Setting Rules
"I have tried my best to maneuver and compromise all these years, avoiding making enemies with others, running my own business peacefully, and trying to stay away from conflicts, but it has been completely useless. As long as we show the slightest flaw, others will immediately pounce on us to encroach and suppress us, leaving no room to operate peacefully."
Mr. Lin paused for a moment and spoke.
"Spices are the core goods circulating between the north and the south. This place of yours is the key transit point for north-south spices. The endless infighting and disorderly competition among various factions ruin not only their respective businesses, but also the entire North-South Trade Route."
"If this continues, before long, all the spice manors will completely collapse, the circulation of north-south spices will be completely interrupted, and merchants and commoners along the route will all be affected."
A look of bitterness appeared on the middle-aged man's face.
"We also know this truth, but no one takes the lead to regulate the market. Everyone is too selfish, everyone wants to monopolize the benefits, no one is willing to operate by the rules, and no one can keep things under control at all."
Looking at the chaos before his eyes, Lin Taichu had already made up his mind.
His original intention in opening up the North-South Trade Route was to regulate the flow of goods, stabilize the market, allow goods from all regions to supply each other's needs, secure the livelihoods of merchants, and facilitate the lives of commoners.
Now the chaos in the spice market was running rampant, seriously affecting the stability of the trade route. Since he had encountered it, he had to step in and set things right.
"I will handle this matter."
The middle-aged man was stunned,