"You know the purpose of bringing everyone together today, right?"
In Jinguan City, a thin middle-aged man touched his beard and looked at the large table of people.
"Gan Youde, talk about things when you have something to say. If you have nothing to do, don't delay me from listening to music!"
A fat-headed man sat next to him and said something impatiently.
"Boss Zhu, if you really didn't want to come, you wouldn't be sitting here now."
Gan Youde looked at the fat and oily Boss Zhu with disdain.
The person who came here today was a big salt merchant in the whole of Sichuan. He couldn't hide the news of Tang Ping's entry into Sichuan, and he had no intention of hiding it.
After all, the team of about a thousand people did not rush to Fuyi County after entering Sichuan, but stopped in Mianzhou.
The external news is that Li Ke has not seen his son for a long time, and Tang Ping is willing to let his apprentice stay at home for a few more days so that the elderly at home can enjoy family happiness.
"Humph, this is the government's decision. How can a few of us change it?" A somewhat tough salt merchant said, slapping the table.
"Wu Laosan, the governor of Yizhou Prefecture is your brother-in-law, can't you think of something?"
"Haha, now you know he is my brother-in-law? Last year, my brother-in-law issued a decree. How did you obstruct it? The government? How were you ever afraid of the government?"
A group of people were noisy, but they couldn't come to any conclusion.
Although we are in the same industry, our normal friendship is just like that. To put it bluntly, no one is less likely to stab someone in the back when trying to steal business.
"Ahem!" The oldest old man at the head coughed twice: "If there is such a noise, we don't have to eat anymore. We can go back each other. How to do business in the future is up to each of us."
While the old man spoke, the others became quiet. The old man's surname was An, and he was the largest salt merchant in Shu. His family wealth may not be as good as that of Li Hakka, but in the salt industry, he was considered the boss in Shu.
"Mr. An, what do you think we should do? It is said that destroying a person's financial path is like killing his parents. Now that this man named Tang has entered Shu, it is clear that he will destroy everyone's escape."
"Tell me, why are they so confident?" Old Man An looked at the other salt merchants below.
"I've asked around and found out that they have new methods of digging wells and pumping water. Just digging salt wells and pumping out brine can cost a lot of money.
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It is already much lower than ours, but it is said that there is a new method of boiling salt, which can produce better snowflake salt. "
This information was originally released by Tang Ping. It was not surprising that they could find out.
"Then what if we had a new way of digging wells and pumping water?"
"Mr. An, that new method was created by that man surnamed Tang. It is said that he studied under Lu Ban and was proficient in all kinds of ingenious things. If we could come up with a new method for digging wells, we would have figured it out long ago. How could we spend hundreds of dollars on it? The current method has been used for many years.”
Boss Zhu sighed a little as he spoke. His salt farm is not the largest here, but he collects the most salt, so he is the one who suffers the most when the price of salt falls.
"Boss Zhu, the little guy named Tang made this thing, but can he still make it by himself?"
As soon as Old Man An finished speaking, several people's eyes lit up, and Na Gan Youde slapped the table: "Yes! No matter how smart that kid is, he still has to call someone to make this thing for him. We just need to start from the people who make things." If we buy the blueprints from someone else, wouldn’t we be able to dig wells and pump water ourselves?”
Everyone was overjoyed. If they could have the drawings, then they would naturally have a bargaining chip to fight against the government. If you dig wells, we will dig them too. If you dig wells, we will also dig them.
Even if the cost of cooking salt is higher than yours, after all, with so many years of business channels, we can eventually fight against the government.
Of course, the premise of all this is that the Tang government did not have a salt monopoly.
"I just don't know if it's still too late to send someone to Chang'an to inquire. If the man named Tang continues to go south in a few days..."
Old Man An chuckled and looked at the people: "Didn't you notice that there is one less person today?"
"Yes, why didn't Shopkeeper Cai come today?"
After being reminded by Old Man An, everyone discovered that two major salt merchants were missing today.
One is Li Ke, and now they have assigned Li Ke to Tang Ping's side.
There is also Shopkeeper Cai. This Shopkeeper Cai’s business scale is only medium, but he is actually Old Man An’s cousin, and the two families have close ties.
Shopkeeper Cai always followed Old Man An's lead in everything he did. This was one of the reasons why Old Man An became the largest salt merchant.
"Mr. An, you mean..."
"Yes, if shopkeeper Cai gets the drawings,
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I plan to share it with everyone, but the cost..." Old Man An looked at a table of salt merchants and asked slowly.
"Of course we'll share equally!"
"That's right, as long as you buy the blueprints, you will get a huge profit. No matter how much it is, everyone can share it equally."
"In that case, let's just rest easy for two days and wait for the good news from Shopkeeper Cai. As soon as there is news, he will fly pigeons to send the message back."
Hearing Old Man An say this, the major salt merchants who were originally worried all felt relieved.
"Mr. An is indeed very cunning!"
"How else can I put it, is ginger still hotter than old?"
"We all have to learn from Mr. An in the future."
The salt merchant here said so happily that he flattered Old Man An so much that he flew into the air.
On the other side, the absent shopkeeper Cai touched the sweat on his forehead.
Now that he thought about what he had just experienced, he found it incredible.
A few days ago, he happened to be in Chang'an and received instructions from his cousin, Old Man An, to buy back the drawings at all costs.
At first, he asked many people to inquire, and finally he learned that the things were mainly made by the Ministry of Works. The Craftsmen Association asked some people to help, but one person was responsible for one small part.
He wanted the Craftsmen Association to help find out which craftsmen were involved, but the person he had trusted with the relationship simply refused and would not do it no matter how much money he was offered.
In the end, he begged so anxiously that he left a sentence: This thing was made by His Majesty himself. If you have the ability to figure it out, you can do it yourself. My family and I are living well in Chang'an. Don't come and harm us. I.
Then shopkeeper Cai found several craftsmen from the craftsmen's association, and it turned out that they had signed confidentiality agreements.
After finally spending a lot of money to pry open the mouths of several people, he found that the small parts they made were no different from a pile of scrap metal in front of him.
To know the entire assembly line operation, the entire drilling rig has almost more than 80 steps and processes.
Unless shopkeeper Cai can find craftsmen for each of the more than eighty processes, it will be in vain.
And this final combination is also the most troublesome, that is, he may not be able to assemble it with more than 80 parts.
Therefore, it is basically impossible to find craftsmen from the crafts association.
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