Chapter 1890 Stealing the Country

"Wu Liu, stand aside. I will find you in a moment about your responsibility. Now I want to ask this guy, get out of the way." Li Cong's anger was already coming up at this time, and he was so relieved The family affairs were handed over to these guys, and now such a thing happened. After a while, the three chief stewards of the Cao family all came, and Bai Er also looked at the kneeling steward Wu with some resentment. Are you kid? It's okay, just get some money honestly, the young master doesn't say that you won't pay for this money, it's not good for you to rob people's girls by force, and you've done it so badly, the whole Jiangning City knows us This little thing in the family, everyone is talking about it, and even those of us have to suffer with you kid, this matter is too big, and Boss Cui probably thinks so in his heart.

"Young...Young Master..." Wu Liu's brother also knows who this young man is, so he is his master, and he has seen the Young Master before, but why didn't he recognize him at this juncture? .

"Don't call me, I will follow them to call you Master Wu, this is really a good name, young master, I have been around for so long, but I haven't made a master yet, you are really good, my son What does your daughter-in-law have to do with you? I heard that your mother is also a widow. Your mother worked hard to bring you up. It was not easy, and your cousin knew it too. What kind of contributions have you made? What is the meaning of your life? Don’t tell me that it is what you have to do to seize other people’s widows and daughter-in-laws. You, Master Wu, have already said such things today. Someone has to break his leg today. I have to make all the old and young men in Jiangning City see clearly that my reputation, Cao Ke, cannot be ruined by you people. Break his legs." After Li Cong finished speaking, the two fifth-level fighters behind Li Cong immediately passed by, and this guy started crying in less than two seconds, and Wu Liu who was next to him wanted to go up and cripple him now. The person with these two legs is me, I don't know that this brother is so messed up, no wonder the young master is angry. It's so hard for the young master to earn this reputation back, and today it stinks all of a sudden.

"Don't be in a hurry to call out, say, how do you usually do things, Wu Liu, bring me all the big and small things under this guy to the square, and let this street rest for a day. Today I If I don’t pull out these tumors one by one, I’ll take your surname.” Li Cong glanced at the businesses around here and said that he is the founder of this place. It is still the manager here, and it will still be a great chain group in the future, so every step must be done steadily. If there is such a cancer here, let alone the future development, everything is possible today There will be none, and there will be no place to cry when the time comes. In the past, they didn't say anything about their petty actions, but now they have reached the point of bullying men and women. This matter is absolutely unbearable.

"Yes...yes, young master, this subordinate will do it now." Wu Liu agreed, and now he no longer has the pride of the big housekeeper. Don't say that Wu Liu is in Jiangning City in normal times, even if It is the first-class figures in the entire southern province, and the governors and governors must treat them equally when they meet. It's a crime now, all because of my useless cousin.

"My friends, Xia Cao Ke, today I am very sorry that you have seen such a thing here,

I am the leader of the snack street, and something like this happened. My fault is also very big. Here I promise to all merchants that such a similar thing will never happen in the future. I will deal with all the people involved in this incident strictly, and I will definitely give the majority of merchants a satisfaction. answer. "Li Cong turned his head and said to the onlookers, all of them have been bullied by these people, and it is absolutely impossible to say that nothing is wrong. I have thought about what to do before, but I want to Thinking about the terrifying power of the Cao family, it’s better to bear it. I didn’t expect that the contemporary residents of the Cao family would apologize to them. Such things are really rare. In this era, as long as your fists are harder than others Those who need to apologize, even a wise man will not casually say that he has done something wrong. Li Cong's statement has won a lot of people's hearts.

"I really can't see it, this Young Master Cao is still a sensible person, I thought these guys' nonsense was due to the fact that the upper beam was not straight and the lower beam was crooked, but now it seems that Young Master Cao is a very genuine person. "The crowd began to whisper, and everyone didn't believe what Li Cong said, but Li Cong's words gave these people an accurate answer.

"Pull it down, where is it going? What is a leg of a servant? It's too shameful for them to make a fuss. Otherwise, it wouldn't be solved in this way. Let's just watch it. Is the Cao family really Can you replace so many managers? That is absolutely impossible." Obviously, there are still many people who do not believe in Li Cong's strength.

