Chapter 1949 Yuncheng Ridge
The place where I met Li Cong this time was at Li Cong's home. Now there is no other way. Li Cong just enjoyed a very delicious dinner worth 60,000 taels of silver with Lu Manjia, and he was in a very good mood , and Lu Manjia also promised Li Cong that the two of them could try some new moves at night. Li Cong's attitude towards Sharu and Princess Rongchang was much better.
Killing Confucianism came to Li Cong's house in person. Although Rongchang was not very willing to come, he had to bite the bullet at this moment. There was no way. It has begun to expand, and now no matter what attitude they have, there is nothing they can do. It can be said that Cao's firm has at least entered the northern part of the Southern Empire. It can be said that it is already a certainty, and it is impossible to shake it. People have already fully started to operate this matter, and this is also a fait accompli.
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Li Cong’s Cao’s charity has announced that the 35 million poor and 30 million ordinary people in the northern provinces of the Southern Empire can get 50 catties of wheat per person. The homeless man is still a hundred catties of grain. This action was carried out by the Cao's House of Commerce and the Magician's Union. For the entire Southern Empire, the impact is still very large. How could such a thing happen? How could such a thing happen? Is this a small amount of food?
Boss Cui mobilized a lot of food for this event. At the beginning, the Magician Union was not very willing to do this event. They didn't think it would be effective to curry favor with these ordinary people, but when the matter was completed, they were considered I understand, this action of Cao's House is really powerful. Why didn't they think of it before, but even if they wanted to do it, they couldn't afford the money. More than one million tons of grain just went in like that. Yes, the Magician's Guild will never use this money to do such a thing. But after the incident, they also saw that hundreds of millions of people in the entire northern province are now talking about the good deeds of Cao's House. Of course, what they don't know is that the taste of the wheat in Cao's House is the best. After eating their wheat, it is difficult to eat other wheat, anyway, the price is the same. Why not choose this? Boss Cui is also doing a live advertisement for his own grain merchants. It is the same model as the taste before payment of later generations.
Boss Cui glanced at those guys outside, and they were all crazy. Fifty catties of food can make so many people help him speak well. This strategy of brother-in-law is really good.
"What's the matter, sister, look at your face, why are you so ugly, I didn't see your kindness, and many people are very grateful to you." Boss Cui saw the expression on his sister Cui Xianer's face. The expression was not very good, he knew that his younger sister wanted to take advantage of charity like this. But Li Cong also said that charity has always been for business. No matter how people give their love, it needs to be beneficial in the end. If there is no benefit, those people probably won’t just do it for charity.
"I don't like you like this,
I don't like it very much. Take a look at what you have done. Although you are also doing good deeds, you are pursuing rewards. We do not pursue this when doing charity. "Cui Xian'er said angrily, none of the people outside knew that they were being used, and the joy on this face was not feigned.
"Hehe. My sister, how can you think that way? Didn't your husband just say that the most precious thing about a person is his usefulness. If he loses his usefulness, then how miserable this person will be. People can't live in this world at all, and you can see them at this moment. They are really happy. Fifty catties of grain is not a lot, but it can make the family happy for half a month. Isn't this also the original intention of your charity, we just rely on their mouths to help our Cao's firm to do some publicity." Mr. Cui laughed and said, he didn't know that his sister had become a With this appearance, at this moment, he understood that Li Cong told him not to discuss charitable things with his sister, otherwise he would regret it very much.
"I don't even understand your reasoning. Forget it, this matter is just like what you said. Some of them will be helpful to charity, so I won't say anything." Cui Xian'er saw herself My elder brother has completely become a businessman, so I don't need to continue to say anything, it's better to go out and see the work outside.
Boss Cui looked helplessly at his sister's back, charity? Hehe, if there is no support from your husband behind you, your charity organization will not be able to operate at all. Now it is still relying on the interest of the money that Li Cong injected into charity, and there are hundreds of millions of money every year. If there is no Those silver words, relying on the donations of those people? Forget it, it's simply impossible.
Going back to Li Cong's mansion, killing Confucianism and Rongchang had already talked to Li Cong for 15 minutes without any nourishment, and it was the third time just to greet each other. Li Cong is now a sure winner. Well, I know what kind of plan I have in my mind, but you don’t necessarily have this idea. The Southern Empire will definitely go in. It depends on what kind of method you use to get in. You have no way at all. It's up to me to stop me from going in. It's up to me to do whatever I want. To put it bluntly, now is the time for you to strip off your clothes and lie on the bed and let me do whatever I want.
"Well, I told Brother Cao some time ago about the matter of entering the Southern Empire to sell Dukang wine. I don't know if Brother Cao has any plans. Since Brother Cao is not very satisfied with our plan, I don't know Brother Cao himself. What is the plan?" Killing Confucianism finally couldn't bear it anymore, the kid in front of my mother is not a young man at all, a young man definitely doesn't have such patience, I am giving up on this guy, I used to I was also very patient when I was young. I didn't expect this guy to be much more patient than me. I don't have so much time to spend with this kid. Those black potion masters in the Southern Empire are still waiting for me. Going to clean up, although there is no news recently, if I haven't done anything yet. Maybe someone will make a move, and at that time, I will suffer a lot.
