Regarding this Senate, Guan Beidou has already prepared a draft. And the topic he chose should have been to pour out the troops of the Nankang waterway, led by Pang Qingshan, the general of the Worry Liberation Army, to invade Ludong on a large scale and reap the fruits of the victory of Diting's hard work. According to his overall idea of forbidding the army, the Nankang naval army should quickly move north along the coastline and strangle the two port cities of Weijin and Dengzhou; The infantry army led by the Worry Relief Army crossed the river and went north along the way, first went down to Ludong Jishui City, and then backhanded to destroy Chen Ziling at the end of the strong crossbow, and finally Pang Qingshan led the army to capture Yanjing, and the first battle was settled!

There is no such thing as unwarranted assistance, no fool who can only get in and out, and no businessman can accept a profitless business. The so-called "losing money and making money, treating others more and helping others" and the like are just the rivers and lakes of the businessmen and sellers.

Therefore, whether Qin Yan went to war and whether Mobei invaded the south, it seems that these chaebol merchants of the Nankang Dynasty can't fight at all; But if there is really no profit to speak of, who wants to give a free lunch to others?

The word alms and merchants are always opposite.

If a war can be used to defeat the monopoly system of "official sales and official matching" of the Northern Yan Dynasty, then the tobacco, wine, sugar, tea, salt, iron and spices of the Southern Kang Dynasty can pour into the north of the Huajiang River without restrictions; Only by occupying more than seventy percent of the cultivated land can the grain merchants in Nankang manipulate the prices of grain and cultivated land at will.

Those imported goods that have crossed the sea, and the things in the hands of the wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen, although the profits are very high, the market space is very shallow. But the four words of clothing, food, housing and transportation are eternal themes that no one can escape. It is the "soft knife" of exploitation and the "silk shackles" of slavery.

If the halo of wealth fades, then the mountains of gold and silver, the sea of jewels and jade, are just beautiful stones; The seemingly lofty court is the same. The dragon chair that makes the princes of the world flock to it, if it fades the right to control the wealth of the world, it is just a good-looking chair.

What is mediocre and unreasonable, what is expropriating and tyrannical, it is just the morality shouted out and the banner that is played. Only sufficient profits and wealth can pry open the hearts of Nankang people.

The poison of wealth is the hibiscus ointment belonging to the people of Nankang.

The reason why the plan to provoke the Huayu war was able to be carried out smoothly and unimpeded; In the final analysis, it is still limited by population and resources. The Nankang Dynasty, whose profits had long been carved up by the pioneers, could no longer satisfy the rising nouveau riche, let alone cover up the false prosperity that had been lost outside the gold and jade; The only hope is to expand aggressively!

A larger population means a wider market and more "soft slaves"; The land will never grow gold on its own, and only a sufficient population can give birth to more wealth.

Businessmen are profit-seeking by nature, so what's the problem with provoking a war for profit?

If Di Ting is an idealist who acts in an extreme way; Then the four major merchant gangs of the Presbyterian Church are pragmatic through and through. It stands to reason that these two groups should be incompatible rivals; It's just that when it comes to dealing with the Northern Yan Dynasty, they are like thieves who have put their hands in the pockets of the same victim; Under the premise of taking what each needs from each other, an extremely short tacit agreement was reached.

But from now on, the "safety and painlessness" that Di Ting once promised has become a joke. Not to mention that the Northern Yan Dynasty, which "collapsed but did not fall, fell but did not rot", when it should bear the Qin army, it showed far more unity and tenacity than everyone imagined; Even a mere three roads in the north have failed to make breakthroughs!

The endless expenditure of materials and food is like a knife stuck in their hearts; Once the investment fails and there is no return, few people can afford such a high price! Even if it is possible to make a lot of money, it is a distant story of painting bread to satisfy hunger, and it has no practical significance.

In the final analysis, the Nankang people started this war because they wanted to feed themselves on the corpse of the Northern Yan Dynasty; But if the war situation continues to develop like this, then even Nankang's "fat body" will have to be put in to fill the hole!

Timely stop loss is a compulsory course for every businessman. It's not that they lack vision or patience; It's just that the "body bones" of many people can't last up to that day at all!

And in today's Senate meeting, the scheming Chen Qingtai used a "back fist", which accurately hit Guan Beidou's throat, and also directly knocked his "great plan" back into the abdomen. Leaving aside Guan Beidou, who was sulking at home, Chen Qingtai, who just said that he was asking for his life for the people and was in the limelight, was surrounded by many excited colleagues as soon as he stepped out of the door of the Senate!

The big guys poured Chen Qingtai into Huixianju like a starry moon, and this three-story restaurant was crowded. Even the carriages, horses and families outside the building blocked the three nearby streets densely, shaking the majesty all over Jiankang City!

