Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 285 Battle of the Salt Merchant Five

What family in Luoshui.

Luoshui refers to the Luoshui River. The reason why it is called the He family in Luoshui is because the He family's mansion lives in the Luoshui River. It is a building boat, a three-story building boat, which has been moored in Luoshui for many years. over the river.

The upper deck of the building, this is a large cabin, decorated very elegantly, with bamboo mats on the floor, paintings and calligraphy hanging around, the incense burner in the middle is burning, and light smoke curls up, shrouding it.

"My lord, Jingping Commercial Bank proposes a [-]-[-] profit distribution!" He Yu, the head of the He family, knelt on the left side, and reported respectfully to the young man sitting in front of the central desk.

"Five to five?"

This is a handsome young man, dressed in a blue brocade robe and wearing a jade crown. He is about [-] years old. His handsome face and rich demeanor give people a feeling of spring breeze.

Hearing this, he squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "It seems that Jingping Trading Company is determined to move Luoyang Yanshi. This is a bit beyond our expectation. I thought they were beaten by Fang Shao. After that, they will let go and withdraw their troops, and now it seems that they have the determination to fight to the end!"

"Son..."

"Promise them!" The blue-robed young man said calmly.

"Young Master, the situation is different now, why don't we withdraw first!"

He Yu hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "I had some expectations before, but after the Fang family and the Yan family join forces, they will control more than half of Luoyang Yanshi. I don't think Jingping Trading Company can shake Luoyang Yanshi. !"

"Uncle, first, we have already formed an alliance, and it would be disgraceful to abandon the alliance halfway. Second, this matter has just begun, and it is not yet the end. Whoever is ahead and who is behind should not be decided by friendship!"

The blue-robed young man shook his head: "And this Jingping Trading Company is not simple!"

He checked this firm and was very curious about their operations in Nanyang, especially the Jingping Exchange established by Wuyin. The way of doing business gave him an urge to figure it out.

When He Yu heard the words, he fell silent immediately, and thought about it quietly. Although he still didn't agree with it, he always trusted the young master's words, so he stopped talking.

"Uncle, how many salt merchants can you win now?" the blue-robed young man asked.

"About a dozen or so households at most!"

He Yudao: "We have been based in Luoyang for less than five years. At the beginning, we opened up the market with low-priced salt and sold it at a loss. We have not made much money for five consecutive years. According to the policy you set, we mainly focus on expanding relationships, but Luoyang salt merchants have always looked down on us coming from other places, so although my He family is one of the top five salt merchants, it is only at the bottom and has little influence!"

"In order to gain a firm foothold in Luoyang these years, I have done a lot of things, from food, cloth, ore, ironware, war horses... all kinds of things, and finally opened a gap in the salt market, but these years have passed, and there has never been too much How much progress, now there is a great opportunity, do not move, the heart is unwilling!"

There was a flash of light in the blue-robed young man's eyes.

"But Jingping Trading Company is too weak..."

He Yu also wanted to persuade him.

The young man in the blue robe said: "Uncle, this battle is imperative. Even if we are defeated, at most I don't want Luoyang's family business. My Mi family has been in business for two hundred years and has accumulated countless wealth. I can afford to lose this little money, and in the worst case, I will all withdraw from Luoyang, but some opportunities will never come back."

He continued to add a sentence: "It is rumored that Jingping Commercial Bank is behind Minghou Shizi, and Minghou Shizi is behind Taifu's Mansion. Taifu Mu is now in power, and it is a good thing if he can be connected online!"

"Young Master, aren't you thinking about it?"

He Yu frowned. He is not very sensitive to political matters, but his keen sense, it may not be a good thing to get involved.

"Actually, after we formed an alliance with Jingping Trading Company, I already ordered eight thousand stones of salt to be shipped from the East China Sea, and another ten thousand gold!" The blue-robed young man said quietly: "I don't do useless work! "

"It seems that the young master has decided to fight this battle!"

He Yu immediately understood the determination of the blue-robed young master, and he bowed his head: "The subordinates should follow the young master's decision, please give the young master orders!"

"Wait!"

The blue-robed young man said calmly: "Even if we want to fight, I still want to know how capable my allies are. If Jingping Trading Company can't even hold on at the beginning, why should I make a move!"

"Understood!"

He Yu nodded: "I will keep a close eye on the trend of the salt market!"

……

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Salt is a necessity of life, it is not only a seasoning, but also a kind of nutrition, a life without salt is a deformed growth, so every family must use salt, especially the people in Luoyang City, it is common The standard of living is basically close to the food and clothing stage, and the use of salt is even more common.

The price of salt is naturally a matter of concern to every household.

"Today's salt price has been raised again!"

"Hey, what a day!"

"I could buy a tael of salt before, but now I can't even buy half a tael!"

"What, [-] renminbi a stone, so it takes [-] renminbi to buy a bucket. I can only buy half a bucket with this money!"

"..."

