381 He also stayed up all night yesterday, competing with Chen Jie in intelligence. It was really a protracted battle. He was wondering what method Chen Jie would use to plot against him next. After thinking about it all night, he still couldn't imagine what Chen Jie would do next.
Just as I fell asleep, my younger brother came and banged on the door.
Tang Ziyue woke up, put on his coat and went to open the door, saw the younger brother and asked, "What's the matter?"
Upon hearing this, the younger brother said directly: "Mr. Tang, something terrible has happened. A group of Mulan people have blocked our gate and asked us to pay them money. If we don't pay them, they will not leave!"
Tang Ziyue heard this and said, "Does the gang leader know about this?"
The younger brother looked at Tang Ziyue and said, "I didn't dare to tell the leader."
Tang Ziyue said: "Okay, take me to the door first."
Soon Tang Ziyue was brought to the door, and then he saw old Aluta. He went up to talk to him, but Mulan had one attitude: he wanted 20,000 taels of silver now.
Tang Ziyue said: "Don't worry, give us some time."
Old Alutai said, "Han people, you still want to cheat us. There are only 25,000 taels left in your fishing gang's account. If we had come a little later, I'm afraid all the money would have been gone. We want the money today. If you don't have money, we will go to the Darughachi Mansion to sue!"
"Um?"
Tang Ziyue frowned, looked at the disciple beside him and said, "Bring the account book here for me to see."
I immediately went to the accounting office to collect the account books. After the books were summarized quickly, Tang Ziyue frowned. There were actually only 25,000 taels. How could it be so little?
After thinking about it, Tang Ziyue understood. The iron mine had been closed recently, the canal transportation had stopped, and the salt industry was about to be destroyed by the White Tiger Hall. It was not easy to have so much money.
But what scares Tang Ziyue even more is how much money his fishing gang has. How did Mu Lanren know about it? Who leaked the secret?
Moreover, the Mulan people came here in such an organized manner today, I am afraid there is someone instigating them behind the scenes.
"Chen Jiusi, yes, it must be Chen Jiusi. This guy's moves are all lethal, wave after wave, leaving no room for anyone to breathe!"
Tang Ziyue frowned and turned to his younger brother and said, "Get some tea and serve these gentlemen."
Then he rushed to find Nan Batian.
Nan Batian had just fallen asleep when he was woken up by Tang Ziyue knocking on the door. His eyes were bloodshot and he was about to get angry, but when he saw Tang Ziyue, he held back his anger.
Tang Ziyue said: "Boss, the Mulan people are here to ask for money."
"What?"
Tang Ziyue said: "The Mulan people are here to ask for money."
"If they want money, didn't I say I'd give it to them in two days?"
"They want it now. They won't leave unless they give it to us. Besides, they know we don't have much money in our account. We only have 25,000 taels. If we give them 20,000, we will only have 5,000 taels left."
"this!"
Nan Batian's eyes widened and he asked, "How do they know how much money we have in our account?"
Tang Ziyue said: "It is most likely that Chen Jiusi said it. Chen Jiusi wants to use this trick to force us."
"Chen Jiusi, Chen Jiusi!"
"Why is it always him!"
Nan Batian roared angrily at this time, and Tang Ziyue also said with a bitter face: "It seems that Chen Jiusi wants to fight us to the death!"
"I'm going to fight him to the death. I'm going to kill him!"
Nan Batian had an angry expression on his face. Hearing this, Tang Ziyue said, "Boss, killing him is a later matter. Now our most important thing is to find the weapons. Secondly, how should we deal with these Mulan masters?"
Nan Batian was silent for a moment after hearing this and said, "There are only 25,000 taels left in the account?"
Tang Ziyue said: "Yeah!"
"What about the salt money and other income this month?"
Tang Ziyue said: "It's not enough to maintain the normal operation of the gang."
"So, leader, what should we do? Why don't we ask Lord Yelu for a few more days? If we give them these 20,000 taels, we can only sustain them for a month at most. We won't be able to pay them next month. By then, I'm afraid the brothers will complain!"
Nan Batian heard this and said, "No, we can't ask Lord Yelu for mercy. If we ask Lord Yelu for mercy now, we will be in a more passive position. Isn't it just 20,000 taels of silver? Give it to him."
"Ah, gang leader, now that we have this money, how will our gang run?"
Tang Ziyue said anxiously. Nan Batian heard this and a sneer appeared on his face. He said, "Haha, Chen Jiusi is only this little bit of Taoism. It's too early to kill me. Don't worry, give the silver to Mulan people and send these beggars away first!"
"Hey, Gang Leader, what about our gang?"
Nan Batian said: "As a gang, we should eat and drink as we please. We can't delay anything. Don't worry. It's just a little money. It's easy to earn it back."
Tang Ziyue said: "Boss, the White Tiger Hall has severely impacted the salt industry. The canal transportation is not allowed, and the iron ore is not allowed to be sold. Do we have to rely on fishing to make money?"
Nan Batian said: "Fishing, I'm robbing!"
