Weighing the post, Feng Ziying pondered for a long time, and finally decided to see it.

After all, he is an old man, and of course he has been regarded as a favor to himself, even if the other party has some other thoughts, but this is a fact.

It is impossible for the group of Shanshan merchants to put them out of the door, and even Qiao Shi has come to ask what he is planning to do.

Qiao Shi is also a native of Shanxi, and he can't get rid of the fetters of this kind of local relationship.

"Caomin Fan Yongzhan (Jin Liangcai, Tian Shenggui, Wang Shaoquan) has seen adults." As soon as the four of them entered the house, they bowed deeply.

Feng Ziying glanced at the four in front of him, Fan Yongzhan is undoubtedly the Jiexiu Fan family, Jin Liang is the Luzhou Jin family, Tian Shenggui is from Pingyao, Wang Shaoquan is an acquaintance, he is from Lingshi.

"You're welcome, sit down." Feng Ziying raised her hand and signaled.

These should be the best among Shanxi businessmen.

Unlike the salt merchants, most of these Shanxi merchants were mainly border traders, and the Tumuts, Chahars, Ordos, Korqins, and of course the Jurchens, just like the Yehebu where Buyangu was located, were the Shanxi merchants who connected them to the interior of the Great Zhou.

The news from the Ministry of War is still too rough in this regard, and it is only known that there are more than a dozen Jin merchants and those who have done relatively large trade outside the border wall, such as the Fan family, the Wang family, the Jin family, the Tian family, the Huang family, the Cao family, the Zhai family, the Liang family, the Chang family, the Qu family, and so on, but the specific families and those tribes outside the border wall have close contacts, and the specific business varieties and more detailed contacts are not well known.

Especially the trade with the Jurchens, Feng Ziying was originally the most concerned, but the Ministry of War was the weakest in this area.

I have to admit that the national fortunes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which have only been around for less than a hundred years, have now shown a little sign of decline, which can be felt in many ways.

The argument shouldn't be like this, but basically the main topic follows the pattern of the former Ming Dynasty, which makes the twilight of the entire court worse, which is by no means something that any one person, or even a certain emperor or Shoufu, can reverse back.

And the Emperor Yonglong before the Emperor Taishang-Emperor Yuanxi, but it was just an emperor who admired extravagance, and his more than 40 years of governance made the entire Great Zhou suddenly turn from prosperity to decline, giving Feng Ziying the same feeling as Li Longji in the Tang Dynasty, but the Anshi Rebellion became the Renchen Rebellion, which greatly shook the foundation of the Great Zhou.

When a dynasty is on the rise, even some contradictions and problems can be hidden under the surface of the thriving water, and when it turns from prosperity to decline, many problems will be rapidly magnified, and even not problems will become problems.

In the era of Xiao Daheng, the military department was in a state of step-by-step being a monk for a day and hitting the clock for a day, and many affairs could not be carried out, even with a diligent role like Geng Ruqi, it was still difficult to change the overall situation.

After Zhang Jingqiu and Chai Ke took over, Feng Ziying hoped that the situation could be improved, but this was not achieved overnight.

In front of these people, the Fan family is undoubtedly the leading figure in the Jin merchants, and the border trade involved may cover the entire nine sides, and the Wang family is not much inferior, but Wang Shaoquan is not the head of the Wang family, and there are two elders in the previous generation who are in charge, the Jin family should have close contacts with Chahar, and the Tian family has contacts with Horqin, Xibe and Jurchen.

This is the basic information that Feng Ziying can learn about these people, but it is not enough.

Sometimes Feng Ziying feels that she seems to be busier than when she was the emperor of the court, and the affairs she asks about are all over the field, finance, trade, industry, military affairs, and intelligence, all kinds of things, at least equivalent to a ****** in the modern government, and may even be a standing one, but look at yourself, but it is still a Hanlin Academy from the sixth grade, what a sad thing.

"Lord Feng is busy, it's too difficult for me to see Lord Feng." Fan Yongzhan is in his early fifties, skinny and bone-like, but his spirit is excellent, with a pair of small eyes shining, a white goatee, a gray silk shirt and a black-faced folding fan, which is really a bit of a Confucian merchant.

Feng Ziying knew that it should be this guy who found Qiao Yingjia, otherwise Qiao Shi would not have brought a message to him.

The ability of the Jin merchants is not small, and it has penetrated into the entire Great Zhou court, and even the important ministers such as Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe, who are backed by the Jiangnan gentry and merchants, are not willing to easily dismiss the face of these Jin merchants.

"Fan Gong, understand, this year, I went from Beijing to Xijiang and then returned to Beijing, my ass was not hot, and I rushed to Jiangnan again, and I went to Jiangnan again in a few days, didn't I just come back, and I saw you?" Feng Ziying said half-truths and half-truths.

He will not get used to these Jin merchants, the princes of the court and the central government are unwilling to turn their faces with these Jin merchants, that is more or less involved in interests, he doesn't have much to do with them, his father and Datong Duan's side, it is not his turn to think more, and acting freely is in line with his current identity.

