Zhao Mingcheng scolded Zhao Sheng, and then stepped forward and arched his hand to Zhou Quan: "The grace of the Yanei, Zhao will not dare to forget." ”

He said it sincerely, Zhou Quan waved his hand and smiled: "Please also ask Brother Zhao to rest for a while, and after I have finished these mundane affairs, I will discuss the things mentioned in the letter with Brother Zhao!" ”

The father and son of the Zhou family came to Xuzhou, how could they not make any preparations, after finding out the details here, Zhou Quan had already written to the Zhao family and asked the Zhao family to send someone to talk. It's just that he didn't expect that the Zhao family sent it was Zhao Tingzhi.

Thinking about the meaning of the lady of the Zhao family, Zhou Quan owed Li Qingzhao a favor, and sent Zhao Tingzhi to come, and Zhou Quan was not too embarrassed by the Zhao family.

"Zhao Fu, from now on, you can take care of the smelting pit in the clan, and everything will be subject to what Zhou Yanei said." Zhao Tingzhi commanded to the person behind him.

The man stood up and saluted Zhou Quan, and said to Zhao Sheng with a smile: "Brother Sheng, you should go back to your home to rest, and then leave the matter here to me." ”

Zhao Sheng's legs were almost paralyzed, and several followers stepped forward to take him away half-mixed and half-framed.

For this kind of loser, no one cares about his fate anymore. Zhou Quan smiled, and when he looked at the rest of the smelters, these smelters greeted him with smiling faces.

"Is anyone else going back to business?" Zhou Quan asked.

"Uh......"

Everyone present was speechless, looking at each other one by one.

They thought about the Zhou family's father and son turning their faces, but they didn't expect that the other party not only turned their faces, but also directly flipped the table.

That Confucius official was actually the eyeliner that the lords of each family had planted in the governor's yamen, but now he was violently taken down by the Zhou family's father and son, and he has not been given a single unspeakable charge until now. They can go to the big man in Xuzhou Mansion for help, but far water can't quench their thirst, even if they run seventy miles overnight to Xuzhou Mansion, and wait for the Taishou Master to send someone over, it will take two or three days...... In the past two or three days, the immediate loss has been decided.

The smelters present couldn't help but regret a little, why they were curious, they had to come here, it was better to stay at home and not come out like those few families who didn't come!

"Since you don't have anything else to do, then let's start, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, summon the people who understand in your own smelting pit...... By the way, ladies and gentlemen, this is an opportunity, and those smelters who were not able to be here today will give up their own power! ”

All the masters of the smelter were stunned when they heard this, this kind of words to sow discord are too naïve, who will be in his hands!

But at this moment, Shen Fatzi jumped out again: "What does Yanai mean?" ”

"It's a matter of people, and it's time for the Smelting Pit Guild to change." Zhou Quan said very implicitly.

But the smelters present, who is not a human spirit, used to be a little contemptuous of the Zhou family's father and son, and did not pay attention to the news revealed in Zhou Quan's words, but at this time they understood.

This is to attack the Smelting Pit Guild!

For a long time, they formed a guild to control the pit and smelter, not only to prevent other competitors from entering, but also to deal with the government.

However, the interests of everyone may not be the same, some smelters own a large number of pit smelting farms, and more than one surnamed Xiang, who is not here at this time, he has a big backstage, he can not put Zhou Quan in his eyes, or he can eat more and occupy more, and monopolize six smelting pits.

Therefore, this Xiang did not even send a steward except for the staff.

Zhou Quan: Is this going to attack these smelters who are not present?

Let these smelters in front of them charge head-on, they naturally don't do it, but if they just draw up a charter on the side, they may get a huge amount of benefits afterwards, they will hesitate.

Anyway, this charter is not drafted, and everyone can't get out, so it's better to deal with it first.

Everyone made up their minds, and after a while, they sent people back to call for them, and the stewards who came for the smelter also knew that the matter was very important, so they invited their own masters by the way.

After an hour, twelve of the fourteen smelters of the thirty-six metallurgical groups had gathered here, and the remaining ones were the two largest smelters, one was Xiang An Xiangyuanwai, and the other was Yao Heng Yao Yuanwai.

Zhou Quan also knows the backstage of these two, Xiang An's backstage is the Xiang family, the late Empress Dowager Xiang's mother's house. Xiang Empress Dowager's family of senior officials, the Empress Dowager's father Xiang Jing knew Xuzhou, Xiang An's father went to Li Guojian, and then chopped all the way, to the Empress Dowager when the curtain listened to the government, finally reached the peak, controlled six smelting pits.

Even though the Empress Dowager Xiang has been dead for eleven years now, the Xiang family still has two uncles who have been named the king of the county, and they have close contacts with important ministers in the court, which is enough to keep the rights of the Xiang family from falling.

On the other hand, Yao Heng Yao Yuan's backstage is the Cai family, and I don't know when he left the Cai family's door, and now he has four smelting pits.

The twelve smelting masters present naturally had Zhou Quan to entertain them, and Zhou Quan talked to them about the situation of the Beijing Division, as well as the customs of the Liao Kingdom, and said that most of the tension in everyone's hearts dissipated. Then Zhou Quan summoned the teenager again and performed a football game for them, and the others just returned it, but the fat man Shen applauded again and again, looking at his appearance, he just wanted to go off the field to play.

However, when everyone looks at Shen Fat Man now, their eyes are strange. Things have come to this point, and everyone is not clear, this Shen fat man has obviously taken refuge in the Zhou family's father and son, and everything in Fang Cai is just Zhou Quan singing and harmonizing with him.

