Chapter 432: Drive him out of Chongshan Pass

"Why didn't you trade with us before?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

The Gorqin clan has been destroyed for six years, and it is obviously unreasonable for Xueling Palace to come to us now.

"Well, actually we have approached the general of Chongshan Town before, but he rejected us!"

Xue Zhongjin seemed very honest and did not mean to hide anything.

"Why?"

"I don't know!" Xue Zhongjin looked at Yang Zhengshan, his eyes full of sincerity.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and could probably guess why.

At that time, Ji Feiyu was probably busy collecting the military power of Chongshan Town and had no intention of doing business with Xueling Palace.

Or maybe he simply looked down on Xueling Palace's business, after all, he could control the financial path of trading with the Wulianghu tribe at that time.

Compared with the Wulianghu tribe, Xueling Palace's business was really nothing.

Ji Feiyu looked down on it, but Yang Zhengshan could.

No matter how small the mosquito leg is, it is still meat.

Even if you can only earn a few thousand taels of silver a year, it is still a lot of silver.

Hundreds of thousands of taels, millions of taels, that is made up of many thousands of taels.

And this matter does not need Yang Zhengshan to do it, and even Yang Mingzhi does not need to do it. Let Yang Mingzhi arrange a few clerks to take charge.

"I don't mind doing business with you. As long as you have a peaceful attitude towards Chongshan Town and Darong, I am willing to make friends with you and do business with you!" Yang Zhengshan made his attitude clear.

This is his attitude. If possible, he is not willing to fight with a group of Hu people. Wars will kill people, and there are not a few soldiers under his command who died on the battlefield in recent years.

"Really!"

The girl who had not spoken suddenly said at this time.

Her voice was very crisp, as pleasant as the sound of wind chimes.

Yang Zhengshan said affirmatively: "Of course it is true, but shouldn't you introduce yourself!"

Since he saw this group of people, he was very curious about the identity of this girl.

Obviously, the identity and status of this girl in Xueling Palace should be higher than Xue Zhongjin.

"I am the Palace Master of Xueling Palace. You can call me Xue Qiaoer!" the girl said crisply.

Yang Zhengshan showed a surprised look and looked at Xue Zhongjin.

Xue Qiaoer!

This name is very good and interesting.

She is indeed pretty.

But she is actually the Palace Master of Xueling Palace, which is really surprising.

Xue Zhongjin saw Yang Zhengshan's surprise and said: "This is indeed the Palace Master of our Xueling Palace. The position of the Palace Master of our Xueling Palace follows the rule of blood inheritance."

"The Palace Master is the great-grandson of our previous Palace Master and the 38th eldest daughter of our Xue family."

The Xue family has always been the master of Xueling Palace, and the position of Palace Master can only be passed on to the women of the Xue family.

According to the rules of Xueling Palace, after the Palace Master passes away, the nine elders of the Xue family should support the latest generation of eldest daughters to inherit the position of Palace Master.

The newest generation, that is, the youngest generation, is not selected from the descendants of the Palace Master, nor can the eldest daughter of each generation of the Xue family inherit the position of Palace Master.

Only when the Palace Master dies, the eldest daughter of the youngest generation can inherit.

Even if this eldest daughter is still in her infancy.

There are many reasons for such a rule. First of all, the controller of the Xueling Palace is not the Palace Master, but the nine clan elders. The Palace Master is more of a spiritual symbol, so age is not important.

Secondly, the Palace Master of the Xueling Palace represents not only a position, but also a bloodline inheritance.

As for what bloodline inheritance is, that is the secret of the Xueling Palace. Although Xue Qiaoer and Xue Zhongjin are honest, they will not tell such secrets to Yang Zhengshan, an outsider.

Yang Zhengshan does not care much about the secrets of the Xueling Palace. It is enough for him to understand the situation inside the Xueling Palace.

As for Xue Zhongjin and Xue Qiaoer, Yang Zhengshan thinks they should not be sinister, so there is no problem doing business with them.

As for whether Yang Zhengshan would be cheated, if he didn't even have this ability to judge people, Yang Zhengshan thought that he should retire and find a place to live in his old age, so as not to be cheated in the future without knowing it.

After chatting with Xue Zhongjin for a while, Yang Zhengshan did not keep them, but gave them a document and asked them to go to Fuzhou City to find Yang Mingzhi.

This was just a small matter for Yang Zhengshan. The reason why he met with Xue Zhongjin and them was, first, to make money, and second, he was interested in the forces in the snowfield.