"Hehe, where do I dare to complain, but just sigh, my lord is now a busy person in the court, everyone knows it, we naturally understand that the plan to open the sea is related to the major politics of the imperial court, the emperor and the cabinet are extremely important, and only young talents like adults can shoulder such a heavy responsibility." Fan Yongzhan is also accustomed to seeing wind and rain, and such flattery will come as soon as he opens his mouth.

"Fan Gong's words are serious, my words are serious, I just follow the teachings of the princes, live up to the emperor's grace, and do some small things." Feng Ziying waved her hand.

"My lord, I'm not lying, although I am waiting in the north, but I have long heard that Jiangnan businessmen want to see your lord, even if they can't wait for ten days and a half months, the story of five hundred taels of silver in the capital city is not a vain boast." Fan Yongzhan smiled, "We should also be glad that this is not in Yangzhou." ”

Feng Ziying was also amused by Fan Yongzhan's words, although this person may not be friends in the future, but at least what he said at this time was very pleasant.

"Fan Gong laughed, well, maybe it happened to catch up with Ziying's affairs during this time that many people felt that it was faster to want to be a prophet, but in fact, there was no need, the imperial court had its own regulations, and rushing for success may not lead to better gains." Feng Ziying understated the authenticity.

Fan Yongzhan glanced at the other party deeply, he had long known that he could be in a high position at such a young age, and he could win the attention of many people, it was definitely not easy to match, but the other party's sophistication still made him frightened.

"My lord, maybe everyone is in a different position, so the idea is different, just like us, now we feel that the imperial court has completely left our northern merchants aside, and the Jiangnan merchants have gone to the next level, we can only watch them like fish in water, this kind of taste may not be felt, well, I will make an inappropriate analogy, just like the imperial court in the spring, suddenly gave a lot more places in the Jiangnan provinces, and our northern places are a lot less, it is this taste, how uncomfortable it is,......"

Feng Ziying has to admire this Fan Yongzhan is very good at talking, and he can easily mobilize people's feelings, this metaphor is very vivid.

"Fan Gong's analogy is not suitable, I am in Yangzhou, the opening of the sea bonds is also shared by Hui merchants and Shanxi merchants, Haitong Yinzhuang, and also welcome northland businessmen to join, but it seems that we northland businessmen are not very interested in this." Feng Ziying said indispensably: "I know what Fan Gong wants to say, Haimao is not the director of merchants in the north, look at Liaodong and Shandong, almost blank, at this point, I am also a clever woman who has no rice." ”

Fan Yongzhan shook his head, "My lord, we are not all the way with the salt merchants, please don't confuse us with them in the future, in addition, Haitong Yinzhuang is a shareholder, and the grass people are here to express an attitude, we Shanshan merchants are willing to take shares, how much is decided by the adults, we have nothing to say." ”

"Oh?" Feng Ziying was taken aback, what was this guy going to do, he didn't count these Shanshan businessmen, of course, he didn't exclude them if they wanted to join, "Fan Gong is so optimistic about Haitong Yinzhuang?" ”

"Haitong Yinzhuang is certainly good, but we are more optimistic about Lord Feng." Fan Yongzhan's tone was affirmative.

Feng Ziying felt more and more interesting, did this guy want to learn from Lu Buwei to bet on Ying Yiren? Do you feel that the destiny of the son of the plane cannot be returned?

Even if he doesn't have so much confidence, does this guy dare to bet heavily, or does he just say it nicely?

"Fan Gong, I am a little scared when you say this." Feng Ziying rubbed her chin unconsciously, "Well, let's do it, I have a general understanding of Fan Gong's intention, but opening the sea is a set plan of the imperial court and will not be changed, if Fan Gong has any ideas, you can also put them forward to me, and I can choose the opportunity to report to the cabinet officials." ”

"My lord, I heard that my lord has a lot of ideas about the iron smelting in our north, and I think that our north cannot be compared with Jiangnan in silk weaving and cotton spinning, and Jiangnan is also more dominant in tea and porcelain, and the only advantage is in iron smelting, right?" Fan Yongzhan is authentic word by word.

I see!

Feng Ziying remembered that she had only mentioned this point of view to a few people, including Qi Yongtai, but not Qiao Yingjia, and when she went to Jiangnan, she occasionally mentioned it with Cui Jingrong, Wei Guangwei and Wu Liangsi and a few others, but she didn't expect it to reach the ears of these Jin merchants.

When the iron-smelting industry in Foshan, Guangdong Province was the best in the world, Feng Ziying mentioned that Beidi had more potential in the iron-smelting industry, and if it was someone else, he would have been scoffed at and even sprayed with blood, but he was Feng Ziying, but few people dared to do this.

Even after hearing such news, these Jin merchants couldn't help but be excited, and finally after the discussion, they had to come and go at any cost to inquire about it.

But this is a good thing, no matter what these Jin merchants have done before and what they are still doing now, but the silver in their bags is good, if they can guide these Jin merchants to take the road of industry to save the country, isn't it also a great good thing?

Of course, if someone wants to be obsessed, then there is no resentment.