After serving tea and pastries, all the shopkeepers present also knew the rules, and the next thing was to ask the host to speak, so the hall was quiet, Wang Fudong stood up, "Those who are qualified to come here today are all my Chuqiu business leaders, and this industry conference will be added as a host, please support more." ”

"The proprietor of the king deserves his name... The name is well deserved......" The vanity of the major shopkeepers present was greatly satisfied, and they echoed it, it is true that the Wang family has been worthy of being the head of Chuqiu Commercial Bank in terms of assets and qualifications over the years, and he is indeed the only one who is qualified to say this.

Wang Fudong was quite satisfied with everyone's reaction, but he was still a little lonely, thinking about the prosperity at the beginning, what can he count now, looking at the declining major business owners here, he sighed in his heart, if Chuqiu County wants to restore the situation of being a mother, I am afraid it is impossible, or it is time to move to Yingtianfu to develop another way, "There are two main things to gather everyone here today, one is to discuss with you about this year's livelihood, and the second is to ...... At the invitation of the He family, there is a big deal I want to do with you, if it is not bad, this transaction is enough to make a profit for several years. ”

"Proprietor Wang, what kind of business is it?" As soon as I heard that it was profitable, the eyes of the audience lit up.

Wang Fudong looked at He Mingsong beside him and said, "Let's ask Second Prince He to explain to you!" ”

As everyone's eyes focused on him, a smile unconsciously appeared on He Mingsong's face, this smile was fleeting, almost no one noticed, but this smile was very familiar to Fan Ming, he had also been in contact with many so-called princelings in the past, generally this smile contains this special meaning behind it, I saw He Mingsong stand up and glanced down, "What do you think of Yanwu?" ”

"Forbidden!" Everyone at the bottom suddenly took a breath of cool air, since ancient times, business has been dependent on the imperial decree, salt can be said to be the first-class commodity of the imperial court's forbidden materials, ordinary people dare not touch it, but I have to admit that the profits of salt are indeed amazing, how many people are planted in this salt business.

As soon as he heard the word forbidden, Fan Ming suddenly felt relieved, the so-called forbidden is monopolized by the government, and in a few cases or some areas, free trade is implemented, and the government only collects commercial taxes. More often than not, it was a commercial system under the control of the government, in which merchants had to use money, gold, silver, grain, and other items to purchase relevant banknotes, quotations, and other negotiable securities from the government, and go to designated places to withdraw goods; For example, merchants transport grain and wait until the border to exchange for money and quotation, and then sell and buy relevant commodities, which is called entering the middle, compromise, or folding the law; Merchants obtain or purchase relevant commodities from producers with money, quotation or direct use of money and goods, and then go through the formalities at the official office and pay various expenses, which is called the sticking method; If it is necessary to pay back money to withdraw the relevant goods, it is called the subsidy method; It is necessary to pay housing tax and passing tax, and the one-time settlement after the fact or at any time can be paid at any time, which can be generally referred to as the banknote introduction trade law. Villages, towns and cities often practice contracted sales by businessmen or wealthy households, which is called the buying method.

However, because the government monopoly and banknote introduction trade have been repeated many times, to the Zhenghe period (1112), tea and salt were fully implemented to introduce banknotes to trade, and the banknote law was stricter, and the tea cage and salt bag were sealed by the government-run contract field, salt warehouse, and salt field, which also had the opportunity to exploit loopholes, and the He family probably wanted to use this to make a profit, as for why they wanted to win over Chuqiu's merchants, there was only one reason, that is, the law does not blame the public.

No one spoke at the bottom, and they knew very well in their hearts, there must be risks if there was a return, Chuqiu County and the outside world business and trade had gradually cooled down over the years, and the sudden arrival of the He family in Bozhou was definitely not to send money to them, after all, the money was not so easy to earn, and finally one of the rather elderly bamboo and wood shopkeepers asked: "Dare to ask the second son of He, Chuqiu and Bozhou have not had any contact for several years, why did you think of us at this time?" ”

"yes, yes!" All the shopkeepers echoed in unison, like a sudden drop of a pie from the sky, some people rejoiced, and more people were cautious in their hearts.

He Mingsong turned the jasper ring on his finger, smiled, and said, "I heard that the merchants in Chuqiu County were all gutsless, but today I saw that it was true. ”

"Second Prince He, how do you say this?" He Mingsong's words were obviously scolded by everyone present, but although everyone was angry, they didn't dare to react, after all, the owner of this place, Wang Fudong, didn't have any reaction yet.

"My He family has established a business in Bozhou for more than one generation or two generations, since Taizong has been walking in the land of the three mansions of Jingdong, what can stand for nearly a hundred years depends on, it is nothing more than a vision, two is courage, the most important thing for the way of business is these two things, in my opinion, you don't even see a little bit."

Suddenly, a young shopkeeper stood up at the end, "You...... He Er Gongzi, don't be too deceitful. The young shopkeeper's bloody appearance made Fan Ming shake his head for a while, it is indeed not the material for doing business, can't you see that this is a radical method.

This Second Prince He smiled weirdly, "You don't have to be impatient, He Moufang just spoke too much, please forgive me." He Mingsong said sorry, but there was no apology on his face, and then said: "There is news in my family that a new law will be promulgated this year, the city is easy to promulate, and the power is low, and the price is level, so the law of prohibition must also be changed, so our opportunity has come." ”

I have to admit that He Mingsong does have two brushes, in the end, he is a child trained by the merchant family, language incitement, psychological attack and defense, the necessary qualities of these businessmen have reached a considerable level, with He Mingsong's explanation, the expressions of everyone present have also changed a lot, from a little annoyance to some doubts and then to a light eye, the change in mentality is naturally self-evident.

He also knew about the Ichi-Yi Law, which roughly meant that the government would fund 1 million yuan to set up a "Ichi-e-ji" (Ichi-e-ji) in Tokyo, and buy unsalable goods from traders at a low price, and then sell them when the market was out of stock. At the same time, loans were issued to the vendors, with the property as collateral, and five or more people insured each other, and the interest was paid at two cents per year. It is used to suppress the effect of mergers and monopolies (similar to a mixture of bureaucracy and modern commercial banks).

Fan Ming also felt a sense of relief in his heart at this time, firstly, he determined the certainty of the matter of hoarding salt goods, and secondly, perhaps the entire Chuqiu County should participate with the merchants of Bozhou and even the surrounding Sanfu land, so it is not difficult to think of the key to the friction between Wang Zhi County and Bu County.