Chapter 252: Undercurrent in the county town II
"Not proper!" Sun Zhijie shook his head and said, "It's okay to say that the situation was not settled at the beginning. Now that we have taken action, the two families will never give up. Besides, we didn't take any ruthless action at the beginning, but just knocked it over. The Fang family didn't suffer much losses. Even the so-called master of the hall and the former Iron Fist Gang. Fang Chen took this back to the street. He said that he would still have to thank me for waiting. I think there is still a big chance of turning around."
Sun Zhisheng frowned and said, "Zhijie, you don't know the actions of those two families during this period. You have sex with Zhou Tian. Even the three disciples of Zhou's surname were sent to Fuyu. Who wouldn't know what they wanted to do? If they were allowed to succeed in their planning, most of the Fuyu would fall into the hands of those two families. It would be better to kill that kid now. The Fang clan will inevitably collapse. My Sun family will get one. As long as it is done secretly and clean, what can those two families be crazy? Could it be that they dare to go to war with the five families at the same time?"
Sun Zhi said, "I know, but don't forget that the county lord of Fuyu is now the third prince of Jiang. He abandoned the prosperous county and came to this remote Fuyu? So, in my opinion, he would definitely come forward to protect that boy. That boy has great abilities and great influence. As long as he does not die, the Zhou surname may not be able to beat him. At that time, the two families and that boy will inevitably have a gap. My Sun family took the opportunity to help him again, and it may not be impossible to replace those two families as new partners!"
Sun Zhisheng was stunned and couldn't help but lower his head to think. Sun Zhichang, who had not spoken, also frowned and fell into deep thought.
The Sun family is the weakest in the seven families in the county town. There is only one innate strong man left in the family, and two or three others exist. If the strength is insufficient, it will naturally be squeezed everywhere. In addition to core interests, almost all the external trading returns have been taken away by the other six families. This is still the master of the hometown, and the six families dare not go too far, otherwise even the core interests will be difficult to protect.
However, although external transactions cannot compare with core benefits, they also add up to a considerable profit.
A big family has a big family and a big business, so the expenses are naturally large. Just cultivating warriors is a huge expense. After all, it is not enough for a big family to rely on just a few top warriors, and it also requires a large number of medium and low-level warriors to support it.
Take the sea as an example. In addition to the necessary crew, a large ship with a large number of materials must be equipped with at least hundreds of warriors. Only when encountering storms and pirates can it be effectively dealt with.
In addition, the land caravan also requires a large number of warriors to guard, and various industries also require enough warriors to take charge, etc. It can be said that there is no shortage of warriors everywhere. Even if the people at the top are three heads and six arms, they don’t care about so many places. The more warriors, the wider the benefits can be extended.
If the Sun family loses its peripheral interests, the income of the Sun family will naturally shrink. If the money is less, the warriors who can be trained will naturally decrease accordingly. If there are insufficient warriors, the interests will be difficult to extend. This is a vicious cycle.
Therefore, the most urgent thing about the Haisun family was to attack the Fang family's convoy and force Fang Chen to make a decision.
However, after the real opening of the sea, the Sun family was embarrassed to find that the sea trade was indeed profitable and the family really made money. However, the money they earned was far worse than those six families.
The reason is that the Huo family they cooperated with was too weak, but they had an influence, but compared with the three major families of Fuyu, it was even worse than the Fang family.
Originally, the Wei family was not much different from the Sun family. The Wei family, which cooperated with the Huo family, was just as lucky as the Huo family. When they arrived in Fuyu, they received support from Miaojiabao and two townships, and they immediately surpassed the Sun family.
What is the most intuitive thing about this gap? It is the number of warriors!
The Sun family's warriors could only squeeze out 300. In addition to maintaining the family industry, the Huo family could only draw out 100 people. There were even fewer small and medium-sized forces under it, ranging from 30 to 50, and from 50 to 100 people. The total number of warriors that the Sun family can mobilize is no more than 800.
This is the number of years that the Huo clan of Fuyu has earned money and increased the training of warriors. At the beginning, the number of warriors would have to be reduced by half.
The Huo clan wanted to train more warriors, but the Huo clan had two farms in the entire Huo clan, and there were no farms under it. It was entirely supported by the clan members and the guards of the servants trained earlier. Now even if there is money, it cannot be recruited.
How many boats are there with eight hundred people? Based on a thousand figures and hundreds of people, there are only eight boats. Moreover, seamen need to rest and cannot float on the sea all the time, so the sea boats have to be cut in half, only four.
It would be fine, but it would make them even more trouble. Since they could not recruit people, Huo warriors almost died one less. In the past three years, they have suffered a lot of losses from encountering pirates several times. If they come a few more times, they may not be able to maintain the four ships.
Once you reach that situation, the Sun family needs to make up for the people themselves, which will make the expenses even greater. You have to continuously train more warriors, and you will need to pay for death in battle, various rewards, weapons and supplies, cost of sailing, etc. The expenses that originally belonged to the Huo clan fell on the Sun family, and it was completely the Sun family sailing alone, taking risks alone, but the final profit was the same as before, and even reduced.
