The Three Kingdoms

They don't object, it's from their hearts, now who doesn't know that Wu country merchants have a status comparable to ordinary scholars, they naturally yearn for it.

But he didn't dare to say it out, after all, this was Wei.

"Now, give me a chance!" Chen Qun continued.

"What does Master Chen mean?"

Some people don't understand.

"Recently, the market price in Jizhou has fluctuated. You should have heard a little bit. The king was furious, so he ordered us to set up a business office to fight against the Northland Chamber of Commerce!"

Chen Qun stood up, looked at everyone, and said: "You are all merchants. In Jizhou, you should not want to let the Beidi Chamber of Commerce become bigger, and we are not willing, so I ask you to help us attack the Northland Chamber of Commerce." Chamber of Commerce!"

"Snipe at the Northland Chamber of Commerce?"

Everyone gasped, and some merchants who knew the Northland Chamber of Commerce began to retreat.

"Everyone, I know that many of you used to envy the status of merchants in the Wu Kingdom. Now that King Jinkou has opened, as long as you help the Chamber of Commerce to repel the Northland Chamber of Commerce, the court will establish a merchant residence and improve the status of merchants!"

Chen Qun said with a smile: "The opportunity is rare, you are not willing to fight for yourself!"

"Master Chen, it is fine for us to assist the Commerce Department, and we are willing to pay to fight against the Northland Chamber of Commerce, but we have one condition!"

Luo Cheng gritted his teeth, looked at Cao Ang and Chen Qun, and spit out a sentence.

"Please speak!" Chen Qun said.

"Someone wants the eldest prince to make a promise!"

"Say!" Cao Ang said calmly.

"There is a chamber of commerce in the state of Wu, which gathers the strength of merchants so that merchants will not be oppressed. Jizhou should also have our own chamber of commerce. I hope that the prince and the business administration can support the Jizhou chamber of commerce!"

Luo Cheng looked at the two of them with burning eyes, and said: "As long as the eldest prince is willing to promise to help the Chamber of Commerce, I, a merchant in Jizhou, is willing to do my best to fight against the Northland Chamber of Commerce, even if I go bankrupt, it will be no problem!"

The status of merchants in Wu State is envied by merchants all over the world. If a chamber of commerce can be established in Jizhou, Luocheng believes that the status of merchants in Jizhou will be improved in the Wei Kingdom.

"Yes, there are merchants in Yuzhou, and we should also set up a chamber of commerce to protect merchants from being bullied!" A big merchant from Yuzhou said firmly: "As long as the eldest prince is willing to support us, merchants in Yuzhou are willing to invest one billion yuan to cooperate with Beidi." Chamber of Commerce fights this battle!"

"Yanzhou merchants are also willing to invest one billion!"

"Our merchants in Qingzhou can also assist in this battle!"

A group of merchants seemed to see the hope of improving their status as lowly merchants, and several representative merchants spoke one after another.

"Hahaha, good!"

Cao Ang stood up, laughed a few times, and said: "Thanks to everyone who thinks highly of Cao Zixiu, you are willing to help Wei, and Cao Zixiu will also help you!"

"The great prince is benevolent!"

The eyes of the merchants were bright, they were no strangers to court politics, if there was no backing, even the established chamber of commerce would be nothing more than an empty shelf after all.

With Cao Ang, relatively speaking, they will not be afraid of doing things too much, and with their financial resources, they may not be able to compete with those powerful families.to be continued

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[Text 7, Chapter [-], Epoch-making War Eleven]

The economic situation in Jizhou, with the large amount of capital investment by businessmen under Wei State, did not get better, but completely deteriorated in a short period of time. ≧,

Before, it was only the funds of the Northland Chamber of Commerce, which was only suppressing. At most, many merchants followed suit to make profits, but they were a little calm.

But now, the power of merchants from the state of Wei joined the battle, which actually created chaos on the battlefield.

