Chapter 284: The Battle of the Salt Merchants V

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Luoshui He family.

Luoshui refers to the Luoshui River, the reason why it is called the Luoshui He family, is because the He family's mansion lives in the Luoshui River, which is a building boat, a three-story building boat, moored on the Luoshui River for many years.

The upper floor of the building, this is a large cabin, the decoration is very elegant, the bamboo mat is spread on the ground, the calligraphy and painting are hung around, the incense burner in the middle is burned, and the light smoke is curling, shrouded in it.

"Childe, Jingping Commercial Bank proposes a profit distribution of five or five openings!" He Yu, the head of the He family, knelt on the left side and saluted respectfully to the young man sitting in front of the central desk.

"Five-five?"

This is a personable son, wearing a blue brocade robe, wearing a jade crown, about 20 years old, with a handsome face and a broad bearing, which makes people feel like a spring breeze.

Hearing this, he squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "It seems that Jingping Commercial Bank is determined to move Luoyang Salt City, which is a bit unexpected to us, I thought that after they were beaten by Fang Shao, they would let go and withdraw their troops, but now it seems that they have the determination to fight to the death!" ”

"Childe ......"

"Promise them!" The blue-robed boy said calmly.

"Childe, the situation is different now, why don't we withdraw first!"

He Yu hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "I still had some expectations before, but after the Fang family and the Yan family join forces, the Luoyang Salt City will be controlled by them, I don't think Jingping Commercial Bank can shake the Luoyang Salt City!" ”

"Uncle, first, we have already formed an alliance, and it is despicable to abandon the alliance halfway, and second, this matter has just begun, and it is not yet the end, who is ahead and who is behind, don't decide friendship!"

The blue-robed boy shook his head: "And this Jingping Commercial Bank is not simple!" ”

He had checked this business firm and was very curious about their operation in Nanyang, especially the Jingping Exchange established by Wuyin, which gave him an urge to dig deeper.

When He Yu heard this, he immediately fell silent and thought about it quietly, although he still didn't approve of it, but he had always trusted Childe's words, so he didn't say anything anymore.

"Uncle, how many salt merchants can you win over now?" The blue-robed boy asked.

"At most, there are more than ten or so households!"

He Yu said: "We have been based in Luoyang for less than five years, when we opened the market with low-cost salt, we have gained a firm foothold in the way of loss-making sales, and we have not made much money for five consecutive years. ”

"Over the years, in order to be able to stand firm in Luoyang, I have done a lot of things, from grain, cloth, ore, iron, war horses...... In all aspects, the gap was finally opened in the salt market, but after all these years, there has not been much progress, and now there is a great opportunity to not move, and I am unwilling! ”

The blue-robed boy's eyes burst with a glittering light.

"But the strength of Jingping Commercial Bank is too weak......"

He Yu also wanted to advise.

The blue-robed boy said: "Uncle, this battle is imperative, even if we are defeated, I don't want this part of the family business in Luoyang at most, I have been a businessman for 200 years, and I have accumulated countless wealth, and I can afford to lose this bit of wealth accumulated in Luoyang Salt City, so I will withdraw from Luoyang all of them, but some opportunities will never go back." ”

He continued to add: "It is rumored that behind Jingping Commercial Bank is the Ming Hou Shizi, and behind the Ming Hou Shizi is the Taifu Mansion, and the Mu Taifu is now in power, if it can be connected to the line, it is also a good thing!" ”

"Childe isn't thinking about it?"

He Yu frowned, he was not very sensitive to political matters, but he had a keen sense that it might not be a good thing to be mixed in.

"Actually, after we formed an alliance with Jingping Commercial Bank before, I had already ordered 8,000 stone of salt from the East China Sea, plus 10,000 gold!" The blue-robed boy said faintly: "I don't do useless work!" ”

"It seems that Childe has decided to fight this battle!"

He Yu suddenly understood the determination of the blue-robed son, and he bowed his head: "The subordinates should follow the son's decision, please ask the son to command!" ”

"Wait!"

The blue-robed boy said calmly: "Even if I want to fight, I also want to know how capable my ally is, if Jingping Commercial Bank can't even hold on to the beginning, why should I make a move!" ”

"Got it!"

He Yu nodded: "I will keep a firm eye on the trend of Yanshi!" ”

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Salt is the necessities of life, this is not only seasoning, but also a kind of nutrition, salt deficiency life, is a deformed growth, so the use of salt is a must for every family, especially the people of Luoyang City, the general standard of living is basically close to the stage of food and clothing, the use of salt is more common.

The price of salt is naturally a matter of concern to every household.

"Today's salt price has been raised again!"

"Well, this day is over!"

"I could have bought a tael of salt before, but now I can't even buy half a tael!"

"What, 17,000 yuan a stone, then it will cost 1,700 yuan to buy a bucket, and I can only buy half a bucket with this money at most!"

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Open the door to do business, buying and selling is inevitable, there is a sale, there is buying, the price of selling, the price of buying, is the foundation of the business war, and the price of salt began to continue to stretch up when several families competed for the market.

