Zheng Bao of Yuji Commercial Bank took his men to transport a cart of salt back to Lingbao County, he was very afraid, he was attracted by the high profits, and went deep into the area controlled by the security army to complete the transaction, and the fellow men also felt that they had gone to the ghost gate to close a circle. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but the silver from the next sale of salt in exchange for white flowers made Zheng Bao's heart flutter. And then there is a bigger opportunity in front of him, but it is not something he can control. So he settled Lingbao's shop, went straight to the head office of Yuji Commercial Bank in Zhengzhou, and went to his boss Yu Chunguang to report the situation.

Yuji firm is the kind of pure businessmen of the Ming Dynasty, they started from the grocery door of a small household in Zhengzhou, generation after generation of hard work, relying on diligence and thrift and hardship, and has never climbed to the powerful of the dynasty, so although a lot of wealth has been accumulated for several generations, it is still in a lowly merchant status, and the stores opened are also in some smaller counties, the head office has not changed in Zhengzhou, although there are branches in the metropolis where the magnates are rampant like Kaifeng and Jingshi, they are not very famous.

Yu Chunguang, the current chief manager of Yuji Commercial Bank, is in his 40s, and he has taken over the firm for 20 years, which is also the period of great development of the firm. He was very unwilling to have such a low status as a businessman, desperately developing his business empire, establishing new branches in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, dreaming that one day he would be rich and rival the country, and he could overwhelm the arrogance of those powerful people with money.

But people are not as good as heaven, just when Yu Chunguang was desperately expanding, the famine in the north occurred, the hungry people in Shanxi and Shaanxi could not survive, the displaced people rebelled everywhere, the north-south trade route was interrupted, the circulation of goods was greatly restricted, and his shops were not alive and alive, and there were still so many men to feed every day, how did this not make him anxious.

Recently, there has been more news that a group of thieves called the security army has come more ruthlessly, directly occupying the ferry port in Shanxi, and now the north-south traffic has been completely cut off, and their business is in a huge crisis.

At this time, Zheng Bao, the shopkeeper of the Lingbao County Commercial Bank, ran back to ask to see him, and he didn't know what was going on.

Lingbao is the closest county seat to Dayudu, which was occupied by thieves, and this Zheng Bao was frightened by the thieves and ran back.

Yu Chunguang met Zheng Bao in the store of Yu Ji Commercial Bank. Yu Chunguang looked at Zheng Bao, who was full of red light, and it was even more strange that he didn't look like he was going to be a deserter, so he asked, "Boss Zheng has worked hard, how is the situation of Lingbao now." ”

"Lingbao is in good condition, we just made a big deal and made a lot of money." Zheng Bao replied.

"Earned money? What business did you do? "Yu Chunguang is very strange, it's not bad not to lose money during this period, and you can still make money.

"We sold the cotton in our hands, and then bought a batch of salt from Yuncheng and sold it to other merchants, making money in the process." Zheng Bao replied with a smile on his face.

"Transporting salt from Yuncheng, didn't it mean that Yuncheng was occupied by thieves? Tell me what's going on. Yu Chunguang was very surprised.

Zheng Bao explained in detail the contact with Wang Yongwang and the process of selling cotton and buying salt.

Yu Chunguang listened quietly there, never commenting. It was only when Zheng Bao finished speaking that he said: "Zheng Bao, you are so bold." ”

Zheng Bao looked at his boss, not knowing what he meant. Whether you approve or disagree with your actions.

After saying this, Yu Chunguang stopped making a sound, stood up and walked to the window and looked out of the window, as if enjoying the scenery outside the window. After a long time, Yu Chunguang turned around and said, "Why do you say they want me to go to Dayu to meet Wang Jijie to talk about cooperation?" ”

"They may be afraid that we are not sincere and collude with the government to arrest them." Zheng Bao thought for a moment and said.

"Aren't we afraid that they will collude with the thieves and arrest us?" Yu Chunguang asked.

"This Wang Jijie is also the leading figure in the Jin merchants, you can't do this kind of thing." Zheng Bao himself is not sure.

"Of course they won't do that, it doesn't do much to kidnap me, it doesn't take so much trouble to kidnap the ticket, they just want to test whether I have the courage to cooperate with the thief. Not only do I want to go to Dayudu, but if I have the opportunity, I also have to go to other places occupied by thieves to see if this group of thieves is a long-term object of cooperation. Yu Chunguang said proudly.

Zheng Bao was relieved when he heard this, and it seemed that the boss still agreed with his behavior. He hurriedly took out the fabrics, clothes, daggers and other things that Wang Yongwang gave him for Yu Chunguang to see.

Yu Chunguang looked at the fabric in his hand, and his eyes lit up. Such a good fabric can be obtained at a cheaper price than other fabrics on the market, so it would be unreasonable if it was not profitable. He turned his head and asked Zheng Baodao, "How much can they provide us with this fabric every month?" ”

"According to Wang Yongwang, they can give as much as we want." Zheng Bao also asked Wang Yongwang the same thing.

"What a big breath, it seems that I really have to go there myself to see this thief who doesn't rob things and weaves his own cloth to do business." Yu Chunguang made up his mind.

Yu Chunguang and Zheng Bao left early the next morning, and their target was Lingbao County. Before this, Zheng Bao sent his men back overnight to contact Wang Yongwang and agreed on the time and place for the two parties to meet.

The two rushed to Lingbao without making any stops, and went straight to Dayudu with a few guys.

Under the leadership of the guys who came to greet them, several people successfully passed the checkpoint of the security army, and Wang Jijie, the chief shopkeeper of the Jin merchants, and Yu Chunguang, a businessman from Henan, met for the first time at Dayu Ferry.

Wang Jijie warmly received Yu Chunguang and took him to a newly built house next to the freight yard. Zheng Bao observed the situation in the freight yard, and in a few days, several houses had been built, and some large warehouses were being built, as Wang Yongwang said. It seems that the security forces really plan to occupy this place for a long time and trade.

Although Wang Jijie and Yu Chunguang met for the first time, they didn't say too many kind words, both of them were veterans in the mall, and they directly started the topic of trading.

"How much salt can your Wang family control in Yuncheng?" Yu Chunguang came up and raised the issue of salt, which he was most concerned about.

"After the security army occupied Yuncheng, the original salt merchants were all arrested because they were enemies of the security army. The salt security army of Yuncheng Salt Lake has been handed over to our Wang family as the exclusive agent. Wang Jijie said it is an understatement, but it is a very shocking fact. The original business of more than 200 salt merchants has all been under the name of Wang Jijie's family, what kind of behemoth will this be.

"And how much salt are you going to give us every month?" Yu Chunguang knew that he couldn't eat so much salt on his own, but he didn't want to get a small share of the long run.

"Since we have chosen Boss Yu to cooperate with us, we will definitely give priority to supplying your needs."

Hearing Wang Jijie say this, Yu Chunguang put his mind at ease, as long as he can get enough salt at this time, this trip will not be in vain.

The two then carefully negotiated the supply quantity and price, Wang Jijie generously reduced the price a lot, both parties were very satisfied, the sale of salt was settled, and the transaction between the two sides was officially concluded.

"I heard that Boss Wang still has a lot of cotton cloth for sale, this cotton cloth has always been a specialty of Jiangnan, but I didn't expect that there are such good weavers in Shanxi now." Yu Chunguang decided to talk to Wang Jijie about cotton again. (To be continued.) )