On the cement road from Beijing to Tianjin, more than 10 four-wheeled carriages are very stable on the platform and open cement road, these more than 10 four-wheeled carriages are very luxurious, and the workmanship and decoration are also extremely exquisite, and even the horses that pull the carriage are the best horses from the grassland.

The horses of each four-wheeled carriage are the same color, either uniform white or uniform red, making these carriages suddenly the focus of the bustling and lively road, and the surrounding crowd is speculating about the big man who is going out.

In one of the carriages, the British Duke Zhang Mao, the Duke of Chengguo Zhu Fu, and Xu Guangzuo of the Dingguo Mansion sat together, and this four-wheeled carriage was larger, wider and more stable than the traditional carriage.

Walking on the cement road is very stable, and now it is becoming more and more popular, while riding the carriage, while inviting three or five friends on the carriage, drinking and chatting together, it is definitely the best way to pass the boring journey.

"I haven't been to Tianjin for a few months, but it's more prosperous and lively."

Xu Guangzuo lifted the curtains of the car window and saw people coming and going on the cement road, which was very lively, and then looked at the Tianjin New Town in the distance, where high-rise buildings rose from the ground, and there was a busy scene everywhere.

"Yes, I still think Tianjin is more energetic, tsk, this high-rise building has been built with seven or eight floors, and we can't build how high we can in Beijing."

Zhang Mao also sighed with emotion, Tianjin is now very popular cement and steel buildings, of course, this is also brought out by Tianjin Real Estate.

Tianjin Real Estate is a real estate company under Liu Jin, specializing in building houses for sale, in addition to the high-end atmosphere and high-grade communities such as Moon Bay, Tianjin Real Estate also began to learn from the next generation, and built some seven or eight storey commercial suites for sale.

The price of this kind of house is relatively low, a house only needs the price of a few dozen taels of silver, the supporting aspects are very complete, in addition to the elevator of the later generations, the tap water, toilets, and kitchens are very complete, although the area of a house is small, but it is complete, so it is also very popular now.

As soon as it was launched, it became immediately popular, and the profit was higher than that of a community like Moon Bay, so it has now become a new product promoted by Tianjin Real Estate.

Because Tianjin takes the lead, many people also see the profits of commercial housing, so many people also learn from Tianjin Real Estate to start developing this real estate, which in turn also drives the development of the entire Tianjin New Town.

"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Liu Jin are also preparing to learn Tianjin here in the capital and build a new city outside the capital, do you know this?"

Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu carefully looked at the Tianjin New Town in front of him, everything was neatly planned, spacious roads, clean streets, high-rise buildings on both sides, and busy shops on both sides, dense crowds, all of which were different from the capital side, looking very novel, making people feel full of vitality.

"I've heard about this too, and I'm about to find a time to ask Liu Jin, this kid won't take us with him if he's rich now, it seems that I have to find another time to introduce beautiful women to him."

Zhang Mao nodded, then touched his beard and said.

He has a reason for doing things now, that is, follow Liu Jin, and what Liu Jin does, he will follow, keeping and earning money.

"Ahem~"

Hearing Zhang Mao's words, Xu Guangzuo suddenly couldn't help coughing a few times, I am Liu Jin's brother-in-law, can you say this in front of me?

"This time he asked us to come to Tianjin, just take the opportunity to ask him, this to build a new city, the investment is all white taels of silver smashed into it, if you can't make money, wouldn't it be a heavy loss, it's better to ask clearly."

Zhu Fu thought for a while and said.

Since ancient times, the construction of new cities has been a very huge project, and generally only the imperial court can do it, and hundreds of thousands of ordinary people are often recruited to build the city.

The investment is huge.

If you don't use the power of the imperial court to build it, and you want to smash a new city purely on silver, the investment will be very terrifying.

Zhu Fu didn't dare to imagine how much silver was needed for the investment in this new city, and if he casually smashed a million taels of silver into it, it was estimated that he wouldn't even see a splash.

"Xu Guangzuo, you are also Liu Jin's brother-in-law, do you know what happened when he asked us to come to Tianjin this time?"

