The words of the head of the Lin family expressed the sentiments of all the salt merchants present. Although they encountered temporary difficulties in Henan, these salt merchants had come through the storm and had no special worries about resolving the conflict with Wu Shigong. Because they had to resolve it.
This problem is nothing more than a matter of time and money. But this is not a big problem for these salt merchants.
The key question now is that the Qi family, who are at odds with Wu Shigong this time, will definitely shrink and give up some salt sales areas on the territory controlled by Wu Shigong. And which salt merchants will fill these areas?
And how many gifts can the Qi family give to eliminate the anger in Wu Shigong's heart? Because to make up for the relationship with Wu Shigong, real money and silver are needed, and empty words will not have any effect at all.
But those salt merchants thought that under their own pressure, Qi Chun'an would have to struggle a little. Unexpectedly, Qi Chun'an looked calm and said slowly: "This sudden change in our family, my nephew is already disheartened."
Leng. My nephew doesn’t want to get involved in the salt business in Runing Prefecture and Guide Prefecture anymore. But this time, in addition to my nephew’s Qi family, there are several colleagues who have suffered huge losses. What’s even more worrying is that, according to reports
According to the news from my nephew, salt products from Changlu have now entered these two prefectures. If things continue like this, our Yangzhou salt merchants will never be able to take back these territories."
"Also, we colleagues in the salt industry are chatting today. But in addition to our losses, the behavior of Wu Shoubei of Runing Prefecture also harmed the interests of the salt transport envoy. If we are so rash
If you bow down to Wu Shoubei, where will the Lord Guan be placed? Then do you still have to abide by the order of the salt industry of the imperial court?"
The amount of information in Qi Chun'an's words was so large that all the salt merchants present had to work hard to digest it. But at this moment, no one was in a hurry to speak.
First of all, what these salt merchants did not expect was that Qi Chun'an was so courageous. He immediately decided to give up the salt markets of Runing Prefecture and Guide Prefecture.
And his behavior caught the salt merchants who decided to ask the Qi family to give up some of the salt market a little off guard. Because the problem now is not to force the Qi family, but how to allocate the vacated salt market.
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In other words: Qi Chun'an's step back this time turned the conflict between the salt merchants and the Qi family into a conflict between the salt merchants themselves. However, the Qi family temporarily stayed out of the matter.
Then, Qi Chun'an reminded these salt merchants that salt merchants from Changlu from outside have begun to seize the territory of Yangzhou salt merchants. If Yangzhou salt merchants continue to fight among themselves, they may even be allocated the vacant salt sales area.
Perhaps those areas were also filled with salt products provided by Changlu Salt Merchant.
At the end, Qi Chun'an also emphatically hinted that Wu Shigong's behavior not only harmed the interests of the Yangzhou salt merchants, but also harmed the interests of the salt transportation envoy. If the Yangzhou salt merchants make too many concessions, it will definitely be offended.
The salt transport envoy is responsible for Mr. Guan.
It should be said that under such an unfavorable situation, Qi Chun'an was able to resort to such means, and he was indeed shrewd and capable. For Wu Shigong, who had the hatred of killing his father and taking wealth, Qi Chun'an really
There was nothing that could be done in a short period of time. However, Qi Chun'an would definitely not make Wu Shigong very proud, so he used these few words to bury some feelings for Wu Shigong in the hearts of those salt merchants.
However, it was not that no one could see Qi Chun'an's intentions. When the other salt merchants stopped talking, the head of the Lin family waved his hand and said, "We can only wait and see about other matters. Let's discuss it here first."
How to deal with the aftermath."
The idea of the head of the Lin family is to cut the knot quickly and ask the salt merchants to stop looking forward and backward. Don't consider other issues. First, allocate the salt sales area vacated by the Qi family.
The words of the head of the Lin family obviously hit the point, and the salt merchants present immediately became active. Seeing that he had not fully achieved his goal, Qi Chun'an could only sigh secretly in his heart, and sat aside, watching.
Nose, nose, mind, ground, and sound.
While the Yangzhou salt merchants were gathering, Wu Shigong was also talking with Xue Zhinong, the leader of the Shanchuan Division.
Zhang Rubao and other members of the action team have returned to Runing Mansion. Just now, Wu Shigong has received these members and praised them. After that, Wu Shigong also took this opportunity to chat with Xue Zhinong alone.
About Yamakawa Division.
"Zhinong, your Shanchuan Division did a really good job this time. In addition to the beautiful work of the action team, you collected information about salt merchants and assisted the army in cracking down on those salt merchants. You have done a remarkable job.
. It seems that when you were placed as the leader of the Shanchuan Division, you were put to good use!"
"Uncle, you are very grateful." Although Xue Zhinong spoke modestly, his happy expression could not be concealed. "This is also the sacrifice of my subordinates. I really don't do much."
"Oh? Since you said that, I won't reward you this time." Wu Shigong was obviously in a good mood, so he joked with Xue Zhinong.
Xue Zhinong also laughed with Wu Shigong for a while. "But uncle, although the matter this time has been handled fairly well, the Shanchuan Department has only set up a framework until now. There is a shortage of manpower and everything. The Shanchuan Department is in Henan
The distribution points are not complete. As for the action team, their training needs to be improved."
Wu Shigong smiled and nodded: "It seems that your mind is still very clear. Now I am relieved. Tell me, while I am in a good mood today, if you need any help, just tell me."
Xue Zhinong immediately beamed. The purpose of what he said just now was to ask Wu Shigong to support the Shanchuan Division. "Other aspects can be overcome, but the money aspect is too tight. This requires money to recruit people, and it also needs money to set up positions.
Silver. And this time the Shanchuan Division is going to set up a new bank in Runing Prefecture, which requires even more money. I also made a rough calculation and found that the 10,000 taels of silver given by my uncle are simply not enough!"
"Don't cry for poverty. Don't think that I don't know. This time, your Shanchuan Division has made a lot of private goods from those salt merchants. I don't care about it. Those private goods are just to subsidize your Shanchuan Division."
Right. Now my uncle is asking me for money everywhere. You don’t know, your Shanchuan Department can get ten thousand taels of silver every year. You don’t know how many people are jealous of this."
Wu Shigong still wanted to give Xue Zhinong a beating. Although the Shanchuan Division was in the dark, he was quite powerful and extremely independent. Therefore, in addition to letting Xue Zhinong be the leader of the Shanchuan Division, Wu Shigong also arranged for the Shanchuan Division to
Several hidden lines guarded Xue Zhinong.
Wu Shigong's beating this time was to make Xue Zhinong understand that Wu Shigong was not leaving Shanchuan Division alone, especially Xue Zhinong himself, so that Xue Zhinong's ambitions would not expand.
After hearing Wu Shigong's words, Xue Zhinong had no choice but to nod angrily. However, Xue Zhinong still did not give up. He then said to Wu Shigong: "Uncle, I also know that the money at home is tight. But I still have another way to make money.