"Tong Xiang, you have to make it clear to me, didn't the position of the former minister of the emperor be reserved for Jing Xi? You have agreed to recommend to the emperor, why did you come...... This son was taken by someone else? ”

As soon as Bumuba saw Tong Guowei, he questioned.

"Kyung-hee? Lord Wang, did he ask you to ask me? Tong Guowei wanted to greet the king of Shuncheng County in front of him, but after hearing this question, his mood suddenly became inferior, and he didn't even see the courtesy. …… It's actually an official. Can this former minister arrange it casually? He only said that it was a recommendation, but he didn't say that it would definitely work. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little angry at that Jingxi. It turned out that this Jingxi was also the son of Yue Le, the former Prince of An, the second in line, and Wu Erzhan's elder brother. However, his status is the lowest among Yue Le's sons, and he has only one title of the Duke of Zhenguo, not even Beizi. That's why this guy will try his best to make a close difference, and want to show it in front of Kangxi and please him, so that he can go up a few levels. This guy was born in a clan and has a good relationship with Bu Muba, after seeing the vacancy of the imperial minister, he wanted to leave this relationship and let Bu Muba help him say a few good words in front of the emperor, Bu Muba thought that he couldn't grasp it enough, and came to him again. Originally, Prince An Yue Le was also very respected by Kangxi, and it was not very difficult for his son to find a position as a former minister, not to mention that there was also face for him and Bu Muba? But who would have expected that Kangxi would actually give this position to the newcomer Fei Old Man? …… No one is to blame for this, it's all fate! Thinking that year, Shunzhi had a very good relationship with Prince An, and saw that the sons were young before the "death", and it is said that he also intended to pass on the throne to Yue Le, which made the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang very unhappy, and later Kangxi ascended the throne, Yue Le no longer came forward to discuss politics, hid at home to avoid suspicion, and only led the army to Hunan when he was in Pingsanfan, and even Feiyanggu was his subordinate. It's just that I don't know what's going on, this Prince An is extraordinary, but he has never paid attention to his sons, and he has never been good at teaching, so now there are only three mediocre talents left. However, perhaps it is precisely because of this that Kangxi has always taken care of the people in Prince An's mansion, and the family of Marhun, the king of Anjun who took over the throne, has always been rewarded.

"Although Jing Xi didn't say let me come, I patted my chest and slapped the package ticket to him, saying that the emperor would definitely sell me face...... Now that it's like this, how am I going to tell him about it? Bumuba clapped his hands and said.

"Lord Wang, you extinguish the fire first!" Alinga and the others didn't come out, and Liu Jinze saw that Tong Guowei was a little unhappy on his face, so he hurriedly took a cup of tea and handed it to Bu Muba.

"What fire? Tong Xiang, which green onion is Ferdinand? This former minister has always been served by our royal family! How can the emperor give it to outsiders? Bu Muba shook his hand and let Liu Jinze go aside, and then asked Tong Guowei.

"Lord, that Ferdinand is also a relative of the imperial family!" Tong Guowei narrowed his eyes and replied.

"What? Is he a royal prince? I...... How did I not know? Bumubachi said.

"Ferdinand is of the Hesheri clan, and is of the same clan as the former Soshang. Although this matter has not spread widely, as the head of the clan, there is no reason why you should not know? Tong Guowei asked in surprise.

"Herschelis?!" Bumuba was stunned.

"That's right. It's Hesheri! Tong Guowei took a sip of the teacup handed by Yahuan.

"Does he, Hesheri, still want to control the government again?" Bumuba suddenly jumped up and shouted.

"Lord Wang, I know that you have a good relationship with Jingxi, and you are a ****...... However, I advise you not to provoke Ferdinand, that old man is now a saint, and there are three ****s in Fengtian behind him, so it's not easy to mess with. Tong Guowei said again.

