The Three Kingdoms

"We don't care!"

A trace of helplessness flashed across Sun Jian's eyes, he could only sigh, and said: "Jiangdong is facing battles on both sides of Jiaozhou and Jingzhou, and the interior must be stable. Zhongmou has to deal with the things he made himself. I believe he has a way to solve his troubles, if the General's Mansion intervenes, it will really cause the Jiangdong aristocratic family to strongly retaliate, and it will really cause Jiangdong civil strife."

"But Mr. Quan is single and weak, relying on merchants alone may not be able to withstand the attack of the family!" Zhang Zhao whispered.He is a scholar who has read a lot of poetry and books and inherited Confucianism. He has a contempt for merchants in his consciousness. He doesn't think that these merchants can withstand the blow of the aristocratic family.

"I don't think so. Since Mr. Quan has the guts to set up flags for merchants, there must be someone behind him. It's not so easy for a powerful family to attack him." Zhang Hong pondered for a moment, a gleam flashed in his eyes, his face Calmly, softly.

"Ha ha!"

Sun Jian smiled and said: "Since this little bastard is restless, let him hit the wall. I want to see what he can use to fight these aristocratic families."

He wasn't very worried. After all, Sun Quan was his son. At most, he would fail and his reputation would be discredited. From then on, he would be a noble son who did not do political affairs. On the three-acre land in Jiangdong, no one would dare to hurt his life. .

[Text Chapter 245 Gathering of Jiangdong Big Merchants]

In Moling City, under the scorching sun, the streets and alleys inside and outside the city were extremely lively.

Since Moling started a wave of farming, the population of people entering Moling from all over the country began to increase continuously. Some came from other counties in Danyang, and some sneaked across the river from Jiujiang County on the opposite side. Sun Quan’s Attitude, all comers are not rejected, so in just one month, a lot of people have been gathered.

After setting up farmland, he began to build the city, and the construction of Jinling New City was Sun Quan's most important job. He had to plan the best for this future southern capital.

The general outline of Jinling New City has been marked, and the construction of new city walls has begun. Those who farm the fields and build the city walls are all young and strong with bare shoulders, bathed in the strong light, sweating like water, and full of energy.

At this time, the lobby of the Moling County Government was also bustling.

The lobby is full of people, and the entire lobby, together with the back hall, opens up the side halls on the left and right sides to form a wide hall for receiving guests. In the hall, bamboo mats are spread on the floor, flowers are placed everywhere, and there are sheets of flowers in the middle. Desks, on top of the desks, delicacies, sake, and assortment of fruits, there is a person sitting in front of each desk, some are old, some are middle-aged, and some are calm youths.

There are a total of seventy people sitting here, each of whom is the owner of a large-scale merchant in the six counties of Jiangdong and Liaodong. The person sitting in the front is a young man in his thirties. It turns out that the number one merchant in Xuzhou, Mi Lan from the Mi family.

The first place above the main hall was still empty, and Sun Quan, the protagonist who gathered them together, did not appear, so the lower ones began to communicate with each other.

"Mr. Xu, I didn't expect your Xu family to come here too. I heard that the Xu Jiazhi Iron Works recently cooperated with the Lujiang County Sheriff's Mansion and contracted the sheriff's mansion's weapons business, right?"

"Small business, small business, can't compare to the wealth and wealth of your Wu family. The three fleets directly contracted, from Yizhou to Liaodong, are amazing!"

"I am over-flattered!"

……

"I'm from Yuzhang, surnamed Wang. A certain family is in the timber business. I don't know who you are?"

"It turned out to be Brother Wang, a certain person from Liaodong, surnamed Guo, who used to provide ore and buy and sell horses. Now it is to promote coal in Liaodong. Jiangdong has a great demand for these new coals. The merchant ships purchased by a certain person are specially used for this purpose. , this business is good."

……

"Brother Fang, it turns out that you are the master of silk in Wu County. I'm being disrespectful. I wonder if you can provide us with the cloth from your Fang family?"

