When everyone started looking to buy shares in the factory, do you think Zhu Ying was just going to sell them so easily?

If that were the case, then all his work in his previous life would have been in vain.

The chain trap is the most useful one.

As the saying goes, you can’t keep a sincere heart, only tricks can win people’s hearts.

From the very beginning, Zhu Ying broke the ice with Lan Yu, took back the land and the post of Left Commander-in-Chief, and then gave Lan Yu 30% of the shares of the winery.

In the beginning, naturally, many people felt that exchanging good farmland for shares would be a huge loss.

Then give him a reversal, and he immediately made a big profit.

Coupled with the dimensionality reduction attack promoted by business analysis in previous lives, it naturally triggered a mass effect.

The best help came from the minister who attended the morning court.

Originally, Zhu Ying was still thinking about how to show his identity and then get promotion from the factory.

Now there is no need to worry at all.

A business that is obviously profitable, and it is endorsed by the current Crown Prince, the future Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The Duke of Liang, the chief military commander, invested all his property in the company, and received enthusiastic support from many barons and dukes.

In this situation, what are you still hesitating about?

In ancient times, when information was extremely closed, the intensity of the cluster effect would only be more outrageous.

It's like saying, joining this business not only makes money, but you also become a shareholder of a factory with the Ming Dynasty's most top noble, the current Crown Prince and future Emperor.

What are shareholders? They are called collaborators.

When businessmen have accumulated a certain amount of wealth, what is their next goal?

It’s identity and status.

To put it in a broader sense, it was the improvement of the status of merchants as a whole in the Ming Dynasty.

Only in this way could they wear gorgeous and colorful clothes outside and dare to speak with their backs straight in front of low-level officials.

Now, there is such a great opportunity in front of us, which can not only improve your status but also make a lot of money. Who wouldn't go crazy?

Boycott? What to boycott?

There are already many big businessmen looking forward to this. When I return to the local area in the future, if that small magistrate dares to confront me again, I will throw the certificate of joint factory establishment with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in his face.

Let’s see if he dares to be as arrogant as before.

It was this point that Zhu Ying keenly grasped.

You know, in his previous life, what was the largest group he harvested?

That's a businessman.

In the previous life, I was at least at the lower level, at least at university level, but now I have only reached elementary school level.

What kind of pressure is there? Without showing up, you can completely control it by operating in secret.

As for the big chambers of commerce and businessmen in the Ming Dynasty today, ten of them could be beaten to death with one blow, without wrongly accusing any of them.

This naturally includes Zhu Ying’s Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.

However, the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce at least has some conscience and bottom line, and will not do anything immoral.

As for other people, they can only make money, they don’t have any conscience at all, and they don’t care if their hearts are completely black, especially those who have experienced the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

Many people have long lost their bottom line as human beings. They only care about making money. As long as the profit is big, they don’t care about killing or setting fire to people.

Zhu Ying had no mercy on this situation.

Just grab it when you catch it. If you don't let it go, how can you stop? That would be disrespectful to everyone.

Zhu Ying's eyes lit up when he saw the list of Shanxi merchants on the list.

"These Shanxi merchants are developing very fast. Before I knew it, they have all come to the capital. I thought they were only on the border."

"It's better to go to the capital. It's still a bit difficult to take action on the other side of the border. If we go to the capital, isn't it like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth? No, it should be a foreigner entering a dragon's mouth."

Zhu Ying said with a sneer.

Others may not understand it, but as a person from later generations, Zhu Ying may not understand it.

The so-called Ten Great Imperial Merchants of the Qing Dynasty refer to the Shanxi merchants.

It is not to say that Shanxi merchants started smuggling only in the late Ming Dynasty. Even today’s Shanxi merchants have been engaged in smuggling for a long time.

Government-run products such as salt, iron, and tea were directly imported to the grasslands without any scruples.

