From the end of the examination to the release of the list of tributes, there are ten days in between (the latest chapter of the online game Gallop Fantasy). In other words, the Ministry of Rites will spend 10 days grading the papers. Song Zheng methodically arranged the negotiation between the trading house and the Jiangnan family, while keeping his eyes on the changes in the political situation.

The questions of the two exams of the Economic Examination and the Historical Theory Examination are so out of line that they have already caused an uproar (the latest chapter of the Allure Love Song). The common people don't understand the subtleties inside, but for the officials, the orientation of the test questions is too obvious, and they keep their eyes on the palace.

The strange thing is that the palace did not move, and Xiao Jun did not even go out of the door. Not only did Xiao Jun, but even Huang Yuandu did not move. Song Zheng only knew from Huang Yue that Huang Yuandu secretly went to the palace, and after he came back, he was at ease, and he didn't even ask about the exam questions.

Song Zheng knew the hardships. Although the test questions have implications, they are not explicitly stated. If Xiao Hui or Huang Yuanhua asked, it would prove the problem of the palace coup d'état at that time in disguise. If you don't ask, the officials will talk about it behind their backs. It's not really asking, it's not asking.

In the meantime, Song Zheng naturally went to the palace and revealed the exam questions to the little emperor by talking about his examination experience. I saw that the little emperor's face was gloomy, but in the end he didn't say anything. At the age of the little emperor, with his mind, he can naturally guess the cat behind the fire in the palace back then, and he no longer believes that it was an ordinary fire like when he was a child.

As a result, the political situation in Daqi has entered a delicate state, and everyone knows the problems on the exam questions, but no one takes the initiative to talk about it in public.

Song Zheng had a bad premonition, and always felt that there was a hand secretly directing this matter, otherwise Guo Xingjia alone would never be able to risk the world's condemnation so much. Since that hand is going to speak on the exam questions, it will definitely not "stop at the beginning", and there will definitely be some big moves.

On the evening of the ninth day of the first month of November, one day before the opening of the Gongshi list, Huang Yue summoned Song Zheng and Lu Chun to Xu Mingxuan to discuss the latest progress of the negotiations.

"Xiaolang, it seems to be in trouble now." Before he sat down, Huang Yue couldn't wait to say it.

"What's the trouble?"

"Something happened to the Bao family." Huang Yue said anxiously.

It turned out that on the fourth day of the first month of November, Huang Yue rushed to Yangzhou to discuss with Bao Zhiqing about borrowing money. How do you know that Bao Zhiqing, an old fox, can see the stakes at a glance. Although he was not in Jiangning, he had a deep understanding of what happened in Jiangning (the latest chapter of Emperor Ping). It was pointed out on the spot that Huang Yue wanted the Bao family to fight with all the Jiangnan people, and wanted to put the Bao family to death.

Just when Huang Yue was a little at a loss, Mu Yi interjected in time, saying that Huang Yue came to the Bao family, and Xiangye knew. Bao Zhiqing realized this and agreed to consider the matter.

Just today, Bao Zhiqing sent a letter to Huang Yue and put forward conditions, that is, the Bao family, the Ji family, the Dong family, the Xu family, the Wei family and other nine families jointly invested to buy the disposal rights of the local branches of the commercial and trade bank, and after the operation of the local branches, the commercial and trade bank will be given 10% of the dividends every year. What the trading bank needs to do is to dispatch experienced personnel to assist in the construction of local branches according to the model of the trading bank.

"These big families have joined forces and want to eat us." Xu Mingxuan also sank his face.

"That is, at that time, only this Jiangning City and Shandong Road belong to our trading house, and the other Daqi Nine Roads will be divided by these big families. One by one thinks very beautifully, and a family just eats us all the way. Xu Mingxuan also said angrily.

Song Zheng smiled coldly, "These big families have stood for so many years, naturally there are no stupid people. The key to their conditions is to let us send someone to help them build a semicolon, not the 10% dividend. ”

Lu Chun knew the most about business, and soon understood what Song Zheng meant. Xiao Lang is right, the business and trade bank was founded by mutual agreement between Xiao Lang and his father, and in the past two years, he has accumulated a lot of experience, and various rules and regulations have matured. The purpose of these big families is to use the 10% dividend to buy all our experience and management methods. This is exactly what they lack, and it is also one of the reasons why they dare not set up another trading house casually, and it is not only because of the name of 'Ejian'. ”

"There's another great thing!" Song Zheng squinted his eyes and said, "I bet that as long as the commercial and trade houses in various places are established, these guys will definitely try to deal with our commercial and trade houses in Jiangning and Shandong Road, as long as the supply of goods is strangled to death, the Shandong Road side may barely be able to operate, but the head office here in Jiangning City will definitely die!" ”

Huang Yue and the others all gasped, they didn't expect this.