"Regarding this matter, we didn't have any good plans in the past, and we didn't even think about entering the Southern Empire. It's just that the Southern Empire Magician's Union kept inviting me to go, so I reluctantly stayed here. The Southern Empire has started some of my actions. In fact, I have no intention of going to the Southern Empire to develop. Senior Sharu also saw that my life here is actually pretty good. And a lot of business is between the Northern Empire and the Western Empire. I haven't covered the empire yet, and large-scale expansion has always been my weakness, even in terms of funds." Li Cong said, what is this? This is like wanting to be a bitch but also want to set up a chastity archway. With a few words, I pushed everything to the Southern Empire Magician Union. I have nothing to do. They asked me to do it. It's okay for me.
Killing Confucianism scolded a little cunning in his heart, although the royal family of the Southern Empire did not have a good relationship with the Magician's Union. But if there is no attraction from your huge profits, how could the Southern Empire Magicians Guild openly confront the royal family? They would only do this if they have enough profits. It seems that there is nothing wrong with you boy. You know the same thing, you kid can do such a thing, but you are not convinced in your heart, and you can't say that in your mouth. He knew that even if he found a confrontation with the Magician Union of the Southern Empire, they would definitely help Li Cong to speak. The royal family did not give them any benefits, but there were often confrontations. Not only did Li Cong have no confrontation, On the contrary, it has given a lot of benefits. It is very clear who is near and who is far.
"Hehe, I can hear what Brother Cao said. He is resentful towards some of our Southern Empire's previous practices. It was our fault in the past. My granddaughter was really spoiled by me in the past. Now, we don't want to be as knowledgeable as a little girl like her. Let's talk about the business of the Southern Empire. This is a win-win thing for both of us. I don't know what the charter of Brother Cao is, so why not just say it , In this way, there will be no previous misunderstandings.” Sharu’s self-cultivation is still very good, and it’s not because Li Cong stopped talking for a few words. He understands the current situation of the Southern Empire very well. The threat of the trade union is getting stronger and stronger. The imperial law also stipulates the number of troops of the Magicians Union, but what if there is such a law now, the Magicians Union has its own capabilities throughout the empire. It is estimated that the order from above has not yet reached the hands of those people, and this matter has been stopped. There is really nothing to do with them.
"Senior Killing Confucianism has already mentioned this plan twice, so I will not refuse. Our plan is like this, which is basically the same as the beginning of the Western Empire. Secondly, the county town, and then some important towns, food and trade, and money pawnshops are all to be laid in the county town. The very important county town, the villa plan will start in three months, but we will start to buy the land now, we will not participate in the sales of Dukang wine, we will give this package to you and the magicians union, as for How you sell it is your problem. I will lower the price. Now it is 100,000 silver a bottle of ordinary. I will give you a cheaper price, 90,000 taels of silver a bottle, but at least 1 million boxes are needed each time. , if it is lower than this amount, it will be the original price, and how to distribute it within your region is your business. I am a supplier, and I will not take care of some of your internal struggles." Li Cong smiled. He said, it has been like this from the beginning to now, Li never likes procrastinating things, and Li Cong's words also have a sense of irresistibility.
Killing Confucianism frowned and glanced at it. It can be seen from his expression that Li Cong is giving them an ultimatum. If he does not agree to this condition, it is estimated that there will be no possibility of cooperation in the future. Li Cong Of course, I told you clearly that if you don't want to, I won't go to your side to do business at most. After that, the money can only be earned by the magician union.
"Senior Killing Confucianism, I know my conditions are a bit too much. So many industries need your support, but you should also calculate the accounts. This is the sailor of the Western Empire this year, and my Cao's firm has not been operated. At that time, their annual tax revenue was 950 billion silver, but after my chamber of commerce started to operate, it is only two-thirds now. Now their tax revenue has increased by 230 billion silver. I dare not say that all of the 230 billion silver is I made it, but I dare to say that the 200 billion silver is my credit. Their tax revenue will be at least 300 billion silver on me next year." Li Cong said while eating the fruit on the table, this is what he wants to tell you matter. Killing Confucianism doesn't know these things, even if he knew it, he wouldn't know it so clearly. The female prince Rongchang was dumbfounded. 300 billion silver is one-third of the emperor's fiscal revenue. It is simply impossible, a business can have such a skill? All of them were dumbfounded.
"Senior Killing Confucianism, if you still need to think about it for a while, I'm sorry. My conditions are like this. You agree to it now. If you don't agree, I don't have much loss." The people on the other side are thinking about time, and now they are almost following Li Cong's thinking. This is also the time for Li Cong to finalize the negotiation plan. If this cannot be finalized now, it will be difficult to say in the future. It is not a fool to kill Rutt, and the people in the Southern Empire are not fools either. They must have various ideas. What Li never said is that entering the Southern Empire is also very supportive of his hegemony. , I am also the one who benefits the most. In fact, Sharu would be able to understand if he was a little more sober at this time, but at this time he was completely bluffed by the tax of 300 billion silver.
