When the first ray of morning sunlight shines on the earth through the mottled ancient city walls, the loud crow of cocks resounds throughout the county, symbolizing the arrival of a new day.

Li Weigong had already started practicing martial arts in the courtyard at this time. Even if the weather came and went, he practiced diligently and never slackened off in the past twenty years.

Because Li Weigong knew that if he wanted to go far in the path of Jin Yiwei, it would be impossible if his martial arts were not advanced enough.

Although there are no clear requirements for martial arts in the officialdom, there are always some rigid rules in the officialdom. If the martial arts is not enough, the high position of the Jin Yiwei will never fall to him.

While Li Weigong was practicing martial arts, a member of the Imperial Guard walked into the courtyard, came to Li Weigong's side, and said:

"Sir, Sir Li Yucheng is here."

Li Weigong slowly put away the Yanling knife, exhaled and then squinted his eyes and said: "They say that the Xiang army is lazy and procrastinates in doing things. I don't think they are slow at all. Let's go, we should also take a look at this Imperial Envoy of Jin Yiwei."

What kind of business are we doing?"

Li Weigong has long wanted to know what kind of business Fang Xiu is doing. After all, you can judge his people by his actions.

If you want to see how capable this royal envoy is, this is the best opportunity.

………

In Fang City, Mianchi County, Li Yucheng was commanding the Xiang army to unload goods. When Li Weigong saw Li Yucheng's figure, he quickly stepped forward and said:

"I thought Yucheng would be able to reach it at least noon. I didn't expect Yucheng to lead the troops so quickly, but I was negligent."

"It's okay, it's okay. Logically speaking, we should arrive at noon from Xiaoshan to Mianchi Town. It's just that I rushed ahead of schedule. It's not your fault."

Li Yucheng waved his hand, then pointed to the goods and said: "It's just that you still need to receive this goods as soon as possible, and then notify the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce to inspect the goods."

"I still don't know what the imperial envoy's business is. I hope Yucheng can explain it to me clearly." Li Weigong glanced at the goods and said with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"As it should be, let's talk about today's business with Shu merchants."

Li Yucheng nodded, pointed to the unloaded cloth, and said:

"Here are special-grade cloths, one hundred pieces of silk, ten pieces of silk each, a total of one thousand pieces; top-grade cloth, one thousand pieces of silk, five pieces of silk each, a total of five thousand pieces; medium-sized pieces of cloth, five thousand pieces of silk, one piece of silk, a total of five thousand pieces.

Five thousand strings; inferior cloth, ten thousand pieces of silk, three hundred pieces of silk each, a total of three thousand pieces.

There were a total of fourteen thousand guan of goods, all of which were traded with Shu merchants this time.

According to the agreement, the Shu Merchant Chamber of Commerce will pick up the goods in nine days. The money and goods will be cleared by then, and no credit will be owed. All transactions will be settled in gold. If there is a shortage, it can also be settled with land in Lushan Mountain.

According to the wishes of the gentleman in Xiaoshan Mountain, we can ask the owner of the Shu Merchant Chamber of Commerce to inspect the goods today, and the payment can be made nine days later. Of course, if the Shu merchants want to pick up the goods in advance, they can."

Li Weigong looked at the unloaded cloth and couldn't help but be shocked. These days, a well-to-do family can save six to ten dollars a year, but just the first transaction between Shu Chamber of Commerce and Jin Yiwei is equivalent to

The money saved by 1,500 well-to-do families in a year.

It seems that the 100,000 guan that this gentleman said a year is by no means empty talk, but I don't know how much this lord of Jinyiwei can actually earn from these 14,000 guan.

"What about besides this business?" Li Weigong paused and said.

"Except for this business, Your Excellency has asked you to be responsible for connecting all chambers of commerce with him from now on. This is the list he asked me to give you. This one is the list of cloth for Shu merchants, and this one is for the porcelain of Zhejiang merchants.

Business, this is the paper and printing business of Jiangnan merchants, this is the vinegar and soy sauce business of Hebei merchants, and this is the wine business of Shanxi merchants."

As he spoke, Li Yucheng took out colorful books from his arms, handed them to Li Weigong, then pointed to another batch of goods in the distance and said:

"In addition, your Excellency also asked me to bring you corresponding samples. You can also take a look."

Li Weigong took the book and looked at it first. The quality of this book can be said to be the best he has ever seen. Generally, only the paper quality of books collected by aristocratic families can match this kind of quality, and it is even slightly inferior. This Lord Jin Yiwei seems to be hand-made.

Extremely extraordinary.

After looking at the book, Li Weigong opened the book and compared the content and samples inside. Then the look of surprise in his eyes became more and more intense.

Finally, Li Weigong suddenly closed the book, looked at Li Yucheng, and said:

"Sir, is the price on this book really correct? Can you really make money at this price?"

"If you do this, you can naturally make money. As for why you can make money, I don't understand." Li Yucheng replied honestly.

"If this is really the case, then your Excellency is planning to do some serious business. Your Excellency has already discussed it with various businessmen?" Li Weigong said, trying hard to suppress his excited tone.

With his eyes, he could naturally see that if he could still make a profit by selling at the above price, then no chamber of commerce in the world would be able to refuse that gentleman's business.

This kind of business represented great ability. For the first time, Li Weigong felt that he had underestimated that adult.

"Your Excellency has already talked with Shanxi merchants, Hebei merchants, Shu merchants, Jiangnan merchants, and Zhejiang merchants, but so far I have only met with the principal of Shu merchants. But your Majesty means that there is no need to talk in the future. If you are willing to come directly and place an order.

, the Shu merchants have verified our credit, so we don’t need to lower our value anymore, it’s up to those people to beg us." Li Yucheng repeated what Fang Xiu told him.

