In the end, Zhang Han laughed first, and others also laughed.

Zhang Han's smile is the most relaxed, but others are not so relaxed.

Everyone was thinking about the meaning of Zhang Han's words, and they didn't understand it for a while.

Sun Jingting was the youngest, and the reaction was the fastest, when everyone frowned and pondered, Sun Jingting said first: "The meaning of proprietor Zhang is equivalent to setting up an expanded version of the Dongshan Society, but it is not like the Dongshan Association just setting up a few furnaces, and everyone is wrapped together to eat, but can mix the hired labor, iron, forging, transportation, pricing, and final sale, all the proprietors are members of this guild, and then share interests?" ”

"yes, that's what it means." Zhang Han smiled with a stretched eyebrow, being able to talk to a smart person is worry-free and effort-saving.

"Then," Li Dayong continued, "how can proprietor Zhang restrain everyone, and if he doesn't listen to the tone and talk about it, what punishment will there be?" ”

"It's easy, too." Zhang Han said in a concise and clear tone: "Violations will naturally go out of the meeting, and if there is a meeting, whether it is technology or workers, or capacity shipments, or pricing, they are not allowed to hear about it, nor are they allowed to participate in it." ”

His words were peaceful, but everyone could hear how hard the bones were.

If this association is erected, the proprietors of large and small iron furnaces become directors, and if they are aspiring together, whether it is transportation, mining, or hired labor, the final pricing and sales are all one-stop, and everyone works together to make money, if they are expelled, then it is equivalent to being squeezed out of the system, and they can only fend for themselves, I am afraid that in such a situation, it will be difficult to survive.

In fact, the establishment of this guild, Zhang Han is basically to unify the entire Lingqiu iron-making industry, if everyone in all aspects of the greeting and command, then it is equivalent to him will eat the entire Lingqiu iron-making industry, there is no basis for speaking, membership is the real hard indicator, as long as you enter this guild, for a long time, the interests are shared, and the internal struggle for power and profit is inevitable, but the external must be taken together, which can be clearly seen from the development and growth of the guilds in the whole Europe.

The wealth of Europeans did not fall from the sky, from chambers of commerce to handicraftsmen's guilds, large and small associations have their own spheres of influence, with wealth, the controller has a strong political position and power, has the right to speak, of course, also has a considerable pricing power, the accumulation of wealth is fast and slow, mastering the source of the market and pricing, equal to monopoly, such money is the best money.

From the grain purchase and sales guild to the steel guild in Lingqiu, Zhang Han is also trying to take a completely different path in Daming, and now his mentality has vaguely changed, and the general purpose of smuggling to make money has not changed, but with his current strength and pattern, it is really difficult to determine where he can go and how far he can go.

Sun Anle and Sun Jingting, the two uncles and nephews, made the fastest decision, they had already decided that the Dongshan Society was completely dependent on Yusheng, and the guild established this time was more in line with their interests, and there was no problem.

The uncle and nephew glanced at each other, hugged their fists to Zhang Han and said, "Zhang Huishou." ”

Li Dayong pondered for a moment, and then clenched his fists and said, "Zhang Huishou." ”

With these people taking the lead, Ma Hua first sighed slightly, almost no one could feel it, and then he was full of smiles, and he also bowed his hand and said that he would be the leader.

Zeng Yongxian and others had nothing to say, Zhang Xuezeng watched from the sidelines, although he didn't understand much in his heart, but he also knew that Zhang Han had obtained a rare status, at least in Lingqiu, a place dominated by iron mines and iron fields, Zhang Han was a standard gentry leader, and he belonged to a strong person who had to be visited by the new county commander as soon as he got off the carriage.

Of course, the people of the Zhang family in Puzhou are not proud of obtaining such a status in a county, but in any case, since Zhang Siwei, this is also a new starting point and peak for the children of the Zhang family in Puzhou, and it has nothing to do with the shadow of their father and ancestors, it is completely the result of their own struggle and fighting.

Proud, proud!

Of course, everyone can't talk on the street all the time, fortunately, Zhang Han's residence is not far away, taking advantage of this excitement, Zhang Han invited everyone to his house, made fragrant tea, sent snacks, and kept discussing the establishment time and details of the Iron and Steel Guild, Zhang Han said that he needed to be plugged for a period of time, as short as one or two months, as long as three or four months, it is estimated that he could rush back to Lingqiu before the year, before he came back, he entrusted Cai Jiu with full authority to handle all the affairs of the association on his behalf, and no one had any objection to this. Zhang Han's business pattern was much larger than that of the people present, and everyone understood that it was impossible for him to be resident in Lingqiu.

"I'll go back to Puzhou in a few days." Zhang Xuezeng took advantage of the conversation and said: "I am already idle here every day, so it is better to go back and talk to the clan." ”

Zhang Han also knew that someone in Puzhou had the idea of beating him, which was nothing more than the poor and boring elders in the clan, and he simply didn't look at these people, in a more popular phrase in later generations: they are insects.

Since it is an insect, there is no need to pay attention to it, and if it is committed, it will be shot to death, but this matter still needs to be solved in Zhang Xuezeng's place, this third uncle needs to help Zhang Han open up the situation when he first arrives in Lingqiu, and he has to meet people every day to invite wine, and he has also suffered some hardship, the situation on Lingqiu's side has settled down, and he can go back to Puzhou.

