Section 401 The apprehensive merchants
"Tell me, this time, that Zhang Chiyou, oh, no, Zhang Shizhong, what do you want to summon us here?" A middle-aged businessman dressed in Shu brocade squeezed into a small circle that seemed to have more than ten people and asked.
These people turned their heads and saw this person, they all smiled, arched their hands, and said, "It turned out to be He Gong......"
Yunyang Heshi is a new rise in Guanzhong in recent years, which mainly started in the silk weaving industry, and in just ten years, it has developed into a number of wealthy businessmen in Guanzhong.
Rumor has it that the He family had a close relationship with the mistress of Ganquan Palace.
Even the He family itself is just someone else's white glove.
This middle-aged wealthy businessman, although he is not the contemporary head of the Yunyang He family, is also the head of the He family.
It is said that there is also a chance to compete for the position of the future head of the He family.
Who dares not to give him face?
However, it is just to give some face.
After all, who can say for sure what is going on in the palace?
And now this majesty, how many years to live, no one can guess.
"He Gong also has a property in Xinfeng?" Someone asked curiously.
"Well......" The rich merchant surnamed He nodded reservedly: "Some time ago, I just bought fifteen acres of residential land on the periphery of the workshop, and planned to build a workshop and hire thirty or fifty workers, which can be regarded as a response to the ......edict of the Son of Heaven."
"He Gong is really generous, fifteen acres of homestead, I'm afraid there are more than 100 employees...... someone praised it.
"Don't dare, don't dare...... It's just that follow the trend, follow the trend......" The rich businessman surnamed He hurriedly became humble.
To be honest, the reason why a wealthy businessman like him chose to invest in Xinfeng is actually ......
It was purely forced to come and had to come.
At the beginning, Yang Ke played a lawsuit, but it frightened the entire world's businessmen.
And that turmoil made a declaration to the entire world businessmen with iron-like facts: don't toast, don't eat, eat and drink.
Since then, the merchants of the world have become much wiser and more savvy.
Like national events, especially the call of the Son of Heaven, even if you are reluctant, you have to mean it.
No one will want to see a second time.
Today, almost half of the wealthy businessmen gathered here were originally like the wealthy businessmen surnamed He, who were purely here to spend money to eliminate disasters.
If the money is thrown in, even if it is a total loss, they have the right to honor the Son of Heaven.
It's just that after coming to Xinfeng, everyone saw the super workshop in Shaofu under construction.
The pursuit of profit by businessmen is more agile than a dog's nose.
Just by estimating the scale of that workshop, many people's hearts suddenly became excited.
A super workshop?
That's a huge amount of resources and consumer goods.
Therefore, in just ten days, the land near the workshop rose faster than the corn during the famine.
In the blink of an eye, the price has increased tenfold.
When the merchant surnamed He bought the fifteen acres of residential land, the land price at that time was only five or six thousand yuan per mu.
And now, it has risen to more than 50,000, or even close to 60,000!
This quick way to make money made him a little dumbfounded, and even had an urge to 'just do the business of buying and selling land in the future'.
Ten times more in ten days, which is more profitable than transporting silk from Guanzhong to the countries of the Western Regions.
The risks and costs are almost zero.
Except for the merchant surnamed He, everyone else also bought homestead land near or outside this workshop.
Those who have earned the least have earned three or five times so far.
This money is made too quickly, which makes them beat the drum in their hearts and become uneasy.
I always think, isn't this too exaggerated?
Will you be invited to tea by Tingwei Ah, Zhijinwu?
This psychology became particularly heavy after receiving the invitation from the county government of Xinfeng County.
Over the past hundred years, the Han merchants have experienced glory and bitterness.
For the government, everyone has a deep fear and jealousy.
And what kind of virtue is the government?
Everyone is even clearer.
Except in the border area, the local government is particularly welcoming and valued by merchants.
In the rich inland coastal areas, who doesn't treat the rich businessmen as pigs and sheep?
I haven't done anything yet, so I want to have a mattress wool every now and then.
Today, my concubine's birthday, tomorrow my family Taishan's birthday, the day after tomorrow is a certain area to build a road and pave a bridge.
In short, you have to be filial if you are filial to this money, and you need to be filial if you are not filial.
Although Guanzhong looks a little better, the merchants in Guanzhong also have one or two umbrellas standing behind them.
It's just that......
Now I'm going to come to the mattress wool, but His Royal Highness the eldest grandson and that 'Zhang Chiyou'!
