Iron Dynasty

Brother Han, what do you think about this Chamber of Commerce?

After Xiao Ming summoned, in the Wei family restaurant in Qingzhou, the merchants sat at a table in twos and threes, and the second shopkeeper in the restaurant was busy with his feet not touching the ground. The arrival of the merchants made the business of the restaurant busy.

It can only be said that King Qi is really scheming. As a result, although King Qi is in Qingzhou, he controls the merchants in the world. All merchants who join the Chamber of Commerce must follow King Qi's horse. The merchant surnamed Han said.

Brother Han's thoughts are also what I think, but King Qi relies on wine, perfume and soap. If we don't join the Chamber of Commerce, we will gain nothing, but if we join, we will have to listen to King Qi's mercy and spend big money to buy the original How about selling the fiefs that belonged to King Yan, why don't you threaten King Yan with banning sales? the man said.

No! King Qi won't care that King Yan prohibits other merchants from buying and selling, because his own merchants will sneak in these three things for the sake of money, then King Qi won't lose much, but you and I will be less. I made a lot of silver taels, said the businessman surnamed Han.

So, I can only join the Chamber of Commerce, the man said.

King Qi's trick 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, and they found that they could not restrain King Qi on this matter, just like the purpose of the final discussion between the two.

So for the auction the next day, the merchants who came to the Governor's Mansion the day before yesterday still came.

They searched for their hometown on the map of the Great Yu Kingdom. Although they felt aggrieved, they still had to spend money to buy the sales area of ​​their hometown, and if the money was less, I am afraid they could only produce soap.

At a glance from yesterday, Xiao Ming also went to the Governor's Mansion today. At the same time, Pang Yukun, Li Kaiyuan, Qian Dafu and others were all there. If today's event is successful, the Qi Prince's Mansion will earn a huge amount of money.

His Royal Highness, the map of the Great Yu Kingdom is quite well drawn. Seeing the map of the Great Yu Kingdom hanging on the wall, Pang Yukun's eyes filled with admiration.

On the outline of the Great Yu Kingdom, the locations of the states are clear, and the specific mountains, rivers and rivers are also presented. He has never seen such detailed drawings.

It's just something you can easily find. Xiao Ming smiled. Today is the turning point of Qingzhou's development. If he earns enough money today, he will be able to use his fists at the beginning of the spring. After all, there are really too many things to do. .

When the two were talking, a businessman in gorgeous clothes shouted: His Royal Highness, I want all the prefectures and counties within the fiefdom of King Wei. Is 300,000 taels of silver enough?

Who in the world doesn't know the wealth of King Wei's fief, Jinling City is also a place where merchants, literati, and singers gather, 16 states, and 300,000 taels of silver? Li Kaiyuan said lightly.

At this time, a businessman exclaimed: Isn't this Jinling's wealthy Ding Wanquan?

That's right, it is indeed him. It is said that the entire family of Ding Wan is worth tens of millions of taels of silver, and every year just for offerings to King Wei, there are millions of taels.

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

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The following discussion reached Xiao Ming's ears, Xiao Ming almost vomited blood, and his family assets were worth tens of millions of taels of silver, so he really lost his share, and Xiao Wenxuan's hundreds of thousands of taels of silver made him so happy that he couldn't sleep.

Pang Yukun looked at Ding Wanquan coldly, seeing Xiao Ming so shocked, and said: Why is Your Highness so surprised, except for this Ding Wanquan, there are several giants in the fiefdom of every vassal king. The richest in the Yu country is the Cao family in the south of the Yangtze River.

Million taels? For the first time, Xiao Ming felt how failed this vassal king was. It was a million dollars. This Cao family was simply Shen Wansan of the Great Yu Kingdom's version.

It is said that the property of Shen Wansan, the richest man in the dynasty, was converted into silver worth 2 billion taels of silver. Zhu Yuanzhang built the wall and Shen Wansan contracted it alone. Now, every brick on the city wall of Nanjing is still engraved with the word 10,000.

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

Xiao Ming felt a coldness behind his back. After all, the Great Yu Kingdom 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.

See Pang Changshi Gao. Although Xiao Ming wanted to slap Pang Yukun, but now is obviously not the time to quarrel with him, he still wants to watch a play.

When did Brother Ding become so stingy, this state and county where the King of Wei fiefs 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 stature, but his skin was very white, and the beard on his mouth was particularly conspicuous. He looked at the speaker and said, It turned out to be Brother Han. It is said that Brother Han is now the number one tycoon under King Yan. It seems that it doesn't.

Brother Ding has passed the prize, we are still doing business. The businessman surnamed Han looked at Xiao Ming, Your Highness, I am willing to pay one million taels of silver to buy the right to sell King Wei's fief.

Ding Wanquan's face suddenly looked a little unsightly. The 300,000 is indeed small, but one million is too high. The fiefs of King Wei and King Yan both occupy the rich and prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River and are adjacent to each other. There are naturally some contradictions during this period. This person is called Han Kang. , is also a giant of King Yan's fief, and his family wealth is not inferior to him.

Now joining the chamber of commerce, one must fulfill the rules of the chamber of commerce. If Han Kang bought it, he would not be able to explain it in front of King Wei. He gritted his teeth and said, I'll pay 1,300,000 taels.

This time, no one of the businessmen raised any objections, and they were not stupid. If they were raising prices, even if they won the management rights, how long would it take to recover the cost.

Han Kang also did this on purpose, and he couldn't help laughing at this moment.

Xiao Ming watched from the sidelines. These businessmen came from all over the Great Yu Kingdom and represented different interest groups. He had a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth.

With the beginning of Ding Wanquan, the following fiefs such as King Yan and King Zhao are basically monopolized by the local giants, and the rest of the area is the royal place. These places have become the most fiercely contested places, especially Chang'an. There are ten businessmen operating together.

This was won by weak merchants united, basically equivalent to a joint venture model, in which both the Wang family and the Qin family were present, and it seemed that they were excluding foreign merchants, and the two coincided.

In one day, the cake of the Great Yu Kingdom was all divided by the merchants who joined the Chamber of Commerce, and Xiao Ming earned a total of seven million taels of silver.

Except for the largest two million-dollar transactions, there are basically no silver taels auctioned in other places, because these places do not have the wealth of Jiangnan, nor the concentration of powerful and powerful people in Chang'an, and even some places, no one wants it at all.

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

The management rights of each state are auctioned, and the next step is to buy land and build workshops in Qingzhou, and the growth of Qingzhou's wealth has just begun.