Since Wang Yehao knows Chang Wei, he naturally knows that he is a hot figure now, if Chang Wei lets people speak in the court, he will definitely be able to influence the trend of the lawsuit and award the title to Wang Xiantong. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

With Chang Wei's promise, Wang Yehao's excitement was easy to express, "Lord Chang is noble, I don't know what the lower officials can do to serve the adults?"

Chang Wei said: "It's nothing, I just hope that Wang Tiju can take care of Shao Ze's ships and goods in the future." ”

"It must be!" Wang Yehao is an extremely shrewd person, he didn't ask about Shao Ze, which made Chang Wei very satisfied, he definitely didn't ask what he shouldn't ask, this kind of person can be an official for a long time.

After asking the details of the Wang family and figuring out all the details of the title dispute, Chang Wei casually inquired about the local chambers of commerce, maritime merchants and other forces in Ningbo and Zhejiang.

Wang Yehao said more than a dozen chambers of commerce in one breath, and the two largest were the Ningbo Merchant Gang and the Longyou Merchant Gang.

Ningbo Shangbang is a commercial group connected by the three noble families of Xie, Wang, Zhang and Yang, Zhuang and Chu in Ningbo. Prevailing in the sea area near Ningbo Port, Ningbo Shangbang closely combines commerce and financial industry, and mainly operates the silver building industry, medicinal materials industry, garment industry, and seafood industry.

What surprised Chang Wei the most was that Chu Tiankuo was born in the Chu family, a wealthy businessman in Ningbo, "I originally thought that Chu Tiankuo was just a pure Jianghu person, but I didn't expect that he also had a background." ”

Moreover, the Luofu Gang is a gang funded and supported by the Ningbo Business Gang.

Keeping pace with the Ningbo Merchant Gang is the Longyou Merchant Gang, which is dominated by merchants in Longyou County.

Although the Longyou Merchant Gang came from a remote place, without the support of the government and the backing of a strong clan force, it was extremely far-sighted in its business concept.

Most merchants use the money they earn to buy land or run pawnbroking and lending businesses in order to have a stable income.

The Longyou Merchant Gang, on the other hand, turned to handicrafts and minerals. They invested heavily in papermaking, smelting, shipbuilding, handicrafts and other industries in Quzhou and Hangzhou, so that money and capital could be converted into commodities.

Another characteristic of Longyou merchants is that they are quite friendly to their peers, and often absorb foreign businessmen to help them, and they develop very rapidly.

"The commerce of Ningbo Mansion is controlled by the Ningbo Business Gang, and the local major clans have huge power, and the Jianghu sect is dominated by the Luofu Gang, which is the second place of the Jin Ge Society. Insert a needle here first, help Wang Xiantong to seize the new earldom, win over the city to promote Wang Yehao, and then slowly fight with Jin Ge in the future. ”

agreed on contact information with Wang Yehao, and Chang Wei and others went out of the city to meet Wan Shitong and explain their thoughts.

"If you want to win over the Longyou Merchant Gang, you can start with the Longyou Gang first!" Wan Shitong said.

Longyou businessmen raised a Longyou Gang, there are more than 1,000 members, the gang leader Cao Anle is the younger brother of Cao Ankang, the leader of Longyou merchants, the eighty-three masters on the list of heroes, the Longyou Gang was established to protect the industry of Longyou merchants, and the name in the rivers and lakes is not loud, mainly Qujiang and Qiantang River freight, darts.

Wanshi Channel: "Hangzhou is the headquarters of the Jin Ge Society, and Min Chengbi supports Chu Tiankuo, if you want to compete with the Jin Ge Society, you can only start from the business point of view, and the energy of the Longyou Business Gang is not small, do you want to win it over?"

