Although the Wen Fan Xie family holds the lifeblood of the iron mining industry in Zizhou and is very likely to have assets that rival the wealth of the country, they are just businessmen in the end, and no matter how long they stretch their hands, they cannot replace the existence of the government.

It should be said that if they want to pass on the industry in their hands for thousands of generations, they must have a good deal with the government, otherwise it will be just a matter of lip service for those in power to let their century-old foundation be overturned.

After all, I have only heard of power coming out of the barrel of a gun, but I have never heard of power coming out of a money bag.

In this way, what attitude they will have towards Liu Qingdao and Gu Junwei, who are actually in charge of Zizhou in a certain period of time, can basically see the character of that family and their bets on the future.

Su Yun leaned on Gu Junwei's broad and warm arms and only felt indescribably comfortable, his clothes were the kind of muslin cloth with a good texture, and his face rubbed on it with a soft and delicate touch, she unconsciously rubbed it twice like a cat, and asked, "Then what are their attitudes?"

Speaking of which, Liu Qingdao is completely incomparable with you and His Royal Highness King Ning, right? On the one hand, there is the soil emperor who is from the bottom and has nothing in his hands and seems to be involved with Xining, a tiger with an unknown purpose, and on the other hand, there are two promising young people with real dragon blood and heavy soldiers in their hands, if they are sober-minded, they are afraid that they will make different choices. ”

Gu Junwei looked at her languid appearance, a certain string in her heart was gently plucked, and she came to her face with a low smile, her lips lingered on it, and she said in a deep voice: "Promising youth? Well? ”

Many of the words she said were always fresh, but that didn't stop him from understanding what they meant.

"Isn't it a promising youth? How old are you and Li Xiancai? At the age of twenty-five and twenty-six, he has already done such vigorous things. ”

Su Yundao, although he knew that many things in ancient times could not be compared with the eyes of modern people, but thinking about most young people of this age in modern times, he couldn't help but feel indignant when he thought that most of the young people of this age had just stepped out of the ivory tower and entered the society with a young and ignorant face.

But to be honest, even in ancient times, there were not many people like Gu Junwei who made a career at such a young age, and in the eyes of many people, looking at a man who has passed the age of standing and a man who has only passed the age of a weak crown, the vision and thinking are completely different.

Like them, who are in a high position at a young age, it is no wonder that there are a lot of rotten peach blossoms, whether it is a woman who takes the initiative to love or someone else because of the matching of interests, it can be expected that there will be no less such troubles in the future.

Thinking like this, Su Yun couldn't help but purse his lips, stretched out his hand to push Gu Junwei's face away, and said angrily: "Aren't you in a hurry to deal with official business for a while?" Let's get down to business first. ”

Xu is satisfied because of last night, Gu Junwei is in a good mood when he looks at her now, and he is not annoyed when he is thrown by her inexplicably, and he said "um" with a deep smile, and said: "You still underestimate those three families, they have the status they have now, and they have far more than money in their hands."

Small things such as the mastery of iron ore mining and smelting technology are not to mention the impact on the people's livelihood and economy of Zizhou and even Nanwu, not to mention the history of a state, even today's saints will not easily move them. ”

Su Yun listened, initially a little surprised, but quickly figured it out.

Often people who have achieved the ultimate in a certain industry have mastered not only the industry in their hands, but the lifeblood of an industry.

Gu Junwei has continued, "The iron fields of Nanwu are distributed in twelve states, but the main producer of iron is still Zizhou, and one Zizhou can be worth the total annual iron production of the remaining eleven states.

And Wen Fan Xie and these three families were operating the iron mining industry in Zizhou as early as the founding of the Southern Wu Dynasty, for more than 100 years, do you really think that the imperial court has not thought about taking back this livelihood that is related to the lifeblood of the country? ”

Gu Junwei chuckled lightly and said: "At the beginning, it was the beginning of the founding of the country, and there was a lot of waste to be rebuilt, and the imperial court didn't expect that it didn't have the energy to take care of the iron ore in Zizhou.

They united as one, bribed officials at all levels, and adhered to the mining and smelting technology they mastered, and accelerated the expansion and control of the supply and circulation network of iron and iron tools.

