In Haiyan County, Wu County, in the ancestral home of the Zhu family, Zhu Lai and Zhu Pei sat kneeling opposite each other, their faces as gloomy as water.
This time they went to Huating County to bid. In order to take pictures of the salt drying method and the salt field indicators, the Zhu family tried every means.
Although they have taken pictures of the salt field indicators and the method of drying salt, it has also left the Zhu family with a lot of pain.
If you really want to pay such a huge sum of money, you will not only have to use many fields and properties as mortgages.
Moreover, the wealth accumulated by the Zhu family for hundreds of years needs to be taken out of the treasury to pay for this expense.
Thinking of this, Zhu Lai had a headache.
Even as the head of the family, he does not have the power to spend all the family's wealth.
Although the elders of the Zhu clan had discussed it before Zhu Pei went to Huating County.
But plans are worse than changes.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Pei and the others paid a price that quadrupled what they planned.
Seeing the subscription book in his hand, Zhu Lai's face was extremely gloomy. He stared at his son Zhu Pei and said, "Although the clan elders and I have given you the right to act cheaply, why is the price so many times higher than we expected?"
Zhu Pei quickly recounted everything that happened at the auction.
I heard that Yang Fan actually used the bidding trick again, and did not allow the major families to discuss it.
Zhu Lai couldn't help but gritted his teeth: "Yang Fan is really bullying people. We are willing to use money to buy those things. Even if we give him face, we didn't expect that guy to trick us. It's simply unreasonable!"
After saying that, Zhu Lai turned to Zhu Pei and asked: "Since the salt field index is so expensive, why do you still take pictures? Isn't this putting our Zhu family in trouble?"
"Now where do you want me to raise so much money? I can't use up all the capital left by my ancestors, right? It's really not a worry for me!"
Zhu Pei said helplessly: "Father, I can't help it. Besides, bidding it at such a price is also the result of discussions with the managers of other houses."
"If we don't take photos of the salt drying technology and salt field indicators, how will our family be able to run the salt business in the future? Isn't this a dead end?"
Hearing this, Zhu Lai didn't say anything. Although he was very angry, he knew that his son's decision was not wrong.
After all, Yang Fan's calculations are linked together, if he doesn't spend this price to obtain the indicators.
Then their Zhu family's business will be severely hit, or even cut off.
Although the Zhu family dared to make some small moves under Yang Fan's nose, they really didn't dare to openly confront Yang Fan.
After all, the many aristocratic families in Jiangnan that were destroyed by Yang Fan are a lesson learned from the past.
Zhu Lai took a few deep breaths and asked: "I heard that many aristocratic families from other areas came. How did they react? Are they just allowed to be slaughtered by Yang Fan?"
Zhu Pei quickly replied: "Almost all the aristocratic families in our Jiangnan have decided to gather together and go to the Xiao family in Jiangling to renegotiate with Yang Fan."
Zhu Lai frowned: "Why did you choose the Xiao family?"
Zhu Pei explained with a smile: "The reason why I went to the Xiao family is that the Xiao family is powerful and has always regarded itself as the leader of the Jiangnan gentry. It is best for him to be the first."
"On the other hand, the Xiao family has a good relationship with Yang Fan. If the Xiao family negotiates with Yang Fan, there may be good results."
Zhu Lai has always wanted to lead the Zhu family and lead the Zhu family to become the leader of Jiangnan.
Now almost all the families in Jiangnan still regard the Xiao family as the leaders of the families in Jiangnan.
Although Zhu Lai was unhappy, he didn't get angry immediately, he just snorted.
After all, he also knew that everyone's visit to Xiao's house was actually intended to be coercive.
It was obvious that the Jiangnan nobles wanted to use Xiao Yu's influence in the court to indirectly put pressure on Yang Fan.
Zuizhu Lai sighed and said: "This Yang Fan is really hateful. He himself is from a noble family. Why is he always targeting our family?"
"Hmph! So what?" Zhu Pei snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "This time, our major families contacted each other secretly and bid casually. When Yang Fan collected the money, we unanimously said that we didn't have that much money."
"It's just that I have no money. How dare Yang Fan risk the disapproval of the world and attack the Jiangnan nobles?"
"And I heard that no matter whether it is Guanzhong or other regions, the aristocratic families do not intend to fulfill all their promises."
"At the same time, we have decided that even if we pay, we will not pay cash, but just use those useless fields and properties to mortgage."
"In this way, Yang Fan will just receive some useless land deeds and house deeds, and Datang Royal Bank will become a joke."
"In the end, Yang Fan could only ask us to deposit the money. At that time, we took the initiative. In any case, Yang Fan will be very embarrassed this time!"
At the end of the sentence, Zhu Pei was extremely proud.
The reason why Zhu Pei didn't object to this bidding and tried his best to take pictures of the salt field indicators and the method of kneading salt was because he had already planned it.
As the successor of the Zhu family in Wu County, Zhu Pei has always been a talented and well-mannered young man in the eyes of his elders.
