Come on, come on, all the shopkeepers eat some yellow cakes. Fan Yongdou greeted.

Fan Yongdou greeted him tremblingly, and added: "These fasting materials have been blessed by the masters of the Pure Yang Palace in advance.

The merchants all let out a burst of flattery: "Fan Lao is really a master of the Pure Yang Palace, but it is difficult to move." ”

After eating a few yellow cakes, the hall fell silent. Everyone knows that Fan Yongdou spent a lot of effort to invite them, the famous businessmen in Shanxi, not just to eat yellow cakes.

Fan Yongdou glanced at everyone, a pair of turbid blister eyes, a cold light like a poisonous snake, he said gloomily: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am an outstanding person in Shanxi, and there are many talents, and now there is an unborn person, which is really gratifying!" ”

He said that he was gratifying, but there was nothing gratifying in his tone.

"Yes, my Shanxi is indeed a place to produce talents."

"That Lord Wang Sihua is still from Taiyuan Mansion."

Everyone in the hall made a commotion, but there was not much joy in their words, and some even gritted their teeth.

"Now that this Lord Wang has done a good job, he has been named the prince Shaobao in just a few years, and he is also an official to worship the squire of the military department, the governor of Yingtian, and the strategy of Liaodong, he is really young and promising."

Fan Yongdou smiled, but there was no trace of a smile in his eyes.

Then he said: "Now that this Lord Wang's hand has reached into Shanxi again, in the long run, will we people still have a way to live?" ”

Two years ago, with the return of Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong and Wang Zong, the general soldier of Shanxi, the starting point city has set up offices in Taiyuan and Datong, Shanxi's energy layout has been launched, and all kinds of commodities have poured into Shanxi with the office, and then the banks in the two places also began to set up last year.

He looked at the next group with a smile, the hall was silent, half loud, and a merchant in the lower left said, "Is Old Fan serious?" A certain observation that most of the merchants who cooperate with the starting point city are quite profitable, and they can live a very nourishing life, so we may not be able to cooperate with them and make a fortune together. ”

His words also caused a wave of echo.

Fan Yongdou is getting old, and he rarely goes to the front of the scene, and most of the business in the clan is managed by his eldest son, Fan Dun, not to mention that Fan Yongdou's age is the number of his goods, and among the merchants, it is also first-class.

He also traveled extensively, had supporters in the DPRK and in the local area, and served as the head of various merchant guilds for many years, and his prestige was known, which was also the reason why he lived in seclusion at the head of the Jin merchants.

At this time, he personally went out of the horse, and he was a tide of responders, but the person who spoke below was not an idle person, but Wang Dengku, the head of the Wang family, one of the eight major families.

This man is fat, with two emerald green fingers on the thumbs of both hands, and a strong sense of wealth and wealth.

Their royal family operates industries such as raw silk, silk, cotton, grain, sugar, tea, and medicinal materials, with millions of family assets.

There is also a close relationship with the Wang Pu family, a family of Datong border generals, and Wang Pu has to be appointed as the chief military officer of Datong Town, without their full support, it is impossible. Speaking of which, Wang Dengku is still Wang Pu's third uncle.

And Wang Zhong, the former chief soldier of Shanxi Town, is also inextricably linked with their Wang family.

With such an identity, he can naturally question Fan Yongdou's words calmly.

Fan Yongdou was not angry, and smiled. Pick up the silver chopsticks, pick up a yellow cake and chew it slowly.

Fan Dun, the eldest son beside him, got up with a smile, shook his head, and arched his hand at Wang Dengku, the head of the Wang family: "Wang, everyone." ”

Wang Dengku grinned and said, "Well, say." ”

Fan Dun is just a junior in his eyes, so naturally he doesn't need to be so cautious about Fan Yongdou.

Fan Dun said calmly: "Elders, all the big treasurers, there is a saying called taking precautions. Some of the families here have also gained a lot in the past year because of the sale of goods from the starting point city, and our Fan family has also made a lot of profits. ”

He looked at the faces of those present and continued: "But people who have no long-term concerns must have near-term worries, and the goods from the starting point city have poured into my Shanxi, and how many merchants have gone bankrupt because of this?" ”

His words struck a chord, and immediately some of the small merchants in the hall began to cry, and one of them, a scrawny businessman, was especially sad. It turned out that this businessman was a leather clothing shop, and all kinds of warm clothes from the starting point city poured into Shanxi, and his old-fashioned leather clothes were not easy to sell, and he was on the verge of bankruptcy, because the starting point city also had leather clothes for sale, and the colors were diverse and the styles were novel.

Crying louder than the leather-clad merchant was a salt merchant, who simply closed his doors. There are also salt merchants in Shanxi, who are not dealing in sea salt, but in the green salt business, and as a result, after the invasion of the cheap starting point city refined salt, this salt merchant has gone bankrupt.

The commodities of the starting point city have had a more or less impact on all walks of life, and the Jin merchants, a large group of merchants, feel the same way. Judging from the competitiveness of the goods in the starting point city, many manufacturing industries in this time and space will face a reshuffle, which is what some conservative people do not want to see.

Fan Dun observed everyone's expressions, smiled slightly, and continued: "This is just one of them, and second, everyone should have heard of the commercial tax implemented by Wang Yue in Jiangnan, right?" A tax of five percent, dare to ask all of you here, who of you is willing to pay this money? ”

At this time, even the face of Wang Dengku, the head of the Wang family, has changed, his family's business is very big, Wang Yue's tentacles have extended to Taiyuan and Datong, in case Wang Yue controls Shanxi one day, if he is allowed to pay taxes, it will be a lot, and the head of the Wang family is not willing to pay this money.

"The third is the bank run by the starting point city." Speaking of this, Fan Dundu began to grit his teeth, which shows how much he hates the bank. "If this bank continues to open like this, sooner or later all of our ticket numbers will be closed, and how much less each bank's income will be every year, you can calculate it yourself."

Jin Liangyu, the head of the Jin family, also said: "The silver yuan coupons in the starting point city are incredible, they are invincible, big and small, the people feel convenient, many people have begun to use them, and in the long run, our ticket number is really impossible to open." ”

Banks are profiteering industries, and the money bank ticket number is even more profitable!

Therefore, almost every one of the eight locust merchants has a ticket number, and the people deposit money in the ticket number to give the money to the bank, and the silver tickets that use the ticket number are also to be drawn, and the exchange in other places also has to be paid, and there is also a loan, and the loan with the ticket number is usury.

How does such a bank ticket number compete with the starting point city bank? The bank and the silver dollar coupon are the biggest thorns in the eyes of Fan Yongdou and others, and they are also the things that the eight locusts hate the most.

To some extent, the economy of the Ming Dynasty was controlled by the Jin Shang Consortium and the Jiangnan Consortium, and the banks and silver yuan bills were their biggest threat.

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