"Mukden? I'm afraid that the three kings of Fengtian are not as good as our Baylor in Beijing, so do you still want to go wild in Beijing? Hmph, this king wants to see how many catties and taels this Ferdinand has! Bu Muba flicked his sleeves violently, didn't say hello to Tong Guowei, turned around and walked outside the living room.

"Slow down!" Tong Guowei arched his hand towards Bu Muba's back and said.

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"Xiangye, how can you encourage the prince to go against that Ferdinand?" As soon as Bu Muba left, Wang Mingdao walked out of the back of the living room and asked Tong Guowei.

"Humph! If you don't let them suffer a little, they won't know how bad! These clans, it is indeed time for someone to come out and rectify them. Tong Guowei sneered.

"Xiangye, what do you mean ......" Wang Mingdao's eyes suddenly lit up.

"That's right. The emperor was upset. If Bumuba doesn't come this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to think of the emperor's thoughts...... Hey, now I get it! Tong Guowei said with a smile.

"But Ferdinand is only the deputy head of the Internal Affairs Office, not the manager of the Zongren Mansion, he can't control the clan!" Wang Mingdao's mind was still a little fuzzy.

"Ferdinand can't control the clan, can the clan find trouble with him. Who is he? When he was a member of the first rank of the dynasty, he was born in the yellow flag, and the three banners were all led by the emperor himself, except for the emperor himself, who in these clans could control him? Besides, he's still in charge of the Imperial Palace. The outer clans often marry the clans, and the Lifan Yuan is in charge of this matter, if he says a few more words, these clans will have to fall out in the world. Besides, don't forget that this Ferdinand also has the title of 'Crown Prince and Princess' on his head. That's where the killer comes in! Tong Guowei sighed again and said.

"The crown prince is the teacher of the princes, and he reprimands the students with the qualifications of the teacher...... Hehe, I'm afraid that no prince would dare to provoke this Lord Fei easily! Wang Mingdao also understood.

"It's best not to provoke, that's what the emperor wants. However, there is a reason why the teacher punishes the student! Tong Guowei laughed again. The Internal Affairs Office is in charge of the royal treasury, which is the source of the Eight Banners, and if the clan wants to trouble Old Man Fei, they must first think about the consequences; The former minister of the emperor is responsible for the emperor's entourage, and the crown prince and the prince can make Old Man Fei have a transcendent position in the face of the prince's clan, and Kangxi's circle is really big enough. In the future, if these royal relatives fall into the hands of Ferdinand, they don't know if they can meet the emperor if they want to go to the emperor to intercede, I'm afraid they can only wait for the whole part!

"Hehe, the emperor's original purpose is probably just to see that no one in the court can be relied on, so he wants this Ferdinand to suppress the arrogance of the elder brother party and * a little, anyway, this old guy is old enough, and he will retire in a few years. But how can everything be predicted? Ferdinand, if those clans come to trouble you in the future, you can't blame me. How can this Beijing city be so easy to enter? Even if I didn't fan the flames here, you caused so many people in the matter of Jingqi's hoarding, and someone would definitely come to you for trouble. Besides, if you can't even settle these clans, how can you deal with those princes? It's time to practice! I'll bet you'll win! Hahaha......" Tong Guowei couldn't help but be secretly proud.

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Wang Qianhe and Wang Qianshou are one of the big leaders in the Jin merchants, although they are not as good as Kang Siding, they are also famous businessmen in the world. In particular, they have also contributed a lot to the pacification of Wu Sangui by the Qing court, and they have also been personally praised by Kangxi, and they are also quite related to the officialdom.

However, now the life of the two brothers is not easy.

It's not that anybody wants to go against them. Shanxi merchants have a huge advantage over Hui merchants, that is, they are very grouped. Doing business or doing something else, under normal circumstances, they will not make any shady tricks, and even they are not willing to do anything to grab territory. Therefore, there are not many Shanxi businessmen who dare to offend in the shopping mall.

