Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 32 Bai Chu’s decisive blow, the Zhao brothers’ despair!

Time flies, seven days have passed, and the two Zhao family members are still struggling to support themselves, but Bai Chu's small suggestion makes them completely despair, and they can only return to Yingtian in despair.

There is another bloody storm in Peiping, and the battle between the Yan Palace and the Zhao family has reached a fever pitch.

The Prince of Yan's Mansion relied on the inexhaustible coal in the Western Mountains, and the Zhao brothers relied on their rich wealth and backing. Neither of them gave in to the other, and they always maintained the price of two or three coins.

Every day, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of coal and charcoal are bought from residents in the city and to surrounding cities.

As for Prince Yan's Mansion, Zhu Di didn't care. Anyway, the coal sold to Jinzhou and Jizhou could only earn more than two thousand taels a day.

Life was very difficult for the two Zhao brothers, who spent tens of thousands of taels of silver a day.

In less than ten days, he spent more than one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Not counting the charcoal brought from all over southern Xinjiang, even the Zhao family would be severely damaged.

The two Zhaos wrote several times to the head of the Zhao family in Beijing, hoping to get him to stop, otherwise the Zhao family would go bankrupt in less than two months.

Unfortunately, the other party's reply always had only one sentence, that is, King Yan must be suppressed at all costs.

When things have developed to this point, the head of the Zhao family can't make the decision. Huang Zicheng and Zhu Yunwen are watching eagerly from the sidelines.

As long as the Zhao family dares to let go, everyone in the family will be slaughtered, and there will be no other consequences.

The Zhao family is now like a dog. Its function is to bite Zhu Di tightly and make Zhu Di unable to eat and carry around.

Zhao Chengyun gritted his teeth and struggled to hold on, but when they saw the cavalry of Prince Yan's Mansion, they already found that their resistance was of no use at all.

According to the information obtained by the servants, the Yan Palace transported millions of kilograms of coal from Xishan every day, which shocked everyone.

However, they still suppressed the news, because they knew that they could not stop it. The result of reporting it was that they were forced, and the cities in the north continued to block King Yan.

But the interception in Peiping alone exhausted them, and they lost tens of thousands of taels of silver every day.

If we really fight against King Yan in several cities in the north, the consequences may be fifty thousand taels, or even hundreds of thousands taels a day, which is not what the Zhao family can afford.

Just when the two of them were planning to continue having sex in Peiping, they saw a notice posted in the shop opposite, but they lost interest.

I saw a notice hanging at the door of Prince Yan's Mansion, which read:

"Blessed by heaven."

It was the imperial edict that Zhu Yuanzhang had given to Zhu Di before.

After this imperial edict was posted, the people no longer had any doubts. Even those who wanted to buy charcoal in Zhao's charcoal shop were attracted to the opposite side.

Zhu Yuanzhang's prestige among the people was unmatched by anyone in the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that he was the first emperor in history who came out from the peasants, and he was also the emperor who had the most consideration for the lower class people.

He understands farmers best, and he is also one of the emperors with the strongest anti-corruption efforts in history.

When Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial edict to Zhu Di came out, it showed that Zhu Yuanzhang had known about it for a long time and supported him.

He wanted his son to do something good for the world.

Zhu Di did not disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang, because Zhu Di could let the people of Peiping have a warm winter this winter.

"Let's go, boss."

Zhao Chengbi looked at the list and let out a long sigh.

"There's no point in staying any longer."

"There are experts in Prince Yan's Mansion. This time, I'm afraid there is no chance."

Zhao Chengyun's face turned green and white. When he came here, he had already promised his father that there would be no problems.

But now, he came back in despair. How could he endure this?
  "You can leave if you want, I'll stay here!" Zhao Chengbi looked at his brother and couldn't help but persuade him:
  "Brother, stop it quickly."

"Look outside, all the people are running to the other side."

"It will be in vain if we stay any longer. It's better to go home and discuss the next step with dad."

"The era of charcoal is over, and coal will become the mainstream of this era. If we are not prepared, decades of hard work by our Zhao family will be in vain."

However, at this moment, Zhao Chengyun spoke.

"Go back now, aren't you afraid that Mr. Huang will hold you accountable?"

Zhao Chengbi paused, shook his head, and said:

"The situation of King Yan has been accomplished, and we can't stop it at all. What's more, His Majesty already knows about this matter."

"It's actually a good thing if we stop now."

"Go back and tell the truth. The confrontation between them is no longer something we can interfere with."

"If you want to suppress the coal in Prince Yan's Mansion, you can only do it yourself."

Zhao Chengyun calmed down, but he was still a little unwilling.

"Don't leave in a hurry just yet. We'll play by ear tomorrow."

In the palace.

When Zhu Di heard the report from Zhu Gaochi and Princess Yan, his face showed a hint of joy.

"Father, we sold a total of 1.5 million kilograms of coal yesterday, mainly because the demand for coal sold to various places in the north is constantly increasing."

Zhu Gaochi reported with excitement.

"We sell coal from the north for five cents per pound. After taking into account the cost and freight, we can probably earn about three cents."

"I made a total of 4,500 taels yesterday."

"Moreover, this number continues to rise. Yesterday, sales in Beiping City suddenly increased significantly."

Zhu Di touched his beard with a proud look on his face.

"Thanks to Mr. Bai, I didn't expect that posting the old man's imperial edict would have such a good effect."

"Had I known this, I should have sent out the imperial edict earlier. Otherwise, how could I tolerate Zhao Yan jumping around here?"

Yes, this decree was proposed to Zhu Di by Bai Chu.

Originally, Bai Chu came up with this method when no one was buying coal, but Bai Chu thought it was a pity to put such a big trump card there.

Besides, Bai Chu wanted to completely destroy Zhao's charcoal. If he directly took out the imperial edict, Zhao Yan might not easily follow and lower the price.

Now is the time, one strike will kill them and make them completely give up.

After this battle, the Zhao family may not be in the mood to compete with Yanwang Coal. When they establish a coal sales base, the Zhao family will probably give up and retreat. This is Bai Chu's goal.

The decisive battle with the Zhao family in Beiping City, where King Yan occupies a favorable location, if the Zhao family is eliminated at once, it will avoid more trouble in future fights.

I have to say that this business war is quite perfect.

Nowadays, basically all the cities in the north have the eyes of Prince Yan's Mansion, so the next step is to go south.

Bai Chu wants to spread the channel south to Yingtian City, plant the seeds, and wait for the future to sprout.

(End of this chapter)