Steel Dynasty - Chapter 55

[Chapter 55 Huge Transaction]

“Brother Han, what do you think about this matter of the Chamber of Commerce?”

After Xiao Ming summoned him, in the Wei Family Restaurant in Qingzhou, the merchants sat at a table in twos and threes. The waiters in the restaurant were so busy that their feet did not touch the floor. The arrival of the restaurant has made the restaurant’s business busy.

“I can only say that King Qi is really good at planning. As a result, although King Qi is in Qingzhou, he has suppressed merchants all over the world. All merchants who join the chamber of commerce must follow King Qi’s lead.” The merchant surnamed Han said.

“Brother Han thinks what I think, but King Qi relies on fine wine, perfume and soap. If we don’t join the Chamber of Commerce, we will get nothing. But if we join, we have to be at the mercy of King Qi and spend a lot of money to buy it. The fiefdom belonging to King Yan is sold, how about admonishing King Yan and threatening to ban it?” the man said.

“No! King Qi will not care about King Yan forbidding other merchants to trade, because their own merchants will secretly bring these three things in for money. King Qi will not lose much at that time, but you and I will lose less. I made a lot of money,” said the businessman surnamed Han.

“So, the only choice is to join the Chamber of Commerce.” The man said.

“King Qi’s move is brilliant, there is no other way.” The businessman surnamed Han sighed.

As the two discussed, other businessmen were also discussing the matter of the Chamber of Commerce. Just like the purpose of the final discussion between the two, they found that they could not restrain King Qi on this matter.

So for the auction the next day, the merchants who had been to the Dudu Mansion the day before came anyway.

They were looking for their hometown on the map of Dayu. Although they felt aggrieved, they still had to spend money to buy the sales area in their hometown, and if the money paid was less, they might only be able to produce soap.

Just like yesterday, Xiao Ming also arrived at the Governor’s Mansion today. At the same time, Pang Yukun, Li Kaiyuan, Qian Dafu and others were all there. If what happened today was successful, Prince Qi’s Mansion would earn a huge amount of money.

“Your Highness, the map of the Great Chongqing Kingdom is quite well drawn.” Pang Yukun had admiration in his eyes when he saw the map of the Great Chongqing Kingdom hanging on the wall.

On this map, the outline of the Great Yu Kingdom and the locations of its states were clearly shown, and the specific mountains, rivers, and rivers were also shown. He had never seen such a detailed drawing before.

“It’s just something that comes easily.” Xiao Ming smiled. Today is the turning point in Qingzhou’s development. If he makes enough money today, he can use his skills at the beginning of spring. After all, there are too many things to do. .

While the two were talking, a gorgeously dressed merchant below shouted: “Your Highness, I want all the prefectures and counties in King Wei’s fiefdom. Are three hundred thousand taels of silver enough?

” It is rich and prosperous, and Jinling City is a place where merchants, literati, and singers gather all over the world. Isn’t the 300,000 taels of silver in the sixteen states too small? “Li Kaiyuan said lightly.

At this time, a businessman exclaimed: “Isn’t this Jinling rich man Ding Wanquan?”

“Yes, it is indeed him. It is said that Ding Wanquan’s family assets can be converted into tens of millions of taels of silver, which is enough for the annual tribute to King Wei. A million taels. “

Hey , it is said that the bowls used by the Ding family are all

made

of gold.”

, then I was really humiliated. Xiao Wenxuan’s hundreds of thousands of taels of silver made me so happy that I couldn’t sleep.

Pang Yukun looked at Ding Wanquan coldly. Seeing Xiao Ming so shocked, he said: “Why is Your Highness so surprised? Apart from this Ding Wanquan, there are several wealthy businessmen in each feudal king’s fiefdom. This Ding Wanquan is nothing but mediocre. It is said that big The richest family in the Chongqing Kingdom is the Jiangnan Cao family, which is said to be as rich as any country. The family’s assets are equivalent to tens of millions of silver

. But it’s over 100 million, and the Cao family is simply the version of Shen Wansan of Great Chongqing.

It is said that the wealth of Shen Wansan, the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, was converted into silver worth 2 billion taels of silver. Zhu Yuanzhang built the wall and Shen Wansan was the one to build it. Now every brick on Nanjing’s city wall is still engraved with the word “ten thousand”.

Pang Yukun was even more surprised by Xiao Ming’s reaction, and sneered: “It’s just fish meat on the chopping board. If King Wei is hungry, just kill Ding Wanquan.”

There was a cold feeling behind Xiao Ming. After all, it is an official position. In Pang Yukun’s eyes, these merchants are just pigs raised by the vassal king. For him, the fatter the better.

“Goodbye, Mr. Pang.” Although Xiao Ming wanted to sneer at Pang Yukun, but now was obviously not the time to argue with him, he still wanted to watch a show.

“When did Brother Ding become so stingy? The prefecture and county where King Wei is a fiefdom requires at least one million taels. If Brother Ding doesn’t want it, how about giving it to me?” said a businessman.

Ding Wanquan was not tall, with a short build, but his skin was very white, and the mustache on his mouth was particularly conspicuous. He looked at the speaker and said: “It turns out to be Brother Han. It is said that Brother Han is now the number one wealthy businessman under King Yan. Now It seems that it is true.” “Brother Ding, we are still discussing business.” The businessman surnamed Han looked at Xiao Ming, “Your Highness, I am willing to pay one million taels of silver to buy the sales rights of King Wei’s

fief

.”

Wanquan’s face suddenly looked a little ugly. The three hundred thousand was indeed too small, but one million was too high. The fiefdoms of King Wei and King Yan both occupied the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River and were adjacent to each other. Naturally, there were some conflicts during this period. This person’s name is Han Kang. He is also a wealthy businessman in King Yan’s fiefdom, and his family wealth is not inferior to his.

Now that you join the Chamber of Commerce, you must fulfill the regulations of the Chamber of Commerce. If Han Kang buys it, he will have no way to explain it in front of King Wei. He gritted his teeth and said, “I will pay 1.3 million taels.”

This time, No one among the businessmen raised any objections, and they were not stupid. If they were raising prices, even if they won the right to operate, it would take many years and months to recover the costs.

Han Kang did this on purpose, and couldn’t help but smile evilly.

Xiao Ming stood on the sidelines and watched. These businessmen came from all over the Great Yu Kingdom and represented different interest groups. There was a wicked smile on his lips, as if the snipe and the clam were competing for the fisherman’s profit.

With the beginning of Ding Wanquan, the following fiefdoms such as King Yan and King Zhao are basically monopolized by local wealthy businessmen. The remaining areas are royal areas. These places have really become the most fiercely contested places, especially Chang’an. It turned out that ten merchants were operating together.

This was won by a coalition of weak merchants. It was basically equivalent to a joint venture company. Both the Wang family and the Qin family were present. It seemed that the two families coincided with each other in excluding foreign merchants.

In one day, the cake of Dayu was divided among all the merchants who joined the Chamber of Commerce. Xiao Ming earned a total of seven million taels of silver with nothing.

Except for the two largest million-tael sales, basically no silver taels were auctioned in other places, because these places did not have the wealth of Jiangnan, nor the concentration of powerful people in Chang’an. In some places, no one wanted it at all.

Xiao Ming’s business model is very common in modern times. It is basically equivalent to recruiting local agents, and he is the largest agent.

After the management rights of each state were auctioned, the next step for the businessmen was to buy land and build workshops in Qingzhou. The growth of Qingzhou’s wealth had just begun.

(End of chapter)