Chapter 221 Departure to Chang'an
The mourning practice is over, Shi Lei feels relaxed, as if he has put down a big thought, and he also has the will of arrogance of fish leaping with a wide sea and a high sky, allowing birds to fly. Chang'an City, I, Shi Lei, are here! My dear wife, wait for me to take you home!
In the past year, Shi Lei's side has not been calm. Liu Xingshi, the governor of Yazhou, naturally had Uncle Fan to deal with it, so he didn't worry too much about Shi Lei and the others. The main troubles also came from Yizhou.
Although Dou Gui's son is not a good person, he is not really stupid. Since he has spoken out, he will definitely cause some trouble for Shi Lei's industries and forces. Fortunately, his control over Yizhou is much worse than his father.
Taking advantage of the time when Dou Gui was seriously injured and unable to intervene in specific matters, his officials who were indecent and virtuous gave Shi Lei many direct or indirect helps him, and he spared no effort to seize the power in Dou Gui's hands.
After all, they are not here to be the voice-over. They have more power in hand and can achieve more dazzling political achievements, adding luster to their future promotion paths.
And these benefits are something that Dou Ru will never give up when he is here, so they will definitely fight for it themselves.
The so-called cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, cutting off others' promotion paths, and it is also of similar nature, so the two sides can be said to hit it off.
It was impossible to reach cooperation before, but it was a bridge of lack of trust. Now with Uncle Wei and the forces left by Wei Yunqi before, the two sides had a foundation for cooperation, so they could naturally take some substantial actions together.
From testing each other to showing sincerity, the whole process progressed very quickly. After all, everyone knows that time doesn’t wait for anyone.
When Dou Gui came back, no one had such a good opportunity.
But Uncle Wei gave Dou Zhi a chance, it seemed that he was really cruel. This guy didn't look like Uncle Wei. With Shi Lei's suture technique, he lay down for more than half a year before he could come back to work.
As soon as he came up, he showed Shi Lei and the others why he could become the top leader of Yizhou. His skills were definitely not comparable to his incompetent son. The losses caused to Shi Lei and Uncle Wei were quite serious.
Fortunately, Shi Lei's subordinates also had high-level actors like Uncle Fan, which successfully resolved his tricks.
In addition, since he knew that there was such a huge creature and staring at him in front of him, Shi Lei would definitely not be able to focus his own industry on Yizhou.
You can't always put your hope on the mercy of the enemy. Although Shi Lei is not a scheming person, he is not stupid after all.
Except for some of the shops that are not afraid of their opponents holding their feet, such as those who are operating mountain goods, making inkstones and fans, these are all things that involve the public's voice and are not afraid of their opponents intervening. Other shops gradually move their main force to Chang'an City.
There was a shopkeeper Yang who was in Chang'an early to fight for the front station. The migration process was very smooth.
Whether it is the location or size of the store, it will not be worse than that of Yizhou.
And in Yizhou, things like luxury goods have certainly not completely given up.
These things can be regarded as a necessity for those with wealth and power in Yizhou City.
It was just that most of the masters who were most skilled in the farm, who were originally used to open up the market, were transferred to the new shops in Chang'an.
There are still a few top craftsmen in Yizhou, but the main force has become those apprentices they brought out, or craftsmen who already have a certain level of craftsmen.
This has formed a step-by-step consumption level, which has further raised the level of its own store.
Just like those who sell luxury goods in later generations, the ready-to-wear brands of major brands are only for ordinary rich people.
The true top figures enjoy custom-made clothes, and the top tailors are just for these people, which can highlight their extraordinary identities.
These stores opened up the situation in Chang'an very quickly. With truly top-notch craftsmanship, there is no shortage of people who know goods everywhere, let alone a national capital like Chang'an.
Although simply speaking of the business atmosphere, it is definitely not as good as a hedonistic metropolis like Yizhou.
But when it comes to real rich people and nobles, they must be in places like Chang'an, which is easier to gather together.
This creates a phenomenon, that is, as long as there is a customer who recognizes his own store and becomes a repeat customer, he can often lead a group of people from the same class to come.
This is a very simple truth. Everyone is quite rich. Why can you enjoy such a good thing? I don’t have it. It’s so much lost.
I must make something better, isn't it just to spend more money?
Then the result was that the sales of our own store kept rising.
The flowing water made Shi Lei's eyelids twitch, and he felt very regretful that he didn't go to Chang'an early.
But if I thought about going there early, I wouldn’t have so many rich products and experiences now, nor so many high-end raw materials to compete for this market.
After all, everyone knows that Chang'an is prosperous, and naturally, all walks of life, the top shops and craftsmen are all coming to this episode.
In this high-end market, the pressure on competition is also the greatest.
If we only rely on craftsmanship, we would not be so outstanding in Yizhou.
It is limited to those who are stronger than others, and it takes a lot of effort to steal customers from others.
But if you add those special silks, it’s completely different. It’s just the effect of cheating and bullying people.
And in Chang'an City, another great advantage is that such places often have more opportunities for those who are truly capable to play.
Especially with the care of many military uncles, Shi Lei's shops are basically not worried about encountering a situation like Yizhou.
Although there is also Changsun Wuji in Chang'an City, the biggest opponent and the most powerful big guy, some tricks that are not suitable for the table, especially those outside the board, are less likely to be used.
Because this is Chang'an City and the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty, it has its own set of rules.
Especially among nobles, competition must be within a certain limit. If you attack other people's industries, you will be particularly cautious and even called a decisive one.
Even my subordinates may not like to play with you anymore, and even my uncle in the current dynasty dare not destroy this tacit understanding.
Don’t forget that there is another ultimate rule here that even the royal family will recognize. If two noble families reach the point of perseverance, a duel between nobles can be carried out.
Both sides directly brought their subordinates of the same number of men to engage in the bloodiest hand-to-hand combat until all of them were killed.
With such a sword of Damocles hanging high above his head, even Changsun Wuji and such a powerful person would never dare to kill Shi Lei's family with outstanding force. Otherwise, Shi Lei would be really angry and kill his whole family.
After all, compared to top military forces, especially when forming a confrontation, there are really few people who can withstand Shi Lei's family.
Although there are still some in the past year. I don’t know if it was found by Dou Gui’s family or Changsun Wuji’s side, who accidentally got the killer he got in order to provoke an accident, broke into Shijiazhuangzi, which did not affect the overall situation.
Anyway, it is inevitable to kill Dou Gui, and there is absolutely no possibility of reconciliation with Changsun Wuji.
In the information, these killers who came from other places had entered the stomachs of their ants, and they all had no return.
There are very few opportunities to harm the merchants. Most of them died without even entering the inner circumference of the merchant. The harm caused is really limited, so they may die with their eyes open.
It seems that except for firm Shi Lei and his determination to kill Dou Ru, he has no use for nothing.
Well, it may have also been effective in training Shi Lei's team, but that's all.
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Chapter completed!