"Xiaolang, it's really possible what you said. Don't look at the supply of Jiangning's side now, but they can be cut off at any time (the latest chapter of Shared Valentine 2). At that time, our business will exist in name only. Xu Mingxuan clenched his fists and said.

Xiao Lang stood up and paced around the room. Everyone else looks at me, I look at you, and they don't dare to squeak, for fear of disturbing Song Zheng's train of thought. After a while, Song Zheng suddenly asked, "Eldest son, have you ever talked to Xiangye about business and trade?" ”

"That's it. According to what you said, I told my father about the two strategies we discussed that night, and after thinking about it, he just said, 'I know,' and said nothing else. Since my father did not explicitly agree, when I talked to Bao Zhiqing, I did not say that my father knew about it. If he hadn't been forced into a corner by Old Man Bao, Mu Yi would not have carried his father out. ”

Song Zheng nodded. Although Huang Yuandu did not express his position, Song Zheng knew that Huang Yuandu still supported this matter, otherwise, Huang Yue would be clearly stopped. It can be seen that Huang Yuandu also hopes to have a means to control the Jiangnan big family, unlike now, where he is under the control of the big family.

"Mingxuan, where are you?"

"Oh, that letter was presented two days ago. However, there is still no news. I'm worried that the Queen Mother will suppress the folds, or directly reprimand them, even if it goes to the Holy Side, the Holy One will not be able to put pen to paper. ”

"Well, you don't have to worry about that for now." Song Zheng waved his hand. On the little emperor's side, he still has to think of a way. Now I have to go to the Queen Mother Huang Jiao's side first. Under normal circumstances, Huang Jiao only replies on very important folds, and if it is not important, it will all go to the little emperor's side. Whether this letter will be cut off by Huang Jiao, Song Zheng is not sure.

The current situation is obvious, Huang Yuandu secretly supports the business and trade bank, but he is not so resolute. On the one hand, Huang Yuandu didn't want to fall out with the Jiangnan family, and on the other hand, Huang Yuandu's energy must be focused on the turmoil caused by the exam questions. After all, the latter is the number one priority.

"Xiaolang, you've asked so much, you have an idea." Huang Yue was a little anxious.

"Panic what!" Song Zheng glared at him, "Now that the Bao family and everyone else have reached an agreement behind their backs, no matter what we do, we are facing the Jiangnan clan as a whole (what is the end of love)." They are in concert and have joined forces to attack us. Hmph, it's a beautiful idea! Is there no way to really bully me, Song Xiaolang? ”

"What's the way, Xiaolang say it quickly!" Huang Yue was so nervous that he even swung his fist.

"Eldest prince, Ming Xuan, Lu Chun, this time, I want you to go out at the same time!"

"Okay!" The three of them replied in unison, like warriors obeying the charge.

"You have gone to the steward of Kaibao Qian Zhuang to discuss the acquisition or shareholding." Song Zheng sneered, "This was originally a move I was going to make in the future, but now that I take it out, it is enough to deter them." ”

Huang Yue and the three of them looked at each other, unable to figure out what Song Zheng meant.

"The most important thing for the flow of goods in our trading house is the silver ticket. At present, Jiangning Commercial and Trade Bank is using the silver ticket of Chase Bank. On the other side of Shandong Road, the power of Chase Money is not so big, so it is mixed with cash silver and the silver tickets of several money banks. Originally, if I raised enough money, I would set up my own bank and completely leave Chase Bank behind. That is to say, wherever our semicolon goes, our silver bank will open. ”

Huang Yue frowned and said, "But we don't have that much money now." It is estimated that the opening of branches in various places is still dominated by the silver ticket transactions of Chase Bank. ”

"yes. If our trading house is large enough and strong enough, we can suddenly stipulate that all goods are traded in cash. At that time, the run alone will be enough to kill Chase Money. ”

Xu Mingxuan and the three of them glanced at each other, he really didn't expect that Song Zheng would have such ruthless methods.

"Now we don't have that much power. Therefore, I want the three of you to go out now, negotiate with the shopkeeper of Kaibao Bank, and invest in Kaibao Bank. The conditions should be raised higher, but not too high, and 30 percent should be set. ”

"Will they agree?" Huang Yue was a little skeptical.

Lu Chun woke up, turned his face and smiled, "You didn't understand what Xiaolang meant (the latest chapter of the Silent Storm of the Anti-Japanese Beacon Fire)." Xiaolang's move is also a false shot. Scare your uncle. Otherwise, why use the three of us to go out together. ”

Huang Yue suddenly realized, and couldn't help laughing.

