On the second day of the wedding, Xu Rui got up early and went to the yamen to order something.

Newlywed Yan'er, who doesn't want to steal half a day of leisure?

But he still has one more important thing to do today, that is, the newly established Ministry of Commerce has finally been listed.

The establishment of the Ministry of Commerce was Xu Rui's idea, and the original intention was not to fight with the Liaowang Group, but to promote the rapid development and prosperity of Dawei's commerce and fill the treasury through the formulation of scientific industrial policies.

It took Xu Rui five full years to double the finances of the Great Wei Dynasty, and at the same time, it also allowed the Hongwei Emperor and the entire government and the opposition to see the huge profits brought by technology and commerce.

Now that the time has finally come to fruition, the Ministry of Commerce can gradually regulate the disorderly market, regulate the many risks existing in the market economy, and let Dawei embark on the road of prosperity and strength.

Of course, at this juncture, the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce has more important significance, that is, to smash the monopoly of the civilian clique on the government, seize the right to speak, and finally realize the reversal mechanism of influencing politics with the economy.

As early as when he proposed to Emperor Hongwei to establish a Ministry of Commerce, Xu Rui began to make preparations, and the new yamen needed a large number of people, but officials in the court could not ask for it.

On the one hand, these officials don't know anything about the economy, at least at this stage, letting them take over will only mess up the market, which is not a good thing for Xu Rui himself or the country.

On the other hand, if officials are transferred from the existing bureaucratic system, Xu Rui, the commander of the light pole, will soon be hollowed out, and the Ministry of Commerce will exist in name only.

Fortunately, in recent years, Dawei Business has developed rapidly, not only Galaxy Group has cultivated a large number of management talents with practical business experience, but also tapped many potential young people from other firms.

In order to solve the manpower problem, Xu Rui transferred a large number of backbones from Galaxy Group, plus new talents trained in universities, and high-paid business managers to form a professional team in the economy.

With this team, the Ministry of Commerce has a foundation, and when Xu Rui begins to reform in a big way, the take-off of Dawei's business system is just around the corner.

Xu Rui walked into the Ministry of Commerce with a surging mood, although it is still the traditional three-in, three-out yamen style, but the office environment inside has undergone great changes.

This is no longer a signing room, but is divided into two parts: the external window and the office area.

Considering that in the future, there will be many businesses approved by enterprises that will be directly connected to the Ministry of Commerce, Xu Rui has changed the operation of the yamen from the inside out, and he wants to make everyone feel new as soon as they enter here.

After the cutting ceremony was held early in the morning, and all the officials were given a lecture, and the new Ministry of Commerce was established.

Xu Rui returned to his signature room, the Ministry of Commerce has just been established, but there is not much time left for them, and they need to straighten out their work ideas as soon as possible, establish a practical and efficient process, and enter the role.

Fortunately, the officials of the Ministry of Commerce are all from the market, and everyone has some business behind them, and a benign market is good for everyone, and everyone is naturally full of enthusiasm.

In addition, the status of businessmen in this world is relatively low, and entering the Ministry of Commerce is equivalent to stepping into the political arena, which is the way to enter the official world by sharpening one's head and stumbling through the imperial examination.

But even though everything was in order within the Ministry of Commerce, trouble quickly came to the door.

Xu Rui had just returned to the signing room and sat down, planning to first rectify the market environment in the capital and formulate regulatory rules, when An Ge suddenly walked in in a hurry.

"Young master, something happened."

Xu Rui had long expected that the Liaowang Group would not let the Ministry of Commerce be safe and stable, and he was not in a hurry, so he asked slowly: "Is it the cabinet and the six ministries that are hindering us?" ”

An Ge shook his head: "It's not the Ministry of Commerce, it's Galaxy Group, we can't buy raw materials!" ”

Xu Rui frowned when he heard this: "What does it mean that you can't buy raw materials?" ”

An Ge said: "During this time, our factory has to produce new weapons for the Apocalypse Guard, and on the other hand, we have to complete the previous order, and we have been producing at full capacity all day.

Strange to say, external orders have increased a lot during this period, resulting in a huge demand for raw materials such as rubber, coal, iron, cotton, wool, and linen.

At this time, it is not unprecedented, more than half of our raw material supply comes from our own trade routes, and it has been very stable.

When orders increase, we will purchase raw materials from the local market when we don't have enough raw materials for our own trade routes, and the price fluctuations are not too large, at least there is no problem in coping with the production intensity of this scale.