Opening the door to do business, buying and selling is inevitable, where there is selling, there is buying, the selling price and the buying price are the basis of commercial warfare, and the price of salt began to increase continuously when several families competed for the market.

Now it has been raised to a unit price of 30 yuan per stone, which is the highest salt price in Luoyang since its establishment [-] years ago.

……

The Liu family in the east of the city is also one of the Luoyang salt merchants.

The Liu family's salt shops are all over the east city of Luoyang, and Yanshi is located in the east of Luoyang. The influence in Yanshi covers the whole city, and they are allies with the family in the north of the city.

The head of the Liu family is Liu Geng, a middle-aged man in his early 40s.

At this moment, Liu Geng's face was melancholy, as if dripping water: "How is the situation today?"

Since yesterday, the salt in the store under his name has been snapped up crazily by people, not big hands, but retail investors are accumulating small amounts and constantly consuming inventory. If this is the case on weekdays, he is naturally happy to see the results. Want to do business well.

But in this situation, he began to worry.

"Patriarch, today is even crazier than yesterday!"

In the main hall, more than a dozen shopkeepers of the Liu family gathered together, and one of the shopkeepers cupped his hands and said, "In one morning, our Qingshuili shop has sold 87 buckets!"

Salt is calculated in buckets, and ten buckets are one stone.

87 buckets, nearly nine stones, and this is just a shop. The He family has at least twenty salt shops. If it is consumed, the salt stored by the Liu family will not last long.

"Didn't I say that the bulk trading is suspended, and the caravan purchase is suspended!" Liu Geng sullenly.

"Patriarch, they are all bought by ordinary people. The portion is not much, and half a bucket is a bucket!"

The shopkeeper smiled wryly: "The people who entered and exited today have almost leveled the threshold of the shop!"

"Patriarch, it seems that they are targeting our Liu family!"

Another shopkeeper said in a deep voice.

"Jingping Trading Company!"

Liu Geng gritted his teeth: "It seems that they will not die until the Yellow River!"

These years, merchants from all over the world are not worth one or two people to Luoyang market, and Yan market is not very peaceful. For example, there were only four major families in Yan market a few years ago, but the Luoshui He family entered strongly and divided some of them. market.

Now it is no secret that Jingping Trading Company is going to enter the Yanshi market forcefully. When encountering such a situation, they will naturally join forces to attack. Taking over Jingping Trading Company not only forced Jingping Trading Company's several salt shops to close down, but also ate a lot of Jingping Trading Company's money.

I thought that Jingping Trading Company would retreat in spite of difficulties.

I didn't expect Jingping Trading Company to be so bold. After being exposed, they did not restrain themselves, but took the initiative to attack.

"Patriarch, they seem to be deliberately targeting us. I checked and found that this situation is limited to our Liu family's salt shop. We must deal with it as soon as possible!"

A shopkeeper stood up, cupped his hands and said, "With our current Liu family's warehouse, if we continue, we won't be able to last for three days. By then we will have no salt to sell!"

What matters in the market is personal connections. You have opened a salt shop for more than ten years, and you have accumulated a lot of customer relationships. Many people are willing to come to your store to buy salt, but suddenly you have no salt to sell, and you will inevitably lose your customer base.

Open a salt shop, you can't even buy salt, so you have to close down.

Once this happens, the status of Liu's Salt Shop among the salt merchants will inevitably be greatly reduced. No matter how much money they spend in the future, it will be impossible for them to regain control of the salt market in the east of Luoyang City.

"Liu Chen, when will the salt merchants in Jiangdong bring their goods to Luoyang?" Liu Geng asked.

"Patriarch, it's snowing heavily in Guanzhong now, and the road in Yuzhou and Yanzhou is not easy to walk, I'm afraid..."

A steward of the Liu family shook his head.

"Master, we can restrict purchases!" someone whispered.

"no!"

Someone quickly refuted: "In this way, outsiders will definitely think that our Liu's Salt Shop has run out of salt, and buyers will still be lost, and even some caravans in the north who cooperate with us will think that we have no strength to sell salt! "

"But it's better than being forced to put it up for empty sale in the end!"

"Patriarch, you can actually borrow it!"

Another person spoke up and suggested: "It's not like we didn't borrow money before, as long as we get through the difficulties, we can double the repayment!"

"I'm afraid that people's hearts are so bright now, no one is willing to save salt in their hands to help our Liu family!"

Many people couldn't help laughing wryly when they heard the words. Merchants have always been looked down upon by others, and value profit over righteousness. As a result, a trend has formed in the market, profit is the first, but there is not much friendship.

"Restricting purchases is not realistic, and I am not willing to take this step unless it is absolutely necessary!"

Liu Geng stood up: "I'll go to Fang's house to see if I can borrow a batch of salt from Fang's family. You also go to various salt merchants in the east of the city to see if you can borrow some salt!"

"promise!"

All the shopkeepers surrendered.

　Make up for the one owed on the 12th of this month!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)