Chapter 672: Entering the First Floor in the World
Forbidden Army Camp.
When the conductor Lin Yuanjing got the news and hurried out, he saw a young man who was much thinner but with much sharper eyes, looking at him with emotion.
He was overjoyed and greeted him: "Xu Ning!"
Xu Ning's eyes were slightly red, and he cupped his fists and saluted: "Commander Lin!"
This movement also attracted the attention of other forbidden troops. Many people poked their heads and pointed, with obvious doubts in their eyes.
Lin Yuanjing glanced sideways, frowned, and comforted: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back, don't pay attention to that..."
If he was only released after so many days, and the white ones were also painted as black, how could Xu Ning ignore it, but now he was full of confidence and whispered: "Commander Lin, next time the squad commander will have external transfers
If you have the opportunity to lead the troops and exterminate the traitors, you must prepare early."
Lin Yuanjing was slightly startled: "The Banzhi is no different from other Forbidden Forces, but it is the core of the imperial guard. As a commander, I have only been in office for a short time. How can I be transferred from outside?"
Xu Ning said: "This is what the Lin family brother said. His suggestion is that if we mobilize external forces to suppress the bandits, it is best to work towards Yingtian Mansion or Daming Mansion."
Lin Yuanjing's face became solemn: "What Erlang said? Okay, I'll go find out immediately."
There was no need to inquire. As soon as he left the camp, he saw Zhang Bofen walking over, followed by Zhang Qing who had also just returned.
The two friends met, and Lin Yuanjing asked: "Is the imperial court really going to send out even us squad commanders this time?"
Zhang Bofen expressed his expectations: "Yes, the Imperial City Division has obtained the stronghold of Ming Zun's traitors in various states and counties. Now the traitors in the capital have been wiped out, but there are traitors lingering in Luoyang in Xijing, Daming Mansion in Beijing, and Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing to prevent mutiny.
If you get up again, it is really possible for us to be dispatched. This is a great opportunity to make great achievements!"
Lin Yuanjing was not particularly excited, but became solemn: "Mutiny..."
There is a famous rumor on the Internet in later generations, saying that the number of uprisings in the Northern Song Dynasty was 433, the highest in history, but in fact this data comes from the "Compilation of Historical Materials on the Peasant War in the Two Song Dynasties" and is a personal statistics of scholars, including all major and minor civil commotions.
If calculated in this way, there were many more peasant uprisings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties than in the Song Dynasty. After all, there were 190 peasant uprisings during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty alone, let alone the middle and late Ming Dynasty...
Of course, this does not mean that the Song Dynasty was good. It can only be said that it was worse in terms of peasant uprisings. The Song Dynasty was not the best in history. On the basis of fully maintaining internal rule, the Renzong Dynasty also had 60 uprisings, including 15 mutinies.
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In the eyes of the rulers, civil uprisings are less harmful. Sometimes they are small disturbances of dozens or hundreds of people and cannot cause any major disturbances. However, mutinies are different. They can really occupy places and confront the imperial court.
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Behind these mutinies, most of them were accompanied by the shadow of the Maitreya Sect of the Mingzun Sect, such as the famous Wang Ze Uprising, on which Wang Qing in "Water Margin" was based.
Therefore, the imperial court hated and feared these cults. After Gao Qiu handed over the list of strongholds in various places and discovered that there were strongholds of Ming Zun Cult thieves in several other capitals, the court meetings were held one after another and everyone was mobilized.
When it comes to the stability of the rule, it is much more exciting than eradicating the Worry-free Cave.
"Compared with the prosperous Bianjing, the material living standards of prefectures and counties are lower and conflicts are greater, so they are more likely to accept cults. The rulers will not think that the court is overly oppressing the people, but will only think that the people could have suffered a lot.
, but it is these cults that are stirring up trouble behind the scenes that cause turmoil to break out one after another, hehe..."
Not to mention the news circulating within the Forbidden Army in Beijing, Li Yan rode by and saw that there were many more officers and soldiers walking on the street than usual. He shook his head silently and said, "Let's go to Huixian Tower."
The people on the three fast horses behind them all nodded. This time, in addition to Jiang Jing and Zhu Wu, Gao Lian also followed.
When they arrived in front of Huixian Tower, they saw seven or eight stewards standing. Zhang Yu, who was familiar with them, stepped forward and saluted: "Master Lin, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Li Yan got off his horse and said, "Manager Zhang, you're welcome...please!"
