Although Henan is the hinterland of the Central Plains and relatively rich, it is only a secondary market. The most important markets in Henan are also in Kaifeng and Henan along the Yellow River, and as for Runing and Guide, they are not even as important as Xi'an and Taiyuan in the northwest, not to mention nearby Xiangyang and Wuhan.

In the past, the Wang family did not fail to find market abnormalities in Runing and Guide. When the caravans of the Wang family and his business group entered the area to trade, many of the goods were confiscated and fined by the internal affairs department of the Runing Army, and the name was actually something the Wang family had never heard of: violating the Patent Law.

What is the end of the Patent Law? The Wang family is unknown. So they take it for granted that there are people who have a monopoly on doing business in this area.

It's not the first time that the Wang family has encountered a monopoly. After all, the commercial market in the late Ming Dynasty was not very standardized, and some local officials and local wealthy families occupied the local market in order to make huge profits. Therefore, the Wang family also used general methods to deal with it. To put it simply, it is to open the way with money.

But this method did not work when applied to the Runing Army. Of course, the Wang family first prepared generous gifts to hand over to the local government, but in Runing, commercial activities are under the control of the Runing Army, and the countryside is also completely controlled by the Runing Army, so just having an administrative order from the local government is not at all useful, because there is no actual executor!

And bribery and bribery of those in the Department of Internal Affairs will not work. The discipline of the Runing Army itself is very strict, and the decrees issued by the Department of Internal Affairs to Wu Shigong have always been implemented to the letter. They even violently enforce such brutal laws as the "Ban on Famine" and the "Ban on Flow", so the "Patent Law" is just a sprinkling of water!

If it weren't for the policy of encouraging industry and commerce implemented by the Ru Ningjun, perhaps the Wang family's bribery and bribery would have led to the sharp edge of the internal affairs department. So the lower route doesn't work.

Since this is the case, let's give up for the time being, and let the Wang family spend a lot of money to dredge an unimportant small market. There is no point in this kind of thing that does not outweigh the losses.

This can be seen how vicious Ma Bo'an, the head of the Ma family, was in business at that time, he saw the importance of the "Patent Law" at a glance, and used the "Patent Law" to form a jishu barrier that only appeared in modern commerce, and formed a monopoly of the Ma family in Runing and Guide.

However, with the establishment of the Ma family's production base in Runing and the trade routes guaranteed by force by the Four Seas Commercial Bank, the commodities produced in Runing and Guide rapidly spread to the central and western regions, and the living space of the Wang family's commodities was also squeezed. And there is also a "Matthew effect" in the mall, and this gap has widened. It's just getting bigger and bigger.

And fighting for funds, the Wang family has also fallen behind, with Runing's perfect financial support, coupled with the convenient financing of the stock exchange, the Ma family is definitely not afraid of a price war.

What made the Wang family vomit blood the most was that. Many of the Wang family's own advantageous goods have been preemptively registered by the Ma family. Instead, it became the jishu of the Wang family who stole the Ma family.

And as the peasant army became more and more raging. In the entire central and western regions, without the protection of the army, there is no way to trade logically, and the Wang family finally found out that the sea ship used by the Ma family was Wu Shigong's, so they finally realized the importance of Wu Shigong.

Since there is a request for people. The first thing to do is, of course, to make friends, and at this time, the Wang family carefully inquired about Wu Shigong's background. As soon as they learned that Wu Shigong was the son of a noble, they contacted those nobles in Jinling City.

But the result of the contact made the Wang family a little crying and laughing, Wu Shigong's last trip to Jinling. Almost offended the noble children of the entire Jinling City.

Let's turn around! The Wang family also learned that Wu Shigong was a member of the Donglin Party, so let's find a Donglin Party official in Jiangnan. But after contacting again, I found that there were no Donglin Party officials who knew Wu Shigong at all, and I really didn't know how Wu Shigong got into the Donglin Party.

This thing is also strange, don't you have to beg Ma Bo'an? Isn't this self-inflicted humiliation? It was not easy to find an official from the Taifu Temple in Nanjing, who had sold the war horses to the Runing Army, but at this time, the news of Qin Cha Suona and Wu Shigong's killing came, and the official immediately withdrew his "letter of introduction".

At that time, the Wang family was a little gloating, and the Ma family, who was tied up with Wu Shigong this time, should be unlucky! Under the nest, is there an egg? Unexpectedly, the bird's nest of Runing Army was not only not covered, but also rebuilt into reinforced concrete. The imperial court not only did not punish Wu Shigong, but also constantly made appeasement actions. At least in a short period of time, Wu Shigong is at ease.

Of course, wealthy businessmen of this level of the Wang family are particularly concerned about the dynamics of the imperial court. So they immediately analyzed: The imperial court has a place where Wu Shigong can be obtained, and the imperial court also has a place where Wu Shigong is concerned. And what does the military attache have to use and scruple about the imperial court? It is nothing more than the army in his hands.

