When the Shatu people in Pingxi City were driven out of the East Gate one by one, Yan Liqiang had already been in the land of gentleness, enjoying the rare gentleness...
The bath was steaming hot. Yan Liqiang was lying on the shiny stone chair in the bath, soaking in the hot water while enjoying the service of the beauty beside him.
Zhong Ruolan, wearing a gauze dress, kneaded behind Yan Liqiang and gently kneaded his shoulders with her hands. Her movements were gentle and soft with moderate strength. Under the beauty's massage, Yan Liqiang closed his eyes comfortably.
"Since you and the county governor have decided to clear out those Shatu people from Pingxi County, how will they be resettled? Are you going to kill them all?"
Hearing the whispers of the beauty of the Zhong family, Yan Liqiang said casually without opening his eyes, "It's not necessary to kill them all. There is no need for the time being. If we really do that, it will probably cause an uproar and we will be passive. Those who should be killed have been killed in the city. For the rest, the county governor will prepare five days of dry food for them. Most of them will be escorted out of Baishi Pass by the army and sent back to where they came from. Whether these people in Baishi Pass are dead or alive has nothing to do with us. Anyway, there will be no more Shatu people running rampant in Pingxi City in the future!"
"Most of the time, does that mean there will be a small part left?" Zhong Ruolan immediately grasped the part that Yan Liqiang didn't say.
"Yes, Not Bad!"
"Then what should we do with the small group that remains?" As she spoke, Zhong Ruolan had already moved her hands to Yan Liqiang's head. She placed two green fingers lightly on Yan Liqiang's temple and began to rub it gently.
"You are so smart, you can guess it!" Yan Liqiang smiled gently. Zhong Ruolan's technique made him feel like he was in the clouds, and he relaxed all of a sudden. This bathroom was too comfortable. He had never thought that there would be such an enjoyment in the Zhong family's yard. Generally speaking, places with hot water baths are hot springs, but the Zhong family let Yan Liqiang see what the enjoyment of the rich is. This bathtub is covered with smooth quartz sheets, and the hot water of the bathtub is brought in from outside. There is no hot spring here. The hot water is heated in the room outside and then connected to the pool here with copper pipes. While people are enjoying it here, there are many people busy on the other side. Moreover, the temperature of the water in this bathtub can be adjusted, and even outsiders can add nourishing herbs into the water. If you want the water temperature to be lower or higher, or want to add some herbs, there are a few ropes next to it. Just pull them, and the people in the room responsible for heating will know, and they can adjust the heated water temperature, or add specific herbs to make it a medicinal bath. This is a real rich family that can enjoy it, but it is too luxurious.
Zhong Ruolan's hand did not stop, but the movement slowed down slightly, as if she was thinking. But only a moment later, Zhong Ruolan's voice sounded again, "If I were the governor of Pingxi County, I would drive the remaining Shatu people to Yingwei County. From now on, the trade between the Shatu people and Pingxi County will be in Yingwei County!"
"Oh, tell me your reasons!"
"It's very simple. Yingwei County now has a border market. Originally, the most reasonable way for us to trade with the Shatu people was to conduct it in the border market. However, in recent decades, the empire has been too indulgent towards the seven Shatu tribes, which has allowed the caravans of the seven Shatu tribes to move freely in the northwestern counties. They have also occupied territories in many cities and settled down, causing many problems. Now that you and the county governor have taken action to clear the Shatu people out of Pingxi City, the rest will be easy to handle. Yingwei County already has a border market, which is trading with the tribes and mountain people in Yulong Mountain, and the trade is growing. Well, as long as we set up another border settlement in Yingwei County, we can settle those Shatu people. There are three advantages to doing this. First, it can reduce the impact of you and the county governor driving the Shatu people out of Pingxi City this time, so that people won't continue to make a fuss about this matter. Second, it can control the number of Shatu people in the border settlement of Yingwei County without completely cutting off contact with the Shatu people. We can still do business with the Shatu people, and the merchants and business groups in Pingxi County who have dealings with the Shatu people will not object. Third, it can make the Shatu people and the tribes in Yulong Mountain check each other, so that no one can become too powerful and can't be eliminated! "
"Smart!" Yan Liqiang finally opened his eyes and glanced at Zhong Ruolan who was gently rubbing his temple. "The Zhong family really made the right choice by letting you come to Pingxi County!"
