Wang Zhi's life was not easy, and Xiaotian's strong rise seriously shook his status as the king of the sea. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this world, only between peers is naked hatred, it turns out that the merchants on the sea all rely on Wang Zhi to eat, even the Japanese need Wang Zhi to contact the buyer, which is why he has the title of old ship owner.

But now that Xiaotian has risen, everyone has found that there is not only one thigh to hug, and many small maritime merchants have mixed up with Xiaotian, even if they don't, they are not as respectful as before.

That's it, it's more important to be in the market. The market is limited after all, although Xiaotian cooperated with Wang Zhi to open up many new commodity markets, such as glass, mirrors, etc., all of which were sold to Southeast Asia through Wang Zhi, but it is undeniable that a large amount of real money and silver continued to flow into Xiaotian's pocket, and he himself, the silver flowing in became less and less.

What's more troublesome is that although Xiaotian is his competitor, he is also his biggest partner, not only the largest customer of whale oil, but also the supplier of a large number of Daming goods.

Wang Zhi didn't think about kicking Xiaotian away and finding other ways to buy goods, but after the rise of Xiaotian, smuggling became more difficult than before, Xiaotian left room for doing things, grabbed the shipments of large households, and compensated for the purchase, it can be said that Xiaotian's glass and mirrors, as well as a dazzling array of overseas goods, in addition to cooperating with Ouchi the most, most of the others are distributed from these coastal households. In addition, the imperial court is now strictly controlled, so it is not easy for Wang Zhi to buy goods now, at least it has to be more than double the price of Xiaotian, which does not guarantee the quality.

This is the case between businessmen, although shopping malls are like battlefields, but there are very few businessmen who really play their lives, because of this situation where you have me and I have you, which is also the most common relationship among almost all the world's big businessmen, that is, both competition and cooperation, ancient and modern China and foreign countries, has always been so.

Therefore, Xiaotian and Wang Zhi have always had a tacit understanding, that is, they can use any means during business wars, but they will never use knives.

Xiao Tian is such a person who mixes later thought and Confucianism, and to some extent, this guy is very timid. This is normal, a teenager who has lived in a peaceful era all his life, has been forty or fifty years old in two lifetimes, let alone fighting, and there have not been many fights, and he is scared enough to see a street gangster come out with a knife, such a person is naturally a pacifist.

In fact, Xiao Tian has always felt that those predecessors who crossed at the starting point were obviously ordinary citizens in the later life, but as soon as they crossed, they immediately became iron-blooded heroes, which is too nonsense.

Therefore, the pacifist Xiao Tian likes to get along with Wang Zhi very much, and for this reason, he does not hesitate to lower his stature, and even looks a little cowardly. Because he likes business warfare, this is a model that Xiao Tian is familiar with, and it is also his advantage, he is confident, if he doesn't use the knife, let alone the current Wang Zhi, even if he is ten times stronger and a hundred times stronger, he also has the confidence that he can play him to death.

On the contrary, what he hates the most is Xu Hai's kind of thing, Xu Hai's routine is to don't be particularly noisy if you can do it, what do you want to talk to me? Let's fight first, you win, listen to you, listen to me, listen to me. Xiaotian is actually afraid of war in his bones, he also has self-knowledge, he really talks about military affairs, and his talent is as big as a bean, which is why he is willing to divide power and manage the court to Qi Jiguang.

Therefore, even though Xiaotian's strength has already surpassed Xu Hai a lot, he has never done him, he doesn't like to fight, he likes peaceful aggression. And if he says something that he is not confident in, he is afraid that he will not be able to beat Xu Hai.

Originally, the Wakoku market had always been owned by Wang Zhi alone, but now that Oda Nobunaga has joined in, he can directly pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, whether it is strategic materials or living materials, it is much cheaper than Wang Zhi, and even he sells it to other daimyo is cheaper than himself.

This is no longer a competition for the market, this is to cut off people's money, as the old saying goes, cutting off people's money is like killing parents, this matter is not solved well, and the good relationship between Xiaotian and Wang Zhi will come to an end.

