That night, there was a lot of laughter and laughter in the Yuman Building, and the bitterness that had been suppressed in the hearts of the coal owners for many days was swept away. Tang Haoran even talked with everyone at the banquet, and the relationship with everyone was extremely harmonious for a while, until everyone drank almost enough, and then sent them out one by one.

I don't know if it's the sequelae of the crossing, Tang Haoran found that his alcohol consumption seemed to have gotten better, even if he drank two catties of spirits, his mind was still extremely clear, and after sending them away, Tang Haoran did not go home, but returned to the number, on the number, Tan Sitong, Han Che and Li Weixin were all waiting there.

What did not match the jubilant atmosphere was that after a while, the atmosphere in this room became tense: Tang Haoran was sitting there, drinking tea from time to time, looking like he was in a predicament.

Ever since he entered the house, he had been sitting with his eyes closed, only drinking tea from time to time.

Shopkeeper Li turned his attention for help from time to time on Tan Sitong and Han Che.

The owner has made a mess of business this time!

After a while, Tang Haoran suddenly opened his eyes, Tan Sitong and Han Che immediately turned their eyes to him, only to hear him say in a slow voice:

"Shopkeeper Li, first tell me how much silver we have on our number, cash silver!"

Shopkeeper Li glanced at the owner and said slowly.

"The owner, we only have 1364 taels of silver on our number, and there are tens of thousands of wen money, if we collect accounts, we can collect more than 10,000 taels of silver."

Tan Sitong and Han Che glanced at each other, Huayang's stall was so big that it ran into trouble in cash, this is a fact, and it has even pressed the coal money of Jingxi Coal Mine in the past few days, if it weren't for this, I'm afraid that this number would not be able to hold on for a long time.

"Then, with such a little silver, can we hold on?"

Tang Haoran asked rhetorically again.

No, the answer is obvious.

"Shopkeeper Li, this is the old man in Beijing, you sue me, these years, there is a coal store in the capital, and you can eat the business of the whole capital?"

"The owner. For decades, the Yang family, Yang Ji and the Li family of Yan have always been two strong in the coal industry, and they are naturally fierce in business, everyone wants to squeeze out the opponent, but after fighting for decades, there is no result. Although this coal looks inconspicuous, it is also a necessity for the people's lives, so no matter who it is, they can't win, because the people are always close to buying that, and the coal companies are just making some small profits from it......"

Glancing at the owner, thinking of the owner's policy of sending coal, it seems that he has earned a little less silver, but in fact, he has taken advantage of the big bargain and sold more. Shopkeeper Li continued:

"So, after decades of fighting, I haven't come up with a reason, the original ...... We may have some opportunities, but now, if they also make the same briquettes, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to fight them, and this business will definitely plummet, and when the time comes, if they reduce the price again, I am afraid that our business will be even more difficult to do! ”

Hearing this, Tang Haoran just responded with an "oh", all of which looked unresponsive.

"Actually, it's not a secret that honeycomb coal,"

Han Che excused Mr. on the side.

"If you have a heart, take a closer look, find a blacksmith, and make a comparison, you can hit it, rather than letting others steal the teacher, Mr. is so open-minded to exchange some silver, but it is more beneficial to the number."

But no, this is also the reason why they did not object to Tang Haoran selling things at the beginning, while this thing was still valuable, exchange it for two silver, and help the number to tide over the current difficulties, besides, this stall is now spreading, but it still has to rely on silver to survive, otherwise, it is to make wedding dresses for others.

Tan Sitong was still silent for a long time, and after a while, he suddenly looked at Tang Haoran and said.

"Could it be Ziran, do you want to borrow these 135,000 taels of silver to survive this period of time? But in my opinion, this little money is not enough. ”

"Oh?"

Tang Haoran said casually.

"You don't think it's enough? Brother Resurrection, let's hear it! ”

Tan Sitong took a sip of tea unhurriedly, then took a deep breath and said.

"Turn this briquette out, we only have 135,000 taels of silver, full of calculations, only 150,000 taels, relying on such a little silver, want to be the hegemony of the capital coal industry, the difference is not one star and two points, not to mention the small coal bank, just these 27 big banks, there is no business for fifty or sixty years, how can it not take out 100,000 taels of silver?"

Tan Sitong's words, Shopkeeper Li nodded approvingly.

"Mr. Tan has a point! The owner, although now we transfer the briquettes to them, but they are still a little resentful of us, if they join forces, we are really not opponents, if the briquettes are reduced to ten cents, when the time comes, we will not be able to hold on. ”

Tang Haoran just stared at the roof for a while before he muttered.

"Resurrection, Handa, Shopkeeper Li, the day before yesterday, Jie Qi came with a letter......"

Although he hadn't seen Song Yuxin, Shopkeeper Li and Han Che had also heard of this person, he was once Tang Haoran's friend of the scene, and now he still follows Tang Haoran, but on the way to Beijing, he returned home to visit relatives first.