Moreover, the Sun family has a big business and a large number of people, and the transfer of young and strong families in the fields is almost at its limit. If a large number of young and strong people are recruited to train them into seafarers, some farmland will probably be abandoned. At that time, the grain tax is insufficient and the county magistrate is beaten, so it will definitely not make the Sun family feel better.
Let’s look at other families, which of the three major families in Fuyu cannot draw thousands of young and strong? Moreover, the branches and leaves are lush, and the clan members have more guards than the entire Huo clan, and the dependent forces below are nearly twice as many.
Tong, Wang, and Zhu's family sailed, and each time there were six large ships with thousands of materials, two more than their Sun family. This was half the amount, and the profit gap was not average.
The Wei family has supported one fort and two towns, and there are also a large number of farmers available. They also trained enough warriors half a year ago, and the number of sea boats increased to six.
Not to mention the Zhong and Liu families, there are 800 warriors in the Fang family, and there are ten towns, six towns and two forts in the county, countless villages, and four streets and three yards in the city. They have more dependent forces than the three major families, and they almost control the entire 30% of the population of Fuyu.
Ninety percent of these populations are still farmers in the county. As long as they are willing, tens of thousands of people can be transferred at any time.
There were not many dozen ships that sailed there. The difference was that they used to be hundreds of ships, but now they were all large ships with thousands of ships, and even a flying cloud ship could be escorted.
Moreover, according to the information, the Fang family did not sell any of the hundreds of old ships, and they stayed at home to train seafarers crazily. It would not take long for them to go to sea to become twenty big ships, or even more.
The Sun family only has four pitiful ships, and they will face the risk of reducing ships in the future. How can we not be in a hurry?
I made money, but I got further and further away from those six companies. Once the gap is so big that it is a certain level, I am afraid that I can't even protect the existing interests!
So after learning that Fang Chen had arrived at the county town, Sun Zhichang's first reaction was to kill him. Once Fang Chen died, the Fang clan would inevitably collapse. The Zhong and Liu families not only planned to be empty, but their interests would also be greatly damaged.
The Sun family can take the opportunity to divide up one and alleviate the family's difficulties.
But after hearing what Sun Zhijie said, he realized that there seemed to be a better way. If he could really cooperate with the Fang family, it would be better.
With the huge forces of the square and many warriors, the fleet can immediately double, and there is no need to worry about insufficient manpower. Every time you go out, you only need to send a certain expert to press the formation, and the profits can even surpass the other six companies.
At this time, Sun Zhijie spoke again: "If I kill that kid, my Sun family will be able to get one, but it will definitely be the smallest. The three Fuyu families have huge influence in the city. The Zhong and Liu families have Tieshan Town branches, and the Wei family also have Miaojiabao influence. My Sun family is blank and can't compete for them at all."
Sun Zhichang nodded deeply. If the Sun family wants to maintain their current status, they need to narrow the strength of those companies. But if they kill Fang Chen, the four companies will benefit the most, which will actually widen the gap.
Sun Zhisheng was also shaken and hesitated: "Zhijie, that kid is not a good guy. Even those two families can't suppress him. If my Sun family cooperates with him, he may not be able to take too much initiative. Moreover, how should the attack be resolved? With that kid's personality, he may not be able to easily expose it."
Sun Zhijie sighed and said, "Since my uncle went there, the six families are pressing in a tight spot, and the head of my hometown is hard to support me. My Sun family is getting worse. Now I can't plan Fuyu like Zhong and Liu families. The biggest benefit I can win is this boy named Fang. If I can cooperate with him, the family's dilemma will definitely be greatly alleviated. So what if I let more benefits for him?"
"As for the attack and killing, according to the information, although this kid is vengeful, he has clear grudges. As long as my Sun family takes the initiative to show kindness, he will give him some help and compensation if necessary to keep his foundation, and I think he will not care about it anymore."
"Not bad!" Sun Zhichang finally spoke at this time and said, "The master is not a confidant, so how can he get the hatred that cannot be dissolved? Zhijie, I will leave this matter to you. As long as the request he made is not too excessive, you can agree."
He had realized that if he did not make any changes, his family's situation would get worse and worse, and Fang Chen was the only turning point. For this reason, he could make enough concessions. As for those who died, he didn't care much. When he reached his level, some small people died and if they were given some compensation, they would be fine.
Sun Zhiji nodded and said, "Don't worry, when he settles in the inn, I will bring a gift to visit the door. I will reveal the plans of the two families at that time, which will definitely make him feel a gap. Even if he cannot cooperate immediately, he can still give up a favor."
"So great!" Sun Zhichang nodded with satisfaction.
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But what the Sun family didn't know was that another huge courtyard was also discussing similar issues.
"Your father is really sure to win over two forts and six towns?" Wei Boxiong put down the letter in his hand, raised his head to examine the young man in front of him, and spoke slowly.
Chapter completed!