As the saying goes, no profit is not early, Wang Chonggu must have a reason for condescending to the noble, and if he understands the entanglement of interests, everything will be clear.

Wang Chonggu represents the Jin merchants, and although the Jin merchants are second to none in the Ming Dynasty, the Jin merchants are a very conservative group of people. Look at the business they run at a glance: fur, salt, money, ticket number, border trade...... Dating back a thousand or two thousand years, there were these businesses, not only traditional, but also mostly franchised, which required the protection of the power of the imperial court. This also restricts the further expansion of Jinshang Group.

Due to conservatism, Jin merchants are not deeply involved in the business of Southeast Coupons, so no matter how much trouble the Coupons get, Wang Chonggu does not care, as long as he maintains the peace and quiet in his tenure and does not make trouble, he will not care about the flood after he slaps his ass and leaves.

Although the Jin merchants didn't care about the tickets, they couldn't help but care about the tea, as Wang Chonggu said, the horse market in the east and the tea market in the west, the tea business of several million yuan, could bring huge profits to the Jin merchants.

Take previous years as an example, a pound of tea in a penny of silver, transported to the northwest and Liaodong, fifty catties of tea can be exchanged for a good war horse, in the north is also worth fifteen taels of silver, and the cost of fifty catties of tea is only four or five taels, a horse can earn ten taels of silver, if trafficked to the south of the Yangtze River, it is terrible, the best war horse sixty or seventy taels are priceless.

According to the statistics of the government, the number of horses traded in the horse market every year is about 30,000, as we all know, the statistics of the Ming Dynasty are not more reliable than later generations, Tang Yi estimates that the inflow of horses from the north should be about 50,000 to 70,000 horses per year, at least double.

In other words, this alone can make a million taels a year! With a quarter of the household, it is not surprising that Wang Chonggu came running.

"What Shanxi people want is a stable price of tea, and every penny of tea rises, they will have to lose 200,000 taels of profit. It's like cutting flesh on them, which is unbearable or unbearable. Xu Wei said with a smile: "Okay, the current pass will fall on you." ”

"Me? Brother Wen, what do you mean? ”

"It's up to you to have the guts!" Xu Wei said excitedly: "I think Zhao Yongfang and these people can't hold on, so they ask Wang Chonggu to put pressure, as long as they can withstand the pressure." It would be great to continue to push up the price of tea and snatch a piece of meat from the hands of Jin merchants! ”

Looking at Xu Wei's longing look, Tang Yi suddenly laughed.

"Brother Wen, do you really regard me as a living immortal?" Tang Yi laughed and said, "Your judgment in front is right, but not necessarily in the back. If Wang Chonggu really combines with the wealthy businessmen in Suzhou, with their super strength, they are enough to crush us. ”

Xu Wei scratched his head and smiled: "Okay." You look down on yourself too much, don't you? ”

"No, I'm self-aware, in the end, my foundation is too shallow, far inferior to them."

"Then, then why does Wang Chonggu still condescend to be noble, is he afraid of Mr. Jingchuan and them?"

Tang Yi also had this idea, after all, the teacher was the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and he held great power. Xiangyong gradually took shape, and his father's status also soared. As the prefect of Suzhou, Wang Chonggu has no need to offend them.

But Tang Yi thought about it and overturned it again.

Politics and business are not things that can be completely conflated, and it is unlikely that Wang Chonggu will casually sacrifice the interest groups behind him. So what is he worried about?

Tang Yi's mind kept flashing countless words: southeast, wealthy merchants, tickets, people, commodities...... By the way, there is one thing missing, and that is the ticket number!

"Yes. That's how it all comes together! Tang Yi danced excitedly, and said with a relieved smile: "Tickets are very popular, and people have invested real money into them, and many people are still not happy." They even went so far as to go out of debt to buy bonds. Brother Wen, who do you say they would borrow money from? ”

"Needless to say, I'm not an idiot." Xu Wei said disdainfully: "Who in the world doesn't know the Shanxi ticket number, and the power is strong, so if you don't borrow money from them, you can borrow money from whom." ”

"That's right!" Tang Yi smiled and said: "Although the Jin merchants did not directly intervene, they lent money to the outside world, and they actually had a considerable amount of mortgage bills in their hands. The rise in tea is in the interests of these ticket banks, and if the tea coupons become waste paper, the money they lent out will not be returned. ”

Xu Wei finally suddenly brightened up, spread his hands, and said with a smile: "If you want to buy tea with your left hand, the cheaper the better, and with your right hand holding the ticket, the higher the price, the better, the palms and backs of your hands are full of meat, it's really difficult for Wang Chonggu." ”

Tang Yi nodded, "That's right, in my estimation, Zhao Yongfang and these people may not know that I did it, they just turned to Wang Chonggu for help, hoping to find out the people who speculated on the price of tea through the pressure of the imperial court." And Wang Chonggu threw a rat into a bogey, so he came here in the hope that we could reconcile, which is what Brother Wen said about peacemaking! ”

Xu Wei grinned and put his legs proudly on the table, almost arrogant about to go to the sky.

"It seems that I'm not bad at Xu Dacai."

"It's not bad, it's just Zhuge in the world." Tang Yi said exaggeratedly.

Xu Wei smiled proudly: "Awards, awards, by the way, okay, do you plan to give Wang Chonggu face?" ”

"What is Senior Brother Wen's opinion?"

"Of course you can't give it! God blocks and kills God, and Buddha blocks and kills Buddha. Regardless of whether he is the king of heaven, the emperor will take turns to come to my house next year......"