"Okay, don't talk about it. Didn't Master Cao say it? Let's all go to the square and have a look. What's going on will come out in a while. You people can guess here. Come on." Another boss pushed these people, and they were right after thinking about it, and they all crowded together and walked towards the square in the distance, although it may be a bad idea for many people to take a day off here today. It's a small loss, but they seem to know how the Cao family treats the affairs here. If they do it well, they may save a lot in the future.

Li Cong waited in the square for half an hour. There are estimated to be tens of thousands of people around, most of them are the bosses here, and a few are people who have not finished eating. Come here to see what happened thing.

"Shopkeeper Zhu, tell me." Li Cong looked at the people, and made a quiet movement. The tens of thousands of people around him immediately became quiet. Li Cong already knew the victim's family name just now. That's why Zhu said that.

"Master Cao, Zhu Yanming, the little old man, is a local here. His family has settled here for hundreds of years. Our family has been doing these antique business for generations, and we can basically live on until Master Cao said that we want to build What kind of commercial area is this? Our whole family felt that this was an opportunity, so we invested all the cash from our house in it. After we opened this store, the turnover and profit were much better than before. We never thought we could make so much money before, and we really want to thank Mr. Cao for this." The old guy bowed to Li Cong when he spoke, and Li Cong waved his hand to signal no, and the surroundings Many of the bosses nodded, and the others felt that what the old guy said was good. In the past, they didn't have a decent shop at all. many customers. In the past, there were not as many customers in a month as there are now, regardless of whether they make money or not. This popularity has really come up.

"Master Cao, the cause of this matter is this. My eldest son went away early and left behind a posthumous son. My eldest daughter-in-law also helps out in my shop in normal times. I fell in love with it. In the beginning, Guanshi Wu took good care of me. At that time, the relationship between the two of us was still very good. Why didn't I think that this guy had such an idea. If I knew it earlier, I would definitely not follow This guy said something more, he came to my shop every day, I thought he really liked these antiques as much as I did, who knew that this guy was actually my daughter-in-law, until there was One day he was drunk and said it directly, and I kicked him out in anger. Since then, it has been a tragedy for our whole family. Every day after we open the door, this guy will bring a lot of people in front of our door Sitting, anyone who comes in to look at things will definitely be questioned. Every day, in addition to paying the imperial tax and the management fee of the Cao family, we have to give these people extra filial piety. The tax and management fee add up. It’s better to give them more filial piety. The little old man really has no money today, but he said that he has taken a fancy to my family heirloom. Master Cao must have known about what happened later, and this is basically what happened. "Zhu Yanming has never spoken in front of so many people before, and now after speaking, the whole person seems to be collapsed, and he has no strength at all.

"You, do you mean?" Li Cong nodded, and looked at Guanshi Wu again. After his legs were broken, this guy didn't have much strength. Li never allowed anyone to treat this guy's injuries, just to kill this guy alive.

This guy no longer has the energy to speak. At this moment, his whole body is in pain and he can't find the north. Hearing Li Cong asking himself, he can only nod passively. At this moment, this guy seems to know that he has done something wrong. something happened.

"Bring me the other people, Wu Liu, go and explain to these merchants one by one to see if there is any bullying happening. This incident is caused by you, and you will be fined for one year's wages. Pull down to play twenty boards to give you Zhang Zhang's memory, and all of you so-called big stewards, you all remember clearly for me, this day is the day of the Cao family, you want to spend a good time in the Cao family This is fine, but if you do these things, don't blame me for not giving you face." Li Cong said with a sullen face, and at this moment, Boss Cui and Bai Er hurriedly bowed to respond, each of them also thinking about his own few Will the trusted subordinates also have such problems? Don't let Wu Liu's matter happen to you.

"Everyone, what happened this time was caused by my Cao family's lax discipline. Everyone, I announce that all businesses in the entire small street will be exempted from all fees for one year." Li Cong turned around after talking about his family members I told everyone that this sentence made more people cheer. I have never heard of such a thing. I have made a lot of money this year. Boss Cui’s mouth moved, but In the end, he didn't say anything. The investment in this snack street is not very much, and it has already paid back its capital. Now it doesn't matter if it doesn't charge money for a year.

