MTL - Traveling Through Ancient Times To Be a Shopkeeper-Chapter 41 Officials and businessmen

Those two aristocratic families not only collected all the profits from selling sugar in independent markets across the country, but also all the merchants who were authorized to sell sugar, the goods and resources in their hands also became the source of goods for those two aristocratic families.

Because his family lacked the sugar formula, the resources they had originally obtained were collected by the two great families. Even if the family resources were not lacking, they were still swallowed up a lot of independent resources, which caused them to compete with them and lost a lot of benefits.

If there is a recipe for making sugar, the other party will not be able to compete with them.

He controlled the production method of the sugar in the hands of two powerful families, and other merchants only had the right to sell it. He couldn't say the power behind the two powerful families, and the other party was the opposite of his family.

After hearing this, Wei Cheng's expression became serious.

Yun Chengfeng said: "You can sell the formula to me. No one will know about this transaction, and no one will guess that you have the formula for making sugar. If you do this, you will not be able to make sugar with your hands for the time being. The sale of it can give you the exclusive authorization of the county seat and the prefecture city."

If his family obtains the sugar making formula, it will be able to compete with those two families for resources, not only the resources that were robbed at the beginning, but also other resources.

I didn't expect to come here and find such an important thing. Apart from shock, it was a surprise.

Wei Cheng frowned and remained silent.

Seeing his hesitation, Yun Chengfeng thought that Wei Cheng was unwilling, he could have threatened and lured him, but he didn't choose to do that, at least the two of them could be regarded as a cooperative relationship, or even a half-friend relationship, and they couldn't reach that step for the time being.

Things can be discussed.

Wei Chengdao: "I can give you the recipe for sugar, but it's not for sale, it's for cooperation, just like cooperation with a sauce factory."

Yun Chengfeng didn't expect Wei Cheng to say that. He said so much, and there are dignitaries involved behind it. How can an ordinary person get involved? It's not a matter of cooperation in sugar production. After cooperation, it is a matter of resources. To put it bluntly, with Wei Cheng's current status does not deserve to be involved in making sugar and bringing more resources in the future.

Yun Chengfeng was momentarily taken aback by Wei Cheng's natural thought.

Yun Chengfeng wanted to laugh at him, but when he met Wei Cheng's deep and serious eyes, he always felt that he was facing his elder brother's aura, and he turned a corner when he said: "Wei Cheng, it may not work this time, sugar production is too important , It’s not that you can intervene.” He also has no right to call the shots.

"I can raise the price of buying the formula to the highest, so that you won't suffer."

Involve the powerful forces and divide the resources of the two great families.

Wei Cheng glanced at him, didn't mention the cooperation, but asked casually: "I know that the white sugar sold in the market is coarse-grained white sugar, and the color is yellowish and not white enough, but I don't know if you have ever seen white sugar like flour. White sugar as fine as cotton sand?" Throwing down a sentence, he threw a brick to attract jade.

He couldn't intervene because the chip he gave was not big enough.

Yun Chengfeng had never seen such sugar, "What is this?" I knew what he meant.

Wei Cheng didn't answer, but asked his daughter-in-law to take out the salt jar and sugar jar at home. After Zhou Yuan took out the two jars, Wei Cheng poured the contents of the salt jar and sugar jar into piles.

Yun Chengfeng, Yan Yi, and Zhou Yuan showed doubts on their faces.

Wei Cheng looked at the salt on the table. This salt was considered coarse salt. Although it was finer than coarse white sugar, it was still not the effect he wanted. He glanced around and saw a small pile of sand under the corner of the wall. He got up and took a handful back. .

Zhou Yuan: "..."

Yun Chengfeng: "..."

Yan Yi: "..."

He is stimulated, he wants to play with the sand! !

Wei Cheng put the fine sand on the table, patted the remaining sand off his palms, and smiled at the three of them, as if you were out of your mind.

Zhou Yuan looked worried: "Husband..."

Wei Cheng's broad palm squeezed his soft hand to comfort his daughter-in-law.

Wei Cheng then said to Yun Chengfeng: "These are thick and thin, white and yellowish. I can make coarse white sugar as white as salt and as fine as sand. Is it qualified to ask for cooperation? Not just selling recipes."

"Of course, if you still don't agree to cooperate in the end, the formula can be sold to you. If you keep it in my hands, you will definitely try to get it from me. It's better to sell it directly." Wei Cheng paused and continued: "As for what I will say later Just pretend you haven’t heard of it, and just pretend I’m talking nonsense.”

If there is no finished product, he can play tricks. The most important thing for the other party is to make a sugar formula.

Whether he can make white and fine sugar, the other party has never seen the real thing, and can't find out the truth of his words, and the other party will not force him. Forcing him is undoubtedly to let his family of opposing families know the sugar making formula in his hands.

Yun Chengfeng and Yan Yi immediately understood Wei Cheng's words.

Yun Chengfeng pondered for a moment: "If you can really make it as fine as fine sand and as white as salt, I can promise you to share 20% of the profit." If he can really make better quality white sugar, he will not only be able to compete with the two great families for sale. The sugar market can even be monopolized.