He is also the most popular among his peers in several major families in Jiangnan.
Even Xiao Ran, a rising star from the Xiao family, and Yang Xun from the Yang family, Zhu Pei never really took these people to heart.
Now that the Zhu family has been tricked by Yang Fan time and time again, Zhu Pei will certainly not give up.
This time, let everyone unite to fight Yang Fan, and even unite everyone to force the Xiao family to come forward. The ultimate goal is to undermine Yang Fan's prestige.
Once this happens, the status of the Zhu family will definitely be even better.
After hearing his son's analysis, Zhu Lai thought about it and found that there was no loophole, so he nodded and said: "Well, if this plan is really implemented, then this time it is Yang Fan's mistake."
"He never imagined that all the aristocratic families would unite to resist him, and even our Jiangnan noble families would unite again."
"Perhaps this kid Yang Fan can't imagine now that he gave us all his skills this time, which is like losing his wife and losing his troops."
"Haha, I really want to see how arrogant he is when the Royal Central Bank he is planning to build will not have a penny, and it can't even collect his own money."
"Hmph, facing so many aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty, I don't believe he dares to touch us. It seems that this time Yang Fan has to pinch his nose and accept as much as we give him."
"Even in the end, he had to beg us to deposit money in the central bank so that he could have circulating currency."
The more he talked, the more excited he became, and Zhu Lai was secretly proud of himself.
Just now, I was a little bit blaming my son for acting recklessly, but now I am even more happy.
After all, the better his son Zhu Pei is, the stronger the Zhu family will be in the future.
However, all this was because Yang Fan had tricked all the wealthy businessmen and aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty, and this allowed the Zhu family to seize the opportunity.
In the past, the Jiangnan nobles respected and feared Yang Fan.
On the one hand, everyone hopes that Yang Fan will really spread these technologies, and at the same time, everyone will work together to open waterways so that they can bring huge profits.
On the other hand, everyone is worried that Yang Fan doesn't keep his word and is playing tricks on everyone just to defraud everyone of their money.
But now Yang Fan has brought almost all the aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty into this game, which gives everyone an opportunity to unite to fight.
At least, this time they, the Jiangnan nobles, are not fighting alone.
If Yang Fan really wanted to use force, this would involve the entire Tang Dynasty's aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen.
No matter how powerful and courageous Yang Fan was, he would not dare to go to war in such a big way.
After all, even the emperor would not dare to forcefully attack so many aristocratic families.
Cooking salt over a fire has been a common practice for thousands of years, and sea salt all over the world is cooked this way.
Now Yang Fan suddenly figured out a way to produce salt without boiling it, and everyone wanted to take a bite.
In particular, the Zhu family, whose main business is salt, hopes to master this method of drying salt.
Now that the salt drying method and salt field indicators have been obtained, what they reached with Yang Fan was just an agreement.
Thinking of this, Zhu Lai wanted to laugh.
If you can spend a small amount of money to acquire the method of drying salt, it will be a hugely profitable business.
As long as the Zhu family makes a little effort this time, they can easily unite the Jiangnan gentry and make each family reach a tacit understanding.
At the same time, it can make the Xiao family take the lead, causing Yang Fan to be dissatisfied.
In this way, it is simply killing three birds with one stone.
Involuntarily, Zhu Lai nodded to his son with satisfaction.
Just when Zhu Lai and Zhu Pei were secretly proud, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.
Soon, a steward from the Zhu family walked in quickly.
Zhu Pei frowned and scolded: "How can you behave in a panic? Didn't you see that you and your father are discussing something?"
The steward apologized and said quickly: "Young Master, I really have something urgent to report. I just received a message from Huating County, so I am rude."
Zhu Pei's heart skipped a beat and asked, "What's the news? Is it about this auction?"
The steward quickly said: "Exactly, I heard that most of the money that Yang Fan got from the auction was handed over to the emperor by King Li Tai of Wei."
"According to the tip, except for the money from the Jiangnan aristocratic family that was collected and collected by Yang Fan, all the money from the aristocratic families in other areas was collected by the emperor himself."
"Furthermore, Yang Fan has already issued a message to Jiangnan Navy to be ready at all times. Any family that dares to deliberately fail to pay the bidding money will be regarded as contempt of the law and force will be confiscated!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Lai and Zhu Pei looked at each other, and their expressions changed greatly.
Zhu Lai even lost his voice and asked: "Is this news true?"
"It's absolutely true. It is said that King Li Tai of Wei is ready to set off, and the Governor's Office has no intention of hiding it..."
Zhu Lai closed his eyes, his face full of bitterness.
This trick is really poisonous!
In this case, who would dare to deliberately default on the money for these auctions?
Yang Fan donated the money from the bidding of aristocratic families in other areas to the emperor. Not only would he be favored by the emperor, but he would also be able to get the emperor to take action against these aristocratic families. Who would dare to slack off at all?
