Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 293: Jing Ping is like a wolf, startling the merchants in Luoyang!
In the days that followed, Luoyang Salt City was in a state of flux.

"The He family has made a move, what do they want to do?"

"This He family is too ruthless. They actually used our salt cargo channel to bypass us and negotiate with the people behind us, cutting off our salt cargo!"

"Damn it, the He family is obviously going to seek refuge with Jingping Trading Company!"

"Shameful, they are betraying!"

"The He family was originally an outsider, so it's no big deal for them to help Jingping Trading Company!"

"With the support of the He family, it is impossible for Jingping Commercial Bank to collapse!"

"But we can't take it anymore!"

"Forget it, I gave up on the Luoyang market. While I still have some strength, I will take the salt shop and leave Luoyang. Maybe there is still a chance. Otherwise, I will leave all my wealth in Luoyang city!"

"No, I've already put all my money and dumbs into the market, I'm not reconciled!"

"We must resist to the end!"

"..."

As the He family's salt shop entered the battle, the salt merchants in Luoyang were like a camel crushed to death by the last grass, unable to turn over. The red-eyed gambler, unable to see the result of the final card draw, finally got lucky and suppressed everything.

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A few days later, the time entered the second year of Guangxi, the 23rd of the first month.

early morning.

In the Luoshui river, several government servants jumped down and carefully picked up a corpse from the river.

"Who jumped into the river?"

The common people like to watch the excitement, and they have already formed a big circle around here.

"It seems to be the shopkeeper of Shangtan's Salt Shop in Nanshi, Old Man Tan!"

"It's really him!"

"Why did he jump into the river?"

Someone recognized the body that had been fished out, and started whispering.

"A sin!"

"This old man Tan can't do it unless he jumps into the river. His salt shop has lost nearly a hundred gold, and even his wife and children have been mortgaged, and he still owes dozens of gold. I heard that his salt shop has also been mortgaged. Death It's a one-and-done deal, or the whole family will be dragged down!"

"..."

The discussion of the surrounding people was not loud, but there were quite a few people who could hear it, and not everyone joined the discussion.

"Head, this is the fourth time in the past three days, what should we do now?" Several yamen servants looked at the corpses that were brought up, and they all looked at the leader of the yamen servants.

"What else can I do!"

The leader of the yamen servant was in his thirties, with a long back and a hulking waist. He looked at the corpse, sighed, and said: "Send it to Yizhuang, and then let you do an inspection. If there is nothing suspicious, then check your identity and check the inside of the house. Whoever, if someone comes to claim the corpse, let someone claim it, if no one comes to claim it, send it to a mass grave outside the city and bury it!"

"promise!"

Several yamen servants took orders.

"This is the so-called bloodless war that has been rumored in the market?" The news of this yamen servant leader is much better than these small yamen servants. He remembered some recent rumors in the market, and suddenly smiled bitterly: "It really is bloodless!" !"

Who would know that the price of salt has fallen to the point where people can buy it as much as they want, which is the result of salt merchants paying their lives.

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Salt merchant Yan's family.

Above the main hall, there was a gloomy atmosphere.

In this battle, since the source of salt was cut off, the Luoyang salt merchants were defeated, and the Yan family was the first to bear the brunt. Yesterday afternoon, all the salt bars were sold out, and all the salt shops were closed.

After the market has been taken by Jingping Salt Shop, they basically have no foothold in Luoyang.

Yan Hong was also sick.

"Father, you have to take care of yourself!"

The sons knelt down in front of the bed, looking at their father sadly.

"This is fate!"

Yan Hong didn't even finish half a bowl of porridge in the morning, so he was not energetic all the time, but at noon, he suddenly became very energetic, so he called his son in front of him, because he already had a premonition.

This is flashback.

He looked at his sons lovingly, and said: "If you lose, you lose. We must learn to afford to lose. Although the Yan family has lost a lot, they still have some foundation. From now on, sell the property and leave Let's go, Luo Yang!"

Now that the price of salt has dropped to [-] yuan, buying one and getting one free is equivalent to less than [-] yuan, which is even lower than their purchase price. Adding in shipping costs, labor costs, and store fees, it will naturally be a big loss.

But the Yan family is the Yan family after all, having established themselves in Luoyang for so many years, the family wealth of tens of thousands of gold is not necessarily enough, even if they lose one or two thousand gold, they still have a lot of wealth.

It's not like some small salt merchants lost their entire family fortune.

"Father, even if we lose, we still have a chance to make a comeback in the future!"

The eldest son Yan Feng said in a deep voice: "As long as we can contact some salt merchants and continue to supply us with salt, this Luoyang may not be the world of Jingping Salt Shop!"

"Righteous way, there is no hope!"

Yan Hong could see clearly that a bitter and ugly smile appeared on his face like a dead tree, and he said to his eldest son, "Our foundation is so deep that we have contacted most of the salt merchants in Luoyang. The footsteps of Jingping Commercial Bank, even if we take a breather in the future, they have already established a solid foundation, what strength do we have to counterattack!"

