Li Longji listened to the quarrels of the important ministers, and finally went to find Zhang Xiaobao. He suddenly seemed very dissatisfied. In his opinion, it is better to find Zhang Xiaobao only when there is no important thing to do.
Normally, if you don’t need Zhang Xiaobao, you don’t need Zhang Xiaobao. Otherwise, you need Zhang Xiaobao if you encounter something. Then what else do you need to do? What if Zhang Xiaobao is exhausted
Seeing that all the officials were still unable to come up with an idea, his face gradually became gloomy.
"Is it possible that the Qings didn’t study the books written by Xiaobao meticulously on weekdays? When it comes to economic matters, there must be reasons, or they may lead to them, or they may break the fundamentals. It’s really impossible, and they can be compared with each other. Xiaobao There was news the day before yesterday that he was busy with the Turkic incident. Don't let him be distracted, right?"
"The ministers are incompetent." The group of ministers bowed and replied at the same time very tacitly.
Yu Wenrong straightened up and made an idea, "Your Majesty, since you want to do business economically, it's better to seek advice from people on the top ranking list of Monopoly, and use business to govern business."
"Oh? I don't know why Yuqing is feasible?" Li Longji motioned to Yu Wenrong to continue.
"The minister heard that there are many rookies in the rankings, and the names on the list change from time to time, but no matter how they change, the top three are never replaced by others, and the other people on the list are not low in net worth. The third on the list is He is a big merchant from Yihedongdao, and seems to be in charge of the entire Hedongdao chamber of commerce.
The second person is Song Jinggong from Sanshui County. He used to sit in the first position. It can be said that he has the true biography of Zhang Xiaobao, but since the year before last, he has fallen to the second place. Xin'er is the granddaughter of the former minister, Shang Shu Bi Gou.
Of course, many people say that it’s not that she is great, but that there is someone next to her, who is now hiding behind her, whose name is Fang Liuer, has a younger brother, Fang Xiaoman, who was a family who had fled in Tuqiao Village, Sanshui County. He is highly valued by the Zhang and Wang family. He is very clever and has a lot of learning.
The minister thought that Fang Liuer could come over to ask about the strategy. With the spear of the business and the shield of the business, he would definitely get something. Besides, that Bi Xiner now has the largest garment and toy business in our country. People are proud of being able to add two lines and one thing, and they should have a lot of money in their hands. "
Apart from Zhang Zhong and Zhang Jiuling’s better understanding of the names Yu Wenrong said, everyone else only knew Bi Gou’s previous book. It was not because Bi Gou’s achievements were so memorable, but because Bi Gou was able to live. , Almost 80 years old, can still wander around, and love the storytelling business, often go to a tavern to talk about it, change some wine, food and tea, people are both enviable and speechless.
Li Longji doesn't usually inquire about this kind of things. He seems very curious to hear that the No. 1 Monopoly has actually changed.
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To the south of the Yellow River, Luoyang is the capital of the east.
As the winter snow melts, steak rows are ploughed in the grid-like fields outside the city, ploughing ceaselessly, trucks and trucks of retorted fertilizer are piled up in the ground, and they are scattered everywhere. As the ground is turned over, it gradually touches the ground. The soil inside is mixed together, and the faces of busy people are flushed red by the wind, but they can't conceal the joy from the heart.
There are countless pedestrians in the city, and noisy carriages and horses. The restaurant and tea shop have been filled with all kinds of people at noon, or the walkers have a rest, or the people who carry the life order a cup of turbid wine and serve it with a plate of small dishes.
There are even more than three or five scholars who are ready to go to the capital to participate in Chunwei. They talk about current politics and discuss the ways of learning. They only wait for a few days to get warmer. They will take the fast boat specially prepared for the exam to the capital. First, because the boat is fast. , Are not afraid of delays, the two are huge consumption in the capital, and those who do not have a wealthy family dare not live long.
There are also businessmen who are inquiring about price news in various places in the spring, with professional smiles, whether they know them or not, they get together without words when they meet in the same industry, so that they will not be so obvious when they are used in the future. rusty.
If you ask what is the best restaurant in Luoyang, it is naturally a five-storey building not far from the water and clouds in Luoyang’s Kyoto. The grass, the upper three layers of mahogany are put up, and the ribbons are fluttering.
The transparent glass windows, the warm winter and cool summer environment, and the feeling of climbing from afar make the water and clouds of the eastern capital a place where the rich and the wealthy people show their identity.
At this time, in the Luoshui Pavilion on the fifth floor, there are three people sitting by the window. Below is the gurgling Luoshui, with floating clouds above, the room is neither hot nor cold, and the thermometer showing the temperature has been between 25 and 26 degrees. Wandering between.
"Yamamoto-san, it’s hard work. The storage of garlic is very important. With Yamamoto’s hard work, I will be able to free myself to do other things." Among the three people sitting in the shape of a character, one of them lifted the wine cup and raised it to the one in front of it. Praised.