Giving Wei Cheng 20% ​​of the profit is a big deal, and it doesn't matter if he can monopolize the resources behind it.

"Giving you 20% is also conditional. You only have dividends and no management rights."

"Very beneficial cooperation, I agree, but..." Wei Cheng said: "I want exclusive authorization from the prefecture and county."

Yun Chengfeng smiled and said, "That's all, no problem."

Yun Chengfeng heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Wei Cheng didn't make more excessive demands. He is shrewd and not greedy. He has his own way of life. He can rest assured to cooperate with this kind of person.

Power and wealth can inflate a person's ambitions, but few people can grasp the scale, do things clearly, and see clearly.

Yun Chengfeng was puzzled: "Why do you have to exclusively authorize the prefecture and county every time you cooperate?"

Wei Cheng: "Oh, integrate resources."

Yun Chengfeng was startled: "What is resource integration?"

Wei Cheng: "It's too complicated to explain, but you will know later."

Yun Chengfeng: "..."

He was perfunctory.

Yun Chengfeng asked suddenly: "Wei Cheng, do you know about officials and businessmen?"

"Officials and businessmen?" Wei Cheng said, "I don't know."

Adhering to the cooperative relationship, Wei Cheng will sell sugar in the county and the prefecture in the future, and he will come into contact with the government and business affairs. Yun Chengfeng reminds people in advance to explain the government and business affairs in detail.

Official merchants are merchants under the imperial court. From the establishment of overseas trade exchanges and economic development, the imperial court established official merchants, and the status of merchants has also been greatly improved.

Officials and businessmen have official grades, but no official rights.

There are county-level officials and merchants, government-level officials and merchants, provincial-level officials and merchants, and finally imperial merchants. County-level officials and merchants are ranked seventh to sixth, government-level officials and merchants are ranked fifth, provincial-level officials and merchants are ranked fourth, and imperial merchants are ranked third to first-rank. .

Officials, businessmen and officials with real power are incomparable.

There are well-known official merchants, and the commodities under the control of the imperial court, such as salt, tea, official porcelain, silk, and a large number of overseas commercial transactions, can be sold directly, and only need to register with the county government.

Officials and businessmen also have convenient authority that private businesses do not have. With this authority, they will not be excluded when buying and selling legal goods. They can also get exclusive resources in the chamber of commerce, and the chamber of commerce must also support them.

The chamber of commerce was also established after the status of the merchants improved. The chamber of commerce is organized by the government and the private sector. The government and the business are responsible for the management.

Yun Chengfeng: "If you make sugar like you said, maybe you can get the title of official businessman."

Wei Cheng: "Absolutely no problem." If you really have the title of official and businessman, it is indeed convenient, and you will not be attacked and excluded by other businessmen behind their backs.

Important things are over.

Yun Chengfeng started to be picky: "Wei Cheng, you are not short of money anyway, why is your house so dilapidated and you don't want to repair it."

Wei Cheng went back: "I'll give you a taste of the dilapidated farm house. How many people can't feel it, so why are you picky?"

Yun Chengfeng: "You really have a thick skin." Didn't you see that he disliked it?

Wei Cheng said, "Thank you."

Yun Chengfeng: "I found that you are becoming more and more impolite when talking to me."

Wei Cheng: "Our identities are very different, but you are a guest in my house. You are my guest. Since you are a guest, you are not a young master who is showing off by your status. How much respect do you need when speaking to you? Respect is beyond this The gate, if you put on a show, maybe I will show a little respect. Now, being a guest is like being a guest."

Yun Chengfeng rolled his eyes, this man really dared to say that wherever he went in the past, people who approached him were either flattering or flattering.

"You are not afraid that I will be dissatisfied with your attitude and withdraw the cooperation."

Wei Cheng just smiled and said nothing.

Yun Chengfeng rolled his eyes again.

The two men had a tacit understanding. They are all people who act according to their nature. Sometimes being friends is born from the contact of words and deeds, and there is no difference in status.

"By the way, what is resource integration?"

Wei Cheng: "..."

"Resource integration is to gather the resources in the hands of business travelers from the north and the south, regardless of whether they are good or bad, and control them in one place, which is called resource integration."

"There is shipping in the county, and it is very close from the county to Fucheng. Fucheng is the place where business travelers from all over the world gather. The county relies on Fucheng, no matter whether it goes south or north, west or east, the county occupies an advantageous location and gathers important business travelers. Gathering place. Resource merchants are no worse than Fucheng.

"Fucheng is a gathering of powerful people, and the resources are all fixed. It is difficult to get involved, and even offend people. The county has two waterways, and the business travel resources are integrated and gathered in the county. The future development of the county will not be worse than that of Fucheng."

"Except for the resources in the hands of the aristocratic families, the resources in the hands of merchants all over the world are scattered and not concentrated. I want exclusive authorization, and I also have to have my own products. These commodities will become chips to attract other merchants, and integrate their products into one my resources."

