Chapter 411

In the backyard of the Zhen mansion, although it was late summer, the sky had already faded a little from the heat.

Coupled with the tall and beautiful trees in the garden and the scattered and lush green plants, most of the heat of late summer was collected and covered.

A pair of dazzling young men and women, looking very well-matched, strolled on the small path in the garden, discussing something with each other.

Behind them followed a delicate and clever young girl, occasionally picking a flower bud from the passing flower branches to play with in her hand.

This scene should be beautiful and beautiful, but the content of their conversation was becoming more and more solemn and stern.

The situation of Xinchun Hao's future mentioned by Hearing Zhen Fangqing was also the vigilance that Jia Cong had always had in his heart.

The reason why he delayed reporting the time for Xinchun Hao to achieve an annual profit of 500,000 taels to Emperor Emperor Jia Zhao by half a year.

It was not that he was unfaithful to the emperor.

In fact, from another perspective, although Emperor Emperor Jia Zhao was full of imperial power calculations, first not granting the title, and then coming up with the trick of changing the heir, he tried his best to separate him and the Jia family as much as possible.

But in the end, he still granted Jia Cong a hereditary count title; regardless of whether this was out of political maneuvering and balance, or to buy people's hearts.

But in the final analysis, this was also the emperor's great favor to him; even if he had an innate resistance to this kind of imperial power calculation in his heart, he had to admit this point.

But his two lifetimes of experience and knowledge, as well as his experience since becoming an official, and the teachings and edification he received from Liu Jing'an.

He recognized more deeply than many people that the officialdom is so dangerous and the imperial power is ruthless and cold.

At that time, Xinchun Hao was just a small incense shop in the Love Shenjing; because the business was booming, it would be coveted and persecuted by people like Jia Zhen.

When Xinchun Hao becomes a large business firm with an annual profit of 500,000 taels, even with the protection of the imperial merchant status of the Imperial Household Department, who can guarantee that it will not be coveted by various forces?

He just wanted to fight for greater safety and living space for himself and those close to him.

Therefore, the half-year time he fought for Xinchun Hao was the leeway and bottom line he left for himself, which was the space he could operate.

Moreover, through Lin Ruhai's connections, using Xinchun Hao's own strength to open branches in Su Zhou and Yangzhou and lay out business routes.

And cleverly avoiding the intervention of the officials of the Imperial Household Department was another means he created for the future.

But things change, power changes, who can say for sure about the future? Relying only on these retreats and plans to sleep soundly, I am afraid it is not necessarily the case.

Hearing Zhen Fangqing continued, "The Zhen family has been engaged in maritime trade for many years and knows better than many people that although Da Zhou has vast land and abundant resources, crossing the sea, one can see a wider and boundless world.

In the past few years, I have been paying attention to Xinchun Hao's business methods, and I don't think those strange and novel marketing methods all came from the hands of Chief Steward Qu."

Hearing Zhen Fangqing smiled and looked at Jia Cong, saying, "Yuzhang is young, extraordinary, and rare in the world; it is not strange to have strange ideas that ordinary people cannot imagine.

With Xinchun Hao's current momentum, perhaps in another two years, at most three years, it will definitely become a leader among the imperial merchants of the Imperial Household Department of Da Zhou, but where is the road after that?

If we go further, I am afraid it will make many people wary or covetous; things in this world have always been like this."

Jia Cong heard Hearing Zhen Fangqing's words and felt awe in his heart; what she said was not wrong at all.

Xinchun Hao took three years to transform from a small incense shop with an annual profit of 50,000 taels to a behemoth with an annual profit of 500,000 taels.

If Xinchun Hao is allowed to develop for another three years, what kind of scene will it be?

A hereditary count, a court official, but in control of an increasingly huge business route, it is really too eye-catching.

I am afraid that the wariness and covetousness mentioned by Hearing Zhen Fangqing will first come from the Nine-Five Supreme in the palace of the Love Shenjing.

Trees that stand out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind; mounds that stand out from the shore will be washed away by the current.

The world is dangerous, and it has always been like this; no one will be spared.

Hearing Zhen Fangqing said again, "Those who achieve great things in the world and protect themselves are either cunning rabbits with three burrows or nine graves and ten suspicions, so it is best to expand new paths and create retreats.

