Chapter 1085: The Difficulties of Cooperation

"Bring the system to Datang ()"

"Brother Yi, you said Princess Jincheng wrote back and asked for the Jiuqu land. How can you refuse?"

Li Longji worked half a day, came back to eat at noon, and didn't go in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, he was in the manor to review memorials, and there was delicious food at noon.

The seafood boat came, with large tanks on the boat, using seawater to raise the seafood, and someone pumped the water with a pump to provide oxygen for the seafood.

What was sent were conchs, clams, seven-awakened sea bass, sea urchins, and razor clams, but no crabs or big shrimps.

This was the first time Li Longji saw clams and razor clams that could spit water, and he had never eaten sea urchins.

At this moment, he looked at the sea urchins, which were similar to the shells outside the chestnuts, and asked Li Yi about Princess Jincheng.

"Don't think of taking what you can't get on the battlefield at the negotiation table. Tell Princess Jincheng that Tubo will not use such good land. We in Datang use it to raise good things and sell it to Tubo at a low price."

Li Yi had already planned for this. If you want it, I will give it to you? I snatched it back with my ability.

After Li Yi finished speaking, he thought of another thing: "If there is a letter, reply to Tubo and tell him to give up the source of the Yellow River directly, and they will be considered as shareholders."

"How to invest?" This was the first time Li Longji heard about occupying other people's land and giving them dividends.

"Half for each family, we use the land, and we are responsible for the additional manpower and materials, and the initial investment.

Tubo doesn't have to worry about anything, we can send people to supervise, and after making profits, we will give Tubo half of the net profit.

Tubo provides the land, we are responsible for all expenses, and both parties cooperate for mutual benefit and win-win results."

Li Yi opened his mouth and said, simple, renting the collective land of the village, and then making money, and solving the employment of villagers.

"How can I give Tubo so much profit?" Li Longji felt distressed, he would rather fight it down.

"How to say this? If Tubo is willing, they will get more than 100,000 strings of cash every year in the first two years, and then we will make them lose money every year through loans, signing sales agreements and gambling compensation, purchasing materials at high prices, guarantees, etc."

Li Yi smiled and said, it was just as simple.

"Can you lose money doing business? Can you tell me more about it? Give me an example."

Li Longji was very surprised. How did Li Yi lose money?

"Let me talk about loans first. We have no money. We borrowed from Lijiazhuangzi. The interest is one cent, one thousandth, which is more than 30% a year.

If you borrow for one year, you have to pay back the principal and interest. If you can't pay it back, you will take the form of compound interest. I set it at 5/1000, calculated on a daily basis.

If you borrow 100 strings, you need to pay back 135 strings and 500 coins a year, 355 days.

If you can't pay it back, you need to pay back 5/1000. The first year is 5.8742 times, and the second year is 34.5067 times.

You can also repay on a monthly basis, so how much is required to be repaid each month.

If you are overdue, even if you are short of one coin, you should calculate it based on the total amount to be repaid that month, the principal of 8 strings and 333 coins, plus..."

Li Yi talked to Li Longji about financial issues, mainly involving rules and numbers.

Li Longji understood, isn't it just usury?

"Guarantee that you can't pay it back?" He wanted to ask this question.

He thought that Li Yi could earn hundreds of thousands of coins after a year by borrowing 100 coins.

"This involves a gambling agreement. The locals raise sheep, and Lijiazhuangzi buys sheep. The normal price of one catty of sheep is 20 coins, and Lijiazhuangzi pays 40 coins.

The premise is that the locals must provide enough quantity on time, for example, one million catties.

If it reaches one million catties, Lijiazhuangzi will give 40 million coins. If it doesn't reach that, Lijiazhuangzi will be compensated."

Li Yi brought up the second thing.

"Go on." Li Longji didn't ask.

"Sheep need grass to eat, and horses are needed to herd sheep. We bought horses from the Tubo nobles at a high price, and of course they were happy.

