Chapter 174 Jiangning Chamber of Commerce
No matter how the outside world is upset by the death of the Lord of Jiangning City.
In the warehouse of Heifeng Village, Zhu Yushou was stunned by the gold piled up in front of him.
What is the concept of hundreds of thousands of taels and several tons of gold piled together?
Zhu Yushou in this life is also considered a young master from a noble family, and he has almost never lacked money since he was a child.
But he doesn't lack food, and he means eating, drinking and having fun. He goes to the account office every month to receive a few hundred taels of silver.
Of course, the Zhu family is not well-off and the children in the clan are treated quite well.
This monthly silver has been a family of ordinary people, with incomes of several years or even decades.
However, compared with hundreds of taels of silver and hundreds of thousands of taels of gold in front of you, it is like the difference between a township business owner and a world richest man, and there is no comparison at all.
"I'm really a loser."
Zhu Yushou felt secretly in his heart.
Behind him, several of his confidants were all there, and they all looked at the silver like a hill.
Money is a good thing in any world. Hoarding money and storing food is an indispensable foundation for the development of any force.
Everyone had their own thoughts, Cao Zhengchun took the lead and said respectfully:
"Master, if you allocate 20% of the gold to the slave, the slave will guarantee that the intelligence network of the night will be able to cover the entire Jiangning City soon."
When Yuan Biao saw that Cao Zhengchun had already spoken first, he hurriedly followed:
"Young Master, if you are willing to allocate 10% of the gold to me, we will be able to purchase enough sulfur to configure gunpowder to make firearms. At that time, our combat power in the night can be at least doubled."
Seeing this, the rest of the people also spoke, some said they were recruiting soldiers, while others said they were buying weapons.
In short, with this gold in their mouths, the strength of Ye Bei will not take long to make a rapid progress and become a real powerful man.
"alright!"
Zhu Yushou waved his hand gently, signaling everyone to stop talking, and said with a smile:
"I am very pleased with this for the sake of the night, but I still have other uses for this gold."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, but except Yuan Biao, all the people present were summoned by Zhu Yushou. Yuan Biao took Leopard Fetal Yijin Pills.
So here, Zhu Yushou can be said to be like a word, and he will say whatever he says.
Although everyone was a little unwilling to accept it, they still nodded and said yes.
Zhu Yushou said solemnly: "Don't worry, as long as our next plan can be successful, how much money will be needed in the future, I promise that you will achieve it within one year as you ask today."
"Yes, my subordinates (slaves) obey the order!"
Everyone took the order solemnly.
Zhu Yushou nodded, explained a few more words to everyone, and then took Long'er back to Jiangning City.
As soon as he entered the Zhu family's gate, he invited the accountant elder Chen Qun and deacon Zhu Qingbi to the study for a meeting.
"Honor, you are so anxious to find us. Is there anything important?"
Although Chen Qun was promoted to the elder of the accountant and was in charge of the Zhu family's finances, his boldness had not changed at all. Before he could enter the study, his generous voice had already come from afar.
Following him into the study, Zhu Qingbi, the son of the former accountant elder.
Zhu Yushou smiled and signaled the two to sit down:
"Old Chen, Uncle Qingbi, you guys sit down first. I really have something to discuss with you."
Zhu Qingbi bowed slightly to Zhu Yushou, and then sat down just now, but Chen Qun sat down and said with a smile:
"What other important things can happen during this period? The city lord died inexplicably. The group of gangs of iron-coat gates have lost their backings. We should accept the winery and settle the accounts with them."
"No!"
Zhu Yushou shook his head and said:
"Even without the support of the city lord, the veterans of the Iron-Yuyi Sect are too special and sensitive to the status of them and cannot be solved by force alone. Otherwise, it will be inevitable that people will be given a handle, and the loss will not be worth the loss. So I have decided to put the matter of the winery temporarily on hold."
"What?"
Chen Qun and Zhu Qingbi were both slightly stunned, and Chen Qun said unwillingly:
"A piece of fat meat in Qiujia Winery is so cheap, is it that the group of critters in the Iron-Clothing Gate?"
"Don't worry, the winery will be our own belonging sooner or later, and I have to make the people from the Iron-Clothing Gate cry and beg me to accept it."
Zhu Yushou smiled faintly and said, "Besides, is the winery really still fat in their hands?"
Indeed, since Zhu Yushou robbed the Iron-Yimen Gate several times, the snow dew drinks from Qiujia Winery were unable to be transported out at all.
They occupied the winery but could not make any profits. They also had to bear the daily expenses of the veterans and winery workers every month.
In the past, with the city lord there and the financial support of the city lord's mansion, the Iron-Yimen Gate could barely maintain it. However, now that the city lord is dead, the Iron-Yimen Gate is completely cut off its source of income.
How can water without a source last for a long time?
Zhu Qingbihong bowed and asked respectfully:
"The head of the family came to us today, and I don't know what happened?"
Zhu Yushou's eyes showed a hint of heat and said:
"Now, my Zhu family is in Jiangning City, and it is the dominant one. Next, I plan to integrate the merchants in Jiangning City and establish a Jiangning Chamber of Commerce."
"Jiangning Chamber of Commerce?"
Chen Qun and Zhu Qingbi looked at each other and saw the confused look in each other's eyes.
Chen Qun said in confusion: "What exactly does this Jiangning Chamber of Commerce do?"
