In the following days, Xu Guogong was like an old man visiting relatives, wandering around in various houses! He even accepted a banquet in the palace! But Liu Haojia knew that Duke Xu was not idle at all during these days!
He has been having secret discussions with the nobles, coordinating and calculating the bargaining chips available to him! At the same time, he also used this rare opportunity to try to use the Xu family as a link to unite the nobles from the north and the south and unify them into a real noble class, instead of dividing them into the founding family and the Jingnan family! It’s just that it will take some time for this thing to be truly successful!
That night, a grand banquet was held in the Chengguo Palace, and Liu Haojia was naturally invited! But halfway through the banquet, there were a few people missing! They are Xu Guogong, Cheng Guogong, Ding Guogong and Wu Ninghou!
The sudden disappearance of four heavyweights did not affect the nobles at all! Each one of them pretended to be confused and continued the banquet as if the four of them were still there!
At this time, the four people in the back hall took a shower and then gathered in the study! The maid served fragrant tea and snacks and then withdrew! Then there was silence in the house! Only the curls of green smoke coming out of the copper incense burner showed that everything in the room was not frozen!
In the end, Liu Haojia was the first to break the silence and said: "Three of you, why are you staring at this junior so hard? It's as if this junior has flowers on his face!"
Cheng Guogong smiled and said: "I don't know what they are thinking! But I was thinking about the first time I met you a few years ago. I still remember it vividly when I think of it! But I didn't expect that a man with a beard in those days would The little guy who didn’t have any, has now climbed to the position of commander of the Imperial Guards!”
Duke Dingguo gently clapped his hands and said, "Don't tell me, we really want to go together!"
Xu Guogong also nodded and said, "That counts as my share!"
Hearing this, Liu Haojia raised his hands to the three of them and said, "Seniors, please stop making fun of me, a junior! Let's get down to business as soon as possible! I think everyone is in a hurry these days!"
Cheng Guogong curled his lips and said: "Why should we wait in a hurry? Don't be afraid of being late if you have a good meal. They don't understand this truth! They only focus on the petty profit in front of them every day, and they have to rely on the younger generation to give ideas. I'm afraid I feel embarrassed for them!"
Duke Dingguo said jokingly: "You are not ashamed, so don't listen! You have earned a lot of money through Chong En! Now that you have the money, you are starting to feel embarrassed!"
Duke Cheng Guo laughed and said, "Can it be the same? I am the elder, and it is right for the younger generation to respect their elders!"
Xu Guogong pointed at him and said: "You are not ashamed, can you say this?"
After everyone laughed and laughed, they finally returned to the topic! Xu Guogong finally said: "Tell me! How big is your financial source that even Marquis Wu Ning can't eat?"
Liu Haojia did not answer this question, but instead said to Duke Xu: "My lord, you have been to every house in the capital in the past two days. It can be seen that you want to unite the nobles to form a whole, but the effect is not great. Yes or no?"
Xu Guogong nodded very freely and said: "I actually didn't think it would really work, I just gave it a try! What, do you have an idea?"
Liu Haojia said with a smile: "Xungui was originally a scattered group, but recently there have been signs of gathering together. The reason was the idea given by the juniors to let everyone jointly establish a business group! It's just that everyone in this business group has Although my different demands are integrated, they seem to be completely different from each other! However, this junior has a way to make up for it, and it is also related to this financial source!"
Duke Cheng Guo stared and said, "Boy, if you keep showing off, do you believe I will kick you?"
Liu Haojia smiled and cupped his hands and said, "That junior said it openly! The reason why business groups cannot unite everyone is because there is no unified financial source! Today's business groups are more like a loose federation, all under the same name. Everyone does his or her own thing! So the junior has prepared a common financial resource, so that all nobles can be united! And the financial source that the junior is talking about is salt! The junior has a way to let the nobles get 70% of the salt share of the entire Ming Dynasty. Business group!"
As soon as Liu Haojia finished speaking, the entire study room returned to its original state.
situation! In other words, except for the floating smoke, everything is silent! At this time, although the three people of Xu Guogong did not show any expressions on their faces, they could not help but stir up a storm in their hearts!
If Liu Haojia can really let them control 70% of the salt, it will really benefit future generations! Food, clothing, housing and transportation are things that people can never live without! There are no clothes underneath these things. At worst, I can wear leaves or animal skins, which can always cover my body! You can even walk without a carriage! But it’s absolutely impossible without food and salt!
Looking at the performance of the three of them, Liu Haojia secretly laughed in his heart! Because although the three people pretended to be mature and unfazed, they didn't know that their faces had already turned red! Liu Haojia thought very maliciously that if they were to measure their blood pressure now, it would probably be off the charts!
After a while, Duke Cheng Guo calmed down and said, "Listen, listen, this little guy is actually bragging to us! And he turned against him!"
Xu Guogong nodded and said, "It's indeed a bit outrageous! Is that salt something we can touch?"
Duke Dingguo then said: "That's right! Although it seems that salt was controlled by salt merchants in the past, what are salt merchants? They are pigs! There are many ways to deal with them! Didn't you just kill a group of salt merchants? What’s going on, do you want to turn us brothers into pigs?”
Liu Haojia said with a smile: "How can this junior have such an idea! But since this junior dares to say it, he is certainly somewhat sure!"
The three people looked at each other and then Duke Cheng said: "Then tell me, what do we have to pay to get this source of wealth?"
All three people stared at Liu Haojia, because they also knew that the price would definitely not be small! So they are eager to know the results so that they can gauge whether they can accept it!
After Liu Haojia glanced at the three people, he lightly uttered two words from his lips: "Jingying!"
The three people were stunned for a moment, and then they slapped the table at the same time and said, "No way!"
The result was such a neat sound that even they themselves were surprised! After the three people were startled by themselves, they first looked at each other, and then laughed out of embarrassment! In the end, it was Xu Guogong who took the lead and said: "Boy, don't even think about the Beijing camp. This is the foundation for our nobles to settle down and live in peace! On this point, no nobleman will agree!"
