With the first beam of light shining on the earth in the early morning, Wang Zhi mounted his horse and headed east, taking only Wang Gui with him.
When the sun took away the last ray of sunlight from the earth, the two of them arrived at the destination of their trip, Fengxiang Mansion.
After entering the city, the two of them went straight to Wang's shop and stopped in front of a rather grand shop.
At this time, the sky had not completely darkened, but the shop doors were already closed, which seemed out of place with the surrounding bustle.
"Bang bang bang..."
Wang Gui knocked on the door, but no one answered.
After a while, Wang Erlang walked away with a dark face, planning to take a detour through the back door.
What Wang Zhi didn't pay attention to was that after he walked away, all kinds of passers-by in front of Wang's shop also left in a hurry.
"Bang bang bang..."
Wang Gui knocked hard on the back door of the shop, but no one answered the door after a while.
Wang Erlang lost his patience and kicked Wang Gui away.
After a loud noise, the back door of the shop collapsed, and Wang Erlang stepped through the door and entered.
"Bold, who are you? You dare to break into my Wang's shop!" Several young men rushed out of a side room, pointed at the two of them and shouted angrily.
"It turns out there are still living people."
Wang Zhi waved his hand, sat down in the backyard and said, "Where's your shopkeeper? Let him come out to see me!"
Several boys saw that although this man was rude, his bearing was quite extraordinary. They dared to surround him, but they did not say anything rude again. One boy left in a hurry.
A waiter asked again, "Who are you, and why did you break into my Wang's shop for no reason?"
Wang Erlang sneered, and before he could say anything, he saw a middle-aged man striding forward from the side. As he walked over, he said, "Second Young Master has such a big temper."
Wang Zhi hammered the stone table and said: "Wang Zhen, I wrote to you, asking you to organize the shop and turn it into a chamber of commerce. Why have you been so slow to start the work? Instead, you closed the shop and refused to accept customers?"
"Wang Zhi, I respect you because you are the nephew of the old patriarch, so I call you Second Young Master. Don't push yourself too far."
"If the family orders it, then I will abide by it without saying a word, but you are nothing but an heir who has not yet been named. Who will have the final say in the future of the family has not yet been determined."
"Wang Xiang is afraid of you, but I am not afraid of you. Although I, Wang Zhen, am not very talented, I will not just watch my family be destroyed in your hands."
"It took more than a hundred years of precipitation between Song and Xia to form such a pattern. The connections between movement and stillness are so huge. How can you, a brat with no qualifications, be able to pry it off!"
"As for the closure of the store, it's not because you acted recklessly and directly decided to benefit your colleagues before getting an internal decision within the family. Do you know that the threshold of my Wang family's store is almost collapsed these days, and everyone comes to ask for double profits? , where can I give them a couple of cents..."
"Bang bang bang..."
Just as Wang Zhen was chattering, he heard the door of the shop in front being banged.
"I don't have time to explain to you."
Wang Erlang stood up and walked to him and asked him word for word, "I ask you again, do you listen to what I said in the letter or not?"
"Do not listen!"
"boom!"
Wang Zhi withdrew his fist and said to Wang Gui behind him: "Tie him up!"
After looking around for a while, the dumbfounded boy said, "Why are you standing there in a daze? Open the door!"
The servants looked at the shopkeeper who was being dragged away like a dead dog, and then looked at the ferocious second young master, and wisely stood in line.
The boy who was smarter trotted to open the door.
Wang Zhi rubbed the stiff muscles on his face, put on a smile, and headed to the front shop.
As soon as the shop door opened, a group of Song merchants filed in outside the door, filling the lobby with people, clamoring for Wang Zhi to come out and speak.
"Hahaha... I haven't seen you friends for half a month. I miss you so much."
Wang Zhi came from behind and suppressed all the Song merchants with a loud laugh.
"President Wang, does the agreement you signed with us in Pingxia City still count?"
"President Wang, half a month has passed and there has been no movement from your Wang family. Could it be that you are trying to trick us? We have brought the agreement. If you say this is just a piece of waste paper, then we cannot accept it. "
"Yes, President Wang, according to the agreement, we left all the goods at the border to your Wang family. You said that we would trade in Fengxiang Mansion in the future, but we withdrew them all without saying a word. Now you have seen it. , your Wang family store in Fengxiang Mansion has no sincerity at all and refuses to acknowledge the agreement, please give me an explanation..."
Wang Zhi was not angry even after being sprayed with saliva, and said loudly: "Friends, don't panic, if you don't do the counting, why would I come to Fengxiang Mansion?"
"There are some communication problems in Fengxiang Mansion. They don't quite understand what I mean by the chamber of commerce, so the construction has not started yet. Now that I have come to Fengxiang to supervise the affairs of the chamber of commerce in person, what are you worried about?"
"Let's go to the biggest restaurant in Fengxiang. I'll treat my friends to a drink to calm everyone down."
Wang Zhi hugged everyone and led them out of the shop and towards the restaurant.
When he said this, all the Song merchants lost their temper. In fact, they were either angry or anxious. They didn't know when the chamber of commerce mentioned by the Wang family would be implemented. Now that they had settled in their hearts, they naturally let go. Good wine and good meat are enough.