"No matter how smart I am, I can't guess why you are willing to spend such a huge price, two million taels of silver, to take over the mess left by the Shatu people. Even if you want to buy the whole piece of land, I think it will only cost more than one million taels of silver!" Zhong Ruolan rolled her eyes at Yan Liqiang cutely, "Others who colluded with officials and businessmen were thinking about how to make money and gain benefits, but you are different. After the collusion between officials and businessmen, you are willing to be a sucker. Now the East City has almost been burned to ruins. It will cost more money to clean up this mess in the future. It's not worth spending millions of taels of silver to buy a nickname of Yan Bancheng!"
Yan Liqiang smiled softly, "There is no way to make all the money in this world. Sometimes, when doing things, it is not just about money, but about making yourself feel comfortable. If I don't spend this money, Wang Jianbei and Lei Sitong may not be willing to make this decision and take this risk to drive the Shatu people out of Pingxi City. But when I see those Shatu people in Pingxi City, I feel uncomfortable. After driving them away, I feel refreshed, just like a heavy burden has been lifted off. There are some things that you women will never understand!"
"If you tell me, I will understand!"
"Haha, what you are thinking about is how to do business and how to make money. Then I will tell you something about making money and doing business. I have a business deal here. It's best if you take the lead in Pingxi City. If you want to surpass the Zhong family and surpass them in the future, it depends on how well you do this business!"
Zhong Ruolan's eyes suddenly lit up, "What kind of business is this? Is it salt?"
"It's not salt, it's Baoxing!"
"Bao Xing?" Even though Zhong Ruolan was well-informed, she frowned when she heard these two words. After thinking for a while, she realized that she had never heard of what Bao Xing was. She smiled a little embarrassedly, "Ruolan is so ignorant that she doesn't even know what the young master meant by Bao Xing?"
"It's not surprising that you don't know, because there probably isn't any such business as insurance in the world. If we want to do it, we have to be the first to try it. If we do a good job in insurance business, if you want to surpass the Zhong family, it won't take ten or twenty years, but only one or two, or two or three years will be enough!" Yan Liqiang said confidently.
"Oh, what kind of business is this, so great?"
"Let me give you an example and you will understand. For example, last night there was a fire in the East City where the Shatu people gathered, and many Shatu caravans and warehouses were burned down. If there was a warehouse among the Shatu people, and there were goods worth 10,000 taels of silver in his warehouse, then before the fire, when those goods entered the warehouse, as long as he gave me 300 taels of silver, I could sign a contract with him. If the goods in his warehouse were accidentally burned or damaged within a year, then I would compensate him for the loss of 10,000 taels of silver. This is the business that Baohang wants to do, collecting money and then guaranteeing other people's things!"
"Then how can Baohang make money if he collects a few hundred taels of silver but has to pay tens of thousands of taels of silver?"
"You open an insurance company, are you only doing business for one person? If there are a thousand warehouses like that, and you do business for a thousand people, and you earn three hundred thousand taels of silver a year, then even if two or three warehouses catch fire in a year, how much do you have left after deducting the twenty or thirty thousand taels of silver for compensation? And for those merchants, they are not afraid of ten thousand, but they are afraid of one. Spending a few hundred taels of silver every year is not much, but once an accident occurs, they can come back to life and avoid most of the losses. Merchants do business for the word stability. If this business is to be established, how many people will be willing to pay for insurance? And this is only a small part of the business that the insurance company can do. There are many other things that can be done, such as insuring the goods transported by the escort agency. If the escort agency pays the money and its goods are lost, we will be responsible for compensation. The escort can also insure his own life. If the escort encounters an accident while escorting, we will compensate his family a sum of money..."
Zhong Ruolan was stunned, and her hands stopped moving unconsciously. What Yan Liqiang said was like opening the door to a new world for her...
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