“It’s very simple,”
Zhu Yushou smiled and said, "All merchants who join our Jiangning Chamber of Commerce and trade within the Jiangning City are protected by our Zhu family to ensure that their transactions are not bullied and extorted by local gangsters and are not robbed by bandits.
Of course, at the cost, each merchant must give me 20% of the Zhu family's shareholding. My Zhu family accountant has the right to check their accounts and interfere with their operations. When necessary, they must act for my Zhu family to facilitate."
"this……"
After hearing Zhu Yushou's words, Chen Qun and Zhu Qingbi's eyes were full of horror.
These conditions are too harsh. If Zhu Yushou said, the merchants in the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce are basically vassals of the Zhu family.
Where can I form a chamber of commerce? It is no different from a strong swallowing.
Chen Qun said a little unsure:
"The head of the family, with such conditions, I'm afraid no one will be willing to join the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce, right?"
Zhu Yushou said confidently: "You just do what I said. As for whether anyone joins, you don't need to worry about it."
Although Chen Qun and Zhu Qingbi felt that the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce plan would offend people and not please them.
But seeing that Zhu Yushou had made up his mind, he could only bow helplessly and said:
"Yes, my subordinates obey the order."
With the Zhu family's dominant influence in Jiangning City at this time, the strong manpower and material resources, and Chen Qun's impatient personality.
The efficiency of work is naturally extremely high.
Zhu Yushou gave the order and the next day, the news that the Zhu family was about to come forward to establish the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce had already spread throughout Jiangning City.
Major businesses have different moods. Some look forward to being able to hold the Zhu family's thick thigh, while others are afraid that the conditions of the Chamber of Commerce will be too ruthless.
Some people who have the support of the forces behind the scenes and have made up their minds to not join the Chamber of Commerce are secretly worried about whether they will be rejected and suppressed by the Chamber of Commerce in Jiangning City in the future.
Then, the Zhu family convened major merchants in Jiangning City, announced the official establishment of the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce, and announced the conditions for Zhu Yushou's joining.
As soon as the conditions for almost annexation were announced, the merchants who came to the meeting were shocked.
The Zhu family is going to eat all the benefits of Jiangning City in one bite, and don’t even want to leave the soup for them?
A mountain-like pressure is pressing on everyone's heart.
A few small businesses who were less courageous and didn't do much business, just wanted to make a living and could survive chose to join the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce on the spot.
Most other merchants are unwilling to be involved in the industry that has been operating for many years, so they just made the Zhu family quarrel and refused to join.
Elder Chen Qun had already expected this situation, and Zhu Yushou had also instructed not to make things difficult for merchants who refused to join.
Therefore, the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce, which is so popular, is so thunderous and rainy. After collecting a few small merchants, the merchants let them disperse themselves.
Just when everyone thought that things had come to an end, something that shocked everyone happened.
In the next few days, the people in Heifeng Village were like crazy. All caravans entering and leaving Jiangning City, regardless of the value of goods, were robbed.
For a time, Jiangning City's industries were in a slump, prices soared, and many merchants cut off their supply of goods, and even the supply of daily necessities such as food, rice, oil and salt became tense.
The robbed merchant sued the city lord's mansion, but now even the city lord is dead, and more than a hundred elite soldiers have been killed in the patrol camp. Even maintaining public order in the city was a little stretched, and there was no room for rest to suppress the bandits.
As the general of the patrol battalion, Wei Wuji is now the highest commander of Jiangning City, facing such a worry-prone situation.
There is no other way except to appease the merchants and write a letter to the county town, asking to send them to the new city to live as soon as possible to stabilize the situation.
This situation lasted until half a month later, when the Zhu family caravan was robbed by Heifeng Village for the fifth time, and the head of the Zhu family Zhu Yushou was "furious".
Invite the great elder "Zhu Qingfeng" to take action, and order the elder of Zhantang Gu Xichao to lead the disciples of Zhantang to attack with all their might and kill to Heifeng Mountain.
It is said that the battle was dark and the sun and the moon were gone.
The two sides did not engage in bloody fire, but instead started the game according to the rules of the world.
Under the gaze of hundreds of elite soldiers on both sides, "Zhu Qingfeng", Gu Xichao and the two camp leaders of Heifeng Village (Cao Zhengchun and Zhao Wuji) fought hard, but they were still hard to decide the outcome.
Seeing that fighting to the death would inevitably lead to a loss, both sides had to negotiate.
After Zhu Yushou, the head of the Zhu family, came forward and had a dispute with Zhao Wuji, the leader of the Heifeng Village, for a day and a night.
The two sides made an agreement that for any caravan of the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce, Heifeng Village could only charge a certain amount of money to buy roads and not rob the goods. As for other caravans, they could only leave it to fate.
This dramatic turn made other chambers of commerce in Jiangning City stunned for a moment.
Isn’t this going to completely cut off their lives?
It is not that no one doubted whether the Zhu family and Heifeng Village colluded with each other, but the city lord was dead at this time, and the new city lord had not yet taken office. The Zhu family was already the dominant family in Jiangning City.
Not to mention that it is just a few people who secretly suspect it, what can I do if someone gets real evidence?
They don't even have a place to reason.
The situation has developed to this point, and there are basically only two ways for merchants.
First, he gritted his teeth and accepted Zhu Yushou's overbearing clauses and joined the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce to seek asylum.
Chapter completed!