There are only two people in the inner hall. The old house of the Feng family looks a bit plain. Although the official hat chair and coffee table are both made of huanghuali, the screen and lighting are a bit out of date. If it were our ancestral home, theoretically these
It needs to be replaced every year.
The Xue family is also a big family. Pearls are like earth, gold is like iron. Even if it was glorious decades ago, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the weather pattern is still there. Naturally, it can be seen that the Feng family really doesn't do much to run this place.
, which makes Xue Jun feel a little regretful. With the Feng family's influence here, if they want to do some business, the income should be considerable.
Although he encountered such a big event in the two days he came to Linqing, Xue Jun still managed to inspect Linqing. Although businessmen from all over the country gathered here, all walks of life were quite developed. If it weren't for the tax supervisor,
With the influence, the business will be even more prosperous.
"Uncle Xue, you don't have to be polite, we are all family members." Feng Ziying said with a smile: "I heard that uncle intends to make a living in the north. I wonder how you feel about Linqing?"
Here comes the drama, Xue Jun said in his heart, but his face looked calm.
"Brother Keng, uncle, I have been traveling all over the country for more than ten years. It used to be mainly in the south of the Yangtze River, but business has been hard to do in the past few years. Some of the businesses run by the Xue family are also not very prosperous, and there is also great competition outside.
, so I came up with the idea of visiting the north. I visited Xuzhou, Jining and Dongchang Prefecture, and then I arrived in Linqing. I should say that these places are good, but they are relatively fixed. If you want to get involved in any industry
, are more difficult.”
Xue Jun is telling the truth. Businesses along the canal have basically formed a relatively stable market. Without new changes or the emergence of industries, it will definitely be more stressful for you to get involved.
"Then what are uncle's plans?" Feng Ziying has also chatted with Xue Jun several times in the past few days. She feels that Xue Jun is generally a more open-minded businessman in this era. He has seen a lot of the world through his travels, and there are also crises.
I feel that if the Xue family continues like this, it will probably be a waste of money. He can't control the eldest brother's branch, but he still wants to get rid of this increasingly declining situation of the second house's branch.
"Brother Keng, to be honest, I haven't thought about it."
Now, my nephew has caused a lot of trouble, and my sister-in-law can't control it. She has lost a lot of money and a lot of business has stopped. When my brother was alive, our eldest and second house had already divided the business.
After the family was settled, um, some properties in Beijing and Jinling City were owned by my sister-in-law and her family, and my second house also lost some businesses in Suzhou and Yangzhou, but overall they were not very good, such as gold and silver shops,
Jewelry shops, silk and satin shops, etc.”
"Oh, the Xue family also runs a gold and silver jewelry business?" Feng Ziying was slightly surprised.
The jewelry business is not simple. Firstly, the goods are heavy and the investment is high. Secondly, it has high requirements for reputation, that is, high technology and credibility. Thirdly, it must have a stable source of high-end customers. These points also determine the needs and requirements of this industry.
There is a very close relationship with the government.
If you don't have a strong official network and connections, just a little bit of stolen money could be thrown at you, and you could be shut down or even put in jail.
However, everyone knows that the jewelry industry is highly profitable. Jiangnan is prosperous, and the families of scholar-bureaucrats all like luxury and have better spending power than the capital. Therefore, it has always been the focus of the jewelry industry. The Xue family is quite famous in Jinling, so it is reasonable to operate this business.
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For example, gold and silver shops, jewelry shops, pawn shops and ticket numbers are basically connected together, and can also form a relatively stable transaction chain between precious metals and currencies.
Feng Ziying is still unclear about the current bank accounts and bank development status of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but judging from the situation in Linqing, there are at least some initial sprouts, which means that this type of business has already appeared, but it is not very popular yet.
, maybe this will be an opportunity in the future.
Now my little arms and legs can't support this business.
"Well, the Xue family's Fengrunxiang has some history. It has been in business since the ninth year of Tianping, so it has been fifty years." Xue Jun did not expect that Feng Ziying was actually interested in the jewelry business and was a little surprised: "Over there in Jiangnan
The female family members have very high requirements for jewelry and are picky about both material and workmanship. It is not easy for the Xue family to maintain this business."
"Then uncle, have you ever considered coming to the North to run this business?" Feng Ziying asked.
In the past two days, he also learned about the jewelry business through some channels. Jining, Linqing, Dongchangfu in Shandong plus Dezhou and Jinan are mainly dock cities along the canal. With the development of the canal in the past two or three decades,
Business is becoming increasingly prosperous, and these dock cities have also gathered a large number of merchants. Some local gentry have also moved to live in the cities, making these cities more prosperous and increasing consumption.
However, the consumption level and level of Northland has always lagged behind Jiangnan, especially high-end consumption like this. It lags far behind Jiangnan, whether in terms of fashion popularity or craftsmanship, it is higher than Jiangnan such as Suzhou, Hangzhou and even Yangzhou and Jinling
Cities differ greatly, and Feng Ziying sees this as an opportunity.
Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants are now focusing more on the operation of bulk goods. Such consumer businesses have not yet been truly involved. This may be because people like the Xue family are struggling in the face of fierce competition from rivals in the south of the Yangtze River, but in the north
The location has considerable business opportunities.
Xue Jun became solemn, thought for a while and then said slowly: "Brother Keng, do you mean that I can move Fengrunxiang to Shandong?"
"In terms of the prosperity of the city, no one in the North can compare with the city in Jiangnan except the capital. But as my uncle said, there is more than one Fengrunxiang in Jiangnan. They are even as powerful as Fengrunxiang, or even higher than Fengrun.
There are many Xiangs, and my uncle also said that the situation of the Xue family is not very good now. These days, people dislike the poor, love the rich, and tend to follow the crowd. Fengrunxiang must be difficult in Jiangnan. These cities in Shandong are compared with Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Yangjin.
Cities are definitely very different, but the demand for this in this city is still in its infancy, and people here also admire these fancy gold and silver jewelry from the south of the Yangtze River. In this case,
Why doesn't uncle use his strengths and avoid his weaknesses and settle here?"
Feng Ziying was not just talking nonsense. He had thought carefully about it before and even talked to some people from the Shanshan Guild Hall. Now Shanshan merchants and Huizhou merchants are very powerful. If the Xue family wants to operate here, it will be difficult to start.
At this stage, you can only avoid it a little bit, so you need to think carefully about it.
When Xue Jun mentioned the jewelry store, he remembered that even his mother liked the Jiangnan-style jewelry, and sometimes even traveled thousands of miles to ask someone to make a few pairs of jewelry in some famous shops in Jiangnan. This shows that the Jiangnan style jewelry
Fashion is so popular in the North.
Xue Jun nodded: "According to Brother Keng, the Feng family also intends to run some business in Linqing? Is this your father's intention? Then why has the Feng family been guarding such a geomantic treasure land for so long?
Woolen cloth?"
"Uncle Xue family, I won't hide it from you. This is my own intention. I haven't been here much before. My mother is generally involved in things here. You also know that my father has been in Datong, so I am here to intervene.
When I came back this time, I felt that Linqing was indeed a good place. In addition, I felt that Uncle Xue’s family had some experience and manpower in this area, so I came up with this idea..."