At this time, even if the imperial court forcibly took back the iron mining industry in Zizhou, it did not necessarily have the ability to manage it well, plus the obstruction of some officials, and in the end it was only based on supervision, and the three surnames enjoyed a high degree of freedom in the rest of their affairs except for not being able to mint coins and weapons on their own. ”

Su Yun couldn't help but sigh and said secretly, these three are really not fuel-efficient lamps, but after thinking about it, there is a question that I still don't understand, "That's it, how can I underestimate them." ”

The corners of Gu Junwei's mouth raised slightly, her right hand raised and gently brushed the black hair on her sideburns, and her phoenix eyes were deep, "Such a transcendent status, even the three surnames who have to give them a little face even the successive Zizhou assassins, do you think they will immediately whisper to please him because Zizhou was occupied by someone?" ”

Su Yun was stunned for a moment, and the answer already appeared in his heart-

No.

With their status and influence in Zizhou, if the new rulers want to better control Zizhou, it is more rational to cooperate with them, that is, Gu Junwei and they want to deal with the family involved with Wang Xiang, and it is not easy to do it at will before finding definite evidence.

Just like the Chu family in Yongzhou before, they ignored Gu Junwei at first, and they were so proud that they couldn't do it, because they had proud capital!

After clearing his thoughts, Su Yun looked at him and said, "Even if they don't care to curry favor, but listening to what you say, they are not indifferent to the new ruler of Zizhou." ”

Seeing Su Yun's serious eyes, Gu Junwei couldn't help but bow his head and kiss her forehead before saying, "Well, but on the premise that they have the capital to be willful, looking at their attitude, it will be intriguing."

Although these three are all big families in Zizhou, the shopping mall is like a battlefield, and under the competition of more than 100 years, they have long been divided into high and low.

It is the Fan family that has made the family bigger, followed by the Xie family, and finally the Wen family.

Interestingly, ten years ago, the biggest family business was actually the Wen family, but the Wen family has declined sharply in the past ten years, and there was an iron mine collapse three years ago, which greatly damaged their vitality, and now they are completely supported by the foundation of the past.

And when Liu Qingdao was in control of Zizhou, the closest to Liu Qingdao was ......"

Gu Junwei paused, and suddenly glanced at Su Yun.

Su Yunzheng listened attentively, and couldn't help but look at him strangely when he suddenly stopped, but Gu Junwei smiled, "I see that you can always see and draw inferences, why is there no movement at this time." ”

Su Yun glanced at him helplessly, "How can I see such a little bit of information and draw inferences from one another?" As I said, I'm not a roadside vendor. But since you are looking forward to it so much, I will just guess it, it is either the Wen family or the Xie family, and it is more likely to be the Wen family. ”

Gu Junwei seemed to be slightly stunned, his long eyebrows raised slightly, "How can you see it?" ”

Could it be that she really guessed it? Su Yun glanced at him, moved in his arms, found a more comfortable position, and said, "Guess, I'm embarrassed to say that it's an inference just like that, it's basically subjective thinking and empiricism."

The Fan family has the largest business and is naturally the most proud of the capital.

The Xie family is in the middle, this position is actually a little embarrassing, you can get on the top with more effort, and if you are negligent, you may fall to the end, so the Xie family may be relatively cautious in handling things.

And the Wen family is at the end, generally a big family is in decline, it must not be an accidental phenomenon, even if there are external reasons, they must have internal problems, at this time they are likely to go to two extremes. ”

Su Yun stretched out a finger and said, "One, work hard and do whatever it takes to get to the top." ”

Then he stretched out a second finger and smiled slightly, "Second, the core of the Wen family is already very bad, and it has already reached the point where it is powerless to return to the sky, willful and arrogant. No matter which extreme it is, it is a good reason to approach Liu Qingdao. ”

Gu Junwei looked at her with a smile in his eyes, and suddenly leaned over and kissed the two slender jade fingers she raised, and let out a deep laugh from his throat, "My lady...... If you go to set up a stall on the side of the road, your husband will be the first to patronize it. ”