From beginning to end, the court was unswervingly standing on the side of the people. This is what Han Yi has always advocated. The court must not stand on the opposite side of the people. For the transportation of canal, it is the court that stands on the opposite side of the people. This is inevitable. Now that businessmen are involved in taking the blame, the court immediately becomes justice.

Yuanzhe and Wang Xuandao had only one goal, which was to eliminate the canal transport. If the canal transport is there, they would not be able to compete with the canal transport, and the canal transport will be free to serve the people.

The labor bill they opposed is the key to forcing the natural disintegration of the canal transport. It is difficult for the court to dissolve the canal transport directly. After all, there are so many people in the canal transport, and it is obviously unrealistic to suddenly disband. The court can guarantee at most that you can support you to squeeze out the canal transport.

Guanzhong and Shandong are very embarrassed. If you don’t pay this money, the canal transportation will not collapse. If the canal transportation does not collapse, you will collapse. If there is no private person to win the country. Weigh the pros and cons, they must support the Labor Act, because the canal transportation itself cannot send money to labor. If the court does not send it, the canal transportation will definitely disintegrate.

After the talk, Yuan Zhe, Wang Xuandao, Dou Heng and Zou Fengchi left.

The four of them left the gate together. Dou Heng and Zou Fengchi stopped and glanced at each other. To their great disappointment, Yuan Zhe just said goodbye to Wang Xuandao and went west, while Wang Xuandao got on the carriage eastward, and never said a word to them from beginning to end.

Dou Heng and Zou Fengchi were almost crying. You promised to beg us, why don’t you ignore us?

Suddenly, someone behind him laughed and said, "You're wrong in the abacus!"

The two of them turned around and saw Han Yi standing inside the door and smiling at them.

The two hurried to Han Yi, and Dou Heng said with a sad face: "Shishou Minister Han! They ignore us, what should we do?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "I don't care if I don't! They know your strength well. You have 30,000 yuan, which is already all your property. They have money, so it doesn't matter if they delay it for a year or two. You can't afford it. If you have strong capital, they will definitely come to ask you."

Zou Fengchi's heart was cold. This was their disadvantage. If those nobles won the bid, they were all rich people, who were afraid of whom, and they were still under pressure from the group. They were all businessmen. They were really more introverted. When they met the four sons of the Yuan family and Chang'an, these people were all cruel characters and could not let them drag their noses away. "Then - what should we do?"

Han Yi said: "You and them are fish and water, but they can exchange roles with each other. Now you are fish. If the water leaves the fish, it will continue to flow. But if the fish leaves the water, it will be dead end. This requires your wisdom to solve the problem and reverse the situation. As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, I cannot help either party, and I have also given you enough help."

After saying that, he turned around and went back.

Dou Heng and Zou Fengchi looked at each other. Dou Heng said, "Mr. Han is right. Now we are weak and they are strong. We must look down on our faces to find them. I think they are just taking care of the nobles' face. If we don't have a good life, they won't be able to live well. This will only lead to both losses."

Zou Fengchi nodded and said, "So we can't fight in the internal strife now. We have to unite. Let's go find one party together, and the other party will definitely come to us."

The two of them immediately went to chase Yuanzhe because the Yuan family was originally a businessman, which was very different from the Shandong gentry. The Shandong gentry was superior and they didn't know how to deal with each other.

When Han Yi returned inside, he happened to meet Zheng Shanxing who walked out of the side door. When he saw Han Yi, he immediately laughed and said, "It seems that your wishful thinking will not be successful?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "How do you say this?"

Zheng Shanxing laughed and said, "You try every means to get the dock for merchants. It is nothing more than fear that our nobles will reach an alliance, which is not conducive to the control of the court. Therefore, let the rich merchants check and balance our nobles. You think that the dock is the foundation of transportation, and you believe that our Shandong gentry will not unite with the Guanzhong nobles, so you can balance the status of merchants and nobles. But you ignore it. Merchants do not have enough strength to compete with the nobles, and in the end they have to ask for our nobles."

Han Yi smiled and said, "So what?"

Zheng Shanxing frowned and said, "Do you have any other tricks?"

"This is gone!" Han Yi shook his head and said, "But no matter what, the dock and the transportation group must cooperate. There are only two situations. One is to find the dock to cooperate with each other. In this way, everyone's status is still equal and no one can do without each other. The second situation is that everyone is not aligned. In this way, isn't it also mutual restraint? In fact, this is the only phenomenon."

Zheng Shanxing said: "What is the only phenomenon?"

