Chapter 45: The Lan Fang Sugar Incident
Cheng Yuhuan pondered for a long time and said: "I can't imagine that the Fang family has left so much inventory, this is also reasonable, if they don't have so much inventory, it is impossible to confront us like this." You see, they've now lowered their wholesale numbers, and it's clear that the number of survivors is insufficient. According to my estimate, they probably don't have much stock left, and now it's up to who can make it to the bottom. ”
Steward Liu tried to ask, "Then let's continue to acquire?" Cheng Yuhuan said firmly: "Continue to collect, we have fought to this time, and we have no possibility of turning back." Steward Liu nodded: "That's all there is to it." ”
"Second grandfather, how much deposit do we have in Huitong Bank now?" Fang Qiong said: "There are about seventy million. Fang Xiaoyu nodded and said, "Now start sending people to Huitong Money Bank to withdraw money, and withdraw them separately, withdraw 20 million in the capital and 50 million in the East China Sea." Fang Qiong nodded: "Xiao Yu, I'll listen to you this time, let's just play this time." ”
A few days later, rumors suddenly appeared in the capital that there was a problem with the Cheng family's Huitong money bank, and the same rumors began to spread in the counties of the East China Sea, which Fang Xiaoyu asked Zhao Quan to spread.
Immediately afterwards, many people lined up to withdraw money from the bank, this is the person sent by the Fang family, because the Fang family used to deposit in the name of others, so the Cheng family did not know that the Fang family had so many deposits in Huitong Bank, and now the Fang family used these accounts to write a large number of small checks for people to queue.
The Fang family was busy for a while, so that the deposits of Huitong Money Village in various places were exhausted, and the Cheng family urgently transferred money from the money banks in the southwest counties where no one had run out, but the deposits there were not much left due to the large amount of land purchased, so Cheng Yuhuan had to give up the money houses in the counties of the East China Sea and make every effort to protect the industries in the capital.
The money houses in the counties of the East China Sea had no financial support, so they had to declare bankruptcy and close their doors one after another, Fang Xiaoyu took the opportunity to rely on the manpower of the Lanting Money Village that had already been arranged, and took over all the personnel and money houses of these money banks, and Cheng Yuhuan was helpless after knowing the road.
However, the matter was not over yet, due to the run arranged by the Fang family, it caused panic in the capital, and people who had deposits in Huitong Bank flocked to the exchange offices of various banks. Cheng Yuhuan, who was in a hurry, had to order to raise funds, most of the Cheng family's funds were pressed on Lan Fang Sugar and land, land is the lifeblood of the Cheng family, so they had to sell Lan Fang Sugar at a low price to recover funds.
The Cheng family lowered the price, but the Fang family pushed the price even lower, and the capital that has the ability to make such a large batch of goods is only the other three of the four major families. The Xia family first stood on the same front as the Fang family, and it was impossible for the royal family to blatantly help the Cheng family. Because the royal family needs to maintain a balance among several major families, at least on the surface, it must remain neutral. If he directly favors the Cheng family at this time, he will form an alliance with the Cheng family and oppose the Xia family, if the four major families are divided into two factions, the situation in the entire empire will be turbulent, and the Xia Hou family's world will be unstable.
As for other small forces, not to mention that they can't take so many goods, who is willing to offend the Fang family at this time, and as a result, the price of sugar in the Cheng family has dropped again and again, and no one cares. Cheng Yuhuan couldn't hold it anymore, so he had to go to see the emperor.
Fang Xiaoyu was playing with the visiting Xia family sisters in the garden of the Fang family's old mansion, Xia Tingwei smiled: "You really earned tens of millions of dollars in just ten days of hard work?" Fang Xiaoyu said: "It's not all, just the money village I bought from the East China Sea is worth more than tens of millions when it is opened." Xia Tingyun said: "I really don't know how your head grows, making money is faster than printing money." Xia Tingwei asked, "Why don't you buy the part of Huitong Money Village in the southwest counties?" In this way, aren't the Cheng family's money all surnamed Fang? Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "The southwest is someone's territory, after all, Jiaozhi County is the territory of the Cheng family, maybe it will make me suffer, besides, do you think the royal family will let me completely swallow the Cheng family's money?" ”
As Fang Xiaoyu was talking, a big steward of the Fang family ran over and said, "Little young master, the second master asked me to send you the emperor's secret decree." After speaking, he took out a bamboo tube sealed with fire paint and handed it to Fang Xiaoyu and left. Fang Xiaoyu opened the bamboo tube, took out a piece of yellow silk from it and looked at it, with a smile on his face.
