"Killing chickens to scare monkeys?" The steward was a little surprised, "Mr. Lang, you mean they are going to attack these businessmen?"
"Yes, I'm afraid they will choose one or two big merchant families and then attack them directly. This is a normal business method. They will cut off all trade relations between these one or two merchant families and no longer trade with them. These merchants have no If the raw materials or goods cannot be sold, the entire business may collapse immediately.”
"If we use some methods to make them sign a large order before making a loss, and then cut off the supply of raw materials and other supplies after signing, then these merchant families will naturally be unable to move forward, especially the ships, caravans, etc. used for transportation. The young master is somewhat related to a wealthy family." Zheng Lin shook his head.
"This... Lang Jun, these people are probably not targeting these merchant families, right?" The housekeeper hesitated.
"Otherwise? Can these businessmen not be tempted by the conditions given by His Highness? But if you want to be tempted, you must have the ability. In fact, I have carefully analyzed these merchant families. Almost all of these merchant families are limited to the local area, including some This is true for relatively strong merchant families."
"It's not that they don't want to expand to other states, but their strength doesn't allow it. If they want to trade across states, without the support of powerful families, the cost will be very high. So they can only be restricted to the local area."
"As long as they are limited to the local area, it means that if they are targeted by so many powerful families at the same time, their ability to resist risks is very poor."
"To put it bluntly, this battle is not a fight between aristocratic families and businessmen, but a battle between aristocratic families and His Highness the King of Qin."
"The wealthy family wants to tell these businessmen that if you leave them and want to follow the King of Qin, you can, but the result is that your family's business will not be done. Even if it is done, it will probably be a loss-making business. At the same time, they also want to look at His Highness the King of Qin. How much ability do you have? If you want to take advantage of the merchants in the world, you can, but your highness, King Qin, can you give these merchants what they want?" Zheng Lin said quietly.
It has been nearly half a year since he came to Chang'an. Zheng Lin has learned almost all the experiences of His Highness King Qin from childhood to adulthood. He has also read the things and articles related to His Highness King Qin, so Zheng Lin dare not He said that he completely understood His Highness the King of Qin, but he believed that these wealthy families and businessmen may not understand him as well as he did.
"Then... Lang Jun, can His Highness win?" The housekeeper was a little worried. They, the Chang'an Zheng Family, didn't care whether His Highness wanted it or not, but they were determined to follow His Highness and fight to the death. His Highness's victory or defeat was naturally related to them. .
"Has Your Highness ever lost?" Zheng Lin smiled.
The housekeeper was surprised, wasn't he?
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Qingyu House, this is a tea house. It can be regarded as an industry that emerged after His Highness the King of Qin improved tea. Of course, there were tea houses before, but the people were not as popular as now. After His Highness improved the tea, more and more people drank the new tea and tasted the old tea. The number of people is gradually decreasing.
Qingyu Tower is not open to the public today. Although there are people sitting downstairs, these people are the backbone of various powerful families, and their head, who can make the decision, is gathering in a private room upstairs.
There were a total of seventeen people in today's gathering, and all the five surnames and Qiwang were present. In addition, there were also the Jingzhao Wei family, Fanyang Lu family, Langya Wang family, Wujun Zhu family, Wujun Lu family, Hedong Liu family, Jing family. Zhao Du family, Henan Yuan family, Henan Yu family, Lanling Xiao family.
It can be said that the group of people in front of them really represent the first group in Datang.
"Everyone, let's concentrate our efforts on the Bai and Zhang families. Do you have any objections?"
"No." Fan Yanglu's man said.
"Then it's settled. As for how to operate it, let's discuss it?" someone from the Wang family in Taiyuan asked.
"What's the point of discussing this? Just concentrate all our efforts and cut off all their business needs." Jingzhao Weishi said.
"Everyone, do you think we can win?" the people from the Li family in Longxi asked.
Everyone glanced at him, and the head of the Bolingcui clan shook his head lightly: "We can't win, we will definitely lose."
"Is Mr. Cui so unsure?"
"It's not that I'm not confident. Ask a few of them, how many of them think we can win?" Cui's head glanced at the people next to him.
The person who asked the question looked over and found that everyone remained silent.
"Then why are we doing this? To be honest, I don't have much confidence myself." It was Langya Wang who asked.
"Whether we win or not is two different things. If we don't win, we have to do something. We have to express our attitude and let His Highness see that we can work together as one." The head of the Cui family picked up the teacup and drank. Take a sip of tea.
"Of course, apart from that, we also have some goals. For example, we always ask His Highness to use some means. You must have noticed it to some extent. The scale of His Highness's Yuelai Trading Company is larger than we imagined. many."
Everyone looked at each other, then nodded in shock and said: "Indeed, if His Highness hadn't taken the initiative, we would have never noticed that Yuelai Trading Company has branches and stores in almost every state in the Tang Dynasty. "
"And there's one more thing." The Zhu family of Wu County suddenly said.
"What?" Everyone looked over.
"Unity, Yuelai Trading Company, I don't know when you all noticed it. Our Zhu family noticed it about four years ago. At that time, we knew that it was His Highness the King of Shu's trading company. Our family didn't care at first, but later in line with It was all about making money, so we tentatively sent people to investigate and make contact. Guess what?" The person from the Zhu family in Wu County said with a smile.
"What's going on?" Everyone looked curious.
"Four years!" The head of the Zhu family in Wu County held out four fingers, "Almost all the information we got was useless! We didn't get any useful information at all!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
Looking at their expressions, the head of the Zhu family secretly laughed in his heart, which would make you scared.
"Is this...really fake?" Someone at the table couldn't help but ask.
They have all done this kind of thing such as spying on their peers, sending spies, alienating and other means. The ancestors don’t know how many examples there are. How could these families that have been passed down for thousands of years not know about it.
The so-called layman sees the excitement, while the expert sees the door. Precisely because they all knew it, they found it horrifying. They spent four years investigating, but couldn't find anything? How loyal is it to do this?
There have been conflicts among the various families here, and they have also inquired about each other's information. No one can be foolproof. Not to mention four years, four months without revealing any information is already considered awesome!
"I swear in the name of the ancestors of the Zhu family." The head of the Zhu family said calmly.
Now everyone was really frightened.
