Domineering Daming

Fu Tao looked at these three people, his heart moved, and he stepped forward with a smile and said, "Master Lao Fan has been waiting for a long time."

Fan Jinxiong was even more polite, clasped his fists with a smile on his face and said, "Your Excellency, you are polite, Fan can afford to wait at this time."

Fan Jinxiong also sighed in his heart, when Yang Huaizhong was in the capital, Wei Liangqing had been wooed by him, but it was a pity that he didn't pay much attention to it.Who would have known that behind him is King Hui, who has become the current emperor!

The court's salt policy and tea policy have changed continuously. Others may not know it, but as a Shanxi merchant with business all over the world, he has been touched the most. He knows deeply that this is just the beginning. If you don't hold on to the thigh of Mr. Fu right now , I'm afraid they won't even have a foothold in the future!

However, he was also secretly thankful that he had listened to Fu Tao's words earlier and established the Huijin Commercial Firm to quietly take out those taboo businesses. Otherwise, the Fan family must have been the one who ransacked the family and exterminated the family!

Because, not long ago, Jin Yiwei ransacked the homes of several big families in Shanyou that still had contacts with Jiannu.

Fu Tao looked at Li Hanshan and Sun Yongzheng beside Fan Jinxiong, and said politely: "These two are shopkeeper Li and shopkeeper Sun, right?"

Sun Yongzheng and Li Hanshan hurriedly raised their hands and said, "It's just that, I've seen the eldest son."

"Please come in."

Fu Tao looked at the two of them, like a mountain of silver, with a wider smile.

Fan Jinxiong paid a deposit of 80 taels and got a license. If he didn't have it, his thousands of acres of tea land and several tea mountains would be lost.

The three followed Fu Tao into the door and sat down among the guests.

After the servants poured out the tea, Fu Tao took a sip, looked at the three of them and said with a smile: "The two master shopkeepers have come to the capital, but this is the first time they have entered my small gate."

Most of Sun Yongzheng's business is stuck in water transportation. It has been very sad these few months. Finally, he saw the rightful owner. He said with a calm expression in his heart: "It's not easy to get into this school, Mr. Fu. I heard that Mr. Fu is doing it for you. The imperial court accepts donations, so I dare to come to the door with a cheeky face."

Fu Tao was slightly taken aback, this Sun Yongzheng was sensible.Recently, there have been more than a few wealthy businessmen and tycoons who have come to the capital, and very few of them would actually donate money to the household department.

Li Hanxi immediately came to understand, looked at Fu Tao, and said: "The court is in trouble, we should give generously, and Li also asked the housekeeper to prepare 5 taels of cash, which will be sent to the household department today."

Sun Yongzheng frowned slightly, this Li Hanshan is a nouveau riche who relies on his family, he has no demeanor that a scholar should have, and he is stingy and stingy, he looks down on him very much.

Fu Tao heard that it was only 5 taels, and said with a faint smile, "Let shopkeeper Li Da worry about it."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to Fan Jinxiong, glanced at Fan Yongdou who was standing beside him, and said, "Apart from the tea business, is there anything else that shopkeeper Fan Da has to do when he comes to Beijing this time?"

Fan Jinxiong and Fu Tao have met many times, and after a little understanding, he took a panoramic view of everything, and said calmly: "Fan knows that the imperial court is collecting donations, and the Fan family has also earned some money in the past few years, so they specially prepared 20 yuan. Ten thousand taels, ready to donate to the Ministry of Households."

Fu Tao smiled, and said loudly: "Thank you so much, shopkeeper Fan Da, I can go to Fu's house some other day, I believe my father will be very happy to see shopkeeper Fan Da."

When Fan Jinxiong heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Eldest Young Master!"

Chapter 218

Now, who doesn't know that Fu Changzong is the uncle of the new emperor, and who doesn't know that the new emperor has always held the position of Minister of the Household Department vacant.

This is trust!

Not to mention the Minister of the Household Department, as long as the qualifications are sufficient, it may only be a matter of time before entering the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister!Who can't figure out the status of this Mr. Fu, who is still the servant of the household department, in the new dynasty!

Sun Yongzheng originally wanted to use the imperial court's donation as a vote, but seeing that Fan Jinxiong took the lead, he secretly gritted his teeth, and followed suit: "My lord, Sun is going to donate 50 yuan to the imperial court this time, and I hope you can introduce him on your behalf. "

Li Hanshan was anxious, and hurriedly said: "I will donate too, donate... 80 taels!"

Fu Tao was satisfied with this, and felt a little strange, muttering to himself that this was not like his previous style, but more like an emperor.

