"PS: At the end of the last chapter, it was written that 'King Yong' was a clerical error.,It should be 'King Su'.,After all, it's 'Su's Chamber of Commerce'.,I'm sorry.。 Pen % Fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

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The formation of the Su Chamber of Commerce, the household department was the first to feel that the situation was not right.

You must know that before this, Huyun (Hubu trade transportation) occupied the largest share of Wei's commerce, and neither the local princes nor the famous families could compare with the transportation volume of "Huyun". Whether it is an aristocratic merchant or a commoner merchant, they cannot shake the "official merchants" under the household department.

Think about it, how can even the wealthy princes or local nobles compare with the household department that controls the country's finances? As for connections, it goes without saying.

However, the emergence of the "Chamber of Commerce Model" has made the household department feel a great threat.

For example, those nobles in the "Su Chamber of Commerce", the Shen clan of Huangyi, the Zhao clan of Anling, etc., when these nobles opened up business routes alone, the household department did not care, after all, the financial resources and connections of the two are not comparable at all, but when these aristocratic forces are twisted together, raise funds together, and share contacts together, this is far from the concept of one plus one equal.

For example, Anling, one of the best cities in Yingshui County.

In the past, the trading mode of those merchants in Anling City belonged to the single operation, that is, through their own family's caravans and connections to other places to buy trading goods, because they did not have the financial resources to own large transport ships, so they generally adopted the way of horse-drawn carriage land transportation, which was not only time-consuming but also costly.

However, after the "Anling Zhao Clan" led those large and small aristocratic merchants in Anling City into the arms of the Su Chamber of Commerce, the former land transportation mode was abandoned, and replaced by a water transportation mode that was no less than the household transportation capacity - compared with land transportation, water transportation is faster, more convenient, and consumes less money.

Every once in a while, the large transport ships belonging to the "Su Chamber of Commerce" are loaded with full of goods, docking near Yanling and Anling, and the local aristocratic merchants directly unload the goods at the port and transport them back to their respective warehouses.

Container logistics, this is the role that the "Su Chamber of Commerce" is ready to play in the entire trade network: in response to the fact that the local merchant forces are unable to support a large transport fleet, the goods are sold to the local merchant forces in a "wholesale" way, so that the latter can become retailers.

The money earned from wholesale is certainly not as much as that from retail, but as the so-called eating alone is easy to be punished by God, leaving food for retailers in various places, and it is also easy to attract more aristocratic forces to defect to the side of the Suwang Party.

More importantly, in this mode, the "Su's Chamber of Commerce", which controls the transportation channels, is equivalent to pinching the pulse of retailers everywhere. If anyone is disobedient in the future, it doesn't matter, just kick them out of the entire trading network, return them to the original land transportation mode, and then find a replacement person, and they can be defeated by economic means casually.

With the current economic state of Wei, the channel party is undoubtedly the uncle.

In the past, the largest channel merchant in Wei was the "Huyun" of the Hubu, but now, there is one more "Suyun" that is rapidly rising.

In late July, Li Liang, the head of the household, received a report from his officials and merchants, who reported that a huge force had emerged in the country and was competing with them for Sanchuan and domestic transactions.

At first, Li Liang, the head of the household, felt very funny, after all, his household department represented the financial resources of the entire Wei State, who had the strength to compete with their household department for food?

But when he saw the comparison of the tents sent by his officials and merchants, Li Liang couldn't laugh, because just the "Shangshui Pearl" alone, their trading volume was a lot less than last month.

The Shangshui pearls mentioned here refer to the pearls smuggled into Shangshui from the Chu State, once upon a time, the household department earned a huge profit on this piece, and now, suddenly a large piece of the pearl share is missing, Li Liang is distressed.

Who in the country has a transportation volume comparable to their households?

After a check, Li Liang learned a name: Su's Chamber of Commerce.

An emerging power that already owns dozens of large "Class A" transport ships.

"Dozens of large Class-A transport ships?"

Li Liang was speechless in shock.

You must know that this kind of "Class A" transport ship is the classification of the latest large transport ship built by the Construction Department of the Metallurgical Bureau, and it is also the large transport ship that Huyun is using today.

This kind of transport ship was built by the Construction Department of the Metallurgical Bureau, which was based on the design drawings of the large warships of the Chu State and then improved, and became the current mainstream transport ship of the Wei State.

In Xiangfu Harbor, the Construction Department of the Metallurgical Construction Bureau has built more than a dozen docks, and many "Class A" transport ships are completed every month, which used to be basically sold to households, and occasionally a few to merchant forces.

However, so far, there has never been a party that has owned dozens of Class A transport ships, one is that the cost of such large transport ships is extremely high, and the other is that the transaction of such large transport ships is in the hands of the Metallurgical Bureau, and there are no qualified connections, and money cannot buy them.

But the Su Chamber of Commerce is different, as far as Li Liang knows, the Smelting Bureau is providing it for free this time.

Because it is very simple, behind the Smelting Bureau is Suwang Zhao Hongrun, and behind the Su's Chamber of Commerce, it is also Suwang Zhao Hongrun.

If it was someone else, Li Liang would definitely invite the other party to the household department and have a good talk with the other party, but if the other party was the king of Su, Li Liang would not have much confidence.