Zhang Mao nodded, then thought about it and asked Xu Guangzuo.

"Zhang Gong, I don't know, but since he asked us all to come together, most likely there must be some big project."

Xu Guangzuo thought for a while and said.

"This kid still has a little conscience~"

Zhang Mao nodded with satisfaction and said.

While the three were chatting, the carriage in which the three of them rode came to the door of Liu Jin's mansion, and Liu Jin, who learned the news, had also come to the door to greet him.

"Gong Zhang, Gong Zhu ~ Brother Xu ~"

Liu Jin greeted Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu, and Xu Guangzuo with a smile on his face.

"Stinky boy, do you have any plans to get rich?"

Zhang Mao suddenly put his arm around Liu Jin's shoulders and asked with squinted eyes.

Liu Jin came to them, it must be a good thing, and it is definitely something related to the root of making a fortune, here in Tianjin, the industry of several of them is very huge, there are a large number of fishing boats, daily money, and many sea boats, every month there are back and forth between the Japanese and North Korea, which can bring them millions of taels of silver every month.

"Everything can't be hidden from Zhang Gong~"

Liu Jin nodded with a smile and said.

"Haha, even if you kid has a conscience, it's not in vain that I will be your matchmaker."

Zhang Mao immediately became happy, his favorite thing is naturally to get rich, as the grandfather of the country, his old Zhang has no promotion, even if he is crowned king, it is only possible to be crowned king after death, so he has never thought about this aspect of things.

For him, only silver is the truest thing.

Under the leadership of Liu Jin, the three of them came to the living room, and Zhu Houzhao was already waiting with Erlang's legs crossed.

"I've seen His Highness~"

Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu, and Xu Guangzuo saw that Zhu Houzhao was also there, and hurriedly performed the etiquette of the monarch and minister, and then glanced at each other, and immediately laughed even more.

This deal seems to be very large, and Liu Jin called His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince participates in the transaction, it is definitely the most profitable business, which they know very well, such as the glass factory, sea trade, Miyun Proposal, Changlu Salt Farm, etc., these are the most profitable transactions.

"Excuse me, excuse me~"

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said very casually.

Then he looked at Liu Jin and said, "Lao Liu, everyone is here, if there is anything, hurry up." ”

"Good~"

Liu Jin nodded, thought about it for a while, and said slowly: "I called everyone over today, mainly because there are two things, the first thing is about the Changlu Salt Farm. ”

"During this period of time, those salt merchants in the south have been competing with us for the market, and you must also know that the price of salt has been reduced to more than ten yuan a catty, so the profits of our Changlu Salt Farm this year may decline sharply, and you shareholders must know in your hearts."

The investment in Changlu Salt Farm is very large, the major shareholders are Zhu Houzhao and Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu, and Xu Guangzuo are all small shareholders.

Now that he is competing with salt merchants for the market, the price is very low, and the profit will not be so much, Liu Jin feels that it is still necessary to take preventive shots with them, so that they can be psychologically prepared.

"We all know this, as long as we can kill these salt merchants, not to mention that profits will decline sharply, even if we lose money, we will already see that those salt merchants are unhappy."

When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately said very unhappily.

He also wanted to get involved in the salt business before, but even if he was the grandfather of the country, his hand couldn't get in, and it was no problem to take a small amount of salt from the salt field to make a little money.

But if you want to eat cake like those big salt merchants, it's impossible at all, he's a good grandfather, but in fact, he doesn't have much power at all, and the salt merchants are not afraid of him at all.

There are people behind the salt merchants, and they are all civil officials who hold real power in the court, although they do not have titles, but they hold real power and have the right to speak, so they don't like these nobles at all.

Even the most arrogant Zhang brothers, their hands can't get into the salt business, and this is where the salt merchant Niu Cha comes in.

Not to mention these nobles, even if Emperor Hongzhi wants to change the salt policy slightly, he will be met with countless opposition, if it weren't for Li Guang's case, holding pigtails towards a large number of courtiers in his hands, this private salt farm would not have been thought of passing.

