"Are you deaf? I said... let you give me a good beating,"
Snapped……
The civil servant Meng Yin suddenly took action and slapped the arrogant hereditary military commander on the face.
Although he was a scholar, his strength was not light, and red palm prints suddenly appeared on his face.
This incident suddenly shocked everyone.
"What the hell..."
"You didn't say it yourself. If you let me beat you up, you will never fight back. The people around you can testify to this. A dignified military general spits on you and nails him, but his words don't mean what he says?"
Mengyin Literary sneered and continued: "If you ignore it and insist on taking action, I can break my own head and be unable to get out of bed for three to five months.
If I fail the exam then, I will sue! "
"you……"
"What are you doing? If you have the ability, do it and see if I can throw it accurately! Brothers, get ready and be sure to throw it more accurately!"
Huh...huh...
The hereditary generals clenched their fists, but did not dare to move.
Only now do they realize what it means to bring something upon oneself, and what it means to treat others the same way they treat others.
After there was no movement for a long time, Civilian Meng Yin chuckled lightly, walked around the other party and walked forward, muttering to himself as he walked.
"As expected, they are all a bunch of cowards!"
"There is no blood at all. If the army is handed over to such a weakling, the Ming Dynasty...hey!"
"In my life, this is the first time I've heard someone make such a shameful request!"
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The two edicts pitted the hereditary and shadowed civil and military officials against each other. They were extremely unhappy but powerless.
But the children of the gentry and wealthy businessmen were the happiest.
This group of hereditary and shadowed disciples looked down upon them every day just because they had 'official positions'.
Even if you take them to play, you still treat them as meal tickets.
They were told to come and go as they were told, but they had to endure it because they might one day take away the connections of their fathers.
Although this kind of thing is not common, there are one or two every year.
Who can guarantee that these children will always be the masters who receive salary and do not work. If they are taken away one day, even if they are just to replace a seventh-grade county magistrate, they will be much better than a child of a wealthy businessman.
Nowadays, it is either a big test or experience, and only a few can pass it.
Because the emperor's purpose is to clean up these people, he will certainly not let them pass easily.
The children who failed the exam will have to pay back double the injustice they have suffered over the years.
But this feeling only lasted for two days.
Because two days later, the Daming Daily published a plan to open the Ningyuan Mutual Market, hold an investment conference, and adjust the types of goods in the mutual market, which made them even more happy and doubled the amount of money.
"Is the imperial court's decision to make mutual trade a step too far? What if the Mongolian tribes accumulate strength and rebel?"
"You are really worrying blindly. The more than 400,000 slave-building coalition troops were directly destroyed, but we only suffered more than 30,000 casualties. With this strength, we are afraid of rebellion?
Those who dare to rebel will take this opportunity to exterminate their race and completely wipe them out! "
"The possibility of rebellion is unlikely, but this strategy is very unfair to us ordinary people. Businessmen will make a lot of money by going to the mutual market, and we people will have to farm. The gap between the rich and the poor will become wider and wider!"
"Your idea is wrong. Many businessmen nowadays are self-made. Being a clerk in a caravan is not only to accumulate experience, but also to accumulate funds and status.
After gradually becoming familiar with the methods, you can start a small business on your own, open a store, form a small caravan, and finally a large caravan.
The head of our Shen family in Nanjing City must have been a caravan clerk when he was young, and the boss Zhang of Linqingxuan in the city, wasn't he a salesman? "
"Yes, the wind rises from the end of the green grass, and the waves form from the gentle waves. Nothing is difficult in the world, only those who are willing to do so."
"Whether it can be done or not, identity is one thing, but whether you dare and whether you want to do it is another.
It was so difficult before, but some people succeeded. Now that I am more relaxed, maybe it will be better! "
"Hey, I don't want to be a merchant anymore, but can we still afford the price of this caravan?"
"It's a waste of time to worry about it. Don't we still have department store supply and marketing cooperatives? If their prices are too high, let's just go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy them. They'll just rot in the warehouse!"
…
The common people couldn't quite understand this, but the businessmen could, and all the businessmen became excited.
In Nanjing City, dozens of people gathered in a guild hall with the word Dongting written on it.
If there are businessmen here, they must know that these people are the heads of various families in the Dongting Merchant Gang. Some families have been in business for more than a hundred years.
"Everyone, please read the news about the mutual market published in the Ming Dynasty Daily. The types of goods in the mutual trade have been adjusted. Except for the control of iron, copper and other metals, the rest have basically been relaxed.
And the goods transported no longer give 40% to the court, which means there is a lot of wealth,
My suggestion is that we focus on Ningyuan and abandon the other 11 mutual markets! "
Having said this, the old man in the first seat picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea slowly, and said calmly: "There are three reasons. First, our Nanjing is far away from other mutual markets. Those mutual markets are in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Beizhili, etc. land,
The local caravans can fill the place, and even if we try to get a share of the pie, it won’t be much.
Second, the eleven mutual markets are for Mongolian tribes, chieftains, etc., but how many people do they have there?
Moreover, the various tribes only trade cattle, sheep, furs, medicinal materials, etc. There are few types and it is not easy to transport them;
But Ningyuan is different. Liaodong, North Korea, Fusang in the future, even the Mongolian tribes and the Rakshasa further north have a population of at least tens of millions, and there are a lot of things produced there.
The most important thing is the war and reconstruction over there. During the recovery process, a large amount of materials is needed. This is an opportunity.
Third, this is a new mutual market. Unlike other interactions that have been preempted, we have enough time to operate it. "
Listening to the analysis of the first old man, everyone nodded.
"Mr. Xi's analysis is very correct. This is an opportunity!"
"Ningyuan Mutual Market has great potential. If we do well, our family can earn at least tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. It is a long-term fixed income, and it will get better and better in the future!"
"How about this? We use all our wealth to wrap up Ningyuan Mutual Market. The meat will rot in our own pot and we will eat it ourselves!"
"Yes, if we go all out, no one can compete with us, not even Quanzhou or Hangzhou!"
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"Hehehe..."
A sneer interrupted everyone's reverie.
The old man in the front seat said coldly: "You are not putting meat in the pot, you are putting yourselves in the pot!"
"Xi, Mr. Xi, what do you mean by this?"
A middle-aged man in the lobby looked at the old man who spoke out and asked guiltily.
Seeing that the others were staring at him, the old man in the first seat put down his tea cup and said with a solemn expression: "There are two fatal points in what you just said."
“First, I can’t guess what the Ningyuan Mutual Market will eventually become.
But based on the population size and the materials produced in several places there, it is definitely more than the other eleven places combined.
Such a huge flow of water represents huge commercial taxes and customs duties.
Once it is monopolized by us, it is okay to do some tricks, lower prices, etc., which means that the commercial tax on the court's income will be reduced, which is absolutely not allowed by the court.
Secondly, it will harm the interests of the merchants in Liaodong. Once trouble occurs, the court will definitely pursue it.
Third, even if we buy and sell normally, the court does not allow us to monopolize. It is best for merchants to shop around. "
Anyone who can sit here is as shrewd as a monkey and understands it instantly.
Since the imperial court has opened up... and relaxed business affairs, it does not mean that merchants can act arbitrarily. They are still under the supervision of the imperial court and will even guide reasonable buying and selling prices.
To a certain extent, monopoly is a kind of party struggle in business. The court allows competition and everyone uses their own methods to fight, but it is absolutely not allowed to fight in this way.
Thinking of this, everyone broke into cold sweat on their backs.
After a few breaths passed, someone whispered again: "Mr. Xi, you just made two mistakes. This is the first point. What about the second point?"
