The rain fell outside the window, and the Tianguan signed the room and chatted and laughed.

In addition to Zhao Hao, Wang Bengu and Yang Bo, there was also a middle-aged man named Yang Sihe, who was Yang Tianguan's nephew.

It was said that it happened to meet him, because he had admired Zhao Hao for a long time, so he stayed to meet him.

Anyway, no matter what others say, Mr. Zhao will believe it.

Wang Bengu knew that his boss and uncle had something to say to Zhao Hao, so he chatted with him for a few words, and then he took the tactful excuse to say goodbye.

When Wang Bengu left, Yang Bo stood up from the case, sat down next to Zhao Hao, patted his shoulder intimately and said:

"I was very close to the same court as Lingzu and had a lot of friends. I didn't expect that I would become an official in the same court with his descendants. I was really destined to be a good person."

"My grandfather often mentions all the extraordinary deeds of the Heavenly Official." Zhao Hao also flattered with a smile.

In fact, Yang Bo is eight years younger than Zhao Liben, but he passed the Jinshi three early years, and was appreciated by bigwigs at a young age, and became famous early. He was with an old man who had only won the Jinshi in his thirties and had been suppressed by bigwigs for ten years in his career. What kind of friendship can he have?

But who is the official? Just say there is.

"Oh, is that?" Yang Bo laughed happily, and then smiled at his nephew beside him, "Sihe, don't you have something to ask Mr. Zhao for advice? Why don't you talk?"

"Isn't this listening to my uncle and Mr. Zhao chatting?" Yang Sihe, with a neatly trimmed mustache, looked smart and capable. He took the conversation and smiled: "Mr. Zhao's technique of turning stones into gold in the past six months really makes us Shanxi merchants feel ashamed. Who would have thought that inconspicuous coal could make millions of taels of wealth?"

"Haha..." Zhao Hao's mind was running quickly, and from Yang Sihe's words, he extracted two keywords "Shenzhen merchants" and "coal".

He said, it turned out that this was the case. Mr. Zhao understood it, but he still pretended to be unclear and answered humbly and politely.

"Sihe, okay, don't go around the corner." Yang Bo couldn't stand it anymore and reminded his nephew: "Young Master Zhao even plays the little master, you should be more honest."

"It's my uncle." Yang Sihe smiled awkwardly and said, "I feel it's too abrupt, and I don't know how to speak."

Zhao Hao asked the two of them to sing and have fun. "Okay, let's talk about when the Shanxi coal industry will be established?"

"Ah?" Yang Sihe said in surprise: "So Young Master Zhao knows it?"

"I didn't know anything before today. But I think Mr. Yang wants to see me, so I must not want to join the salt merchant's business?" Zhao Hao said with a faint smile.

"Look, I can see it at a glance. You are still whispering." Yang Bo scolded his nephew, then took Zhao Hao's hand and said:

"My nephew, you know that Shanxi is a poor place. There are no crops growing on the ground, but these dark coal lumps grow. Looking at the booming coal industry in Xishan, Sihe and the Shanxi businessmen knew that they were begging for food everywhere with their golden rice bowls."

In order to stimulate the economic construction of his hometown, Yang Tianguan directly increased Zhao Hao by one generation.

Zhao Hao thought to himself, and later he was going to Liaodong. He smiled kindly and said, "Shanxi's coal is the best in the world, and Shanxi merchants are even more powerful, so they can definitely do it!"

"Young Master Zhao is really confident in us..." Yang Sihe couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Mr. Zhao couldn't feel how sad and how frustrated it was in that bitter smile...

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In fact, Shanxi merchants have been following him and eating for a long time.

How powerful is Shanxi merchants in the capital? They are targeted by them as soon as the coal lotus roots are released.

With a keen business vision, they realized that this thing would have great potential, so they were ambitious to use their financial advantages to seize most of the coal market!

