Mingshi

Chapter 1003 Duet
"However, just ten days after Xu Shixing took charge of the Shibo Department, Xu Kun and Xu Ying, two sons of Mr. Xu Ge, found Xu Shixing and promised to join in and trade with the vassal state. Xu Shixing followed the rules left by Mr. Luo at the beginning, let They went to Daming Haimao. After Xu Kun and Xu Ying left, they went to see Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng refused at first, but was called by Xu Ge's mother to go to Xu's mansion. After he came out of Xu's mansion, he went to persuade Xu Shixing In the end, Xu Shixing also agreed to Xu Fu's participation in the transaction.

However, after the two sons of the Xu family got involved, they immediately began to break the rules. After getting in touch with the merchants from the feudal kingdom, they took the initiative to lower the transaction price. s price.As a result, the five great families also had to lower their prices.However, after the five great families lowered the price, the two sons of the Xu family further lowered the price.After coming and going, the price has reached a level where it is almost unprofitable.

In the end, the five great aristocratic families had to withdraw from the sea trade, so the two young masters of Xu Ge completely controlled the sea trade with the vassal state.At this time, the two sons of the Xu family raised the price to the original price at once.Of course, the merchants from the feudal kingdom refused, and on the way to Daming, the merchants from the feudal kingdom once encountered a new wave of pirates. Those pirates said that they could let the merchants from the feudal kingdom to trade in Daming, but they wanted to detain half of their goods.In this way, those businessmen from the vassal state will not agree to the price increase by the two young masters of the Xu family.But the two sons of the Xu family insisted not to lower the price.Therefore, those businessmen from the vassal state went to the five great families, but they were rejected.

In the end, the two sons of Elder Xu Ge reached an agreement with the merchants of the feudal kingdom, and asked Hu Zongxian to send a Daming navy to escort the merchants of the feudal kingdom through the sea area controlled by pirates, so that the merchants of the feudal state agreed to the price proposed by the two elder sons of Xu Ge.

However, Hu Zongxian's navy was defeated.Moreover, Hu Zongxian was no longer willing to send a navy to wipe out the pirates, saying that he would not go to clean up the pirates unless they went ashore.In this way, the two young masters of Xu Ge were pushed into an embarrassing situation.They only have low prices to trade with merchants from the vassal state.However, at this time, several batches of merchants from the vassal kingdom came one after another, and the two young masters of Xu Ge didn't have so many goods at all.When they wanted to reorganize the supply of goods, those small and medium-sized businessmen who had tried to squeeze out the five great families with them, and then made a lot of money with the old master Xu Ge, quit.Because they need to go to farther places to organize the supply of goods, and after calculating the various expenses, at the price negotiated with the merchants of the vassal state, they will lose money at all, and they will lose a lot.

Xu Luqing, the eldest son of Xu Ge who had already gone to the southeast, visited Hu Zongxian again with Zhang Juzheng, hoping that Hu Zongxian could send troops, but Hu Zongxian still refused.Under such circumstances, Xu Kun and Xu Ying took the risk, colluded with the government, listed crimes, and robbed the workshops and goods of some small and medium-sized businessmen.However, even so, it is less than half of the goods needed to trade with the merchants of the vassal state.

In this way, the transaction volume required by the Shibo Department cannot be completed at all, and the Shibo Department cannot receive the tax it should receive.Now the Shibo Department is in a state of paralysis.Waiting for the Xu Mansion to organize the supply of goods, but the two sons of the Xu Mansion could not organize the supply of goods at all. "

Xu Jie was already sweating through his clothes at this time. He did not expect that after Lu Bing's death, Jin Yiwei would still be so efficient and investigate the matter clearly.

"What about the five great families?" Emperor Jiajing asked coldly, "Should the five great families have goods?"

"No more!" Liu Shouyou shook his head and said, "Now the patriarchs of the five great families are no longer in the southeast, and they have gone to the north with their goods, saying that they are going to the north to open a new trade route. Give it to Xu Ge's two sons. According to what they said, who made Lu Da Dudu die? Besides, his father is the chief minister of the cabinet, so he can't be provoked, so he can hide it."

"Snapped!"

Emperor Jiajing slapped the imperial book case hard, his face was livid with anger, at this moment, he really missed Lu Bing.When Lu Bing was not dead, the Lu family and the five great families also made money, but they made money in a regular manner, and they paid a lot of the customs duties of the Shibo Department.

Look at the Xu family again?
Not to mention the ugly appearance, it also lost the customs duties of the Shibo Division.

It's still reassuring to do small things by myself!

Emperor Jiajing sighed in his heart, took back his thoughts of missing Lu Bing, looked at Liu Shouyou and said:

"Liu Shouyou, you know the situation there best now, what do you think should be done?"

"This..." Liu Shouyou said hastily, "I don't know."

"Xu Jie!"

"Rong Chen, please take some time." Xu Jie said in a trembling voice.

"Give me a little time, who will allow me a little time? Who will allow Daming a little time?" Emperor Jiajing shouted angrily.

Xu Jie felt something bad in his heart, knelt on the ground, trembling.

"High Arch!"

"I can't do anything about it." Gao Gong said with his head down.

"There is no way, what use do I need you? You have no way, so tell me, who can do it?"

"Maybe..." Gao Gong raised his head and said, "Perhaps Luo Xin will have a solution. After all, he established the Shibo Department by himself. When it comes to understanding the southeast, no one knows better than him."

"Xuan Luoxin!" Emperor Jiajing's heart also moved, and there was a trace of expectation in his eyes.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Luo Xin arrived at Yuxi Palace.After paying homage to Emperor Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing said:
"Luo Xin, do you know anything about the southeast?"

Luo Xin shook his head and said, "I don't know, I'm studying in closed doors."

"Shut up!" Emperor Jiajing couldn't help cursing, and then said to Liu Shouyou, "Tell him."

"According to the order!"

Liu Shouyou repeated what he said just now, and then the hall fell silent, Luo Xin frowned and thought.Seeing Luo Xin's frowning expression, although Emperor Jiajing was in a hurry, he could only hold back and wait.

Gao Gong, Huang Jin and Liu Shouyou stood there, not daring to vent their breath, while Xu Jie knelt there, motionless.The atmosphere in the hall was extremely tense, and the air seemed to become stagnant, flooding towards the crowd, making people feel suffocated.

At Luo Xin's thought, two quarters of an hour passed.Emperor Jiajing finally became anxious, and slapped the imperial book case with a "slap" and shouted:

"Luo Xin, have you figured out a way?"

Luo Xin raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, the southeast has become such a mess. Even if there is a solution, it cannot be solved in a short time."

"Talk about the solution first." Hearing Luo Xin said that there is a solution, Emperor Jiajing's tone was a little slow.

"There are three main issues today."

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