Section 1906 Contracting System
"Brother-in-law, the business on the Yulan River can be said to be very good. The 90,000 boats in our family have three groups of sailors. In fact, there are more than 15,000 boats in the boat family, but each time they can only drive 9,000 boats. You can't go up. This seems to be a kind of magic mark made by the magicians of the Magician Union. The four major families also held a meeting to talk about this matter. As long as anyone gets on the boat more, they will kill the boat. , In addition, even if the ship that was killed is gone in the future, a lot of money will have to be paid to go up. This regulation was formulated thousands of years ago. In fact, the population on both sides has increased by an unknown number of times. These numbers have long been It’s not enough, but in order to maintain the high freight, they will not increase the number of ships one by one. Brother-in-law, if you want to use your brain here, I think it’s better, and the family will not support you.” Yang Chuan This guy saw things very thoroughly, and he still put forward his own suggestions for Li Cong's words.
"I think the four major families should have only stipulated the number and size of the cargo ships, but not how fast the cargo ships can go?" Li Cong said with a smile. This is his loophole. It’s wind power. I’ll be using a machine at that time. We’ll have a lot of energy blocks. When the time comes, your ship will come back four or five times. You’ll still be able to make a lot of money if you do the business yourself. up? You all have to honestly watch us make money.
"This is natural. The speed of the boat is directly related to the natural environment. It is not as fast as you want. Although the sails on the sailboat have been improved to some extent over the years, but The speed is still not very fast. Now if the speed of the ship is downwind, it can reach 20 kilometers per hour. It still has to be released from the upstream to the downstream. If it is from the downstream, it is estimated to be 15 kilometers per hour. If the wind is headwind, it is 10 kilometers. It's possible, on average, it's 15 kilometers per hour." Yang Chuan, influenced by his elder brother, can be said to remember these materials very clearly.
Li Cong nodded, and now the technology on the earth is developing very fast. Such a 500-ton ship can completely become a small ship, and its speed can reach more than 50 knots, which is about 100 kilometers per hour when converted into kilometers. This speed can be said to be 7 times that of those ships. If the 9,000 ships of the family are calculated in this way, the transportation volume will be 63,000 ships, which is more than any other company. Moreover, the speed of the Yang family's boat is still fast, and many people will transport some things that take time. In this case, their sales will definitely drop. When they see that the Yang family is profitable, they will always come to negotiate with themselves. At that time, they will not be so easy to talk to. I have not violated any regulations to play with you. You guys So you can't violate the regulations to restrict Lao Tzu. If you play tricks, you can't say that we are not idlers.
"Xiao Chuan, what is the annual profit of the family fleet now?" Li Cong asked such a question. If others asked that question, they would definitely not answer it. This can be regarded as a family secret, but it doesn't matter if Li Cong is his own.
"Last year was a relatively good year. There was 1.3 billion silver. It wasn't that much before. There were 1 billion, but there were those at the lowest, brother-in-law. What do you want to do? ?” Yang Chuan asked.
"Of course I have my own idea. My idea is that I want to contract the family's fleet. You said that I give the Yang family 1.5 billion silver every year and ask them to contract this contract to me. What would they think?" Li said. Said from a smile.
"Brother-in-law,
Do you have a fever? How can you do such a thing. When the year is good, the income is 1.3 billion silver. If the year is not so good, there will not be so much, at most it will be 1 billion. If you are like this, you will lose 200 million silver every year in the best time. Yes, don't do stupid things. "Yang Chuan said, in his opinion. Last year was the best time. There were no major natural disasters on the Yulan River, and most of the boats went smoothly. It can be said that the 9,000 boats did not rest at all. Yes, working around the clock most of the year.
"Of course I don't have a fever. You haven't answered my question yet. Do you think the family will be willing?" Li Cong asked.
"The family will naturally be willing. In fact, there have been leases in history. Just like now, the magicians of the Magician's Union will naturally not take care of these things. Their operating rights are in the hands of the Mu family. Yes, the Mu family is actually the overlord on the Yulan River, but behind them is the Magician's Union, so people don't mention him very much, and this contract has a little income every year, but brother-in-law, you have to use it. Wouldn’t it be a bit of a disadvantage if 1.5 billion silver came to the contract?” Yang Chuan said worriedly, Li Cong was still very satisfied with this guy’s performance, at least this guy was still thinking about himself, such a kid had to be taken care of. That's right, this kid also knows the fleet very well, and it would be good to let him manage it in the future. Those who are idle at home like this are much easier to manage than those in high positions.