But Fu Tao quickly brushed aside these things, comforted the two warmly, and then said to Sun Yong: "Shopkeeper Sun, I heard that your business is not doing well recently?"

Sun Yongzheng's ship used to transport "illegal" things, but now it either belongs to Zhou Jianyu's Huiyun Shipping Company, or it is banned, so it has been in despair for several months.

He looked at Fu Tao, with some reluctance on his face, and said, "Let the eldest son laugh, and I hope the eldest son will support you."

Sun Yongzheng is not polite, he really needs Fu Tao's support.

Fu Tao had already searched the richest men in all the places, especially those in Beijing. After hearing the words, he pondered for a while, glanced at Fan Jinxiong and Li Hanshan, and said, "The imperial court intends to abolish the weaving mansions in various places, Master Sun, is there any intention?" take over?"

Sun Yongzheng's face changed slightly, weaving, the palace, the court, and the officials don't know how much they spend every year. If they really take it over, not to mention selling to the government every year, but just talking about the private sector, or going to sea, it will definitely make more money than water transport!

Sun Yongzheng's heart was pounding, he looked at Fu Tao and said, "My lord, can Sun really take over?"

Fu Tao smiled, and said: "Shopkeeper Sun, if you want to, let's talk in private."

Sun Yongzheng was excited, nodded and said: "Okay." After finishing speaking, he was thinking about how to take over, how much money to use and how to operate in the future.

Fu Tao settled Sun Yongzheng, then turned to look at Li Hanshan and said, "Master Li, is it for tea?"

Li Hanshu's tea business is not much worse than Fan Jinxiong's. If there is no permission, he will lose millions of taels a year, not to mention losing money every year in the future.

He looked at Fu Tao, smiled flatteringly and said, "Yes, eldest son, as long as you give me this batch of documents, we will give you [-]% of the profits!"

Fu Tao frowned slightly, the person in front of him was worse than the results of the investigation.

After a slight pause, Fu Tao smiled and said, "Well, I heard that shopkeeper Li Da has a lot of business overseas?"

There was a sea ban in Ming Dynasty, but as the national strength of Ming Dynasty declined, this ban was also useless.The merchants who go to sea are mostly in Fujian and Zhejiang, and the returns are generous.

Li Hanshan looked at Fu Tao and said with joy on his face, "Eldest Young Master is also interested? Well, as long as you have the approval, the Eldest Young Master will also have a boat in his hand. We will definitely make a lot of money by partnering up!"

Fu Tao nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk privately later."

Before Li Hanshan could say anything more, Fu Tao turned to Fan Jinxiong and said, "Shopkeeper Fan Da, I heard that the business in Zhangjiakou is still there?"

Fan Jinxiong's face changed slightly, and he calmly said, "Young master, don't worry, it's just that the business has been too long and complicated, and it will take a little time to clean it up, a month at most. The Fan family will clean up the dirty business before, and there will never be any An act of capitalizing on the enemy!"

Fu Tao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Master Fan, let's have a good chat tonight."

Fan Jinxiong was startled for a moment, followed by a flash of light in his eyes.Every time he cooperates with this Mr. Fu, the Fan family will make a lot of money. This time there must be another good thing.

Fu Tao strengthened his spirits and negotiated with Sun Yongzheng and Li Hanshan successively.Under the control of Huitong Commercial Bank, there will soon be two more large commercial firms, with their tentacles extending to the southernmost part of Ming Dynasty.

In the evening, a restaurant.

After taking a break, Fu Tao met Fan Jinxiong.

Fan Yongdou followed all the time, but never interrupted, just listened and watched.

Fu Tao came in, his eyes swept over Fan Yongdou's face, he raised his hand and said to Fan Jinxiong: "I kept Master Fan waiting for a long time."

Fan Jinxiong was looking forward to Fu Tao's meeting this time, and said respectfully and courteously: "Your Excellency, you are welcome, please sit down, daughter Hong, a century-old daughter!"

Fu Tao glanced at the table, and the two sat down. After a brief exchange of greetings, Fu Tao cut to the chase: "Master Fan Da, I heard that the Fan family has a racecourse in Datong?"

Fan Jinxiong looked curious, and said: "My lord, are you interested in the racecourse?" He was very puzzled, what did Fu Tao want the racecourse for.Although he has a horse farm, it was sent by Jiannu and Tatars, and he had nowhere to settle, so he built a horse farm.

Daming's cavalry has been deserted for an unknown amount of time, and there is no decent cavalry in Ming Dynasty, let alone horses suitable for cavalry.

Fu Tao said: "Thinking about it, I can't hide it from Shopkeeper Fan Da. I don't want this racecourse, but, Your Majesty!"