After sending a batch of Xiang Army to Japan, Zhu Wencong also set off on his journey, with the next stop being the Jin Region.
The attitude of Jin Shang at this moment was already very clear. Determined that Zhu Wencong would not choose to proclaim himself emperor, there was no need to follow him to the death.
The merchant community is always the most self-serving entity. Jin Shang kept only a cooperative relationship with Zhu Wencong, and whether to take it further depended on Zhu Wencong's decision.
Zhu Wencong gradually understood why Jin Shang was heading towards decline. While the merchants from Ningbo were fighting battles far and wide in Songjiang, Jin Shang was still reminiscing about the past.
The Guangdong merchants, even after losing the Thirteen Factories foreign trade monopoly, managed to rise from the ashes. Those who keep pace with the times become stronger, while those who do not are eliminated.
