: Conquering people with boxing

"Everything is ready. Just wait for Miss Chen to send Japan back, and you can go directly to Yangzhou. The news that came back from Yangzhou is in May and will never be postponed."

Hou Shanping answered cautiously.

Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully.

Since there are too few rich people in Shandong, we have to think of ways from the big merchants in Jiangnan. The pockets of the big merchants in Jiangnan are indeed bulging. If we can take out a little from their pockets, the development funds of the Hu Ben Army will be much more abundant.

However, it is indeed not easy to pay from other people's pockets these days! Fortunately, Hu Benjun has no other skills, and he still has the ability to bully people with his fists. When necessary, he has to use his fists to convince people.

The Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce originally agreed to hold it in October last year, but for some reasons, it was postponed to March this year. By March this year, it was postponed to May this year for some reason. The two postponed have caused many bad rumors to be produced in the market. If it continues to postpone, the rumors will be flying all over the sky.

"What's the situation in Linqing?"

Zhang Zhun suddenly thought of a rich place again.

When he had just traveled to Shandong, he heard that Linqing was the richest, richer than Jinan and Dengzhou. Unfortunately, when he went to Linqing last time, he did not take a closer look, so he did not understand the detailed situation. If the people of Linqing were really rich, they could have some of these stocks to digest.

"The merchants over there are all inquiries about when the canal transportation will be restored!"

Hou Shanping said with a smile.

Zhang Zhun nodded calmly.

The most hopeful thing for merchants in Linqing is of course that the canal transportation has been restored. Most of the merchants in Linqing are engaged in industries related to canal transportation. If the canal transportation is not restored, more than 80% of the merchants in Linqing will be unemployed. Zhang Zhun took this opportunity to force the merchants in Linqing to board the pirate ship of the Tiger Army.

If they have no way out, they may be able to gamble. As long as someone takes the lead, the followers behind them will come one after another. Now, the Tartars have withdrawn from both sides of the canal, but Dezhou is occupied by the Hu Ben Army. If they want to restore the canal, they must obtain the consent of the Hu Ben Army. If they want to restore the canal, they have to give the Hu Ben Army certain benefits. This benefit is of course to buy the Hu Ben Army's stocks.

"Sanyuan, have you ever used these stocks to Linqing?"

Zhang Zhun said meaningfully.

“Not yet.”

Hou Shanping shook his head and said.

"Go and have a look."

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

"I see!"

Hou Shanping naturally reacted.

Zhang Zhun wanted to take the tyrant, hold the merchants in Linqing hostage, and force them to buy these stocks. Once they purchased these stocks, their interests would be closely tied to the Hu Ben Army. This is a huge pirate ship. If you get on the pirate ship, don't think about it.

In fact, the canal transportation has been cut off, and the only way out for those merchants is to change careers and join the Hu Ben Army's commercial system. Of course, you can do it without changing careers, so wait slowly. The canal transportation will always recover, but no one knows the exact time. Maybe you will definitely wait until the day you are buried in peace.

"In addition to Linqing, there are also Dezhou, Liaocheng, Jining and other places!"

Zhang Zhun said slowly.

"Sir, I understand, I will arrange for someone to do it."

Hou Shanping said with a little excitement.

The stocks he has in his hands can raise a total of 20 to 3 million taels of silver, and as long as half of them are completed, it will be a considerable amount. If all of them can be sold, the number will be even more considerable.

"Governor!"

After Hou Shanping left, Liu Baoyu followed.

Liu Baoyu mainly came to report on business development. So far, there are more than 8,000 shops of all sizes in the area controlled by the Hu Ben Army, and more shops are being opened. The commercial tax collected every month is about 30,000 taels of silver.

Compared with the extra money of the Hu Ben Army, such income is indeed not much. However, compared with the past, it would be a good start. It should be noted that the Hu Ben Army currently has only four prefectures, and Jinan Prefecture has not been fully controlled. Liu Baoyu optimistically estimated that when the Hu Ben Army unified the entire Shandong territory, the material circulation will be more frequent, and it is completely possible to charge a commercial tax of 100,000 taels of silver every month.

