Chapter 136: Hurting People with This

Su Qian nodded and said, "If we don't care about this matter, then there will be no point for that person to join the club with us." I don't think I can sit idly by. ”

"You know what?" Master Su taught: "Since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials. We all sympathize with Mr. Li, but we really can't help it. ”

Su Qiandao: "Daddy, since the adults let everyone have a meeting, there must be a way." The child feels that what the adults said is right, the businessmen must form a group, otherwise our chamber of commerce really has no interest in existing. As I have said before, the purpose of the Chamber of Commerce is to protect everyone. ”

More than a dozen board members looked at each other, and Master Su nodded and said, "My lord, tell me your opinion first." ”

"First, monopolize the printing and dyeing materials in Luzhou, force the printing and dyeing to take over the work of the Li family, and at the same time make Zheng Ping's textile factory unable to print and dye. This is not a big problem, I took a look, the surrounding yards that provide printing and dyeing materials, a large part of the work of our chamber of commerce. They dare not offend us. Second, mobilize the textile mills of the chambers of commerce in several nearby states to reduce the sales price of textiles, saturate the Luzhou market within half a month, and crush the Zheng family. I believe they are willing to give up the profits, otherwise it will fall on their heads and no one will save them. Third, Yangping Qianzhuang issued a loan to Li Decai and exempted him from auction. Fourth, form a group of lawyers, report to the Jiedu Embassy, and if it fails, go to Beijing to sue the royal court. It must be composed of people who are familiar with the law, and every move is carried out according to the law, so that no one can be caught and accused of inciting rumors. Fifth, inform Southeast Qianzhuang that please do not lend money to the Zheng family. Sixth, crack down on the other industries of the Zheng family, hurt people with this, and consume his last penny. Seventh, the Royal Press will follow up on this commercial dispute incident and report it truthfully. Finally, once the fire is connected, there is no way back, and if you don't accept any soft conditions from the Zheng family, you must be killed in one go. In the end, the Zheng family was blacklisted, and his sons, grandchildren, and nephews interfered in any industry and business. ”

After Ouyang finished speaking, the directors lowered their heads and thought, and exchanged heads and ears.

Su Qiandao: "At the trade fair, many merchants joined. It is for us to protect them. The same chamber of commerce does not compete with the same industry in the same place, and it is our guarantee to help the chamber of commerce industry and help it overpower competitors. I know what your uncles and uncles are worried about, and I am worried that we will become bigger and shoot the first bird. But the little nephew wants to say that this Yangping money bank has become bigger, and it almost went bankrupt last time. But why didn't the emperor suppress Qianzhuang? First, it cannot be suppressed, secondly, it is not convinced by legal principles, and thirdly, how much tax does the money village pay every year, and the imperial court also counts, when the tea tax has been exceeded last year, and in a few years, the money village of the whole Song Dynasty will exceed the salt tax. It became the first source of the Great Song Dynasty treasury. Even if we become bigger, we have no soldiers, and we have no anti-imperial court. If it is bigger, the court will be easier to manage. The treasury is replenished, the people are healthy, there is food to eat and money to spend, why not do it for social stability? Su Qian did not say that many of the foreign policies of the imperial court now have to be carried out through private businessmen.

A director said: "Today, many of our net worth are in other places, and the old man also has industrial shares in Huangzhou and Shuzhou. If this matter is left unattended, there will be difficulties in foreign industries in the future, and others will inevitably ignore it. Now we all have a few dollars, and each of us has paid tens of thousands of yuan to settle this matter, which is also very good for the reputation of the Yangping Chamber of Commerce. ”

Ouyang said: "You may not have to pay any money, as long as the relevant industrial chain is contained." Without raw materials, no processing, no market, no one can afford to play. Besides, even if you ask for money, the hundred businessmen of the whole chamber of commerce are still afraid that they can't fight just a nouveau riche? ”

"It's done!" The director nodded.

"Well, Su Qian will trouble you to send someone to contact everyone. We also salute first and then soldiers, and the Chamber of Commerce will open a letter to the past and let the Zheng family shrink their hands, if not, don't blame us for being polite. ”

Zheng Ping threw the letter aside and said disdainfully: "The Yangping Chamber of Commerce has a long hand, and it has reached Luzhou. Come here, wait for the Li family factory to auction, and the price of textile materials in the city will be increased by 30%. He calculated that even if the goods were shipped from other places, the sales price would only be higher than the price of his own local commission.

But what happened next taught him what commercial sanctions were.