"please!"
When everyone entered, they saw Zhang Tang standing at the door of the private room at the far end.
The leader of the Shangqiu Guild quickly took a look at Gao Lian and recognized him as Gao Qiu's cousin who had just been promoted to the imperial city official position. However, he saw him standing quietly behind Li Yan, his gray eyebrows slightly raised.
He moved and greeted: "Mr. Lin, Mr. Gao..."
After this order of address, when he met Gao Lian, he looked like a matter of course. Zhang Tang was greatly moved: "I didn't expect that in Gao Qiu's heart, my brothers are not as good as outsiders, and Lin Chong still makes the decision!"
This is not good news. The Gaoqiu family are ordinary people with little background and are not difficult to deal with. Judging from the last brief conversation, Lin Chong is not a thing in the pool. The negotiations led by him, Shangqiu Guild
I'm afraid it will be difficult to take advantage of anything.
The two parties entered the private room. Jiang Jing and Zhu Wu were still discussing the cooperation contract with the stewards. Li Yan took Gao Lian and sat across from Zhang Tang.
Gao Lian kept in mind what his elder brother had told him when he came, and watched his nose and heart. Zhang Tang no longer made the tea himself, but let the maid do it for him, while he concentrated on it.
Only Li Yan remained the same as last time, smiling and saying: "The structure of the six major chambers of commerce has become history, and now there are five major chambers of commerce."
Zhang Tang said: "Master Lin is being humble. The assets of Houjiang Guild are controlled by you. After changing the name, it can still be ranked among the six major chambers of commerce."
Li Yandao: "With our operating capabilities, we definitely cannot compare with the five major chambers of commerce. It is a wise choice to temporarily retreat to the second line. If there is an opportunity in the future, it will not be too late to compete for the six major chambers of commerce."
Zhang Tang became even more vigilant, with a smile on his face: "Master Lin is really broad-minded and heroic!"
Li Yandao: "The president of Zhanghui has been over-honored. We agreed before that the equity distribution of Houjiang Guild will be divided into seven and three. Your bank will provide management talents in order to quickly and smoothly take over printing houses in various places. We will get 30% of the shares. It is still the same now.
in this way……"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhang Tang is unmoved. This time, the general will be finished much faster than expected. His high demands and reputation have greatly increased, and the proportion of the two sides has changed.
Despite the change, it is still divided into 70 and 30, which is obviously unrealistic.
In this era, businessmen do not have the spirit of contract, and it is impossible to expect politicians to keep their promises. Therefore, Zhang Tang believes that the first words are all lies, and only the content after the "but" is the substance.
However, Li Yan did not change his mind. On the contrary, he became concerned: "Now the imperial court has ordered that various places launch sieges against cult believers, especially the major capitals, which will be the focus. Will your business in Yingtian Mansion be affected?"
Zhang Tang's expression changed slightly, but he knew he couldn't hide it, so he said in a deep voice: "It is indeed greatly affected..."
The headquarters of the Shangqiu Guild is in Shangqiu, also known as Songzhou.
This place is the place where Zhao Kuangyin lived. Zhao Kuangyin served as the governor of Guide in the later Zhou Dynasty, and his headquarters was in Songzhou. Later, he launched the Chenqiao mutiny, named the country "Song", and was honored by the officials as "Ying".
Tian Guangyun was a benevolent, civil, and military emperor who was extremely virtuous."
In the Zhenzong Dynasty, Songzhou was renamed Yingtianfu, and after the infamous Taishan was consecrated to Zen, Yingtianfu was promoted to Nanjing and served as the companion capital of Bianjing.
The business of the Zhang family took advantage of the promotion of Yingtian Mansion to the companion capital. It was a bit like the Gong family in Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty. When the Chamber of Commerce rose, it naturally could not be called Yingtian, so it used the ancient name Shangqiu.
, called Shangqiu Guild.
Compared with Bianjing, the business in Yingtian Mansion is the foundation of the Shangqiu guild. I originally thought that no matter how it was affected, it would not affect it there, but I didn't expect that the cult stronghold would be encircled and suppressed again. At this critical moment of Zhang Dun's resignation as prime minister,
During this period, Zhang Tang could fully imagine how the old enemies of Yingtian Mansion would use this topic to attack his own chamber of commerce.
