A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 95 Business war?Sorry, the county magistrate is mine.
Yan Ling stood at the entrance of the village for a while and then left.

After confirming that your arrangement is feasible and attractive enough to the refugees, there is no need to continue reading.

All he has to do is sit at home and watch his hands cultivate more and more acres of land.

Land is the foundation.

Since ancient times, Chinese people have had an unimaginable attachment to land. This can be seen from the fact that many people purchased large amounts of land after becoming rich.

But if you want to make a fortune, you can't just have land.

Especially now, when accepting refugees, they are actually losing money before they actually start to generate income for themselves.

His lavish spending has actually depleted the family's inventory. He had sent people out to sea again a month ago, this time not to Luzon, but to Nanyang for smuggling, because the family was really unable to make ends meet.

But before the ship came back, he had to think of another way to increase the family's income.

Yan Ling turned his attention to business.

Now that the Hongwu Dynasty has passed, the status of merchants is still not high, but it is constantly improving with the passing of the old man.

After all, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there was even a large-scale movement of people who abandoned Confucianism and joined the Jia Dynasty. This is not a joke. Scholars were the first among the four peoples. The Ming Dynasty also gave special treatment to scholars. In this regard, there are still many people who are willing to join the civil service. business!As the saying goes, these days, whoever has money is the boss.

Many people understand this.

Therefore, although businessmen were suppressed by Lao Zhu, almost every landowner and gentry had their own industry.

Competition is still huge.

The Yan family mainly operates restaurants.In Ningbo Mansion, half of the city has his industry.

But they still have opponents, such as the He family in the west of the city.

Unlike the Yan family, who came from behind, they are now a big family in Ningbo Prefecture. In the early years, restaurants opened all over Ningbo Prefecture, and they were known as "He Ban City".

In recent years, as the Yan family has gradually gained momentum, it has somewhat regained some ground in this regard. However, the other party has a deep foundation and a great reputation. Many people who have some spare money on hand are willing to spend it with them. After all, in this era, people generally believe that The store door.

The He family is not honest either.

In recent years, the He family has given them many obstacles.

Who gave them the courage?Perhaps it was the third master of the He family who served as a public official in the court.

Or maybe it's because the Yan family has been busy developing other businesses in recent years, and has been stable in Ningbo and has not shown strong aggression, so they think that the Yan family doesn't care about these profits, or maybe the Nanjing Yan family and Ningbo The Yan family has been officially separated, just like Qufu and Quzhou.

Anyway, they have begun to encroach on the Yan family's business scope during this period.

The other party's restaurant broke the original default "division of power" and opened in the Yan family's territory, causing the restaurant to lose a lot of revenue.

If it was just like this, forget it. The key is that the opponent often uses extra tricks. There are often groups of gangsters who perform "blood spilled on the threshold" in front of Yan's restaurant to beg for money.

After doing this, who would want to come?

Thinking of this, Yan Ling paused.

He actually has many ways to defeat the opponent. After all, Yan Ling comes from a later generation, an era with countless marketing methods. Even if he is not a professional, he still knows a lot.But that was against opponents of the same level.

The He family is not worthy of standing against the Yan family, which has a king and two dukes.

Get rid of him in the simplest and most brutal way.

He stood up and told his subordinates:
"Get your money ready and come with me to see the prefect."
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I heard that the housekeeper of the Yan family came, and the prefect behaved very enthusiastically.

Entering the inner room, the two parties chatted some gossip. After Yan Ling finally took a sip of tea, he seemed to accidentally get to the point:
"I went to our restaurant a few days ago, but I saw that it was empty and sparsely populated. I still remember that Yan Ji was crowded with people at the beginning. It is sad to see such a change."

"I often go to the Yan family's restaurant, and it tastes really good." The prefect seemed to realize something, and he wanted to drop the topic: "I don't know when the imperial court will hold the imperial examination again. I passed by the Yan family's restaurant a few days ago. The school, with the loud sound of books, is like the flourishing age of our culture and education! If the imperial examination is re-opened, I don’t know how many people in the Yan family will be able to go to high school!"

After saying this, he laughed to himself.

"I'm afraid this school won't last long. Our family's account books have been full of deficits recently." Yan Ling didn't intend to let him slip by: "The root cause is that there is a lack of money in the restaurant."

The prefect had no choice but to say: "In this case, we really need to revive the restaurant, but we can't just let it decline like this."

"It depends on what the prefect wants." Yan Ling took a sip of tea and smiled evilly.

"Whoever the Lord Mansion wants to make money in this Ningbo Mansion can make money. It all depends on your decision. Don't you think so?"

"I am sure that the Duke will not forget your contribution."

As soon as these words came out, the prefect's eyes immediately shone with light!

Not long after, Yan Ling walked out of the room with great satisfaction. The prefect enthusiastically walked him to the door and watched him leave.

"Master, this is the Yan family. They order themselves in the town, just like a small court! I heard someone say a few days ago that they are taking in refugees. This is a blatant violation of Taizu's laws!" After Yan Ling left, the staff But he opened his mouth and said: "I think you'd better not do anything for them..."

The prefect glanced at him:
"Emperor Taizu? He has passed away! And the Yan family has two dukes taking care of it. What can happen? It's a favor from the dukes!"

"But the He family also gave you money..."

"I've spent a few hundred taels from Bara. I've been able to protect them all these years. I'm worthy of them. That's the Yan family! A Yan family with two dukedoms! I wouldn't exchange their favor for a thousand pieces of gold! Old Xu, I'm worthy of them. The officer will be promoted soon! You boy, just wait and enjoy the blessings with me!"

Listening to these words, an inexplicable look gradually appeared in the eyes of the staff.

At this time, the idea of ​​being a refugee and controlling the town have all been thrown out of the window.

In the room, the two looked at each other and laughed silently.
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The He family is not feeling very good these days.

A housekeeper came from Nanjing and took over all the power of the Yan family in a few days. The elders who originally controlled the Yan family took the lead without even resisting. This shows that the status of the other party is different from that of those few. The clan elders are not on the same level at all.

This is very scary. They originally thought that the relationship between the Yan family in Ningbo and the Yan family in Nanjing had become weak. After all, since Yue Guogong left in the 24th year of Hongwu, they never saw him come back. In these years, the Yan family in Ningbo also It is controlled by a few clan elders and is developing step by step. It does not have the dignity of the Duke family, so that the other families in the mansion no longer have the awe they once had.

They had speculated before that the two parties had probably separated, with the Nanjing side as the main line, and the connection was getting weaker and weaker.

But now the arrival of this butler has shattered all their suspicions.

(End of this chapter)