Something happened."

"Thank you very much, I'll thank you for your help."

The shopkeeper thanked him profusely, took out a small money bag from his sleeve in a cryptic manner, and stuffed it into Captain Wang's hand.

"Shopkeeper, you're already in trouble, aren't you?"

Captain Wang pretended to shirk it for a few times, but finally stuffed the small money bag into his sleeve and left with satisfaction.

After walking very far, when he turned into an alley, the leader of the team turned back and glanced at the "Lexumi Wine" shop, weighed the money bag in his hand, and smiled inexplicably.

.

At this time, a soldier beside him who didn't know what was going on said, "Leader, I know a few rangers under Li Liang. Let me go and ask what's going on."

"Let me ask you your name!" Captain Wang slapped the young soldier on the back of the head with a gentle slap. Then seeing the aggrieved and confused look on the other side, he hugged the other man's neck and said to the nearby soldiers with a smile:

"What does he care about? Let's go. After the defense is changed, my brothers will go have a drink."

The soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this, and they left the alley with the leader Wang.

But at this time, in another alley, the bald man Liu Shi and the strong man Li Liang stood together and gasped for air.

During this period, some of their rangers asked in fear: "Brother Liu, Brother Li, if we do this, nothing will happen, right? You see, even Bo Langwei's men have been dispatched..."

"Bo Langwei's men and horses are nothing!" Liu Shi said casually, but then realized that it was inappropriate, and immediately changed his words: "Don't worry, the people above have instructed us to do this, I bet, even if

Even if Captain Bo Lang sees us, he will just pretend not to see us..."

"Could he have a higher background than Captain Bolang?" a ranger asked in surprise.

Liu Shi and Li Liang looked at each other, and then the former said vaguely: "Don't ask, it's just a big deal..." After that, he turned to Li Liang and asked: "Where to change next?"

Li Liang took out a piece of paper from his arms and saw that some shops belonging to Korean merchants in Bolangsha Port were listed on it.

At the same time, Wen Shaobo stood at the third floor window of his shop and watched the whole incident carefully.

"Ha, that's not authentic..."

I saw him twirling a jade ring on his thumb, with a half-smile expression on his face.

At this moment, hurried footsteps came from the stairs, and then a voice announced outside: "Master Wen, shopkeeper Zhong Kezhong of "Zhong's Jade" on Yongwang Street. I heard that Master Wen was in the shop.

Come and ask for a meeting.”

Wen Shaobo rolled his eyes slightly, nodded and said, "Please."

A moment later, a man who was estimated to be in his forties pushed open the door and saw Uncle Wen standing by the window in the house. He quickly raised his hands in greeting and said, "Brother Wen Xian, you are well."

"Brother Xian is so polite." Wen Shaobo smiled and replied, "I wonder why Brother Xian is so anxious to see Mr. Wen?"

"Well..."

The forty-year-old man named Zhong Ke pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Brother Wen Xian, it's like this, I, Zhong's Jade, negotiated a deal with Lantian Jade from Lantian Jun of Qin State last year.

, but a few days ago, people under Lord Lantian suddenly informed us that Brother Wen Xian had intercepted these jade stones... Haha, I just wanted to ask Brother Xian if he had any misunderstanding or dissatisfaction with us.

?”

"What did Brother Xian say?" Wen Shaobo said with a smile: "How could Wen and Brother Xian be dissatisfied? In fact, the jade in Wen's hand was indeed missing. It was the entrusted person to negotiate with Mr. Lantian.

...But Mr. Lan Tian didn’t mention that the batch of jade had been promised to Brother Xian.”

After hearing this, Zhong Ke said with a smile: "Brother Xian, what is your relationship with King Wei is known to all my colleagues. Even the rangers on Wende Street do not dare to cause trouble in the shop named under Brother Xian.

And Mr. Lantian is Qin Ji’s uncle, and he is also friends with His Majesty the King of Wei.

Shen Shen, knowing that you are short of jade, wouldn't Mr. Lantian not help you? It's just...it's just a pain for Brother Yu, who is just waiting for these jade to be shipped to Qi State for sale? Brother Xian, your family has a big business, why bother?

Are you competing with Brother Yu for food in this small business? Do you think..."

"this……"

There was a hint of hesitation on Mr. Wen's face, and he said in embarrassment: "But my batch of jade has been carved and is just waiting to be shipped to Qi."

"Ah?" Zhong Ke was startled when he heard this, and then said quickly: "Brother Yu will bear all the losses suffered by the wise brother!...Xian brother, I am in a tight financial position recently, so please show me your noble hand and help me."

"Money is tight? Is it because your Zhong family donated a large sum of money to Han Ran?"