"you are?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My surname is also Fang, and I am in the cloth business in Liaodong. It's just that Liaodong is bitterly cold and there is no stable supply of goods."

"There is no problem with this. Both of you have the surname Fang, and you were still in the same family 500 years ago."

……

"Brother, what business do you do?"

"Uncle, a certain is from Kuaiji, and he is in the grain business."

"That's good, a certain winemaker from Wu County, we can cooperate in the future!"

……

No matter which era, the representative of a businessman is tactful and talkative, with a slippery mouth, as the saying goes, seeking money rather than anger. To do business, you must first have connections. Only by showing good connections can you do business well.

The status of merchants is lowly, and grand gatherings of merchants are rare in the world. Now that so many big merchants gather together, they naturally start to draw relationships with each other and expand their contacts.

"Everyone, it looks like a good talk!"

About half an hour later, Sun Quan, who was dressed in a blue robe, came belatedly, followed by two people, one was Xu Shu, and the other looked a little gloomy, was Xu Shan from the Xu family.

Xu Shan is Xu Mu's son, he is a smart man, not only did not take advantage of his father's relationship, but also put aside his relationship with Xu's family, he left the house and took refuge in Sun Quan.

Sun Quan attached great importance to him, and directly recruited him as his own genus, which was the meaning of his staff.

"I'll pay my respects to Mr. Quan!"

Seeing Sun Quan's figure, everyone had a touch of respect for Mr. Jiangdong Quan. Their faces immediately became serious, and they stood up one after another, saluting respectfully.

"Everyone, you're welcome, sit down, sit down!"

Sun Quan sat on the first seat, raised his head, his eyes swept across the group of the best merchants in Jiangdong, there was a trace of strangeness in his eyes, a smile was drawn on the corner of his mouth, and he stretched out his hand very politely.

"Young Master Quan, Xu Ma from the old Xu family in Lujiang, I don't know why Young Master Quan sent out invitations and invited us all over here this time. What's the reason?" asked directly.

"Old Xu asked this question well, and you have always been puzzled!"

Sun Quan smiled slightly, and glanced at the old man of the Xu family. The Xu family was an iron merchant. He was born in ironworks. After five generations, he was able to forge weapons, have a private workshop, and do business with the county guard's mansion.

"But I have a question, I want to ask you first!"

Sun Quan squinted his eyes, glanced sharply, and asked loudly: "Since ancient times, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and since the Qin and Han Dynasties, merchants have not paid much attention to them. Merchants use small things to make big fortunes, and risk losing their capital to sell goods. , to make profits, but even if you have accumulated tens of thousands of family wealth, you are just a lowly person, are you willing?"

"Of course I'm not reconciled!"

Sun Quan's question made everyone in the lobby look at each other, and finally a middle-aged man stood up, with a sad and angry face, bowed and said.

"But what's the use of not being reconciled, the power of the Jiangdong family is not something we can contend with." Someone said helplessly.

"The world is still the world of the aristocratic family!"

"Yes, if we annoy them, we may not even be able to do business."

"Most of the aristocratic families are descendants of officials and eunuchs. Most of them represent the government. If they say a word, we, business people, will have nowhere to go."

……

The system of scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce for thousands of years has accumulated countless grievances for businessmen looking for a job. Sun Quan's words seemed to open a vent. Every businessman spoke out, spitting and thundering, and began to vent The unfair treatment of the merchant class by the powerful family on weekdays.

"Everyone, the system is used to subvert, what if someone gives you a chance to compete against the world's aristocratic families?"

Sun Quan didn't need to listen, he also knew that businessmen in this era didn't have the so-called equal treatment at all. He didn't go around in circles, he squinted his eyes, shot out a flash of light, looked at everyone, and said directly: "Sun Quan, Respect merchants, without your efforts, goods from all over the world would not be able to circulate, I am willing to fight for the status of merchants, are you willing?"

"Chance?"

"what chance?"

"The status of the merchant?"