After chatting for a long time, Xiaotian also made concessions to Wang Zhi in many places, but this issue still couldn't satisfy everyone.

Xiaotian closed his eyes and thought for a long time before he opened his mouth and said: "Old shipowner, with all due respect, this matter is a dead knot, with your wisdom, it is impossible not to understand, even without me Xiaotian and Oda Nobunaga, how many years can you play with that set?" ”

When Xiao Tian said this, Wang Zhi was shocked, because Xiao Tian was indeed on point.

In history, Wang Zhineng was deceived by Hu Zongxian to go ashore, to a large extent, as Xiao Tian said, his set became more and more unworkable in the Wa Kingdom.

During this period, the Wa Kingdom gradually changed from a group of heroes to several major hegemons, his number of customers is getting smaller and smaller, and his strength is getting stronger and stronger, sooner or later, these customers will unite, kick him away, and trade directly with the Spaniards, when the time comes, don't look at the more than 50,000 people under his hands now, it seems that he is more powerful than Imagawa Yoshimoto, but if there are not enough interests to follow him at that time, how many people can he have left?

This question is the sword hanging over Wang Zhi's head, he also understands, but he has never told anyone about this problem, he believes that within his group, only he himself has keenly discovered this problem, and now Xiao Tian pointed it out at this time, which really surprised him.

Wang Zhi was shocked in his heart, but his face was silent, and he said: "I don't understand what the scholar is in charge of."

Xiao Tiandao: "Is it difficult to understand? The fewer intermediate links in sales, the more profitable production and consumption will be, you are now actually a distributor of the Spaniards and my Daming, you say, if there are only three or four daimyo left in the Wa Kingdom, who wants you to take a head in the middle? You have single-handedly built such a big foundation, it is impossible not to see through such a small thing.

Don't tell lies in front of real people, since Xiaotian has seen it, it's no longer interesting to deny it, and there is no one else here, Wang Zhi sighed and said: "Yes, who knows how many years this business can be done." Since the scholar master has put it forward, is there a solution? ”

Xiao Tiandao: "There is no way to get nine out of ten, but you can try it, maybe it can not only help you get out of the predicament, but also solve the problem of the Japanese market, maybe I can wish you a further step."

Wang Zhi was surprised and asked, "Is there another way like this?" Let's hear it. ”

Xiao Tiandao: "There is nothing else in this place, but there are still enough silver mines, and I am short of silver, so it is too wasteful to put such a good thing in their hands." Why don't we work together to develop the silver mines in their territory?"

Wang Zhi exclaimed; "Direct development of silver mines? This silver mine is the lifeblood of the Daimyo of the Japanese Kingdom, how can it be opened to you? Besides, although this Japanese country produces silver, most of it still flows to the two of us, is it necessary to develop silver mines? ”

Xiao Tiandao: "First, this is indeed the foundation of the Wa Kingdom, if you want to do this, you need you, me, and Oda Nobunaga to closely combine them, and at the same time attract the Ming Dynasty Wa State garrison through silver mines, and we will form a community of interests tightly, which is also conducive to improving the impression of the Ming Dynasty on you."

Second, this is actually equivalent to removing the intermediate links, and the silver goes directly to our own hands, which actually reduces the peeling of various daimyos, and more importantly, we can affect the economy of the Wa Kingdom by controlling the amount of silver in circulation. I once heard the saying that mastering a country's currency is equivalent to controlling the lifeblood of a country.

Third, and most importantly, we are rootless duckweed in the Wa Kingdom after all, and no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it is a mirror after all, because we are just a middleman after all, but with the help of the silver mine, we can borrow from the Ming Dynasty, and when the time comes, we can also set up a factory near the silver mine, and we can also get the protection of the Ming army.

I've already built two of them in Oda, imagine if one day. These factories can be built ten, twenty, one hundred, two hundred, and everything except grain in the country is produced by us, what will happen then? At that time, we will already be the community of interests of the Ming Dynasty, and except for the peasants, all the people of the Japanese country are counting on us to eat, who will dare to touch us?

This is my plan, capital plunder, in fact, more profitable, more ruthless, and more secretive than robbery, how about it, do you want to join? (To be continued.) )