Wang Erlang, who was full of wine and food, staggered back to the shop. He saw that Wang Zhen had been let go by some inept boy, and he was sitting in the back hall silently.
Wang Zhi didn't get angry with him, he just sat aside and said, "Prepare a room for me."
A boy left in response.
Wang Zhen looked up at him, speechless for a moment, then said after two moments: "Are you really sure?"
Wang Erlang picked his teeth and burped from wine and said, "What do you mean? The Wang family is yours, and it is mine too. We are all on this boat. Can I, a boatman, know how to hew a boat?"
Wang Zhen refused to listen to his superficial words and shook his head: "This is too risky. Once the court knows that we are smuggling in Fengxiang, the consequences will be disastrous."
Wang Zhiye said seriously: "Don't worry, the imperial court has no time to care about the northwest. The north has already suffered a defeat and will not mess with Xixia again."
"What!"
Wang Zhen couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and walked to Wang Zhi, "Why did you lose the battle? Tell me clearly!"
Wang Zhi looked up at him and repeated what his uncle said yesterday.
After hearing this, Wang Zhen was stunned, took a few steps back, and sat weakly on the chair.
After digesting it for a long time, he spoke again, "Can you represent Xixia?"
Wang Erlang asked back: "I am now the president of the Xixia tribe, and I hold the lifeline of their trade. What do you think?"
"By the way, I forgot to tell you. My uncle and the clan elders have approved my plan. You should receive a notice in the next few days and fully cooperate with me."
"Really?" Wang Zhen asked.
Seeing Wang Erlang nodding, Wang Zhen said nothing more. He believed that Wang Zhi would not deceive him on this issue. In the end, he gave in, "What do you need me to do?"
"Tomorrow we will change the layout of the shops. I will tell you the specific details tomorrow. It would be best if we could also take down the shops next door. Our storefronts are still a bit small."
"It needs to be ready within five days."
After Wang Zhi finished speaking, he went back to the house to rest under the guidance of the servant.
In the next five days, there was a constant ding-ding-dong-dong sound in Wang's shop, which was a sound that reassured Shang Song who was walking back and forth in front of the door.
The Wang family finally started to move, and their hearts were relieved.
Hurrying slowly, finally on the morning of the sixth day, a brand new signboard shone brightly in front of Wang's shop, with four big characters on it - Northwest Chamber of Commerce.
Wang Zhi also greeted all the members of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce and cut the ribbon in front of the door. Next to Wang Zhi stood a middle-aged man wearing the official uniform of the governor, stroking his beard with a very satisfied expression.
A behemoth in the business world has emerged under his rule. As the governor of the state, how could he not know that? However, as long as this businessman pays taxes, his work has been done well. As for whether this product is contraband, that is What does the border affairs have to do with his Fengxiang Mansion? Investigating and handling smuggled items is not part of his job responsibilities.
So he came, cut the ribbon, saluted Wang Zhi and all the Song merchants, and left with two boys.
Two boys were carrying a heavy box, which they didn't know what to carry.
"Coming, coming, they're coming!"
As soon as Fengxiang Zhizhou left, a boy ran over and loudly reported to everyone.
Wang Zhi looked up at Rise with a smile on his face.
At this time, the crowds of people on Fengxiang Street surged, gradually pushing to the door of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce.
At the end of the crowd, a tall figure appeared on a horse. An ordinary-looking but majestic young man was riding on the horse, pushing the crowd forward.
Behind him was a fleet of vehicles that could not be seen at a glance. Each vehicle was packed with people, and they were lined up from the door of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce to outside the city gate.
Although Fengxiang Mansion is the most prosperous state capital in Shaanxi, the people have never seen such a caravan in formation, and they were all stunned and marveled at the spectacle.
"Junior brother!"
"General!"
Arriving as scheduled, both of them were very happy, but this was obviously not the time to talk about happiness.
The two of them got out of the way, and a group of well-dressed guards moved cart after cart of goods into the chamber of commerce.
One car is moved and the other is picked up.
The alley at the back entrance of the Chamber of Commerce was also crowded with people.
Because Wang Zhen is presiding over the sale here at this time, all the goods moved to the backyard by the guards will be bought as soon as possible.
There is no way, too many Xixia goods have been accumulated in Tiandu Mountain. If they cannot be sold immediately, this small chamber of commerce will probably not be able to pile up ten more.
You can get goods with double profits at your doorstep without taking any risks. The members of the Song Dynasty Chamber of Commerce in the Northwest Chamber of Commerce laughed so hard that they couldn't even see it.
Only when the members of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce were all sold out did they give way with a smile.
Let the hungry and thirsty ordinary Song merchants purchase goods.
It's a pity that they can't enjoy the discount of double profit, and can only get the goods at a discount of 10% or 20% compared to other places, so they have been squeezed out.
The powerful Song Shang approached Wang Zhi and expressed that he also wanted to join the Northwest Chamber of Commerce, but was decisively rejected by Wang Erlang.
Are you kidding me? You are risking the destruction of your entire family by doing this kind of business. You don’t pay anything and you just want to take advantage of the double profit?
What are you thinking? I want to eat shit!
