"The right time, place, and people?" Wang Shimao asked in confusion: "How do you say this?"

"The weather is also the season of floods. When the people of Kunshan are displaced and are in great pain, our Jiangnan Company brought cement and helped Kunshan County build a long dike within one month, and suddenly gained a firm foothold in Kunshan."

Then Wang Mengxiang explained:

"For those with good geographical locations, Kunshan is adjacent to one prefecture and five counties, and is located in the center of Suzhou and even Susong. It is born with huge advantages in developing industry and commerce. It is just because the terrain is low and floods every year, so everyone can avoid it, becoming the poorest place in Susong."

"But now with cement, everything is different. We can build a solid long dike for the entire county in half a year, so that Kunshan will be free from floods from now on and become a land of fish and rice. What will happen then?"

Wang Mengxiang excitedly grabbed Wang Shimao's arm and hissed: "It will rise rapidly!"

"Yes." Wang Shimao nodded to show that he understood. He pulled out his arms without any trace and rubbed his arms.

"I understand, people are the ones that we have established deep feelings with the people of Kunshan through the construction of dikes. This will ensure our unique status in Kunshan, so we cannot do things that hurt the people of Kunshan, so we have to pay them."

"Good words!" Zhao Hao nodded with satisfaction, and it was easy to talk to smart people. He stood up confidently and looked at Kunnan Road, who was still soaked in the water:

"Countless fertile fields are coming back to light, and the well-connected transportation can finally play a role. We can use this place as a raw material base, manufacturing base, and talent reserve base. We will develop and grow completely here, form a loyal Kunshan army to fight for us in the south and north, conquering the entire Jiangnan and even the Ming Dynasty!"

After saying that, he glanced at the stunned two kings and added with a smile: "I mean business."

"Hey, I thought it was the Kunqu Opera team..." The two kings, who were in a false alarm, hurriedly smiled embarrassedly.

The three of them looked at each other and laughed loudly, all of them understood what the other party meant.

"Acquiring Wu Ji is also an important step under this grand strategy." Zhao Hao said in a deep voice again: "If Kunshan wants to develop, it cannot be separated from the support of finance and logistics... Oh, you can regard finance as a money house and logistics as transportation."

"That's how it is." The two kings nodded in a vague way. They could still understand the role of transportation in the economy, but what does this money house have to do with economic development?

However, the two of them dared not ask again. They accepted a lot of new things today, and their heads were already buzzing. Anyway, the young master said it would be useful, so there must be something.

"Believe me, in a few years, Kunshan will quickly catch up with all the prefectures and counties outside the city." Zhao Hao said, looking at the two of them as if nothing had happened: "If the sea trade could be reopened, it would not be impossible for Kunshan to surpass Suzhou."

When the two kings heard Zhao Hao mention the word "Sea Trade" again, the two kings felt a sudden sigh of relief. Now they were sure that Mr. Zhao was coming for the sea.

‘Come on, stop hiding it anymore.’ The two exchanged their eyes, and Wang Shimao coughed awkwardly:

"Last time in Yanshanyuan, the young master mentioned the Xiang family's affairs. At that time, Brother Yu was scared and didn't dare to say something."

As he said that, he glanced at Wang Mengxiang and said, "After the young master left, I felt deeply guilty. Uncle Shi advised me to tell me clearly, just explain it to the young master."

"Brother Linzhou is so serious. At that time, you and I met for the first time. How could we speak in a deep way?" Zhao Hao hurriedly said: "You dare to say it, but I dare not listen."

"Hahaha." The three of them laughed for a while, and the rift was gone. Wang Shimao asked with a smile: "Will that young master dare to listen now?"

"Now you and I are half-brothers. Will Brother Linzhou still harm me?" Zhao Hao said with a smile.

"Of course not." Wang Shimao let out a long breath of turbid air and said in a deep voice: "Today I will tell my brothers, that family started by supplying marine merchants. The fire in the first month of this year was because they broke the rules and attracted the blows from several other companies."

"The Xiang family was burned by a fire and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, so of course they have to take revenge." Wang Shimao continued: "Later, the riots in Huzhou Prefecture City and even the chaos that affected Su Song and Hangzhou were all caused by this."

"Oh." Zhao Hao nodded and asked again: "Who are also supplied to marine merchants?"

"Yes, there are nine families in total, but they are not fixed. Nowadays, there are the Xu family in Huating, Qian family in Hangzhou, Xu family in Jinling, Gu family in Wuxian, Lu family in Changzhou, and Xiang family in Jiaxing..."

After a pause, Wang Shimao said a little hard: "There are Wuxi Hua family and our Taicang Wang family. Of course, we do not participate in maritime affairs, but just sell the goods to fixed merchants. As for where the merchants buy the goods, it is not our concern."

"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded calmly, thinking that he was a primitive whitewashing method and must be matched with power.

Of course, it may be that they were too lazy to spend more time on it before, just to pull a piece of fig leaf... Hey, fig leaf, such a familiar name, it seems that I have heard of it somewhere.

He then asked, "There are only eight families, and there is one more?"

"There is another family that is the Lu family of Pinghu, which is the family of Lu Bing, the former governor of the Jinyiwei, and Lu Yi and his son." Wang Mengxiang took over the conversation and said, "Last year, the new king ascended the throne and liquidated the Lu family, this is also the beginning of all chaos..."

Then the two of them said in your words, and I told Zhao Hao the past and present lives of the Nine Masters.

Zhao Hao has heard most of the content from his grandfather, Hua Shuyang and Hua Bozhen. But the same content is revealed from different people, not only has a unique flavor, but also can hear many different things.

Zhao Hao was patient and listened to them at the end, and finally heard something new.

"Last month, after attending the construction ceremony, we did not return to Taicang, but went to Huating to attend the meeting convened by Mr. Xu San." Wang Mengxiang sighed and said, "But that meeting was very unsuccessful..."

"Why?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile.

"Xu Ying has brought the Xu family in Jinling and wants to be the new Jinghai King." Wang Shimao replied:

"This is not bad. After all, the Xu family has the qualifications when the Lu family collapses, but they can't bear it if they want to take all the 20% of the Lu family."

"Originally, the Lu family in Pinghu accounted for 20% of the Xu family, and our families were 10% of the same, and the remaining half was given to the Xu family in Jinling... Because Nanjing is too far from our Yangtze River Delta, they are not doing anything. It's just that the Duke of Wei is there, and the Xu family in Huating brought them in. It's hard for everyone to object, so they can only give them half of the share."

"According to Xu Ying and Xu Bangning's intention, the Xu family in Huating will occupy 25% of the share, and the Xu family in Jinling will also increase to 15%, which is simply a big deal." Wang Mengxiang spat fiercely and said, "If he was still in power, or if the Duke of Wei had not yet realized his true form, now two plates of rotten radish, what old ginseng can be used to hold?!"

"Xiang Yuanbian left on the spot, and the rest of the houses also slapped the tables." Wang Shimao smiled bitterly and said, "It ended up in disagreement, and there was no talk of Dingmao."
Chapter completed!