Wu Liu immediately took people to discuss things with them. It is not clear that the merchants were bullied by these people. At this moment, they all reported these stewards one by one, and the later results surprised Li Cong. Yes, damn it, all of them have unclean things. In the end, Li Cong made a decision. All 15 people with major incidents had their legs broken, and all the others who were slightly less serious were fired. If they were all servants of the Cao family, they would all be sent to Zhuangzi outside the city to do heavy work. It would be impossible for them all to continue to be domineering.

After a busy day, Li Cong is really tired, and he is not in the mood to accompany Lu Manjia for a stroll around. Li Cong has always been working outside the world, and he really didn't pay much attention to the affairs of this family, because I didn't pay much attention, so the backyard caught fire today. Fortunately, what I saw was relatively early. Otherwise, I don't know how much trouble this matter will have. By then, everyone will be so angry that they may burn the entire snack street.

"I'm really sorry. I wanted to accompany you to take a good look around, but you saw such a joke. It seems that I need to improve all these." Li Cong looked at Lu Manjia and said, the two Individual stomachs are hungry. This is not to find a noodle restaurant on the side of the road, and two people gobbled it all up.

"It's okay. In fact, such things are very normal in big families. It seems that the slaves of many big families are better than the masters outside. I remember that there was a master over there who was called He is a good person, but the things the big stewards of his family have done outside are much more powerful than yours. Robbing women is considered a trivial matter there. You don’t have to blame yourself for such things. The society has developed to this point To the extent that some disadvantages and so on will appear, there is no need to be sad." Lu Manjia said in a low voice, he could see that Li Cong was really sad.

"I know all these things. It's just that I didn't expect it to happen in the place under my jurisdiction. These people used to live a hard life, and none of them had these problems. It seems that money made these people It has become like this, and no one will object to them wanting to live a good life one by one, but it is your fault if you live like this." Li Cong said heartbrokenly, as long as these oppressed people can stand on their own Then he started bullying others.

"Hehe. After being bullied for a long time, there is always a need for an outbreak. Now is the time for them to explode." Lu Manjia said with a smile. Li Cong could tell that she wanted to help herself, but Li Cong is really not in that mood now.

The two returned to the place Li Cong had prepared for Lu Manjia after eating. After sending her in, Li Cong began to walk slowly on the road, hoping to think of a solution. Such things will definitely happen again in the future. Now that I have taken care of such things, everyone may be a little scared, and everyone will take this matter as a matter of course, and then they will not say anything. But after a while, they will definitely not remember these things. For them, this is a past event. If they want to solve it, there must be a good way. Even if such a thing cannot be eliminated, it is very good if it can be prevented or curbed.

Suddenly, Li Cong thought of supervision. The merchants could form a committee by themselves, elected by all the merchants, consisting of twelve committee members. They could have the opportunity to report to themselves twice a year, and they could also Those who write to themselves, they can reflect the actions of these managers to themselves truthfully, and the merchants must also have a basis for election. If the person you elect this time is not someone who can make decisions for you, you will also It can only be that he is unlucky. Li Cong patted his head. Why didn't he think of this method before? It is definitely impossible to cover each other if the two sides are incompatible. momentum.

Thinking of this, Li Cong had an idea in his heart. He thought about some details along the way, and unknowingly arrived at his home. He saw Wu Liu still kneeling in the living room, Cui Boss and Bai Erliang. Standing alone, these three guys are also good-looking, knowing that they have done something wrong, so they don't come here to apologize. Originally, Li Cong thought that this matter was Wu Liu's own fault. Who knows who was involved later? People are also related to Baier and Boss Cui. Such a good place is not tiring and full of oil and water. If you don’t take care of your own people, you will really be sorry for yourself. Of course, everyone understands what’s going on. , Li Cong sighed and walked in.

There was no one else in the room other than these three people. Wu Liu lowered his head when he heard Li Cong's footsteps. To be honest, if Wu Liu knew that his cousin was like this, he really wanted to kill him. After losing this guy, the Cao family has been in full swing since it was about to be destroyed. Others may not know what's going on, but Wu Liu knows it clearly. Six is ​​one of Cao Zheng's attendants, but he has no official position on him. To put it nicely, he is a steward, but to put it badly, he is directly a follower. Who gave me the opportunity to have five people and six people like this? It was the young master here, my little master, but what I have done, Wu Liu really feels good when I think of it, it is all my own fault If something happens, it has nothing to do with others.