The reason why Wang Qian and the two brothers were troubled was because Mo Jing ignored them.

Mo Jing is no longer a stranger to Shanxi businessmen. That woman is the business leader of the Northeast, and unlike them, the group of Jin merchants, Mo Jing almost single-handedly holds up a piece of the Northeast by herself, almost a single family. In addition, this woman's status is extremely high, and every time the leaders of the Jin merchants gather together, they are qualified to talk to her. However, since the last time the Jin merchants rejected the woman's invitation to set up a bank, although the cooperation in the northeast continues, the two sides have rarely been in contact.

But now, the Jin merchants have regretted their original decision.

Mo Jing failed to gain the support of the Jin merchants, and instead formed an "HSBC" with Wang Weihe, the leader of the Hui merchants, a year and a half ago...... ）。 Originally, based on the importance of Mo Jing, the Jin merchants also tightened their money accordingly, ready to deal with the challenge of this new business. However, what puzzled them was that Mo Jing and Wang Weihe's bank actually took a full year to set up alone, and HSBC did not do a single business in this year. Although they felt a little funny, the Jin merchants still did not relax their attention to these two people. However, despite all the preparations, within half a year of HSBC's opening, their share in Jiangsu, Anhui and Zhejiang was overwhelmed by HSBC's strong expansion. This is not only related to the careful arrangement of Mo Jing and Wang Weihe in the early stage, but also has a lot to do with the businesses launched by HSBC that are completely different from the money bank. And the most terrifying thing in this is a well dug by Mo Yan.

None of the Jin merchants thought that Mo Jing would spend two years digging a well...... A 3,000-foot-deep "salt" well in the world!

Sichuan Zigong has a history of salt production for thousands of years. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, there has been well salt production, and it has been famous all over the world during the Tang and Song dynasties.

However, no one expected that Zigong's well salt production was far from reaching its peak.

Mo Jing spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in two years near a place called Changyantang in Zigong to dig a large salt well that can produce more than 10,000 catties of salt per day: Shenhai Well. After this big salt well, Mo Jing dug twenty small wells of different depths in the vicinity in a row, and the daily salt production was terrifying. (The Shenhai Well was dug during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, and at a depth of 1001.42 meters, it was the world's first, and in the following decades, Westerners did not have this technology.) During the Anti-Japanese War, Zigong produced an average of 240,000 tons of salt per year. ）

And if it's just salt production, that's it. It is said that the salt well also spewed out a kind of gas at the same time, a kind of gas that can ignite fire. That Mo Jing used a kind of extractor to pump out this gas, and then connected it with a pipe, and directly pumped it to the stove room for boiling salt, and the gas produced every day was enough to boil nearly 30,000 catties of salt. In other words, after the salt well is dug, Mo Jing only needs to take a few more cauldrons of boiling salt to sit and count the money!

Since the news came out, Zigong has gathered a large number of salt merchants from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Sichuan, hoping to dig wells there to produce salt! Wang Suhe and Wang Qianshou brothers are two of them. However, Mo Jing had already spent 300,000 taels of silver to buy this land within a radius of five miles before digging the well. In other words, if you want to dig a well here to produce salt, you can, but you have to buy it from this woman at a high price!

Wang Qianhe and Wang Qianshou were not interested in buying salt wells. Although they knew that Mo Jing was not the kind of person who opened his mouth widely, on the contrary, this woman had always behaved relatively gently. If she really wants to sell the land for salt merchants to dig wells, she will definitely make a profit for both parties. However, with such a huge salt-producing area as the backing, how can the money of the Jin merchants face the run on HSBC? Although their money will only be more than that of Mo Jing and Wang Weihe, but the money bank can't deal with the bank, so they can't always operate at a loss, right?

Therefore, Wang Qian and his brothers were entrusted by several Jin businessmen to come to the CD, hoping to meet Mo Yan and talk about the cooperation between the two sides...... At the very least, HSBC has to let the Jin merchants take a breather, so that the big guys can think about other issues.

