February.

The atmosphere in Jizhou was a little gloomy.

The court of Wei has been planning to move the capital, but because of the changing economic situation in Jizhou, the matter has to be shelved.

Cao Cao could only focus on Jizhou, which had become the most populous and most important territory of Wei, and Jizhou could not be chaotic.

At this time, as the Beidi Chamber of Commerce and Mi Zhu increased their capital investment, using the transactions of various markets to disrupt the prices of every commodity, and the markets began to be chaotic.

The market is chaotic, there are naturally disputes in transactions, prices are starting to soar, and there is a faint smell of inflation.

At this critical moment, Wei's funds also began to be invested, and with the cooperation of official forces, the prices in the market were stabilized, and the first economic battle of this era was completely opened.

On 6 February, after Chen Qun's business office was established, he immediately invested nearly one billion yuan of funds transferred from the state treasury to stabilize the market in Yecheng.

This favorable situation made Cao Cao happy, and it also made the Wei court recognize Chen Qun's method of fighting business with business.

However, there was still a price chaos in Jizhou, and he wanted to stabilize the entire Jizhou, and he could not rely only on the funds of the Wei treasury.

According to the current statistics, the Northland Chamber of Commerce has invested at least tens of billions of dollars in Jizhou, and no one knows how much money the Northland Chamber of Commerce still has.

Once the situation becomes more chaotic, it is necessary to use troops to suppress it, which is something that the entire Wei State does not want to see.

After Chen Qun got Cao Cao's permission, he began to think about using the power of merchants to fight against the funds of the Northland Chamber of Commerce.

Wu has always been wealthy, and in Wu, the power of merchants is very strong, and the Northland Chamber of Commerce gathers Wu merchants and Wu treasury, which is absolutely wealthy. The funds of the Wei treasury alone are simply not enough to deal with.

Therefore, he had to gather the power of the merchants of Wei.

Of course, it is not easy to ask these businessmen to willingly take out the money and fight against the funds of the Northland Chamber of Commerce.

Business House.

A brand new mansion was built next door to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In the lobby.

Chen Qun knelt at the top of the line. Cao Ang, the great prince of Wei, sat quietly next to him, and there were more than a dozen merchants on the left and right, all of whom were famous businessmen in the four states under the jurisdiction of Wei.

"Why do you think Wei summoned us so impatiently?"

"I don't know!"

"We were all from the Jin Kingdom before, they won't be the queen of the autumn to settle accounts!"

"There are not only our merchants in Jizhou, but also many merchants in Yuzhou and Yanzhou, probably not!"

"Maybe it's because of the recent chaos in the market in Jizhou!"

"Is it for the Northland Chamber of Commerce?"

“……”

In the dreary atmosphere of the lobby, the merchants began to whisper in a low voice.

They're in Ji, Yan. Yu, Qing, and Sizhou are all famous, with extraordinary assets, and when facing Cao Ang and Chen Qun, they are obviously a little restrained.

After all, their status is low.

In the Jin Kingdom, the exclusive family, in the Wei Kingdom. The powerful power of the family also occupies half of the country, so whether it is the Jin State or the Wei State. The status of the merchant is still very low.

Now the Wei State governs the four states and gathers the territory of the former Wei State and the Jin State, but the market of the merchants is basically the same.

These businessmen are often suppressed by the powerful families, and they have an inferiority complex in their hearts, facing the behemoth of the court. A casual word can make their family ruined, and they are naturally more afraid.

Moreover, recently, Wei has put the core in Jizhou, and the economic situation in Jizhou is not unclear. And there are a lot of ginseng and go in to stock up and sell high.

Suddenly, they were summoned by the court, and they were very apprehensive in their hearts, and their eyes were looking at Cao Ang and Chen Qun.

They don't quite understand the meaning of the establishment of the business mansion, but they understand the meaning to some extent, Chen Qun and they are not familiar with it, but Cao Ang and they dare not ignore it in the slightest.

Cao Ang, Cao Zixiu, the current prince of Wei, has great influence in both the court and the military, the first heir of Wei, and the best candidate for the crown prince.

"Guys, do you know why we're here?"

Chen Qun raised his head, his gaze swept over everyone, and asked calmly.

"Lord Chen, it should be for the Northland Chamber of Commerce, right?" A relatively smart merchant looked at Chen Qun and replied in a low voice.

The Northland Chamber of Commerce is a little strange in Wei, but in the business circle of Jizhou, they are not strangers at all, these years, the merchants of Jizhou, even if they have not joined the Northland Chamber of Commerce, more or less, have heard of the Northland Chamber of Commerce.

"Shopkeeper Luo is very smart!"

When Chen Qun heard this, his eyes moved slightly, looking at this merchant, the corners of his mouth outlined a playful smile, and said, "I heard that Luo's Workshop was also a member of the Northland Chamber of Commerce before, right?" ”

"Lord Chen, the Luo Workshop has already broken away from the Northland Chamber of Commerce a few months ago, please King Mingjian!"

The owner of the Luo family workshop is Luo Cheng, who is in his forties and a big businessman in Yecheng. He was tall and thin, looking very shrewd, and when he heard Chen Qun's words, he hurriedly stood up and asked for guilt tremblingly.

The details of the Northland Chamber of Commerce are not a secret in Jizhou, before the Jin State was under tight coercion on the merchants, so many people joined the Chamber of Commerce, but later when the Jin State collapsed and the Wei State accepted Jizhou, the merchants in the Northland Chamber of Commerce collapsed.

Many merchants are out of the jurisdiction of the Chamber of Commerce, and Roche Workshop is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce.

After all, Jizhou is not under the jurisdiction of Wu State, and many people are unwilling to secretly become a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and they have to think about when they will be discovered by the Wei State court and beheaded all over the house.