In the past, Darong did not border the snowfield, so naturally there was no need to pay attention to the forces in the snowfield.

But now Chongshan Town has bordered the snowfield, and with the development of Fuzhou City, it will definitely build villages and towns on the southern foot of the Harwen Mountains. By then, there will definitely be a lot of contact with the forces in the snowfield.

Make preparations early and understand the forces in the snowfield early to avoid any changes in the future and be caught off guard.

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A few days later, several merchants invited by Yang Zhengshan came to Chongshan Town again.

Wang Zhenze of the Jing'an Wang family, Lin Qi of the Jing'an Lin family, Zhang Qingsong of the Liao'an Zhang family, Qi Ting of the Huai'an Qi family, and Zhen Yang of the Pingyuan Zhen family gathered again in the lobby of the general's mansion.

Zhen Yang was a widow. Her husband died eight years ago when he was out doing business, leaving them an orphan and a widow.

In order to protect the Zhen family's property, Zhen Yang had to show up and take up the responsibility of the Zhen family.

Fortunately, she had a son, so she didn't let anyone eat up the whole family.

In fact, the Pingyuan Zhen family is a very large and powerful family in Pingyuan Province. Its branches are almost all over the prefectures of Pingyuan Province. It can be said that it is the largest family in Pingyuan Province.

The Zhen Yang family represents only a very small branch of the Pingyuan Zhen family. To be more precise, the Zhen Yang family should represent the Yanzhou Zhen family.

And the Zhen Yang family was able to keep their property thanks to the Tenglong Guard. At that time, the Tenglong Guard had just developed maritime trade and attracted many merchants, including the Zhen Yang family.

At that time, her husband had just died, and many clansmen were coveting their property as an orphan and a widow. In order to get rid of the covetousness of the clansmen, she had to give most of her property to the direct lineage to ensure the safety of her young son.

Although with the protection of the direct lineage, those clansmen dared not rob them openly, but there were still many people who wanted to seize their remaining property.

Some people wanted to marry her, some wanted to adopt her son, and some wanted to ruin her reputation. In short, all kinds of insidious means fell on her, making her exhausted.

For this reason, she had to leave Yanzhou first. It happened that Tenglongwei needed a large number of merchants at that time, so she bought a courtyard in Tenglongwei and started a business in Tenglongwei.

Although on the surface, Tenglongwei did not take these merchants under its command, in fact, Tenglongwei provided them with a lot of protection and convenience.

Zhen Yangshi lived a stable life with the protection of Tenglongwei, and Zhen Yangshi was also a wonderful woman, and she was no worse than those men in doing business.

In just five years, Zhen Yangshi earned hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in Tenglongwei, bought sea ships, built a fleet, and made Yanzhou Zhenshi one of the top merchants in Tenglongwei.

With silver, you can hire more people and a large number of warriors to ensure your own safety.

So when Yang Zhengshan went to attack Qinghuafu, Zhen Yangshi returned to Yanzhou with her son, and since then no one dared to covet her family business.

So she was grateful to Tenglong Guard and Yang Zhengshan. Yang Zhengshan just took out a piece of paper, and she offered 50,000 taels of silver.

Yang Zhengshan wore a loose green gown and walked into the hall with his hands behind his back. Several people in the hall stood up and bowed, saying: "Meet the Marquis!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded with a smile and said: "You are all acquaintances, no need to be polite, sit down and talk!"

"Thank you, Marquis!"

Several people waited for Yang Zhengshan to sit down in the main seat before sitting down.

Yang Zhengshan took a sip of tea and was about to speak when a personal attendant suddenly came to him and whispered: "Marquis, Zhang Suinian is asking for an audience outside the door!"

Zhang Suinian is the head of the Jing'an Zhang family.

Yang Zhengshan naturally knew why Zhang Suinian came.

What else could it be for? It must be for the Zhang family's business.

During this period, the Zhang family suffered a lot. The fleet never came back after going out to sea. All the shops and houses of Tenglong Guard were requisitioned by the Weisi Yamen.

Wu Chongzhe showed his intention to kill the Zhang family without any concealment.

The Zhang family in Jing'an suffered heavy losses and almost returned to the pre-liberation era overnight.

All the industries they had run in Tenglongwei for several years were lost, and now only the industries in Jing'an Prefecture are left.

