The boat fell into silence, and only the sound of the lake breeze passing by the rolled curtain floating in the cabin. After a long time, a crisp sound of the lid touching the bowl broke the silence. When everyone looked at it, the fat man sitting in the middle of the south and north slowly picked up the tea cup and took a sip. "Good tea, Wuyi's big red robe is really wonderful. Boss Xie, when will he give me a few taels? How about?"

"Mr. Liao, what's going on? Are you still interested in talking about tea ceremony? When we get through this difficulty, let alone a few taels, what if I pack all the tea trees on the cliffs to give you?" At this time, the fat man was still interested in talking about tea ceremony. The middle-aged gentleman next to him was ridiculous, but he was not easy to answer. He could only agree with a wry smile, "I'm afraid that as Mr. Qian said, how many of our families will be left by then?"

Shaking his head lightly, the fat man put down the teacup and smacked his lips, "Don't be so pessimistic. Now everyone is coming just to discuss a solution? Although the situation changes quickly, it will never be separated from the sect. People in Jiangnan have to carry the banner. If they don't fight, they won't eat or wear?"

"Mr. Liao, how can you know our suffering? Take my Xie family for example. Our Xie family started with river transportation. Quanzhou Prefecture is our Xie family's base. Now the river-sea transportation is in conjunction with rivers and seas. The transportation industry is the foundation of my Xie family. However, now the East China Sea is in war, Jinling, the most important wharf, has fallen into the hands of His Highness. The taxes of Yanyun and Donghai counties in the north have doubled. Moreover, due to the tense situation and the public security situation is becoming increasingly severe, my fleet has been robbed twice in a row, and the amount of compensation from my family has exceeded 500,000 gold coins; to the south, the Milanese fleet has the Milan Wang family ship.

The team escorted and patroled, and the merchants gradually turned to the fleet of merchants of Milan. My Xie family's business was greatly affected. The five lakes to the west were as unstable. The empire and the Maqi Khan alternately controlled Wen Ning, while Anqing and Yueyang's control changed hands between the Sixth Prince and the Third Prince. The transit tariffs were as high as those of the remnants of Taiping. The situation was better than that of several other governments. The Xie family is now struggling to support it. Not to mention that the Sixth Prince is still asking for donations, even if it doesn't, I think the business will not last long." After the middle-aged gentleman finished speaking, shook his head and sighed.

"Yes, Lord Liao, the situation in our Zhou family is similar to what Brother Xie said. Everyone knows that Zhou Chuannan only does the same business, that is, salt. Where does the salt come from? Isn't it just relying on the seaside salt field? Now the salt field in Donghai County has been detained by His Highness. I sent someone to negotiate without any response. The Wuhu war was in chaos and Heshuo Road was blocked. The price of salt transport in Guanxi has increased by 80%. The warehouse in Weiyang has already run out. I urgently transported a batch of goods from Jinhua, but on the way, I was stopped by the newly established tax inspection department of the Chu Palace. I had to draw ten points for wartime lijin. I was transporting between warehouses. Is there any transaction?

How could I draw a lijin? This is a story that has been through the ages, but everyone listens to you. I just want to draw it. Before I even arrived in Weiyang, I received a notice from the newly established Monopoly Product Management Office of the Chu Prince's Mansion that all monopoly products will be managed by the Monopoly Products Office of the Chu Prince's Mansion. The monopoly license issued by the County Magistrate's Mansion will be abolished and need to be reapplied. Not only will the three-year monopoly rights I purchased will be invalidated in less than a year, and the price of the new monopoly rights is twice as high as the original one in the County Magistrate's Mansion. Do you still need to do business?" A man surnamed Zhou, who was wearing a white scarf and wearing a cloth shirt, said sadly, "My Zhou family has been passed down for four generations, will it be defeated by my Zhou family?!"

"Who said no?" Seeing everyone speaking angrily, the short and thin man surnamed Murong was not willing to be lonely, and looked indignant: "Although our Murong family's main business is a slave business, it is also allowed by the imperial law, but in the eyes of others, we always seem to be inferior to others. The first stop of the tax department is our family, and the first branch of the audit department is ours, and the first branch of the audit department is also our Murong family. The license for the franchise operation, hehe, Boss Zhou has doubled, but we have tripled it, but we have tripled it

!You said the business is good, so we won’t say anything else. But look at the business. Now the food price has skyrocketed. Who is willing to increase the number of people? No business is easy to do and the prosperity is unrest, so who will buy your goods? I finally saw that the Japanese defeated Duoduans. I thought I could make a fortune by taking this opportunity, but I never thought that the navy did not allow Japanese ships to enter the port. The Japanese were so angry that they sold all their slaves to Milan and Nanyang. Isn’t this intention to force people to a dead end?"

