There are only two people in the inner hall, and the old house of the Feng family here looks a little plain, although the official hat chair and coffee table are all Huanghuali, but the screens and lighting are a little out of place, if it is everyone's ancestral house, theoretically these need to be replaced every year.

The Xue family is also a big family, pearls are like earth and gold like iron, even if it is brilliant decades ago, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the meteorological pattern is still there, naturally it can be seen that the Feng family really doesn't run much here, which makes Xue Jun also a little pity, with the influence of the Feng family here, if you want to do some business, the income should be considerable.

Although he came to Linqing for two days and encountered such a big event, Xue Jun still had a good life to inspect Linqing, although businessmen from all over the country gathered here, and all walks of life were quite developed, if it were not for the influence of this tax supervision, the business would be prosperous.

"Uncle Xue doesn't have to be polite, it's all his own family." Feng Ziying smiled and said, "I heard that my uncle intends to come to the north to do some business, I don't know how it feels like to be in Linqing?" ”

When the drama came, Xue Jun said in his heart, but his face was calm.

"Brother Keng, uncle, I have been going south and north for more than ten years, it was mainly in the south of the Yangtze River, but in recent years, the business has not been good, and some of the businesses operated by the Xue family are not very prosperous, and the competition outside is also very large, so I came up with the idea of going to the north to see, I looked at Xuzhou, Jining and Dongchang Mansion, and only arrived in Linqing, it should be said that these places are good, but they have been relatively fixed, and it is more difficult to get involved in any line."

Xue Jun is telling the truth, businesses along the canal have basically formed a relatively stable market, and in the absence of new changes or industries, you will definitely be under great pressure to get involved.

"Then what are the plans of the uncle?" Feng Ziying has also chatted with Xue Jun a few times in the past few days, and feels that Xue Jun is generally considered to be a relatively open businessman in this era, and he has seen a lot of the world in the north and south, and he also has a sense of crisis, and he feels that the Xue family will probably sit on the mountain and eat empty if it goes on like this, and he can't control the one in the long room, but he still wants to get rid of such a declining situation in the second room.

"Brother Keng, to be honest, I didn't think about it." Xue Jun didn't hide anything, "In the past, the Xue family could do anything, but in the past few years, you may also know that after my brother died, the situation of the Xue family was unsatisfactory, my nephew caused a lot of trouble, my sister-in-law couldn't control it, and lost a lot of money, a lot of business has stopped, when my brother was alive, our two families in the long house and the second room have also been divided in business, well, like some industries in Jingzhong and Jinling City belong to my sister-in-law, and my second room has also fallen into some business in Suzhou and Yangzhou, But in general, they are not very good, such as gold and silver shops, jewelry stores, silk and satin villages, etc. ”

"Oh, the Xue family also runs a gold and silver jewelry business?" Feng Ziying was slightly surprised.

The jewelry industry is not simple, one is to press the goods, the investment is large, the second is to have high requirements for word of mouth, that is, high requirements for technology and reputation, and three to have a stable source of high-end customers, which also determines that the industry needs to have a close relationship with the government.

If you don't have a strong official background, a little thief stolen sewage splashes on you, which can shut you down or even be imprisoned.

But the high profits of the jewelry industry are known, the Jiangnan is rich, the family members of the scholars are fond of luxury, and the consumption power is better than that of the capital, so it has always been the head of the jewelry industry, the Xue family is quite famous in Jinling, and it is reasonable to operate this.

For example, gold and silver shops, jewelry shops, pawn shops and ticket numbers are basically connected, and they can also form a relatively stable transaction chain between precious metals and currency.

Feng Ziying is still unclear about the current ticket number and development status of the Qian Zhuang in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but judging from the situation in Linqing, at least there have been some initial sprouts, that is to say, this kind of business has appeared, but it is not very popular, maybe this will be an opportunity in the future.

Now my little arms and legs can't support this business.

"Well, the Feng Runxiang of the Xue family can be regarded as having some history, it has been in business since the ninth year of Tianping, and it has been fifty years now." Xue Jun didn't expect Feng Ziying to be a little surprised that she was interested in the jewelry business: "The ladies over there in Jiangnan have high requirements for jewelry, both the material and the workmanship are very picky, and it is not easy for the Xue family to maintain this trip." ”

"Then did my uncle ever consider going to the Northland to run this business?" Feng Ziying made it clear.

In the past two days, he also learned about the jewelry industry through some channels, Jining, Linqing, Dongchangfu and Dezhou and Jinan, along the canal are mainly these wharf cities, these two or three decades with the development of the canal, business is becoming more and more prosperous, these wharf cities have also gathered a large number of businessmen, some local gentry have also moved to live in the city, making these cities more prosperous, but also brought about the increase in consumption.

However, the consumption level and level of the north have always lagged behind Jiangnan, especially such high-end consumption is much behind Jiangnan, whether it is in the fashion or the degree of craftsmanship is much worse than the Jiangnan such as Suzhou and Hangzhou and even Yangzhou, Jinling, this is an opportunity in Feng Ziying's view.

Jin merchants and Hui merchants are now more focused on the operation of bulk goods, such as this kind of consumer business has not really intervened, this may be like the Xue family in the face of fierce competition in the south of the Yangtze River and struggling, but in the north but have a considerable advantage in the business opportunities.

Xue Jun got up solemnly, thought for a while and then said slowly: "Brother Keng, do you mean that I can move Feng Runxiang to Shandong?" ”

"In terms of the prosperity of the city, here in the north, except for the capital, I am afraid that no one can compare with the Jiangnan side, but as my uncle said, there is not only one Feng Runxiang in Jiangnan, and even the strength of Feng Runxiang is the same, and even higher than Feng Runxiang, there are a lot, and my uncle also said that the Xue family is not in a good situation now, these people are disgusted with the poor and love the rich, Feng Runxiang must be difficult in the south of the Yangtze River, and these cities in Shandong must be quite different from these cities in Suzhou, Hangzhou and Yangjin. But the demand for this aspect in the city is still in a budding state, and the people here also admire these fancy styles of gold and silver jewelry in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Feng Ziying is not a mouthful, he has also thought about it seriously before, and even talked to some people in the Shanshan Guild Hall, now the Shanshan merchants and Hui merchants are not small, if the Xue family wants to operate here, you can only avoid it at the initial stage, so you have to think about it.

Xue Jun's mention of the jewelry store reminded him that even his mother liked the style of jewelry in Jiangnan, and even sometimes asked someone to go to some famous shops in Jiangnan to create a few pairs of jewelry, which shows how popular fashion in Jiangnan is in the north.

Xue Jun nodded: "Listen to Brother Keng'er, the Feng family also intends to run some business here in Linqing?" What does this mean by Ling Zun? Then why did the Feng family keep guarding such a feng shui treasure land before? ”

"Uncle Xue, I won't hide it from you, this is my own meaning, I didn't come here much before, and my mother is generally asking about things here, you also know that my father has been in Datong, so there are few questions here, this time I came back, I think Linqing is indeed a good place, and I also think that Uncle Xue has some experience and manpower in this area, so I moved this idea,......"