"I'm afraid it's not just Shopkeeper Luo who once belonged to the Northland Chamber of Commerce, right?"

Chen Qun's gaze swept over and said coldly.

The ghost pawn had already sent a copy of the situation of the Northland Chamber of Commerce to the Ministry of Commerce, and Chen Qun knew that among the famous merchants in Jizhou, more than fifty percent of them were merchants under the jurisdiction of the Northland Chamber of Commerce.

It can be seen that the influence of the Northland Chamber of Commerce in Jizhou, thinking about it, he shuddered.

"Hehe, I didn't expect that under the noses of our Wei Kingdom, there are so many people with different hearts?"

Cao Ang relatively matched Chen Qun's momentum. He smiled coldly, his face gloomy.

"The eldest prince, please forgive me, our Northland Chamber of Commerce, which has long since left, is loyal to the Wei State!"

Several Jizhou merchants stood up and pleaded guilty with some trepidation.

Are you here to ask about sin today?

The other merchants were also a little apprehensive, staring at Chen Qun and Cao Ang who were in the upper ranks. The two of them were intimidated, but somewhat quiet.

"I invited you here today, not to ask for sin!"

Chen Qun spoke: "The previous matter is the matter of the Jin State, the Jin State has fallen, and the Wei State can ignore the fact that you have joined the Northland Chamber of Commerce, but in the future, if anyone has this situation, it will be a betrayal of the Wei State." Perish! ”

"We don't dare!"

Everyone hurriedly bowed their heads and promised respectfully.

"A certain family can understand you, the status of the merchants of the Wu State is very high, and many people yearn for the Wu State, but understanding is understanding, the Wei State is not the Jin State, and the Wei State does not allow anyone to betray!"

Chen Qun said calmly, wanting to use them. You have to stop them first.

"My lord, we were all forced to be helpless before!" A Jizhou merchant said with a wry smile: "The Jin Kingdom is so harsh on us. We can't live, so we can only take refuge in the Beishang Chamber of Commerce, but when we know that the merchants in the North belong to the Wu State Banner, we have all withdrawn from the Chamber of Commerce! ”

"I know, in fact, you all yearn for the merchants of Wu Kingdom, right?" Chen Qun said pointedly.

Everyone heard the news. looked at each other and didn't dare to make a sound.

They don't object, it's in their hearts, who doesn't know that the merchants of Wu State have a status comparable to ordinary scholars, and they naturally yearn for it.

But he didn't dare to say it. After all, this is the State of Wei.

"Now, I'm waiting for a chance!" Chen Qun continued.

"What does Master Chen mean?"

The crowd was a little puzzled.

"Recently, the market price of Jizhou has fluctuated, you should have heard a little, the king is furious, so he ordered us to set up a business office to fight against the Northland Chamber of Commerce!"

Chen Qun stood up, looked at everyone, and said: "You and others are all merchants, in this Jizhou, you should be unwilling to let the Northland Chamber of Commerce become bigger, and we are not willing, so I ask you to help and snipe the Northland Chamber of Commerce!" ”

"Sniping the Northland Chamber of Commerce?"

Everyone gasped, and some merchants who knew about the Northland Chamber of Commerce began to retreat.

"Everyone, I know, many of you used to envy the status of Wu State merchants, and now that the king Chrysostom has been opened, as long as you assist the business government to repel the Northland Chamber of Commerce, the court should establish the business government and enhance the status of the businessman!"

Chen Qun smiled and said: "The opportunity is rare, you are not willing to fight for yourself!" ”

"Lord Chen, let's assist the Business Council, and we are willing to pay to fight against the Northland Chamber of Commerce, but we have one condition!"

Luo Cheng gritted his teeth, looked at Cao Ang and Chen Qun, and spit out a sentence.

"Please!" Chen Qundao.

"I want the eldest prince to make a promise!"

"Say!" Cao Ang said calmly.

"Wu has a state-owned chamber of commerce, condense the power of businessmen, so that businessmen are not oppressed, Jizhou should also have our own chamber of commerce, I hope the prince and the business government can support the Jizhou Chamber of Commerce!"

Luo Cheng's eyes were burning, he looked at the two of them, and said: "As long as the eldest prince is willing to promise to help the Chamber of Commerce, I, the merchants of Jizhou, am willing to do my best to fight against the Beidi Chamber of Commerce, even if the family is bankrupt, it will not be a problem!" ”

If Jizhou can establish a chamber of commerce, Luo Cheng believes that the status of Jizhou businessmen will be improved in the Wei Congress.

"Yes, there are also businessmen in Yuzhou, and we should also set up a chamber of commerce to ensure that businessmen are not bullied!" A big businessman in Yuzhou said categorically: "As long as the eldest prince is willing to support us, the merchants of Yuzhou are willing to invest one billion yuan to fight this battle with the Beidi Chamber of Commerce!" ”

"Yanzhou merchants are also willing to invest a billion!"

"Our merchants in Qingzhou can also assist in this battle!"

A group of merchants seemed to see the hope of improving their status as lowly businessmen, and several representative businessmen opened their mouths one after another.

"Hahaha, good!"

Cao Ang stood up, laughed a few times, and said: "Thanks to you for looking up to Cao Zixiu, you are willing to help Wei Guo, and Cao Zixiu should also help you!" ”

"The eldest prince is benevolent!"

The eyes of the businessmen were bright, they were no strangers to court politics, if there was no backer, even if the Chamber of Commerce was established, it would be just an empty shelf after all.

With Cao Ang, relatively speaking, they will not be afraid too much when doing things, and with their financial resources, they may not be able to compete with those wealthy families. (To be continued......)