Chapter 779: The Merchant Gang (Page 1/1)

The status of merchants has been synonymous with lowliness since ancient times, but this is not the time, especially in this provincial city where the power of merchants replaced the imperial court, merchants have become the emperors of the land here.

Huizhou merchants and Zhejiang merchants are famous chambers of commerce since ancient times, in this golden age, they are developing rapidly, the provincial capital this prosperous place seems to have their place.

The two fat men with fat heads and big ears followed the county order, and while they were looking at Zhu Yihai, Zhu Yihai was also looking at the two of them. After a brief silence, the prefectural magistrate acted as an intermediary and introduced the two sides to each other.

The slightly older fat man is the leader of the Hui merchants, Ling Dake. The younger one is Lai Jiaxing, the helper of Zhejiang merchants, and after the two introduced Zhu Yihai, the prince, in the county order, they both bowed their hands and bowed: "See the prince." ”

There was no bowing ceremony, just bowing, the two of them were just a small businessman, but they were so rude to a prince. Zhu Yihai hasn't said anything yet, but Qing Huaiwu, a great general, can't help but express his expression.

I saw him get up suddenly, then pulled out the saber at his waist, and shouted: "Bold." ”

Qing Huaiwu's voice, the guards in the hall immediately followed, the sound of the knife out of the sheath sounded, the guards with big shoulders and round waists were even more fierce and abnormal, and they rushed up directly to surround the two, and the saber reflecting the cold light was already on the necks of the two, as long as the two dared to have abnormal actions, it was guaranteed that the heads would fall to the ground immediately.

Lai Jiaxing and Ling Dake were both taken aback, this dismount came too suddenly, and it seemed to be real. Feeling the cold blade on their necks, the two of them had absolutely no doubt that if they really annoyed the prince in front of them, the big knife on their necks would really kill them.

Ling Dake tried his best to suppress the trembling in his heart and make himself look calmer, and then said to Zhu Yihai in as calm a tone as possible: "Lord Wang, why is this?" ”

Zhu Yihai drank the tea leisurely with the teacup, ignoring Ling Dake at all, but Qing Huaiwu snorted coldly: "Be bold and make a fool of the people, when you see the prince, you don't kneel, who gave you the courage." ”

Ling Dake and Lai Jiaxing came over suddenly, but they were in the provincial capital, and they never knelt down to any official family. This is to show that their merchants have a special status in the provincial capital, and there has never been such a rule.

There were also vassal kings in the provincial capital, but after the defeat of the imperial court, they disappeared, and the provincial capital has always been jointly governed by these merchants. Ling Dake and Lai Jiaxing were silent for a while, struggling in their hearts whether to make an exception.

In the end, it was Ling Dake, who was very interesting, and for the sake of his own life, he took the lead in kneeling down under pressure. And Lai Jiaxing saw that Ling Dake was kneeling, so he had no choice but to follow.

Ling Dake and Lai Jiaxing have already succumbed, and Zhu Yihai's goal of getting off the horse has been achieved, so he naturally can't kill people directly. At this time, he smiled, put down the tea cup in his hand, and said with a smile: "Gang Master Ling, Gang Master Lai, although this king has just arrived today, he has also heard about some things in the provincial capital. But today this king wants to tell you that the world is not the king's land, and you will not be allowed to trample on it, and there is no place for you to scatter wild in the Ming Dynasty. ”

The strong words directly made Ling Dake and Lai Jiaxing face to face, it was the first time they had heard such remarks in the provincial capital for so many years. After being surprised, Ling Dake's face changed, he hesitated for a long time, and then replied: "What the prince said is extremely true, the grass people are reckless and ignorant, and I hope that the prince can open the net." ”

Judging the situation is a necessary skill for businessmen, and the knife is on the neck in front of him, and then debating with Zhu Yihai, it is obviously impossible to live with his own life, Ling Dake wisely chose to avoid the edge for the time being. Anyway, how to do things in the future, naturally there are people above to reason with Zhu Yihai, and they came here this time just to explore the tone of others.

Ling Dake has already succumbed, and Lai Jiaxing is naturally no exception, the two of them are unlucky to be here and humiliated like this. Although I was very angry in my heart, I didn't dare to say more.

shocked the two, and Zhu Yihai didn't give them a good face, after all, he came here this time to seize the provincial capital. According to Huang Degong, this provincial capital is very prosperous, and in order to develop, it must have enough money and food to support it. This is also the reason why Zhu Yihai chose the provincial city as his first goal.

sent Ling Dake and Lai Jiaxing away, Zhu Yihai was not polite, and directly ordered Qing Huaiwu and Huang Degong to lead the troops to clear all the forces of the two major merchant gangs out of Foshan City. With Zhu Yihai's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and Huang Degong's Sihe merchant gang as the internal response, this matter is not troublesome.

It was cleaned up that night, and there was no resistance from it, and the Hui Merchants Gang and the Zhejiang Merchants Gang who were cleared out rushed to the provincial capital overnight. Obviously, when they knew that they were invincible, they all chose to forbear, and then settle accounts with Zhu Yihai with all their men and horses in the future.

After clearing the two major forces, only Zhu Yihai was left in Foshan City, and Huang Degong's Sihe Merchant Gang also jumped to the throne of the first chamber of commerce in Foshan in one fell swoop. Huang Degong is also knowledgeable, and he gave Zhu Yihai all the money and property confiscated from the two major chambers of commerce, and the mansions of the two major business gangs were directly vacated for the outside army to move in. In this way, he solved his previous promise, which is a double win.

Although it has become the first chamber of commerce in Foshan City, Huang Degong was not happy about this meeting, but he was a little worried. After finishing things that night, he found Zhu Yihai to discuss.

"Lord Wang, the provincial city has the Chamber of Commerce as the leader, but there is a reason for him. Without the help of Huizhou merchants and Zhejiang merchants, our future trade in Foshan City will definitely be greatly reduced. Huang Degong said worriedly.

Why is that? Aren't you the biggest merchant now? What else can't you do? Three questions in a row show that Zhu Yihai is very dissatisfied with Huang Degong.

In the final analysis, Zhu Yihai does not understand business matters, and his thinking is still at the level of the previous imperial court. Therefore, I almost completely do not understand what Huang Degong said just now.

Huang Degong seemed to have expected Zhu Yihai to have such a reaction, but he was not in a hurry, and explained: "The prince doesn't know, now that the troubled times are in power, this land trade and the transportation of goods have to go by water. Zhejiang merchants and Huizhou merchants can be famous all over the world, not in vain, their ancestors have been operating for generations of business is the foundation of their foothold. ”

Zhu Yihai frowned when he heard this: "You mean, today's trade has to be transported from waterways?" ”

Huang Degong nodded and said, "Exactly, and we have no advantage in the waterway at all." What's worse is that almost all the inland rivers and waterways are owned by a few major merchant gangs, while most of the maritime trade routes are now in the hands of the Japanese invaders. ”

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