Li Cong walked to the main seat and sat down. Wu Liu was still kneeling there honestly, and Boss Cui wanted to say something. But no sound came out of their mouths. They themselves were also guilty and didn't know how to speak.

"You get up first, you are responsible for your cousin's affairs, but it's not the main responsibility. I was also anxious during the day. I really didn't expect such things to happen in our own home. You are too. These things were originally not It should happen. Now that it happened, there is no need for it to happen. I haven’t paid much attention to this family these days, and you guys might be distracted too. That’s fine. From now on, you can take care of the errands in your hands. Hand over some, everyone is responsible for some things meticulously, and I will let someone take over the rest." Li Cong said after thinking about it. His light words made these three people dumbfounded. This was to weaken the strength in his hands. In fact, Li Cong had this idea a long time ago, but at that time the Cao family hadn't gained a firm foothold yet. It is unjustifiable to do such a thing internally, but it is different now. And if the current situation does not divide the rights in the hands of these three stewards, many people may not know themselves, but they will know the chief stewards of the Cao family. This is absolutely unacceptable.

"Master, I did something wrong, and I am willing to be punished." Wu Liu knew his master's temper, and it was useless to say anything at this time. If he justifies this matter, he probably will end up badly. He also knows that the young master is a nostalgic person, and he has suffered a lot along the way with the young master. As long as he does not make mistakes in the future, he will be honest It's okay to enjoy the blessings. As for the rights in my hands, I don't think about it at this time. As for the boss Cui and Bai Er next to me, although the two of them also feel that this matter is relatively sudden, but now the young master is furious. They didn't dare to say anything more, if they said something bad, maybe they would be the same as Wu Liu.

"I think the stewards in Ermenli are also very good. It turns out that the steward Fangzhong in Telan County City will take over from you to manage various things in the farm, and Gu Xin in Ermenli will take over the management of shopkeeper Cui. For the affairs of the Western Empire, the two of them will be treated the same as you in the future, both of them are big managers, and you can find someone to make up for the gap left by the two of them." Li Cong thought for a while and said, these two people Li I have been paying attention to it for a long time, and it is really good to do things.

It can be said that Telan County City is not one of the most important counties invested by Cao's Commercial Bank. The investment projects there can be said to be dispensable things, and the annual profits are not very large. Just maintain it, just like many counties and towns, it belongs to the kind of face project for Cao's firm to make a name for itself, but it's just such a face project that the kid Fang Zhong can do so well, of course this guy Business has also done a lot of bad things.

There are eleven grain retail outlets, one medium warehouse, one trading firm, two consignment outlets, and one bank owned by Cao's Commercial Bank in Telan County City. The total investment is about 200,000 taels of silver. It brought back about 4 million taels of profit to Cao's firm. This is something that other county supervisors have not done, and this Telan County City is not a famous place. It is a very common place in the Northern Empire. In Juncheng, by doing so, he has made himself a leader among hundreds of managers. Such a person naturally attracted Li Cong's attention, and his information soon came to Li Cong.

When this guy took office, he found out several competitors of Telan County City, which are similar to some mining counties. The people here basically do not grow food at home, but work in the mines. At that time, these people were also some authentic farmers, but this was estimated to be tens of thousands of years ago. At that time, mining merchants could not find their own buddies, because no one was willing to leave the land. Now and then But it's different, working in mines is definitely more promising than farming, but many people feel a little regretful in the past tens of thousands of years, if their fathers don't sell their land, maybe Now relying on growing food, they can live a very good life.

The grain in Jiangning City, where Li Cong is located, is fifteen cents a catty, which can be said to be at a very normal level in the entire empire and even the entire continent, neither high nor low. However, because there is not much food in Telan County City, the price of food here is more than 50 yuan a catty. There are several powerful competitors in the food business here. After Fang Zhong understands the situation here, he will give it to himself The first goal has been set, and the problem of feeding these six million people must be taken into his own hands. It would be good if half a million of the six million people in this county can eat local food , and the rest are all brought in from outside. This guy wants to defeat those old oily guys, and Li Cong knows how difficult it is when he thinks about it.