Uncle Wen snorted coldly in his heart, but his face remained calm. After deliberately pondering for a moment, he finally nodded and said: "Well, considering the friendship between you and me for many years."

"I'm extremely grateful!" Zhong Ke thanked him repeatedly.

A moment later, after Zhong Ke left, Wen Shaobo called one of his guards and told him: "Hu Liu, go to King Chengling's fiefdom and tell him about the batch of food in my hand.

The jade he was waiting for has been sold, so he can prepare to transport the good jade on those ships to Qi."

"Yes, sir!" The barbarian guard who had followed Mr. Wen for many years nodded and responded.

A month later, the Korean businessman Zhong Ke spent a lot of money to purchase several shipments of jade from Wen Shaobo and traveled long distances to Qi State, only to find that the market in Qi State was already flooded with a large amount of jade.

The color of these jade stones is more crystal clear than the batch in his hand, but the price is almost the same as his, or even cheaper than him. This makes the jade stones in his hand destined to rot in his hands for the time being.

At the beginning of the year, businessmen from South Korea didn't feel it, but in April and May, they gradually felt that something was wrong, because they found that their peers seemed to be working together to suppress them.

For example, a merchant from South Korea has just transported lamb meat produced in their country to a certain market. Within three to five days at most, a merchant from Wei State will immediately transport lamb meat produced in Sanchuan County to that place, and

Selling it cheaper than them.

Another example is that a Korean merchant transported the dates produced in his country to a certain market. Within a few days, a Wei merchant followed him. They had both fresh and dried dates available, and the land was sold cheaper than him.

Anyway, as long as the specialties available in Wei State, Wei merchants gradually and premeditatedly began to confront Korean merchants, seriously affecting the market balance. Although the local people were very happy, under the malicious competition between the two shops, they were able to sell more goods at a higher price.

They purchased the necessary items at low prices, but Korean merchants were worried about losing money and even dying.

The very few exceptions are probably Korean chestnuts and chestnut wine. The reason is that there are very few wild chestnuts in Wei State and cannot pose any threat to Korean merchants doing this business.

But the good times did not last long. Soon, Wei merchants launched a tonic wine called "ginseng wine", claiming that this tonic wine was more effective than Korean chestnut wine.

Even in the early Zhou Dynasty, the novelist quietly advertised "Shangdang Ginseng Wine" in "Yitan", which was popular throughout the Central Plains, directly referring to Baili Ba, Xu Yin, and Zhu Hai.

The reason why several Wei veterans who are over sixty years old are still strong and strong is because they drink ginseng wine all year round.

This caused the sales of Korean soybean wine to plummet, especially the high-end soybean wine. At this time, the main income of Korean soybean wine was still from the high-grade soybean wine consumed by the royal families and nobles of various countries, rather than the inferior wine.

What's even more terrible is that "Yitan" also records that even Wei King Zhao Run said "good" with satisfaction after drinking "Shangdang Shen Wine".

With just the word "good", Codonopsis pilosula wine immediately captured a large market of Korean chestnut wine shortly after its release.

Of course, it is a bit exaggerated to say this. The main reason is that ginseng wine does have a nourishing effect, and the effect comes very quickly. People who drink it will feel their whole body heat up within a moment, as if they have endless strength, and even some people

Some people with weak constitutions suddenly have nose bleeding after drinking this kind of ginseng wine.

All this has invisibly elevated the status of "Wei Guoshang Codonopsis Liquor" and gradually eroded the market of "Korean Chestnut Liquor".

"This is malicious competition in Wei State!"

The Korean merchants believed that they had been treated unfairly and jointly made a voice to the Luoyang court, hoping that the Wei court would stop this abnormal behavior. After all, Wei had promised that no matter what the relationship between Wei and other countries was, it would not

It affected these merchants from other countries who came to Wei to do business.

In view of these voices, "Yang Yi", the Minister of Household Affairs of the Luoyang imperial court, came forward to explain, saying that the imperial court had not done such unfair things.

Yang Yi, the Minister of Revenue, said this with confidence and a clear conscience, because Tiance Mansion was not affiliated with the Wei court. It was completely different from the Luoyang court.

Moreover, the Luoyang court had no right to interfere with the decision-making of Tiance Mansion.

Therefore, no matter what Tiance Mansion does, it has nothing to do with Luoyang Court.

What's interesting is that after Yang Yi, the Minister of Household Affairs, came forward to explain, local merchants from Wei State immediately came forward to take responsibility for the matter. These merchants clearly informed the Korean merchants: Yes, we are jointly suppressing you. Who told you to Korea?

We are currently actively preparing for war with our country Wei? We are all loyal and patriotic merchants!
Chapter completed!