Chapter 432: Driving Him Out of Chongshan Pass

"Then 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 that the Xueling Palace has only come to them now.

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

Xue Zhongjin seemed very honest and had no intention of hiding 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 consolidating the military power of Chongshan Town and had no intention of doing business with Xueling Palace.

Or maybe he simply looked down upon the business of Xueling Palace. After all, he could control the financial resources from trading with the Wulianghu tribe at that time.

Compared with the Wulianghu tribe, the business of Xueling Palace is nothing.

Ji Feiyu doesn't like it, but Yang Zhengshan does.

No matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat.

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

Hundreds of thousands of taels, millions of taels, are all made up of many thousands of taels.

Moreover, this matter does not need to be done by Yang Zhengshan, or even Yang Mingzhi. Yang Mingzhi can just arrange a few clerks to be responsible for it.

"I don't mind doing business with you. As long as you maintain 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 would not want to fight with a group of Hu people. War means death, and many of his soldiers have died on the battlefield over the years.

"real!"

The girl who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke at this time.

Her voice is clear and as pleasant as the sound of wind chimes.

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

From the moment he saw this group of people, he was curious about the identity of this girl.

It is obvious that this girl's identity and status 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 towards the end of the snow.

Snow beauty!
This name is nice and interesting.

She is indeed pretty.

But it was really surprising that she was the Palace Master of Xueling Palace.

Xue Zhongjin saw Yang Zhengshan's surprise and said, "This is indeed the Palace Master of our Xueling Palace. The position of Palace Master of our Xueling Palace follows the rules of bloodline 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 ruler of Xueling Palace, and the position of palace master can only be passed down to the women of the Xue family.

According to the rules of the Snow Spirit Palace, after the Palace Master passes away, the nine elders of the Xue clan will support the eldest daughter of the latest generation 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, and not the eldest daughter of every generation of the Xue family can inherit the position of Palace Master.

Only when the palace master dies, the eldest daughter of the youngest generation can inherit.

Even though this eldest daughter is still in her infancy.

There are many reasons for such rules. First of all, the person in charge of the Snow Spirit Palace is not the Palace Master, but the nine elders. The Palace Master is actually more of a spiritual symbol, so age is not important.

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

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

Yang Zhengshan didn't care much about the secrets of the Xueling Palace. It was enough for him to have a general understanding of the situation inside the Xueling Palace.

As for Xue Zhongjin and Xue Qiaoer, Yang Zhengshan felt that they should not be dangerous people, so there was no problem in 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 felt that he should retire and find a place to live in his old age, so as to avoid being cheated in the future without knowing it.

After having a brief chat with Xue Zhongjin for a while, Yang Zhengshan did not keep them. Instead, he gave them an official 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 Xue Zhongjin and others was, firstly, to make money, and secondly, the forces in the snowy land were interested in it.

In the past, Dayong 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, villages and towns will definitely be established on the southern foot of the Harwin Mountains. By then, there will definitely be many contacts with the forces in the snowfield.

Make preparations early and understand the forces in the snowfield as early as possible to avoid being caught off guard by any unexpected events in the future.

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

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

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

In order to protect the Zhen family's property, Zhen Yang had to step out of the spotlight and take on the responsibility of supporting the Zhen family.

Fortunately, she had a son, so her family was not destitute.

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

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

And Zhen Yangshi was able to keep her family property thanks to Tenglongwei. At the beginning, Tenglongwei had just started to develop maritime trade and attracted many merchants, including Zhen Yangshi.

At that time, her husband had just passed away, and many members of the clan were coveting the property of her widowed and orphaned daughter. In order to get rid of their covetousness, she had to give most of her property to the legitimate heir to ensure the safety of her youngest son.

Although they had the protection of the legitimate bloodline, those tribesmen no longer dared to rob them, an orphan and a widow, but there were still many people who wanted to seize their remaining property.

Some wanted to marry her, some wanted to adopt her son, and some wanted to ruin her reputation. In short, all kinds of insidious means were used on her, making her exhausted to deal with them.

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 her business in Tenglongwei.