This is an epoch-making war. For Wei Guo, this war is too strange. It is so strange that they cannot use it thoroughly even if they have "thousands of troops".

Chen Qun's business house was assisted by businessmen from the four states, and with the help of the local officials, it was full of pride and confidence, and invested tens of billions of money, which was equivalent to millions of gold, and suppressed the business in all parts of Jizhou. Market situation.

However, the situation did not calm down as he expected, but there was a rebound that fueled the flames.

Competing for the market and controlling the price of goods, even if Chen Qun united with a group of merchants in Wei State, they could not compare to Mi Zhu, who has rich experience and has been in business for many years.

The cooperation between Mi Zhu and Su Shuang and Zhang Li formed an alternating effect between regions. Therefore, even if the Wei State Commercial Government invested tens of billions of money, there was still a situation where the east wall was demolished and the west wall was repaired. .

Jizhou is too big, and Chen Qun is confident that he can suppress the city's economy, but he can't control the overall situation at all. Prices are soaring, and inflation is gradually showing up.

Under such circumstances, many people in various places could not even afford a catty of meat or a stone of rice. Naturally, there were complaints everywhere, and the suppression of Wei Guochao was also clouded.

After February [-], the situation worsened.

In Hejian, Zhongshan, Bohai and other places.In the borderland connecting Youzhou, because of the erosion of the local economy, there was even a frenzy of refugees fleeing.

Almost every day, people dragged their families and tried their best to break through the territory of Wei State and enter the territory of Youzhou.

After Wei Wang Cao Cao received such news, he was furious.Unable to suppress his anger any longer, he immediately ordered Zhang Liao, the general of Wei State, to go northward overnight, sit at Jieqiao, and seal off the frontier.

This situation completely caused tension between Wei Guo and Wu Guo.

On February [-]th, Zhang Liao, the general of the Wei State, went north. In the name of the commander-in-chief of the Wei Army, he took over all the troops in Jieqiao, and raised his camp to force Youzhou.

February [-]th.Huang Zhonghao, the leader of the Youzhou camp, hesitantly led [-] troops, went south to Jizhou, and arrived at the border of Zhuojun. The two armies had nearly [-] soldiers and fought around the boundary bridge.

All of a sudden, there were some winds and cranes in the north, and the whole atmosphere became tense.

Yecheng, a commercial residence.

Lobby.

Chen Qun's dark eyes swept across the crowd.His whole body was full of killing breath: "Why, why until now. The price of our food has not been suppressed yet?"

"My lord, the price of grain is still maintained at about [-] yuan per stone!"

An official said in a low voice.

"Why did this happen?" Chen Qun asked coldly, "Where did the [-] shi of grain dispatched from Yanzhou go?"

He enthusiastically wanted to compete with the Northland Chamber of Commerce, but in the end he was defeated, and there was a trace of helpless decadence in his heart.

"My lord, the Northland Chamber of Commerce once burned nearly [-] shi of grain in one go. At present, the food shortage in Jizhou is too large. When our grain appeared on the market, it was sold out in an instant. Now there is insufficient food, so the price has not come down. !” The newly established Jizhou Chamber of Commerce represents merchant Luocheng.Analyzing softly.

"The most important thing is that Jizhou is too big!"

One of the merchants bowed and said: "They can buy in the east city and buy in the west city. We can't keep up with the pace. The price of Julu's grain has been raised, but the price of Hejian has been lowered. The grain we put into Hejian is transferred in the middle." With one hand, all the profits will go into the pocket of Peking University Chamber of Commerce!"

Except for Yecheng, which was relatively stable, the entire market in Jizhou was in chaos. Chen Qun underestimated the foundation of the Beidi Chamber of Commerce in Jizhou, but he couldn't figure out the direction of their attack.

The whole of Jizhou, not counting small towns, has nearly a hundred cities, and the prices of each city are slightly different. The Northland Chamber of Commerce took advantage of the price difference between them, but it cost them a lot of money.