The Founding of the Red Chamber

Lin Jing is not a businessman, but his skill is really not comparable to that of a businessman.

Even the Xu Wei family, who claim to be one of the best businessmen in the world today, did not expect that this trip outside the customs would be so bumpy and twists and turns.First, he was robbed by bandits on the road, and more than half of the people were killed or injured. Xu Nian also performed his "duties of bandits" and took a lot of money away.The Xu and Wei families didn't risk their lives or money, and they were quite clever.Thinking, bandits just want money.They took 20 silver and bought their lives and property.

Xu Nian got back 20 taels of silver, according to the rules, he reeled half of it, and the remaining 10 taels belonged to his army, and he distributed it himself.

However, there are rules for this kind of "robbing".Anyone who dares to rob without Lin Jing's consent will just wait for Lin Jing's judge's pen.Yes, because Lin Jing presided over the integration of the official circles in the three places, it is impossible to count how many people are born from his pen every day.But among those who died, only Tu Xiaosi and his group, except for Tu Xiaosan, no one was not afraid of Lin Jing.Because of Lin Jing's life and death, Tu Xiaosan and the others called this pen "Judge's pen" in private.

Today, the Xu and Wei families are being targeted by Lin Jing, so it will be good.

First of all, as soon as he entered the customs, he took 20 taels of life money.However, when the two families went from Longcheng to Jinzhou City, and finally arrived at Hanzhou City, they felt that the 20 taels of life money was worth it. If they didn't go outside the pass in person, how would they know the poorest place in the rumors? , There is such a bustling discussion field.

It can really be called prosperous.

Cars and horses coming and going, merchants speaking local dialects or foreign barbarian languages, come and go in an endless stream.Xu Dongjia said, "At that time, I heard people say that the city of Hanzhou is as prosperous as ours in Jin. I didn't believe it at first, but now that I'm here, I finally believe it."

Wei Dongjia said, "Yeah, I don't know if it's like this when the forum is open, or every day."

Xu Dongjia laughed, "Just ask."

The two settled down at the largest Ping'an Inn in Hanzhou City, and asked about the waiter in the store, and the waiter said, "Our Hanzhou City's shopping hall was opened in March and May every few years. The market is open every day, and we can’t help but trade, as long as we pay some taxes to the city.”

Wei Dongjia said, "Is it like this every day?"

Xiaoer smiled and said, "That's not true. If the weather is bad, or autumn and winter, the business will not be as good as spring and summer. In our Hanzhou City, everything is good, but it's a bit cold." Now it's only early autumn, and people in Jin Just wear a thick robe, but in Hanzhou City, you have to wear woolen clothes.Fortunately, the leather in Hanzhou City is probably cheap, and the waiters in this shop are all wearing robes inside the leather.

Seeing that Hanzhou City is so prosperous, the two feel that it is a good place to open a Yinzhuang.

Xu Dong's family was meticulous, and asked Xiaoer, "Is there a Yinzhuang in this city?"

"There are also several banks. The biggest one is the Xu's Bank opened by the wealthy Xu family in this city. Gentlemen, you can just turn left when you go out." The Ping'an Inn is also in a prosperous area, so the bank, the bodyguard bureau and so on are all nearby.

Both of them are businessmen, and they have business to do. After lunch, they didn't rest, so they went for a stroll nearby, and asked people to inquire about the details of Xu's bank.When I inquired, it was a bank run by a local rich man. Xu and Wei didn't pay much attention to how much money these rich men outside the customs could have.However, to be able to open a small and large-scale bank in Hanzhou City, one can imagine that it must have a good relationship with local officials.

What the Xu and Wei families valued was the relationship between the Xu family and local officials.

And dealing with the government is simply their forte.

Therefore, Xiao Niuzi first received the greeting card from the ticket office in Jindi, as well as a very generous salutation card that came with the card.

Xiao Niuzi showed all these to Lin Jing, and said in shock, "It is said that Shanxi merchants are rich and powerful, this time it is true."

Lin Jing said, "Just do what I said."

The little cow agreed.

Originally, the Xu and Wei families thought that even if they were to throw money, Governor Shi of Longcheng would be able to throw down 100 million silver.However, they really didn't expect that Master Niu would speak so loudly that it would take [-]% to open his mouth.Moreover, it is not a dry stock, but it has to be signed on the contract, and they have to eat their serious dividends for thousands of years.

Those with a big appetite are not afraid of choking to death!