Some merchants are acceptable for the 15% commercial tax stipulated by the Hu Benjun. Because after paying the 15% commercial tax, there is no other levy. This is particularly popular for small shops. The "Household Registration Order" cancels all household registration restrictions, which is also attractive to ordinary small vendors.

Of course, the most important thing is that as the areas controlled by the Hu Ben Army gradually developed, the people's purchasing power began to increase. The sales of some daily necessities increased several times compared with the past, and some even increased by more than ten times. The types of goods also increased a lot compared with the past. All these factors greatly promoted the activity of commercial activities.

“What is the most imported material?”

Zhang Zhun suddenly asked.

"cotton."

Liu Baoyu's answer without hesitation.

He explained in detail that the most materials imported from other places were cotton cloth. Every month, more than 100,000 pieces of cotton cloth were sold in the area controlled by the Hu Ben Army. The endless Songjiang cloth and the endless Weitang yarn were indeed not blown out. The textile industry in the southeast half of the wall is indeed very developed and basically seized the Shandong market.

Objectively speaking, the cotton cloth in Jiangnan is not only advanced in technology, excellent in quality, but also has a very low cost. A piece of cotton cloth arrives in Linqing through the canal transport, and the price is only six or seven cents of silver. A ship of cotton cloth comes over, which is thousands or even tens of thousands of pieces, which can fully meet the needs of local people in Shandong.

There is a more troublesome problem now, that is, some merchants in Jiangnan seem to have signs of raising the price of Khmer cloth. At present, every piece of cotton cloth is in Linqing or Jining, and it takes one tael of silver to open the door. Shandong cannot produce a large amount of cotton cloth, and cotton cloth from Jiangnan can be raised freely. On this issue, the Hu Ben Army is not easy to regulate. As a result, a large amount of silver is outflowed.

In the past, the Hu Ben Army had tens of thousands of taels of silver to be earned by large merchants in Jiangnan every month. Now, it is almost more than 100,000 taels. As senior executives of the Hu Ben Army, Zhang Zhun and Liu Baoyu did not want this situation to continue. It is almost the same to earn money from Jiangnan, but the white silver invested in Jiangnan like flowing water. What's the point?

Zhang Zhun frowned and said, "Do we have large cotton fabric manufacturers locally?"

Liu Baoyu said helplessly: "There was a Chen family in Qingzhou City that specialized in producing cotton cloth, but unfortunately it was squeezed out by the big merchants in Jiangnan."

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "See if there are any other businesses that are willing to participate in the textile industry on a large scale. I have a drawing here that can give them considerable advantages in terms of cost."

Liu Baoyu looked at Zhang Zhun curiously.

What kind of drawings can allow merchants to gain cost advantages? Speaking of the large cloth merchants in Jiangnan, the cost seems to be very low in this regard. It is precisely because of the low cost that the cotton cloth in Jiangnan not only occupy the whole country, but also exports a large amount of exports. The cotton cloth transported to Nanyang every year is calculated by large ships.

Zhang Zhun took out a drawing from the closet and slowly spread it on the table. This drawing is the structural diagram of the Jenny spinning machine. Before traveling through time, Zhang Zhun was bored and had carefully studied the structure of the Jenny spinning machine and the hydraulic loom. He was also thinking that if he traveled through time, he could use these two technologies to make himself rich.

Unfortunately, the cotton fabric production companies on the ground in Shandong are not developed at all. Almost all of the cotton fabrics are transported from Jiangnan, and only a very small number of them are woven by sporadic housewives themselves. In this case, even if there is advanced technology, there is no place to use it. It would be impossible to hand over these technologies to merchants in Jiangnan.

Zhang Zhun said solemnly: "You must find a trustworthy merchant, and the technology must be kept confidential!"

