Yin Bin was originally ranked seventh among the salt merchants in Yangzhou. His salt marketing scope is in Huguang.

Since Zhu Shunming burst out in Huguang, Yin Laoqi's salt business has plummeted, and ten out of ten has gone to ninety.

In the food war at the end of last year, a large amount of high-priced grain hoarded by Yin Laoqi finally had to be sold to Jiu'an Grain Store at a low price, which made Yin Laoqi's vitality hurt greatly, and he had long lost the spirit of salt in the past.

Yin Laoqi hated and said: "This Zhu Er is so stupid, let's go to the capital to sue him." Could it be that the imperial court can't control the sale of illicit salt so recklessly? ”

Zhai Lao Qi sneered: "Maybe you have not arrived in the capital yet, and you will be planted in the Grand Canal." I heard that Zhu Er's stunned sailor is rampant on the Yangtze River, and he can also go to the Grand Canal if he wants to come......"

Yin Laoqi was so angry that he trembled: "You ......"

Huang Zhulin played a round and said: "Two, don't quarrel, when we get together, we just want to come up with a way to see how to solve this situation." Quarrels don't solve problems. ”

Huang Zhulin is the second largest salt merchant in Yangzhou after Hu Wanan, and has always been old and spicy.

In the grain war at the end of last year, Yangzhou grain merchants suffered heavy losses, most of the salt merchants had losses, only Huang Zhulin did not participate, and there was no loss at all.

Moreover, when the bankrupt businessman sold his assets at a low price, he swallowed a batch of high-quality assets at a low price, which brought the financial strength of the Huang Mansion to a higher level, and the overall strength was close to Hu Wanan.

Since Zhu Shunming appeared in Yangzhou, Huang Zhulin has conducted a detailed investigation of Zhu Shunming.

This inexplicably rising alternative has mastered tremendous force in a very short period of time. Changsha Wei has 5,000 households and at least 30,000 elite soldiers. What's even more terrifying is that Zhu Shunming has money and a lot of money.

The tax reform around Changsha Prefecture, Huang Zhulin has some understanding. He roughly estimated that Zhu Shunming's annual taxes were tens of millions of taels.

Huang Zhulin shuddered at the thought that the salt merchants of Yangzhou were facing a warlord with heavy troops, unruly and a lot of money.

Huang Zhulin comforted Yin Laoqi and Zhai Laoqi, and said heavily: "Everyone, as far as the old man knows, Zhu Shunming is not short of money. But why did he do everything he could to lower the price of salt? What is he trying to do? ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they all saw puzzlement in each other's eyes. Yes, what is Zhu Erzi trying to do? It's easy to ask for money, and the seats here can be scraped together casually, and tens of millions of silver can also be scraped together; It is better to do it for women, although Yangzhou Thin Horse is not yet famous all over the world, but Yangzhou produces beautiful women, and dozens of beauties are a piece of cake for these salt merchants.

Hu Wanan took over the topic and said: "Zhu Er is stunned to cut off the financial path of everyone here and monopolize the big business of salt. ”

"Impossible......"

"So what do we do?"

"Fight him to the end......"

The salt merchants were suddenly in a mess, frightened, angry, and angry...... And so on.

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The salt merchants did not come to any useful conclusions, so they had to disperse with anxiety and use their own means to see if they could salvage the situation.

Zhai Laoqi decided to take refuge in Zhu Shunming.

Salt trading is not as important to Zhai Laoqi as the grain business, and transporting grain from Huguang to the nine sides of the northwest is the most lucrative business for Zhai Laoqi.

Zhai Lao can see that Zhu Shunming has a rich background, and the entire Yangzhou salt merchants are helpless to take him.

Since you can't fight it, why not take refuge in Zhu Shunming and stand on the same front with him?

Zhai Laoqi acted decisively and did what he wanted. He contacted Li Yuncai, the shopkeeper of Shangjiu'an Grain Bank, and was able to meet Zhu Shunming, who had just returned to Yangzhou.

Absorbing a part, uniting a part, and striking at a part are the essence of Zhu Shunming's fighting spirit. Facing the Yangzhou salt merchants who came to take refuge, Zhu Shunming was very happy and warmly entertained Zhai Junhui.

