"Prince, Johnson Chan repeatedly proposed to meet with the prince." Mo Zhinian reported.

"Why, they still don't agree? Let me tell them that I am not free, and such a trivial matter is not enough to distract me."

"They agreed."

"Ah? Is it 600,000?" Wu Zheng was surprised.

"Yes. It's just that Johnson Chan and others have to meet the prince before they can reach an agreement."

Wu Zheng frowned and said, "Do you know what they meant to see me?"

Mo Zhinian shook his head and said, "I tried to inquire, but they were all silent, and they really didn't know the intention. Prince, according to my opinion, it's better to meet them. After all, I really have to delay and force the Qing court to get angry. Perhaps the consequences are...unbelievable."

Wu Zheng was stunned and said, "What do you mean? Can you still have a soft flank to be held?"

Mo Zhinian shook his head and said, "Even if I was taken away, I would not persuade the prince to condescend to see them. However, the prince, Jiangnan coal, iron ore, etc. are rare after all. Now the three military workshops need coal and ore. If they really make a fuss, the Qing court will be blocked from the south, and I am afraid... "

Wu Zheng was very worried. He was indeed careless. The raw materials were controlled by others, which was no different from the war horses being controlled by others.

Wu Zheng said anxiously: "This matter is a big deal. Is there no substitute source except the north? For example, in the west, in the south, and directly from foreign merchants."

Mo Zhinian shook his head and said, "The wars are continuous in the west and south. If it is an ordinary thing, it is easy to say, but no matter where you want these things, how can you let them go easily? As for foreign merchants, you can get them, but the journey is long, so the price may not be enough."

Wu Zheng was silent. At this time, the shipping was not enough to be shipped in three or five days like in later generations. Within a month, there was no need to think about it. The transportation costs brought by this cannot be ignored.

Mo Zhinianyan: "It's okay to cease the battle with the Qing court now, but soon the prince's northern expedition will surely block these raw materials. Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others control the northern commerce. If we want to bypass the Qing court, we can get northern coal and ore smoothly, we must pass these people."

Wu Zheng hesitated and said, "Although it was the imperial merchants of the Qing court, could they really hide the goods transported south from the Qing court?"

"Did the prince forget how they transported the prohibited materials outside the pass?"

Wu Zheng suddenly realized, "Then... see you?"

....

Wu Zheng met these two traitors who had been "known" for nearly four hundred years.

Fan Yongdou is about fifty years old and has a face with a national character, and looks loyal and honest. It is hard to see that such a face has a dark heart.

Wang Dengku has a sharp-mouthed face, and he looks like a gentleman who has been addicted to taking too much Fushou cream in later generations.

What surprised Wu Zheng was that John, who was the leader of the mission, did not appear.

"The foreign minister has met the prince."

It is true that he calls himself a foreign minister. The eight imperial merchants were responsible for the Qing court's internal affairs office. Now he is on an envoy under the order and should be called a foreign minister.

But his expression was arrogant, and it was true that the imperial merchants of the Interior Affairs Office, who were granted by Fulin as the world's industry, had a reason to be arrogant.

The problem is that he obviously doesn't understand that this is Hangzhou Prefecture, not Shuntian Prefecture.

Wu Zheng ignored the two and turned to ask Mo Zhinian, "Where is Tang Ruowang?"

Before Mo Zhinian answered, Fan Yongdou stepped forward and said, "Prince, Lord Tang is waiting outside. That's right. We waited for some things to talk to the prince in private, so we asked Lord Tang to wait outside."

Wu Zheng's eyes shrank, these two traitors were "ox", John Tang was the chief supervisor of the Imperial Heaven Supervision and a fifth-rank official. Now he was ordered by the Qing court to go on a mission to Jiangnan. These two merchants actually asked the envoy to wait outside. You can imagine the majesty of these two people.

Wu Zheng had no intention of fighting for power for Johnson Chan.

Just didn't want to pay attention to the two of them. Of course, in fact, they wanted to eliminate the arrogance of the two. Wu Zheng slowly narrowed his eyes and took a nap.

This style has existed since ancient times, which means seeing you is to admire you, but your status is not enough, so I don’t want to talk to you.

Then who can speak? Don’t be obsessed with it.

Mo Jie Nian coughed lightly and said, "Two sirs, you may as well talk to Mo if you ask for what the prince is doing."

Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku saw that there were more worlds, so they naturally understood Wu Zheng's attitude, and their expressions were slightly restrained.

So, he smiled and said to Mo Zhinian: "To put it, this matter is also related to Lord Mo, so it will be a blessing for Lord Mo."

So the two of them sat down.

Fan Yong talked about Mo Zheng, but he had to face Wu Zheng. This is the rule, "We asked to see the prince for only one thing. The Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce hosted by Lord Mo has been a bit too sharp in many sub-colons in Jiangbei, right? Fan has been doing business for many years. The Jiangnan Business is no longer profitable, but a loss. For the sake of being in the same lineage, we have not joined forces to suppress it, so we want to seek justice from Lord Mo."

Wu Zheng's eyes shook, and I went there, but I didn't expect that I would come to find fault. This is really a birthday boy who is tired of eating arsenic.

However, Wu Zheng didn't think about moving for the time being, and listened quietly to how Mo Zhinian responded.

When Mo Zhinian heard this, he felt a clear idea. The Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, in accordance with the intention of Wu Zheng, launched a business war against the north for some time.

Because the incident started, there was no detailed deployment. So, when it moved, it was just two words, "rough"!

What a rough method?

For example, Jiangnan tea, an ordinary Longjing, is about one tael and six qian to two taels of silver in Hangzhou Prefecture.

After being shipped to the north, the cost will be at least three taels.

In the past, the store was sold at least about four taels, but the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce’s semicolon directly raised the price of three taels per kilogram.

This price is definitely not profitable, or even a loss.

This crude method has really attracted a large number of buyers and has also caused great customer churn to Beijing Business.

But when a discerning person saw it, he quickly understood the other party's intention - to smash the situation.

Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku are distinguished people, so they can understand them naturally, but they are also wise people. If they had changed to another business name, Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku would have launched a counterattack long ago.

It is precisely because they know that Wu Zheng is standing behind the Jiangnan business, they dare not take action easily.

Although it was the imperial merchants of the Qing court, their power was based on the protection of the Qing court. They fought against ordinary merchants, even if the idea of ​​an ordinary family was OK. If they really wanted to fight against a business supported by the regime, their quality would be less than a little bit.

Of course, this requires the establishment of the Yixing Dynasty and the Qing court before they broke up.
Chapter completed!