The old soup man looked at the merchants gathered around him, shook his head, and said, "I don't know what the prince meant by coming to us. ”

When everyone heard the old soup man's words, they all beat a small drum in their hearts.

Lao Tangtou was the first businessman to take the initiative to join the government after the shutdown turmoil. It is said that Lao Tangtou's "righteous deeds" won great praise from the government, and Gao Ligong, the acting governor of Tianjin Town, personally met with Lao Tangtou and gave him a very high courtesy.

And the old soup man didn't know what he was doing today, and the situation seemed to be a little bad.

Today, the government sent personnel to summon all the big private businessmen in Tianjin Town to the Fanjiazhuang City Hall, and they did not say what they were going to do. Entering the town hall, the staff set up chairs in the large conference room that can accommodate 200 people, and asked the merchants to sit on the chairs and wait, saying that they would have a meeting.

However, the staff did not bring tea to the merchants, and there were no snacks and refreshments on the conference table.

Looking at this posture, the businessmen who came to the meeting muttered. It's not that Li Zhi deliberately scares these businessmen, it's really because Li Zhi's recent methods of dealing with Hua Kefang, Hou Dingping and Yan Yishan are too terrifying. The three largest private businessmen in Tianjin Town were defeated by Li Zhi without leaving a round because they tried to challenge Li Zhi.

Hou Dingping and Yan Yishan's factories went bankrupt, but they still had some savings and could do other businesses. And the initiator Hua Kefang was the worst, two factories and more than a dozen properties were all confiscated and auctioned, and he was already penniless. It is said that Hua Kefang finally sold the maid's jewelry, rented a half house next to the vegetable market with the pregnant maid, and began to sell oil in the vegetable market.

Li Zhi's thunderous methods completely frightened the merchants in Tianjin Town, and now these businessmen are being held to the neck with knives, and I am afraid that they will not dare to make trouble against the king again, and they will no longer dare to talk about their status and official status.

Now everyone is worried that Li Zhi is still worried that everyone responded to Hua Kefang's call to stop production, and is worried that Li Zhi will retaliate against him.

Everyone saw that the old soup man did not believe it, and they were very disappointed and afraid.

A middle-aged dye factory director with a mustache said: "King Qi... The King of Qi gathered us together, didn't he want to announce the punishment of stopping our production for one and a half months? ”

The director of a cement factory wearing a Dongpo scarf shook his body and said, "King Qi recruited all of us today, won't he want to buy our private factories at a low price and nationalize all the industries in Fanjiazhuang?" ”

Hearing the words of the director of this cement factory, the businessmen were stunned, and they were speechless.

The merchants ran the industry, and did not use the property in their hands to benefit Fanjiazhuang, but used it to deal with the king of Qi. Everyone felt that King Qi would definitely react.

I can't say, it's really like what the owner of this cement factory said, King Qi will buy all everyone's factories at a low price and turn them into state-owned factories.

A fortune merchant to the right of the owner of the cement factory swallowed his saliva and suddenly said with his hands dancing: "Hahaha, I knew there would be this day." ”

"Yesterday I was quick and sold my watermill to eleven small vendors. The eleven peddlers scraped together 70,000 taels of silver to buy my factory, and I threw all the plates to them, and the agreement was signed. Now, even if His Highness wants to buy my watermill factory, it's none of my business. ”

Hearing the fat man's words, everyone was secretly surprised.

Everyone was surprised that it turned out that Li Zhi's deterrent effect on Hua Kefang, Hou Dingping and Yan Yishan was so terrible that he had already scared this fat man so much that the factory was sold.

Everyone shook their heads in embarrassment, not knowing what to say.

Just when everyone was speculating there, Li Zhi suddenly walked into the venue with Gao Ligong and Cai Huaishui.

The government civil servant at the door shouted: "King Qi has arrived!" ”

Hearing this roar, and then seeing the four-clawed golden dragon robe on Li Zhi's body, the merchants in the venue trembled with fright. They didn't dare to slack off, and one by one they bounced up from their chairs and fell to their knees.

"King Qi Chitose!"

"Long live the king!"

"Your Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose!"

Li Zhi walked to the front of the conference room and sat down on the rostrum in the middle with two subordinates. He took a sip of tea from his teacup and said slowly:

"Get up!"

The crowd got up from the ground and stood in front of their chairs.

Gao Ligong saw that everyone didn't dare to sit down, and looked at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi just sat there blowing tea leaves and didn't speak.

Gao Ligong frowned and said loudly: "Sit!" All sit! ”

The businessmen glanced at each other and secretly said what was going on? Are these "sinners" still qualified to sit and obey in front of King Qi?

They sat down tremblingly, and each of them dared to put only half of their butts on the chair.

Li Zhi still didn't speak, and took another sip of tea.

Gao Ligong, the acting governor of Tianjin Town, stood up and coughed.

He looked at the businessmen below and said: "The scale of the shutdown of the factory in Tianjin Town is very large, and the social reaction is very bad, which has had a negative impact on the economic order of Tianjin Town. Because of this shutdown, we had to make some adjustments to the existing economic structure. ”

"Here, I'll give you a briefing."

When the merchants below heard this, they were like lightning strikes.

What do you mean by some adjustments to the "structure of the economy"? Is it really necessary to buy the factories of private enterprises at a low price?

Gao Ligong said slowly: "We will adjust the bank credit policy and vigorously encourage the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. In the future, the credit support available to your big factories will gradually decline. Small factories in Fanjiazhuang will have access to more credit resources, and we plan to halve the industrial concentration in Fanjiazhuang. ”

"Now, according to our investigation, 11 agricultural machinery factories in Fanjiazhuang control 70% of the agricultural machinery output in one town and nine provinces. We hope that within five years, this number will become 22, that is, we will support 11 new agricultural machinery factories on the existing basis. ”

After a pause, Gao Ligong continued; "It's the same with other industries."

"We will use the credit policy to reduce the industrial concentration of the entire town and nine provinces, and prevent a small number of enterprises from controlling the market in tandem."

Hearing Gao Ligong's words, the businessmen below were surprised and delighted. What is surprising is that Li Zhi's reaction is so direct and thorough, and he wants to reduce the market share of big businessmen. The good news is that Li Zhi only operated through credit tilting, and the time was even more than five years. Based on the experience of the previous five years, the total market volume of one town and nine provinces may double in the next five years.

In other words, the big businessmen here may not be doing any smaller business in the next five years.

The merchants below couldn't help but be excited, and looked at each other happily, all with joy on their faces.

Gao Ligong coughed, pulled back the attention of the merchants, and said with a straight face: "In this turmoil of suspension of production, the merchants of Fanjiazhuang showed a strong influence. Our government cannot allow this influence to operate at will in the market. Therefore, King Qi decided to set up a consultative chamber of commerce in one town and nine provinces to establish a communication platform between businessmen and the government. ”