"What the hell do you want?" Wang Lutai roared at Wang Wenxian, his eyebrows stood up, and he had a cannibalistic expression.

He simply hated this arrogant and cunning mud leg, that is, he jumped up and down, pulled a large group of stove households against him, and forced himself to the point where he is today. The actual culprit is Tang Yi, but Wang Lutai no longer has the courage to hate him.

The level difference between the two sides is too much, it's ridiculous that when they first met, they also used the donated prefect to talk about things, and wanted to be on an equal footing with Tang Yi, but after a few months, people fluttered lightly and attacked the shield of the son with the spear of the son, and they were defeated.

Just imagine, if Tang Yi went all out, how terrible would it be?

There were four braziers in the room, and the red coals exuded a blazing temperature, but the three of Wang Lutai were still cold, cold from the inside out!

I'm afraid that he won't have the courage to go against Tang Yi in this life.

Tang Yi didn't pay attention to them, but silently stared at a painting of Mi Fu on the wall.

Wang Wenxian is a layman, even if he is worth millions, he doesn't know how to appreciate art, and the study he arranged for Tang Yi was hung with red curtains, and the words "full of gold and jade" were embroidered on it, which made Tang Yi almost spurt blood.

But the bully has nothing to do with taste, and even the person who crawls out of the dirt is the more ruthless the shot!

"Dare you ask us what we want? You old boy understand, we are creditors now! Wang Wenxian said loudly: "Your handle is in the hands of the old man, if I am not happy, I can pinch you all to death!" ”

"Dreaming!"

If you lose, you won't lose the battle, Wang Lu was too unconvinced and said: "Isn't it just a few million taels of silver, we can still take it!" ”

"Okay, let's give the money now!" Wang Wenxian stretched out his big rough hand.

Wang Lutai was stunned, with their worth, they could indeed take it. But there is no cash on hand. The property needs to be sold.

The problem is that if you are in a hurry to use the money, the buyer will also fall into the trap and take the opportunity to drive down the price. If you want to get 7 million taels, you have to take out 15 million houses and fields......

If you really come up with so much at once, these big salt merchants will be finished.

Seeing that Wang Lutai had nothing to say, Wang Wenxian spat contemptuously.

"Don't pretend to be an old harrier eagle if you don't have a rooster feather! Tell you the truth. The old man doesn't do anything, it depends on what you can do after half a year? ”

As soon as these words came out, the three of them all sweated.

They also understand that this debt is a chain that locks them so that they can't just take action. It's like collusion and framing, oppressing people with power, bullying the weak. None of these tricks worked.

The two sides can only fight for strength.

At present, Wang Wenxian and others hold seventy or eighty percent of the urban market in their hands, and ninety or five percent of the rural areas are in their hands.

If you want not to lose money, there are ways. It is to abandon some industries and sell the store.

Downsizing is easier said than done. Isn't it the same as giving up the market to others? Wait until they are dominated by Wang Wenxian, even if there are people in their court. Don't try to salvage your defeat.

Desperately, the jade is burning,

If you don't fight, sit back and wait!

This is the ruthlessness of the Tang conspiracy, left and right, and there is no way to advance or retreat.

Ponder over. Wang Lutai stomped his feet, turned his head and knelt in front of Tang Yi, tears flowed for a long time.

"Lord Tang, little ignorance, offended the adults. Now the little one knows it's wrong. The little one pleads with the adults, don't raise your noble hand! ”

Qiao Chengtong and Wei Jimei also knelt on the ground, crying and begging, this time compared to when they first came, they were even more humble, and the high-ranking salt merchant was like a poor pug, wagging his tail and begging for mercy.

Tang Yi was silent for a while before turning his head and glancing at Wang Wenxian and Hou Yunlai.

"What do you mean?"

Wang Wenxian hurriedly said: "The little ones all listen to the adults, and we will listen to what the adults say!" ”

"Not necessarily." Tang Yi smiled and waved his hand, "In business, you and I are willing to do it, and it is not something that can be done by force." You may as well show the bottom line, and this official will help weigh it. ”

Hou Yunlai nodded, "My lord, since this is the case, the villain said, we don't want anything else, let them let the nest out, naturally the world is peaceful!" ”

"No way!"

Wang Lutai is really crazy, so what can't let Woben, the salt merchants of the Ming Dynasty are divided into ten outlines according to the region, each outline is 200,000 citations, and each quotation is 300 catties of salt, which is called "Woben", which is the lifeblood of the big salt merchants, with this thing, in order to legally operate salt.

Even if they have nothing, as long as they hold the nest book, they have the hope of making a comeback, on the contrary, if they lose the nest book, they have nothing.

"You have the ability to kill us, don't want us to hand over the nest!"

"Haha!" Wang Wenxian smiled strangely: "If you don't pay it, then let's wait and see how long you can last!" ”

"Don't deceive people too much!" Qiao Chengtong gritted his teeth and said, "It's a big deal!" He said it, but no matter how he listened, he was a little lacking in confidence.

It was really their situation that was too difficult, and the depletion of funds was the most terrible for any businessman. They have been completely forced into a corner, and further back, there is a cliff.

