Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 860: The strategy of selling pearls
Although he was just a small chieftain in Lianzhou Prefecture, Mr. Gao was used to being bossy in his own little piece of land. Today, they were shocked by the many things they had never seen in the market, and after walking around and getting nothing, the chieftains were already full of anger.

They thought that the Han chieftain and the Han merchants were in collusion. Now that they saw the Fujian merchant surnamed Lin, they had an outlet for their anger and could no longer suppress it. Seeing the Fujian merchant's bewilderment, the chieftain surnamed Tian also stepped forward and questioned: "You profiteers, you actually teamed up with the group surnamed Ye to bully us... We sold you so many pearls in vain..."

The Fujian merchant surnamed Lin was suddenly grabbed by the clothes. He was struggling, and after hearing the ambiguous questioning, he could not help but cry out: "Three masters, when you and I trade goods, we always pay for them. Why do you say that I owe you masters something?"

"Besides, when will we team up..."

Before he finished speaking, he seemed to have reacted and stared at the three people with wide eyes. "Three masters...are you still selling pearls in the old way?"

"...The old way?" Several chieftains were stunned.

"You three... couldn't find a shop in this market?" The Fujian merchant Lin's tone became more and more puzzled. "You... didn't you say that the court set up this market to help the various ethnic groups in Lianzhou? Even Master Ye's family has found such a big shop, why are you three masters..."

The Fujian merchant looked at the three people in surprise, as if he was looking at three stupid pigs. The chieftain surnamed Qin was a little embarrassed, so he coughed slightly, frowned, and said in a sarcastic tone: "We Li people are not like you Han people. We only know our business and we don't understand the twists and turns of the market."

"It's fine if we just stick to the old rules and do business. We don't dare to touch those other fancy things."

What I mean is that although this market seems to be full of flowers and splendor, who knows what the situation will be like in the future.

When the Fujian merchant heard this, he just beat his chest and stamped his feet, saying with regret: "Why are the three masters so wasteful? If you don't want this shop in the market, you can rent it and sell it to me! Do you know how difficult it is to rent this shop? His Royal Highness King Zhou is the living god of wealth in the Ming Dynasty! If I can take His Royal Highness King Zhou's big ship, even the little water that leaked out will be enough..."

"Why are you talking so much nonsense?" The hot-tempered chieftain surnamed Gao was impatient to hear him say this and scolded him repeatedly. "Let's get it straight. What kind of conspiracy have you merchants and those Han people reached? How are you going to deal with us, the Tu ethnic group's pearl farmers?"

"...We have come a long way to do business in Lianzhou Prefecture, and we have no grudges against the chieftains. It is unreasonable for us to not do business with them and instead partner with them to harm them." Merchant Lin shook his head and said coldly. "The pearls in this market are more profitable, so we will naturally buy the pearls from this market."

"What does this mean? Could it be that the imperial court has banned our trade?" the chieftain surnamed Qin asked in confusion.

But the merchant was scolded and scolded by them, and the few politenesses he had before were completely worn out. Hearing this, he just smiled coldly again: "Your Majesty, the King of Zhou of the Ming Dynasty is such a person, why do you have to use such despicable means to target him... There are limited pearls in the market, and I still need to buy some pearls, so please stay with me!" As he said this, he actually shook off the three people and went straight to the Shangren Pavilion.

"This..." Tusi Tian and Tusi Gao naturally turned their eyes to their backbone, Tusi Qin.

Tusi Qin looked unhappy. He couldn't think of how such a situation could be achieved unless it was an abuse of the court's public resources.

But looking at the passers-by who had gathered around to watch the quarrel, and the Ming guards who were watching from afar, he really didn't have the face to go and find a few passers-by and merchants on the street to find out what was going on. After thinking for a while, he simply waved his sleeves and said, "Let's go! Find a place to stay first."

"Tell your men to go and ask. We won't leave Lianzhou until this matter is clarified!"

The surging crowds in the market made them dizzy, so they simply found an inn to stay in and asked their men to investigate the situation in the market.

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"Your Highness, Duke Cao, the local people and the chieftains of Xuhu have already entered the market."

In the Ming army camp, the Zhouwang camp, Xie Jin, who was now temporarily in charge of all the affairs of the market, was reporting to Zhu Su and Li Wenzhong who were playing chess in the barracks to relieve their boredom. Xie Jin looked a little excited, and he felt relieved to know that those chieftains who did not cooperate had been defeated.

"These chieftains stayed in the city for a long time, but contrary to their usual practice, no merchants came to them to collect the South China Pearls."

"Because of this sudden situation, most of these chieftains have panicked and are staying in the city, trying to find out where the problem occurred."

"How can there be any problem?" Zhu Su smiled happily. He turned around and used an excuse to gently flick the chessboard, messing up the game that was already doomed to fail. "It is the nature of merchants to pursue profits. Now the profits from the South Pearls sold in the market are twice as much as those in the hands of the chieftains. Naturally, those merchants will give up the trivial and pursue the South Pearls sold in the market, such as Shangrenxuan."

In Lianzhou, there are no other products except South Pearls, which are considered precious. In Lianzhou, almost everything revolves around the collection and sale of South Pearls, which Zhu Su discovered when he arrived in Lianzhou.

Zhu Su wanted to build a market, and the only ones willing to submit were the Han chieftains headed by Ye Shangren. Most of the Li people were confident that they had a large number of pearl pools in their hands, and they also believed that Zhu Su, a powerful dragon, would not make a fuss for a Lianzhou, so they continued to do their own thing and ignored the market...

However, they did not know that if the resources they held were rice, oil, salt and other necessities for the people, Zhu Su might still be a little bit afraid. But it was just Nanzhu... Zhu Su had plenty of ways to control them openly.

It should be noted that although some people are eager to buy South Pearls, in the final analysis, South Pearls are not a necessity in life, but just a luxury item for the rich and powerful to enjoy. Merchants who come to Lianzhou also see the value of South Pearls as a luxury item, so they come from afar to collect pearls, and then ask craftsmen to make jewelry, and then sell them to those wealthy families.

But do those wealthy people who buy luxury goods want the South Pearl itself? No, what they want is actually the satisfaction of owning luxury goods.

(End of this chapter)