"Old Chen, the world says that you are extremely wise and have no last resort; Before, I thought it was a proverb for those who smuggled horses, and I didn't take it to heart at all! But today, I can see the demeanor of Chen Lao with my own eyes, it can really be said that he uses his lips as a knife and words as a sword, and he kills the "old miscellaneous hair" and retreats, and he has become a saw-mouth gourd! It's really hearty and happy! ”

The person who opened his mouth to greet him was a man in the prime of his thirties, who was originally a member of the Hui Shang faction. Although this person seems to be flamboyant and brazen, he also has a great ambition in his heart: he wants to climb the big tree of Chen Qingtai, which is in the limelight, and use the external power of the Liangjiang business group to impact the Huizhou merchant gang that is deep in the "swamp of civil strife", so that it can be broken and reborn.

And the scheming Chen Qingtai also admires this "sycophant king". And he also understands that this son has great ambitions, and he is also willing to give him a favor, but not now.

"The shopkeeper of the king praised it falsely, and the old decay was only based on the truth and according to the law, and did not mean to target President Guan. Moreover, the first credit of today's Senate should not be recorded on the old decay...... Shopkeeper Huang, today's "top wine" is the glory you deserve! Come on, come on, the old man will personally fill the wine glass for you and talk about the heart! ”

In the recent period, because Guan Beidou strongly suppressed the Gusu Shang Gang, and Shen Ju was placed under house arrest in the Gusu Shen Mansion, those who tended to be inflammatory, did not buy the accounts of the Su merchants. Unexpectedly, yesterday, the chief butler of the Chen Mansion personally visited the door and sent a box of dried dates as a gift; And after Huang Jing solved this dumb riddle, he also carefully weighed the pros and cons in his heart.

When Di Ting did not interfere with the presbyterian meeting, the Liangjiang merchant group and the Gusu merchant gang were a pair of old enemies and sworn enemies; But now in the face of Guan Beidou, who is strongly involved, or the Diting Business Group, then the two of them can also become a relationship of common hatred! Thinking of this, Huang Jing, who knew that he was not eating inside and out, accepted the box of dried dates and returned a box of persimmons as a return gift.

Today, Huang Jing responded to the appointment to "take the lead in the charge" and shot the first arrow at Guan Beidou; And Chen Qingtai also reciprocated, and pulled the Gusu businessmen who had been excluded and isolated back to Nankangtai during the banquet.

"Hey...... The reason why Huang took a risk was that he was forced to the door of the ghost, so he had to speak out boldly and only seek self-preservation! Today, inheriting Elder Chen's wrong love, he will never dare to be ashamed of his "first prize"; But this glass of wine poured by Elder Chen still has to be drunk......"

After finishing speaking, Huang Jing raised his head and pulled down the contents of the cup, and there was a deafening cheer from Huixianju up and down......

In the middle of the night, Huang Jing, who was poured into the front of his clothes, was sent back by the subordinates of the Chen Mansion. Huang Jing came to Jiankang City from Gusu this time to "collect debts", and he was ready to fight for a long time, so Mrs. Huang also came to take care of the master's diet and daily life.

Hearing the sound of chaotic footsteps in the distance, Madame Huang immediately stood up from the bench outside the porter and hurried down the steps......

"Sir! Master! …… How much wine did he drink! Huang De, Huang De! Quickly call someone to help the old man enter the house, prepare water for bathing, boil a pot of ginger vinegar, and make a cup of tea......"

As soon as the people of the Chen Mansion saw that the wife of the family had come forward, they were ready to turn around and leave after saying goodbye; And the old housekeeper Huang De also hurriedly stepped forward, and one of them stuffed a silver ingot as a thank-you gift, and then closed the door of the mansion with his backhand, and called the big Zhouzi of the horse number, and ordered him to carefully patrol and guard around the courtyard wall.

When he was carried into the mansion by the family, Huang Jing kept pouring food scraps outward; But when the crowd stepped into the gate of the second courtyard, Huang Jing, who was full of alcohol, suddenly opened his eyes, shook off the support of the family, and walked into the main room with his wife.

A quarter of an hour later, Huang Jing, who had not yet subsided from the wine, closed his eyes and lay in a wooden barrel, while Madame Huang pinched his shoulders for him and whispered:

"Although it's fake drunk, the smell of alcohol on your body is too heavy, so you didn't drink less tonight, right?"

"Tsk, it's enough for three altars and nine brewing springs!"

"old ghost! You don't want to die with such a drink! Do you think you're still twenty or thirty years old? ”

"Hey, if I don't get myself drunk soon, I'll be the one who is unlucky tomorrow. Ay...... Our Huang family can have today, and we are greatly favored by the Shen family; I, Huang Jingda, don't have the ability, but at least I have to maintain the Gusu Merchant Gang for Cousin Cao. Madam, don't you know how powerful, doing business with Chen Qingtai, an old fox who has become a fine man, using his brains to play tricks, and tying ten of me together, he is not anyone's opponent. I can't do it, I'll just play this little trick of a scoundrel! Anyway, my Huang Jing is humble, and I can pull this old face to ......"

After listening to this, Mrs. Huang also felt the grievances and heroism of her husband, and she burst into tears in an instant, and she no longer counted him for not knowing self-love, but silently helped him wipe his back......

Boom!

A loud bang was heard, breaking the quiet night in an instant......