"The right time, the right place, and the right people?" Wang Shimao was still puzzled and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"The time of the day is also the season of floods. When the people of Kunshan were displaced and miserable, our Jiangnan Company brought cement to help Kunshan County build a causeway within a month, and it immediately gained a firm foothold in Kunshan. ”

I heard Wang Mengxiang explain:

"The geographical advantage, Kunshan is adjacent to five counties in one state, in the center of Suzhou and even Susong, and has a huge advantage in the development of industry and commerce. It is only because of the low-lying terrain and the floods every year that everyone avoids it and becomes the poorest place in Susong. ”

"But now with cement, everything is different, we can spend half a year to build a strong embankment for the whole county, so that Kunshan will be free from flooding and become a land of fish and rice again, you say, what will happen then?"

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

"Hmm." Wang Shimao nodded to show that he understood, and pulled out his arm without a trace and rubbed his arm.

"I know, it is we who have established a deep relationship with the people of Kunshan through the construction of the embankment, which will ensure our unique position in Kunshan, so we can't do anything that hurts the feelings of the people of Kunshan, so we have to pay them."

"Well said!" Zhao Hao nodded with satisfaction, it was not difficult to talk to smart people. He stood up with great ambition and looked at Kunnan Dao, who was still soaked in water:

"Countless fertile fields have seen the light of day, and the transportation in all directions can finally play a role, we can use this as a raw material base, a manufacturing base, and a talent reserve base, and develop and grow here thoroughly, and form a loyal Kunshan soldier to fight for us in the south and the north, and conquer the entire Jiangnan and even the Ming Dynasty!"

After speaking, he glanced at the stunned Erwang, and added with a smile: "I mean commercially." ”

"Hey, I thought it was the Kunqu Opera team...... "The second king who had a false alarm hurriedly laughed.

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

"The acquisition of Wu Kee is also an important step under this grand strategy." I heard Zhao Hao say in a deep voice: "Kunshan's development is inseparable from the support of finance and logistics...... Oh, you can treat finance as money and logistics as transportation. ”

"That's right." The second king nodded as if he didn't understand, they can still understand the role of transportation on the economy, but what does this money bank have to do with economic development?

However, the two didn't dare to ask again, there were a lot of new things they accepted today, and their heads were already buzzing. Anyway, Childe said that it has an effect, so there must be one.

"Believe me, in a few years, Kunshan will quickly catch up with all the states and counties outside Fucheng." Zhao Hao said, looked at the two of them casually and said: "If the sea trade can be reopened, it is not impossible for Kunshan to surpass Suzhou." ”

Hearing Zhao Hao mention the word 'sea trade' again, the second king sighed in his heart, and now he was sure that Zhao Gongzi was undoubtedly here for the matter at sea.

'Come on, don't hide it anymore. The two exchanged glances, and Wang Shimao coughed awkwardly and said:

"Last time in Yishan Garden, Gongzi mentioned the matter of the Xiang family, and the foolish brother was scared at that time, and he didn't dare to say something."

Saying that, he glanced at Wang Mengxiang and said: "After the son left, I felt deeply sorry, so Uncle Shi persuaded me to make it clear to the son." ”

"Brother Linzhou is serious, when you and I met for the first time, how can you say deeply?" Zhao Hao hurriedly said: "You dare to say that I don't dare to listen to it." ”

"Hahaha." The three of them laughed for a while, and the suspicion was gone. Wang Shimao smiled and asked, "Does that son dare to listen now?" ”

"Now that 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 turbidity, and said in a deep voice: "I'll tell my brother today, that family started by supplying maritime merchants." The fire in the first month of this year was because they broke the rules and attracted several other blows. ”

"The Xiang family was burned with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, of course they have to take revenge." Wang Shimao continued: "Later, the turmoil in Huzhou, and even the chaos in Susong and Hangzhou, all started from this. ”

"Oh." Zhao Hao nodded, and asked again: "Those few are also for maritime merchants?" ”

"Yes, there are nine of them, but they are not fixed. Now it is the Xu family of Huating, the Qian family of Hangzhou, the Xu family of Jinling, the Gu family of Wuxian, the Lu family of Changzhou, and the Xiang family of Jiaxing......"

After a pause, Wang Shimao said with some difficulty: "There is also the Wuxi Hua family, and our Taicang Wang family." Of course, we don't get involved in the affairs of the sea, we just sell the goods to fixed merchants, and as for where the merchants buy the goods, it is not our business. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hao nodded quietly, and said in his heart that the primitive whitewashing method must be matched with power.

Of course, it may also be that people were too lazy to bother in the past and just pulled a fig leaf...... Hey, fig leaf, it's such a familiar name, I think I've heard it somewhere.

He then asked, "There are only eight of them, but what about the other one?" ”

"There is also the Pinghu Lu family, that is, the family of Lu Bing, the former governor of Jinyi and Wei, Lu Yi and his son." Wang Mengxiang took over and said: "Last year, Xinjun ascended the throne and liquidated the Lu family, which is also the beginning of all chaos......"

Then the two of them told Zhao Hao about the past and present lives of the Nine Families with a word and I told Zhao Hao.

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

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

"Last month, after we attended the groundbreaking ceremony, we did not go back to Taicang, but went to Huating to attend the meeting convened by Xu Sangongzi." Wang Mengxiang sighed and said, "But that will be very unsuccessful......"

"Why?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile.

"Xu Ying pulled the Xu family in Jinling and wanted to be the new King of the Pure Sea." Wang Shimao replied:

"It's okay, after all, as soon as the Lu family falls, the Xu family also has this qualification, but they want to take all the 20% share of the Lu family, so they can't bear it."

"Originally, the Pinghu Lu family monopolized two percent, the Xu family one and a half, our families were one percent, and the remaining half was given to the Xu family in Jinling...... Because Nanjing is too far away from our Yangtze River Delta, it is said that they have nothing to do. It's just that the identity of Wei Guogong is there, and the Huating Xu family brought them in, and everyone can't object, so they can only give them half a share. ”

"According to the meaning of Xu Ying and Xu Bangning, the Huating Xu family wants to monopolize the share of two into five, and the Jinling Xu family will also rise to one into five, which is simply a big joke in the world." Wang Mengxiang spat fiercely and said: "If his Lao Tzu is still in power, or Wei Guogong has not yet shown his original form, it is just that, now two plates of rotten radish, what kind of old ginseng is loaded?!" ”

Xiang Yuanbian left on the spot, and the rest of the houses also slapped the table. Wang Shimao smiled bitterly: "The result was unhappy, and I didn't talk about Ding Mao." ”

ps. The second update, I'll write another one.