As soon as this news comes out, those families who want to default on their money will definitely work hard to raise money to pay it off.
After all, no one wants to be the chicken who kills the chicken to scare the monkeys.
It was originally thought that the techniques Yang Fan photographed belonged to his private income, and Yang Fan would keep them exclusively.
Who knew that Yang Fan would do something like this? It was like draining the firepower.
Yang Fan was so generous to give tens of millions of money to the emperor!
However, Yang Fan obviously did this to break the plan of Tang Dynasty and other aristocratic families to jointly refuse to pay.
Yang Fan was only responsible for collecting Jiangnan's money, and would use force to suppress the families who refused to pay.
This is clearly a plan that has been made for the Jiangnan family.
With Yang Fan's strength in Jiangnan and the emperor's high hopes for him, Yang Fan almost had the final say in the entire Jiangnan.
If Yang Fan wants to operate on someone, it's not just a matter of words.
It is conceivable that once this news breaks out, these Jiangnan families participating in the auction will definitely find ways to raise money.
After all, no one wants to stand out.
No one wants to be Yang Fan's first target.
If everyone is not united and wants to take advantage of Yang Fan, there is no way.
In this case, some families who are afraid of being liquidated by Yang Fan will not only not make a fuss about the price, but also pretend to have no money.
And he would willingly pay for it, even crying and begging Yang Fan to collect the money to prevent his family from being targeted by Yang Fan.
In this way, it has become a joke for Zong and Lianheng to deal with Yang Fan together!
The biggest headache for Zhu Lai now is that in this bidding, his son Zhu Pei originally planned to pay only part of the money, so he bought it at a price several times higher.
If they had to pay off all the money first, it would definitely break their muscles and bones.
Don't say that there is no money to develop the salt farm in the future. Even the expenses for so many servants and guards at home will come from nowhere.
Once they can no longer support their servants and guards, won't the Zhu family be allowed to be manipulated by Yang Fan without any interference?
It was a disaster.
In fact, this situation is universal and is a disaster for the entire Jiangnan family.
Zhu Pei gasped hard, this Yang Fan is too treacherous!
If such news had been released in advance, everyone would have been on guard, but now that the bidding price has been determined, who would dare to act rashly?
If the Jiangnan nobles dare to take action, it will be clear who supports and who opposes it.
Yang Fan would definitely not show mercy to those Jiangnan aristocratic families who objected.
From then on, where was the voice of resistance from the Jiangnan gentry?
This move kills people all over the place—absolutely!
Originally, all the nobles and merchants planned to cheat and pay a small amount to fool Yang Fan. Now who dares?
Even if the family is somewhat reluctant, they don't dare to play tricks.
At first, everyone’s thought was that we had quoted the price, but if everyone didn’t have money, you, Yang Fan, couldn’t do anything, right?
If you don’t want to draw water from a bamboo basket and get nothing, then you can take as much as you want and be done with it.
Not willing?
If you don't want to, just pull him down. After all, this is a decision made by all the aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen in the lobby.
But now, who dares to say that he has no money?
After all, the contract is now in the hands of the emperor, and the emperor holds the contract to collect money. Do you dare not give it?
No one is a fool.
In the past, the emperor had no reason to deal with aristocratic families, but now if these aristocratic families dare not pay, they will definitely be struck by the emperor's thunder.
Of course, the most important thing is that although the bidding price may be too high, it does not mean that there are no opportunities to make money.
As long as everyone develops well and cooperates vigorously with Yang Fan to promote these products overseas, we can make a lot of money in the future.
Everyone wants profits. Now that we have these advanced technologies in our hands, how can we give up?
The current problem for the Zhu family is not whether the salt farm indicators and the method of drying salt are worth the money.
In terms of value alone, no matter how high the bidding price is, it is still worth it.
It’s just that the Zhu family really can’t raise so much money!
If he uses his old property and real estate as a mortgage, wouldn't Yang Fan take back these fields if he can't pay back the money in the future?
Without the fields, how can we feed so many servants?
Without servants, these aristocratic families would have no advantage over others.
Thinking of this, Zhu Lai became even more angry and his eyes turned red.
He could only stare at his son Zhu Pei with his eyes wide open. If his son hadn't been so self-righteous, how could he have fallen into Yang Fan's scheme.
It's too late to say anything now!
After thinking about it, Zhu Lai had no choice but to say quickly: "Hurry up and contact the other Jiangnan nobles who participated in the bidding. Rush to the Xiao family as soon as possible and ask the Xiao family to come forward to negotiate the price with Yang Fan and try your best to cut the bidding price in half."
Zhu Lai knew very well that it was no longer possible to fool around with just a little money.
But now, we can only unite to put pressure on the Xiao family, let the Xiao family come forward to negotiate with Yang Fan, and lower the price!
"promise!"
Zhu Pei also knew that he had been tricked again, and after saying yes, he hurriedly left!
He knew very well that if the Xiao family could not negotiate the price, then the Zhu family would be in danger.
(End of chapter)