Now it has been raised to a unit price of 17,000 yuan per stone, which has been the highest salt price in the past 30 years in Luoyang.

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The Liu family in the east of the city is also one of the salt merchants in Luoyang.

The salt shop of the Liu family is spread all over the eastern city of Luoyang, and the salt market in the east of Luoyang is dominant, and its influence in the salt market covers the whole city, and the family in the north of the city is an ally in common advance and retreat.

The head of the Liu family is Liu Geng, a middle-aged man in his early forties.

Liu Geng's face at this moment was melancholy, and his expression seemed to be dripping water: "What is the situation today?" ”

Since yesterday, the salt in the store under his name began to be frantically snapped up, not a big deal, but the retail investors have accumulated a lot, constantly consuming inventory, if it is the case on weekdays, he is naturally happy to see it, and doing business is to want a good business.

But in this situation, he began to worry.

"Head of the house, today is even crazier than yesterday!"

In the main hall, more than ten shopkeepers of the Liu family gathered together, and one of the shopkeepers arched his hand and said: "In one morning, our store in Qingshui has sold eighty-seven buckets!" ”

Salt is counted in buckets, and ten buckets are one stone.

Eighty-seven buckets, nearly nine stones, this is just a shop, there are at least more than 20 salt shops under the command of the He family, which consumes it, and the Liu family can't hold on for long with the salt stored in the Liu family.

"Didn't I say it, the big buying and selling are suspended, and the caravan buying is suspended!" Liu Geng's face was gloomy.

"The head of the family, they are all bought by some ordinary people, and the portion is not much, half a bucket and a bucket!"

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly: "The people who came in and out today are almost stepping on the threshold of the store!" ”

"Family master, it seems that it is aimed at our Liu family!"

Another shopkeeper said in a deep voice.

"Jingping Firm!"

Liu Geng gritted his teeth: "It seems that they are immortal if they don't reach the Yellow River!" ”

In recent years, the world's businessmen have not been worth one or two people staring at the Luoyang market, and the salt market is not calm, for example, there were only four big families in the salt market a few years ago, but the Luoshui He family entered strongly and divided a part of the market.

Now Jingping Commercial Bank is going to enter the salt market strongly, it is not a secret, in this case, it is natural to join forces to strike, there is nothing to discuss, before the Fang family also took the lead, taught Jingping Commercial Bank a lesson, copied Jingping Commercial Bank from behind, not only forced several salt shops of Jingping Commercial Bank to close their doors, but also ate a lot of wealth of Jingping Commercial Bank.

I thought that Jingping Commercial Bank would retreat in the face of difficulties.

I didn't expect Jingping Commercial Bank to be so bold, and after being exposed, it did not converge, but took the initiative to attack.

"Family master, they seem to be deliberately targeting us, I checked, this situation is limited to our Liu family's salt shop, we must deal with it as soon as possible!"

A shopkeeper stood up and said, "With the current warehouse of our Liu family, if it continues, it will not last for three days, and we will have no salt to sell at that time!" ”

The market pays attention to personal relationships, you have opened a salt shop for more than ten years, accumulated a lot of customer relationships, many people are willing to come to you to buy salt, but suddenly you have no salt to sell, you will inevitably suffer from the loss of customers.

opened a salt shop, and didn't even have to buy salt, so he had to close his doors.

Once this happens, Liu's salt shop will inevitably lose its status among the salt merchants, and even if they use more money in the future, it will be impossible for them to return to the salt market in the east of Luoyang City.

"Liu Yu, when will the salt merchants in Jiangdong be able to bring the goods to Luoyang?" Liu Geng asked.

"The head of the family, now that Guanzhong has been covered with heavy snow, the road in Yanzhou, Yuzhou is not easy to walk, I'm afraid it will be ......"

One of the Liu family's stewards shook his head.

"Head of the house, we can restrict purchases!" Someone whispered.

"No way!"

Someone soon retorted: "In this way, outsiders must think that our Liu's salt shop is out of salt, and there will be a loss of buyers at that time, and even some caravans in the north that cooperate with us will think that we have no strength to sell salt!" ”

"But this is better than being forced to list it for sale in the end!"

"The head of the family, in fact, you can borrow it!"

Someone else spoke up and proposed: "It's not like we haven't borrowed before, as long as we get through the difficulties, we can double the payment!" ”

"I'm afraid that now the people's hearts are bright, and no one is willing to save salt in their hands to help our Liu family!"

When many people heard this, they couldn't help but smile bitterly, businessmen have always been looked down upon, valuing profit over righteousness, resulting in a kind of atmosphere in the market, interests first, but there is not much friendship.

"It's not realistic to limit purchases, and I don't want to take this step unless I have to!"

Liu Geng stood up: "I'll go to the Fang family to see if I can borrow a batch of salt from the Fang family, and you can also go to the various salt merchants in the east of the city to see if you can borrow it!" ”

"No!"

The shopkeepers gave up their orders.

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