Although on the surface, the Tenglong Guards did not recruit these merchants, in fact, the Tenglong Guards provided them with a lot of protection and convenience. Zhen Yangshi lived a stable life thanks to the protection of the Tenglong Guards. Zhen Yangshi was also a remarkable woman, and she was no worse than those men in doing business.

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

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

So when Yang Zhengshan went to attack Qinghua Prefecture, Zhen Yang took her son back to Yanzhou, and since then no one dared to covet her family business.

So she was grateful to Tenglongwei and Yang Zhengshan. Yang Zhengshan just took out a piece of paper and she gave him 50,000 taels of silver.

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

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

"Thank you, Lord Marquis!"

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

Yang Zhengshan took a sip of tea and was about to speak when a personal attendant suddenly came up to him and whispered, "My Lord, Zhang Suinian is outside the door asking to see you!"

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.

The Zhang family suffered a lot during this period. The fleet never returned after going out to sea, and all the shops and houses in Tenglongwei were requisitioned by the Weisi Yamen.

Wu Chongzhe made no secret of his desire to kill the Zhang family.

The Zhang family in Jing'an suffered heavy losses as a result, and were almost back to the days before liberation overnight.

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

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

The Tenglong Guards 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 out. Wu Chongzhe didn't even need to say anything, just express his attitude.

Now that Wu Chongzhe has made his attitude clear, the Zhang family is now at a critical juncture of life and death.

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

Although the Tenglong Guard was divided into four guards, it is still one entity. Yang Zhengshan handed the Acropolis over to him, so he naturally had to protect the prosperity of the Acropolis.

The results of it!
He had just taken office when the Zhang family of Jing'an turned to the Liaodong Shipping Company. If he ignored it, would other merchants in Tenglongwei also follow the Zhang family of Jing'an and turn to the Liaodong Shipping Company?

But once all the merchants went to Liao'an, how could Tenglongwei's prosperity continue?
Therefore, 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 would make him appear cruel and ruthless!
Do not make jokes.

Wu Chongzhe has never been a good person.

Not only him, but also Yu Tonghai, Han Cheng, Zhang Yuanwu, Xie Yuan, Song Dashan and others, all of them are battlefield killers who kill people like crazy. To say that they are cruel and ruthless is to praise them.

Don't be fooled by the fact that they all behave respectfully and obediently in front of Yang Zhengshan. In fact, they are all fierce and ferocious characters.

"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 and the prefect who wiped out the entire clan.

In Chongshan Town, Yang Zhengshan dared to destroy the gates of the prefect and the county magistrate.

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

He is kind to others and never looks down on merchants, but he will not tolerate merchants like the Zhang family who are ungrateful.

"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 they have good brains. The one with a bad brain is being covered by the mouth and thrown out of Chongshan Pass.

"Everyone, I invited you here today because I want to do 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.

The last time they issued bonds, Yang Zhengshan also said that he wanted to do business with 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 the mountains.

Some people are even willing to pay extra to acquire the company, with the highest being 10%.

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

In just a few days, they can make a 10% profit by reselling it, and there is no cost or risk. They missed such a good deal. How can they not regret it?

Now that Yang Zhengshan wants to do business with them again, they immediately perk up and wait for Yang Zhengshan's business.

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

Afterwards, several attendants moved the glass ornaments into the lobby one by one.

Looking at the exquisite glass ornaments, Wang Zhenze and others were all amazed.

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

This paperweight is crystal clear and has almost no flaws. There is a plum blossom pattern on the surface and a poem on it.

"These are glass products, paperweights, water jars, pen holders, pen stands, pen washers, vases, ornaments, 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 washer costs 40 taels, this vase is a bit big, so 60 taels, and the pen holder is more complicated, so 120 taels is not too much."

"And these ornaments, the big ones cost seven or eight hundred taels, and the small ones cost thirty or fifty taels!"

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

He didn't keep you in suspense and just told you the price directly.

Currently, glass products are priced according to the difficulty of production.

Among them, ornaments are the most difficult to make, because ornaments are objects such as Buddha statues, Guanyin statues, auspicious beasts, and they 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.

(End of this chapter)