The first thing Fangzhong did was not to use things like price to commercially defeat the opponent. First, he went to the homes of the bosses of several large local mines with heavy gifts. What he discussed with these people was to sell them grain at a very low price. They could use the grain as workers' wages. These merchants who come and go can pay at least half of their wages less, so it is absolutely necessary to get 50% of the profit. Soon, dozens of industrial and mining owners have signed contracts with Fangzhong. The food for the 800,000 miners in the entire county is first settled by themselves. This is just a capital-guaranteed business. If it is said that making money is nothing to make, Fang Zhong just regards this as his own beginning.

The first step in Fangzhong can be said to be very successful. Many people fell in love with this taste when they ate this wheat for the first time. They have never seen or tasted such a taste before. Everyone was very happy, and started to help Cao's business in advertising everywhere. Although several other food suppliers also felt that the Cao's business was not kind, they didn't take them seriously. Continue to do your own business, newcomers need to show up.

But one month later, each of these grain merchants began to regret it. In this month, 70% of the people in the entire county had eaten their grain. It can be said that the grain merchants’ grain piled up In the warehouse, nothing was sold. The price of 35 ren per catty almost drove the people in the entire county crazy. No matter how much they could eat, this profitable business must be done. Otherwise, how could it be possible to gain a foothold?

When the grain merchants started to wake up, when they knew that Fang Zhong might break their plan, most of the grain merchants couldn't sit still, and greeted the people on the interface when they had nothing to do. The sale of this thing needs most people to support it, if it doesn't move, it's too much.

In a month and a half, the grain merchants here have been honest, and the grain business of Cao's business has been distributed to many surrounding counties. They have never thought that the people of Cao's business are so capable. Be tough, if something is slightly inappropriate, the unlucky one will really be yourself.

After occupying the local market with grain, the local people also know what Cao's business does. Grain trading is just a small business of others, even if 70% of the people in the entire county eat their own food. This is not a big business, and then the Cao’s Bank and the trading house started one after another. The Cao’s Bank’s business is the best. Many people come to the door to borrow money, and the interest is promised to be very high. , It's a pity that this party didn't mean to borrow money, but signed a loan agreement with several local wealthy businessmen. Others didn't understand what he was doing, but Li Cong knew very well that the one who owed the money was the Uncle, these wealthy businessmen have local connections that no one else has. Fang Zhong wants to get involved quickly, so spending money is what must be done. Once can’t be done twice, there will always be times when they let go At that time, it was time for the bank to do business with the trading house.

Eight months later, Fang Zhong asked everyone in the county to deposit their money in Cao's Bank. The interest rate was not very high, but people wanted to deposit their money there for only one reason, that is, the place where this guy lived seemed to be It's very safe. Fang Zhong successfully attracted so many rich people's money. At this time, he began to become bolder. If you want to help, you have to help. If you don't help, the previous efforts will be in vain. Even if you meet him What's the trouble, these people don't look at their own face, they also have to look at the face of those creditors behind them, don't they? I can lose face, but none of these creditors is easy to control.

After successfully absorbing so many deposits, Fang Zhong's next strategy is to borrow money. This is ancient times, and private lending is a very normal thing, and the court also encourages this. As for how to calculate the interest, it is your business. At the beginning, Fang Zhong and they dared not eat this or that, but when I became a creditor, it was completely different. Our money with you is in the account If you want to take it back, it’s okay, but it’s just a matter of time, as time goes by. People also know about this guy's ability, so they don't underestimate him so much.

It happened that at this time the news about Li Cong's master came over. Fang Zhong immediately seized this opportunity and annexed several other banks in one fell swoop, making Cao's Bank the largest bank here. It can be said that this business is really good.

As for the other Gu Xin, it's completely different from Fang Zhong. Gu Xin is not the external steward of the Cao family, but the internal steward of the Cao family. Nothing serious anyway. But that's it, people also do these things very seriously, so serious that Li Cong admires it a little.