If Mr. Niu just wants money, there is always a number.We just want members, [-]% to [-]%, we just treat it as a dry stock, but this kind of [-]% members who have signed a contract is really too appetite.

The two of them summed it up for a while, and the bleeding was too big, so they simply took the money to go to Governor Shi for a relationship, and replaced the man with the surname Niu.For someone who is easy to talk to, go to Hanzhou City to do business.

So, the Xu Wei family ran from Hanzhou City to Longcheng.

Governor Shi, how did they know that Governor Shi has long been a raccoon dog.Not only failed to replace the one with the surname Niu, but the two were severely reprimanded by Governor Shi!To bluntly say that they are just merchants and dare to intervene in major promotions outside the customs is simply audacious!Immediately drove the two out!

With the financial resources of Shanxi merchants, the Xu and Wei families traveled all over the customs, and no official dared to touch Mr. Niu.Even Governor Shi refused to bend his waist for money. The Xu and Wei families were not fools, so they immediately knew that Mr. Niu had an extraordinary background.Of course, they also have a deep relationship with the court, but after checking, they can't find out that Mr. Niu has any special background.He was just a poor boy who got promoted step by step with his military merits.

The backing of the Xu and Wei families is Mr. Zhou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Capital. The two families thought about whether they could use Zhou Shangshu's relationship and change the surname of Niu.Zhou Shangshu directly said to them, "Don't even think about it. Now the affairs outside the customs are in the fog, and no one can explain it. First, the officialdom outside the customs just passed the criminal case of embezzlement of ink and pensions, and the blood flowed like a river. I know how many people that General Niu has killed. What's more, there are quite a lot of secrets in the affairs outside the pass. I would rather not make this fortune than offend these people outside the pass. One by one, killing people without blinking an eye."

After Xu Wei's family left the customs, Xiao Niuzi was still a little anxious, and said to Lin Jing, "According to me, even if there are two members, there are not many."

Lin Jing said, "It's not just a matter of [-]% or [-]%. You have to remember, we have the final say on how many people there are. If you don't suppress them this time, it will be difficult for you to suppress them tomorrow."

Xiao Niuzi said, "Master means so."

"Once this ticket number is established, we will have the final say no matter how much of it we occupy!"

Xiao Niuzi naturally understood Lin Jing's words, but Xiao Niuzi said, "Everyone is gone now, I heard that they have left Longcheng, and I'm afraid they won't turn back."

"What are you afraid of? I have my back."

Originally, the Xu and Wei families heard Zhou Shangshu talk about this matter outside the customs, and the appetite of cattle outside the customs was too great, so they discussed this business and let it go.But, unexpectedly, they planned to forget it, and they heard the news that both the Anhui merchant bank and the Yan merchant bank were going out of the customs.

You say that the Xu and Wei families are depressed, not just Huizhou merchants, those salt merchants, who just earned a few coolies from selling salt, are now making up the bulk of the billing account!

In business, if you don't advance, you will retreat!

Everyone else has taken action, Shanxi Merchants, one of the best merchants in the world, can no longer just give up the market outside the customs.In particular, they have witnessed the prosperity outside the pass.

After the two discussed it, they were sent to another pass.

As a result, it was just so unfortunate that they met robbers again, and they were still in the same nest.Well, the price has been raised this time, 30 taels for life!

Today, Shanxi Merchants Banks, Hui Merchants Banks, and Yan Merchants Banks gather in Hanzhou City.

Now that the pigs are in place, it is up to the butcher how to slaughter them.

In the words of Tu Xiaosan, if we hold guns, are we afraid that they will fail to dial the abacus beads?

As soon as Lin Jing was in a good mood, someone quietly sent a safety button to Langya Xu's family.When Xu Shangfei saw this on the door, he replied, "Earlier in the morning, I saw an envelope stuck in the crack of the door. The slave saw it and didn't understand what it meant, so I hurriedly brought it to the master to see."

When Xu Shangfei saw this safety button, his heart sank slightly.

It's not that the Pingan button is familiar, and it's not worth looking at it over and over again.He probably bought it for ten cents at random from a street stall, but what he cared most about was the safety of his eldest son.

Turn the envelope over, there is nothing on it.

Xu Shangfei became more and more convinced that what was hanging on the safety button was probably the safety of the eldest son.So, the recent shock in the officialdom outside the customs... ah, I think the fourth brother-in-law is still alive.

What Xu Shangfei didn't know was that not only was the fourth brother-in-law still alive, but he was already preparing to kill a pig.