Everyone started to make noise, the crowds were crowded and the noise was noisy, and it seemed that they had been accumulating resentment for a long time. Finally, I finally found an opportunity to vent my feelings.

"Okay, everyone, now is not the time to complain. It's already like this. We still have to face reality and think about how to overcome this difficulty in front of us. The situation is chaotic and we are short-sighted and it is difficult to see the current general trend. Lord Liao has been living in the court for a long time and has a lot of knowledge. I believe he has to teach us something. Why don't you ask Lord Liao to clear the clouds and mist for us and have a glimpse of the way?" The middle-aged gentleman of Baijing and green beard who had been sitting at the top of the head finally spoke. As soon as he spoke, the cabin suddenly became quiet.

As the helmsman of the seven great masters of Jiangnan, *'s knowledge and vision are far from comparable to those of the other merchants who only know how to operate business all day long. Although business requires making friends with local governments and maintaining necessary contacts with all the forces around them, Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time and is a major financial and taxation place in the empire. No matter who takes over the throne of the empire, it will not easily shake the foundation of Jiangnan. This is already a consensus among all people in the government and opposition. As merchants in the seven governments of Jiangnan, while constantly expanding their own business, they have also been connected with all the forces in the empire's court, but as their nature of seeking profit, they are not

They were willing to get too close to the nobles in the court who had been changing, especially in the late period of Situ Mingyue's reign. The frequent adjustments of power and the integration of officials made the merchants at a loss. They often spent countless money and manpower to climb the line. They might become prisoners within a few days, and may even be affected by fish disasters. Therefore, in the later period, the merchants became more cautious. In addition to the chief Liao who lived firmly, they even united and formed the middle and upper-level officials of the local garrison and the navy. Instead, they had less contact with the officials of the court far away in the imperial capital. Of course, there was still a lot of filial piety in money.

Long before the change occurred in the throne of the empire, Liao Qichang, as the county magistrate of Jiangnan County, keenly realized that the storm that the empire was about to face was far from the ups and downs that had been experienced in the past. He once reminded the seven great men in Jiangnan to have cunning rabbits and three holes. Various assets and investments concentrated in the three eastern counties of the empire should be distributed, and not put eggs in one basket. He pointed out that the relatively barren and backward Northwest and Northern Luzon may be a good choice.

Although this suggestion has caused a wave of Jiangnan funds flowing to the northwest and Northern Luzon, the peaceful situation in the three southeastern counties has made major businesses reluctant to transfer their investments in the three counties. Only the head of the Wen family, the head of the seven great masters, attached great importance to Liao Qichang, and began to gradually shift the investment focus from the East China Sea and the Five Lakes to the northwest and Northern Luzon, and began to diversify the investment direction. From the financial industry to the plantation to the mining industry, Wen family's investment in the northwest and Northern Luzon has exceeded its investment direction.

The total investment of his six companies is more than twice. In particular, they invested in the acquisition of the Northwest Datong Money House, which was originally controlled by the commercial forces of the imperial capital, and changed its name to the Jiangnan Money House Northwest Branch, which suddenly accelerated the transfer of funds and assets of the Wen family. After entering the Northwest Bank, the second company obtained a license to open a money house and a bank in Northern Luzon. Even before entering the northwest with Wen family, they first tried their best to obtain a financial market access license in the Western Regions and the Kansai region.

After seeing Tiannan inclusion in Li Wufeng's control, he was the first to send a representative to congratulate Li Wufeng and proposed to acquire Southern Bank, which was originally controlled by the Qinlang family (the bankruptcy was on the verge of bankruptcy liquidation due to Lang's collapse), to stabilize the hearts of the people and get high praise from Wufeng. His positive performance not only won the friendship between Xiao Tang, James and senior officials in the northwest of Yang Zhengbin, but also provided strong guarantees for his financial security. Therefore, in this matter, he has always been very grateful to Liao Qichang, thanking the other party for pointing out the direction for him and threading needles, which made his mood at this time much easier than other companies.

As early as after Liao Qichang's proposal to invite Wufeng to enter the south of the Five Lakes and Jiangnan was rejected, Liao Qichang had already felt that the three southeastern counties were likely to encounter unprecedented wars in hundreds of years with his sensitive sense of political career. Of course, he did not know that drought would be a powerful catalyst for this war, but behind Qiankun Dao Situ Biao's strong rise, Situ Tai's ambition for a county in the East China Sea and even Jiangnan, and the crazy expansion of the Japanese at sea, Situ Yuan

Behind the Milanese people, the two talented and politicians of Maqihan, and the various sects of the empire, all of this is likely to have the entire three southeastern counties in a desperate situation. However, his early prophecies and guidance can only be regarded as *, but the Wen family's too huge assets cannot be completely transferred in just one or two years, and the people who are lucky in the Wen family are also delaying the progress of asset transfer, either openly or secretly.
Chapter completed!