Jiangning is the talent base for the Qing court, and now also for Jiuding; scholars who venture into officialdom are ultimately a minority.
Especially with the later practices of selling official titles, the status of government officials has fallen dramatically, and an era of military generals is soon to arrive.
At this moment, Zhu Wencong is preparing to head to Hankou. To open up the Mainland market, the first step is to take Hankou.
"Husband! Their retaliation has finally begun. First, they prohibited farmers from providing us with raw materials. Then, they called on weaving merchants to sever cooperation with us. Finally, they ordered major banks to cut off loans.
We at Jiuding are an untouchable existence, but our partners and merchants who responded to your textile industry initiative are deeply unlucky.
Currently, Jiuding Bank is implementing countermeasures to ensure that those merchants don't go bankrupt and protect the nascent market.
