Since Steward Kang returned to Pingyang Mansion, from Shanxi to Xuanfu, Dajingshi, Beizhili, and even the distant Jiangnan Prefectures have begun to be unpeaceful.

From time to time, homicides occur.

Wherever there is a murder, there will inevitably be a tragic business war.

When there is a business war, the happiest people are the local people.

Because things like salt and grain that don't drop in price, the price has been reduced for the first time.

The people who don't know why still think that the sun is coming out in the west.

The hardest hit was Fan's business, which was hit all over again from south to north.

If it is only like this, it will not achieve the purpose of Wang Zezhi at all.

Wang Zezhi not only had to stir up the contradictions between the various wealthy merchants and the Fan family, but also intensified the contradictions between them.

Let them have a big brawl.

When they do business, they inevitably have to open branches on other people's territory.

Running to other places to do business will naturally lead to some contradictions.

As long as Wang Zezhi sent someone to make a slight move, these wealthy businessmen, who were originally profit-oriented, would immediately fry the pot.

Kang's attack on Fan's business on his own turf soon spread from Shanxi to all parts of Daming.

Suddenly, one day, Cao's store in Pingyang Mansion was attacked by a splasher, and the store was smashed into a mess.

The first thing the head of the Cao family thought of was that the Kang family was crazy, but at this time, a guy in their Cao family's shop died on his own turf.

The point is, they still died behind the house of Kang's salt shop.

The shopkeeper of Kang's salt shop was speechless, so he just apologized.

The Cao family has died a person on his own territory, where can he just forget it.

As a result, the Cao family began to crack down on Kang's business.

The Kang clan was originally dealing with the Fan clan in Pingyang Mansion, but suddenly and inexplicably attacked by the Cao clan.

Kang couldn't swallow this breath and began to fight back.

However, on the territory of the Cao family, they are not at home, and they have suffered heavy losses for a while.

At this moment, the Qu family and the Hou family, who were watching from the sidelines, felt that it was profitable, and suddenly began to exert their efforts to embezzle the business of the Kang family and the Cao family.

As the saying goes, an emaciated camel is bigger than a horse.

Driven by interests, the Kang family and the Cao family, who were originally fighting for life and death, suddenly joined forces and dealt a bloody blow to the business of the Qu family and the Hou family.

Qu and Hou stole chickens and rice, and were pecked by chickens.

How could they swallow this breath, so they joined forces with the Chang clan, the Wang clan, and the Zhao clan to start a counterattack against the Kang clan and the Cao clan.

As the saying goes, ants bite elephants to death.

No matter how strong the Kang clan and the Cao clan are, they can't withstand the siege of so many wealthy merchants.

At this time, Kang and Cao thought of Fan, who was far away in Yangzhou.

Even if they messed up all the Fan's business in Shanxi, it would be nothing to Fan.

After all, Fan's has opened up his wealth and does business all over the world.

In addition to operating the salt industry in Hedong and Changlu, they also monopolized the market for valuable medicinal materials such as ginseng in Liaodong.

There are no eternal enemies among merchants, only eternal interests.

So the Kang family and the Cao family began to send people to contact the Fan family who was far away in Yangzhou.

It wasn't until more than a month later that they learned that all the people they sent out to contact the Fan family had died on the road.

When Fan Ming, who was hiding in the mansion in Yangzhou, received the news that the Kang family, the Qu family, the Hou family, the Chang family, the Wang family, the Li family, the Zhao family and other wealthy businessmen collectively targeted him.

I didn't come up in one breath and died on the spot.

As soon as Fan Ming died, the Fan Mansion was in chaos.

The Fan family was leaderless, and his descendants began to fight for the last remaining family property of the Fan family.

The Fan Mansion that took the lead in the trouble this time has collapsed, and the wealthy businessmen who followed him will naturally no longer be able to become the climate.

As the saying goes, the sandpiper and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit, and taking advantage of this opportunity, the Jiangnan branch of the Chamber of Commerce was reopened and continued to expand.

Chongzhen three years, mid-June.

Datong House, General Military Administration.

"My lord, there are a lot of corners in the targets undertaken by several big members, you see, are we doing it?"

Wang Shan looked at the shocking data in his hand and reported.

"Don't worry, think about it, they still have the pledge silver in our hands, right?"

"Yes."

"On top of that, they have to support a lot of people, pay their wages, and take care of their food, right?"

"Yes."

"If we find that the stone bricks used to repair the city have become adobe bricks and do not meet the specifications, we can ask them to rebuild for free according to the winning contract, right?"

"Yes."

"In this way, their construction period will be extended, and they will have to continue to pay their wages and take care of their food, so that the people will not only have food to eat, but also earn silver, right?"

"Yes and no."

"Oh? What do you think, let's hear it. ”

"Although it is indeed stated in the winning contract that if the quality is not up to standard, it must be rebuilt free of charge, but if they refuse to rebuild and run away, we will have to pay for it ourselves."

"Hey, the businessmen are very profitable, they have bet 50% of the project money in our hands, if they don't do it, we can swallow their pledge openly.

Then use their pledge to re-tender, of course, we must have a loss, but this loss is nothing at all.

The most important point is that the people have work, food, and money.

Do you understand? ”

Wang Zezhi explained to Wang Shan.

Wang Flash blinked his eyes and nodded as if he didn't understand.

In his opinion, isn't doing business about making money?

How could Zhenbei be willing to post money.

"I know what you're thinking, take a long-term view, only when the people get rich, can we become truly strong."

Wang Shan's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"My lord means that he hides the wealth from the people."

"That's right."

"However, they can't be allowed to use such materials to repair the city, such a city is repaired, and it is impossible to defend against the enemy."

"It's not terrible if the city is destroyed, the city can be rebuilt if it's gone, but it's terrible that the people are gone."

"Your Excellency, do you mean that it will be terrible if people's hearts are gone?"

"More than that, if all the people are dead, what's the use of asking for a city?

You can think a little more openly, and don't always limit yourself to the gains and losses of one city and one pool. ”

Wang Shan's eyes widened, and he thought about it, but he couldn't come up with a reason for thinking about it for a long time.

With his vision and thoughts, he can't think that far.

"Let's talk about the Jiangnan branch."

"My lord is really clever, this time the branches in Jiangnan have not only opened, but their business has a tendency to get bigger and bigger."

"Well, this crusade has captured a lot of loot, and you can send those mink, ginseng and other goods to various branches in Jiangnan for them to sell.

The money earned does not need to be handed over, and the business is expanded on the spot.

Grain, cotton, salt, cloth, coal, bamboo and wood, tea, tung oil, lacquer, medicinal herbs, koji wine and other goods, each semicolon must be involved.

A semicolon is the equivalent of a small chamber of commerce.

This money can't be earned by our family, we have to pull the local squires and other small businessmen into the family, develop into members, and everyone earns together. ”

Wang Shan was shocked, as if a new door had been opened.

"What the adults mean is to let the branch open a small chamber of commerce, and bring those small and medium-sized businessmen and gentry in to fight against the wealthy businessmen and gentry from all over the world."

"You're very savvy."

"The adult has won the prize, and the subordinates will go to do this."

"Go ahead."

Wang Shan's chest rose and fell violently, and he couldn't wait to go down to do something.