Some smelters thought that he was too anxious to take refuge, and although the Zhou family's father and son broke the table and broke the situation, they temporarily controlled Li Guojian, but in fact there were still many problems. One is that the servants below are all former cronies of Confucius and Yaqian, and the Zhou family father and son will have no one available; The second is that Xuzhou's Taishou will not sit idly by, he will definitely interfere in the affairs of Li Guojian, nominally Li Guojian is still under the rule of Xuzhou, of which the civil affairs are managed by Xuzhou Taishou, which is regarded as the chief official of Zhou Fu.

Only Meng Guang secretly regretted in his heart that he seemed to have missed an opportunity.

Taking the opportunity to watch the game, he leaned over to Shen Fatzi and asked in a low voice: "Brother Shen, you have done this, but you have offended many people, are you not afraid of trouble?" ”

Shen Fatzi glanced at him obliquely, and then pretended to be innocent: "Brother Meng Xian, what are you talking about, I don't understand anything!" ”

"Only Zhao Sheng's old and dim-eyed person doesn't know what your intentions are! Brother Shen, the previous friendship between our two families, I just reminded you, the Yao family of the Xiang family, it is not easy to mess with, and now that the victory is not scored, you voted over so early, hehe......"

"The early bird gets the worm, hehe!" Shen Fatzi replied and no longer denied it.

Meng Guang sat upright, wondering in his heart what this insect was. Shen Fatzi has been operating illegally in recent years, coupled with bad luck, there have been two mining disasters in the mine, and there has been an accident in the smelter, but there is still about 2,000 yuan per year.

Selling pig iron alone naturally can't reach this figure, after all, the price of Da Song iron is cheap, and a pound of pig iron is only fifteen to thirty yuan. In addition to selling pig iron to the imperial court, the smelting pits of the Li Guojian would also make iron tools, such as hoes and other agricultural tools, and send them to sell everywhere.

Frowning and thinking for a while, Meng Guang still couldn't figure out what kind of bait could make Shen Fatzi not keep his income of thousands of yuan a year in his heart.

Snow Sugar was the first to be vetoed, and then there was the bicycle, although it took a lot of iron to make the bicycle, but it didn't exhaust the output of Shen Fatzi's family, and it was not worth his hard work. As for cement, I've never heard of it having anything to do with iron!

Meng Guang dared to lend his own village to them when others were still resisting the Zhou family's father and son, of course, he was a little bold. He couldn't figure it out, so he didn't want to, so he came directly to Zhou Quan's side: "What benefits did the Yanai promise Shen Fat, I don't know if the villain can share one or two?" ”

He expressed his intention to take refuge so bluntly, and it was also because he had observed for a long time and seen the means of the Zhou family's father and son from today's events, so he was so simple. Zhou Quan was not surprised by this, and said with a smile: "My father and son went out of Beijing, and the official family always had to give some compensation, so the official family allowed my father and son to build a kiln in Liguo to burn cement!" ”

Meng Guang was suddenly excited!

He heard people from Beijing say that cement is extremely useful, and now it is in short supply in Beijing. Xuzhou has developed transportation and is located in Tianjin, if you can produce cement here, you can sell it to Beijing in the west, develop the Daimyo in the north, and Jinling, Hangzhou and other places in the south, it is a large market.

Under the advocacy of the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, luxury became a trend, as long as there was a little surplus of home, all of them spent effort to build gardens, cement things, there is a big market, and for the time being, the imperial court has not monopolized, it is the time when the profit is the greatest. Shen Fatzi gave up an annual income of two or three thousand, but he used it to win an annual income of ten thousand or even tens of thousands!

Meng Guang was short of breath at this time, looking at Zhou Quan's eyes, he was no longer like Fang Cai, he was simply worshipping.

No wonder the father and son of the Zhou family dared to lift the table, with cement, he could completely lift a table and build a table!

Now Meng Guang understands that cement is a radish, and the iron smelting regulations that are about to be formulated are a big stick, the father and son of the Zhou family use a big stick to teach those who are disobedient, and then use radish to lure those who are profitable, both pronged, at least in this Li Guojian, no one can bear it.

As for the Xiang and Yao families......

If there is an annual income of 10,000 yuan, Meng Guang feels that there are still people who are willing to do it on top of a family of relatives who have passed out of breath and carry a former prime minister who is seventy or eighty.

For example, himself.

Seeing Meng Guang's flushed face, as well as the few smelters next to him who overheard the news, opened their mouths one by one to speak, Zhou Quan smiled slightly.

He spoke again: "I have heard a saying that if there is fifty percent of the profit, it is worth taking the risk, and if there is ten percent of the profit, it is enough to defy the law of the land, and if there is three times the benefit, dare to risk death to chase it...... The benefits of cement are three times greater, and the risk of cement is insignificant! ”

Meng Guang nodded again and again, and a few people next to him were also thoughtful, only feeling that this sentence really explained the mentality of these wealthy businessmen very thoroughly.

Zhou Quan smiled and patted Meng Guang's arm again: "Brother Meng knows my deeds in Jingshi, popsicles, snow sugar, bicycles, cement...... Now that I've been able to figure this out, I don't have the rest of the money to make a living! Triple the benefits, what a way! ”

After this coercion and temptation, if everyone is no longer moved, it is either hypocritical or stupid.

At least Meng Guang is already determined at this time, anyway, the income from the smelting pit in his hands has been decreasing year by year.

"I only have one question, Yanei, who said that he dared to risk his life with three times the profit, this person must be proficient in the art of business!" Meng Guangdao.

Zhou Quan was stunned, and then said expressionlessly: "His surname is Ma, not my Great Song Dynasty." ”