Immediately, Li Liang, the head of the household department, could not handle official business, and immediately went to the Su Wangfu to ask to see Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su.

After learning that Zhao Hongrun was in the Smelting Bureau, Li Liang went to the Smelting Bureau non-stop.

Why is Li Liang so anxious? Because this model of the Su Chamber of Commerce is gradually threatening the original unshakable position of the household movement.

"Your Royal Highness King Su, you can't take revenge!"

may be too anxious, Li Liang, the head of the household, was a little unscrupulous when he saw Zhao Hongrun, and played the emotional card without waiting for Zhao Hongrun to react, saying that Zhao Hongrun still owes a huge debt to the household so far, but the household has never urged it.

Zhao Hongrun was not in a hurry or annoyed, and looked at Li Liang with a smile.

In fact, when preparing for the Chamber of Commerce, Zhao Hongrun guessed that the household department would come to the door sooner or later, after all, the Chamber of Commerce model was enough to threaten the existence of the household movement.

If it weren't for his special status of Zhao Hongrun, otherwise, the household department would probably be preparing to suppress it, after all, the household department, which controls the economy of the Wei State, will not allow this kind of existence that can threaten them, and even the slightest threat will not stand idly by.

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun smiled and comforted Li Liang and said: "Li Shangshu, compared to today's household luck, our chamber of commerce is just a baby waiting to be fed, why should Li Shangshu be so vigilant?" ”

It's a pity that Li Liang was not fooled at all, and Zhengse said: "Even if it is still a baby now, one day, this baby will grow up." ”

He knew very well in his heart that maybe today's 'Su Chamber of Commerce' could not be compared with the household department, but what about the future? If more and more local merchants defect to the 'Su Chamber of Commerce', then this "baby" will quickly grow up and even be able to compete with the household in the end.

Thinking of this, Li Liang added with a solemn face: "His Royal Highness King Su, you have released a vicious tiger out of the gate." ”

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Li Liang, and was secretly surprised in his heart: this Lord Li Liang, who can become the secretary of the household department, has a really unusual vision, and he can see the threat of the chamber of commerce model to the household department so quickly.

"So what does Li Shangshu mean?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a smile.

I saw Li Liang looking at Zhao Hongrun after saying a few times and then stopped, and then said stubbornly: "Please ask His Royal Highness King Su to take back his fate." ”

"Impossible." Zhao Hongrun shook his head, and said: "This king not only has to feed several armies such as the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army now, but there are still many people behind him who are counting on this king to eat, not to mention the reconstruction of Shangshui County, as well as the continuous investment in Bolangsha and Xiangfu Port...... Everywhere there is a cost to pay. ”

Hearing this, Li Liang hurriedly said: "My household department is willing to lend a huge amount of money to His Royal Highness King Su for free, as long as His Royal Highness King Su speaks, my household department will obey." ”

It can be seen that Li Liang, the head of the household, is indeed a little panicked, and even made this kind of promise.

But Zhao Hongrun still shook his head, after all, the household department only lent him money, although there was no stipulation on when to return it, but he always owed the household a huge debt, firstly, it had a bad reputation, and secondly, Zhao Hongrun felt uncomfortable.

What's more, there is a way to make money, why do you want to borrow from the household department?

Give all the market to the household, and then borrow money from the household? Is he Zhao Hongrun stupid? Isn't it good to earn money directly?

And, while making a lot of money, you can also pull domestic civilian businessmen, why not?

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun assured Li Liang: "Li Shangshu, this king can assure you that the status of Huyun will not be shaken. …… Li Shangshu, you must know that once the "Lianglu Canal" is completed, Qilu will join the trade route of my Great Wei, and at that time, even the household department will not be busy, and this king will just pick up some money that leaks from the fingers of the household department, not to mention, the chamber of commerce under this king will have to pay taxes to the household department......"

Li Liang was speechless by Zhao Hongrun.

After leaving the Smelting Bureau, Li Liang rode straight to the palace and went to the Ganlu Hall to ask for a meeting with Wei Tianzi, and told the latter about the incident.

And after listening to Li Liang's story, Wei Tianzi was also a little crying and laughing, because his most favored son now seemed to make something happen from time to time, stirring up the turmoil in the court.

However, compared with the power of looking at this issue from the perspective of "household interests", what Wei Tianzi saw in the matter of "Su Chamber of Commerce" was the change of Zhao Hongrun's attitude towards those nobles, and the "Su Chamber of Commerce" to grasp the pulse of local nobles.

『…… That kid finally changed his mind and learned to win over a group of nobles, this should be the teaching of the third uncle (Zhao Laiyu), right? …… Having said that, this trick is really clever, although it has divided those people's pie, but at the same time, it has also pinched the other party's pulse, not afraid that those people will be disobedient in the future, tsk, this is even more ruthless than the original Tui En Order. After two years, those people have tasted the sweetness, who would dare to speak loudly in front of that bad man? Tsk tsk, that kid Hongrun, he said that he didn't love my position, but what he did, hehehe......

Wei Tianzi thought with a smile.

On that day, Li Liang finally failed to get the reply he wanted from Wei Tianzi's side.