"You don't need to worry about this. Now my brother-in-law has a good deal for you. This is a silver note of 1 million taels. There are 15 tickets in total. You can help me with this matter when you go home. I can do it within this month." There can be no results, if you can stay active, you can still get this number." Li Cong said with a smile, Jinyuan offensive is necessary at this time, reluctant to bear children, can't catch wolves, this is an old saying, other few Everyone looked at Yang Chuan with envy. Although the family has not arranged things for them, but the people born in the big family are all human beings. How could they not know that Yang Chuan walked several steps ahead of them today? Well, if we can cooperate with Li Cong, the cousin-in-law, the road ahead...
"Brother-in-law, are you serious?" Yang Chuan looked at the bank note in his hand with some unimaginable fear. It was 15 million taels of silver. Let yourself feel a little surprised.
"Of course it is true, can it be fake? The condition is that the family contract it to me. The longer they can set the time, the better. They will give them 1.5 billion silver every year. If you can give me this If it is done, I will guarantee that you will eat well and drink spicy food for the rest of your life." Li Cong's temptation to such a child is still very contagious.
"Of course, don't be idle. Each of you has a million silver. You can just help him when you go back. You are all in a team. You must have team spirit. Remember, if you succeed If so, each of you will have your own share, brother-in-law, I will never break my promise, by the way. Didn’t you say a while ago that the beautiful women in the Southern Empire are your wishes, and after it is done, brother-in-law will be alone One for you." Li Cong said with a smile. Money beauties have been their favorite since ancient times, especially these young people who have not seen much of the world. "You two." Li Cong said to Yang Chuan.
Several people held their breaths. This Li Cong's shot was really bold. There are three or four people here, and each of them is worth one million silver. There are women all over the world, Huajiaoyuan is a very famous place in the Southern Empire. To put it bluntly, it is a place dedicated to raising girls. They recruited a group of young and beautiful beauties from all over the world, and after spending eight or ten years of training, all the girls who came out were omnipotent in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they were the real stunners in men's hearts. , Not a few come out every year, it is said that each is as high as several million silver, and this has to have its own relationship. If it doesn't matter, it can't be bought even if you have money. One person in the previous generation of the Yang family had such a concubine. It is impossible for an uncle, but soon they will have nothing to envy. I have it too.
"Brother-in-law, don't worry, if we still can't do this, it will be a waste, but brother-in-law has to fulfill what he said." Yang Hao is more active than Yang Chuan at the moment, and this kid also likes flowers the most. It's Jiaomeiren. I didn't have that condition before, and the distance from Huajiaomeiren is too far. It's not that far away now, I have a chance to make my wish come true, if I can't grasp it, I'm really a fool.
"Brother-in-law, why would you take advantage of your little hairy kid? Okay, don't talk anymore. The guys on this stage are about to start. They have done so many things. Today, I came to see the performance of the blacksmith." Li He said with a smile, but he could see that these people no longer had the intention to look at this here. With Yang Chuan as the center, they have already started to discuss how to let the family accept this condition. The direct descendants of the Yang family are different from the Yang Guang who went to Jiangning City last time. Yang Guang can only slowly climb up from the bottom. With his incident happening, they wouldn't be too uncomfortable. It's just that the opportunity Li Cong gave them can make them rise even higher. No one will lose this opportunity, and time waits for no one.
The things on the stage seemed to have nothing to do with them guys at all, but Li Cong watched it with gusto. The blacksmith on the stage was pretty good, and the blacksmith of Ouyang's family didn't let him down. Disappointed, in more than three hours of forging, this guy made a good weapon, which can be used by seventh-level fighters. Li Cong also initially mastered some steps of this forging, and he came up with a good weapon. The one who polishes his own material, slowly makes the whole material very small in the iron furnace, the essence in the middle is what is needed to make weapons, the others can be said to be unnecessary, and then it is After building them over and over again, Li Cong found that their furnace fires were not very sufficient. If a fire magician came, they could definitely be built in an hour, or even two to three at the same time. For more than one, Li Cong doesn't have time now, and if he has time in the future, he will definitely try it.
