C1407 exchange of life with the femur (1/2)

The sorrow of Chinese merchants had been passed down for thousands of years, and from ancient times until now, the Four Great People's Division of Science, Agriculture, Industry and Commerce had suppressed the position of merchants. Although in life, the wealth of mega-merchant looked impressive, but the influence of Chinese merchants was absolutely inferior to that of the West.

In all of Japan's history, merchants had a very high status. They all had their own independent cities, and even the Warring States Period was unable to control them.

As for China's merchants, they were completely devoured by the feudal and unified dynasty. The influence of the merchants could not grow at all, and their appearance could not cover up the pitiful situation of them being subordinate to power. Almost all the merchants had to find power to depend on.

Even if you open a restaurant, as long as the business goes viral, there would be officials or Eight Flags who would come to you to 'buy shares'. Actually, the so-called ”share purchase” was like asking for stocks with white teeth.

But if you don't give it to me, I won't be able to keep this deal going. I might even lose my life. This point was especially obvious in the Beijing. The various merchants and merchants had a close relationship with the Imperial palace s, after two hundred years of entanglement, they had already fused together into one entity.

The two hundred years of management in the Qing Dynasty had caused them to have very deep control over the economy of Jiangnan. They had a backer within the imperial government in almost all industries, otherwise they would not be able to survive.

During the war, a large number of cities in Jiangnan were completely destroyed, a lot of the Eight Flag powers were killed, and the imperial government's control over Jiangnan was weakened as well. However, the Xiang Army powers that followed soon filled in all the gaps left by the war.

Even if the Great Marshal Zeng was not greedy for money, it did not mean that his subordinates were not greedy for money. The habit of killing and looting during the war and fighting for the spoils of war was brought to a peaceful time, where all walks of life in Jiangnan would be eaten up by these people. Even if these big bosses said that there were no Xiang Army generals backing them, they would not believe them.

In their eyes, the merchants were just a bunch of fat sheep that could be slaughtered at any time. Although they were a little stronger than the common people, sheep were still sheep, and they were raising you just for the sake of eating meat.

When the Jiangnan crisis arose, these merchants would love for their backers to lend them a hand so that they could survive. However, those greedy fellows were good at eating and drinking, and yet, you want them to pay outside? That was a fool's dream.

Originally, this cruel reality had already been acknowledged by the merchants, and it had been the same for thousands of years. The merchants of China were now completely numb to this situation, and they wanted to resist? Hehe, what is waiting for you is only your blade and your whole family being exterminated.

Countless bloody realities had proved to them that merchants were dreaming if they wanted to fight against the mighty imperial court and the bureaucratic aristocracy.

But today, the heavy merchants who were already numb and indifferent, a bloody wound ripped open on their callused hearts with just a few words by Liu Chouchu. The suffering that they had never dared to look at or pretend not to see once again surfaced from the bottom of their hearts.

The hall was filled with sighs. Many merchants could not help but sigh as they recalled the suffering they had experienced when they first started their families. They then took out their handkerchiefs and wiped their eyes.

Boss Jia was already crying so hard that tears could be seen from his eyes. Everything is life, what else can we say? This Jiangnan Qian Huang can safely pass this time. If we can keep this old life, then it will be burning incense. What can three portions of money do? Even if it's just a quarter-interest rate, do we still have a choice? ”

”The only thing to do now is to ask the Letian Bank to lend quickly, and let the money flow in the Jiang-Nan market quickly, and let all the workshops start working, and let all the paused industries make up for the losses!”