The merchants in the north knew that Hongmen had such a big layout and such a desperate situation, and they must have a huge goal, but they did not expect that the goal of the Hongmen people was so big, but they wanted to drive all the businesses in the north out of the south of the Yangtze River.

If it is really compensated according to the contract, plus the goods that have been missing, the amount of compensation to be paid by each firm inside and outside is in the amount of 100,000.

And a firm like Fan's firm, the greater the strength of the firm, the more orders received, the two together, it has to be calculated in four or five hundred thousand taels of silver, even if Fan's firm is rich, but such a large loss of silver, it is also nerve-wracking.

In fact, Li Tianyang's proposal, for the firms, is really not a loss, the major cities in the south of the Yangtze River, the most valuable things are naturally their goods and real estate, and the goods can be transported away anytime and anywhere, although the real estate can not be taken away, but in Jiangnan they have been suppressed by the southern firms, the major city branches are not much, all the accounting, it may not be more than the payment they need to compensate.

Moreover, if Hongmen is really determined to collect compensation, after everyone compensates for the goods, even if it is discounted, the business activities of their young people in Jiangnan will still be hit hard, and if there is no circulating money to take care of the southern industry, it is also the right thing to be expelled by Hongmen and southern merchants in partnership.

After surviving the initial shock and anger, the representatives of all parties who gradually came back to their senses calculated the operability of Li Tianyang's proposal in their hearts.

"Let's sum it up, in fact, this is a win-win proposal, you can lose a loss, and we can have a few more semicolons."

"And to be honest, for us Hongmen, the problem that can be solved with silver has never been a problem, what we value more is the cooperation with all of you!"

"Business is a win-win situation, and when your firm sets foot on our territory, we local businesses feel threatened and at the same time cause competition. If we go to your territory, you will not be comfortable either. ”

"It's better for everyone to divide each other's territory first, and our southern merchants will purchase northern specialties from you and give certain concessions; You buy Western specialties and southern goods from us, and we will also give you a reasonable price. ”

"In this way, it allows everyone to eliminate each other's bad competition at the same time, and at the same time, they can also share the benefits of each other's specialty goods, why not!"

Li Tianyang's in-depth analysis in simple terms actually really moved everyone's hearts, and for their northern firms, this can be said to be a perfect solution to this incident.

Although the loss of the merchants is inevitable, if they can really reach a tacit business cooperation with the southern firms, in the long run, it will be beneficial to the northern firms.

Peasant uprisings and riots in the north emerged one after another, affecting a large area of territory, which greatly affected the trade of various merchants in the north, which was also the reason why the northern forces collectively put pressure on the imperial court to reopen the port.

Now the southerners are united under the banner of Hongmen, and the northern firms have taken advantage of the opportunity of opening the port to intervene in the territory of the southern firms, but before they can gain a foothold, the southern firms led by Li Tianyang Hongmen have already fought back strongly and made themselves completely defeated.

In this era, in addition to their Jin merchants and Hui merchants, two groups that became famous for their business, before the rise of Hongmen, only Chaoshang merchants in the south could be compared with them.

Now the tide merchants have basically not been implicated too much in the trap of Hongmen's layout this time, but have taken the opportunity to sit on the ground and raise prices, sell gifts and hoard goods to northern merchants, so that they can use them to make a difference, and they have really made a lot of money.

Under such circumstances, if there is no private collusion between Hongmen, Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and Chaoshang, no one will believe it.

"This ............"

The representative of the Jin family, who was old and respectful, got up slowly, and respectfully said to Li Tianyang: "We are just representatives sent by the family, and such important matters are beyond our ability. ”

"Yes, but it can't be too long, and the official also knows that your families also have carrier pigeons, so don't prevent flying pigeons from sending messages to the family, so that they can make a decision as soon as possible."

Li Tianyang nodded, he also knew that although the shopkeepers of the Zhiyue Hong Kong firm here had more power, it was not something they could decide on such a matter of giving up the foundation of the entire Jiangnan firm at once.

"But there's one more thing you'd like to ask?"

"Say!"

"If we agree to give up the business industry in Jiangnan, what kind of reward will Qixintang and the Southern Chamber of Commerce give us, and what will the Admiral make to our matter?"

This old man of the Jin clan is a smart man, taking advantage of the opportunity that Li Tianyang has now clarified their goal, he began to sit on the ground and ask Li Tianyang what price they are willing to pay for this.

"Well, I can only say that I try my best to satisfy everyone, but Qixintang, Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, Chaoshang and other southern merchants have their own opinions, if you want to ask about the specific situation, then you have to talk to them in detail, what the official says may not be followed, right?"

"There is one point, this official wants to say hello to you in advance, now that the four sides are not quiet, if you have any goods to consign along the way, you have to be careful of the attack of the bandits who don't know where to hide!"

“…………”

The faces of the delegates turned pale, and as soon as Li Tianyang said this, the meaning was nothing more than telling them that if they wanted to take advantage of this delay and then transfer supplies from other places, they would be prepared to risk being plundered again.

Many of them not only had ugly faces, but also a hint of panic in their eyes, and it was obvious that Li Tianyang's words were like hitting their soft underbelly, and they just guessed their true purpose.

Everyone was perfunctory with Li Tianyang in the inner house of Qixintang, but since Li Tianyang said his suggestion, the minds of these people were no longer in the Yuegang Qixintang business, but flew to the distant base camp of the family.

In the end, everyone said goodbye, and Li Tianyang did not do much to keep it, but enthusiastically sent off the guests, asking the other party to hurry up and report the news.

It's just that before everyone left, Li Tianyang repeatedly told the other party with deep meaning: "From tomorrow, you only have one week, if you don't give an explanation at that time, this official will no longer care about these idle things, you go and deal with Qixintang and Nanyang Chamber of Commerce yourself!" ”

(End of chapter)