But for some reason, since this morning, almost all raw materials in the local market have begun to rise sharply, and money may not be available.

The supply time of Apocalypse's weapons is already very tight, and the delivery dates of other orders are also approaching, if the production is stopped due to the lack of raw material supply, we are afraid that we will have to delay the delivery of external orders.

According to the provisions of the contract, we have to pay a certain amount of liquidated damages for every day of delayed delivery, and the liquidated damages are simply astronomical for such a huge number of orders. ”

After listening to An Ge's words, Xu Rui's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked, "Have you contacted those suppliers who have been cooperating all year round?" ”

An Ge nodded: "I just came back from the Chamber of Commerce, and almost all of the Chamber of Commerce are out of stock. ”

"Out of stock? Why are the good ones suddenly out of stock? ”

Xu Rui asked in a deep voice.

An Ge said: "I heard that there is a big buyer who is frantically sweeping the goods, not only buying all the raw material inventory at a very high price, but also covering the goods in the next three months!" ”

Xu Rui's fingers tapped lightly on the table, and said quietly: "If you buy something, you either produce it or resell it, we are the only ones who have such a huge production capacity in the world, so it seems that it is to blackmail us?" ”

An Ge shook his head and said: "I don't think so, if it was to monopolize the market and then sell raw materials to us at a high price, someone should have contacted me a long time ago, but I haven't received any news from the Chamber of Commerce yet." ”

Xu Rui sneered and said, "Have you calculated how much money we need to pay if all orders are overdue?" ”

An Ge nodded: "Forget it, about thirty million taels!" ”

Xu Rui smacked his lips and said: "Thirty million taels is a lot of money, it seems that those skyrocketing orders are very problematic, and nine times out of ten they are coming for liquidated damages." ”

An Ge hurriedly said: "Young master, the operation of the group requires a lot of cash, and during this time, we are everywhere with money, and we can't afford to lose 30 million taels."

Once the deadline is overdue, these chambers of commerce will take the contract to the yamen to complain, and our funds will not be able to turnover, and the capital chain will be broken immediately. ”

Xu Rui lightly tapped the table, and a hint of deep groan flashed on his face.

He didn't know the seriousness of the matter, it certainly wouldn't be an accident, and it was clear that the sudden surge in orders was very problematic.

Some people have long calculated that Galaxy Group will produce a large number of new weapons for Apocalypse, and the production capacity is already saturated, and at this time, a large number of short-term orders with favorable conditions will force Galaxy Group's production capacity to the limit.

Later, it spent a lot of money to sweep away the raw materials on the market, which caused Galaxy Group to fall into a situation of suspension of production.

As long as the order time arrives, someone will immediately take the contract to the door to file a complaint, and when Galaxy Group can't pay so many liquidated damages, the yamen will be able to immediately take away the property of Galaxy Group.

At present, Xu Rui is in charge of the Ministry of Commerce, which is tantamount to a big slap in the face, making the newly launched Ministry of Commerce a laughing stock of the entire court.

What's more, Galaxy will be paralyzed immediately after losing a huge amount of money and core factories.

And the Galaxy Group is the foundation of Xu Rui's foothold, once it is paralyzed, not only will the armed time of the Apocalypse Guard be postponed indefinitely, but also the Xu Rui Group will lose its blood, and it will no longer be able to compete with the Liaowang Group, and even internal disintegration.

In the end, the overall situation of the world that Xu Rui has arranged will also be completely blown up because of this.

Killing birds with one stone, drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, this is a very vicious strategy, but it happened to hit Xu Rui's seven inches, and you don't have to think about it to know that except for the King of Liao, I am afraid that no one has this vision, this courage and this kind of resources to implement this strategy.

Xu Rui immediately realized that the antics of the Liao King in the court a while ago were just a false shot, in order to attract his attention to the political aspect, so as to relax his vigilance and ignore his real killing moves.

Now that the King of Liao has arranged everything, when it is time to see the poor dagger, the crisis has finally appeared in front of him.

Xu Rui asked An Ge with a calm face: "If the production is temporarily suspended due to lack of raw materials, how many days can we bear it at most?" ”

An Ge said: "Three days at most, more than three days, even if we come up with any way, we will not have time to complete the rest of the orders, and overdue delivery will become inevitable." ”

Xu Rui nodded, and said in his heart that this is a business war, and he must win this battle within three days, otherwise all these years of hard work will probably be in vain!