Chapter 134, is it for official business
Su Fang drifted on the ship for a few more days, and still insisted on cultivating every day.
The medicinal herbs that the emperor gave him had long been ground into powder by him, and divided into portions, which was convenient to take and carry.
Although the higher the strength, the less these herbs will help him, but it is better than nothing.
[Realm: Innate Double Heaven (1995/3000)]
It is still more than a thousand mana points to break through.
The closer you get to Gangnam, the more ships you will encounter.
The water town in the south of the Yangtze River, with a unique geographical location, is the land of fish and rice of the entire Great Qin Empire.
Half of the tax revenue of the entire Great Qin Empire comes from Jiangnan, which shows how rich Jiangnan is.
Su Fang saw several big ships, not only huge, but also very gorgeous, very extraordinary at a glance, so he asked: "Whose ship is this, how can it be so big?" ”
"This is the ship of the Fan family among the eight great families, and the main business of the Fan family is the fleet port."
"Although the Seven Great Families also have fleets, they are much smaller than the Fan family."
"If the other seven families have a large amount of things to transport from the water, they all have to rely on the help of the Fan family's fleet."
Zhan Ling did his homework for this incident, and he knew all the information about Jiangnan very well.
As soon as Su Fang heard this, he understood that the main source of business for the Fan family was to rely on water transportation to make money.
Moreover, from Zhan Ling, the Su side also learned that the fleet of the Fan family was far inferior to the ships of the imperial court.
The ships of a caravan are even more powerful than those of the imperial court.
That's not a good thing.
The Fan family is rich, so they naturally have the ability to build very powerful ships, and the imperial court does not attach much importance to the navy itself, so it is understandable that it is backward.
Even Zhan Ling said that if there was a naval battle, maybe he would have to rely on the Fan family's ships.
The Fan family's merchant ships are so powerful, before destroying them, they must be on guard.
Subsequently, the Soviets finally landed, and Zhan Ling asked, "What should we do next?" ”
Su Fang looked at the people on the shore and said, "You see, the Eight Great Families have arranged a lot of manpower, just looking for us. ”
"Let our men go ashore in batches, and then disperse throughout [Beijing-Hangzhou City], and then just wait for orders." The Su side ordered.
"Yes." Zhan Ling immediately went to arrange it.
The three chief eunuchs and the two great grandmasters followed Su Fang's side, swaggering past the eyes of the Eight Great Families.
"Let's take a look around [Beijing-Hangzhou City] first and see the specific situation." Su Fang said.
"Everything is arranged by Mr. Su." Several chief eunuchs said.
The whole [Beijing-Hangzhou City] is very prosperous, and there are too many people coming and going.
All kinds of vendors, shops, vegetable farmers, and merchants are densely packed throughout [Beijing-Hangzhou City].
On the surface, the entire [Beijing-Hangzhou City] is thriving.
Su Fang asked: "It seems that the Eight Great Families don't want to have an accident in [Beijing-Hangzhou City], and those pieces presented to the emperor only appear in other cities." ”
"[Jinghang City] is the most important city of the Eight Great Families, and they definitely don't want anything to happen here that is unfavorable to them."
"Once there is an accident in [Jinghang City], it will also be very damaging to their interests, and their confrontation with the imperial court will naturally cause changes in other places, and here, they will try their best to stabilize the situation here."
Zhan Ling also spoke.
If you want to solve the problem of Jiangnan, it is actually a very simple thing.
As long as all the eight major families are served, the matter in Jiangnan will be solved.
Of course, only temporarily.
The Eight Great Families have mastered the entire Jiangnan for so many years, and solving them will indeed have a great impact on all aspects of the entire Jiangnan.
However, as long as you find someone to replace the Eight Great Families, the Eight Great Families are just local chickens and dogs.
Moreover, before the Su side came to Jiangnan, he had already notified Kill Qiandao to send people to Jiangnan.
This is a good place to make money, and the eight great families are about to fall, so he naturally has to intervene in such a big piece of fat.
"Tian Ji Rice Shop!" The Soviet side saw a lot of this kind of rice shop on the street.
"This is the property of the Tian family among the eight great families, right?" Su Fang asked.
Zhan Ling replied: "Yes, in the entire south of the Yangtze River, the Tian family is mainly engaged in the grain industry, and the Tian family's field production is too much, and our Jinyiwei has mastered as much as 100,000 mu." ”
"100,000 acres, so much!" The Soviet side was shocked.
"This is only under the control of Jinyiwei, and if you don't control it, I don't know how much." Zhan Ling replied.
The Tian family is rich enough to rival the country just because of these fields.
The entire grain industry in the south of the Yangtze River was monopolized by the Tian family.
The price of grain in the entire Jiangnan is determined by the Tian family.
Eight families, one person monopolizes one industry.
The Fan family monopolizes shipping!
The Li family monopolizes salt!
The Dong family monopolizes the entire silk!
The Tian family monopolizes the rice shop!
The Jin family monopolized gold, silver, and iron mines.
The Huang family monopolized porcelain.
The Wang family has two families, and they have always advanced and retreated together, and they were also brother families in the past, and they were also the largest family.
They don't have a monopoly, it's just that they are the richest, and they mainly run shops, such as green houses, hotels, inns, antiques, and pawnshops.
However, if you want to say that the most powerful, it still belongs to the money bank!
The Wang family's money bank, that is really awesome, is equivalent to the nature of opening a bank in the entire Great Qin Empire.
Wang Shiren is mainly in charge of money banks outside of Jiangnan.
Wang Haoyu is in charge of the money bank in Jiangnan.
Naturally, the Eight Great Families can't just do one industry, they have a lot of industries in private.
Even the casinos and human trafficking prohibited by the Great Qin Empire were often done by the Eight Great Families.
As for the iron products and weapons that the Great Qin Empire strictly prohibited from being sold to other countries, they did not do much in private.
As long as there are things of interest, the eight great families will be involved.
At night, they came to the [Wang Ji Inn] under the command of the Wang family.
Su Fang was here, and he also drank the "Thousand Miles" brewed by himself, and the price increased several times.
As for perfumes, the price has also doubled several times.
The Su side asked Zhan Ling to look for a lot of information, and although Zhan Ling was puzzled, he still went.
As for the Soviet side, when Zhan Ling was searching for information, he took everyone to go shopping and enjoy the scenery in [Beijing-Hangzhou City], so he was uncomfortable.
Even Wei Changjian and others almost thought that the Soviet side had come out to travel.
But they believe that the Soviet side must have its own reasons, and as for what it is, how do they know.
However, when Su Fang came to a brothel that day, the three chief eunuchs were not calm.
"Well, are we really going in?" Wei Changjian asked.
"Why don't we just stay outside?" Eunuch Yu also spoke.
Liu Changjian also meant the same, and said: "Don't worry, we will never tell the emperor." ”
Su Fang looked at them and asked, "You don't think that I really came to look for flowers and ask willows, right?" ”
"Is it for business?" The three were curious.
"For business, of course." Su Fang smiled and took the lead in walking.
The three chief eunuchs looked at each other, and they did not know what business needed to be discussed in the brothel.