Han Yi said: "Although they have choices, they are all the only one each other. If there is only one dock left, then both transportation groups have to seek this dock, and the initiative is all in the hands of the dock. He can ask for a price everywhere, and you can't do anything about it. Similarly, if there is only one transportation group left, then both docks have to hold the boat to find the transport group. In this way, the initiative will be handed over to the transport group. The transportation group can unscrupulously lower the price, as long as you can't starve to death.

Therefore, all the parties will keep the existence of each party so that everyone can be at ease and not be subject to any party. Just now, Yuanzhe and Wang Xuandao did that, but they didn't want to lose the initiative from the beginning. After all, they have natural advantages, but with the business of everyone and the growth of the dock, everyone's status will gradually be equal. Unless they make another kick, this balance will not be broken."

Zheng Shanxing was stunned for a while and smiled bitterly: "It is because of this that you dare to tell me everything."

Han Yi shook his head and said, "That's not the case. The reason I tell you is because I believe in your professional qualities. This is limited to the conversations within the Ministry of Revenue, not private conversations. They are all smart people, so they will not speak out. If they say it out, then everyone will be reckless and their interests will be equalized. This is not what businessmen are willing to see, and everyone wants to make more money. Moreover, if a pair is cut off at once, then this only phenomenon will be broken. The greedy businessman will definitely want to monopolize all profits, so there are still many variables in it."

"You won't let them succeed?"

"This is of course. When necessary, the court will take action."

Zheng Shanxing was completely convinced. Han Yi's four-corner design made the four sides have to maintain competition, but it also had to ensure that the four-corner structure was not destroyed. At the critical moment, the court was still escorting the side.

While they were talking, Dou Heng and Zou Fengchi caught up with Yuan Zhe in the middle of the way.

"Young Master Yuan, can you have time now?"

When Dou Heng spoke, he was very respectful. There was no way, they were too cruel.

Yuanzhe glanced at them and nodded, "Let's go to Chongrenfang to talk."

“Yes, yes, yes.”

The three of them came to the Yuan Family Courtyard in Chongrenfang.

"Please sit down, two."

"Thank you, thank you!"

As soon as the three of them sat down, they didn't wait for the servants to come and pour tea. Zou Fengchi couldn't wait to say: "For a long time, we merchants have regarded the Yuan family as the leader of the merchants in the world. If we want to do business, how can Shandong gentry be the opponent of the Yuan family? Therefore, we all hope to cooperate with the Yuan family to build ships for your group."

Dou Heng also hurriedly said: "Not bad! Not bad! The ancients didn't often say that good birds choose trees to live in, and we all hope to cooperate with the Yuan family."

"I dare not! I dare not! I will be too rewarded!" Yuan Zhe waved his hand and said, "But since you are so dedicated, we are willing to cooperate with you."

"really?"

The two were overjoyed, which was much smoother than they expected.

Yuanzhe nodded, changed his tone and said, "But I have a condition."

Zou Fengchi said cautiously: "What conditions?"

Yuanzhe smiled and said, "You have all heard the labor bill mentioned by Mr. Han. In this way, the most expensive thing for transportation is not the ship, but the manpower. Therefore, I will choose the best from your two families. This "optimal" lies in manpower. Therefore, the less manpower the ship it needs, we will buy the ship."

Dou Heng and Zou Fengchi looked at each other. Who is separating from whom?

The Yuan family has already decided on a non-alignment strategy, and Wang Xuandao's actions today also made Yuan Zhe more at ease. He knew that these two families would not really help him to squeeze out the Shandong gentry. Once the Shandong gentry is finished, they will live like walking on thin ice. They just want to use themselves to create panic for the Shandong gentry.

Dou Heng said, "Young Master Yuan, we have the final say in this matter. If the manpower could be reduced, the court would have done it long ago. How could it be until today?" He cursed in his heart, "You are a profiteer, we have to bear the labor bill, why should we give us all this pressure?"

Yuanzhe said: "You can't say that. As far as I know, before that, the manpower needed for shipbuilding was seven or eight times more than now. The new dock helped you reduce a lot of manpower, so I firmly believe that boatmen can also reduce it."

The implication is that your shipbuilding industry has reduced craftsmen, so our transportation industry has to reduce boatmen, which is not impossible.

The two of them had nothing to say, thinking that the Yuan family was indeed treacherous, and the gentlemen of the Shandong gentry might be easy to deal with.

So, the two left the Yuan family in great disappointment, but immediately ran to Wang Xuandao, saying that our two families were willing to support your Shandong gentry.

But to their disappointment, Wang Xuandao's answer was exactly the same, and he emphasized manpower. The less manpower the ship needed, we would buy his ship.
Chapter completed!