At the beginning, Guo Dan helped Xu Jirong to create the "Three Musketeers", which is the predecessor of the five guns, which was really a good intention, at that time he did not expect that there would be today, he can only say that good intentions have good rewards, today's five guns are very important for Guo Dan, it can be said that it is the hub of Guo Dan's entire plan, if there are no five guns, Guo Dan has to spend several times the energy of the plan.

Now the scale of the five guns is already very large, and after Guo Dan takes over, he will not go to a small business, and it will be directly promoted by capital.

Now the private printing workshops in the capital have all been purchased by the five guns, basically very smoothly, without encountering any obstacles, this is mainly because the private printing workshop, itself is not very profitable, and the purchase price of the five guns is very considerable, plus the five guns have been the printer's remuneration to speculate, their small business is also difficult to afford, simply sell all to the five guns.

And Guo Dan's original intention was actually to acquire talents, those printing workshops could not pose the slightest threat to the five guns, he only wanted technology.

Although he himself doesn't know anything about technology, it is really hard for him to invent glass and muskets, but he knows how to use capital to obtain technology, and promote the progress of technology.

Guo Dan doesn't need to do everything himself like before, he just tells them what he wants, but he just specially told Guan Xiaojie, don't cut corners below the neck, this is a wedding painting, don't make it look like a photo album, that's smashing your own signboard.

After Guan Xiaojie listened, he decided to take charge of the Marseille side, his enlightenment is peerless, it is a nun series, a serious painting, he really can't.

So, Guo Dan arranged for Zhu Lizhi and the old team of the Three Musketeers to be responsible for the wedding painting, and Guan Xiaojie and the other painters to be responsible for the Marseille side.

As for Xu Jirong's house, it has been a long time since he had five guns, he has fallen into the pit he dug, and he is practicing his family in his own ranch every day.

He has already entered the play, and others have joined the play, especially after Li Shouqi and them.

Originally, after these generals, they have all begun to degenerate, or prefer the liberal arts, but this time the competition aroused their fighting spirit, remembering that their ancestors were riding on horseback with Taizu, fighting in the south and in the north, creating the Ming Dynasty, everything can be lost, and riding a horse can not lose.

And over there, after Chen Ping easily got the second payment, he worked harder, the racecourse is one day at a time, and the speed of construction is very fast.

Everything seems to be going very well, but that's only on the surface, making money is the least likely thing to be smooth sailing, in short, why do you make this money, no one in the world is short of money.

The Yanagi family.

"Grandpa, the people of the Jiang family came to look for their grandson."

"The Jiang family?"

Liu Zongcheng frowned and said, "What are they doing when they come to you?" ”

Liu Chengbian said: "Don't we still have a batch of timber in our hands, and they hope to buy our timber." ”

"Wood?"

Liu Zongcheng frowned, and suddenly his old eyes widened: "Could it be that they are planning to take advantage of the transaction between Guo Dan and Chen Ping to speculate on the price of wood, and then make a profit from it." ”

Liu Chengbian nodded and said: "It should be, when they talked to their grandson, they also hinted at their grandson, and let our Liu family join forces with them to deal with Guo Dan." ”

Liu Zongcheng asked, "Have you investigated this matter?" ”

Liu Chengbian said: "Sun Er just sent someone to inquire, but they are very hidden this time, and they can't find anything at present." ”

Liu Zongcheng nodded slightly and said, "It seems that this time, the four major tooth lines are going to be ruthless to Guo Dan." ”

Liu Chengbian said: "Grandpa, grandson also thinks this is a great opportunity, Guo Dan is now contracting the pasture of the imperial court, and in front of the Manchu Dynasty, he made a promise that once he can't complete it on time, then he will even lose his life, and no matter how high the price is, he will have to buy it." ”

Liu Zongcheng was silent, and after a while, he nodded slightly: "This is indeed an excellent opportunity, there is a way, the snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits." ”

Liu Chengbian was stunned for a moment and said, "What does grandpa mean?" ”

Liu Zongcheng said with a smile: "Change, how many times has grandpa told you, we have only one purpose in doing business, that is, to make money, and we must not be rash, although Guo Dan has made our Liu family lose face several times, but rather than retaliating against Guo Dan, the old man is more willing to make more money." ”

Liu Chengbian said: "Sun Er is definitely not willful, Sun Er just thinks that compared to this profit, Guo Dan is a greater threat to us." ”

Liu Zongcheng said: "It is not the Kou family that bullies us at most, but the four official teeth, but you think this is a matter of course, so you don't think that once the Kou family falls, then we will become a thorn in their side, of course, Guo Dan is too strong, and it is not good for us, so this time we have to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and eat a bite of meat when it is delivered to our mouths." You go to Jiang's house and say that we have our own plans for that batch of timber, and we can't sell it to them, but we will never sell it to Guo Dan. ”

Liu Chengbian groaned for a moment and said, "Grandpa wants to wait until they start competing before releasing that batch of wood." ”

Liu Zongcheng glanced at him approvingly, and said with a smile: "I think the price of this wood can at least double." ”

.....．

East Plant.

"The villain Huang Xiong is the governor."