Tang Yi saw that the heat was almost over, and coughed twice, "Wang Wenxian, and Wang Lutai, since you agree to the adjustment of the official, then the official will come up with an idea." ”

"Oh, I'm just waiting for you!"

All eyes fell on Tang Yi, Tang Yi smiled slightly, he first said to Wang Lutai and the others: "The victory and defeat have been divided, if you don't cut a little flesh out, I'm afraid you won't be able to pass the test!" ”

After speaking, he turned to Wang Wenxian again, "I also remind you, if today's time and place are favorable, and you occupy all of them, even if they hand over all the nests, in ten or eight years, you will be able to achieve their level at most." One day, if there is chaos again, you may also lose your nest and be knocked to the dust, you wonder if this is the truth! ”

That's true, but is there a better way?

For many years, the ups and downs have been up and down, isn't that what it looks like? Every reshuffle is cruel and bloody, similar to a change of dynasty, where the once high and mighty ones fall to hell and are replaced by other, more powerful ones.

"My lord, what do you think?" Hou Yunlai asked softly.

"I can't talk about it, it's just a little idea!" Tang Yi looked at them and said earnestly: "This official has observed over the years, it is difficult to do business, even if you are the top salt merchants in the world, and you can't earn more than 10 million taels of silver every year, but in fact, the big boss still has to deal with the government and stuff money into the yamen at all levels." Although my business tax is very low, it has been stripped away by layers of corrupt officials, and there are not many of them in your hands......"

Wang Lutai opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything, Tang Yi talked about his heart.

"Why should you be taken advantage of by the yamen? It's just that your strength is too small, too scattered, and the infighting is serious, and your power is scattered in vain. The imperial court separates the salt merchants from the stove households, and the production cannot be sold, and the sales cannot be produced, so that you have to rely on the imperial court, but the court is insatiable. Everyone regards salt as a piece of fat, you seem to have unlimited scenery, but in fact, you are also slaughtered! ”

Wei Jimei slapped her thigh, "The adult said it so well, we are bullied by the dog officer...... halfway through, and suddenly realized that there was the most fierce one among the "dog officials" sitting next to him, so frightened that he hurriedly closed his mouth.

Tang Yi didn't care, and smiled slightly, "The salt law is an ancestral system, and it can't be moved easily, but I have a proposal, Wang Wenxian and some salt merchant friends crossed shares in the previous time, and their strength suddenly increased greatly." Why don't you concoct the law, cross-sharehold, and become a family? ”

Wang Wenxian and Wang Lutai were both startled, they were still tense just now, and they were about to become friends in a blink of an eye, which was too fast, and they couldn't keep up.

"My lord, can it be done?"

"Why not?" Tang Yi said with a smile: "One side has debts in hand, and the other side has a nest in hand, as long as you unite together, from drying salt and boiling salt, to transportation and sales, unified deployment, the cost will be greatly reduced, and you have your own system, and your strength will be greatly increased." You can even cross-hold shares with salt merchants in other regions, share interests, and break the original salt area, and when the time comes, not only the salt profits of the two Huai, but also the salt profits of the whole world are in your hands. ”

Tang Yi deserved to be a big fool, and without a few words, he talked about the two groups of people with red faces and thick necks to build a better tomorrow!

Tang Yi did provide a very good idea, in the past, the imperial court relied on administrative power to divide the salt merchants and implement divide and rule.

Over the years, with the development of integration, the shareholding system has become more and more popular, and by swapping shares, they can achieve win-win cooperation.

There's even a potential benefit, which is to break the salt zone.

For example, Lianghuai and Liangzhejiang originally belonged to different salt areas, and if the salt of Lianghuai entered Liangzhejiang, it would rob the market of merchants in Liangzhejiang, and they would definitely strongly oppose it.

However, if the salt merchants of Huai and Zhejiang realize the joint stock cooperation, the two sides can optimize the allocation within the two provinces.

For example, the cost of salt in Lianghuai is much lower than that in Liangzhejiang, so you can transfer salt from Lianghuai and enter Liangzhejiang, and the profits of production and sales will be shared by both parties.

The Ming Dynasty was a typical small government, and if the ban of the yamen coincided with the interests of the gentry and merchants, then there was no problem and it could be implemented. If there is a discrepancy, the businessmen and gentry have a way to make the regulations useless.

Cross-shareholding, benefit sharing.

It is a prescription prescribed by Tang Yi, and it is also a magic weapon to solve the internal contradictions of salt merchants.

It's just that although this method is wonderful, how can the salt tax be guaranteed?

Will the salt merchants be complicit in avoiding the tax burden?

Tang Yi's re-note to Jiajing mentioned the solution, of course, he just told Jiajing that the salt tax could be increased.

He suggested that for the official salt, the tax model of three taels of silver per citation should still be adopted, and the surplus salt other than the official salt should be taxed on the spot, that is, the tax burden should fall on the stove households, and after paying taxes, the surplus salt can be sold like the official salt.

It seems that the temporary means of stabilizing the price of salt have been fixed, but will Tang Yi's means be so simple...... (To be continued.) )