"I said, what happened to the discussion between you guys? You spent so much money to come in and watch other people's forging, why didn't all of you raise your eyes." This person has almost left, and Li Cong is still thinking about it As for the actions just now, I saw the brother-in-laws still discussing one by one. These guys have been discussing for several hours. Their whispering made the people around them very uncomfortable, but seeing them They are all members of the Yang family. Besides, Li Cong's identity has basically been exposed. With such a brother-in-law taking care of them, who would dare to heat them up? It's around, didn't you see that the organizers of the conference didn't dare to come over and talk, so don't find that boring.
"Brother-in-law, you just go out first if you have something to do, we still have our business. Otherwise, we won't be able to earn your money, and that beautiful woman, you hurry up and get ready for us, we people do things That's 100% no problem." Yang Chuan hurriedly sent Li Cong out, it's better not to let this brother-in-law grow up in these things, these boys have no good ideas one by one, at this moment You can't ruin your image. In the future, I have to hang out with Li Cong, if Li Congdu understands this. There will be no chance to display it in the future.
Li Cong could only helplessly order a few words to the servants who followed them. These people can be regarded as the important children of the Yang family. Now the guards around Li Cong are all seventh-level fighters. They all came out of that mysterious training camp. Now there are more than 3,000 fifth-level fighters (archers), and more than 1,200 sixth-level fighters. Level 1 fighters (archers), 400 level 7 fighters (archers). 12 eighth-level fighters (archers) As for the ninth-level fighters, that is impossible, at least for now, and because of Lu Manjia's traditional Chinese medicine, their loss ratio has dropped significantly, otherwise If so, more people will die.
All these people only listened to Li Cong alone, and they knew what Li Cong was doing with a look. Such subordinates are really very comfortable to use. They all understand that they are adapted by the person in front of them. They don't think about what the boss tells them to do, but they just know what the person in front of them tells them to do. They all have to do it.
When going out, Li Cong ran into Miss Ouyang Qiu again, but now it was Li Cong who took the initiative to say hello.
"Miss Ouyang. I didn't expect that we would meet so soon. I really didn't expect that the blacksmith of your Ouyang family is so powerful. In a blink of an eye, a lump of iron turned into a good weapon. It is really good. I am very happy." If you want to become a blacksmith, I wonder if Miss Ouyang can ask me to watch it if she works someday?" Li Cong said with a smile, but he was telling the truth. He really wanted to see how the masters forged it, and it certainly didn't help him at all, but his expression didn't seem so good right now.
"There's a chance." Now it's Ouyang Qiu who doesn't lie to Li Cong. I have seen a lot of things like this, and I have seen a lot of girls like this. At least one sentence can tell who this person is.
"By the way, Mr. Cao, I forgot to tell you. The Mu family's bargain is not so easy to take advantage of. I don't think the meal at night is so delicious." The woman did not forget to say a few words to Li Cong before leaving. Not very comfortable words.
"Hehe, I was prepared for that. In fact, maybe you don't know me very well. I am the most comfortable person to eat such uncomfortable meals. To be honest, I am not very comfortable with that kind of meal. How do you want to eat? I don’t know if you are satisfied with this answer or not? Also, if you are willing to cooperate with me now, I think you may not suffer so much in a few months, otherwise you will think about it next time It’s not that simple if you want to cooperate with me.” Li Cong said with a smile, the thing is really like this, the Ouyang family really missed an opportunity, in fact it’s not just the Ouyang family, as long as it was with Li Cong Those who cooperate will make a lot of money, but those who do not cooperate will only cry.
Ouyang Qiu didn't say anything, but just glanced at Li Cong angrily, and went out with her entourage. In her opinion, the transportation business on the Yulan River hadn't changed for so many years. It may not be so rich for the family, but this is a very stable source of the family. If there are no special circumstances, the family will definitely not move here. Many people understand this very well. She now also thinks that it is very correct for her to reject Li Cong's rejection, otherwise Li Cong doesn't know what kind of arrogance he will be.
