The three days passed quickly.

In Jingping Commercial Bank, Zhang Heng waited quietly for news, he had to confirm the attitude of the He family before he could play the second move, this battle was imperative, no matter what position the He family stood on, it could not change the strategic deployment of Jingping Commercial Bank.

"Report to the shopkeeper, the letter sent by the He family!"

At noon, outside the mansion, a guard brought up a secret letter.

Zhang Heng opened the vermilion lacquer and looked at it, his tense face gradually relaxed, and the corners of his mouth raised a slight smile: "You are greedy!" ”

There are only three words on it, four or six open.

It means that this battle is over, Jingping Commercial Bank will gain sixty percent of the profits, and the He family will divide forty percent of the interests.

"Good!"

Zhang Heng replied, just one word, and then asked people to send it to He's house.

After getting the He family's consent, Jingping Commercial Bank began to attack from all sides.

"Within half a month, I want to store 8,000 salt, and the price of salt must go up to 15,000, everyone, go!" Zhang Heng ordered domineeringly.

"No!"

Jingping Commercial Bank had been preparing for a battle for a long time, and completely left the curtain.

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Time was silent, and gradually entered December of the first year of Guangxi.

In the cold winter, heavy snow covers the sky.

Under the cover of ice and snow, Luoyang City seems to be calm, but there are undercurrents everywhere, and for businessmen, they pay more attention to the salt price in the market recently, and the salt price in Luoyang is controlled by several major salt merchants, and it has been very calm, and the rise and fall are not very obvious.

But recently there has been an accident.

I don't know what force secretly made a strong move, and within a month, the price of salt in Luoyang suddenly soared, from seven or eight thousand dollars per stone at the beginning, to now, it has risen by about thirteen thousand and one stone.

This huge increase has made many salt merchants start to become a little crazy, and many people see the benefits, but they can't see the risks behind the benefits.

"It seems that this year's salt market is going to make a lot of money!"

"Tun Salt!"

"It's a cold winter month, and it's even more troublesome to transport salt, if it continues to rise from now on, it can rise to at least 18,100!"

"Tell all the shops to stock up on salt!"

Many salt merchants began to go crazy with salt.

Of course, there are also some discerning salt merchants who see the dangers of unusual salt price fluctuations and begin to worry.

"Does anyone want to dominate the salt market in Luoyang?"

"Who is so bold to forcibly raise the price of salt under the noses of several major salt merchants!"

"Why is the price of salt fluctuating so highly?"

The cautious salt merchants began to deal with it cautiously, not daring to stock salt on a large scale, nor daring to put the salt in their hands too quickly.

In the west of the city, in the middle of a large mansion.

Yan Mansion.

The Yan family is one of the representatives of the salt merchants, based in Luoyang for nearly a hundred years, has been selling salt and buying salt, and the assets are also quite rich, not only in the salt market, but also in the Luoyang businessmen.

The head of the Yan family is a sixty-year-old man, Yan Hong, Yan Changping.

At this moment, Yan Hong was kneeling in the hall, looking carefully at the account book in his hand, this was the account of the Yan family's salt shop within a month, he looked at it very carefully, sometimes frowning, sometimes squinting, but his expression was always calm.

"Father, the price of salt has risen to 13,005 yuan a stone today, but it is still in short supply, and some of them must buy salt with a large amount!" It was Yan Hong's eldest son who spoke, Yan Feng, Yan Zhengdao, he was in his early forties, with a square face and a bit of a foolish temperament, and he was the big shopkeeper of the Yan family's salt shop.

"Jedo, who do you think is buying salt in large quantities?"

Yan Hong closed the account book, raised his head, looked at his eldest son, and asked in a harmonious voice.

"Father, this person's high-profile purchase of salt is nothing more than wanting to buy salt, and if he has enough salt, he will naturally be able to control the entire salt market, this is to want a single family, have such courage, and be not afraid of the salt market's counterattack, not necessarily an outsider, outsiders don't know about the salt market in Luoyang, even if they have the heart, it is difficult to gather such financial resources to kill in, I suspect that it is a person from Luoyang Salt City!" Yan Feng said in a deep voice.

"Luoyang is the imperial capital, Luoyang Salt Market connects the upper and lower levels, collects the salt of the east and west, and can be used for the Northern Desert, this market is incredible, some people dare to swallow it in one bite!" Yan Hong squinted his eyes, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

The salt market in Luoyang is not simple, not only to supply salt to millions of people in Luoyang, but also to the north and the state, the salt of the entire northwest region, how many caravans go south, stop at Luoyang, and buy salt from Luoyang to go north.

Yan Hong understood the size of this market, so he was surprised.

"Dad, the most important thing in this world is ambition!"

Yan Hong's second son, Yan Yong stood on the right side, and only after hearing Yan Hong's words did he speak: "Luoyang Salt City is controlled by the five of us, even our Yan family has the ambition to dominate the Salt City, which one doesn't want to dominate the Luoyang Salt Market, it is not surprising that someone will do it!" ”

"Which one do you think?" Yan Hong pondered for a while and asked.

"The Yao family and we have always advanced and retreated together!"

Yan Feng thought for a while and said, "The foundation of the Luoshui He family is unstable, there is a weak heart, and if you can do it, I think it's either the Fang family or the Liu family!" ”

Luoyang salt merchants, no less than 100 households, but the ability to do it is the five masters who control the market, in addition to their Yanfu in the west of the city, the Yao family in the south of the city and they are in-laws, but also allies, together for many years, has already been prosperous, it should be impossible, as for the Luoshui He family, although this newly rising salt merchant has stood firm in the Luoyang market with the huge salt source behind it, but no matter the influence or market share, it is not enough to provoke a battle, and only the north of the city and the Liu family in the east of the city are the most suspicious.

