That is to say, in this round, whoever gets the more targets will have a great advantage! And those small businesses don't have to worry about having no business, they will be crushed by the big merchants, if the court doesn't do this, they don't have such an opportunity, they can only rely on the big businesses and eat some money and food for the helpers. To put it bluntly, it is to give a shot to the big business.

Xu Honggen's face changed color slightly, but he was still calm, but the people from the Huizhou Merchants Gang under him had an opinion on him, after all, there were many merchants in the Huizhou Merchants Gang who were small businesses, and not everyone was as wealthy as his Xu family! According to the price released by the imperial court, even if the imperial court sets the price and the profit is transparent, there is no problem in making about double the profit.

It's not that Xu Honggen is not old and spicy enough, it's just that Jian Xunlou has made this set too fresh, and everyone has no experience! Moreover, once the court is on official business, there will be no more greasy silver, who wants to gnaw these hard bones?

In the first round, the merchants who delivered the label were equivalent to earning 10,000 taels to 50,000 taels of silver, which also made the waist pole of the merchants who earned the benefits in the first round a little harder, and the people who do business are not afraid that the money on hand is not enough, but they are afraid that there is no business, as long as there is business in hand, the money can always be raised!

It can be said that in the first round, the most profitable were all the merchants except for the Huizhou merchants, the Shanxi merchants, the Jiangxi merchants and several scattered merchants all profited a lot according to the number of their own business names!

The Huizhou merchant gang led by Xu Honggen would almost be mad, if it weren't for the officials standing around with swords. I almost want to leave on the spot!

But the crowd took a look. The prosecutor who calmly sat in the center of the main stage. Behind the mask, in the reflection of the torches, the flickering gaze made these merchants feel a cold and murderous aura!

The businessmen are all half-literate and half-martial, unliterate and unmartial, and there is really no pride of the people of the green forest! At this time, what are the consequences if they leave the market en masse, and they dare not give it a try? Who dares to test the attitude of the imperial court with their own heads?

Xu Honggen secretly calmed down! Thinking about getting it back in the fight that followed!

After the first round of testing the waters! When the book office unveiled the second round of lists of state capitals. There was another uproar among the merchants!

Why? Because in the second round, there are only a few state capitals.

Looking at the names of these state capitals, everyone felt that their eyes were a little shaky! Xu Honggen is the inspector should be poor, middle, and upper, in such an order, in fact, the big salt merchant who can sit here, which one is not a clever and deceitful person? They are all characters rolling in the eyes of money! Many people think the same way as him!

Zhejiang Chengxuan Political Envoy Division: Hangzhou Mansion, Wenzhou Mansion, Jiaxing Mansion, Jinhua Mansion, Quzhou Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion, Huzhou Mansion, Shaoxing Mansion, Chuzhou Mansion, Taizhou Mansion, Ningbo Mansion.

Yingtianfu, Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Fengyang, Luzhou, Anqing, Huizhou, Taiping, Chizhou, Ningguo, Xuzhou, Chuzhou, Hezhou, Guangdezhou.

Although the state capital this time is more than twice as small as in the first round! But the quality of these twenty-nine state capitals is ten times higher than that of the first round, which is said to be less! Everyone knows it's time for a moment of truth!

These 29 state capitals are not only all rich lands in the south of the Yangtze River. is also the economic heart of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible for there to be troubled people! Local forces in these places. The power of the local gentry can even surpass the army of the imperial court! The regimental training in various places is strong and strong!

Rich and safe, it is a world away from the first round!

"Number One!"

This time, the hands of the representatives of the Huizhou merchant gang trembled slightly, and it was Ying Tianfu who came up! What is the concept of Ying Tianfu? In addition to the Jingshi, the Ming Dynasty belongs to Yingtianfu!

This person is Xu Honggen's business name, Xu Honggen walked quickly to the person, several merchants surrounded, Xu Honggen quickly and personally wrote a number on the target!

After a round of delivery, these twenty-nine people have at least three or four labels under each name!

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen smiled faintly, "Does anyone have a problem?" No problem is about to be unveiled! ”

Who has a problem? Everyone's eyes widened, and even the onlookers felt this round of suffocating air! These state capitals are all around you! Naturally, I care which business is responsible for the supply of salt, smoke, tea and horses in its own area!

A total of three firms should be tendered by Tianfu! Huizhou merchants bid for 200,000 taels of silver! Shanxi businessmen bid for 150,000 taels! Jiangxi business gang bid 100,000 taels! 250,000 taels of the imperial court!

Yangzhou Mansion is also a total of three firms bidding! Huizhou merchants bid for 150,000 taels of silver! Shanxi businessmen bid 120,000 taels! Jiangxi businessmen bid for 70,000 taels! The imperial court target is 180,000 taels!

Except for these two bids that did not meet the requirements of the imperial court, the rest of the state capitals either failed to bid or were won by the Huizhou merchant gang and the Shanxi merchant gang!

After all, strength has the final say in the business field! The small merchants did not win a single state capital in this round!

Everyone doesn't know what to do after the failed bid?

The secretary looked at the inspector, and Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, "There are eight state capitals that have failed to bid, and the price set by the imperial court is reasonable. Take Ying Tianfu as an example, Huizhou Shangbang No. 1, do you accept the target of 250,000 taels from the imperial court? If you don't accept it, it's the turn of the Shanxi Merchant Gang and the Jiangxi Merchant Gang. If no one accepts, the bid will be completely lost, and Ying Tianfu will not participate in the bidding here, and Ying Tianfu's salt, smoke, tea and horses will be uniformly deployed by the imperial court. ”

A layer of fine sweat came out of Xu Honggen's head! It's too big! He didn't expect the imperial court to price Ying Tianfu so high! Yingtianfu has a population of less than one million! 250,000 taels, basically no profit! But if he didn't agree to come down, he would fall into the hands of the Shanxi Merchant Gang or the Jiangxi Merchant Gang, or fall into the hands of the imperial court, how could Xu Honggen be willing?

"Pick it up! We took it! Two hundred and fifty thousand taels! Xu Honggen stood up and said loudly.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen nodded, and the secretary sang loudly, "Ying Tianfu, Huizhou merchant gang, 250,000 taels!" ”

This round of competition is quite fierce, and the Huizhou merchant gang and the Shanxi merchant gang have not taken much advantage, so to speak, they are all losing money and making money! Because the pricing of the imperial court is very accurate, it is basically the upper limit of the profits that can be made in these places!

And after this round of competition, the financial resources of the Huizhou Merchant Gang and the Shanxi Merchant Gang have almost reached the upper limit! (To be continued......)