"Fourth brother Mingjian, if we don't sell it at four or five times the price, we really have no way to live."

Li Zhuang listened to Taolou, Li Xi entertained three Hunan glazed merchants, talked about the best-selling stacked crystal glazed cup, heard them say that the selling price in Hunan is 90 to 100 taels of silver, Li Xi joked that they were too dark, and the shipping price set for the Peng family was only 20 taels of silver.

"Hunan is different from Guangdong, there is no imperial court, but there are local customs in counties and counties. They can't collect taxes, so they change the law to settle the name of taxes. This is only the tax of the local government, and the land and waterway military passes, salt passes and other passes have to be exploited, 90 to 100 taels is the price of Changsha, and the price of their Changde and Yongshun is even higher. ”【1】

The first to speak were the glazed merchants with their roots in Changsha, Hengzhou and Chenzhou, and the other two with their roots in Changde and Yongshun. These three underwrote seventy percent of the glass products in the past six months, and the Peng family invited them over, and they also had the intention of discussing their share of the Hunan market, and it depends on what Li Shi thinks.

"The things we sell are light and heavy, relying on the dots of our fathers and grandparents, and we have rules with the gates of various states and counties along the way, and there are no big ups and downs in the silver. When things change hands, there can still be a profit of two or three percent, but this depends on the stability of the Hun Pass, and now it ......"

The topic soon turned to Li Xian's current troubles, Hunan people were worried that the accident in Xunhuanguan would make the shipment price higher, and Peng Xianzhong, who accompanied the guest, patted his chest and took care of everything.

"You don't have to worry about this, the fourth brother can cover it, I will speak on behalf of the Peng family, and the price for you will not change!"

The businessmen nodded in relief, Li Xianzhong glanced at Peng Xianzhong, his face did not change, but he said in his heart that this kid was originally a tender baby, and now his face has been ground into a thick cocoon by silver. This is nominally believing in his Li Shi's ability, but secretly he is pressuring. The Peng family must go to Hunan to distribute the goods, and if they can't handle the Xunxun, the extra taxes will have to be borne by him.

The silver is just a trivial matter, and when Li Shi was just a small owner, the cooperation between the two sides was equal. But later, Li Shi's power expanded, and the Xun Huan, who had no committee members in office, was also suppressed, and the Peng family gradually lived under Li Shi's wings, and thus lost a number of initiatives, including the Peng family's resale price, and the choice of partners in Hunan, etc., Li Shi had the right to decide. Li Shi must also have these rights, otherwise it will be difficult for him to coordinate his actions against the Guangzhou Liuli merchants.

Although the Peng family was favored by Li Xian and survived the previous difficulties, Peng Xianzhong became a pivotal figure in the Peng family. But in business, if Li Shi can't cross the threshold, the situation between him and the Peng family will change, and to put it bluntly, Li Shi's glass industry is likely to be limited to this.

It's not that he can't find other merchants to attack other markets, such as Jiangxi, but the Guangzhou merchants are very powerful in Shaozhou, so he has to face the pressure of the Guangzhou merchants, and the commercial spies sent by Guangzhou Anhetang are only the first step, and there may be any tricks in the future. And such pressure, there is no market behind it, and it is difficult to resolve.

In the long run, the glass products are just Li Shi's test of the waters, this industry is very insensitive in the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time, and the imperial businessmen and officials have not paid attention to it, if they can't break through the ceiling in this regard, there is no hope for him to use capital to gather strength.

Fortunately, Li Xian had already planned for this, looking at the different expressions on the faces of Peng Xianzhong and the three Hunan businessmen, they actually concealed a common atmosphere: greed. Li Xianxin said, this greed would have taken you in different directions, but when you hooked up with me Li Xian, you embarked on a road of no return.

"Xiao Peng is right, there is no need to mention this, let's talk about the horse lantern, do you want to only enter the crystal glass cover, and then make it yourself locally?"

When Li Xian said this, Peng Xianzhong's eyes suddenly lit up.

Listening to the banquet of Taolou is in the heat, there is also a banquet in Hun Huan has just opened, Li Zhu Shou is the east, with the town standard Zhongjun Zhou Ning and a local gentry, to condescend to come to Yingde Jiang Zan dust, is considered a small landlord of the Xun Xun Inspection Department to inspect Liu Xingchun also accompanied the last seat.

"Isn't there still a Li Banxian? Why didn't you come, did you look down on me Jiang someone? ”

Jiang Zan is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, his eyebrows are calm, even if he is joking, he has a three-point momentum, compared with him, Li Zhushou, who already has the reputation of Li Qingtian, has a bad aura.

At this time, Jiang Zan also knew that it was Li Banxian and not "Li Banxian", and Xun Xun was within his "sphere of influence", so he asked directly.

"That's a nephew who can't make a mistake, but he can't get on the table, so I won't let him get involved."

The so-called "nephew" in Li Zhushou's mouth is, of course, just dry. During this period, his cooperation with Li Shi was intimate, and Li Shi wanted to expand, he not only fully cooperated, but also took the initiative to help from all levels. For example, the tooth people in the west of Yingde, and the Lianjiang Boat Gang in the Yingde section, they were all Li Zhushou who helped Li Shi to take it away. Of course, it is not to repay the favor, the more Li Shi expands, the more comfortable he is, and the troubles that Yang Chunzhi threw away are all thanks to Li Shi's hand. For example, a large group of homeless miners, without Li Xian's shelter, to find a job for them to do, he can face mountains of bandits all day long.

It is precisely because of Li Xian's presence that he, the prefect of the county with the title of prefect, can leisurely grind time, wait for the end of this term, so as to climb to the level of the prefecture.

