When Guo Dan helped Xu Jirong to establish the "Three Musketeers", the predecessor of Wuzhang, he was kind-hearted. At that time, he had no idea that there would be today. He could only say that kindness would be rewarded. Today's five guns are crucial to Guo Dan. It can be said that it is the hub of Guo Dan's entire plan. If there were no Wuzhang, Guo Dan would have spent several times more energy on the plan.

The scale of the five guns is now very large. After Guo Dan took over, he would not go to small-scale operations, but was directly driven by capital.

Now all private printing workshops in the capital have been acquired by Wujiu. It is basically very smooth and there is no obstacle. This is mainly because the private printing workshop itself is not very high, and the purchase price given by Wujiu is very considerable. In addition, the fivejiu has already sold the printer's remuneration, so their small business operations are difficult to afford, so they simply sold them all to Wujiu.

Guo Dan's original intention is to acquire talents. Those printing workshops cannot pose any threat to the five guns, all he wants is technology.

Although he knew nothing about technology and asked him to invent glass and muskets, it was really too forced to do so, but he knew how to use capital to acquire technology and promote technological progress. After a large number of printers added five guns, the printing technology was integrated, and the promotion of funds behind it was enough to meet Guo Dan's current needs.

Guo Dan didn't need to do everything himself like before. He just told them what he wanted, and just told Guan Xiaojie not to cut corners below his neck. This is a wedding painting, not to make it look like a photo album, but to smash his signature.

After listening to it, Guan Xiaojie decided to take charge of the Marseille side. His enlightenment was a splendid and a nun series, and he really couldn't do it.

So, Guo Dan arranged for Zhu Lizhi and the old team of the Three Musketeers to be responsible for the wedding painting, while Guan Xiaojie and other painters were responsible for the Marseille side.

As for Xu Jirong, he hadn't had five guns for a long time. He had fallen into the pit he dug and trained his own ranch every day. He is now seriously competing for the first place in riding skills.

He has already been involved in the show, so others have even joined the show, especially the descendants of Li Shouya and others.

Originally, these generals had already begun to degenerate or tend toward the liberal arts, but this competition aroused their fighting spirit, remembering that their ancestors followed Taizu on horseback, fought south and north, and created the Ming Dynasty. They could lose anything, but they could not lose on horseback.

After Chen Ping easily got the second payment, he worked harder. The racecourse was the same every day and the construction speed was very fast.

Everything seems to be very smooth, but that is just on the surface. Making money is the most impossible thing to do smoothly. Simply put, why do you earn this money? Who in the world is not short of money?

Liu family.

"Grandpa, the people from the Jiang family have just come to find their grandson."

"Jiang Family?"

Liu Zongcheng frowned and said, "What are they here to find you?"

Liu Chengbian said: "Don't we still have a batch of wood in our hands? They hope to buy our wood."

"wood?"

Liu Zongcheng frowned, and suddenly opened his eyes: "Are they planning to take advantage of the transaction between Guo Dan and Chen Ping to raise the price of the wood, and then make a fortune from it?"

Liu Chengbian nodded and said, "It should be true. When they talked with their grandson, they also hinted that our Liu family would join forces with them to deal with Guo Dan."

Liu Zongcheng asked: "Have you investigated this matter?"

Liu Chengbian said: "The grandson sent someone to inquire just now, but they did it this time very secretly and can't find anything at present."

Liu Zongcheng nodded slightly and said, "It seems that the four major teeth are going to attack Guo Dan this time."

Liu Cheng changed his mind: "Grandpa and grandson also thought this was an excellent opportunity. Guo Dan now contracted the imperial ranch, and in front of the civil and military officials of the court, he promised that once he could not complete the construction as scheduled, he would even lose his life. No matter how high the price was, he would have to buy it."

Liu Zongcheng pondered silently, and after a while, he nodded slightly: "This is indeed an excellent opportunity. It is said that the snipe and clam fight, and the fisherman gains profit."

Liu Chengbian was stunned and said, "What does grandpa mean?"

Liu Zongcheng smiled and said, "Bian'er, how many times have grandpa told you that we only have one purpose in business, which is to make money, and we must never act voluntarily. Although Guo Dan has caused our Liu family to lose face several times, I am more willing to make more money than to take revenge on Guo Dan."

Liu Chengbian said: "The grandson is definitely not acting voluntarily. The grandson just feels that compared to this profit, Guo Dan poses a greater threat to us."

Liu Zongcheng laughed: "The most bullying of us is not the Kou family, but the four major officials. But you think this is a matter for granted, so you don't think that once the Kou family collapses, we will become thorns in their side. Of course, Guo Dan is too strong and is not good for us. Therefore, this time we have to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, and give it to your mouth and eat it. You go to the Jiang family and say that we have plans to sell that batch of wood to them, but we will never sell it to Guo Dan."

Liu Chengbian pondered for a moment and said, "Grandpa wants to release that batch of wood when they start competing."

Liu Zongcheng praised him and smiled and said, "I see that the price of this wood can at least double."

