Chapter 3974 The Strength of the Chamber of Commerce
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Time, go back to after Gong Er sent those letters in the name of the head of the Gong family.
At the same time that her second brother sent those letters, Lin Mengya also sent several letters in succession to various senior managers of the Great Chamber of Commerce.
The operation of a large chamber of commerce has a clear division of labor. Everyone performs their own duties, but under unified coordination, they cooperate seamlessly. A huge chamber of commerce is like a precise and huge machine. When it operates at extremely high speed, everyone
All materials are uniformly deployed, transported, and turned around from all parts of the continent, reaching the buyers who need them as quickly as possible.
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At the same time, those businessmen who have not joined the Great Chamber of Commerce have officially realized for the first time what the Great Chamber of Commerce has become during its crazy expansion in recent years.
They always look at the problem from an old perspective and always feel that if the big businessmen do this, they will definitely end up with a scattered result.
After all, with only common interests as a bond without the blessing of kinship, such cooperation is actually very weak in their view. Once pressure is encountered, such a relationship is likely to fall apart.
But what they don't know is that the relationship between these members of the Great Chamber of Commerce is actually much closer than they imagined.
They became a community of interests.
Everyone understands the principle of both prosperity and loss. More importantly, the changes brought to them by the Great Chamber of Commerce are not temporary, but long-term. Even their descendants will benefit for life.
Before joining the Great Chamber of Commerce, they were just independent individuals. Even if they wanted to cooperate with others, they would always be on guard against whether others would stab them in the back.
But now they don't have to worry about this problem at all.
Because the large chamber of commerce serves as a link, it can not only maintain their interests, but also act as a buffer. If the other party really breaks their promise, the chamber of commerce will be the first to be affected.
The Great Chamber of Commerce will not only compensate them for their losses, but will also take action on their behalf to punish the treacherous party.
Not only the small aristocratic families, but also the big aristocratic families feel that this cooperative relationship is safer.
At the same time, their descendants were sent to Sita College for systematic study.
The Great Chamber of Commerce broke down the barriers between these aristocratic families and allowed them to be closely connected through the Great Chamber of Commerce.
They gradually realize the benefits of this kind of cooperation and will support it even more.
At the same time, the amazing strength displayed by the large chambers of commerce has also doubled their profits several times. Take this food crisis as an example. Those big grain merchants thought they had the lifeblood of this grain price war in their hands.
Little did they know that at the beginning of the establishment of the Great Chamber of Commerce, Lin Mengya had discussed with all the participating members to establish a chamber of commerce.
Measures such as granaries.
At the beginning, everyone didn't understand why the Great Chamber of Commerce stockpiled so much food, cotton or other war preparation materials.
Lin Mengya explained to them that she wanted to prepare for emergencies. At first, everyone thought she was unfounded.
However, because the funds for these hoardings were all voluntarily subscribed, and the Gong family basically accounted for 80% of the funds, all the risks were transferred to the Gong family.
At the beginning, everyone just subscribed for part of it because they were embarrassed.
But now, after Lin Mengya's order to open grain warehouses was passed down, the four public granaries owned by the chamber of commerce began to distribute grains, which immediately stabilized the market.
The big grain merchants were caught off guard.
They initially thought that the food reserves of the Great Chamber of Commerce would not be much, but later they discovered that the other party was almost continuously transporting food to all parts of the country.
By the time they reacted, food prices had been forced back to normal prices.
Only then did they realize that compared with the big chamber of commerce, they were nothing more than a small tree.
Although they wouldn't lose everything, at least they wouldn't make as much money as they had expected.
At this time, Ma Beichen was regarded as an ancestor by the grain merchants who had previously demanded high prices.
"Mr. Ma, all the small grains you asked for last time have been prepared for you. How about we just trade them at the previous price?"
The grain merchant who was so arrogant before rubbed his hands and looked at the Ma family master with a flattering expression.
He is also a mute who eats Coptis chinensis and cannot express his sufferings. Who would have thought that food prices, which have been soaring all the way, would be reduced in such a short period of time.
He has a lot of food hoarded in his hands, and some of it is high-priced food.
Now he just hopes that the Ma family can buy it back at the original price. At least in this case, not only will he not lose money, but he will also make a small profit.
But obviously the Ma family today is not the Ma family he thought it was.
Ma Beichen curled up his lips and smiled harmlessly, but his eyes were cold and cold.
"Oh? I'm really sorry. I'm not satisfied with the original price."
"Then, what about another 10% less? No, no, no, I'll give you another 20% less, so how about a total of 30% less?"
