Dragon's Origin

#427 - How to deal with Baoqing Yutang (Part 2)

“Simple!” Wang Sheng answered without even thinking. However, as the middle-aged man waited for the answer, Wang Sheng stopped and looked at the middle-aged man with a smile.

“My mistake!” The middle-aged man admitted his mistake without saying a word, picked up the pot and poured a glass of wine for Wang Sheng, filled his own glass as well, and raised his glass, saying, “I had selfish motives, I shouldn’t have concealed it, I’ll punish myself with a drink.” After speaking, he downed it in one gulp.

Wang Sheng also accompanied him with a drink. The middle-aged man refilled both their glasses and then said, “Brother, I am now sincerely asking for advice, some businesses are really pressing and I have no choice.” After saying that, he added an explanation: “Don’t worry, I don’t just ask anyone for advice, it’s just that we two hit it off. If you have a solution, brother, I will definitely reward you handsomely!”

“Do you know? I lost money this time because someone said something similar.” Wang Sheng looked at the middle-aged man with a smile that was not a smile, and said, “They said there would be a generous reward, but when I came to ask for the reward, they didn’t recognize me.”

“Bang,” the middle-aged man slapped the table heavily, attracting the attention of the surrounding people. Presumably, seeing Wang Sheng’s strong physique, those people didn’t say anything, mumbled a few words, and continued what they were doing, or left.

“There are people who do business like this?” The middle-aged man said with righteous indignation, “If you do business like this, who would dare to cooperate with him in the future? If you ask me, his business won’t last long.”

“That’s right.” Wang Sheng took the initiative to raise his glass and clinked it with the middle-aged man, “When I get back on my feet, I’ll slowly settle this account with them. To put it bluntly, I haven’t seen anyone who owes me money be comfortable for long.”

The middle-aged man’s expression didn’t change at all, only a flash of light in his eyes, which was very brief, and no one noticed it. After Wang Sheng finished speaking, he continued the previous topic: “Let’s talk about Baoqing Yutang.”

“Little brother, you should also be able to see that in order to maintain this life of luxury, I have to keep my business going.” The middle-aged man pointed to himself, letting Wang Sheng see, not afraid to reveal his wealth: “But Baoqing Yutang has been suppressing my business very hard recently. Little brother, do you have any way to help me maintain my current business? As long as I can hold on for half a year, I can recover.”

While speaking, the middle-aged man pushed over two storage rings: “Regardless of whether the method works or not, these gold coins are for you to buy wine.”

Wang Sheng raised his head, looked at the middle-aged man with a serious face, and asked with a smile, “Then I’ll take it seriously?”

“Of course! Of course!” The middle-aged man pushed the two storage rings even closer. Wang Sheng smiled and unceremoniously reached out and took the storage rings, placing them in front of him.

“Baoqing Yutang has been making a lot of moves recently, and they even want to deal with me, then I’ll give you a hand.” Wang Sheng said without any modesty, and then immediately asked in return: “Do you know people in the government? The capital is fine, any vassal is fine.”

“I know people!” The middle-aged man nodded immediately, leaned over, waiting for Wang Sheng’s brilliant plan.

“It’s easy if you know people.” Wang Sheng nodded casually and said, “You should know what Baoqing Yutang’s most profitable industry is now, right?”

“I know, snow sugar and refined salt.” The middle-aged man answered quickly, with eager eyes.

“Join forces with the government and monopolize salt and iron!” Wang Sheng unhesitatingly put forward an idea: “Of course, it’s not just salt and iron, all things related to the national economy and the people’s livelihood must be monopolized. For example, grain, for example, snow sugar.”

“What’s the explanation for this monopoly?” The middle-aged man was thoughtful, as if he had grasped a clue but couldn’t see the whole picture, and frowned anxiously, tugging at his beard.

“It means that these things related to the national economy and the people’s livelihood must be monopolized by the government.” Wang Sheng explained: “Think about it, once a war breaks out, but the grain and salt are in the hands of a merchant, if he doesn’t cooperate, the army won’t have food or drink, will it be fatal?”

“It will!” The middle-aged man had already figured out a lot of things, and his eyes were shining.

“If there is a disaster, the country should provide relief, but the things are in the hands of merchants, hoarding and speculating, raising prices on the spot, will it be fatal?” Wang Sheng asked again.

“Fatal!” The middle-aged man nodded again, his body almost trembling.

“So, these things cannot be operated privately.” Wang Sheng continued to offer advice: “These reasons are sufficient, right? Any vassal can issue an order, and the business of refined salt, snow sugar, grain, and weapons will be in the hands of the state. Not to mention the profits, how many more officials can be placed? If one vassal does this, the whole world will definitely follow suit.”

“Baoqing Yutang has lost so many incomes all of a sudden, will they still have time to suppress you?” Wang Sheng asked the middle-aged man with a smile, “Now, brother, don’t say half a year, it’s no problem to last for a year or two, right?”

“No problem! Of course, no problem!” The middle-aged man said so, but his heart was turbulent. On the one hand, he discovered a great source of wealth, and on the other hand, it was Wang Sheng’s idea.

This is not just helping me to survive for half a year, it is clearly cutting off the roots of Baoqing Yutang! Baoqing Yutang’s business focus in recent years has all been concentrated on snow sugar and refined salt, and the secret business also includes large quantities of weapons, but all of them were completely destroyed by Wang Sheng’s words.

Before, I heard that the people of Baoqing Yutang had offended Wang Sheng. Everyone was waiting to see how Wang Sheng would fight against such a behemoth as Baoqing Yutang alone, waiting to see a mantis trying to stop a chariot, waiting to see Wang Sheng make a fool of himself. As a result, Wang Sheng didn’t even need to move, just came up with an idea, and it would be considered that their ancestors had burned incense if Baoqing Yutang could recover in ten or twenty years.

This young man in front of me doesn’t make a move, but when he does, he wants to kill! How stupid is Baoqing Yutang to make an enemy of such a person? People who others can’t win over, why did the big boss of Baoqing Yutang think of pushing him to the enemy?

After thinking about Baoqing Yutang, and then thinking about the royal family, the middle-aged man suddenly smiled bitterly. Isn’t the royal family’s approach this time exactly the same as Baoqing Yutang, so stupid that it can’t be more stupid? Although it’s not the emperor’s intention, it’s his son who made the move after all, and a group of courtiers and children who encouraged him.

Those important ministers must be jealous and unbalanced. They felt that they had contributed greatly to the matter of enfeoffing the vassals, so when they saw the emperor enfeoffing Wang Sheng as the Changsheng Marquis, they were unhappy and came up with this idea to suppress Wang Sheng. They didn’t dare to move the various families, so they could only pick Wang Sheng, the softest persimmon, to pinch.

A group of fools, after the vassal states are stabilized, will there be fewer rewards for them? Extremely short-sighted!

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man made a gesture under the table. Among the people eating at the next table, someone immediately got up, paid the bill, and left the inn.

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