Yang Si and the others soon opened a coal lotus root farm in Beijing, dug some skilled workers from Lugouqiao coal farm, and learned to open the mold to make coal lotus roots, and then got a share of the pie.

The thing was not difficult to imitate, and the coal lotus roots of Shanxi merchants were soon released. They looked exactly the same as those in the Lugou Bridge coal yard, but they were much more choking when burned.

They found that even if they used anthracite to beat coal lotus roots, the smoke and dust produced more than the original ones. The clever Shanxi merchants soon realized that they must have a secret recipe.

It took more than a month for Shanxi merchants to discover the secret ingredients factory of Lugouqiao Coal Farm. Then, after spending a lot of money to threaten and induce, they finally collected slurry and their ratio from the workers.

Only then did they finally configure coal lotus of similar quality.

The Shanxi merchants, who breathed a sigh of relief, quickly prepared to expand production. Unexpectedly, the price of coal increased again at this time.

What’s even more excessive is that the coal lotus roots in Lugou Bridge Coal Farm have been reduced by one tenth in disguise.

Once the money is run outside, the profits of coal lotus roots will become much thinner.

Thinking of having to fight with the eldest princess’ coal yard, Shanxi merchants suddenly felt that the coal lotus root that was longing for a long time was not so fragrant.

However, they still couldn't bear to leave the huge market in Beijing, especially when they saw that they had done business all over Zhili, they almost made the Shanxi merchant next door cry.

So several Shanxi merchant leaders gritted their teeth and smashed 100,000 taels of silver into Mentougou, purchased more than 20 coal mines, and prepared to be self-sufficient and no longer be controlled by others.

Unexpectedly, misfortune never came alone. First, he encountered the "earth dragon turning over" and Shuntian Prefecture prohibited Xishan coal mining. After finally lifting the ban, there was a loud noise in the sky, and Xishan coal industry made a brilliant debut again.

The drainage king pumps it, and the waste coal mine turns it into a treasure!

Moreover, Xishan coal industry occupies all the right time, place and people, and is far ahead of all technologies from production to transportation, and the cost per 100 kilograms of coal is almost half of theirs.

When the three Jingxi Mountain Roads were repaired, they would completely block the throats of the small households. They could manipulate their life and death at will, right?

The Shanxi merchants were angry and urged the coal boss to give some eye medicine to the aggressive Xishan coal industry, so that they could restrain themselves and leave a way out for everyone.

Unexpectedly, as soon as we entered the verbal threat stage, Dongchang, Shuntian Prefecture, and the Ministry of Justice took turns to warn.

He also brought a group of coal bosses from the zhaitang to Beijing for a few days, asked them to write a guarantee letter, and paid the deposit before they let them go.

This is a big deal, you guys can play it yourself!

The Shanxi merchants were willing to give up the disadvantage, sighed and retreated to the ground, and paid tribute. They completely gave up the idea of ​​competing with Mr. Zhao in the capital...

Although Mr. Zhao didn't know that there was an opponent from beginning to end, it did not prevent the Shanxi merchants from paying high respect to him.

Of course, the Shanxi merchants were so calm and willing to give up because they not only did not lose money, but instead made a big profit with Zhao Hao!

The so-called opponents are the ones who know you best. Shanxi merchants were the first to realize how valuable the stocks of Xishan Company are.

Although they did not catch up with the original stock, they returned with a full load at the first round of Diaoyutai's prospectus.

Most of the buyers with the highest bids and the largest subscription share are Shanxi merchants.

Among them, Yang Sihe bought a total of 1,000 shares! Now he has made a floating profit of more than 200,000 taels.

Moreover, the coal mine they bought for 100,000 taels was also estimated to be 100,000 taels because Zhao Hao opened up all mining technologies and the mining life span was at least one or two times, so this amount was estimated to be 100,000 taels.

Even in the coal lotus root business they thought they had failed, the Shanxi merchants made ten thousand taels of silver.
Chapter completed!