However, Mo Jing refused to see them.

In this regard, the Wang brothers felt very uncomfortable. Qianzhuang's business has been squeezed, and the big guys are all waiting for news in Shanxi, if they go back like this, won't they disappoint everyone? I'm afraid that I'm not afraid, and I will change to a bank if it's a big deal, but after all, cooperation is better than doing it against. After all, although banks have similarities with money banks, they are very different when they operate, and if you change to a bank in an unfamiliar situation, you must be prepared to take huge risks, especially when there is an HSBC bank and the two major business leaders next to you, this risk is of course best not to take it.

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"What should I do?"

Wang Qianshou asked his eldest brother. There are several Jin merchants, only they run the road of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai, and the rest are either to the north or to the south. Of course, this is because of the different places where they originated, but also because of the unevenness of Shaanxi and Gansu. Anyway, there are other places where there is business to do, so few other companies are willing to develop here. And their Wang family has indeed suffered a lot of losses, and they have also been helped by several other families many times. Now that the brothers have been commissioned, if they can't complete the task and go back, they really can't afford to lose their face.

"There's no rush. With Madame's knowledge, she wouldn't really be without us. Maybe just trying to get out of the air. Women! It's nothing to be stingy! Wang Qianhe said with a smile.

"I'm afraid she's too stingy. By the way, this lady is now living with her husband, will we also see that in the military gate? Wang Qianshou asked again.

"How do I know this?" Wang Qianhe said with a wry smile. Merchants, especially those like them, are most afraid of two things, soldiers and bandits! Especially a general like Yu Zhong, the governor of Sichuan, is the object they dare not easily mess with. I'm afraid it's not clear how I'm going to die.

"Alas, how can there be such lucky people in this world? What kind of fairy guidance did this lady get? I actually buy a piece of land and produce salt! What an unreasonableness! Wang Qian sighed and said. Although there is now a ticket salt law, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Tibet, Guizhou, and Yunnan are places that lack salt. Huai salt, Changlu salt and Liaodong salt are difficult to transport, so having a salt-producing area here is equivalent to sitting on a golden mountain. Who wouldn't dare not be envious? If it weren't for the fact that he didn't know which way the immortal appeared, Wang Qian really wanted to go and worship and see if he could get this kind of cheap thing like Mo Jing.

"No reason? You, don't always be itchy when you see others getting rich! How can it be so easy in this world? I inquired, and just digging the well of the Shenhai Sea, the lady in the city put up nearly 400,000 taels of silver. How much is that? If it were you, if you couldn't dig a few hundred feet to dig out the brine, would you continue to pay for it? People have to dig more than 3,000 feet! Digging that well, I heard that more than 30 people were killed and wounded, and the lady died and paid 5,000 taels! Who has such a big hand? Kang Siding and Wang Weihe can only be dumbfounded. ......" Wang Qianhe reprimanded his brother.

"I know. It's just that...... Brother, how can you be sure that this will be brine from Mrs. Yu? 3,000 feet deep...... If this is put into the sea, even the Dragon Palace can be penetrated, right? Wang Qianshou asked with a smile.

"Hehe, these days, it's really hard to be a little paranoid. Just like when our brothers recruited military horses for the imperial court, wasn't it the idea of winning the imperial court? But it was Wu Sangui who had the advantage at that time! We're doing things with our heads pinned to our trouser pockets! Compared to this lady now, we are better than the current lady! Wang Qianhe said with a smile.

"That being said. But I always felt that something was wrong! Wang Qianshou said.

"It's too late. Don't think about those useless things, if you're idle, think about what to say to get people to agree to let us go. Although we are here to beg for help this time, we have to get by on both sides. Wang Qianhe said.

"I know, I know!" Wang Qianshou glanced at his eldest brother and replied helplessly.

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