The first to report was the printing and dyeing factory, the owner cried and told him that the printing and dyeing factory had no raw materials, and some people said that they had to sign a contract for raw materials, and only took the work of the Li family's factory. Then there was dumping, almost overnight, the four counties and prefectures of Luzhou were all saturated with textile materials, whether it was linen, cotton, or satin, the market price was only half of the Zheng family. When the people saw that there was no reason not to take advantage of the cheap, they immediately started to buy.

Zheng Ping is not an ordinary person, and he immediately snapped up it, which is almost a cost price of not buying for nothing. But the more I bought, the more frightened I became, and not only did the goods on the market not less, but also received the news. Six regions, including Shouzhou, Jiangningfu, Huangzhou, and Shuzhou, all began to dump Luzhou at a loss. Zheng Ping finally realized that it was the retaliatory action of the Yangping Chamber of Commerce, so he immediately stopped the acquisition and sold the backlog of goods at a lower price. But as soon as he was low, the Yangping Chamber of Commerce began to make crazy acquisitions. In and out of this way, Zheng Ping was frightened to find that his raw materials had been used up. The local factories that supplied hemp, cotton, and other materials had all stopped supplying him, let alone other places, and they couldn't even buy a single wool.

It hurts people! They are losing money and making money, and after a few rounds of competition, it is naturally the Yangping Chamber of Commerce that suffers more, but the financial resources of the Yangping Chamber of Commerce are not at all what Zheng Ping can resist. Now that hundreds of people in the factory do not work and get their salaries for nothing, should they be disbanded or stayed? closed the door, and all the money he invested in the spinning wheel and the site was wasted, which was all his life. No, how long will they be spent?

When Zheng Ping was still hesitating, the news came. The Zheng family's relatives and businesses were all hit on a large scale, and two of them borrowed money from Yangping Bank, and the defendant confiscated the property and put them in prison. Someone in the family already asked Zheng Ping to reply. It was at this time that the Jiedu envoy suddenly sent soldiers to arrest the general judge of Luzhou and the magistrate of Meixian, and his uncle was also transferred to an idle post. When I asked, I found out that it was a group of people from the Yangping Chamber of Commerce who specialized in lawsuits, and they also said that the Jiedu envoy had no explanation here, so he directly sued the royal court. The crime is very simple, oppressing good people and forcibly seizing private property.

What's even worse is that at the beginning, he borrowed money from the southeast bank, but now he is forced to repay the money, and if he doesn't pay it back, he will sue the government. The only thing Zheng Ping wondered about was that many people who were not from the Yangping Chamber of Commerce could also kill themselves?

"So, people want to read newspapers, and businessmen need to read newspapers." Ouyang said while reading the newspaper: "The Royal Newspaper is your companion in life. "This newspaper has an interview with a reporter, and wrote about the process of the struggle between the two textile factories, although it does not involve the government, but the discerning person knows at a glance that it is a collusion between officials and businessmen. As a businessman who has no official collusion, what he hates most is a businessman who has official collusion. The positive side of public opinion was all given to the Li family, while the negative was all given to the Zheng family. Many businessmen who are not Yangping Chamber of Commerce are also willing to make less or lose a small amount of money to fall into the ground.

Su Qiandao: "My lord, Zheng Ping is already preparing to auction his own textile farm. ”

"I can't sell it." Ouyang said: "The governor of Luzhou said that part of the textile farm has encroached on the farmland, and it should be recovered by the government and returned to the people. A person who does not go off the rails will not make so much money. A person who goes off the rails always has countless flaws. ”

"Yes. In addition, it is expected that the total loss of the Yangping Chamber of Commerce will exceed 300,000. My father said that he would pay 50,000 yuan to make up for the debt. Everyone else has indicated it. I said what you mean, that is, it is pasted according to the proportion of the original shares. After Su Qian finished speaking, he was a little puzzled and said: "My lord, I think there is a way not to lose money in this matter, but even to make money." For example, as long as we take out a loan to support Li Decai, or control the ...... of raw materials"

"How long will it take? A year or ten years before Li Decai can crush Zheng Ping? Will Li Decai stop halfway? Su Qian! This is not a matter of Zheng Ping's family, but an attitude of the Yangping Chamber of Commerce, in order to protect the interests of businessmen, we do not hesitate to lose money. And after this incident, there are more businessmen who have joined the alliance of the Yangping Chamber of Commerce. Someone protects them, and they stand up for someone else when they need it. Indeed, we have lost it. But I believe that once there is a second thing, the Chamber of Commerce businessmen will consciously unite. Isn't there two textile farms this time, and a raw material factory itself to make up for part of the loss? The businessmen who can join the Chamber of Commerce are a little knowledgeable. Know what it means to make a lot of money with a small amount of money. Don't expect the seller of an egg out there to help with it. By the way, remember to perform well this time, and think about others first if there are benefits in the future. ”