The power of the salt merchants is definitely the most powerful force in this era, and it has even reached the point where even the imperial power cannot be shaken, to the point that they dare to start getting involved in the imperial power.

In front of such a huge force, of course, he can't insert it at all, so even if he knows that this salt is very profitable, he can only watch it with red eyes.

"Yes, as long as you can dig out their roots, it doesn't matter if you lose money now, isn't it just silver, just smash it."

Zhu Fu also nodded, and said very generously, now they are really very rich, and all the industries under their command have begun to have high returns, so that their pockets continue to swell, and this statement is also full of confidence.

"More than a dozen pounds of salt, we still have money to make, but it is not enough to lose money, but our profits will be affected in the short term, but after we defeat these salt merchants, we will raise the price appropriately, and our profits will also be very considerable."

Liu Jin looked at Zhang Mao and Zhu Fu, it seems that there were many conflicts with these salt merchants in the past, and most of them were red eyes and couldn't eat cakes.

After thinking about it, he said with a smile, Liu Jin's words also made the shareholders of Changlu Salt Farm present have a surge of confidence, they are actually the same as the salt merchants, they feel that the cost of this salt is very high, and it must be a loss to sell more than a dozen yuan a catty, and now there is still money to be made.

"Lao Liu, you can just let it go, it's best to kill all the salt merchants, hum~ I have long seen that they are unhappy, and they still wanted to rob our property last year, that is, my father was soft-hearted, if I did, I would have cut them all down a long time ago."

Zhu Houzhao also looked a little angry, thinking of last year's events, he was very angry, these salt merchants, Hui merchants and Jiangnan Shilin behind them were simply bold and dared to touch the imperial power.

According to Zhu Houzhao, these people should all be killed, but Emperor Hongzhi was still too soft-hearted, and only destroyed a few Hui Shang families headed by him, and punished some officials from Jiangnan.

"Yes~"

Liu Jin nodded hurriedly, what he wants is your words so that he can let go of his hands and feet to pit these salt merchants.

"Stinky boy, do you have any idea to trap those salt merchants?"

Zhang Mao looked at Liu Jin, thought for a while and asked.

"Actually, it's not my ghost idea, but they are looking for their own death."

"Now those salt merchants are buying salt from our Changlu salt field on a large scale, and they feel that our cost is very high, and now this price is losing money and making money."

"So on the one hand, they are constantly lowering the market price, constantly subsidizing the silver to the salt merchants under them, and on the other hand, they are also eating our salt on a large scale, thinking that if they buy a pound of salt from us, we will lose the corresponding money, and the more we sell, the more we will lose."

"How did they know that although we have to pay two million taels of silver and make profits to dealers every year, our cost is actually very low, very low, and a pound of salt is only a few pennies."

"The more they buy, the more we earn, and now there is a surplus of salt in the Changlu Salt Farm, and they just happened to buy it."

Liu Jin explained the current situation to everyone, and when he said this, the whole person couldn't help laughing.

After a few days of investigation and testing, Liu Jin is now sure that the salt merchants are using this method to overthrow the Changlu Salt Farm.

This is exactly in Liu Jin's hands, the output of Changlu Salt Farm is very terrifying, once it is fully operational, plus in the summer, the salt produced by this can definitely support all these salt merchants to death.

"Great, now we can take out all their money."

When Zhang Mao and the others heard this, they immediately laughed happily one by one.

"It's not so easy to hollow them out, and they're not stupid, and we still need to work hard to get them to keep paying for money, so then we have to do some superficial work every once in a while to make them feel like we're losing money, and it's a big loss, and we need to keep losing money."

"Only in this way can they keep throwing money in, and they can take out all their silver."

Liu Jin smiled and said, these salt merchants are all ghosts and ghosts, and it is not so easy to empty their silver, but Liu Jin can also create some illusions for them to see, so that they can keep taking out the silver, and the more silver they take, they will slowly fall deeper and deeper, and finally they will really get stuck in it, and they can't get out, they can only follow it to the end, and finally lose nothing.