At this time, the other party specifically proposed, and Zhang Tang's heart moved: "Mr. Lin, regarding the matter of Yingtian Mansion, is Gao Tiju willing to uphold justice for us?"
Li Yan nodded: "Although the Houjiang Guild deserves its punishment this time, the removal of such a large chamber of commerce overnight will inevitably cause panic. In order to seek stability among the people, Gao Tiju, while cracking down on evil cults, does not want to affect the past.
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Zhang Tang took a deep breath and knew that it was time for him to take the initiative: "Gao Tiju is indeed the blue sky in the people's mouth. This is a great thing. We, the Shangqiu Guild, feel deeply that the previous shares should be adjusted..."
Li Yan shook his head: "Zhanghui leader has misunderstood. We have no intention of modifying the contract to take advantage of the favor. The key to cooperation is mutual benefit. It will make your bank stable and maintain the operation of printing houses in various places. This is something that is beneficial to everyone."
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Zhang Tang was a little moved and quickly made a cup of tea himself: "Young Master Lin is so righteous!"
Li Yan took a sip of tea and continued talking. The atmosphere between the two parties changed obviously. Zhang Tang looked at the young man in front of him and even admired him a little.
But when he found that he actually had this emotion, he also realized that he was at a disadvantage in the negotiation pace. He couldn't help but said sincerely: "Young Master Lin is really awesome!"
Li Yan was noncommittal: "There is one more thing. We have some property here that needs to be sold. Please take a look at it."
After hearing this, Gao Lian, who had been quiet all this time, took out a list of belongings and placed it in front of Zhang Tang.
Zhang Tang didn't take it seriously at first. A large part of the Shangqiu Guild's business was the pawn industry, so it was natural for the other party to find him. But when he got it in his hand, he quickly scanned it and silently estimated the value, and he couldn't help being surprised.
I heard that Gao Qingtian ransacked Qiu's house without committing any crime, so why did he turn around and find so much property?
Being able to both make a profit and gain fame at the same time, this person is really very capable!
Naturally, he did not dare to follow the pawn shop's price-lowering style and gave it to the other party. He silently made an estimate and became a little embarrassed: "Mr. Lin, as the slip said, this is a huge fortune of 500,000 yuan. If you want to sell it directly,
If it turns into money, our Chamber of Commerce may not be able to come up with that much cash for a while."
Li Yan said: "Not only these, but also the shops of Houjiang Guild in other states must be sold off. A crane does not live on two trees, and a guest does not bother two families. If your bank can take over, we naturally hope that your bank can."
Take this opportunity to become the first of the five major chambers of commerce."
"Good words from Master Chenglin!"
With such a good opportunity, how could Zhang Tang push it to other chambers of commerce and benefit from it? However, after carefully thinking about the money that could be used now, he secretly thought something was wrong. His eyes flickered a few times and he had an idea: "Young Master Lin, can you?"
Do you still remember Fan Lou’s shares?”
Li Yan raised his brows slightly and said with a smile: "Would Zhang Huishou have to exchange one share for three squares again?"
"How can that be possible!"
Zhang Tang also said with a familiar tone, "You give me a peach and give me a plum. Mr. Lin is so generous. We are not ungrateful people. Naturally, we can have a good discussion about Fan Lou's shares."
, I am determined not to let Gao Tiju and Mr. Lin suffer."
Li Yan nodded: "Easy to say."
Zhang Tang had previously proposed to exchange a share of Fan Tower for three printing houses, but Li Yan would not accept it at all.
However, he also knows that household fame is indeed of huge commercial value, just like the brand effect of later generations. Zhang Tang is not asking for an arbitrary price. If he wants to buy such shares, there will be huge overflows, and it is impossible to simply calculate the benefits.
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After all, when it comes to someone else, I don’t know how excited I will be when I hear that I can take over Fan Lou. For example, Gao Lian at this time, when he heard about Fan Lou’s shares, his ears immediately stood up. In his mind, only the two sides revolved around this.
point of negotiation.
After talking for nearly an hour, the two sides finally reached a preliminary consensus, and after Li Yan left with Zhang Tang seeing him off, Gao Lian finally came up and said, "Master Lin, what did you say about Fan Lou's shares in the end?"
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Li Yan smiled: "Two hundred and fifty thousand yuan per share. Considering Fan Lou's reputation, the price is indeed not high. Go back and discuss it with Gao Tiju. If he is willing, the No. 1 building in the world will be one of our industries.