"The villain Cai Jin sees the governor."

"Excuse me!"

Zhang Whale took a sip of the teacup, slowly put down the teacup, looked at the two middle-aged men in front of him, and said, "Why did you two come together today, is something wrong?" ”

This Huang Xiong and Cai Jin are not small, the two of them control the entire capital inside and outside, including nearly seventy percent of the gambling houses in Tongzhou, they are definitely at the level of gambling kings, they can do this, but they can't do it without a backer behind them, Zhang Whale is their big backer.

Cai Jin glanced at Huang Xiong, and Huang Xiong said: "Du Du, the villain came here this time to find Du Du to save his life." ”

Zhang Whale frowned and said, "Help? Who wants to harm you? ”

"Who else can there be, it's that Guo Dan."

Cai Jin said with a depressed face: "Dudu, as soon as this Marseille opens, our business will definitely be affected." ”

Zhang Whale said: "This is not the same thing at all, how can it be so exaggerated, you don't have to worry too much." ”

Huang Xiong immediately said: "Governor, there is only so much money in everyone's money bag, if everyone goes to gamble on horses, then there will be no money to come to play with us." ”

Cai Jin said aggrievedly: "Du Du Mingjian, the villain is not afraid of him Guo Dan, the villain just thinks that this is too unfair, everyone is gambling, why is he legitimate, our business will be unseemly, which makes us unable to compete with him, if we continue like this, we can only wait for death." ”

Zhang Jing frowned, feeling that what they said was not unreasonable, an industry of the same nature, one can see the light, the other can see the light, and the one cannot see the light, how can it not compete to see the light, and said: "This matter is not as simple as you imagined. ”

Now as long as he meets Guo Dan, Zhang Whale is very depressed, he is the governor of Dongchang, everyone is afraid, but he can't do anything to Guo Dan, because he knows in his heart that the emperor has hundreds of thousands of taels in Guo Dan's hands, which makes him always have some concerns.

Huang Xiong and Cai Jin looked at each other, and Huang Xiong said again: "To deal with a small tooth merchant, the villain will not dare to make a move, as long as the governor nods, we have our own way to deal with Guo Dan." ”

Zhang Whale asked, "What way?" ”

Huang Xiong said: "It's not a villain who is arrogant, when it comes to this gambling, he Guo Dan is not, when we opened the gambling shop, he didn't know where it was." I've looked at his Marseille system, and it's full of loopholes, as long as we can get two or three horses in a race, then we can manipulate Marseille and make money in the prize pool. ”

Cai Jin sneered: "Guo Dan never imagined that he took the trouble to hold this Marseille to make money for us. ”

Zhang Whale's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said in his heart, anyway, His Majesty earns a handling fee, and the money in this prize pool is the same for anyone, if he really collapses Marseille, then he can only blame himself for not thinking it through, but I can't blame me. He thought for a while, and then smiled: "You can do this by yourself." ”

Huang Xiong and Cai Jin were all happy, because Guo Dan's Marseille had a background in the imperial court, and if Zhang Whale nodded, they would not dare to act rashly.

.....

Chen.

"My nephew is so busy now, how can I have time to come here."

When Chen Fangyuan saw Guo Dan's sudden arrival, he was happy and curious.

Guo smiled lightly: "Uncle Chen, don't forget, we still have a cooperative relationship, can I not come." How was the investigation that was asked of you last time? ”

"It's all been investigated, you wait a minute."

Chen Fangyuan immediately took out a pile of materials from the bookcase on the side, handed it to Guo Dan, and said: "This is the information of some big silk villages in the capital at present, of which sixty percent are controlled by the princes and nobles in the court, as well as those big families, and only they have such a large land to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms, two percent are controlled by the official teeth, and the remaining two percent are in the hands of our merchants." ”

Guo Dan listened while taking the information and looking at it carefully.

In a few moments, he finished reading, pressed one hand on the material, and was silent in thought.

Chen Fangyuan sat aside in a daze, not daring to disturb Guo Dan.

After a while, Guo Dan suddenly said: "You have 30,000 taels of goods written on it, and they will arrive in the capital within this year, is this news accurate?" ”

"Absolutely."

Chen Fangyuan said: "You told your nephew last time, and I also specially asked Xiaodong to confirm again and again, these 30,000 taels of goods were all transported to the capital by wealthy merchants in Jiangnan to sell." ”

Guo Dan said: "After these goods arrive in the capital, do they have to go through the hands of the official teeth first?" ”

Chen Fangyuan nodded and said: "Of course, this is a private transaction, if there is no official formalities, the goods will not be able to enter the capital." ”

Guo Dan nodded.

Chen Fangyuan asked, "Virtuous nephew, why are you investigating these?" ”

Guo Dan was stunned and wrote lightly: "I just want Uncle Chen to put on flower clothes." ”

Chen Fangyuan was stunned, and then said: "Virtuous nephew, don't make fun of Uncle Chen, what kind of floral clothes do I wear at my age, besides, there are restrictions in the imperial court, we businessmen can only wear cloth clothes, not flower clothes." ”

Guo Dan just smiled.