…
"Boss Nan, you are robbing me!"
At night, in Nan Batian's mansion, a voice was heard, and at the same time more voices were heard.
"Boss Nan, we really can't make much money from this trip. If you continue like this, we can't do this business anymore."
"That's Gang Leader Nan. This won't do. We don't have anything at your price. Can you make it cheaper?"
At this time, in the hall, Nan Batian was drinking tea leisurely, and was very calm.
However, the major merchants in Mianshui County below can't sit still. There are big businessmen from all walks of life here, some are engaged in grain business, some are engaged in cloth business, and some are engaged in soybean oil resale...
All kinds of goods, varied.
They are now facing a problem, that is the closure of the Mianshui River. Once the Mianshui River is closed, the impact is that their goods cannot be shipped out.
Some of these goods have been ordered from other places. If you cannot ship them out in time, they will be a waste of money. At that time, you will have to pay a high amount of liquidated damages.
Therefore, these big traders are very anxious and keep looking for someone who can transport the goods out.
The results showed that the ships of the three giants of the Mian River could not land, and the matter was under the control of Nan Batian.
So, this group of people came to ask Nan Batian for help. Nan Batian refused the first few times. He transported the goods privately because he thought he valued his life too much. What would he do if he let the Zoroastrian demon go?
But this time, Nan Batian miraculously confessed and invited these big businessmen to his home for negotiations.
Then this scene happened.
A group of big businessmen were crying poor and saying it was too expensive.
Nan Batian took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Everyone, everyone, it's not that I, Nan, am being hypocritical and won't do anything for you. It's mainly because the risk is too great. The Yelu Mansion is investigating strictly, so in this extraordinary period, of course, we have to increase the price."
"Of course, I, Nan, will never force you. It's all voluntary. If you don't want to transport the goods, I, Nan, will not force you."
"But if you want to ship it, I'll charge 50 percent of your total profit for shipping. It's not much, right?"
Nan Batian laughed and said, "It's better than you paying for it. The compensation is appropriate, right?"
After hearing this, a group of big businessmen knew that Nan Batian was taking advantage of the situation. Fifty percent was not much, because they were doing normal transportation. The freight for this trip was only 5% of their total profit. Nan Batian directly gave them ten times the profit!
Asking for such a high price is just robbery, isn't it? Taking advantage of the situation!
But Nan Batian is right. If we can ship the goods out, we don't have to pay compensation. We can still make a profit. We can make 50%, which is actually acceptable.
But I was so angry to be killed by Nan Batian like this!
But soon, Nan Batian said something and they stopped being angry. Nan Batian said, "Well, by the way, let me tell you that the Mianshui River will be closed for at least half a month. No boats can go down the river. And I will only go down this time. For the next ten days, I will not let any boats go down the river, so you can wait as long as you can."
"this..."
Many big businessmen were discouraged, because they had already taken advantage of you.
Finally, he said helplessly: "Okay, we admit defeat, pay the money, pay the money."
Nan Batian immediately laughed: "Hey, that's right."
…
At the same time, Chen Jiusi also received information.
"Oh, Nan Batian really did this. Good, good, the fish has taken the bait. Xiaohu, make an appointment with Old Weird Liu later. I want to have a meal with him today, haha..."
Month-end summary
July has ended in the blink of an eye, and I would like to report the situation to all my readers.
This month I still maintained ten thousand words a day, and wrote 310,000 words in a month. My performance finally broke the 2,000 average mark, and is currently 2,200. I hope to break 2,500 next month.
This month, Chen Jiusi and Nan Batian completely fell out and started a battle for the leader of the gang. Our Jiusi has become more and more capable of strategizing.
Next month, our Jiu Si will continue to defeat Nan Batian and become the king of Mianshui. Moreover, a wider world will also unfold. Let's see how our Jiu Si ascends the throne to become the emperor.
Finally, thank you all readers for your support. Tomorrow is the beginning of the month. Please vote for me. I have enough votes for 1,000 this month. I will find a chance to update for you next month!
Chapter 184 Yelu: Nan Batian, you have already sought death!
"What?"
Bang!
Old Monster Liu slammed the table and stood up. His eyes were as big as copper bells with a flash of anger in them, and flames were coming out of his palms, which was a sign that his internal energy was out of control.
"How dare he, Nan Batian!"
Old Monster Liu roared angrily: "He is so bold!"
"Hey, Brother Liu, calm down, calm down, drink, drink. I just got some news and told you something. Why are you still angry?"
"Come on, drink, drink."
Chen Jie pulled Liu Laoguai to sit down and calmed him down. At the same time, he raised his glass and invited Liu Laoguai to sit down and drink.
Old Monster Liu raised the cup, then put it down again, looked at Chen Jie and said, "Jiu Si, is what you said true?"
Chen Jie said, "Can I lie to you, brother? This news is absolutely true. If you send someone to the dock to block it now, or ask the big merchants in the city, you will definitely get the answer. This kind of thing is easy to check."
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