Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"Kill chickens to scare monkeys?" The housekeeper was a little taken aback, "What does Mr. Lang mean, are they going to attack these businessmen?"

"Yes, I'm afraid that one or two big merchant families will be selected, and then they will directly attack them. If the raw materials are lost or the products cannot be sold, the entire firm may collapse immediately."

"If you use some means to get them to sign a large order before they lose money, and then cut off the raw materials and other supplies after signing, then these merchant families will naturally have difficulty moving forward, especially the ships used for transportation, Caravans, etc. At least it has something to do with the powerful family." Zheng Lin shook his head and said.

"This... Sir, I'm afraid these people are not targeting these merchant families, are they?" The housekeeper hesitated.

"Otherwise? The conditions given by His Highness, can these merchants not be tempted? But if you want to be tempted, you must have the ability. In fact, I have carefully analyzed these merchant families. Almost all of these merchant families are localized, including some This is true of relatively strong merchant families."

"It's not that they don't want to expand to other states, but their strength does not allow it. If they want to trade across states, the cost will be very high without the support of powerful families. So they can only be limited to the local area."

"As long as they are limited to the local area, it means that if they are targeted by so many aristocratic families at the same time, their ability to resist risks is very poor."

"To put it bluntly, this battle is not a battle between a powerful family and merchants, but a battle between a powerful family and His Highness King Qin."

"The aristocratic family wants to tell these businessmen that it's okay to leave them and want to follow King Qin, but the result is that your family's business should not be done. Even if you do, it may be a loss-making business. At the same time, they also want to see His Highness King Qin, How much ability do you have? It’s fine to use businessmen from all over the world, but can you give them what they want, His Highness Qin Wang?” Zheng Lin said quietly.

It has been nearly half a year since I came to Chang'an, and Zheng Lin has almost understood all the experiences of His Highness King Qin from childhood to adulthood, and he has read all the things and articles related to His Highness King Qin, so now Zheng Lin dare not He said that he fully understood His Highness King Qin, but he believed that he might not understand these powerful families and businessmen.

"Then... Sir, can His Highness win?" The steward was a little worried. The Changan Zheng family didn't care whether His Highness wanted it or not, but they were determined to follow His Highness to death, so His Highness's victory or defeat was naturally related to them. .

"Has your Highness ever lost?" Zheng Lin smiled.

The butler was stunned, wasn't he?

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Qingyulou, this is a tea house. It can be regarded as an industry that rose after His Highness King Qin improved tea. Of course, there were tea houses before, but the people are not as good as they are now. After His Highness improved tea, more and more people drink new tea, and those who taste old tea The number of people is gradually decreasing.

The Qingyu Tower is not open for business today. Although the floor is full of people, these people are the backbone of various powerful families, and they can be the masters of the family, and they gather in a private room upstairs.

There were a total of [-] people in today's gathering, all of the five surnames and Qiwang participated. In addition, there were Jingzhao Wei, Fan Yanglu, Langya Wang, Wujun Zhu, Wujun Lu, Hedong Liu, Jing Zhao Du, Henan Yuan, Henan Yu, and Lanling Xiao.

It can be said that the group of people in front of them really represent the first group of Datang.

"Everyone, let's concentrate our efforts on the Bai and Zhang families. Do you have any objections?"

"No." Fan Yang Lu said.

"Then it's settled. As for how to operate it, let's discuss it?" the Taiyuan Wang family asked.

"What's the point of discussing this? Just concentrate all your strength and cut off all their business needs." Jingzhao Webster said.

"Everyone, do you think we can win?" the people from the Li family in Longxi asked.

Everyone glanced at him, and the Patriarch of Boling Cui shook his head lightly: "I can't win, I'm sure I'll lose."

"Is Mr. Cui so unconfident?"

"It's not that I don't have confidence. Ask them, how many of them think we can win?" Patriarch Cui glanced at the people next to him.

The person who asked the question looked over, and sure enough, everyone remained silent.

"Then why are we doing this? To be honest, I don't have much confidence in myself." It was Langya Wang who asked.

"Whether we win or not are two different things. If we don't win, we have to do something. We have to express our attitude and let His Highness see that we can work together as one." Patriarch Cui picked up his teacup and drank Take a sip of tea.

"Of course, in addition to this, we also have a purpose. For example, we always want His Highness to use some means. You must have noticed it to some extent. His Highness's Yuelai Trading Company is larger than we imagined. many."

Everyone looked at each other, then each nodded in shock and said, "Indeed, if His Highness hadn't taken the initiative, we would have never noticed that Yuelai Trading Company has branches and stores in almost every Taoist state in the Tang Dynasty. "

"And there's a little more." People from the Zhu family in Wu County suddenly said.

"What?" Everyone looked over.

"Unity, Yuelai Trading Company, I don't know when you noticed it. Our Zhu family noticed it about four years ago. At that time, we knew that it was the trading company of His Highness the King of Shu. Our family didn't care at first, but later, in line It's all about making money, so we tried to send someone to investigate and get in touch, and guess what?" The Zhu family in Wu County said with a smile.

"What's the matter?" Everyone was curious.

"Four years!" The Patriarch of the Zhu Clan in Wu County stretched out four fingers, "The information we got is almost useless! We didn't get any useful information!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Seeing their expressions, Patriarch Zhu chuckled inwardly, which will scare you all.

"Is this... true or not?" Someone couldn't help asking during the dinner.

They have all done this kind of spying on their peers, sending spies, alienating people and other methods, the ancestors don't know how many examples, how could these families that have been passed down for thousands of years not know.

The so-called layman watches the excitement, while the insider watches the way.It is precisely because they all understand that they feel horrified. After four years of dedicated investigation, they can't find anything?How faithful is it to do this?

It’s not that there have been conflicts among the families present here, and they have also inquired about each other’s news. No one can be foolproof, let alone four years, four months without revealing any news is considered awesome!

"I swear in the name of the ancestor of the Zhu family." The head of the Zhu family said calmly.

Now everyone was really scared.