......

East Factory.

"The villain Huang Xiong meets the governor."

"The villain Cai Jin met the governor."

"No gift!"

Zhang Jing held the teacup, took a sip, slowly put it down, looked at the two middle-aged men in front of him, and said, "Why are you two coming together today? What happened?"

Huang Xiong and Cai Jin are of great origin. They control the entire capital, including nearly 70% of the gambling shops in Tongzhou. They are definitely considered gambling king-level figures. It is impossible to do this without a backer behind them. Zhang Jing is their big backer.

Cai Jin glanced at Huang Xiong, and Huang Xiong said, "Governor, the villain came here this time to find the Governor to help him."

Zhang Jing frowned and said, "Help? Who wants to harm you?"

"Who else can be there? Guo Dan."

Cai Jin said with a depressed look: "Governor, once the Marseille starts, our business will definitely be affected."

Zhang Jing said: "This is not the same thing at all. It's not so exaggerating. Don't worry too much."

Huang Xiong immediately said: "Governor, everyone has so much money in their wallets. If everyone goes to bet on horses, they will have no money to come to play here."

Cai Jin said aggrievedly: "The Governor clearly understands that the villain is not afraid of him, Guo Dan, but the villain just thinks this is too unfair. Everyone is gambled. Why is he just right? Our business is shameless, which makes us unable to compete with him. If we continue, we can only wait for death."

Zhang Jing frowned, feeling that what they said was reasonable. One of the same nature can't stand the light, the other can't see the light, and the other can't stand the light, and no matter how you can't stand the light, he said: "This is not the simple thing you imagine."

Now whenever he meets Guo Dan, Zhang Jing will be very depressed. He is the governor of the East Factory and everyone is afraid, but he can't use his strength to Guo Dan because he knows in his heart that the emperor has hundreds of thousands of taels in Guo Dan's hands, which makes him always have some concerns.

Huang Xiong and Cai Jin looked at each other, and Huang Xiong said again: "When dealing with a small tooth merchant, the villain dares not ask the governor to take action. As long as the governor nods, we have our own way to deal with Guo Dan."

Zhang Jing asked, "What's the solution?"

Huang Xiong said: "It's not a villain who is arrogant. When it comes to this bet, he is not a big deal. When we opened a gambling house, he didn't know where it was. I have carefully studied his Marseille system, which is full of loopholes. As long as we can occupy two or three horses in a game, we can manipulate the Marseille and earn the prize money in the prize pool."

Cai Jin sneered: "Guo Dan never expected that he was trying hard to hold this Marseille to actually make money for us."

Zhang Jing's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he thought, anyway, His Majesty earned a handling fee, and everyone earned the same money in this prize pool. If Marseille is really destroyed, he can only blame him for not considering it carefully, but I can't blame me. He thought for a little while, and then smiled and said, "You can do this by yourself."

Huang Xiong and Cai Jin all looked happy because Guo Dan's Marseille had a court background. Without Zhang Jing nodding, they would not dare to act rashly.

.....

Chen Family.

"My dear nephew is so busy now, why do you have time to come to me?"

When Chen Fangyuan saw Guo Dan suddenly coming, he was both happy and curious.

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Uncle Chen, don't forget, we still have a cooperative relationship. How about I come? What was the investigation last time I asked you to investigate?"

"We have investigated it clearly, please wait a moment."

Chen Fangyuan immediately took out a stack of information from the bookcase next to him and handed it to Guo Dan, saying, "This is the information of some large silk shops in the capital. Sixty percent of them are controlled by princes and nobles in the court, as well as those aristocratic families. Only they have such a large land to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms, 20% are controlled by official teeth, and the remaining 20% ​​are in the hands of our merchants."

Guo Dan listened while holding the information and watching carefully.

After a while, he finished reading it, pressed his hand on the information, pondering and silent.

Chen Fangyuan sat aside in a daze, not daring to disturb Guo Dan.

After a while, Guo Dan suddenly said: "You have 30,000 taels of goods written on it and will arrive in the capital within this year. Is this news accurate?"

“Absolutely accurate.”

Chen Fangyuan said: "You have given me a warning last time, and I have also asked Xiaodong to confirm it again and again. The 30,000 taels of goods were shipped to the capital by a wealthy merchant in Jiangnan to sell."

Guo Dan said: "After these goods arrive in the capital, do you have to go through the hands of the official teeth?"

Chen Fangyuan nodded and said, "Of course, this is a private transaction. Without the procedures of the official, the goods cannot enter the capital."

Guo Dan nodded.

Chen Fangyuan asked, "Nephew, why do you want to investigate these?"

Guo Dan was stunned and said lightly: "I just want Uncle Chen, you are wearing flowery clothes."

Chen Fangyuan was stunned for a moment, and then said embarrassedly: "Nephew, don't joke about Uncle Chen. What kind of flowery clothes are I still wearing at this age? Besides, the court has restrictions. We businessmen can only wear common clothes, but we cannot wear flowery clothes."
Chapter completed!