Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 290 The Battle of the Salt Merchant Six

In shopping malls, no matter ancient or modern, buying and selling are always the mainstream. Sell high and buy low. This is the winning rule. Making money is always the ultimate goal of business wars.

Naturally, the market in Luoyang cannot be compared with the future market.

In this era, even an imperial capital like Luoyang has more than ten large bazaars, and there are several huge bazaars covering the whole country. The market is very limited. In this limited market, The business war is the most brain-consuming.

Between selling and buying, timing and means are needed.

What Jingping Trading Co. provoked was a war on the price of salt.

The price fluctuations in the salt market have covered the entire Luoyang market, and many keen merchants can feel that the salt market is about to usher in a great change.

As the leading merchants in the salt market, the Fang family and the Yan family met for the first time.

The two have been fighting in the salt market for hundreds of years, and both sides have formed a feud. Under normal circumstances, it is naturally impossible to let them go, but in the face of the situation of life and death, their family members are so calm, put aside their grievances, Get together.

On the third day of the first lunar month, in the atmosphere of the new year, Fang Shao, the head of the Fang family, and Yan Hong, the head of the Yan family, met at a ten-mile pavilion in the northern suburb of Luoyang.

"Uncle Yan, Jingping Trading Company is coming in a menacing manner. Uncle Yan is a giant among the salt merchants. I don't know if there is a good way to deal with it?" In the stone pavilion, there is a bamboo mat on the floor, and Fang Shao kneels on the futon, his eyes smiling Looking at Yan Hong.

In fact, he had the intention of killing Yan Hong in his heart. Back then, his father lost most of the Fang family's assets in the battle with Yan Hong, and cut off half of the Fang family's market. After a setback, he was devastated, and finally died of anger on the sick bed.

This can be regarded as a mortal revenge for killing his father.

"Nephew Fang Xian was joking!"

Yan Hong wore a long robe, his white hair was combed neatly, and he looked very energetic. He knelt down opposite Fang Shao, and his smile was hypocritical and kind: "This old man is only how old is Nephew Fang Xian?" , don’t dare to rely on the elders in front of Nephew Fang Xian, and our Yan family has also fallen in the past these years, so we can’t be called a giant salt merchant, and the matter of salt merchants depends on Nephew Fang Xian in the end!”

The Yan family has suffered a lot in the hands of Fang Shao one after another over the years. Not to mention the competition in the capital market, even if it is exported, the two most important commercial routes in the northern border, one is the Xiongnu and the other is the Xianbei. The family was blocked to death, which greatly reduced the Yan family's influence in the northern border over the years, and also made the Yan family's title of the head of the salt merchants unworthy of the name.

For Fang Shao, a young man, Yan Hong's feelings are very complicated. In fact, he shouldn't be soft-hearted back then, and beat the Fang family to death with a single stick. Maybe there will be no Fang Shao's counterattack later, which almost made the Yan family's market lose. More than half.

But back then, he still thought of kindness. Looking at a young man kneeling directly in front of him, his heart softened. When the momentum was at its peak, he did not choose to beat the Fang family to death.

This allowed Fang Shao, a genius of heaven, to bring the Fang family back to the pinnacle of salt merchants in just five years.

If it's just that, he is not afraid, the Yan family has a deeper heritage.

But the most important thing is that Fang Shao is still young, while Yan Hong is already old.

He has been unable to support the Yan family for several years. The sons under him are well-preserved, but they are not capable of pioneering. Even if the three are tied together, they are not as smart as Fang Shao. Sometimes he is afraid that if he dies , the Yan family will be killed by the Fang family.

"Uncle Yan, I won't gossip anymore!" After exchanging pleasantries, Fang Shao did not put on a high profile. He also knew very well that it was a difficult task for the two families to cooperate. At home, he could grit his teeth and kneel in front of Yan Hong, and now he can also put aside his hatred.

He has a serious face and a deep voice: "Jingping Commercial Co., Ltd. made a ruthless attack and disabled Liu's family. Now Liu's salt shop is basically closed, and the east market has been occupied by the so-called Jingping Salt Shop. If we continue to fight among ourselves, there will be no room for us in Luoyang!"

If possible, he doesn't want to unite with the Yan family.

After all, the relationship between the Yan family and the Fang family has evolved into a feud, and the two families will fight each other when they meet, as if he would pay the Huns in Beimo to intercept the Yan family's caravan, and the Yan family would also He will use the same means to deal with Fang's family, and he will never stop dying.

But now it's about surviving and putting everything aside.

"The old man is not afraid of Jingping Trading Company, but the prince Minghou behind Jingping Trading Company is not easy to provoke!" Yan Hong said in a low voice. As far as the salt merchant is concerned, he is not afraid of a foreign Jingping Trading Company, but since ancient times , Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants are at the bottom of the list, and they need to look at the face of the officialdom. They make money, and most of them contribute to it. To develop relationships, it is good to keep [-] to [-]%, especially the salt merchants. The government controls the Yanyin, and if the Yanyin is cut off, the salt merchants will be suffocated to death.