But without the support of Tenglongwei, it would be difficult for them to maintain their industries in Jing'an Prefecture.

Tenglongwei could not reach into Jing'an Prefecture, but as long as Wu Chongzhe said a word, the merchants in Jing'an Prefecture would squeeze the Zhang family to death, and Wu Chongzhe did not even need to speak, just express his attitude.

Now that Wu Chongzhe has expressed his attitude, the Zhang family is at the critical moment of life and death.

As for why Wu Chongzhe did this, it is not difficult to understand.

Although Tenglongwei was divided into four guards, it is still one body, and Yang Zhengshan handed over the Weicheng to him, so he naturally had to protect the prosperity of the Weicheng.

What was the result!

He had just taken office, and the Zhang family of Jing'an turned to Liaodong Shipping Company. If he didn't care, would other merchants in Tenglongwei also follow the Zhang family of Jing'an to Liaodong Shipping Company?

And once all the merchants went to Liao'an, how could the prosperity of Tenglongwei continue?

So for the sake of Tenglongwei, Wu Chongzhe must kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

This is not only his attitude, but also the attitude of Yu Tonghai, Han Cheng, and Zhang Yuanwu.

As for whether doing so will make him look cruel and ruthless!

Don't joke.

Wu Chongzhe has never been a good person.

Not only him, Yu Tonghai, Han Cheng, Zhang Yuanwu, and Xie Yuan, Song Dashan and others, which one is not a battlefield killer who kills people like crazy, saying that they are cruel and ruthless is a compliment to them.

Don't look at them being respectful and obedient in front of Yang Zhengshan, in fact, they are all like fierce gods.

"Drive him out of Chongshan Pass." Yang Zhengshan said lightly.

Zhang Suinian's brain is really not good. Does he think that anyone can see him, the Marquis of Jing'an?

The county magistrate who ruined the family, the prefect who wiped out the family.

In Chongshan Town, Yang Zhengshan dared to wipe out the prefect and the county magistrate.

A merchant is really not worth Yang Zhengshan's attention.

He is kind to others and has never looked down on merchants, but he will not indulge merchants like the Zhang family who don't know what's good for them.

"Yes!" The attendant responded and left the hall.

Several people in the hall looked at each other, holding their breath and not daring to ask more questions.

Being able to sit here proves that their brains are good. The one with a bad brain is being covered by his mouth and thrown out of Chongshan Pass.

"Everyone, I invited you here today because I want to do a business with you!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

"It is our blessing that the Marquis is willing to take care of us!" Wang Zhenze said flatteringly.

Last time the bonds were issued, Yang Zhengshan also said that he would do business for them.

At that time, some of them were not optimistic about the bonds, but later they found that the bonds were actually a good thing and were very popular among the officials and soldiers in Chongshan Pass.

Some people were even willing to pay more to buy them, and the highest price was 10%.

For this reason, they regretted not buying more bonds at that time.

In a few days, they could make a profit of 10% with just one hand, and there was no cost or risk. They missed such a good deal. How could they not regret it?

Now that Yang Zhengshan wanted to do business with them again, they immediately cheered up and waited for Yang Zhengshan's business.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and shouted to the outside of the door: "Move in!"

Then, several followers moved the glass ornaments into the lobby one by one.

Looking at the exquisite glass ornaments, Wang Zhenze and others all showed astonishment.

Yang Zhengshan ignored their surprise and picked up a foot-long paperweight.

This paperweight was crystal clear and had almost no flaws. There was a plum blossom pattern on the surface and a poem.

"This is a glass product, a paperweight, a water pot, a pen holder, a pen holder, a pen washer, a vase, a decoration, etc.!"

Yang Zhengshan pointed at the glass products with a paperweight and said with a smile: "This paperweight in my hand only costs 80 taels of silver for a pair, this pen holder is 40 taels, this vase is a bit big, so it's 60 taels, and the pen holder is more complicated, so 120 taels is not too much."

"And these decorations, the big ones are 700 to 800 taels, and the small ones are 30 to 50 taels!"

"Everyone, do you think this deal can be done?"

He didn't keep the secret, but directly said the price.

At present, the pricing of glass products is based on the difficulty of production.

Among them, the decorations are the most difficult to make, because the decorations are some Buddha statues, Guanyin statues, auspicious beasts and other objects, which are relatively delicate to make.

Things like paperweights have nothing fancy inside, only patterns on the surface, and no color, so they can be completely pressed with a mold.