"Not exactly!" Song Zheng waved his hand and said, "The headquarters of Kaibao Qianzhuang is in Tokyo (Kaifeng), and its power is concentrated north of the Yangtze River. Originally, Kaibao Qianzhuang was a joint venture between the military forces that accompanied Taizu to the south. However, limited to the period of Taizu Taizong, it was necessary to extensively rely on the power of everyone in Jiangnan, so Kaibao Qianzhuang did not develop to the south. I guess they should have had an agreement with everyone in Jiangnan at the beginning. But now it is different, the boundary between the north and south of the Yangtze River is not so obvious, so many years, with the stability of Daqi, many Jiangnan clans have extended their power to the north of the Yangtze River, and even Datong Qianzhuang has also opened to Shandong Road. Therefore, it is not a big deal for Kaibao Qianzhuang to go south. ”

Song Zheng took a sip of tea and continued, "If everyone in Jiangnan doesn't let go, I really plan to cooperate with Kaibao Qianzhuang, first gain a firm foothold in Jiangbei, and then slowly go south." Even we can cooperate with the military, and the border gates, garrison camps in various places, the annual demand for supplies is astronomical, and if these materials are purchased through commercial and trade houses, our rise will not be too slow. Cooperation with the military is also another backup tool for me, although it is difficult, but it is not impossible. ”

"Xiaolang, I really didn't expect that although you don't care much about the affairs of the business and trade house, you have thought so much about the business and trade house!" Lu Chun couldn't help but sigh.

"That's, who is Xiaolang! That's our backbone. If there is no major event in the business and trade house, it is enough, and if there is a major event, Xiaolang must be at the helm. Huang Yue stretched out his thumb to Song Zheng, "I think your name of 'chic Yixiaolang' has to be changed to 'ancient Yixiaolang'." Isn't it, Brother Zheng? ”

"Nonsense!" Song Zheng scolded with a smile, "Do you want me to be scolded to death by the world?" You do the specific things, I'm just a master and come up with ideas. ”

Everyone "cut" in unison.

"Alright, alright, let's get down to business!" Song Zheng waved his hand and said, "Although you are going out at the same time, you can't talk about it together, it seems that we can't wait (Yu Ningling)." In this way, the eldest prince first said hello, then Mingxuan came forward, and finally Lu Chun came forward as the young proprietor of the business house. As for the Jiangnan clan, there is no need to respond to them first. ”

"Okay, just what Xiaolang said, I'll find someone to say hello tomorrow." Huang Yue clapped his hands and said.

The big thing was decided, and everyone ate for a while, and the time was already up. Lu Chun and Huang Yue left one after another, Huang Yue returned to his house, and Lu Chun went to a trading house not far away. Something so big happened, Lu Chun naturally wanted to report to his father Lu Dafu.

Song Zheng was dragged by Xu Mingxuan and left alone. Just when she was confused, Tang Wan came out, and before Song Zheng could speak, she fell to her knees all of a sudden.

bluffed Song Zheng hurriedly dodged away, "Sister-in-law, if you get up and say something, I don't dare to accept such a big gift." Mingxuan, let my sister-in-law get up! ”

Unexpectedly, Xu Mingxuan also knelt on the ground and couldn't pull up. Song Zheng couldn't help but sink his face, "Mingxuan, you and my brother, if you do this, then you will really be out of sight." ”

Xu Mingxuan hugged his fists and said, "Xiaolang, if it weren't for you, I would still be living in Licheng in a mess, how can I go to this day with Wan'er, you deserve to be our husband and wife." ”

Song Zheng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "If this is the only thing, Mingxuan, you are wrong." Since they are brothers, it is appropriate to help each other. The boy had gold under his knees. Kneel to the sky, kneel to the ground, and kneel to parents in the middle. You did this, you obviously didn't treat me Song Zheng as a brother! Do you have to force me to walk away? I don't even have to be a brother in the future? ”

Seeing this, Xu Mingxuan pulled Tang Wan. Tang Wan also got up and bowed his head silently.

Song Zheng glanced at her, "If I'm not mistaken, Mrs. Sister-in-law is still for the Tang family's case back then?" ”

Tang Wan raised his head and said with tears in his eyes, "The slave family has long heard that Song Gongzi is wiser than Zhuge and it is true." Please also have mercy on the son, and show snow for my Tang family. Tang Wan knotted the grass ring to repay the son! Speaking of this, Tang Wan had to kneel down again. ~

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