"Yes, got it." Su Qian knew that Ouyang was talking about the matter of Western Xia. After the wars of Western Xia, it was quite a headache for the rulers to clean up the mess, but it was a good place for merchants. When it comes to grain production bases, if a merchant can get a hundred acres of land, it will make a lot of money. The cultivation industry in Western Xia was mostly in the plains, and the use of farming tools such as cattle was particularly convenient, and the refugees from the war were super cheap labor. Animal husbandry also has developed places, the leather industry in the Song industry is underdeveloped, the price remains high, a large reason is due to the lack of supply of raw materials, which set up a breeding, processing base and then sold to the Song, the profit is not covered. Several parties have interests, the imperial court hopes that the occupied territory is stable, the merchants chase interests, and the military generals hope that the merchants will contribute money to boost morale and win the war.

Everyone knows the truth, but who can catch food in this benefit? It can only be those businessmen who have colluded with the army. Business could not be carried out without the protection of the military. It is not even allowed to carry out. There is also enclosure, which will inevitably harm the interests of the locals, and it cannot be taken without the help of the army. There are also businessmen in the retail market who are also red-eyed, how can the army spend these hundreds of thousands of bonuses? It's a big market.

Ouyang had just sent Su Qian away, and someone came to visit again. The person who came was Zhou An, the chief shopkeeper of the Southeast Money Village, who was very up-to-date, and put a gift in a box when he came up. And said politely: "A little meaning, please smile at Lord Ou." ”

Ouyang smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Zhou, if you have my county affairs, you don't need to send anything." If it's a matter of Yangping Money Village and the Chamber of Commerce, it's useless to give gifts, so what should I do. ”

"It's just a little souvenir, and my lord is serious."

"With people's soft hands, it seems that we can't talk about things."

Zhou An listened to Ouyang's order to evict the guests and hurriedly said, "Then let's talk about business first." ”

"Shopkeeper Zhou, please speak." Ouyang's efficiency is still very high, he doesn't like to say or listen to polite words, he doesn't plan to waste his energy on this. For example, if the current leaders have a meeting today and a meeting tomorrow, in fact, what they need is just a piece of paper, and the funny thing is that there is also a symposium on the spirit of the document, and people who can't even understand the document seem to be leaders. Taxpayers would not have had a choice. Either Yang Ping is under the leadership of Ouyang, and the rhythm is quite tense.

Shopkeeper Zhou had already inquired about Ouyang's style of doing things, and now he got to the point. Although there are policies such as Zhao Yu's support for tax exemption in the southeast, the policy has not been implemented for a long time, and the damage is serious everywhere. Therefore, although the southeast money village was opened, it also connected eight states and thirty-one counties. However, the capital chain is seriously broken, and the most important thing is that the deposit cannot keep up with the number of loans. Moreover, because it is still a semi-family management, there are many omissions, bad debts appear from time to time, and there are several cases of loans that cannot be recovered.

After introducing the current situation, the shopkeeper Zhou began to talk about ideas, and the best idea was that Ouyang persuaded Yangping Qianzhuang to partner, and the owner of Southeast Qianzhuang held the development in the southeast. Even if it doesn't work, wanting Ouyang to come forward to help invite members of the Yangping Chamber of Commerce to participate in the trade conference held after the beginning of spring in Hangzhou is a large-scale investment. One step further away is the hope of developing a commercial district centered on Yangzhou and Hangzhou.

The southeast now has a good policy, with some localities exempting taxes for three years and some localities reducing or exempting half taxes for five years. In addition, the labor in the southeast is much cheaper than that in the north, and there is indeed a lot to be done there. This is also because the transportation is not convenient, and it can only be opened for the market of one or several states.

Shopkeeper Zhou said: "When the little one came, he had already greeted the officials in Hangzhou and Yangzhou, and the road inspectors on both sides agreed with the small view. "Of course, I agree that the place is richer, and the fish will be more, and the life will be better. If you lose something, it's someone else's, and if you earn your own share, a fool won't do it.

Ouyang pondered for a while and said, "Shopkeeper Zhou, I'll be honest with you." It's not the right time for you to come, you have to change it half a year ago, or a year or two later, of course, this investment is fine. The southeast has a large population and dense residence, and whoever does not want to enter such a large market is a fool. But at the moment......"