Just pinch one out, and be said to be them, even the backers behind them can't hold it.
didn't see it, after offending this Zhang Chiyou, even the prime minister couldn't keep his son and grandson.
Even seeing that he can't keep it.
Everyone is very well-informed!
Just two days ago, when the Son of Heaven issued an edict to Liu Ji, the king of Changyi who came to Chang'an to invite him, he specifically criticized Prime Minister Gongsun He, saying that he "went against his will" and "did not cultivate the holy way".
Although it is not explicitly stated, it is actually sharpening knives.
So in one day, 35 ministers wrote to impeach Prime Minister Gongsun He for 'teaching his son no way', 'misinterpreting the holy will', and 'having no father'.
The countdown to Gongsun He's resignation has begun.
Looking at it now, what he can do in the last effort is probably just a decent way to step down.
And in the face of a terrifying existence that can kill the servant and let the prime minister step down.
Everyone thinks that if the other party wants to have a mattress wool, everyone seems to have no other choice than to lie down obediently and accept it with their eyes closed.
Who else dares to resist?
I'm afraid that the other party doesn't just want to bed wool!
Thinking about this, countless people are anxious, like ants on a hot pot.
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On the other side, the atmosphere is very different.
More than a dozen wealthy businessmen gathered together, talking and laughing around a sturdy man who looked wooden.
"Yuan Gong is really blessed...... someone laughed and said: "Not only is he the richest in property, but even his son is born well, and he actually worships under Zhang Shizhong's ......."
"Isn't it......" someone said: "Yuan Gongzi, smart since childhood, extremely clever, we see it in our eyes, we know that Gongzi must be a dragon and phoenix, and he has the ambition of a bird!" ”
And they are surrounded in the center, as the backbone, of course, the current richest man in Guanzhong, and even the richest man in the world, Yuan Guangguo.
Yuan Guangguo listened to everyone's flattery, and his heart was the same as eating honey, but he couldn't help but say modestly: "Don't dare, don't dare, the dog is stubborn, thanks to the service and not abandoned, included in the door wall, lucky!" It's just a fluke......"
But it's true!
Yuan Guangguo is really glad in his heart now, fortunately, he is a gentleman, a little clever, and he sees the opportunity quickly.
Otherwise, the Yuan family is afraid that ...... now
And Yuan Chang became the disciple of Zhang Chiyou, so naturally Yuan Guangguo automatically and consciously regarded himself as the 'Zhang family'.
Take the initiative to tie yourself to the other party.
Not only did it undertake a loan of 30 million, but also a 'bond' of 80 million.
At the beginning, some people laughed at him, saying that he was 'willing to be a lackey and an eagle dog'.
And that money must be wasted.
But what about now?
Yuan Guangguo raised his head and looked around at the businessmen in this hall.
Now, there are countless people rushing to buy the bonds he sold that day.
A Xinfeng bond with a face value of 100,000 yuan has now been speculated in the market for 150,000 yuan, and there is no market for it, and the supply exceeds demand!
Because, the relatives of the nobles and princes of Chang'an, everyone needs it!
Even scholars who have just entered the court, kings, princes, and ministers are also needed.
Everyone hoped that they could have a similar bond on their bodies when they entered the palace to face the saint, and then they were discovered by the Son of Heaven just right.
In this way, he can leave a good impression in the heart of the Son of Heaven, the impression of a loyal minister.
As a result, those who laughed at him are now repentant.
And he, Yuan Guangguo, is even more of a big plus in front of the world because of this matter and the active behavior of the previous abolitionist trend.
Now, he Yuan Guangguo is no longer the rich businessman and the richest man in people's impressions in the past.
It became a 'righteous businessman'.
What is a righteous business?
Confucius said that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way.
Spring and Autumn said: The river and the sea run thousands of miles.
As long as he can maintain the character of this righteous businessman, then his Yuan family can become a family like Duanmu Ci.
I'm a businessman, but I'm a righteous businessman.
In today's era of original sin, as long as there is righteousness, then the benevolent are invincible!
Just as he was thinking about this, suddenly, there was a commotion outside the door.
Some of the salutes shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness the eldest grandson is here!" ”
"The servant is leading the new Fengshi Zhang Gong to come!"
"The Shaofu Examiner Cheng Cheng Gong has arrived!"
"Greetings!"
Everyone immediately lifted the ribbon and rushed out.