"Shut up!" Tang Yi stretched out his hand to cover Xu Wei's mouth, and let this person continue, if he doesn't do it, he will go to Liangshan.

Tang Yi walked around the ground several times, the situation in front of him is very favorable to him, the big bearish tea has been forced into a corner, as long as it lasts for another half a month, the overall situation has been decided. The people who manipulate the tickets are about to taste the worst defeat, and they want to cover the sky with one hand, which is simply wishful thinking!

But...... Once Wang Chonggu and the Jin merchants stand together with the big households, it is not a matter of one plus one is greater than two, for example, the Jin merchants simply announced that they would reduce the amount of tea purchased, and the price of tea collapsed, and their own efforts were put into practice.

It seems that Shanxi people can't afford to offend!

Tang Yi stared at him, gritted his teeth, he looked gentle and elegant on the surface, rational and calm, but in fact he was more stubborn than anyone else, he didn't want to be at the mercy of anyone, on the contrary, he still wanted to control everything and change the world, even if his strength was not enough, he also wanted to use his intelligence to fill it.

But now, after calculating all the chips in his hand, Tang Yi has to say that he has no chance of winning. The only killer move is to burn the jade and pull everyone to finish it together. Obviously, Wang Chonggu was worried that he would be brutal, so he came to him.

After being silent for a long time, Tang Yi finally gritted his teeth, "Someone, prepare the car, I'm going to see the prefect." ”

This time it was Tang Yi who took the initiative to visit, and Wang Chonggu became the master, but he did not occupy the joy of taking the initiative, on the contrary, there was a trace of lingering sorrow.

His business talent is no worse than that of an official, since the price of tea began to fluctuate sharply, Wang Chonggu realized the risk behind it, and immediately notified all the Jin merchant ticket numbers, took stock of the family, and carefully investigated.

It doesn't matter if you check this, the four major Jin merchant ticket numbers have successively lent out more than 4 million taels of silver, of which eighty percent of the loans are guaranteed by coupons.

In other words, if there is a problem with the ticket, the Jin merchants will also be unlucky!

Wang Chonggu was simply mad by the juniors, he did not go through the hardships of the road, but he enjoyed too much glory and wealth, which made them lose their sensitivity to the crisis and were fascinated by the immediate interests.

Just when Wang Chonggu was angry, his subordinates suddenly came to report, saying that Tang Yi asked to see him. Wang Chonggu was taken aback, he thought that Tang Yi would not bow his head easily, young people who are not arrogant, who can easily let go of the fat in their mouths. Even Wang Chonggu wanted to write a letter to Tang Shen and ask him to come forward, lest Tang Yi not know the severity of the trouble and the consequences that could be uncontrollable, and everyone would be unlucky together.

Who knew that before he could act, Tang Yi took the initiative to come to the door, which surprised Wang Chonggu.

"Xingzhixian nephew, you came to find the old man, do you want to make kung fu tea for the old man?"

Wang Chonggu still remembered it, Tang Yi was full of shame, and hurriedly said: "Please forgive me, sir, the student deceived you and is willing to accept the punishment." ”

Wang Chonggu pretended not to know, and said lightly: "How did you deceive the old man?" ”

"Sir, the student didn't tell you the truth, Huang Gonggong did find the late student to help, the late student lent him 300,000 taels of silver, and smashed millions of silver to fry the tea. Mr. found the student, but the student didn't dare to tell the truth, please forgive me! ”

It really was him!

Although Wang Chonggu had already made a judgment, he was still shocked when Tang Yi said it himself.

This kid is not yet fifteen years old, so much younger than his nephew Zhang Siwei, he can mobilize millions of silver, calling for wind and rain, how powerful! It's a pity, if this son is from Shanxi, even if he fights for his life, he will assist him to take the position, with him, at least the party will be safe for 50 years.

Wang Chonggu lost his mind for a moment, and then smiled: "Virtuous nephew, the young man is promising, the old man has a lot of military affairs and government affairs, and he can't manage the business affairs, so you can do it yourself." ”

You also pretend to be garlic.

Tang Yi secretly despised it, and had the face to mention government and military affairs, in your eyes, business will always come first, and after more than ten years, agree to me to answer the tribute trade, which is the handwriting of you and your nephew, don't bully the master, the master has seen the history of the Ming Dynasty!

Just when Tang Yi was thinking about it, Wang Chonggu had already picked up the teacup, he was not thirsty, but he served tea to send off the guests and gave an eviction order.

Tang Yi gritted his teeth, anyway, he was young, and he was not ashamed to be a scoundrel, he bowed to the ground, and then said with a bitter face: "Mr. has appointed the disciple as the head of the case, the prince of heaven and earth, and the name has been decided." The disciple has heartfelt words, and I have to say it. When Huang Gonggong found the disciple, the disciple helped Huang Gonggong out of righteous indignation. But for more than a month, the disciple found that the ticket market in Suzhou is simply a big fire pit, has reached the most dangerous time, once the tea storm spreads, the people find that the tickets in their hands are worthless, will inevitably run the commercial stores, the shops are bound to close down in large numbers, and then affect the money village ticket number, Suzhou business will inevitably be hit hard, the harm is great, far more than the invasion of the Japanese invaders. Others may not understand, Mr. must know the danger, the disciple dares to ask Mr. to take action, for Suzhou, for Jiangnan, we must turn the tide! (To be continued.) )