"The little one knows that it's from the Western Xia side."

Ouyang was a little surprised: "How do you know?" ”

Zhou An smiled bitterly: "It is estimated that all the people of Western Xia know about it now, not to mention the villain who has a little connection with the government." My lord, I am not greedy in the next place, that is, Yangzhou and Hangzhou will at least let some money go over. Like Yangping, if a place rises, there are benefits in the surrounding vicinity. Yangzhou has a wharf, you can also sail south or north, there is a lot to do, and Yangzhou seafood has always been famous. Hangzhou is one of the four major commercial ports, and it is the most densely populated place in the southeast, among which silk fabrics, even Yangping may not be as good as Xiangbei. ”

"I know that there are 200,000 households in Hangzhou and more than one million people in the city, not to mention the southeast, and it is also the top three in the whole Song Dynasty." Ouyang Dao: "Otherwise, I will introduce you to the directors of the Chamber of Commerce, talk about a specific plan, and then contact the registered merchants of the Foreign Chamber of Commerce from other places." The local people in Yangping can't put their minds on the southeast now. If this Great Song Dynasty wants to be rich or belong to Tokyo, there are not a few millions of people, and tens of millions of net worth have also been heard from time to time. ”

Zhou Anxi said: "This is the best." My lord, you don't know that this money bank is most afraid of poverty. If the local people are poor, we all have to drink rice soup together. The name of this southeast money village seems to be a loud one with Yangping money village, but it is gold and jade, and it is ruined. After more than a year, I dare not say that I am profitable, and I can't make ends meet when I support the façade. ”

Ouyang said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Zhou, you don't learn what you should learn from this Yangping Money Village, and you have learned everything that shouldn't be learned from you." In fact, I have always wanted to find you, and Su Qian also wanted to meet you, to make a gentleman's agreement, everyone has clearly drawn the area, and the left and right are not boundary. As for the scale of the Southeast Money Village, it is also very easy to solve. Come...... Please come back to Su Qian. ”

As soon as he turned his head and left, he was called back again. Su Qian was a little puzzled, and after entering, Ouyang Yi introduced, and had a few points in his heart: "Shopkeeper Zhou, Su stretched his neck and waited for you at the Yangping Fair, I didn't think that you were old but didn't look down on the little fair." ”

Zhou An smiled bitterly: "Shopkeeper Su is smiling." To be honest, it's not that Zhou doesn't want to come, but he doesn't dare to come. Yangping Qianzhuang has thousands of dollars, and my southeast Qianzhuang has thousands of dollars. When you come to borrow money, you can't release it, it's not that you smashed the signboard. ”

Su Qian said the same as Ouyang: "Shopkeeper Zhou, don't blame Su for being abrupt, it seems that Southeast Qianzhuang should not learn from Yangping Qianzhuang." To tell you the truth, Lord Ou tried his best to stop Qianzhuang's southward expansion because of the jealousy of the imperial court. So when we got to the Huai River, we stopped. ”

Zhou An naturally knew what Su Qian meant: "The Huai River is the boundary, but it is very clear. ”

"Shopkeeper Zhou, don't get me wrong, this is a clear line between our two families, and your money bank can come back to life."

"I want to hear about it."

"In the past two years, the southeast has been recuperating, and the people actually still have a few dollars. But the shopkeeper Zhou can't learn from Yangping Money, and Yangping Moneybank has to collect money when he goes in and out. And the southeast money village ...... Su's suggestion is to give money and collect money. To put it simply, when someone else saves money for you, you give interest, and when someone else asks you for a loan, you get back multiple times the interest. If you have money, you can lend, and if you have money, you can fly tickets. ”

Zhou An thought about it and said: "Zhou has thought about this matter, but in case Yangping Qianzhuang also learns from Zhou......"

"So we're going to draw boundaries and communicate with each other. Establish a standard and adjust it freely within the standard. In this way, Yangping Qianzhuang will definitely suffer a loss, but to be honest, if you don't do it, the court will always think about my Yangping Qianzhuang. The gun shot the first bird, and Su Qian almost lost the lives of his entire family for this. Su Qiandao: "When the future matures, the two of us can set up money for each other, compete openly, tacitly understand in private, and everyone can earn money together, after all, money is endless." "What Su Qian said is the focus of checks and balances, once there is a southeast money village to restrain Yangping money village, the court people will be at ease with Yangping money village. Of course, such a price comes at the cost of losing part of the market, but it is an important step from radical expansion to stable development.