Shaanxi merchants were defeated by the Hui Gang and took Yangzhou for many reasons. As early as the middle of the Ming Dynasty, when Ye Qi changed the "open middle method" to the "folding color method", the Shaanxi merchants who started in the northwest lost the land advantage of transporting grain to the border for salt, and after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, the northern border troubles no longer became the top priority of the imperial court, and the objective environment and economic foundation on which the Shaanxi merchants relied to become famous were very different.

Judging from the situation of the Shaanxi merchants themselves, after moving to Yangzhou to become professional salt merchants, although they once suppressed the rising Huizhou merchants with their long-term accumulated financial resources, after all, they were far away from their homeland, and the northwest inland and Huaiyang, which is adjacent to the south of the Yangtze River, had too different folk customs and customs, and it was difficult to truly integrate into the local area.

Shaanxi merchants are "peasants into the city", simple nature, although after making a fortune there is also a record of luxury and pleasure in Yangzhou, but the true color is difficult to change, Hui merchants have sarcastically said to them: "high-soled naan shoes step on the mud, flat head robe heel together." Chong people are full of green onions and peppers, and they don't wait to hear the sound of Lao Xi. ”

The Hui merchants are generally educated, good at talking, elegant in demeanor, and flexible in hand, good at communicating, especially know how to spend great efforts to get acquainted with officials, climb the powerful, there has been a "cloth to hand over to the Son of Heaven" deeds for a beautiful talk. The salt industry was originally an industry with a strong color of "officials and businessmen", and the salt merchants always had to look at the policy changes of the imperial court and the faces of salt officials at all levels.

Later generations concluded that from the middle of the Ming Dynasty to the beginning of the Qing Dynasty about 200 years, Shanxi salt merchants joined forces in Yangzhou to fight against the Hui Gang, and the result was "Hui Jin, Shaanxi retreat, Jin turn", after this battle, the pattern of China's private commercial development in the past 200 years has undergone profound changes. Shaanxi salt merchants were frustrated by the Hui Gang and had no choice but to withdraw from the Yangzhou salt market, but they did not decline from then on.

In the middle of the 19th century, the Shaanxi merchants and the Hui merchants, who were once on the same page, and later had their own sides. Almost at the same time, it was plagued by military disasters and has been in decline ever since.

The 14-year Taiping War (1851~1864) was mainly carried out in the Yangtze River Delta. What about business? They abandoned their industries one after another and withdrew to their hometown in Huizhou to escape the war, and their commercial vitality was inevitably greatly damaged.

In 1867, a large-scale Hui uprising occurred in Shaanxi and Gansu, and the counties of Weibei, where Shaanxi merchants were most concentrated, such as Sanyuan and Jingyang, suffered heavy losses, and all wealthy families were almost completely swept away. Subsequently, the Qing court sent Zuo Zongtang and others to lead millions of Qing soldiers into Shaanxi for more than ten years. The distribution of grain and levy, donations and funds for suppression, so that the huge wealth accumulated by Shaanxi merchants for hundreds of years was exhausted overnight.

In addition, the Shaanxi businessmen who cared about the countryside sold their industries one after another, and came back with money to rebuild their homes, and the business of Shaanxi businessmen in various places came to a standstill, and a generation of male businessmen who had been glorious for hundreds of years has been in a slump since then. So much so that it was gradually forgotten by the world.

This was the final outcome of the Jin and Hui merchants.

By the time Yang Tingjian had figured out the root cause of this qiē, several businessmen in the neighboring seat had already left. As long as there is a contradiction between the Jin merchants and the Hui merchants, Yang Tingjian will make good use of it. Yang Tingjian didn't plan to use the army directly to rob the salt merchants this time, that was undoubtedly the behavior of bandits, and robbing the eight traitors was very different from robbing the salt merchants.

For salt merchants, Yang Tingjian has his own methods, and it is absolutely not advisable to use the army to raid their homes. It's a matter of principle. Since Yang Tingjian wants to develop capitalism, "the sacrosanctity of private property cannot be violated" must be recognized by law, which is a prerequisite for capitalism.

"Wishing you prosperity, you don't have to follow me these days, all go to Yangzhou City to inquire about the news." My son also has important things to do. ”

"Childe, what about your safety?"

"Hehe, do you think this son needs protection? Just do what this son says, there are four silver tickets here, the four of you take the silver tickets and go to work! ”

"Yes, Childe."

Wishing you prosperity was not verbose, and they took the silver tickets separately and left, and Yang Tingjian found the owner of the inn and asked him to find a credible tooth shop for himself. (The tooth shop was an intermediary agency in ancient times.) ）

Yang Tingjian is looking for a house in Yangzhou this time, which does not have to be in the city, as long as it is big enough. There are a lot of such manors around Yangzhou, and there are many people who want to sell, Yang Tingjian only spent two days to buy a large warehouse outside Yangzhou City, next to the Grand Canal. (The plot of falling leaves does not water, and the plot that has nothing to do with the theme, such as buying a warehouse, is basically a brushstroke.) ）

After buying the warehouse, Yang Tingjian immediately wore it back to modern times, and some of the machinery ordered by Yang Tingjian before should have arrived, and Yang Tingjian must now go to receive it.

The sea market is still prosperous, but Yang Tingjian is not in the mood to appreciate this superficial prosperity, and he doesn't know what the reason is, Yang Tingjian suddenly feels that he does not belong to this modern society, if it is not for Yang Tingjian's concern for Xia Mengqi, he really doesn't want to go back to modern times.

When Yang Tingjian came to the "Huaxia Antique Shop", he was stunned by the situation in front of him, the door had been sealed, what was the situation? Could it be that something happened to Mengqi?

Yang Tingjian didn't dare to linger at the door of the antique shop, but passed by the Huaxia antique shop casually, and sure enough, there were several policemen waiting here not far away. Yang Tingjian can be sure that something happened to Xia Mengqi now, but Xia Mengqi herself should be fine, she should have run away.

"Why did these policemen arrest Xia Mengqi? Could it be that there is something wrong with the antiques that I brought back from ancient times? ”

Yang Tingjian secretly thought in his heart, now he must do his best to find out what happened to Xia Mengqi? Then find her, if Xia Mengqi's crime is really unsolvable, he will take her to ancient times.

Yang Tingjian, who returned to his residence, first went into the basement and transported some of the gold, silver and jewelry he brought back last time back to his warehouse for storage, and then returned to modern times to check the recent news on the computer.

Sure enough, there are several news about Xia Mengqi on the market, and the news says that Xia Mengqi is suspected of intentional injury, because Xia Mengqi himself has escaped, so the police are making every effort to arrest him.

Since there is no reason for the Xia Mengqi incident on the news, Yang Tingjian immediately entered the post bar of the overseas market, and sure enough, there was such a post, which was to discuss Xia Mengqi's matter, it turned out that Xia Mengqi kicked the eggs of a son-in-law.

This post also roughly talks about the origin of the matter, this son-in-law is the only son of a big official, and wants to pursue Xia Mengqi, but Xia Mengqi has repeatedly refused him, and this son-in-law brother will take someone to Xia Mengqi's company one day.

After this son-in-law entered Xia Mengqi's company, he asked his subordinates to drive all the relevant personnel of the company out of the office, and then this son-in-law brother moved his hands and feet against Xia Mengqi, intending to rape him, and Xia Mengqi tried his best to resist, and in the resistance, Xia Mengqi kicked the younger body of the child-in-law brother, and directly kicked the child's eggs and balls.

…… (To be continued......)