His wife was happy to hear this, but she still said unhappily: "Just because he is so ruthless to our daughter, I won't praise him."

Yu Niang couldn't help but say, "Brother Han is not what you said, he has his own difficulties."

"Okay, I don't care about your business." Sun's wife smiled angrily and said, "Look, it's better to raise a son. Raise a daughter. Now my heart has gone with outsiders."

Sun Anle smiled and said, "You can't blame your daughter for being outgoing. However, Zhang Han and Jingting told me that he is now committed to doing many major things, and his children's affairs are not yet available. In my opinion, Zhang Han is not a person without affection, but he must give us an explanation for this matter."

Just now, Sun Anle still looked like a drunk, but at this time he showed his domineering spirit for his daughter.

Yu Niang said, "As long as I can be with Brother Han, I won't be sure of my reputation."

When Sun Anle heard this, she was furious at first, and stood up and wanted to scold her. However, when she saw her daughter's delicate face diminished, her anger gradually faded, and she shook her head and said, "I am worthy of being my daughter, I'm also saying such words."

Yu Niang raised her head and said, "It was my father who taught me. If you have something to do, you will say it openly. You are not from the Sun family."

"Very good." Sun Anle said: "But no matter what you think, at least the Zhang family has to give you a fair wife, otherwise I would rather die than ask you to be a concubine for others. Also, no matter what, you are not allowed to sneak to see Zhang Han, and not do anything that violates the etiquette or law, otherwise..."

"Dad, what were you talking about?" Yu Niang really had the idea of ​​seeing Zhang Han secretly, but she had never thought about anything that violated the etiquette and law. She blushed and turned around and left.

"You are so unreasonable." Grand wife cursed: "What are you talking to your daughter?"

"Hmph, I should have been so concerned about her." Sun Anle said angrily.

...

Fan Yongdou walked into the inner house with a dark face.

The courtyards of his family are very large, with courtyards tied together. Although the scale cannot be compared with buildings like the Qiao family courtyard in later generations, it is also a huge courtyard at this time.

Not only are there houses, but also small temples, stages, large patios, and carved flowers, birds and figure patterns everywhere. The ground is filled with blue bricks, and countless servants are busy working in the houses.

The Fan family now has assets of about 2 million, which was a very terrifying number in the late Ming Dynasty.

It is estimated that it will not be until the end of Chongzhen that Zheng Zhilong, who owns tens of millions of property, will surpass the Fan family.

In Jiangnan and Guangzhou, Fujian, there are many huge merchants with a net worth of hundreds of thousands or millions, and there are only a few that cost more than one million or even two million.

In the north, except for those princes, the Fan family is already a well-deserved giant.

"The boss is here."

A shopkeeper stood up to greet him, and a dozen other people stood up together.

This is Fan Yongdou's study room in the inner study room. Like the high-ranking officials he has dealt with, Fan Yongdou likes to meet his most trusted subordinates and noble guests in the inner study room.

His study was very exquisitely built. Only three generations of nobles were born. The Fan family has been developed for several generations. There are no more and less antiques in the house, neither crowded nor simple. The calligraphy and paintings on the walls just show the owner's taste and identity.

Furniture is also the best wood and the best workmanship, and everyone sits on it very well

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) Comfortable.

All of this was originally called Fan Yongdou's most comfortable place, but now he was upset and almost did not pay any attention to any details in the room.

Fan Yongdou sat down and said in dismay: "Everyone says it."

A shopkeeper said first: "The grain prices in Jinzhou and Shanzhou have begun to rise. One stone has reached five cents. Including the loss and manpower sent along the way, we will get eight cents and one stone when we go to Guihua City with one stone."

"It will also cost seven cents when you take it away from Yuci and Taiyuan."

Li Mingda said: "It's almost the same when you walk from Xinpingbao."

"I only have less than 10,000 yuan in my shop, so the general shop has to quickly allocate the money. There are several big purchases to give people cash in."

Fan Yongdou looked at the account room and said, "There is less than 300,000 yuan left in the general store. All ten branches need money. The owner has to pay the money again. The account has been completed and the owner can check it at any time."

Fan Yongdou said distressedly: "Who doesn't believe in your account anymore? I will transfer the money to the shop when I look back."

Another shopkeeper said: "Our goods are sold at a low price when they arrive at Beilu, which is really unprofitable. Owner, can we raise the price?"

"Risk the price?" Another person said: "When we raise the price, wouldn't Zhang Han smile and say a little bit?"

A shopkeeper scolded: "I haven't shipped much recently, but they tried their best to eat our goods. This is really fucking..."

Li Mingda said: "At the beginning, we were just a joke, and there was no such business. We sold him to buy it, and fighting spirit is not like this. Now we understand that we are not doing ordinary business, but smuggling transactions in cooperation with the Beilu. In the past few months, the imperial court has become more and more nervous about the official market. Liaodong has sent new strategies, and the Ma market has completely stopped dead. The Tartars there are anxious to jump. The Beilu in Guihua City is also in a hurry to buy goods. Now they can raise prices, but once the price is raised, Zhang Han buys our goods cheaply. Once we increase the price, it is equivalent to giving the silver to Zhang Han for free. I feel so angry when I think about it."