The person called Yamamoto didn't have any joy in his eyebrows, but rather worried. Hearing the other party praise him, he picked up the wine cup and said:
"Mr. Fengqiao, the idea was yours. I just ran errands. It was hard to talk about hard work. In terms of hard work, Mr. Shansi worked harder than me. Mr. Shansi has been busy taking the hoarded garlic as collateral, from other people's hands. Obtaining short-term money, and then depositing it in the bank, to reassure the merchants who collect garlic, is more credit than me.
There is also Fengqiao Jun. I can think of a good strategy to increase the price of garlic. As long as I wait for three months, I will have a huge harvest. I can buy more of the good things from Datang and ship it back to China. Yamamoto admires him. "
"No, no, no." Fengqiao drank all the wine in the cup, exhaled the alcohol, and shook his head again and again: "It's not to buy things back, but to continue to make money with money. Datang sold the rags they didn't use to Japan. In exchange for a large amount of sulfur and silver, many people in our country don’t know the insidiousness of Datang, but I can’t ignore it. When I make enough money, I will buy their skills, buy their good craftsmen and go back to build sea ships and artillery. And guns."
The mountain temple, who was listening to the side, had drunk three cups of spirits continuously, but did not move a sip of the dish. At this time, hearing Fengqiao’s words, he said anxiously: “Master Fengqiao, it’s not easy to make a profit in Datang. It's better to stop as soon as possible, otherwise we will suffer when Zhang Xiaobao responds."
"Mr. Shansi, I don’t like to listen to your words. We have not violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty. No matter how powerful Zhang Xiaobao is, he is also a person, not a god. I hope he will know it early, and then I will compete with him and let him know that I am Japan. Human means."
Fengqiao obviously didn't like Zhang Xiaobao, and when he thought of playing against Zhang Xiaobao, he was eager to try.
Yamamoto's face turned pale when he heard Zhang Xiaobao's name, and his hands holding the hip flask ready to pour the wine trembled, and finally trembled so badly that he simply put down the hip flask and persuaded:
"Mr. Fengqiao, don't provoke Zhang Xiaobao. I heard that he is not in the capital or in Jili State. There are rumors that he went to Turks. It happened to be three months before he was away. Buy and sell, stop quickly and see how he reacts, if you don’t regret it, it’s too late."
"Yamamoto-kun, I am not you. I will not buy cement and turn into lumps after returning, and I will not spend a lot of money to buy radishes as ginseng to grow. You have failed. Don’t put it on me. The price of garlic has risen. He is Knowing that I can't make it back to heaven, this time I shipped millions of silver and sulfur from the country, I can't just make a little and go back.
Yamaji-kun, we must replace all sulfur and silver with Datang's money as soon as possible. Three months later, I will enter other industries. You must listen to my orders and make contributions to Japan together. "
Fengqiao looked at Yamamoto and Yamaji with gloomy gaze, and was obviously dissatisfied with the timidity of the two and the imposing power of others.
"Hi..." Yamamoto and Yamaji responded respectfully at the same time.
Shan Temple showed a look of embarrassment again, "Master Fengqiao, now Datang no longer uses copper coins and silver, the silver we bring is not easy to sell, ordinary folks can’t use so much sulfur, and the production of firecrackers is strictly controlled. If you want to sell it to them, the purity of the sulfur must meet the requirements. Henan Province does not allow others to refine sulfur privately, and you have to think of other ways."
"Sulfur can’t be refined privately, so you can sell it to the place where the sulfur is refined. The price can be lowered so that people who collect sulfur can benefit from it. I need money urgently. I sell silver to jewelry shops. You have to contact this area. Merchants, it’s really impossible to use silver as a mortgage for money. I need a lot of cash to make the next plan."
Fengqiao was dissatisfied with the efficiency of Shan Temple.
Yamamoto looked at the wine and food in front of him, and suddenly said: "You can send it directly to Datang Bank as a mortgage, in exchange for a loan. There can be a lot of silver, but the valuation will be much lower when mortgaged, one or two silver only. It is no longer the usual money to be able to lend 400 yuan."
"Mortgage, go mortgage, as long as I have the money from Datang, I can earn more, don't hesitate, don't be afraid that the loan amount is small, cash money, cash money, I want a lot of cash money."
For the plan in his mind, Fengqiao no longer cares about the depreciation of silver. He believes that as long as he has enough currency that can be circulated in Datang, he can do many things that others would not even think.
Yamamoto and Yamaji didn't persuade him this time. Kazehashi Masakaji would like to see what he wanted, so he could just follow them. Who would let them be the leader.
It's just that the worries in his heart have not diminished. Zhang Xiaobao will definitely intervene when he knows this kind of thing that involves a large shock to the people's livelihood.
I hope Fengqiao Masanori’s strategy is as impeccable as he said. When he makes a fortune in the garlic business, those two people are thankful, but when they look at each other, they see the truth in each other’s eyes. Unidentified melancholy.