Chang Wei nodded and said: "The Shen family's power in Songjiang is second to none, my family also has great influence in Suzhou, plus my power in the government, after the Seven Seas Alliance is officially established, it can control the lower reaches of the Yangtze River." However, in the future, there will be an indispensable battle with Jin Ge on Liuheng Island, but Zhejiang has no power, so it must be laid out as soon as possible. ”

Wan Shitong shouted: "Nice young man, seeing you so attentive, my old man is relieved." The relationship between the Longyou Gang and Lao Wang's Sitong is good, and you can start from this aspect. ”

"Okay, then let's go to Hangzhou to see Cao Anle!" Chang Wei first wrote a few letters to Shi Daxuan to Nanjing and Zhenjiang, Chang Wei was ready to let Wei Liangdong and his eldest brother Chang Kuan work hard to help Wang Xiantong win the new earldom.

From Ningbo Mansion to the north, first to Yuyao County to find Wang Xiantong, Wang Yexun's uncle and nephew, the two have received Wang Yehao's letter, to Chang Wei in every way, and to give 100,000 taels of silver tickets as the cost of the service.

Later, he arrived in Hangzhou and met Cao Anle in the name of Wang Chen, claiming to set 100,000 catties of refined iron.

"100,000 catties of refined iron? Is this true?" Cao Anle didn't believe it, this was not a small business.

Seeing Chang Wei's affirmative nod, Cao Anle said, "I don't know what Mr. wants so much refined iron for?"

Refined iron is steel, which belongs to the strategic materials controlled by the imperial court, although private smelting is allowed, but a little large orders, must be reported for their use, so as not to be smuggled to Liaodong, Mongolia, Japan and other places.

"Ying Tianjie Yuan Changwei trained volunteers in Zhenjiang Mansion to build muskets and artillery, so he entrusted me Sitong Commercial Bank to buy fine iron, I heard that the fine iron of your Longyou merchant gang is of high quality and the price is fair, so I will take a look. Chang Wei explained.

"It turned out to be Chang Daren's volunteer camp to be used, so it's no problem. "After Chang Wei led the Shenji Battalion to extinguish the Holy Mother Sect, with the help of Wei Liangdong, he obtained the approval to cast guns and cannons to form the Volunteer Battalion, which has spread all over the south of the Yangtze River, and as a well-informed business gang, the Longyou Gang naturally knows about it.

Cao Anle immediately found his eldest brother Cao Ankang, "The market price of fine iron is one tael or two dollars, a total of 120,000 taels for 100,000 catties, and according to the rules, a deposit of 30% must be paid first." ”

"It's too expensive, it's too expensive!" Wan Shitong shook his head, "The unit price is one or two dollars, yes, but we need 100,000 catties at a time, and eight dollars is reasonable." ”

After bargaining, the transaction was made at a price of one tael, and Chang Wei paid a deposit of 30,000 taels first. After everything was negotiated, Wanshitong made an agreement with the other party in the name of Sihai Commercial Bank to report to the government, even if a major matter was solved.

Chang Wei said again: "This firm still needs twenty ships on the sea, I don't know if you can build them?"

"Yes!" Hearing that it was another big business, Cao Ankang agreed to come down.

After the details were negotiated, Chang Wei proposed to build a ship in Dinghai County to facilitate going to sea.

Dinghai County is Zhoushan Island, which is a place carefully chosen by Chang Wei. The coastal areas of Ningbo are all within the sphere of influence of the Jinge Society, and only Zhoushan Island, where Dinghai County is located, is weaker.

If you want to establish your own territory near Liuheng Island, and not attract the attention of the Jin Ge Society, you can only let outsiders take the lead, if the Shen family builds ships in Zhoushan, it will definitely be obstructed by the Jin Ge Society, and let the Longyou Gang do this, and then change to their own manpower, which is a good strategy.

After paying an extra two thousand taels of silver, Cao Ankang readily agreed.

The matter was done, and as soon as he returned to Zhenjiang, Shi Daxuan came to see Chang Wei with a burning fire.

"My lord, something is wrong!"