Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

After thinking for a while, Qin Ming said:

"I'll find out when I get back, but you have to send these materials over first. The barracks can't wait."

"Your Highness, this won't work. I can't go back and tell the higher-ups."

Zhou Ci shook his head slightly.

Business is tough these days, so any chamber of commerce has strict rules to follow.

Since the order came from above, he couldn't disobey it.

The atmosphere at the scene fell to freezing point because of Zhou Ci's words.

Qin Ming's face darkened. He didn't expect the local chamber of commerce to be so stubborn.

Guan Yue grabbed Qin Ming's hand and winked at him.

There is a saying that goes, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake.

Moreover, they are a local chamber of commerce that controls a lot of resources.

"Well, I'll give you an explanation. The goods must be delivered first."

"I'll give you half first. I hope His Highness can offer a satisfactory condition later."

Zhou Ci pondered for a moment and nodded slowly.

"can."

Qin Ming breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"Now that we have time, call the person behind you to come and have a chat."

He was referring to the general manager of the chamber of commerce.

After all, Zhou Ci's identity is not enough to talk to Qin Ming.

Zhou Ci understood what he meant and said with a wry smile:

"Let me try and ask."

The general merchant is similar to the president of a chamber of commerce.

He was just a member of a branch of the Chamber of Commerce, and he had to report to the general merchant who controlled countless resources in Lingnan.

Not to mention calling the other party to meet Qin Ming.

"Tell him that as long as he comes over, I can teach him how to make money."

After a pause, Qin Ming emphasized:

“Make a lot of money.”

"Row."

Turning around, Qin Ming left.

According to Zhou Ci, the ore ordered by Qin Ming will be delivered in batches within three days.

It’s a good time to go back and ask Cao Chuan and Liu Chuang what their army needs.

On the way back, Guan Yue and Qin Ming walked on the street, and many people couldn't help but look at them sideways.

What a pair of handsome men and beautiful women.

However, Guan Yue lowered her head, with a worried look on her face.

"Master Fang caused such a big fuss in Qiantang City. How are we going to explain this to the Chamber of Commerce? And you agreed so easily..."

As she spoke, she gave Qin Ming a reproachful look.

"An explanation? What explanation should I give them?"

Qin Ming returned to the cloth shop, found a chair to sit on, and said in a rogue manner.

"But aren't those places their territories?"

"Yes, it's mine now."

Qin Ming shrugged his shoulders. People of this generation still couldn't reach that level of thinking.

Instead of thinking about making the cake bigger, you blame yourself for being the one who steals the cake.

Although I told them nicely that I would give them an explanation.

But since he has taken over so many businesses in the area, he definitely has no intention of giving them back.

Lord Xiao Fang is also a talented person.

Qin Ming originally thought that if he could take over Linjiang City, Qiantang City and the subordinate counties, he could earn tens of thousands of taels of silver every month, which would be enough.

His actions directly doubled their business!

Let him expand it as he likes later.

Even a monthly income of 20,000 or even 30,000 taels of silver is not impossible.

"What should we do if the president of their chamber of commerce comes?"

"It's okay. I'll give him some new ways to make money."

Qin Ming still has a lot of business ideas to do in his mind.

However, the various expenses of Wuwei Camp, workshops and textile factories made him afraid to invest money in new business.

But the Lingnan Chamber of Commerce is different.

They are a giant in this area and have a lot of money.

If you can do business with their money, you can make more money.

You don't have to spend too much effort.

This idea came to Qin Ming when he was talking with Zhou Ci just now.

……

Time passed quickly, and after a few days, half of the Chamber of Commerce's ore had been delivered.

Qin Ming also began to arrange people for production.

Fang Qingyuan and Qin Ming finally wrote back.

That morning, Cao Chuan came to Qin Ming with a letter.

"Your Highness, this is the message from Lord Fang."

Qin Ming took a quick look and found that Fang Qingyuan and the other man had no intention of coming back.

According to their description, this place lacks everything.

As long as it is a good thing, there will be people who want it once it is produced.

The reason why it sells so well is mainly due to the low productivity of that era.

All kinds of supplies are in short supply except in some wealthy areas in the capital.

Seeing this, Fang Qingyuan decided to use Qiantang City as his base, making money while expanding to the surrounding areas.

"Old Fang is really a talent."

Qin Ming sighed as he put down the letter.

If it were in the future, someone like Fang Qingyuan would definitely be a big boss.

Cao Chuan also took a look at it, then frowned and said:

"Your Highness, why are you letting him continue fighting with the Chamber of Commerce?"

Cao Chuan recently went to the cloth shop and heard about the conflict with the Chamber of Commerce from Guan Yue.

But he was a military general and didn't understand business, so he couldn't get involved in such matters.

I thought Qin Ming would start to reconcile because of Zhou Ci's words.

Unexpectedly, Qin Ming actually supported Fang Qingyuan's expansion in his heart.

Fang Qingyuan also expressed his gratitude in his reply and said that he would continue to work hard...

"What are you afraid of? The Chamber of Commerce has no military power."

"what?"

Cao Chuan didn't understand what he meant for a moment.

Patting his shoulder, Qin Ming said:

"They can't beat us, what are you afraid of?"

"But if we really resort to violence, the court..."

"The imperial court is nothing. This place will belong to us from now on. It's a poor place. If the imperial court wants to take care of it, then let them send people over. But no one is coming."

Qin Ming said a few words to him earnestly.

Only then did Cao Chuan realize that his prince seemed to be more of a rogue than he had imagined.

But one thing must be admitted, that is, Qin Ming's gangster tactics are very effective.

For example, now their workshop has started to move.

Dozens of blacksmith shops were smelting iron day and night.

The carpentry workshop has been cooperating nearby to make various tools such as water wheels, plows, shovels, hammers, etc.

In addition, the textile factory produces hundreds or even thousands of pieces of cloth every day and sells them all over the world.

The food needed for the military camps and the raw silk, cotton and linen needed for the textile factories were also put on the agenda.

Just wait until next spring and there will be new harvest.

All of this was accomplished in just a few months, which is amazing.

Qin Ming walked out of the tent, looked at the soldiers training outside, and asked Cao Chuan:

"What are you still missing?"

"Your Highness, we can get weapons and equipment, but we don't have enough war horses..."

A heavily armored army needs good war horses to be considered a true heavily armored cavalry.

Elite heavy armored troops need at least three horses per person to rotate.

But an old horse that can pull goods would cost more than five taels of silver at the market.

This is not for use on the battlefield.

If you want to use it on the battlefield, you have to buy at least a medium-sized horse that costs more than ten taels of silver.

After the Wuwei Battalion was stationed locally, it recruited some strong young people.

Now the number has reached 6,000.

If Qin Ming spent money to equip them with war horses, it would be too expensive for him to do so.

Thinking of this, Qin Ming quickly interrupted him.

"Okay, that's enough!"

"I'm leaving first, contact me if you need anything!"