Then we needed concentrated feed, so we bought barley from the Tubo nobles at a high price, and they were still happy.

Then the loan money was gone, and the number of sheep was not enough, and we could not provide enough sheep for Lijiazhuangzi, so we had to pay compensation.

If Lijiazhuangzi could not repay the loan, it would be calculated according to compound interest.

Then we helped the Tubo nobles to guarantee the purchase of kerosene lamps and other things from Lijiazhuangzi. If the nobles did not repay the money, the guarantor had to pay.

So there were losses every year, and the losses became greater and greater. They started to sell land to repay the debts, and Lijiazhuangzi bought the land piece by piece."

Li Yi explained the simple operation of the company he listed at that time to cheat money.

Of course, the listed company needed to make false accounts again, and finally was fined hundreds of thousands, delisted, and that was it.

The listed company was hollowed out, and the shareholders borne the losses.

Li Longji rubbed his face with his hands, and his heart was a little panicked.

How can I, the current brother Yi, the future son-in-law,...how can I...

"Try it?" Li Longji was indeed tempted. It turned out that brother Yi could not only make money but also lose money by partnering with others to do business.

"Try it. If Tubo agrees, we can save the trouble of fighting." Li Yi didn't know whether Tubo would agree.

If they don't agree, we will continue to fight. If they agree, it will be a good way to change to another set of tactics.

"Brother Yi, how to do it? Eat some clams and mussels first. I will drink a bowl of rice wine with you." Li Longji pointed to the two shellfish that were still spitting water and said.

He liked Li Yi more and more. In the future, if anyone in the Tang Dynasty thought he was smart and dared to play this, brother Yi would not be able to beat him.

"It's actually the freshest to boil it in salt water. Stir-fry it with chili to enhance the flavor. Let's stir-fry it with chili when we drink. Add some coriander and scallions to enhance the flavor."

Li Yi heard that he wanted to drink, so he should have a stronger taste.

He cooked it himself, UU reading www.uukaｎshu． net making two things at the same time in one pot, and put them on the table, with a bowl of iced rice wine for each of them.

"If we transport it to the source of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River in this way, won't each one be worth one coin?"

Li Longji ate a clam meat and felt like he was flying, it was so delicious.

The oil-soaked and iced ones were actually not bad.

He thought it was delicious because he had never eaten it alive before, and there were psychological factors affecting it.

Li Yi was very calm. As long as it was by the sea, this thing was not worth much. If it was not by the sea, there was cold chain logistics, and the price was not high either, cheaper than eating pork.

"There are enough ships, it would be better for the trackers to change their jobs." Li Yi brought up a topic that was not very related to the price.

"Change to what? No matter how hard the trackers work, they can always support their families." Li Longji knew how difficult it was for the trackers to pull the ropes.

The places where the trackers were needed also had turbulent water and dangerous terrain.

The trackers climbed on the rocky roads, which were easy to do on flat ground and pulled by livestock.

"To paddle a boat, the boatmen buy or rent a boat together. They don't pull it on the shore, but in the water, or help other boats to paddle.

When others are tired of paddling, the boatmen will take over in the fast-flowing water. The boatmen will paddle frantically to pass quickly and collect money.

Wait for me to get the good gunpowder out to blow up the reefs, put on diving suits, oxygen tanks, and tie ropes for protection."

Li Yi doesn't think that towing is a good job, but there is no other way. The boat can't go up with the wind even if it is sailing. It can barely pass with sails and oars.

For other boats, the boatmen don't pull, just look at the water flow and turn back.

Some boats will keep shouting when being pulled by boatmen, such as: one person adds one penny, and then another penny.

The people on the boat will also cheer for the boatmen on the shore and shout together.

The boatmen not only push forward, but also adjust the position of the boat. When encountering reefs, they have to pull the boatmen to make way.

Just when they make way for the reefs, one rope breaks...