Seeing that Wei Hong was very embarrassed, Li Jing pursed his lips and said angrily: "Don't cry poor, last time you painted a picture casually, you sold it for 10,000 taels of silver!" Draw ten more paintings, won't the 100,000 taels of silver come out? ”

As soon as he heard this, Wei Hong was furious! At that moment, I had to settle the account with Li Jing: "Wei Guogong, I remember that after I finished painting a portrait of Lu Guogong, I painted a picture for you." With our relationship, I don't want you 10,000 taels of silver, just give 8,000 taels. Take the money! After speaking, Wei Hong moved his gaze to Comrade Lao Li: "There is also the saint, and I will also give eight thousand!" ”

As soon as they heard that they were asking for money, Comrade Lao Li and Li Jing hurriedly changed the topic: "Shengshang, according to what the ministers have seen, to meet the Hui Turks, it is necessary to adopt the tactics of attacking on two fronts......

"What Wei Guogong said is extremely true!" Comrade Lao Li snorted, and then deliberately didn't look at Wei Hong's murderous eyes, waved his hand and said: "Wei Hong, if you have nothing to do, just step back first, I still have important matters to discuss with Wei Guogong." ”

I've seen shameless, I've never seen such shameless! Wei Hong thinks that he is quite thick-skinned, but compared with these two old brothers, he is still thin! In fact, losing 80,000 taels of silver is not a big deal for Wei Hong, after all, after spending the money, he can cultivate the big tree of Comrade Lao Li as a shade umbrella, which can be regarded as a reasonable surname price ratio. But how to explain to Li Xuanqing when he went back, Wei Hong was a little worried.

I went home with a nervous mood and told the matter as it was, but I didn't expect that Li Xuanqing and Li Zongren not only did not complain about Wei Hong, but felt that Wei Hong had done a very good job. In Li Xuanqing's words, 100,000 taels of silver is not a large amount, and Hongyuan Commercial Bank has more than so much income in a year in Hangzhou, Jinling, and Beijing. Spending a small amount of money, but being able to win over the saint to become an ally, this deal is very cost-effective!

was not criticized, and Wei Hong was relieved. He urged Li Zongren to finish the military uniform and bedding as soon as possible and send it to the Ministry of Industry. Now that winter has begun, thick clothes need to be worn in the capital, if the army in the north does not have military uniforms and bedding for the winter, it will not only affect the combat effectiveness, but also may shake the morale of the army, which is not a joke.

With the full efforts of 1,000 embroiderers, the military uniforms and bedding were quickly made and handed over to the Ministry of Industry. Because he wanted to make a play for Tianzihao and Hongda, when he handed over the military uniform and bedding, the Ministry of Industry took out 50,000 taels of silver to Wei Hong. Wei Hong also happily transported the money back to Hongyuan Commercial Bank, but before it was scarce, it was sent back by Comrade Lao Li.

Tianzihao and Hongda did not know Wei Hong's conspiracy and began to supply military supplies, at this time the price of grey cloth was still rising, from 900 Wen to 950 Wen, and the cost of repeatedly climbing made Tianzihao and Hongda miserable. The market where he planned to withdraw from the military quartermaster was held back by an edict from Comrade Lao Li, and Comrade Li's tone on the decree was very tough. If it is impossible for the northern army to survive this harsh winter because of the withdrawal of Tianzihao and Hongda, all the responsibility will be counted on Tianzihao and Hongda.

Rao is Tianzihao and Hongda are a hundred unwilling in their hearts, but as soon as this big hat is buttoned down, the two of them can only obediently comply. Every day, according to the requirements of the saint, he purchased the sky-high price of grey cloth, made into military uniforms and bedding and sent them to the Ministry of Industry. Originally, the production of military uniforms and bedding was the business of the Ministry of Industry, but as a result, with the two unlucky eggs of Tianzihao and Hongda, the officials of the Ministry of Industry leaned back and forth, and thanked Wei Hong, the mastermind behind the scenes. As everyone knows, the biggest unlucky guy in Manjing is actually Wei Hong, who was slaughtered by Comrade Lao Li.

Doing business is like this, even if you make it every year, you can't make it once and for all, and you only need to lose once you make a hundred times, and you will be beaten back to its original shape. Under the pressure of Comrade Lao Li, Tianzihao and Hongda continued to buy high-priced cloth, and the vicious surname cycle, lost all the money earned in the early stage in a very short period of time. As a result, as soon as the military supplies of the northern army were supplied, Wei Hong went to propose to Comrade Lao Li that the military uniforms and bedding of the entire army of the Tang Dynasty be updated. Comrade Lao Li thought to himself that he didn't have to spend his own money anyway, so why not? I gladly agreed.

Although all the uniforms and bedding of the army have been updated, Wei Hong is also under great pressure, after all, Wei Hong needs to bear half of the price. But Wei Hong's vision is not only limited to immediate losses, but more long-term profits. As long as Tianzihao and Hongda are brought down, the people of Hongyuan Commercial Bank will become the president of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce, and they will only make a lot more money in the future.

And it was only at this time that Yu Jian of Tianzi and Yang Ji of Hongda could be regarded as seeing Wei Hong's conspiracy, but even if they saw it, there was no turning back. Yu Jian is still smart, seeing that if it drags on like this, he will definitely be dragged down, so he simply gave up the cloth industry. I chose a zodiac auspicious and invited all the businessmen with heads and faces in the capital, and solemnly announced that he would quit the cloth industry from now on. Although this is simple, Yu Tan has made a lot of determination, after all, the cloth industry in these years is extremely profitable, once the support of the cloth industry is missing, Tianzihao will soon retreat from the big commercial banks to the second line, and there will no longer be the strength of the president of the competitive chamber of commerce. However, there are pros and cons to this approach, the disadvantage is that it takes a back seat, and the advantage is that it can avoid bankruptcy.

Compared with Yu Yan, Yang Ji is more naïve, and to put it bluntly, he is stupid. Hard-headed and Wei Hong, as a result, lacking the help of Tianzihao, Hongda Commercial Bank was squeezed out of the last drop of wealth by the demand for military supplies in a short period of time, and declared bankruptcy, and since then there has been no place for Hongda Commercial Bank in the capital.

In this business war, Hongyuan Commercial Bank also suffered losses, in addition to the 100,000 pieces of cloth and 50,000 pieces of clothing given to Comrade Lao Li for nothing, it also shared the money for the purchase of military uniforms and bedding, and finally settled the account, losing nearly 300,000 taels. This is called killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred. Although the damage is heavy, squeezing Tianzihao and Hongda out of the capital is already a big victory.

Because the Beijing branch could not afford the huge sum of 300,000 taels, he could only ask Li Xiehe to transfer money from Hangzhou to the capital, but when the money arrived, there was one person besides the money, and it turned out to be Li Qiulan, who had not been seen for a long time.

Li Qiulan's sudden arrival made everyone happy, especially Li Ruohua. As soon as Li Qiulan entered the door, she held Li Qiulan's hand and refused to let go, constantly chatting about things in Hangzhou.

After Li Ruohua finished talking, Li Xuanqing could barely interject: "Qiulan, how many days are you going to stay in the capital this time?" ”

Li Qiulan smiled mysteriously and said, "I won't go back." ”

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