Someone said angrily: "I wish I could kill that thief."

The more Fan Yongdou heard it, his heart became more and more confused. He felt that the flames were rising up and his face became darker. All these people were talking about the facts. Now the summer tax has long been over. Grain merchants everywhere have tacit understanding. They try hard to lower the grain prices when collecting taxes. The price of grain collection is very low. They exploit a large part of the profits of farming from farmers, and then start to slowly increase the price after collecting taxes. By the New Year and in the beginning of spring, the grain prices were the highest.

The year of this year is very bad, and no matter how much the grain price is, it cannot be lowered. At this time, the summer tax has been over, and grain merchants from all over the country have begun to increase prices. This is the general trend. No matter how powerful Fan Yongdou is, he can't reverse this trend. Even if the Fan family itself did not want to open up a source of smuggled goods and fight Zhang Han's and Yusheng, the price should actually be increased at this time. By the beginning of the Spring Festival, these grain merchants holding a lot of grain in their hands will be the most comfortable time to make money.

It can be said that such a business is stable and profitable, which is similar to putting money in the form of money. It only requires a little operation and some technical content. It is not like the relatives and officials and gentry who put money in the form of money, making money without any image.

"There are iron tools. The entire Lingqiu Iron Field was controlled by Zhang Han. What chamber of commerce did he build..."

"Chamber of Commerce? That Tianchengwei Chamber of Commerce is not a joke. What directors of those chambers of commerce are also following our Fan Family's ankle."

"I've asked about Lingqiu's different things.

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) The rules are much stricter than Tianchengwei. If you invest in the size of the iron field, Zhang Han will control the largest share. He has the final say in everything. The owners of the iron field dare not ignore him. Now Lingqiu does not send iron tools to naturalize. Beilu is extremely anxious. We have to pinch our noses and buy high-priced iron. They sell it to us for a third of the year. The iron that is so bad that they don’t want to be in the grassland!”

Li Mingda got more first-hand news in Xinpingbao. He said in a deep tone: "I heard that there was a good iron in Lingqiu. Zhang Han went to Lingqiu a while ago. If it was really as they said, the quality was not inferior to that of Fujian Iron, I am afraid that the profit would be great."

"Even so, Zhang Han will only be tighter than us!" A cousin of Fan Yongdou said on the side: "I have inquired that He Yusheng's account has not received much silver. It is true that everyone uses his account. It is for safety and convenience. The money can be made, but he wants to deposit everyone's bank in the account. No one has believed him yet. For such a long time, there are very few people who deposit the bank... It is useless to give interest."

When Fan Yongdou heard this, his heart gradually calmed down and said, "Zhang Han's inventory is useless. Now the Tartars also understand that our two families are fighting and want to win and lose. So even if Zhang Han wants to ship at a low price, as long as we are here, he will not be able to leave. People will have to see who to continue doing business with. The account cannot absorb money, and they and Yusheng have only a lot of money. It is nothing more than his account and Mule and Horse Store. I heard that he was also a patrol officer and was training to fight bandits. This person was confused. For such an opponent, we won nothing more than time. Don't panic. What should we do after we go back? My Fan family has been doing business for several generations and will not lose in the hands of such a shallow young man."

Everyone was a little panicked before coming here. After Fan Yongdou said this, they settled down and said goodbye to Fan Yongdou.

After everyone left, Fan Yongdou called a maid and asked, "Where is your mistress?"

"My mistress went to the temple to burn incense."

"Why have you been burning incense recently?" Fan Yongdou was a little angry and said, "I just went to Xiaowutai last month."

"Last month was a Buddhist temple," the maid said timidly: "This time I'm going to the Guandi Temple in the city."

"Oh." Fan Yongdou stood up and said to himself: "You can't delay, I'll go find her."

When he arrived at the gate, Fan Yongdou saw his cousin Fan Yongming. He called out, and Fan Yongming came over quickly.

"The fourth brother," Fan Yongdou said: "The money in the public has been almost allocated. Do you have any money in your own money? Take it out for a while first."

"What?" Fan Yongming was surprised and said, "The money in the public is gone?"

"Yes." Fan Yongdou looked around and saw that no one was close to him, and whispered: "There are less than 100,000 left!"

"There hasn't been paid in our houses yet?"

"How many months have passed?" Fan Yongdou said: "It will take two months at the earliest. If the year is not good this year, the amount of money you will pay will not be too much!"

The Fan family's assets are nearly 2 million, but most of them are in the inventory of shops, as well as the farms scattered in Shanxi and Beizhili. Each farm will pay the income of that year by the end of the year. In a year, the silver twelve to be paid is only about 100,000 taels. If the year is not good, it is estimated that even 100,000 may not be available.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!