"Of course I know that Minghou's son is not easy to mess with, but if we don't resist now, within ten days, there will be no place for you and my family to stand in the salt market in Luoyang City. Is it possible that Uncle Yan is going to take Yan Do you just contribute your salt shop, leave Luoyang disheartened, and go to an ordinary city to start over?" Fang Shao said indifferently.

"This old man will never give up my Yan family's century-old foundation. Although Minghou is in power now, he doesn't know how to cover the sky with one hand. If Minghou's son wants to enter this salt market, he must be careful!" Yan Hong said. The old fox, the old fox has the wisdom of the old fox. He has a lot of knowledge, experience, and old ideas: "The law does not blame the public. It is okay to fight against Jingping Trading Company, but the salt merchants in Luoyang must work together!"

"My nephew has such a heart!" Fang Shao nodded, he and Yan Hong, an old fox, wanted to go together.

They can't be compared with Mu Jing, the big shopkeeper of Jingping Trading Company. Mu Jing is the direct son of Ming Hou Mu Shan, and Mu Shan will definitely support him unconditionally, while they are just dispensable attachments of some aristocratic families, and they will be abandoned at some point.

Therefore, only by unity can we form political influence and resist the pressure brought by the government.

"Luoyang salt merchants are probably under the influence of our two families. It is not difficult for you to lobby at the same time, but there are exceptions, such as the He family in Luoshui!" Yan Hong narrowed his eyes and said: "If they fight back, we will be in more or less trouble!"

"He Yu's foundation is unstable!"

Fang Shao thought for a while, and said: "It's not easy for him to help us, but if we let him be neutral and let him enjoy the benefits of being a fisherman, I think he won't refuse!"

He thought very well and had a good grasp of He Yu's mentality. Unfortunately, he didn't guess the identity of the head of the He family.

"Now there is one more thing!" Yan Hong said: "The roads are blocked by heavy snow, and the roads around Luoyang are basically difficult. We are short of supply. You and I don't know how much salt Jingping Commercial Bank has stored. But they, we are defeated!"

This war is a battle for the market. They can spend a lot of money, but they can't let the market be lost. Once you lose the market, Jingping Trading Co., Ltd. will make them have no place to stand.

"If you want to transport salt from the land of Bashu in Xichuan, I'm afraid it will be after the spring!" Fang Shao said: "The Fang family caravan has no news, and it is probably blocked in Xichuan!"

On February [-]nd, the dragon raised its head, and after the dragon raised its head, it was considered as the beginning of spring. That is to say, they had to wait at least until after February before they could transport salt from Xichuan.

"Jiangdong, or Guangling?"

"It's too far away. The key is that our salt in Luoyang never goes the way of Jiangdong!" Fang Shao shook his head.

"That leaves the East China Sea and the land of Qilu!"

Yan Hong squinted his eyes: "I do know a salt merchant in the East China Sea, you can give it a try!"

"Then there will be Uncle Lao Yan!"

Fang Shao cupped his hands and said.

"You're welcome!" Yan Hong raised his head and glanced at Huo Shao: "I never thought that the old man would join forces with you one day!"

"I never thought of it!" Fang Shao sighed, the world is changing, unexpected.

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In the second year of Guangxi, the fifth day of the first lunar month.

The festive atmosphere of the new year has passed, and those who have been resting have begun to clean up their mood and prepare for the new year's hard work. The markets in Luoyang City, large and small, are also open, and the merchants in the markets reopen their doors to welcome customers , When these people opened the door of their shop, they were surprised to find that there was a shop suddenly in an inconspicuous place.

Jingping Salt Shop.

In Luoyang, Jinshi, Nanshi, Dongshi, and more than a dozen large markets, Jingping Commercial Co., Ltd. started a hundred salt shops in one go. The battle against the entire Luoyang Yan City.

Although Luoyang City is not small, but the salt market in Luoyang is so big, it is far from full, but it can't hold too much salt for sale in one breath. Suddenly, there are hundreds of salt shops competing for food. Naturally, there will be salt merchants who have nothing to eat.

Many salt merchants wanted to boycott, but before they could do anything, Jingping Salt Shop began to attack the entire salt market with a strong attack.

"Jingping Salt Shop's great bargain, buy our Jingping's salt today, [-]% off!"

"Jingping Salt Store opening big gift, buy one get one free!"

"Jingping Refined Salt, high-quality fine salt, absolutely authentic, pass by, don't miss it!"

"..."

Mujing once again used leaflets to attack, and Jingping Salt Shop's leaflets began to spread all over the city. The momentum was so great that almost every household in Luoyang City knew about it within less than a day.

"[-]% off salt?"

"Buy one get one free!"

"Go and see!"

Salt is a necessary item in the life of countless people, and an indispensable condiment. The soaring price of salt some time ago caused many people to complain. Now suddenly there is such a good thing, and many people are flocking to the scene. Flat salt shop.

(End of this chapter)