Borrow the day to change the day

"Hahaha, Brother Chen and Brother Guo have far-sightedness!" A big fat salt merchant laughed, stood up and bowed his hands in praise to the two people seated there.

He had always looked down on Zhang Fu, who was born to that concubine, but he didn't expect that he would really make such a big fuss.

The imperial examinations in Jiangnan will be all in the hands of Fushe, and Jiangnan is the largest talent gathering place in Ming Dynasty, and it has arranged most of the places in the imperial examinations in Ming Dynasty.

It is conceivable that in the near future, officials at all levels in Ming Dynasty will all come from Fushe.So who else will introduce some shitty New Deal to hinder the money-making plan of the people here.Even according to what Chen and Guo said, they can introduce new policies that are beneficial to them and make more money.

The other big salt merchants in the hall on the second floor also stood up with the fat salt merchant to pay respects to Chen Liang and Guo Lun.

One of them even expressed his opinion loudly: "Brother Chen, Brother Guo, how much silver taels will be needed in the future, even if you open your mouth, I will never be stingy about spending money and seeing benefits."

Chen Liang and Guo Lun just looked at these alliances with a smile. Some things can only be made bigger if they unite.Although the two of them don't think highly of the IQ of some allies, they really need their money.

After a while, Chen Liang felt that it was almost done. He and Guo Lun looked at each other for a while, then stretched out his hands and waved them down to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "The new salt policy can't be considered too bad, but it can't be controlled by others." We just came here to eat alone. The old man asked, how is the warehouse money in everyone's hands going?"

"I don't have much banknote left in my hand, what's the matter?" The big fat salt merchant asked a little strangely after talking about his situation.

"Me too, almost."

"I still have some."

"..."

Chen Liang didn't answer the big fat salt merchant's words right away, but listened to everyone's report on his situation.

After all the people present had reported almost everything, he said: "In terms of salt, there used to be private salt that competed with us, but after all, they were banned by the imperial court, so they dare not fight us blatantly."

In fact, these big salt merchants also sold private salt wantonly, and sold private salt as official salt, earning considerable profits.

But if Chen Liang didn't mention these things, the big salt merchants present would not mention them either, everyone knew it well.They all just listened quietly to what their leader had to say again.

"Now the salt production of the imperial court has been increasing. Zhang Tongchang, the censor who patrols salt, still lives in the Salt Commissioner. He gets up early and returns late to inspect all aspects of salt production. According to the old man, the salt production will only increase in the future. More and more. So..."

When Chen Liang said this, he looked around at these allies present, and then continued: "Everyone must change their past concepts, lower the price of salt, and severely crack down on those who want to take the opportunity to grab food from us. .”

"Brother Chen, do you mean small profits but quick turnover?" Someone immediately asked.

Chen Liang nodded after hearing this. He was afraid that these alliances would still be clinging to the previous high profits, so he reminded them.After all, he doesn't need to care about these people, but he must care about the wealth of the alliance. If they run out of money, the alliance will also be damaged.

Sure enough, they were used to eating big fish and big meat, so they were not used to eating only shredded pork all at once, and most of them remained silent.

When Chen Liang saw it, he smiled, then clapped his hands and said: "This old man and Brother Guo have discussed it. The profit from this salt has been reduced, but we can expand another source of money."

Hearing what he said, the atmosphere in the hall became active again, especially the fat salt merchant, who immediately shouted: "Brother Chen, tell me quickly, we listen to you."

"Yes, we listen to you." Other salt merchants also echoed.

Chen Liang smiled, clasped his fists together and said, "Everyone in Duomeng can appreciate it, so I'll talk about it."

The hall immediately fell silent, and everyone listened to what Chen Liang said next.

"You all have money houses like the old man. One is to facilitate the flow of our own money, and the other is to earn a lot of other people's money. Now the old man has an idea, that is, everyone here is a person who advances and retreats together. The banks of each other are united. In this way, there will be more places to withdraw the silver bills issued by our bank, and more merchants will surely hand over their silver to our bank for safekeeping. You should know this Will there be any profit in it?"

Chen Liang saw that these allies showed a thoughtful expression, and knew that to get them to take out the money to communicate with each other, he had to add a beautiful prospect: "Think about it, there is a bank in the world of Ming Dynasty that can match the size of the bank." Compared to the bank of our salt merchants, even those sea merchants are not good. When all the money of the Ming merchants is deposited in our bank, even if the current profit is reduced by half, how much will the total profit increase?"

Chen Liang and Guo Lun would not have taken this step if it weren't for the fact that they couldn't sit on the profit.After all, if the banks want to communicate with each other, it will be inconvenient in many aspects, and more benefits will be given to those alliances with weaker strength.

After hearing what Chen Liang said, the salt merchants in the hall were all excited, but there were still many problems, so they asked Chen Liang how to deal with them on the spot.

Chen Liang and Guo Lun had already discussed it, so they immediately responded to the salt merchants who had questions one by one to satisfy them.

Chen Liang is a man who can talk, his tongue is like a lotus flower, and with his three-inch tongue, he finally talked all the allies in the hall with enthusiasm, as if he had seen the money rolling in from the bank.

But when the atmosphere in the hall reached its peak, the door was pushed open, and a person broke in, interrupting their high emotions.

Chen Liang saw that he was a foreign affairs liaison stationed in Jinling, so he broke in without knowing the rules, so he knew something important was going on.

Sure enough, this person reported on the bank reform, and stated that the Jinling branch of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty was already being established, and posted a notice requesting that the assets of each bank and bank be checked and the reserve fund paid.

This news is like pouring a plate of cold water directly on the heads of these happy salt merchants, making them look at each other in blank dismay.

The fat salt merchant with a bad temper got angry on the spot: "The imperial court has bullied people too much, it is tolerable, what can't be tolerated. Let's forget about the affairs of the salt administration, and now it's time to deal with the affairs of the bank, isn't it over?"

He cupped his hands to Chen Liang and said: "Brother Chen, since ancient times, there is no way to report to the court how much money you have, and you have to pay them. There is no way. If we don't fight back once, let the court do whatever it takes days will not pass.”

"Yes, the court cannot be allowed to do this."

"Yes, let the imperial court know how powerful we are."

"Having kept a dog for such a long time, if the owner is bullied, he should let the dog out to bite him."

"..."

The crowd in the hall was passionate, and most of the people's faces were ferocious, shouting that they couldn't bear it anymore.

These people had opinions during the reform of the salt administration, but they were suppressed by Chen Liang and Guo Lun.

Although they still make money in the end, they are not as comfortable as eating alone, so they are suffocating in their hearts.

Now that Chen Liang persuaded them, he needed another way to make a fortune.However, there was a thunderbolt from the blue sky, and something that had never happened in the past dynasties directly hit their way of making a fortune, and immediately aroused the resentment that was originally suppressed in their hearts.

Chen Liang and Guo Lun's complexions were not good-looking, and they were not easy to provoke. They could be manipulated by others, or they would not have laid out the two lines of Zhou Yanru and Zhang Fu.

Chen Liang and Guo Lun looked at each other, saw the decision in each other's eyes, and nodded to each other.