The current smuggling trade is not very large, and can even be said to be a bit small. This is not because there is not enough trade, but because the economy on the grassland is not good enough.

In this regard, how do Shanxi merchants operate?

They informed the grassland people and acted as spies.

Then these people from the grasslands came to the Ming Dynasty to take advantage of the situation.

All the looted supplies, including those that were inedible but valuable, were sold to Shanxi merchants.

This kind of black market transaction is completely profitable. From another perspective, the people on the grassland are nothing more than thugs of the Shanxi merchants.

Through their thugs, Shanxi merchants continued to reap the wealth of the Shanxi region and then accumulated it for themselves.

"Yueqing, send a message to Zhang Bo. For these Shanxi merchants, restrict their purchasing direction at that time. All Shanxi merchants can only invest in the frosting factory. Other factories are not allowed to invest."

Zhu Ying instructed.

Although Ye Yueqing didn't understand what His Highness meant, she still nodded and said, "I obey your order."

Hearing the word "servant", Zhu Ying paused slightly.

On the day of the military parade, he of course saw what Ye Yueqing was wearing and where she was standing.

I also understand that this was a hint from Concubine Ning, which naturally had the old man's approval.

Actually, for Ye Yueqing, I can’t say that I have too many feelings, but I can’t say that I have no feelings either.

Of course, the first thing to be sure of is that Zhu Ying is a man, and a very healthy and strong man.

It’s just that in the past and present lives, Zhu Ying’s pursuit has become more long-term rather than focused on the pleasures of men and women.

As the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Ying's descendants must be as many as possible.

Thinking about it carefully, Zhu Ying actually didn't have much aversion to Ye Yueqing.

Ye Yueqing had delicate facial features and a very good figure. She could not be said to be stunningly beautiful, but she was able to pretend to be a princess selected from the Goryeo selection, so she was not lacking in beauty.

As for personality, there is no need to say more.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Ying suddenly realized that there was nothing to be disgusted about.

After thinking it over, Zhu Ying said to Ye Yueqing, "Don't call yourself a slave from now on."

Hearing this, Ye Yueqing was filled with happiness and said, "I understand."

The Wanfu etiquette of women, which has been passed down since the Han Dynasty, is to clasp both hands loosely in fists, overlap them, and move them up and down on the lower right side of the chest while making a slight bow.

This polite gesture also gives people a very dignified feeling.

Perhaps his thoughts had changed. When Zhu Ying saw Ye Yueqing's greeting, he was slightly distracted, but he quickly recovered.

After a moment of hesitation, Zhu Ying's mind returned to the main business and said, "The auction will be held in three days. You can go with me then. We can also see what kind of foundation the current chambers of commerce have."

"In addition to the Shanxi merchants, I will also leave a list. The merchants on the list will eventually have to buy shares in the sugar frosting factory."

It is difficult to run a factory, but it is not too easy to destroy it.

The frosting factory was a mine planted by Zhu Ying from the very beginning.

The final fate of this factory is naturally predictable.

Naturally, few people would have thought that it was impossible for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to allow something as precious as icing sugar to collapse.

In fact, when it comes to sugar making, the production of icing sugar is indeed very sophisticated, and currently only the nobility can afford it.

However, Zhu Ying intended to make the icing factory a focus of attention.

First of all, sugar is not a necessity for the current Ming Dynasty, or even for the Ming Dynasty in recent decades.

It is more of a seasoning, like a snack.

Moreover, eating too much frosting is bad for your teeth.

No one needs to eat two ounces of frosting every day to survive. In this case, producing a large amount of frosting will easily lead to poor sales.

So Zhu Ying’s plan was to bury the bomb in the frosting factory.

Zhu Ying plans to sell 20% or even 30% of the shares in the frosting factory.

In this era without supervision and information blockade, the original 100% of the shares were sold at three times the amount.

The consequences of this can be imagined.

Zhu Ying is already prepared. He is going to pick an auspicious day next year to shut down the frosting factory.