After Li Cong went out, because no one took him around for a while, he could only go back to the place where he lived. Because of the real estate on the earth, Li Cong developed a habit of going to a place This is also a habit. No, Li Cong bought a not very big three-entry house in this place, and bought about 500 hectares of land. This house is estimated to be Lived this time by myself. I don't know when I will come to live in the future, but everything here has to be prepared, even if it is a stronghold of my own intelligence agency, and the 500 Qingdi can earn 30,000 taels of silver every year, If the seeds Li Cong brought from the earth are used, it is estimated that there will be a profit of one hundred thousand taels of silver. This is not a small amount, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is a piece of meat.
Li Cong's four maids have now become his concubines. This time it was Xichun who followed, although Xichun had already become a concubine. But for Li Cong, I still do it by myself, and I didn't become a bit pretentious because I changed from a maid to what I am now. When I saw Li Cong came back, I hurriedly took off the outer clothes for Li Cong. Then let Li Cong sit on the teacher's chair, make tea for Li Cong, and massage Li Cong a few times behind him.
"Okay, don't do this, you don't have to sit down after these things, just sit down. I don't have so many problems, besides, I didn't go anywhere today, and I don't feel very tired all over , how can it be worth letting you serve me like this." Li Cong touched Xichun's little hand and said, in fact, Li Cong still likes such a little woman at home a lot of times, and his wives are a bit strong to be honest . But having four beautiful concubines is also a very comfortable thing.
"What is the young master talking about? No matter what time it is, Xichun still knows her identity and cannot be equal to the young master." Xichun said standing beside Li Cong. Indeed, she really did not dare to sit with Li Cong. the opposite of.
"Hehe. I really don't know how many times I have to tell you. When there are no old ladies or wives in this house, you are the hostess of this house. Why do you have to embarrass yourself so much? Just sit down, don't you Don't you want to live a two-person world with me?" Li Cong said, it was normal for him to say what he said. But in Xichun's ears, this is a great thing, and most of the time people in this world don't do things like this.
"Young master, you are so kind to your servants..." Xichun's eyes shed tears. She was really very happy. The maids in other people's homes also served the young master, but after the wife of the main house entered the door, The life of these maids is not very good. The wife of the main house can't tolerate them. They usually move out of their big house. They may not see their men for a year or two. If there is a child It might be better, if there is no child, this life can only be like that, and this life is still very long.
"Didn't I say that you are not allowed to say that you are a slave in the future? You can just say that you are a concubine. There are so many slaves at home." Li Cong said, holding Xichun's hand and the two walked back The servants in this mansion also came from Jiangning City. Li Cong would not buy people here casually. These people don’t know what’s going on. Jiangning City There are so many home-born slaves around, many of them have no job yet. It is just right to come here, and they also feel normal about their young master's strange behavior. After all, Li Cong has done a lot and no one is curious. up.
On the other hand, it can be said that the purpose of the Ouyang family to participate in this exchange meeting is only half achieved, that is to tell everyone that the Ouyang family has extended their influence here, but their other purpose is to After working with Li Cong, who knew that Li Cong didn't give them this face, which made them feel very uncomfortable, especially Ouyang Qiu, it was the first time that Ouyang Qiu felt that her personal charm had dropped so quickly, which made her They even had doubts about themselves. You must know that such a thing had never happened before, but now it actually happened.
"Miss, we have already investigated clearly. In the past year, the Yang family spent a total of 100 million taels of silver on food. This is only on the surface. In secret, they have lost a lot of manpower and material resources. We have also calculated, because Cao Ke cooperates with them to sell grain, they can save at least 500 million silver every year, and they have also recently started to intervene in grain trading, and they have already bought from Cao Ke by virtue of their own relationship. The low-priced food that came here was sold to some of their original spheres of influence, and they also made tens of millions of taels of profit." A guy with the appearance of a servant said holding the account book in his hand, they are deadly enemies with the Yang family, and in Yang It is normal for the family to have one or two spies, and it is very normal to get such information, but the accuracy depends on one's own judgment. Maybe this is some of the information that the Yang family discussed with Li Cong and released on their own initiative. What about fake news? These things are all possible.
"Hmph, this damned Cao Ke doesn't even cooperate with us. Do they have any contact with us? What can we do to make this guy regret it?" Ouyang Qiu has no time to be outside at this moment. That expression, thinking that my first setback was given to me by this guy, I don't get angry at all, and it's normal to feel unhappy.