Liu Baoyu said with some confusion: "Sir, is this drawing really so precious?"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "Yes!"

After thinking about it, Liu Baoyu couldn't figure out which merchant could meet Zhang Zhun's requirements. The most fundamental reason was that there were no big merchants in Shandong who were engaged in the textile industry. No one in Zhu Baowei's Qilu Chamber of Commerce was engaged in the textile industry.

"Liu Baoyu!"

"Liu Baoyu, are you here?"

Suddenly, someone shouted loudly.

"Sir, it seems...Sun Weina?

Liu Baoyu said subconsciously.

"It's her."

Zhang Zhun nodded.

This voice is indeed Sun Weina.

I don’t know what she wants to do when she came to the Grand Governor’s Office, but she screamed without seeing Liu Baoyu. She has a special identity and can also be free to travel in the Grand Governor’s Office of the Hu Ben Army. However, she rarely comes here. Today, she doesn’t know what the wind is, which blows her here.

"Please come to me!"

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

He hadn't seen Sun Weina for a long time, and wanted to ask her how she was doing recently. Because of the war, Zhang Zhun and Sun Weina often staggered each other and rarely had the chance to appear in the same place.

Liu Baoyu stood up and brought Sun Weina to Zhang Zhun's side.

Today, Sun Weina is wearing a blue fur coat, looking graceful and graceful, full of the charm of a mature woman. She is really not afraid of heat. It’s April weather and she is still wearing a fur coat. She is wearing deerskin boots on her feet. Among all the women Zhang Zhun knows, the one who likes fur the most is probably this Miss Sun Weina.

After Sun Weina came in, she had not spoken yet, and she saw the drawings on the desktop. Her eyes lit up and she asked curiously: "What good thing is this? It seems to be used for weaving?"

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "That's right, it's just for weaving."

Sun Weina picked up the drawings and looked at them carefully. She seemed to notice the value of the drawings. She was immediately moved and said eagerly: "Whose drawings are this? Sell them to me! I just need them!"

Zhang Zhun said curiously: "What? Do you want to get involved in the textile industry?"

Sun Weina nodded and said, "Of course!"

Zhang Zhun said in surprise: "Why?"

Sun Weina said with a bright look: "The price of cotton cloth is rising now, and the profit is good. I plan to become bigger and stronger in this industry and fight against the merchants in Jiangnan. Jiangnan has to make a lot of money from us every month, and I want to make this money by myself."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said with a smile: "Okay! I'll give you the drawings for free! Take them away! Remember, this is very advanced technology, don't leak it to others easily!"

He was just looking for someone to intervene in the textile industry, but it was great that Sun Weina took the initiative to undertake this task. With Sun Weina's strength, she could indeed intervene in the textile industry. With the help of Jenny's spinning machine, she could withstand the invasion of foreign merchants on the ground in Shandong. That was no problem at all.

It feels better if the silver is still in your own pocket. If you can turn it over, Shandong's cotton cloth, a lot of guides to Jiangnan and earn money from Jiangnan, it would be even better. It seems that the industrial revolution started with the textile industry. In the future, maybe there may be any miracle!

Sun Weina suddenly said a little strangely: "Yulin, that young master Lin from Linqing..."

Zhang Zhun asked blankly: "What Mr. Lin?"

Sun Weina's face turned red and she said a little embarrassedly: "It's that Mr. Lin last time? You won't forget it, right?"

Zhang Zhun was obviously stunned, and then he realized.

Oops!

Sun Weina still remembers Dong Shuyan, a fake guy!

By the way, Dong Shuyan has been so ill that she has been slapped as Mr. Lin?

When Sun Weina saw Zhang Zhun's face, she thought Zhang Zhun had thought of something bad, so she immediately asked with concern: "Young Master Lin can't have something wrong, right?"

Zhang Zhun hesitated and said, "He...well, something happened."
To be continued...