In two or three years, Xinchun Hao will definitely become a leader in Da Zhou's incense industry; with the convenience of imperial merchants, the annual profit will definitely be very shocking, and the subsequent risks will also double.

Rather than doing things like flowers and fire, it is better to retreat and avoid the sharpness of the world, and to avoid the constraints of external forces, look for new paths.

I know that Chief Steward Qu and Miss Qin have been selling incense industry products to the countries of the Southeast Sea through foreign merchant ships for the past two years, but it seems that the progress is not very significant?"

Jia Cong heard Zhen Qingfang's remarks and was secretly shocked.

A young girl has such foresight and planning, and what she said is reasonable, even with a strange power of bewitchment, which is truly surprising.

It is no wonder that she, as a daughter, can manage the Zhen family's huge maritime trade business and even earn the name of Zhen Half-City for the Zhen family.

The garden stone path wound, Hearing Zhen Fangqing passed a jasmine flower branch, picked a flower bud, and inserted it on her temple; the sun was shining, making her demeanor even more graceful, her jade-like face, clear and beautiful.

She said again, "I think Chief Steward Qu and Miss Qin would do this, it must be because they got Yuzhang's instruction; I think Yuzhang has thought of the same thing as me on this matter.

That is, outside of Da Zhou, there is a vast sea and sky, and countless countries; if Xinchun Hao wants to survive for a long time without being controlled by others, the best way is to take another long-distance maritime trade route!"

Hearing Zhen Fangqing smiled and looked back at Jia Cong, but saw that he was also looking at her, a pair of eyes as deep as autumn pools, flashing with profound and thoroughness.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and both could feel a vague collision in the other's eyes.

But this was not a spark of male and female desire, but a fit of thought paths.

For a soul like Jia Cong from later generations, he knows deeply that when a group or a country's power develops and expands to a certain extent, taking the long-distance sea route is an inevitable path.

He can understand this truth, which is based on the information explosion of later generations, and it is not surprising.

But Hearing Zhen Fangqing is just a weak woman; regardless of her purpose, being able to see and say these words is enough to surprise Jia Cong.

Jia Cong even had absurd thoughts in his heart, fortunately she is just a woman...

Jia Cong said, "The Third Young Lady has a far-reaching vision, and Jia Cong admires it very much; although Xinchun Hao has begun to sell incense industry products to the outer seas.

But they are all sold to various countries through foreign merchant ships.

These foreign maritime merchants, either to protect the interests of their own country's incense industry or to squeeze the price of Xinchun Hao's spice products.

There are great restrictions on the number of incense industry products exported by Xinchun Hao, and Xinchun Hao has been established for a short time and has not yet opened up business routes in the outer seas, just simple external sales of goods.

All the key points are in the hands of others, and there is no spare capacity to compete and occupy, so it is difficult to become a climate in maritime trade in a short time."

Hearing Zhen Fangqing said, "The Zhen and Jia families are old family friends, watching and helping each other, and supporting each other, which is the right reason.

The second branch of the Zhen family has the largest maritime trade fleet in Jin Ling, and years of maritime trade business have also opened up many business routes and connections in the countries of the Southeast.

If Yuzhang wants Xinchun Hao to make a breakthrough in maritime trade, I am willing to help with all my strength; the fleet of the second branch of the Zhen family and the business routes and connections overseas can be utilized by Xinchun Hao to the maximum extent."

Jia Cong understood in his heart that Hearing Zhen Fangqing's words of opening and closing finally reached the key point.

In business, she is not only giving Xinchun Hao great benefits, but it must also be of great benefit to herself, otherwise why would she lobby herself like this.

Moreover, from Hearing Zhen Fangqing's words, Jia Cong perceived a clear concept; she has been emphasizing that the second branch of the Zhen family is willing to help with all its strength.

Not the entire Zhen family, nor does it include the main branch of the Zhen family...

Jia Cong himself came from a noble family, regardless of the east and west mansions of the Jia mansion, or the two branches of Jia She and Jia Zheng in the Rongguo Prefecture, how many secret fights are there?

So he could probably guess some of the private secrets of the Zhen family, and even from Hearing Zhen Fangqing's seemingly calm words, he could taste the anxiety she hid very well.

He smiled and replied, "The Third Young Lady's kindness, Jia Cong is very grateful." (End of chapter)