"Father, maybe the situation hasn't reached this point yet, we can admit defeat properly!"

"Ha ha!"

Yan Hong shook his head, and said with self-deprecation: "Do you think it's enough to admit defeat? You are wrong. Jingping Commercial Bank is not an ordinary merchant. What they want is the entire Luoyang market. Their ambition is so big that they have the ability to eat salt." City, how can we let us check and balance them by the side!"

"Could it be that our Yan family has been based in Luoyang for a hundred years, and the foundation that our ancestors have worked so hard to build will be destroyed once?"

Most of the Yan family were not reconciled.

"As long as people are still alive, we still have hope!"

Yan Hong sees it thoroughly, and also sees the long-term: "Luoyang is a place where the situation is changing, and we can't stay for a long time. Our Yan family simply took this opportunity to leave Luoyang, maybe there is still a way out!"

puff!
Although this sentence sounds nice, Yan Hong, the old head of the Yan family, still feels ashamed in his heart. He is always ashamed and indignant. He is afraid that his ancestors will blame him, so he gets angry, spits out another mouthful of blood, and his face becomes even paler. Woke up.

"father!"

"father!"

The people who were kneeling in front of the bed suddenly panicked when they saw it.

"The old man can't do it!"

Yan Hong gently wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth, he had already exhaled more than inhaled: "No matter what you do, you must listen to the old man this time, within a month, leave Luoyang, Luoyang is already a place of wind and cloud, The old man doesn't want my son of the Yan family to get involved in this mess..."

The leader of the salt merchants in Luoyang for decades, Yan Hong, the head of the Yan family, died that night.

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"Yan Hong is dead?" Fang Shao was a little stunned when he heard the news from his subordinates in Fang's mansion.

That old guy, he is regarded as a lifelong opponent.

But when the news of his death came, Fang Shao didn't feel the slightest pleasure, but more of the sad feeling of the death of a rabbit.

"How did you die?"

"I heard that when the salt merchants in the East China Sea cut off the salt supply, he vomited blood, and then he lay on the sickbed until Yan's salt shops closed one after another. He couldn't hold on anymore. He explained last night After the funeral, let go!"

"So, he was pissed to death!"

Fang Shao lowered his head and sighed.

In this battle, they lost miserably.

Most of the salt shops in Luoyang were closed down, only the Fang family’s salt shop was still struggling, but Fang Shao also knew that it would be a matter of time before the Fang family lost, and his way out was also cut off. .

"Patriarch, what shall we do now?"

A shopkeeper asked anxiously.

"If you lose, you have to admit it!"

Fang Shao said calmly: "What else can I do now, naturally I will admit defeat and be punished, as much as I can keep, I will keep as much as I can!"

He thought for a while, and ordered: "From now on, the Fang family salt shop will be closed to thank customers!"

At this time, he didn't want to think about how to make a comeback, but how to stop losses.

"In addition, send someone to Jingping Trading Company and tell them that I want to meet Zhang Heng, the shopkeeper of Jingping Trading Company!"

Fang Shao's eyes burst out with a bright light.

"promise!"

A shopkeeper surrendered and went away.

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Jingping Firm.

"Huh!" Mu Jing let out a long breath, and said in a deep voice: "Finally, I have won. It seems that I have underestimated the background of the He family. I didn't expect them to attack so fiercely, but let us take it lightly." We won this battle with ease!"

If it hadn't been for the He family to take action at a critical time and take down the supply channels behind the Luoyang salt merchants in one go, I am afraid they are still fighting hard.

"Great shopkeeper, the He family is not scary. What is scary is the people behind the He family. They must be the giants among the salt merchants with such powerful means. At least our Jingping Trading Company absolutely does not have such a connection!"

Zhang Heng said in a deep voice.

If you want to achieve this level, you don't have to be rich and powerful, you must have a very strong business network, which is what Jingping Commercial Bank lacks.

"Ha ha!"

Mu Jing laughed brightly: "I like to cooperate with people with capable contacts, you send someone to tell He Yu that I want to meet the person behind him, maybe we can discuss the next step of strategic deployment! "

The salt market is just the beginning.

The next step is to dominate the Luoyang market. Luoyang is a transit point for merchants from all over the world. Taking Luoyang is equivalent to taking over the relationship between merchants from south to north. This is the strategic goal of Jingping Commercial Bank.

"No!" Zhang Heng nodded and accepted the order.

"Boss, the Yan family has started selling salt shops!" The executive shopkeeper, Sun Hao, clasped his hands and reported, "Since the death of Yan Hong, the head of the Yan family, the Yan family has started to sell off their assets in Luoyang, including many salt shops of the Yan family! "

"They want to leave Luoyang!" Mu Jing thought for a while, and said, "Our funds are not very sufficient. It shouldn't be possible to win all of them, but at least half of them must be won, based on our current salt shop. , can’t dominate the Luoyang market!”