If it was just like this, in peacetime, the Wang family would definitely not wade into this muddy water. A military attache like Wu Shigong, who is not treated well by the imperial court, is too late to avoid it. But now is the time of chaos.

The Wang family, like the Ma family, is not a scholar who is ignorant of the world, nor is it a person who only stays in a prosperous city, but their caravans have traveled all over the world, so they are very familiar with the situation in various places.

Let's take a look at the big tomorrow now! The DPRK and China are constantly fighting; Natural disasters continue year after year; Outside the customs, the Tartars continue to enter the customs; The peasant rebels in the Central Plains were rampant, and no matter how you look at it, it is a scene of troubled times. Therefore, when they are discussing behind closed doors, they even think that the time for a change of dynasty is coming.

Therefore, in this case, in order to keep his family's business, whether he is betting on one side or not putting his eggs in one basket, he will definitely not ignore the possibility of success of either party.

Let's take a look at Wu Shigong in Runing! With a strong army and wealth, you will not suffer any loss after making friends. Therefore, the Wang family decided: to send Wang Jueqing, who is second only to the head of the family, to Runing with heavy gifts, even if he comes to visit with a dead face, he can't delay it any longer.

After Wang Jueqing arrived in Runing, he was also lucky, and he happened to meet Xiaojie getting married, so he entrusted an official to introduce him, and first participated in the banquet in Fucheng. Sure enough, Wang Jueqing's generosity attracted Wu Shigong's attention, and he was naturally summoned by Wu Shigong.

Wu Shigong really doesn't know such a complicated background, but he also knows about the Wang family in Suzhou Mansion, in the final analysis, Wu Shigong himself is also a businessman, so of course he has heard of the top few wealthy families. If cooperation with the Wang family can be reached, or even let the Wang family invest in Runing and Guide, Wu Shigong will definitely welcome it with both hands.

Therefore, Wu Shigong received Wang Jueqing with the attitude of receiving a big businessman.

At the beginning of the meeting, the guests and hosts were happy, and the specific conversation was not detailed, anyway, it was similar to the conversation with Ma Bo'an, the head of the Ma family. But as the conversation deepened, Wu Shigong felt that Wang Jueqing's intention was not shallow.

"My lord, listening to the introduction of your "Patent Law", I took the liberty to ask in my later life: Many of the patents registered by the Ma family were originally owned by our Wang family, but now they have been taken away by him, which is very unfair!" Although his words were sharp, Wang Jueqing still maintained his usual smile.

Wu Shigong was stunned, because this question was difficult to answer. Of course, Wu Shigong also knew about the Ma family's preemptive registration, and he also understood that this practice was not authentic. However, at that time, only the Ma family was willing to invest a large amount of money in the Runing Army, so the policy bias must be in favor of the Ma family.

However, the development of the Runing Army has reached the present, and it is definitely not willing to have a big business in its own jurisdiction, so its policy will definitely be deflected, and it also hopes to support a few more large businesses to compete with each other, so these historical problems will have to be solved sooner or later.

But Wu Shigong didn't want to rashly get involved in the business dispute between the two families, because no matter what kind of judgment Ru Ningjun makes, it will always make one family dissatisfied, and even two families will be dissatisfied, and it will be difficult to get results.

So Wu Shigong thought about it for a while, and replied carefully: "This matter is known to the official, and there will be a reply before Mr. leaves." However, what the Ma family did was not illegal and it was difficult to deal with it, so Mr. first made a list of the goods unique to your family, and if it was indeed owned by your family, the official would first guarantee that it would definitely be able to be sold locally, and he would not be detained by the "Patent Law" for the time being. However, I hope that Mr. and the Ma family can negotiate properly and reach an agreement on their own. ”

Wang Jueqing smiled bitterly, and then said: "If you are not willing to negotiate, the Ma family has already made huge profits, and will never let go, and I hope that the adults will uphold justice for the Wang family." Because the interests involved are too huge, Wang Jueqing can only force each other step by step. However, it can also be seen that those big businessmen in the late Ming Dynasty were not very frightened when they saw any officials.

Wu Shigong thought about it for a while and said, "This matter is not owned by your Wang family, and there will definitely be a lot of such things in the future, and there will be some other commercial disputes." So be it! This official first set up a chamber of commerce in Runing, and specially set aside a place for your Wang family, and your chamber of commerce will formulate various rules and regulations, and after the approval of our Runing army, a formal decree will be formed. ”

"In the future, if there are disputes between businesses, it is best to negotiate on their own, and if they can't, we will build an arbitration court alone to adjudicate all kinds of commercial matters. Before that, the official will also send a special person to be responsible for coordination, and I hope that all businesses will make a lot of money in Runing and Guide. It's good to be precious! What do you think, sir? ”

Seeing that Wu Shigong was so honest and gave the Wang family the right to participate in the decision-making of the Wang Family Business Guild, Wang Jueqing could be regarded as having achieved his goal. In the next few days, Wang Jueqing discovered that the stock exchange was issuing shares of the paper, porcelain and other workshops newly built by the Runing Army. (To be continued......)