There is no such thing as a free dinner party in the world, and those who have a little bit of knowledge understand this truth, not to mention the five major Jin merchants who have done business to such an extent.

The interests involved in the generations of hairpins are too great, if they are really eaten for nothing, the other four Jin merchants will suspect that there is some conspiracy in their hearts.

The Fan family is going to take some things from the hands of the four Jin merchants next, so that they can rest assured and test their bottom line at the same time.

The eldest son of the Fan family looked around at the eldest son of the four major Jin merchants, and said lightly: "I heard that Brother Tian Xian has an outer room, and it is said that she is the third female jinshi in the flower case. ”

If this sentence is put on someone else, it will definitely start up with the case, the hatred of killing the father and taking the hatred of the wife, the Fan family is obviously trying to take away the beloved concubine of the Tian family.

The son of the Tian family just put down the official kiln teacup in his hand, without a trace of annoyance, and said indifferently: "Brother Fan is interested in the female jinshi who is ranked at the top of the list. ”

"In a few days, I will go to redeem this female jinshi, and it will be delivered to Brother Fan's house at the end of next month at the latest."

The Fan family was not surprised that the Tian family was able to endure it to this point.

If he didn't have this heart, he wouldn't have become the leader of the young generation of the Eight Great Jin Merchants back then.

The businessmen who can do business to the level of the eight Jin merchants, none of them are good characters, and the young generation who have worked hard to cultivate dare not say that they are the talents of the scholars, but none of them are mediocre talents who do nothing.

Of course, there was an exception in the past, he, who was called the talent of the younger generation of Hu Lian by the five major Jin merchants, was a mediocre talent in the eyes of the older and younger generations of the eight Jin merchants in the past.

The Fan family saw the bottom line of the Tian family, and then they were going to test the bottom line of the other three families, and said indifferently: "I heard that Brother Wang Xian is going to take out 50,000 taels of silver to donate a champion to pave the way for himself to officially enter the officialdom." ”

The son of the Tian family has already begun to express his position, and the eldest son of the other three Jin merchants cannot pretend to be deaf and dumb, so as not to cause misunderstanding among the Fan family.

In the past, there were two families surnamed Wang among the eight Jin merchants, one was Wang Dengku, who had already broken his family, and the other was Wang Dayu.

The eldest son of Wang Dayu's family stood up and arched his hand: "Several high-ranking officials from Shanxi within the Donglin Party want to find a champion for Shanxi, but the amount of cash needed is too large, and ordinary Jin merchants really don't have this family business. ”

"I've been in a dilemma in the past, who will become the champion of this Ming Dynasty, and now it seems that Brother Fan is the most suitable person."

The Fan family had heard about this for a long time, but how could he participate in it before, but now, the other four Jin merchants directly gave up the competition and gave it to the Fan family.

Everything stems from the fact that the Fan family mastered the papermaking workshop in the capital, which is equivalent to mastering the public opinion in the capital, and the other four Jin merchants had to make concessions.

The Fan family tried out the bottom line of the Tian family and the Wang family, and then they had to test the bottom line of the other two, or through the first two tests, they roughly understood where the real bottom line of the other four Jin merchants was.

Next, it is said that it is to test the biggest bottom line of the other four major Jin merchants, but it is better to say that half of the purpose of mastering the paper workshop is for the next thing.

The Fan family's son picked up the official kiln teacup and took a sip gently, as if drinking a sip of fine wine, and said with a light smile: "Because of the incident at the coal washing plant and the current paper workshop, the Fan family's industry is almost impossible to meet the qualifications of the eight major Jin merchants. ”

"I wonder if you can recommend some ways to make money."

When this sentence fell, the son of the Tian family suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly, put down the official kiln teacup in his hand, and stopped drinking tea.

The prince still looked harmless with a smile, but the moment he heard the way to make money, his pupils shrank slightly.

The Jin family's son, the Liang family, glanced at each other, and sighed slightly in their hearts, they didn't expect the Fan family's plan to be so big.

Things have come to this point, and the other four Jin merchants want to be hairpins in the Great Qing Kingdom for generations, so they can only rely on the Fan family's snort.

The two stood up and arched their hands together and said, "I am going to open up Mao Wenlong's Phi Island trade route recently. ”

"There has always been a lack of a leader, and it seems that the candidate for this leader is none other than Brother Fan."

Phi Island Business Road.

The fingers of the Fan family holding the official kiln teacup couldn't help but tremble.

The eldest son of the Tian family, the Wang family, the Jin family, the Liang family, and other four Jin merchants wanted to reopen the Phi Island trade route, he had long been clear, and he couldn't help but tremble when he heard it with his own ears.

The Fan family knew very well how much silver could be earned by this maritime trade route, which was counted in terms of gold mountains.

At that time, Mao Wenlong, the general soldier of Pingliao, only collected some city taxes, and earned enough silver to support the consumption of tens of thousands of troops.

The merchants who traded with the Great Qing Kingdom on this trade route did not know how much silver they would earn, and the Fan family did not know how much silver they could earn without walking this trade route, but the Fan family who had been in business for many years could estimate the approximate amount.

This is a maritime trade route, using those flat sand ships to transport large quantities of commercial goods, where is comparable to the caravan, but also to minimize fire consumption.

Flower case female jinshi, Ming champion Yuanlang, the leader of Phi Island business.

The Fan family almost couldn't hold back their laughter, but fortunately there were still people in the hall, otherwise they would definitely go against their father's teachings and look up to the sky and laugh.

After the Fan family mastered the papermaking workshop, beauty, power, gold and silver were really at their fingertips.

Especially in the matter of Phi Dao Business Road, the Fan family did not expect that he could be the leader at all.

Since Yuan Chonghuan's death, the resumption of the Phi Dao trade route has also been a state affair that the Qing Kingdom has been planning.

There is no shortage of food in the Qing Dynasty now, but copper, iron, sulfur, saltpeter, and other things used to make weapons and artillery are very scarce.

Copper, iron, sulfur, saltpeter belong to the ore are relatively heavy, completely with the help of the caravan to the Manchu Qing Dynasty not only the amount is relatively small, but also the fire consumption is very large, the price can be five or six times after being transported to the Qing Dynasty.

The resumption of the Phi Dao trade road is different, not only can transport large quantities of copper, iron saltpeter, but also greatly reduce fire consumption.

The Jin merchants could earn more, and the Manchus could also buy these military baggage for the destruction of the Ming Dynasty in large quantities at lower prices.

It was none other than Fan Wencheng, the first contributor to the founding of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who strongly advocated the reopening of the Phi Dao trade route, and as a Han Chinese, he was well aware of the advantages of shipping by sea, so he would try his best to promote this event.

At this time, he was on the Phoenix Tower in Shengjing City, talking with the Manchu Emperor Huang Taiji.

The Phoenix Tower is located at the north head of the Chongzheng Hall of the Manchu Dynasty's Jinluan Palace, and is built on a tall three-story blue brick staircase.

Three drops of water rest mountain style corridor, the top of the pavilion is paved with yellow glazed tiles, and the eaves corner is inlaid with green trimming.

It looks very magnificent, but every time I see that the base of the Phoenix Tower is a green brick, Huang Taiji is very dissatisfied, and I think that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty should use gold bricks instead of green bricks.