"understand!"

Sun Hao nodded and said.

"Now the Fang family is left!" Mu Jing squinted his eyes: "Fang Shao is a talent, he can survive for so many days in our encirclement and suppression, I have to make someone look at him with admiration!"

"Boss, Fang Shao sent someone to contact me, he wants to see me!" Zhang Heng said.

"meet you?"

Mu Jing's eyes brightened slightly: "Admit defeat?"

"It is certain to admit defeat!"

Zhang Heng said: "I don't know how far he can go!"

"Since he wants to see you, let's see you. He still has a lot of Beimo's sales channels in his hands. If we can grasp it, we can be regarded as the salt city in the south of Luoyang City!"

"Understood!"

Zhang Heng nodded.

"Everyone should be careful next!" Looking at the excited shopkeepers, Mu Jing poured a basin of cold water down, and said: "People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. It will scare Luoyang merchants, and everyone will be wary of us, so we have to be more cautious in our actions. A salt market is almost overwhelmed by us. How big the Luoyang market is, you should have a bottom in your heart. If you underestimate the enemy, The foundation of Jingping Trading Company will be exhausted!"

"Yes!"

All the shopkeepers were taken aback, and all of them suddenly became serious.

Now is not the time to be happy.

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In the second year of Guangxi, on February [-]nd, the dragon raised its head.

At this time, the Luoyang salt market has gradually returned to tranquility, Jingping Commercial Bank's strategy of opening up the market with price has also stopped, and the salt price has begun to recover slowly, but the recovery is not very fast, basically after the acceptance of the people middle.

And many salt shops have gradually resumed their openings without such a fierce competitive atmosphere, but the situation is not as good as before.

And Jingping Trading Company is among the well-known Luoyang merchants.

Today's Jingping Salt Store has doubled in size and is spread over every corner of Luoyang. It turned out that there were quite a few salt stores under the name of Yan's family, which were taken over by Jingping Commercial Company. At the same time, there were also many salt stores under the name of Fang's family. Hang the name of Jingping Salt Shop.

Since then, among the Luoyang salt markets, only Jingping Salt Shop has dominated the world.

"What a frightening Jingping Trading Company, which managed to take over the entire salt market in just a few months!"

The No. [-] merchant in Luoyang, Tong Jian, the head of the grain merchant Tong's house, lamented: "Poor old Yan, you are not guaranteed at the end of the festival. Back then, you rejected me thousands of miles away. You must have never thought that you would be killed by a Jingping trading company." If you are forced to die, if you can find me to join hands, the old man may even help you, why are you so stubborn!"

Patriarch Tong and Yan Hong, the patriarch of the Yan family, are also old friends.

They are all Luoyang merchants, and the Tong family is a giant grain merchant. Their business involves all aspects, but they failed to break into the salt market. It is because of Yan Hong's strength that he cannot set foot in any market.

But he didn't expect Yanshi to be monopolized by a rising star.

"Patriarch, Jingping Trading Company is very ambitious, will they take aim at our grain market!" An old servant next to Tong Fitness reminded in a low voice.

"Jingping Trading Company?"

Tong Jian said coldly: "This old man is not Yan Hongfang. Those people in Luoyang grain merchants all respect me. If they dare to set foot in the grain market in Luoyang, I will let them understand that the merchants in Luoyang are ruthless." hot!"

"Patriarch, you must guard against it!"

"You're right!" Although Tong Jian was confident, he was not frivolous. He looked quite cautious and nodded: "From now on, keep an eye on Jingping Trading Company and our own market. Report any changes immediately. !"

"promise!"

The old servant nodded.

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The Yue family in the south of the city was the largest silk merchant in Luoyang City at this time.

"Fang Shao, I didn't expect you to lose so quickly!"

The Patriarch of the Yue Family is a middle-aged man named Yue Bang. Standing in the courtyard, he listened to one of his subordinates talking about the changes in the salt market in detail, with a serious expression on his face: "What a Jingping Company, we all underestimate you Already!"

It was the first time that Jingping Commercial Company appeared in Luoyang, and it was just a small disturbance, which couldn't be seen by them at all, so they were very unfamiliar and didn't even mention it.

And Jingping's fame started from Jingping's study.

However, what Jingping Study is involved in is the dispute between the government and the government. This kind of cultural profiteering is not the mainstream of the market today, so merchants don't care much about it.

But I didn't expect that Jingping Trading Company would be so powerful.

In just a few months, the entire Yan City was taken down. Several tycoons in Luoyang Yan City died or scattered. Either they were forced to leave Luoyang in despair, or they were forced to surrender. This scene Let Yue Bang be horrified.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"From now on, keep an eye on all the silk and satin shops in Luoyang City. If there is any change in the transaction, send someone to tell a certain shop!"

"As ordered!"

"I want to see if Jingping Trading Company is so bold!" Yue Bang looked straight ahead, his expression was cold, and there was a touch of arrogance in his words.

(End of this chapter)