep the family business of the Yan family.

Yan Hong fainted to death.