It can be seen from one thing that when Mrs. Li wants to go out to visit friends, what she needs is a box of Zhumo chessboard. This friend of Mrs. Li has been playing this all her life, so Mrs. Li called Gu Xin for herself. Go get one. To be honest, this thing is not very valuable, but it is very rare. It is said that rare things will always be very expensive, but it is not like this. These things are not very good. People who like them have strange habits. people. Gu Xin visited many sales outlets, but none of them sold these items, but Gu Xin could only keep searching.

When Mrs. Li was about to forget about this matter, Gu Xin appeared in tattered clothes. This guy found out that there was such a thing in another county town hundreds of miles away, and he rode there overnight. People with such a heart Really rare. Li Cong didn't see much of his ability to handle affairs, but Li Cong could see his attitude very clearly. Didn't he say that attitude determines everything? A person with such an attitude must have no problem in handling affairs.

Of course, these two guys are beginners, and they can't accept too serious commissions. The affairs of the farm are not very important in the Cao's firm. All the business in the Western Empire has just started, and there is nothing to pay attention to. This is just a training for them. Wu Liu and the three of them also understand that the power was too concentrated in the past. , When something like this happened, they all knew that this was the punishment Li Cong gave them, and those things such as deducting salary and boarding the board were not serious.

After finishing their business, Li Cong will negotiate with the members of the Tuoba family. Tuoba Zhiqiu is not a small person. He can come to our door to negotiate with us, which shows that he attaches great importance to this matter. You can't use this nonsense, people put off the negotiation to give us face, and you can't be too shameless.

Early the next morning, Li Cong appeared at the place where Tuoba Zhiqiu lived. Li Cong came here specially to accompany Tuoba Zhiqiu to have breakfast. This breakfast was also a good thing from the Grand Hyatt Hotel. Tuoba Zhiqiu had never eaten these things in the past. This thing called tofu nao is really delicious and very creamy. After eating two bowls, Tuoba Zhiqiu was full of praise for this thing. This Li There are really a lot of good things from here, and I can really get a lot of teachings here for a day.

"Mr. Tuoba, I was really rude yesterday." Li Cong's first words after the meal were this. He should have a welcome banquet yesterday. Li Cong also had this in his plan, but he just went out on the snack street Li Cong has no interest in that matter at all, Tuoba Zhiqiu also knows Li Cong's thoughts, family ugliness should not be exposed, let alone in front of him.

"Hehe, Mr. Cao doesn't need to be so polite. Although I wasn't there yesterday, I still admire Mr. Cao's actions. Such things are very normal in any big family. It would be good if one tenth of the people did something like Mr. Cao's. More people would not do this. What they have to do is to hide this matter from the past. This is what they have to do. If people find out, their family's reputation may suffer a lot. It can be said that the lives of many people are not even as important as their reputation." Tuoba Zhiqiu is also a very T-shirt servant Master, he also hates these things very much, but just like what he said, these things will happen in every big family, and they will not be eliminated.

"Mr. Tuoba is really good at complimenting people. I am a little embarrassed. It is better not to talk about such things. It is better for us to talk about our future. I have decided to enter the Western Empire after investigation. , I don’t know what good news Mr. Tuoba can bring me?” Li Cong really didn’t want to talk about his own scandal with others, so he quickly diverted the topic away. If you go on, you will be the one who will be ashamed in the end.

"Hehe, compared with the other three empires, the Western Empire is a bit outdated. The entire imperial court is lifeless and lifeless. Our Tuoba family can also see the future of the Western Empire, not the interior. The destruction of the world is the destruction of the outside world. We don't want our Tuoba family to be implicated in this way. Master Cao, do you have any ideas about doing something big? A businessman is a businessman, but the business of a businessman is also There are small and big ones, and the biggest business is the business of an empire." Tuoba Zhiqiu said with a smile, Li Cong was also a little shocked, damn, this old guy dares to say anything, this empire Will the rise and fall of the world be so simple?

"I don't really understand Mr. Tuoba's meaning, can you explain it a little bit more clearly?" Li Cong already had his own ideas in his heart, but this was considered a treasonous thing, if he failed, he couldn't be this It's the mastermind, and I haven't figured out the affairs of the Northern Empire here, so I'm getting involved in the seizure of power by the Western Empire. Is it a bit too big for me? This big stall is not very easy to manage, don't Didn’t eat the meat and provoke the whole body...(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation...)