The grain merchant wiped the sweat from his forehead. If he continued to give in, he would lose money.
But what he is thinking now is that as long as he can get his capital back, otherwise the grain will not be sold and fall into his own hands, then he will really suffer a big loss!
"Thirty percent?" Ma Beichen's smile became colder. In fact, he didn't take it to heart about the anger he suffered before. He just felt sorry for his elders.
At first, the Ma family was kind to others, but they didn't expect that when the Ma family needed food, these people not only raised the price to sell it to them, but even wanted to kill them severely.
This kind of person just needs a lesson.
"Forty percent! How about forty percent? Mr. Ma, it really can't be any less. If it's any less, I'll lose everything!"
Ma Beichen looked at the man begging for him, and the smile on his face finally faded away. "It's not that I won't help you, but that our Ma family is not short of food at all now. Shopkeeper Wang, if you sell based on evaluation, maybe
It can still be sold. If the delay continues, I don't know if it can still be sold.
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Ma Beichen didn't want to say a word to such a person.
In fact, I came here this time thinking that if the other party is still honest, then it won't hurt if he can collect more food.
But what I didn't expect was that even at this point, this person was still so dishonest.
Therefore, no matter what result Shopkeeper Wang gets in the end, he deserves it!
"Master Ma! Master Ma!"
Shopkeeper Wang staggered out and chased him, wanting to beg the other party to help him, but he couldn't even catch up with the other party's shadow.
In the end, he could only slump down on the ground, his face full of regret.
It’s all my fault for being too greedy!
If he had not offended the Ma family, if he had accepted the situation at first sight, if he had not wanted to take advantage of the situation, or even coveted the Ma family's wealth, perhaps he would not have achieved the results he has now.
Scenes similar to this happen from time to time in various places.
But the purpose of the Great Chamber of Commerce is not to squeeze everyone to death.
After the price of food stabilizes, the food in the granary will no longer be available for sale, but will be given priority to members of the Chamber of Commerce, especially those with military recruitment needs.
At the same time, resources such as salt, iron, sugar, and cloth were also tilted towards these members.
They have never experienced this feeling of being able to collect all the materials for a project so quickly.
You must know that in the past, the reason why people had disputes and did not like to fight was because they could not afford to fight.
Once the war started, no one would produce and work, so in the end they had to rely on their own family background. However, the strength of the various aristocratic families in Weiguo was so scattered that they did not dare to provoke a war at all.
After all, no one has such a strong family background.
Now they feel the convenience of the Great Chamber of Commerce. It is true that some people have some bad thoughts, but they soon realized that the supplies of the Great Chamber of Commerce will not be unlimited.
Many people wanted to hoard more, but were told that all supplies were evaluated based on the strength of each family and sold in limited quantities.
At this time, they were shocked to realize that the Great Chamber of Commerce had already figured out the internal situation of their family.
Under such circumstances, even if they had the slightest idea, they would not dare to start, otherwise, the end would be disastrous.
In short, within half a month after the news of Gong Er came, most of the aristocratic families had already assembled their own armies, ready to join the Gong family.
During this period, Lin Mengya was not idle either.
She knew that her second brother would definitely do what she had discussed with Yu, and she had already written a letter to the Chamber of Commerce, so she believed that the material aspect would not be too difficult.
Next, they actually still have a tough battle to fight, that is, cooperation with the ancient tribe.
Lin Mengya discussed with Long Tianyu that although the situation of the ancient tribe is still very chaotic, for now, the geographical advantage of the ancient tribe is irreplaceable.
The best result that Lin Mengya thought of was that they could cooperate with the ancient tribe, who would take advantage of the terrain and cooperate with the Gong family's army.
Taking a step back, as long as they can accept the Gong family's troops to guard the first line of defense, as long as the ancient people don't cause trouble.
But as far as the current situation is concerned, if the Gong family's army enters, it is likely to cause misunderstandings.
If there is friction between the two parties and they start fighting each other before they have an enemy, causing unnecessary consumption, then they are seeking their own destruction.
So she is waiting for a result, waiting for a result on whether she can finally cooperate with the ancient tribe.
About three or four days later, Lin Mengya received the first-hand news from the spies.
The final winner also stabilized the situation.
It is indeed good news for Lin Mengya, but at the same time she also has her own concerns.
She didn't feel that just because she had a personal relationship with those two people, she could let them cooperate with her without any worries.
In essence, they all have a clear distinction between public and private, and they all put their own interests first. In other words, they are unlikely to ignore everyone's interests for the sake of personal grudges.