"Lord Zhu," Zhai Junhui was flattered: "The contemptible people send grain and grass to the land of the nine sides, and often go back and forth to Huguang, Shanxi. In the cold land of the nine sides, the products are not abundant, and cattle and horses are often used to offset the cost of grain and grass. There is nowhere to raise so many livestock, so they are specially dedicated to adults, and they are invited to laugh at them. ”

Zhai Laoqi is also a talent, and he hit Zhu Shunming's weakness in one fell swoop.

Zhu Shunming has no shortage of silver, no lack of food, no shortage of soldiers, and only lack of war horses. There is a huge Nanshan pasture, which only feeds less than a thousand horses sporadically, and there is still a long way to go before the large-scale supply of war horses.

These horses were finally gathered by Zhu Shunming at a high price, and they cost a lot of money.

"Boss Zhai," Zhu Shunming said with a smile: "We businessmen, we have money and we all make it together." I have the food, and you have the channels. It's better to cooperate like this, I will provide people and food, and you will provide relations, and we will make the business of Jiubian bigger, how about it? ”

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Huang Zhulin sent a beauty.

Huang Zhulin is good at collecting intelligence in the early stage, peeling back the cocoon, analyzing the essence of things, and would rather miss than rush forward.

The food war at the end of last year is a case in point. Seeing that grain prices had skyrocketed, Yangzhou salt merchants participated in it and hoarded grain. Huang Zhulin summarized the causes and consequences, thought about it carefully, and broke out in a cold sweat, not only did he not participate in the hoarding of grain, but also warned his colleagues who had a good relationship not to fall into the trap of Zhu Er's stunned son.

It's a pity that there are not many people who can overcome greed!

Zhu Shunming is in his early twenties, and it is when his desire is strong, although he has a wife and concubine, he can't quench his thirst from far away.

Zhu Er was stunned and very restrained, in a place like Yangzhou, he didn't go to Flower Street and Willow Lane to live a wanton life.

Ordinary people will think that Zhu Er is stunned and doesn't love women, but Huang Zhulin thinks that Zhu Shunming's vision is too high, and ordinary vulgar fans are difficult to enter his eyes.

Huangfu, Zhu Shunming and Huang Zhulin drank and talked, the pretty girl poured wine and vegetables from time to time, and a thin and crisp Hua Dan was babbling and singing opera not far away, which was very good.

"Lord Zhu, Jiu'an Grain Store sells salt at a low price, which makes the salt merchants in the world complain, and the imperial court cannot collect the salt tax. If this goes on for a long time, I'm afraid it will ......"

After three rounds of drinking, Huang Zhulin saw that Zhu Shunming was very interested, and pulled the topic to table salt.

Zhu Shunming listened to the song, shook to the rhythm of the beat, and said casually: "There is a lot of business in the world, why hang yourself on the tree of table salt?" ”

"Where does table salt come from? Ocean. Inexhaustible. Such a large amount of cheap things are actually sold at sky-high prices. Boss Huang, you have been trading salt for so long, don't you think it violates the peace of heaven? ”

"The Ming Dynasty is like today's disasters and man-made disasters, the government is erosive, and the situation is getting worse, which has a great relationship with the tyranny of salt!" Zhu Shunming is serious nonsense.

"The Lianghuai Salt Farm doesn't sell low-priced salt, so it's okay. The coast of Daming is so long, is it only Jianghuai that produces salt? ”

Huang Zhulin's heart was cold. It seems that Zhu Er is determined to sell salt to the end. Salt merchants are easy to deal with, how should the salt policy of the imperial court and the salt tax collected by the imperial court be faced? Zhu Shunming did not say it explicitly. But looking at his indifferent appearance, looking at the orderliness of his past behavior, he should have already had a case.

Even if he doesn't do the salt business, he can't offend Zhu Shunming, a seemingly reckless but shrewd warlord.

The singing Hua Dan is a toast, and the sound is like a pearl falling on a jade plate, clear and crisp.

"Concubine Wan Fang, toast to the adults. I wish the adults a beautiful wife and concubine, and rise step by step. ”

Zhu Shunming smiled. The little girl who hasn't grown up actually calls herself a "concubine" with a serious face.

"You sing the song so well, it's better not to drink, so as not to spoil your voice."

Wan Fang was a little surprised, she looked up at Zhu Shunming, and her dark eyes flashed with a glimmer of light.