Jiang Zan is an ordinary committee member, Li Zhushou is also an unusual magistrate, in terms of grade, Li Zhushou is still half a level higher, he is the fifth grade, and Jiang Zan is only from the fifth grade. Li Zhushou opened his mouth like this, and Jiang Zan did not delve into it.

"I heard that he is a tyrant of Britain and Germany, and he connived at his subordinates to bully the weak and bully the market, Li Zhixian, didn't he restrain him well?"

Another young man's voice came from the corner, faintly echoing in a low voice in the middle of the table, not only full of energy, but also with a faint tremor like wind and thunder.

"Sixteen, don't be presumptuous in front of Lord Li!"

Jiang Zanqi snorted, but there was no annoyance in his words.

"This is ......"

Li Zhushou was surprised.

"Jiang's inner brother, it's a coincidence to say, he also has the same surname as Lord Li, and this time he went out with Jiang to practice. Sixteen, you are not a tyrant in Xuzhou? Local affairs, don't you want to peck at will, and don't come over to apologize to Lord Li? ”

Jiang Zan reprimanded softly, and with his beckoning, a figure came out of the dark corner, which immediately made everyone present take a breath.

"Six feet tall! The copper bell was big-eyed, his face was pockmarked, and the whole room was frightened. ”

When Liu Xingchun came back to talk to Li Xian about this person, his face was still full of shock.

"Could it be that Jiang Zan brought the master of the rivers and lakes!?"

Li Xian frowned, isn't this Jiang Zan also a ruthless person who mixes black and white?

"I didn't see it, it's just that it's strong, very young, and his eyes are very similar to Jiang Zan, they are all ruthless people."

Liu Xingchun looked at Li Shi as he spoke, and then shook his head secretly, the two of them are not the same way. In terms of temperament, that person's sense of oppression is even stronger than Li Shi, but Li Shi gives people the feeling of being like the sea, sometimes rolling up storms, but most of the time it is calm and clear, and you can even see the fish under the water, which is a kind of ...... Strange purity.

Li Xi didn't pay attention to Liu Xingchun's little thoughts, and he didn't care much about such a little person, and then asked Jiang Zan's attitude.

Li Zhushou washed Jiang Zan's dust, and also brought a task entrusted by Li Shi, which was to test Jiang Zan's attitude. The affairs of the Hunzhun Factory have nothing to do with Li Zhushou, but Li Zhushou can start from the perspective of local peace.

"Jiang Zan is very resolute, he doesn't care about any turmoil at all, there is no room for concessions, Li Zhushou can't go deep into this matter, so he has to give up."

Liu Xingchun was very helpless, Li Xian snorted, then the next ...... "It's time to let the dog go." ”

Li Xi said with his arms crossed.

"Li Zhushou is not worth worrying about, at best, he is here to probe my mouth."

In the hall of the Xunhuan Factory, Jiang Zan said lightly.

"Dispatch a team of Shaozhou to catch quickly, let me find out this Li Banxian clearly! He must be behind those scribes! ”

The majestic young man was only in his early twenties, and his tone was a little grim.

"You...... You better read more books, even if you can't get into Xiucai, go to the martial arts exam, don't focus on these details all day long. ”

Jiang Zan shook his head helplessly: "Don't look at things, just look at the branches." What I want is money and money, and if I can't hand it over, I'll let those scribes lose all their property, and who will be behind them? Behind is the eighth master, who also has to take out the silver, this is the silver of the imperial court! ”

He rubbed his forehead and complained: "It's not that I owe the Taiping Pass Supervisor a favor, and I think I can just take you through the affairs, and I don't want to come to this trip for the New Year." ”

The young man obediently sighed and changed the subject: "That...... Big brother, you should be careful, maybe those guys will do something. ”

Jiang Zan chuckled: "Isn't this you, don't worry about that Li Shi, you go and check the inspection here, oh, and the tooth people, see how much fat they have, they have eaten enough in the past six months." We can't come in vain this trip, enough money for the overseer, and the more is our own. ”

The young man answered, and left with a smile.

"It's a good job to explain this errand, I really want to die......"

At the harf, Tao Fu looked at the people who came up and let out a long breath. He has been here for more than two months, and his job is to upload and distribute, pass on the information of the merchant to Li Shi, and then pass on Li Shi's decision to the scribe. But even such a simple job is very difficult to cope with for this man whose surname is straightforward and can't recognize a few words. Now Li Xi asked him to hand over the work to others, and he was 120,000 points easy.

"It's better to touch the knife and gun, it's better if you can shoot this guy down."

A smiling face came over, Tao Fu thought.

"Fourth brother, take out your skills, and let go of your wrists to deal with that commissioner. How much silver can you press, half of it is yours, do you hear clearly, Hongda? ”

Tao Fu conveyed Li Shi's order word for word, and the man bent down and nodded.

"Let the fourth brother rest assured, I will do things in a big way, and it will be steady."

Tao Fu snorted very unkindly, turned around and left, from now on, Hong Da replaced him and became the key tooth of the Hun Factory.

"Why don't you get rid of this guy in the fourth brother......"

This is not only Tao Fu's doubt, but also the doubt of many people, including Guan Fengsheng and others. This Hongda is the tooth man who led the Guangzhou soldiers to Li Zhuang in the first place, and many people originally said that they would take care of this guy, but Li Shi said that it was too cheap for him.

Therefore, Hong Da became the vanguard of Li Shi's "opening up the territory", and most of the bully surnames in Li Shi's name in Li Banxian County were made by this guy with a bunch of loafers.

"What kind of bullshit commissioner, you can't be killed?"

Hong Damo rubbed his palms, with an excited posture of doing a big job, and the face that had cowered and cowardly before no longer existed, and it was covered with oily and slippery greed. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )

(To be continued)