"Miss, this seems to be a little difficult. We have no relationship with the Cao family." The manager didn't seem to care about Miss. She said the words directly, and then pushed them out silently. The rest was that all these things in the room were smashed. This woman really lost her mind at the moment.
People in Ouyang's family really rarely see their young lady making such an action. From their point of view, their young lady usually understands what she is doing very well and would never do such a thing. Now It seems that Mr. Cao Ke is not so powerful that he can make their lady lose her mind. It is better not to be an enemy of such a person.
Li Cong and Xichun had a wonderful afternoon. Although there may not be any big garden in this small house, the weather this season is still very good, and some of the plants here are not from Jiangning City, the two of them are basking in the gazebo in the small garden The sun is also very good. Li Cong also saw that there is a big pond here, and he can get some fish in it at that time. It is also good to fish here by himself when he is free.
Soon it will be night. Li Cong could only say sorry to Xichun. Originally, Xichun meant to cook for Li Cong a dinner in person, but Li Cong still wanted to have dinner with the Mu family. Meeting people is also optional, but after knowing that they are the spokespersons of the Magician's Union, it will be different. I have a deep relationship with the Magician's Union. It may be possible to get a batch of ships from them. Li Cong's intelligence agency has already given an answer sheet. The transportation business on the Yulan River is now between 13 billion and 15 billion silver per year. , This is less than one percent at all. If it is fully opened, this number will have an explosive growth. Li Cong wants this explosive growth. If I can win the contracting rights of these ships, I will definitely earn a lot of money, and these people will also get at least a 20% increase in their current income, although the 9,000 ships of the Yang family should be fine. Yes, but at this time, no one will feel that they are earning less money, and now that Li has started to expand on a large scale, there are more places where money is used in all aspects, and no matter how much money there is, he will not feel that there is too much.
The place the Mu family chooses to treat guests is one of their strongholds in this city. People like them will never choose to treat guests in a hotel. First, it is not very hidden and there are all kinds of people. Second, they are aristocratic families. The cooks at home are many times better than those in the so-called big restaurants, and the ones that can eat at home are better.
The Mu family's house is slightly larger than Li Cong's, and it has three entrances and three exits. There are many such houses in the whole city, and there is no conspicuous place at all. If you come in, who would know that this is a stronghold of the Mu family, and the location is not very good, it can be said to be ordinary among the ordinary.
But after entering the house, it is completely different from the outside. The outside is very ordinary, and every place in the house reveals luxury. Everything inside is not very cheap, and Many of them are still things that you may not be able to buy even if you have money, just like where Li Cong is sitting now, this chair is an antique hundreds of years ago. I also have this thing in my home. It is said that Wu Liu spent 150,000 taels of silver to get it, but there are only four in my house, but others have eight.
"Master Cao, I would like to introduce myself first. My name is Mu Qing, and I am the person in charge of the Mu family in the east. What happened at the Mu Station today really made Mr. Cao feel uncomfortable. The younger generation is too rude. Don't worry, Mr. Cao. I will never see that kid again." A middle-aged man came in. The few people who appeared at the exchange meeting were all standing behind this guy. It was obvious that this guy should be the leader of those people, and the rest of them had to listen to him.
"Hehe, I almost don't remember this matter. These boys are too lacking in discipline, but young people have their own impulses. It's normal to want to show it in front of women. It's okay." Li Cong said. But in my heart, I sighed that the Mu family was really powerful enough, and I executed that guy just because I was dissatisfied with that guy. I would never be able to do such a thing. After all, I am also a descendant of my family, and a Very good descendants, as long as they can learn a certain lesson from this matter, it may not be a bad thing.
"Master Cao, please, we have carefully prepared these things, especially this Crystal Lake Cicada. This thing is a good thing, and we have spent a lot of effort to get these things." Li Cong also said this dish I just heard it, because the cost is too high, and it may not be possible to get it, so Li Cong also ate it for the first time. This lake cicada was obtained from Dayuan Lake in the frozen forest in the north. The combat power is similar to that of a fourth-level monster. The most important thing is that this thing will die as long as it leaves the frozen forest. Many people have studied this kind of thing for a long time, but they don't know what's going on. After all, everyone's current research level is not very high. Yes, so if you want to transport this thing to human society, you must simulate the living environment of the frozen forest. This way the cost will be high. If Li Cong's estimation is not wrong, this dish will cost more than a hundred thousand taels of silver.