Tan Sitong glanced at Tang Haoran.

"He'll be over at the end of this month!"

When the sound fell, Tang Haoran took a sip of tea, and then continued.

"There is one more word in his letter!"

Looking at the three words in front of him, the corners of Tang Haoran's lips lifted slightly, and he spit out a word.

"Mine!"

Tan Sitong, Han Che, and Shopkeeper Li glanced at each other.

"Mine?"

Tang Haoran nodded and said.

"That's right, it's a mine!"

Tang Haoran looked at Shopkeeper Li and said.

"If you are not mistaken, the coal company in the capital does not have a coal mine of its own!"

"The owner, most of the coal in the capital comes from the west of Beijing, how can the mines in that place be opened by the ordinary people, and there are not a few masters behind that mine? If not, when we buy coal, how can we not even pick it, and it is not common for us to be short of more than ten catties in a thousand catties? ”

Shopkeeper Li said with a sigh.

"The owner, behind this coal mine is not the Wang family of that family or the adults of that family, hundreds of years of rules, those people pick, the coal in the capital is sold, the well water does not violate the river water, if we want to start in the mine, the owner, this matter is troublesome!"

In the opinion of the shopkeeper Li, the owner mentioned that the mine must be trying to meddle in the coal mine, and opening a mine in western Beijing, that business is not something that ordinary people can do.

"Trouble, trouble what?"

Tang Haoran asked rhetorically, and when he picked up the teacup and drank tea, Han Che, who had been frowning and thinking, opened his eyes as if he was slammed, looked at Tang Haoran and said.

"Sir, Jie Qi wants to make a fuss in the mine!"

Now that Han Che finally understood Mr. Che's intentions, he looked at Shopkeeper Li and said.

"It's not to open a mine, the mine in Jingxi is the private property of the prince Baylor, ordinary people can't touch it, and Mr. naturally won't touch it, but Shopkeeper Li, why do those people open a mine?"

"Naturally, it's for the silver, what is the money given by the court? The large and small coal mines in western Beijing are ostensibly privately opened by ordinary people, but the ones who open the mines are all coated slaves of each family! Those who opened mines in the house are naturally to earn money for their masters! ”

"Then our silver, is it silver?"

Han Che asked rhetorically, then looked at Tang Haoran with a smile and said.

"Sir, from the student's point of view, this can definitely be done! If it is a mine opened by ordinary people, we may not be able to do it, and ordinary merchants still pay attention to rules, but when have those mansions talked about the rules? ”

With a cold sneer, Han Che continued.

"If the student guessed correctly, sir, you want to use these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to buy all the coal from the Jingxi Coal Mine!"

Han Che's words made Tan Sitong suddenly figure out the reason, without coal, what kind of business would the coal store do? When the time comes, what will they use to compete with Huayang? Naturally, there is no talk of price reductions.

"It's not a buyout, it's a buyout!"

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Tang Haoran said with a smile.

"Buy out the coal from the mines in the next year!"

At the beginning, Tang Haoran's idea was to acquire a few large mines, but the princes and ministers behind the coal mines mentioned by Song Yuxin in the letter still made him have to be cautious, and it was easier to buy out the output of coal mines than to buy large mines.

"The owner!"

Shopkeeper Li hesitated for a moment, looked at Tang Haoran and said.

"I'm just afraid of this, why did they sell it to us? Even if they sell it to us, how do we know that they don't sell it privately? ”

"A thousand catties of silver!"

Tang Haoran directly came up with the easiest way to raise the price, and then looked at Han Che and said.

"Handa, I'm afraid you have to go and talk to those Baylors directly, and tell them directly, if they can suppress it, and prevent the coal from the mine from flowing to others, and there is an extra penny of silver to be honored to them! Wait for next year, if the business is good, 1,000 catties of coal, plus 2 coins of silver! ”

Tang Haoran smiled, talking to those minions, it is better to talk directly with the masters, those masters are all greedy masters, naturally they will not return such a good thing.

Han Che's brows tightened slightly, then he raised again and said with a smile.

"This thing is easy to do, anyway, there are a lot of yellow belts in the hall, let them introduce them, those princes are already poor and crazy, and they will definitely not return the silver sent to the door."

Tan Sitong and Shopkeeper Li glanced at each other, and Shopkeeper Li looked at the owner and said.

"The owner, but if the other party also raises the price, what should we do?"

Taking a sip of tea, Han Che continued to speak slowly.

"Shopkeeper Li, have you forgotten, those princes and Baylors are all face-saving masters, who of them is willing to break their word and hit their own faces?"

(The third update, but I'm tired to death, even the code for a day, for the sake of being speechless so hard, if you have a recommendation ticket, you might as well leave a few more for speechless encouragement!) Thanks! ）