It is said that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers. Who is in charge of the Ming Dynasty?
As the head of a family, will he tolerate someone "threatening" his status?
Daydream.
When they do business, they don't want to threaten the emergence of their competitors, let alone the imperial court and the royal family behind the imperial court.
Mr. Sun and others admire Qian Laifu very much. No wonder he can become a "big businessman in the world" and prosper in everything he does without attracting the attention of the court. That is because he knows where the bottom line of the court is. No matter how much money he makes,
None will be touched.
A group of businessmen headed by Qian Laifu found an "excuse", saying that they would not "lend money" to the family, but they could help "store salt."
In fact, they had informed the court that they were "hoarding salt" here and then secretly returned the bags to the official salt shop so that they could continue to "sell" it.
The money to buy salt was no longer needed, it was treated as a "donation" to the court.
When Li Wenchong found out, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Qian Laifu was originally his person, and it was normal for him to go to the court.
But he didn't expect that he would win over so many people without knowing it, and even set up a "World Chamber of Commerce".
Anyone who joins the "World Chamber of Commerce" will not listen to him.
I dare not say that all businessmen in the world have joined the "Tianxia Chamber of Commerce", but with the "Jinling Investment Club" in Gu Qingling's hands and the "Tianxia Chamber of Commerce" in Qian Laifu's hands, it is almost equivalent to holding the "Tianxia Chamber of Commerce" in his hands, except for the aristocratic families.
, two-thirds of the richest group of merchants in that wave.
Two-thirds of the wealthy businessmen were in the hands of the court, so what tricks could the remaining one-third do?
No matter how rich the background of those aristocratic families, they are rich in various assets and real estate, and they are somewhat unprepared for things like "cash flow".
Prince Cheng has saved so much snow salt, and he has only gone out a fifth of it, and he has already emptied the money in the wallets of several aristocratic families. If they want to buy more, they must either sell their real estate and other assets, or
That is to find other businessmen to cooperate, borrow money or mobilize them to "hoard salt" with you.
Except for the salt hoarded by the aristocratic family, the salt bought by other families has returned to the hands of the court. In addition, the common people have also hoarded several kilograms of salt at home. Even if there is no salt circulating in the market in a short period of time, for
The daily life of ordinary people will not be affected much, so...
Those who were most affected became aristocratic families.
All the money they had was spent on hoarding salt, but the salt shop had no money to bring in. Living water turned into stagnant water, and the problem arose.
A family with so many people needs a lot of money for three meals a day, not to mention other daily expenses.
So, not long after, Mrs. Qi came to see Mrs. Qi and cried.
"Old madam, there is no money in the family's account."
"How come there is no money?" Mrs. Qi looked surprised.
"We really have no money. If the old lady doesn't believe it, my daughter-in-law will calculate it for you..." Mrs. Qi directly took the account book and calculated it for Mrs. Qi.
It turned out that the Qi family still had tens of thousands of taels of silver in their public accounts, but because the Qi family wanted to hoard salt, most of it was taken away except for a small amount of money left for expenses.
There seemed to be no problem for a short period of time, but a month later, all the Qijia's major shops had financial problems. Money could not come in, but the money was "spending money like water" in their accounts, which meant that they suddenly lost money.
Mrs. Qi opened her account book and couldn't believe it at all: "How is it possible?! In addition to the salt shop, the Qi family also has other shops. Don't those shops have any money?"
"The Qi family has other shops, but those shops also require pledges and various expenses... Anyway, the shops are run by men, and my daughter-in-law doesn't know what's going on. The money just came in and was transferred within a few days.
"Go out, my daughter-in-law has only received a few hundred taels of silver until now. But what can I do with a few hundred taels of silver? There are hundreds of people in Qi's family, and it's not enough for one meal." Mrs. Qi said cryptically, and she even thought of herself.
dowry.
But no, how much is her dowry? There are so many people in the Qi family, and they spend a lot of money, she can't afford it.
Just as she was talking, Mrs. Qi ran in crying and complained to Mrs. Qi, saying that Mrs. Qi had deducted her daily expenses.
"My sister-in-law is here, so I just wanted to ask, what do you mean, sister-in-law? I usually stew the bird's nest well, but why did it become an old thing for pigs to eat today?"
"Didn't I say that my family is in a tight situation lately, so I have to save some money."
As soon as Mrs. Qi finished speaking, the second Mrs. Qi called out: "Isn't it possible that you stole it for yourself? Do you think I don't know that the maid in your courtyard ransacked your warehouse a few days ago?"
"I..." Mrs. Qi gritted her teeth in anger. She asked the maid to go through the warehouse. She was counting the money and using her dowry to cover the Qi family's daily expenses.
How can you believe Mrs. Qi? She was also the daughter of a wealthy family before she became a monk. If Mrs. Qi hadn't married the eldest son, how could she have been overshadowed in every way?
She was indignant and insisted on Mrs. Qi giving an explanation.
Before it was resolved here, the wives, aunts, young masters, and young ladies from other houses also appeared one after another, saying that they had recently encountered problems with their daily expenses.
Mrs. Qi is aggrieved. She didn't want to deduct it. It was obvious that all the money in the account was taken away by the men. She has no money to feed everyone. Even the dowry is not enough. What can she do?
Mrs. Qi couldn't suppress the noise and made a fuss directly in front of Mr. Qi.
Mr. Qi had a bad temper and made everyone cry. He asked the men in each room to take care of the women and children in each room, and then drove them away.
Mrs. Qi realized that she didn't know what was going on, and quickly asked Mr. Qi what happened. How could all the family's money be spent?
She knew she needed to stock up on salt, but how come other shops besides the salt shop were also affected?!
Mr. Qi covered his chest and gritted his teeth with hatred: "What else could be going on? The imperial court didn't do it."
Originally, he was thinking that even though his aristocratic family had a lot of resources, even if the salt shop closed, it would have little impact on their daily lives. But who knew that after they spent so much money, the salt from the official salt shop would be
It didn't happen. The more people bought, the more confident they became, and the rumors spread out were useless - the people had three or two kilograms of salt in their hands, and they saw that the official salt shops were full of salt, so they couldn't cause any trouble at all.
They had no choice but to continue spending money on salt.
More and more money was spent, and the money in the account was used up, so they began to mortgage other stores to borrow money to store salt, or borrow money from other families and exchange it with resources...
Various means.
They also united with many families and businessmen, large and small, to stockpile salt, almost all over the world, but the official salt shop was like a bottomless pit, with salt constantly coming out.
Having taken the ninety-nine steps ahead, it is impossible for Mr. Qi to stop, and it is impossible for those aristocratic families to stop.
They have no choice but to invest more and more costs, and the battle to hoard salt is getting deeper and deeper.
Finally, it became what it is today.
Now he can neither advance nor retreat.
"flutter……"
Mr. Qi couldn't hold back a mouthful of blood and vomited it out.