"Well, it is indeed very delicious, thank you for allowing me to taste such delicious food." Li Cong said with a smile.
"Actually, eating is secondary. We asked Mr. Cao to come to us this time. In fact, there is another matter, that is Mr. Cao's airship transportation. According to the news we got from other sources, Mr. Cao seems to be Some big cities in the empire are planning to set up some pick-up points, I wonder if our Mu family can cooperate with Mr. Cao?" They must also know that Li Cong's airship has made profits in the Warcraft Mountains, which is ten times shorter than before. It’s time, and there is no danger. Who is not tempted by such a thing? Li Cong did have this plan, but he stopped because of the lack of allies. At present, it is only doing well in the south and east. As for The central, western and northern parts are basically dead. The place where they got the news should be the Magicians Union. Li Cong has already confirmed with his master that the route from Beijing to Jiangning City will be opened next month. No, I don't know which route the Mu family wants.
"I don't know which place Mr. Mu is talking about, can you be more specific?" Li Cong said.
"Master Cao, please speak quickly. We are considering the route from the western city of the empire to the capital. I wonder if Master Cao is interested in this route?" Li Cong is indeed not very interested in this route, because the western route has already been opened. That is the route from the Western Empire to the Empire. This kind of international route is the most profitable. The distance from the west of the Empire to the capital is not very far. The farthest place is only 20,000 kilometers. can also arrive.
"Mr. Mu, with all due respect, one of the most important problems that my airships are facing now is the shortage of numbers. The route in the western part of the empire is not very useful to me. I don't have this plan for the time being. I already have some in the western part. There is a longer route. We are talking about business. The route from the western part of the empire to the capital is not very long, and the economy there is not very developed, so I don’t think the business will be so good in the future. The route from the empire to our imperial capital is very good, I think I can add an intermediate landing point appropriately in the future." Li Cong said, in fact, Li Cong doesn't have many routes at all now, and the airship passes through the transmission It's not that you can have as many as you want, that is, Li Cong doesn't have so many people who can open it. Although there are now a batch of airships coming out every month in the training base, the number of airships that can be increased every month is also large. There are only a dozen of them, and there are still many places in the Warcraft Mountains that have not been covered, let alone these places. No matter how big their profits are, they are not as good as those in the Warcraft Mountains.
"Lord Cao seems to have done a detailed investigation on this area. The economic environment in the west is not as good as other places. This is also caused by the inconvenient transportation in the west. However, there are definitely a lot of rich people in the west. Many people want to be able to get closer to some big cities. If there are routes, I dare say that even if the price is higher than your other routes, there will definitely be people who will take them. How about we can cooperate like this, Cao Your Excellency’s airship can be contracted to us, and Mr. Cao will just offer you a profit from your present, and the rest is our business if you lose money or make money, how about it?” Here Li Cong has not yet proposed to contract their ships Well, they started to mention this one by one, which is really interesting. Suddenly Li Cong thought that the Mu family was also contracted by the Magician's Union ship, and they were much better at contracting this matter than themselves. Things are getting more and more interesting.
"Hehe, this is the first time I have encountered this method. Let's put it this way, I can reach the route from Jiangning City to Beijing in five days. Your western cities should also be within this range. Every time an airship can bring me hundreds of millions of dollars in income, I don’t know what contract price you will have?” Li Cong said with a smile, what he said is the truth, I believe the Mu family If they really investigate, they will know that what Li Cong said is true.
"Lord Cao, although there are many rich people in the west, not all of them are willing to spend this money. We pay 300 million silver for each flight from the west to the capital, and we also pay the same price when we return. Master Cao is responsible for the airship and pilots. We will also bear all the wages of these people, but Mr. Cao must guarantee to give us at least ten airships, I don’t know what Mr. Cao means?” Six hundred million silver is almost the same, as for how to run the rest, it’s not Li It's the matter of Cong, and Li Cong will not hang the sign of Cao's House on the airship. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )