Chapter 3580: I Won't Accept It
"In business, everyone relies on their own abilities. If you can win customers and secure goods, that's your skill. Where did all these rules come from? An outsider who doesn't understand the local market has no business pointing fingers here."
"Exactly. Our families have fought for years, and business has carried on. What do you mean, the market will collapse? You're an outsider. You have no right to meddle in Green Spiral Mountain's spice trade."
Voices rose in protest. No one accepted Lin Taichu's argument; they still meant to fight for whatever profit they could seize.
Lin Taichu's expression did not change. He listened quietly until they had finished, then spoke.
"I opened the entire North-South Trade Route from Luofeng City to the Northern Region. I coordinate the movement of every shipment along it. Your spice businesses survive because of the route I opened."
"I don't care how many grudges or disputes you've had. From today onward, in Green Spiral Mountain's spice market, there will be no private fighting, no seizing goods, no intercepting orders, no secretly destroying a competitor's stock, and no banding together to suppress another manor."
"All manors will coordinate their supplies, maintain consistent standards for spice quality, and jointly handle orders from merchants in the north and south. Compete fairly and conduct your business honestly. Anyone who breaks these rules will be removed from the North-South spice trade for good and permanently barred from the spice business."
The courtyard fell deathly silent.
Every manor master stood stunned. At last, they understood the weight this young man carried.
No ordinary person could open the entire North-South Trade Route and coordinate all its shipments. He truly had the authority to regulate their businesses.
The faces of those who had protested moments ago