"Dad, we have been fighting with the Fang family for so many years, once they become bigger, they will inevitably attack us, we can't sit still!" Yan Yong walked up and said in a low voice.

"How much salt do we have in our salt warehouse!"

"Less than 800 stones!"

"Eight hundred stones?"

Yan Hong's pupils changed color slightly, and this share could easily cause a shortage of stock, resulting in a loss of market share: "When will Xichuan deliver salt!" ”

"It's snowing now, and it's hard to walk on Shu Road!"

Yan Feng said: "The third child has been gone for more than a month, but there is still no news, I am afraid that before the end of the year, I may not be able to come back!" ”

The source of goods behind the Yan family comes from the salt merchants in Xichuan.

"Tun!" Yan Hong resolutely ordered: "Start with the Fang family and the Liu family, grab the salt in the market, mobilize our caravan to the Northern Desert, buy it in the name of the Northern Desert, and take their inventory!" ”

"No!"

Yan Feng and Yan Yong surrendered their orders.

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In the north of Luoyang City, in the northwest corner, the west side of the palace gate of the North Palace is about a mile or so, not far from a street, there is a rather elegant mansion, Fang Mansion.

The Fang family is also a representative of the Ruyang salt merchants.

The helm of the Fang family is a young man in his early thirties, Fang Shao, Fang Boming.

Fang Shao was very tall and strong, if you look at it from the impression, he looks like a farmer hunting more than a merchant, but among the merchants in Luoyang City, he is the most dangerous person.

"Interesting!"

Fang Shao listened to the report of his henchman's shopkeeper on the recent situation of the shop, and a dangerous smile rose slightly on the corner of his mouth: "It seems that Luoyang Salt City has been calm for all these years, after all, someone can't hold it back!" ”

"Brother, it must be those bastards of the Yan family!" Fang Tao was a young man in his early twenties, as burly as his brother, and there was a trace of wildness on his body: "They want to eat our Fang family!" ”

"If you haven't checked it out, don't jump to conclusions!"

Fang Shao shook his head, a flash of wisdom flashed in his eyes: "Even if Old Man Yan has a heart, he can't ignore his own ability, with the ability of the Yan family, he can't eat this Yanyang Salt Market, and besides, some people won't let him be alone!" ”

They say that they are salt merchants, the scenery of the salt market, but after all, they are just some people's lackeys, without the permission of the people behind them, no one dares to easily move the market in Luoyang.

The people above will not let the family dominate.

It's not in their control.

Therefore, Fang Shao was very suspicious, if the Yan family did it, where did the Yan family get the confidence.

"The head of the family, it has been found out, the Northern Desert caravan that bought our eighty stone of salt yesterday was confirmed to be the Yan family's people, they did not leave Luoyang at all, although they went around outside the city, the salt still entered the salt warehouse of the Yan Mansion!"

A middle-aged man walked in and said in return.

"That's what I'll say!"

Fang Tao took the case: "It must be those bastards of the Yan family!" ”

"Annan, you continue to stare at the people of the Yan family!" Fang Shao squinted, a chill crossed the depths of his eyes, and said, "Try not to startle the snakes, find out their salt warehouse!" ”

"No!"

"Fang Suo!"

"Head of the house!" This is a scribe, in his thirties, with an elegant image, and has read some books, he can be regarded as a scholar and a member of the Fang family, but his status is still above Fang Shao's younger brother Fang Tao, and he is Fang Shao's most relied on right and left hand.

"Communicate this matter with the Liu family!" Fang Shao said with a smile.

"Got it!"

Fang Suo's eyes lit up and nodded.

He thought for a while and said, "What if the Liu family doesn't take the bait?" ”

"It doesn't matter if you take the bait or not!"

Fang Shao shook his head: "Just let them be on guard!" ”

He always felt that things were not so simple, so he didn't want to move so quickly, for fear that it would be a lose-lose situation and someone would benefit, so he planned to let the Liu family try the Yan family's movements.

Of course, it doesn't matter if the Liu family doesn't move, as long as they are wary, it will be difficult for the Yan family to continue to store salt.

"Big brother, aren't we tun?"

Fang Tao asked unwillingly.

"Don't worry!"

Fang Shao said in a deep voice: "It's better to look at this matter steadily!" ”

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Jingping Commercial Bank.

"The Yan family made a move?"

Zhang Heng was doing it cross-legged, reviewing the accounts in his hand, and when he heard a shopkeeper's report, the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "After all, I can't help it!" ”

"But the Fang family doesn't seem to have any intention of moving!"

Xu Chao was Zhang Heng's favorite general when he conquered the Wancheng business world, and he was also one of Zhang Heng's right and left hands, and he handed over his report: "The Yan family shot from all sides, and there was a lot of salt, and the price of salt was raised to about 15,000, but the Fang family didn't seem to have moved at all!" ”

"Head of the Fang family, Fang Shao!"

Zhang Heng squinted his eyes, and the information of the Fang family sounded in his mind, Fang Shao, this Nanning man who succeeded the head of the Fang family at the age of twelve and brought a declining Fang family back into the hands of salt merchants, is not a fuel-efficient lamp, it seems that he has to work harder.