Xia Tingwei, who had been watching Fang Xiaoyu, asked, "What is written on the emperor's will?" Fang Xiaoyu put Huang Juan into his arms and said: "The emperor wrote the words 'forgiving people and forgiving people', he didn't want to see the Cheng family completely fall, and asked me to stop." He also said that I had been promoted to colonel for several meritorious service and social service, and that all the properties under my name were tax-exempt for five years. ”
Xia Tingyun asked, "Upgrade four levels in a row?" Also tax-free? What does the emperor mean by this? Fang Xiaoyu said: "The emperor wants to balance, so give me some sweetness to let me stop in moderation." After speaking, Fang Xiaoyu shouted, "Tobul, come here." ”
In the past few days, Tobul has been following Fang Xiaoyu at Fang's house, protecting him nearby. He had been standing in the distance just now, afraid of interfering with the young master's pickling girl, but now when he heard Fang Xiaoyu calling him, Tobul immediately walked over and said, "What is the young master looking for me?" Fang Xiaoyu said: "You send someone to tell my uncle and ask him to buy all the orchid sugar on hand of the Cheng family at a price of twenty yuan per kilogram." ”
Xia Tingwei exclaimed: "You are simply robbing." Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile; No, it's faster than a robbery to get money, and it's legal. Xia Tingyun said: "What if the Cheng family doesn't sell it?" Before Fang Xiaoyu could answer, a deep and old voice said: "If it is not sold, it means that the Cheng family does not want to settle the matter, Xiaoyu can ignore the holy decree and put the Cheng family to death, and the emperor can't say anything." ”
The Xia family sisters looked back and immediately recognized the person, and the two exclaimed, "Grandpa." "I ran over quickly. Fang Xiaoyu also turned around and saluted and said, "Marshal Xia." ”
Xia Jun smiled: "Good boy, military tactics are so good, I can't imagine that it is the same in the shopping mall, this time you can be regarded as making Lao Cheng miserable." Fang Xiaoyu smiled and said: "The shopping mall is like a battlefield, and it is equally tragic in this battlefield. Cheng Shoufu is a good politician, but not a good businessman. ”
"Well said, a good mall is like a battlefield. What you did in the mall was as sharp as the artillery tactics you wrote, and the Fang family was really happy to have you as a person. Marshal Xia Jun sighed with emotion. Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "The marshal didn't come to me to praise me." Xia Jun said: "Of course not." He pulled out a silver pistol and said, "You made it." ”
"It's so beautiful." Xia Tingyun couldn't help but sigh in admiration. Fang Xiaoyu took a closer look and found that Xia Jun was holding the pistol he had given to Xia Ziqing. Fang Xiaoyu said: "That's a gadget I designed when I have nothing to do, why does the marshal like it?" ”
Xia Jun said: "You really dare to brag, Zhang Peiyun was shocked when he saw this gun, if I hadn't stopped him, he would have come to worship you as a teacher in person." Xia Jun picked up the pistol, skillfully laid out the bullet nest, took out a brass bullet and said: "I heard Zhang Peiyun say that using this bullet can save the time of cleaning up the remaining paper shells in the bullet nest, and the shooting speed can be doubled?" ”
Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "That's right, and there are not many changes to the existing guns, but the production of bullets is complicated, and it cannot be mass-produced at present." Xia Jun nodded and said, "Zhang Peiyun said the same thing, I didn't give up yet, I didn't expect you to say the same." Fang Xiaoyu smiled: "Why does Marshal Xia care so much? Our current weapons are already very advanced for neighboring countries. ”
Xia Jun sighed: "You don't understand, as a soldier, it is very frustrating to see a good weapon but not be able to use it. Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "I can understand this mood." Xia Tingyun on the side said: "I don't understand what you said, but I also want such a beautiful pistol, Brother Yu, what do you think?" Fang Xiaoyu sighed and said, "I'm really afraid of you, okay, I'll give each of you two one." ”
This business battle between the Fang family and the Cheng family ended with the Fang family's complete victory. The Fang family not only annexed all the strength of Cheng Jiahuitong Qianzhuang in the counties of the East China Sea, but also made a lot of money on Lan Fangtang. In order to raise funds, the Cheng family had no choice but to package and sell all the inventory of orchid sugar to the Fang family, and as a result, the Fang family not only recovered the 1,100 tons of orchid sugar sold at a low price of 20 yuan, but also incorporated the Cheng family's original 300 tons of orchid sugar into their own hands.
Fang Xiaoyu suggested that Uncle Fang Weiming reduce the price of Lanfang Sugar to 100 yuan per kilogram, and launched 1,000 yuan a kilogram of Lanfang rock candy, with this combination of high and low to continue to occupy most of the market of Lanfang sugar in Zhili County.
Then Fang Weiming relied on sufficient inventory and a huge business network to begin to expand outward, and the Fang family's orchid sugar gradually sold throughout the Eastern Continent, of course, this is a later story, at this time, the Cheng family has been greatly injured, and there are not a few years to think about recovering. Temporarily relieved of the threat of the Cheng family, Fang Xiaoyu decided to continue his plan and travel to the Western Continent.
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