Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() The words of the Patriarch of the Lin family spoke out the aspirations of all the salt merchants present.Although they encountered difficulties in Henan for the time being, these salt merchants had all made their way through the storm, and they were not particularly worried about resolving the conflict with Wu Shigong.Because to solve this problem, it is nothing more than a matter of time, and it is nothing more than a matter of spending money.And this is not a big problem for these salt merchants.

The key question now is that the Qi family who have turned against Wu Shigong this time must shrink and give up some areas that sell salt on the territory controlled by Wu Shigong, and which salt merchants will fill these areas?

And how much gift can Qijia come up with to dispel the anger in Wu Shigong's heart?Because to make up for the relationship with Wu Shigong, it is necessary to use real money to speak, and empty words are of no use at all.

But those salt merchants thought that Qi Chun'an would have to struggle to some extent under their pressure, but Qi Chun'an looked calm and said slowly: "This time the family has changed suddenly, and my nephew is already disheartened." Feeling cold. My nephew doesn’t want to get involved in the salt business between Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion. But this time, apart from my nephew’s Qi family, there are several colleagues who have suffered huge losses. What’s even more worrying is that According to the information my nephew inquired, Changlu’s salt goods have already entered these two prefectures. If things go on like this, our Yangzhou salt merchants will never be able to take back these sites.”

"Also, today we are the colleagues in the salt industry who are chatting. But apart from our loss, the behavior of Wu Shoubei of the Runing Mansion has also damaged the interests of the salt transport envoy. If we are so rash If you bow your knees to Wu Shoubei, where will you put Mr. Guan? Will the court's salt industry order still be obeyed?"

Qi Chun'an's words contained a lot of information, which made all the salt merchants present work hard to digest.And now, in this scene, no one is eager to speak.

First of all, what these salt merchants didn't expect was that Qi Chun'an was so courageous, like a strong man with a broken arm, he immediately decided to give up the salt markets of Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion.

But his behavior caught those salt merchants who decided to let Qijia give up some of the salt market by surprise.Because, the problem now is not to force each other to pray for the family, but how to distribute the vacated salt market.

That is to say: Qi Chun'an took a step back this time, turning the contradiction between those salt merchants and Qi's family into a contradiction between the salt merchants themselves.But Qi Jia stayed out of the matter for the time being.

Then, Qi Chun'an reminded these salt merchants that the foreign salt merchants from Changlu had already begun to seize the territory of Yangzhou salt merchants.If the Yangzhou salt merchants continue to fight, they may be assigned to the vacant salt sales areas, and those areas may also be filled with salt products provided by the Changlu salt merchants.

At the end, Qi Chun'an also hinted emphatically that Wu Shigong's behavior not only harmed the interests of Yangzhou salt merchants, but also harmed the interests of the salt transport envoy Guan.If the Yangzhou salt merchants make too many concessions, they will definitely offend Mr. Guan, the salt transport envoy.

It should be said that under such an unfavorable situation, Qi Chun'an was able to resort to such methods, which can indeed be called shrewd and capable.For Wu Shigong, who has the hatred of killing his father and seizing his wealth, Qi Chun'an really can't do anything in a short period of time.But Qi Chun'an would definitely not make Wu Shigong very proud, so he used these few words to bury some knots about Wu Shigong in the hearts of those salt merchants.

However, Qi Chun'an's intentions were not unnoticed by anyone.Seeing that the other salt merchants were silent, the head of the Lin family waved his hand and said, "We can only wait and see about other matters. Let's discuss how to deal with the aftermath here."

The idea of ​​the Patriarch of the Lin family is to cut through the mess with a sharp knife, so that those salt merchants should stop looking forward and backward, and don't consider other issues. First, allocate the salt sales area vacated by the Qi family.

The words of the head of the Lin family obviously hit the point, and the salt merchants present immediately became active.Qi Chun'an saw that he hadn't fully achieved his goal, so he could only sigh secretly in his heart, and sat aside, watching his nose with his eyes, and listening with his nose and heart.

And at the gathering of salt merchants in Yangzhou, Wu Shigong was also talking with Xue Zhinong, the leader of the Shanchuan Division.

The members of the action team like Zhang Rubao have returned to Runing Mansion. Just now, Wu Shigong has received these players and praised them.After that, Wu Shigong also took advantage of this opportunity to chat with Xue Zhinong about Shanchuan Division alone.

"Zhi Nong, you really did a good job with the Shanchuan Division this time. In addition to the good work of the action team, you collected information on salt merchants and assisted the army in combating those salt merchants. You did a great job. Yes. It seems that when you were placed in the position of the leader of the Shanchuan Division, you were really making the most of it!"

"My lord, you're flattering me." Although Xue Zhinong said modestly, he couldn't hide his happy expression, "This is also the work of my subordinates, and I really don't do much."

"Oh? Since you said that, then I won't reward you this time, my uncle." Wu Shigong was obviously in a good mood, so he joked with Xue Zhinong.

Xue Zhinong also laughed with Wu Shigong for a while. "However, my lord, although this matter has been handled properly, the Shanchuan Division has only set up a framework until now. The manpower is lacking, and the Shanchuan Division's deployment in Henan is not complete. It is action. Team, their training still needs to improve."

Wu Shigong nodded with a smile: "It seems that your mind is still very clear, and now my uncle is relieved. Said, while I am in a good mood today, if you need help, just tell me."

Xue Zhinong immediately smiled. The purpose of what he said just now was to ask Wu Shigong to support Shanchuan Si a lot. "In other aspects, the small ones can be overcome, but the money is too tight. This requires money to recruit people, and money is also needed for the deployment. This time, the Shanchuan Division will set up a new agency in Runing Mansion, which is even more important. I need silver. The little one did some rough calculations, and the 1 taels my uncle gave me is not enough at all!"

"Don't cry poor. Don't think I don't know, my lord. This time, your Shanchuan Division got a lot of private goods from those salt merchants. I don't care about it, my aunt. Those private goods are considered to subsidize your Shanchuan Division. .Now my aunt is asking me for money everywhere. You don’t know that you, Shanchuan Division, can have 1 taels of silver every year, and you don’t know how many people are jealous of this.”

Wu Shigong still wanted to beat Xue Zhinong.Although the Shanchuan Division is in the dark, but his strength is quite strong, and du lixing is particularly strong, so besides making Xue Zhinong the leader of the Shanchuan Division, Wu Shigong also arranged a few dark lines to guard Xue Zhinong in the Shanchuan Division .

And Wu Shigong's beating this time is to let Xue Zhinong understand that Wu Shigong is not letting Shanchuan Secretary, especially Xue Zhinong himself, so that Xue Zhinong's ambitions will not expand.

After hearing Wu Shigong's words, Xue Zhinong had no choice but to nod resentfully.However, Xue Zhinong still did not give up, and he continued to say to Wu Shigong: "Master, I also know that money is tight at home. But I still have a way to get money, I hope you will nod."