Hearing this, Li Weigong took a deep breath again, tried to calm down his mood and said, "I understand, just leave the rest to me."

After speaking, Li Weigong looked at Jin Yiwei beside him and ordered: "Immediately ask someone to inform the young owner of the Shu Chamber of Commerce and tell him that the goods he wants have arrived. In addition, let all chambers of commerce know about this business."

"yes!"

………

"... I am a dandy who loves prosperity very much, loves monasteries, beautiful maids, prostitutes, fresh clothes, good food, good horses, good lanterns, good fireworks, good pear orchards, good propaganda, good antiques, good

Flowers and birds, abused by tea and tangerine, reading and writing poems, and working hard for half a life, all become dreams.

When he was fifty years old, his country was ruined and his family was destroyed, so he took refuge in the mountains. What remained was a broken bed, a few broken tripods, a sick musical instrument, a few broken books, and only one missing inkstone. The cloth was sparse, and there was often no cooking. Looking back on twenty years

It was like a lifetime ago."

At the residence of the Shu Chamber of Commerce, Qian Kun was listening to the sound of the piano and looking at the books in his hands.

Among the books is an epitaph written by a wealthy young man. The age of the person is unknown, but Qian Kun was deeply touched when he read this.

He had already lived the life of a handsome young man, and it was even better than what was described in the book.

As for the second half of his life, if the Chamber of Commerce fought for power and he was completely defeated, the second half of his life written in the book may be the second half of his life. He may not have the country destroyed, but the family may die overnight.

Thinking of this, Qian Kun couldn't help but become more eager to know whether his business would be successful.

If Lord Jinyiwei can really produce the cloth, it means that the overall situation in the internal battle of the Chamber of Commerce has been decided.

And at this moment when Qian Kun was stunned, the manager, Old Man Li, walked in quickly and said in Qian Kun's ear:

"Master, the goods have arrived."

With just these words, Qian Kun immediately stood up and said to the beautiful maid playing the piano: "Stop playing the piano, everyone get out."

The beautiful maid who was playing the piano stopped immediately, took the guqin and left slowly. After all the slaves went down, Qian Kun looked at the steward, Old Man Li, and said, "Have we really arrived?"

"Jinyiwei has invited us to inspect the goods." Old Man Li replied.

"Then what are you waiting for?"

Qian Kun turned around and walked outside, but at this time Old Man Li stopped Qian Kun and said:

"People from other chambers of commerce have come and expressed that they want to see you. They have something to discuss with you in person. If I am not mistaken, it should be related to Jin Yiwei's business. Do you still remember the previous news? Not only did Jin Yiwei meet

We are a chamber of commerce, and they should be here to find out information."

"How did the news get out?"

After Qian Kun spoke, he paused and said: "That's right, since that person wants to do business with these chambers of commerce, then my business with him is itself a kind of publicity. Let's do this. I'll go see these businessmen, and you can inspect the goods for me.

, we need to inspect the goods carefully, it depends on whether I can suppress the voice of the Chamber of Commerce in one fell swoop."

Old Man Li nodded when he heard this and said cautiously: "Yes!"

………

In the lobby of the Shu Chamber of Commerce, when Qian Kun came here, the lobby was already full. He walked up to the lobby calmly, sat on the main seat, and said unhurriedly:

"Why did you come to me to talk about something in such a big way?"

Hearing this, Steward Wang from the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce was the first to speak: "Master Qian, we Ming people don't tell secrets. We just want to know what kind of business you discussed with Mr. Jin Yiwei. But did you really reach a deal?"

"I knew you would ask this. I can answer your question, but you answer my question first."

Qian Kun raised his head and looked at everyone present and said, "What kind of business did that person discuss with you?"

There was a moment of silence in the lobby. In the end, it was the Jiangnan business manager Wang who was the first to speak: "We in Jiangnan are discussing paper and printing business. Jin Yiwei reduced the sales price to almost half of my cost. We simply

There is no way to refuse this business, and everyone present should be the same."

The head of the Zhejiang Merchants Chamber of Commerce heard this and said: "Our Zhejiang merchants are talking about the porcelain business. It's basically the same as what the superior said. He offered us a price that we can't refuse."

Hearing this, the head of the Hebei Chamber of Commerce showed a hint of surprise in his eyes and said: "Hebei Business is a vinegar and soy sauce business, and the price is also irresistible."

"Shanxi merchants are in the wine business. As for why, obviously I don't need to explain." The head of the Shanxi Merchants Chamber of Commerce spread his hands and said.

The more Qian Kun heard this, the more frightened he became. From cloth to wine to paper to vinegar and soy sauce, half of the world's business is basically here.

After everyone finished speaking, Qian Kun took a deep breath and said, "I believe what that person said now. Even if businessmen from Shu, Shanxi, Jiangnan, Zhejiang, and Hebei join forces, they can't take over his business."

"Qian Shaodong's family hasn't answered our questions yet?" Jiangnan Shang Wang's steward asked.

Qian Kun waved his hands after hearing this and said: "Shu merchants are in the cloth business. I did reach a deal. We agreed yesterday. Manager Li is now inspecting the goods. If you don't have any objections, just wait for the results with me here. If

If it works, then it means that the world’s business will change because of us.”

………

On the top of Weishan Mountain and under the Warlock Tower, the top0 team and the Big Muscle Team have gathered and are ready to start heading towards the Weishan Bandit Camp.

The result of Deng Xian and others' exploration of the county government office yesterday was not good. Apart from learning the faces of several fugitives, they got almost nothing. They even almost got arrested. In the end, Deng Xian and others decided to come first.
To be continued...