Yun Chengfeng said directly: "I have decided to buy wasteland. I want to build a store and integrate the resources I have on hand to trade with other merchants."

Wei Cheng's ability to come up with the formula for making sugar means that this person definitely has something good in his hands.

Yun Chengfeng didn't stay for dinner, took the sugar formula, and rushed back to deliver the message to his family.

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A mansion in the imperial city.

The tall and majestic man received a letter from his younger brother.

Seeing that it was a secret message, he looked a little serious.

After reading the letter, the serious expression appeared excited.

It turned out to be a sugar recipe.

A countryman has such an ability. With this formula, the current situation has to be changed.

The man wrote a letter, shouted into the air, and a man in black appeared in front of him. The man in black knelt on one knee, waiting for orders.

The man handed over the written letter to the secret guard, and the man in black led away.

The man was sitting at the desk, writing a letter to his brother.

The mansion spans across the courtyard to the east.

A woman dressed as a dignified young woman is facing the mirror, unloading her pearls and hairpins, and is about to go to bed when her confidant maid hurriedly walks over.

"Eldest Young Madam, Xiyuan's aunt is going to Eldest Young Master's study."

The dignified woman paused while supporting Nobile's hand, and asked sideways, "When did it happen?"

"Just now."

The dignified woman hummed, and put the pearl hairpin on the dressing table back into her bun.

The servant girl stepped forward to take over, helped her master wear the pearl hairpin, and muttered: "Young Mistress, that new aunt really has no rules, so she relied on the Young Master's pampering and didn't come to greet you, and now she is trying to disturb the Young Master's work, you I dare not go to the study to quarrel with the young master."

The dignified woman smiled and said softly, "Don't worry, she won't have this chance in the future."

The maid turned her head, puzzled.

"Have you forgotten the rules in the mansion? The study is a forbidden place, she is looking for death." After being spoiled for two days by virtue of her beauty, she became self righteous, and even forgot the rules before entering the door.

However, the other party's good aunt wants to kill her, and she will not stop her.

The confidant maid knows the rules in the mansion, no matter who it is, no one has the consent of the young master, except for the masters in the mansion, even if her lady is the young wife of the mansion, the young master's official wife, she must be notified before entering the study.

Not to mention others, they can't even take a step closer to the study.

The rules in the mansion are strict, the young master is fierce and majestic, no one in the mansion dare not disobey, no one dares to disobey, this is the first time someone dared to go in against the family rules.

At this time, the servant girl outside the door reported that the young master's attendants had arrived, and the young master asked the young lady to go to the study.

"Let's go."

The dignified woman got up, led a few servant girls over, and entered the study courtyard, her confidant servant girls followed her in, while the other servant girls waited outside, not daring to take a step beyond.

After the dignified woman entered, she saw the glamorous aunt with messy hair and slumped on the ground, rubbing her throat with her hands. She just glanced at the man standing at the door of the study and shouted. "Husband." The servant girl behind her bowed her knees and saluted.

The man asked coldly: "She enters the mansion, do you know the rules in the mansion?"

She was referring to the beautiful aunt who was kneeling on the ground.

The dignified woman said: "My concubine has said that everyone who enters the mansion, whether it is an aunt or a servant, the first thing to do when entering the mansion is to learn the rules, there are no exceptions."

The man looked at the man on the ground coldly: "What else do you have to say?"

Aunt Meiyan cried pear blossoms with rain, trying to win sympathy with a tender look: "Master, this concubine will not do it again, so I will forgive me this time. The concubine only thought of coming to serve me when she saw the young lady coming. Lord, I will never dare again."

The dignified woman's eyes were condensed.

The man ignored it, leaving the matter in the backyard to the dignified woman, and turned back to the study.

The dignified woman took the man back to her yard, and asked the servants to drag him down and sell him.

The dignified woman sat in a chair, listening to the person being dragged away by crying, her expression was unclear.

The confidant maid muttered: "Miss, you obviously like the young master very much, but the young master has a cold face and never cares about your feelings, are you not angry?"

She felt unworthy for her young lady.

If the young master had her young lady in his heart, he wouldn't take a concubine at will, and let people climb on her young lady's head to show off.

The dignified woman's eyes were gentle, with nostalgia in her eyes, "You don't understand, I am very lucky to be able to marry the person I like. Which man in a powerful family is not three wives and four concubines, although he has only husband and wife feelings for me but no love for me, but as long as he loves me With me, I am satisfied."

The marriage of the two is a family marriage, and she doesn't expect anything extravagant in affection, as long as her husband puts her first, no matter how many women he has, her status will never change.

She also has a son, her son inherited his father's wisdom, and is valued by the family. With a son, she will always be the eldest wife of this family.

The young lady's expression was suddenly enlightened: "Do you think there is really a single-minded person in this world who doesn't take concubines?"

The confidant maid said: "Miss, why do you ask such a question?"

The young lady came back to her senses and said nothing.

How many people, in the face of wealth and honor, will devote themselves to one person, maybe there are, it is the lucky ones who have it.

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