"It's good for the third uncle to go back and rest for a while." Zhang Han groaned: "When you have a good rest, how about coming to Lingqiu to preside over the overall situation for me?" ”

Zhang Xuezeng shook his head and said: "I see it very clearly this time, the world is complicated, and it is not something that a scholar like me can understand, and I don't have the ability to deal with it well...... Wenlan, you are different, you were born to do these things, I see it in my eyes these days, and I am really happy in my heart. ”

Zhang Han was speechless for a while, Zhang Xuezeng's help was purely for the family and appreciating himself, his role was inconspicuous, but when he first arrived in Lingqiu, the local gentry accepted and allowed themselves to integrate, if there was no Zhang Xuezeng and the Puzhou Zhang family behind him, how could this matter be so easy?

"Third uncle, I really can't repay ......"

"What is the family doing with this?" Zhang Xuezeng said: "I am always an incompetent person, and I am very happy that Xu Zong and Xu Wen can help you." ”

Zhang Xuezong and Zhang Xuwen are both Zhang Xuezeng's grandchildren, and Zhang Han is a generation, although they are of the same clan, in fact, they are very estranged, and they are not even "great relatives", Zhang Xuezeng mentioned to Zhang Han earlier, and asked these two grandchildren to go to Zhang Han's side to learn to be a man and do things, these two brothers are Xiucai, less than twenty years old, in fact, the future is great, Zhang Han has always thought that Zhang Xuezeng was telling jokes, who expected that it was really such an arrangement, he was also very moved in his heart, nodded again and again, and promised to call Xuzong and Xuwen brothers to Xinpingbao first, and learn from Zhou Fengji in the main store.

This arrangement is very proper, Zhang Xuezeng also felt very satisfied, smiled and nodded in agreement.

Everyone talked about the more before they said goodbye, Zhang Han sent to the door to say goodbye to these proprietors one by one, these days there must be a lot of proprietors of the iron yard to come to look for him, after the rumor spreads, as long as a little wisdom will understand the importance of the guild.

It was inconvenient for the Sun family's uncles and nephews to go out, and Zhang Han did not ask them to go back to their residences in the city, leaving the two uncles and nephews to continue talking.

He asked someone to warm the pot of wine, made a few small stir-fries, and talked with his two uncles and nephews at night.

"Jintie's share in the north can be expanded, but it won't expand too much in the short term......"

While sipping, Zhang Han revealed some words to his two uncles and nephews.

"The Northern Captives have been dissipated for decades." Sun Anle is indifferent attitude, Sun Jingting toasted Zhang Han and said: "In fact, the imperial court is also a little strict, stiff and rigid. Iron pots, kitchen knives, even if you sell more, if the Tartars can also make mistakes with these irons, it is still caused by the incompetence of our officials and border generals. ”

The more Zhang Han and Sun Jingting chatted, the more they felt that under this person's chic and heroic appearance and temperament, there was also an impassioned and depressed mood.

"Brother Xiaozheng," Zhang Han said with a smile as he called Sun Jingting's words: "If you say these words, let those people who eat the ancients listen to them, I'm afraid they will have a big opinion!" ”

"Them?" Sun Jingting's handsome face first showed a look of disdain, and then said with a faint expression: "If I care about these people, I won't help the second uncle take care of the affairs of the Dongshan Society." ”

Sun Anle said to Zhang Han: "Xiaozheng looks chic, but he is actually a real character. The last time the Gansu Mutiny and the Ningxia Mutiny, as well as the Jinnan disaster, he couldn't see many things, and went to the court, but the result was like a stone sinking into the sea, and he wanted to correct the contract and go to the book together, people said that he was a fool, he was angry, and he simply stopped taking the exam, and he didn't take the exam, to be honest, people said that he helped me delay my career and future, and I wanted to say that he had this temperament, and it was also a disaster to be an official, so it was better to follow me to suffer some hardship, so that I could be safe. ”

Sun Jingting suddenly said: "Zhang Dongzhu, if you want to get out of the plug, I will go with you, how about it?" ”

Zhang Han marched, this time out of the fortress, he was ready to bring a lot of people, at least dozens of attachés, the grassland is reckless, the land is vast and sparsely populated, the current Mongolian tribes occupy much larger places than later generations, as far as Central Asia and the far north, as well as the later generations of Xinjiang, Ningxia and other places, now all Mongolian departments occupy, east to Liaodong and the Great Khing'an Mountains, later Mongolia and Inner Mongolia and most of the three northeastern provinces, at this time are all Mongol territory, Jurchen has just emerged, Occupy a very small place outside the border wall of Liaodong, Nuerha Chilian Yehe has not yet been completed, his own unification has not been completely completed, compared to the Mongols who have resisted the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, the Jurchens are still not visible, and many Mongolian tribes are still in a hostile state, Zhang Han's target customers are still very weak in the eyes of the Mongols, the risk of this trip is still very large, and there are many uncontrollable factors.

Zhang Han said in a very tactful tone: "Brother Xiaozheng, I'm afraid that this trip will encounter an enemy attack......

"Forget it."

Sun Jingting was a little displeased, and said, "Even if I talk too much." ”

This person's temper has been exposed to a lot, and it really stinks, and he didn't give Zhang Han a chance to explain, and after saying a word, Sun Jingting just brushed his sleeves and left.

"Lord Zhang forgives his sins." Sun Anle looked rude, in fact, he was very meticulous, and he repeatedly accompanied Zhang Han, but the atmosphere was bad, and he didn't want to drink the wine, and the second watch had passed, so he had to disperse.

When Zhang Han went back to the room to rest, Sun Jingting had not yet slept, and saw the lights on through the window, this person was leaning on the window lattice to wipe the sword, Zhang Han looked at it and shook his head, feeling that this person was still a scholar.

"Drunk and looking at the sword, dreaming of blowing the horn and the battalion ......"

When passing by, hearing Sun Jingting's groan, Zhang Han smiled slightly.