"There is no need to think about it. I can make the decision and agree to this matter. Even if our preliminary cooperation is reached in this way, I will ask someone to discuss this matter for some details." Five minutes later, Sha Ru agreed to the cooperation. Agreement, although there are still many things that are not well understood. But now there is not so much time for myself to think about it. If I continue to think about it, it is estimated that Li Cong will be able to deliver goods several times. At that time, it is time for the Southern Empire Magician Union to make money. Making money represents the loss of the royal family of the Southern Empire.
"Hehe, I am very grateful to Senior Sharu for having such a vision to help the Lord develop my ambitions in the Southern Empire. A small gift is not a respect." Li Cong took out a beautifully packaged box with a smile. Sharu did not recognize such a box. Because this thing is made of stainless steel on the earth, to Li Cong, such a thing is only eight yuan RMB, but to Sharu, this thing is a treasure, because this thing has never been on this planet It has appeared, and there is no such thing on this continent. They were a little surprised, what is such a thing, but since it was brought out by Li Cong, it should be very valuable.
After Sharu received it, he opened it directly. Good guy, the fourth-rank elixir turned out to be a fourth-rank elixir. Sharu looked at Li Cong in disbelief. This guy is so generous. They are all worth more than 100 billion silver. I know the elixir in front of me. This is the fourth-grade elixir Jingxin Dan. After eating this thing, my meridians will expand by 1.5 times in the next 30 years In addition, there will be a transformation of one's own body. Such things can be said to be completely wasteful for people below the eighth-level fighters, but for the tenth-level fighters who kill Confucianism, this is absolutely necessary. Jingxin Pill appeared once in the Eastern Empire fifteen years ago. At that time, the God of War of the Eastern Empire used medicinal materials worth 380 billion silver to replace this thing. As a result, in the next 30 years, it was successfully promoted from the tenth-level warrior to the elementary level. After being promoted to the tenth-level fighter high-level, he was a little distracted by such a good thing, killing Confucianism. He really needs this. For tenth-level fighters like them, medicinal materials and so on can be obtained, but This pharmacist is hard to find. Li Cong’s gift is really big. Killing Confucianism is now a high-level tenth-level fighter, and he has already touched the threshold of the tenth-level fighter peak. I believe there is such a thing. Thirty years later Should be able to reach that level.
"This...this thing is so precious..." The things that can make a tenth-level fighter say that they are precious are naturally very precious things, and Sharu is not very fluent in speaking at the moment.
"Hehe, this is indeed very precious, but these days money is touching people's hearts. Although my people have already bought almost all the people from the middle and lower classes in the Southern Empire, I still have no idea. I am in the Western Empire. In the early days, it was possible to develop rapidly because of Prince Yulin, and in the mid-term, it was because of Prince Zheng. Now it is because of myself, all of which have a lot to do with gift giving, politicians and businessmen It’s always the two closest levels. It’s the same between me and you. I hope you can support me. The royal family of the Southern Empire is still yours. My goal is to do business. I’m not interested in politics at all. What Li Cong said at this time is the biggest lie, and his words can only be trusted with 30% credibility. But Sharu believed it. One is because Li Cong really has no intention of developing politically now, and the other is because of the elixir in front of him. To be honest, this thing is indeed too precious. I couldn't find him in my whole life, and now he is in front of my eyes, can I not be tempted?
"Brother Cao, I feel that you are very frank. This is the first time I have heard such words. I have to say that you are a talent. I have never seen you before. In terms of feeling, you are a person who can accomplish great things, and your future may be much more brilliant than that of an old man like me." The words of Killing Confucianism surprised Rong Chang who was next to him. It can be said that they have reached the peak of their lives, and they are all tenth-level fighters. Although they are not the top ones, the top ones have disappeared for many years. They are the top ones in the world. Besides, they also control a quarter of the world. Who dares to say that the Southern Empire is the most powerful Didn't people kill Confucianism? Only some fools think that the one on the throne is the highest leader, they are the same as the elders of the Cao Gang. Usually, they don't care about anything, and only stand up when it concerns the life and death of their own organization. It can be said that such a person has never been seen before, but after the Great Elder, Li From the feeling that each of them seems to be such a person, the emperors of several great empires did not see it themselves, but they directly met the people behind them. I really don't know how much effort I saved.
"Happy cooperation." Li Cong already knew from Sharu's expression that he definitely wanted to cooperate with him, Li Cong stood up and said confidently.
"Happy cooperation." Although there was a smile on Sharu's face, Li Cong could tell that it was a very forced smile. I don't know how long it has been since such a look appeared on Sharu's face. Er Rongchang was also surprised. If there was such a person in the past that prevented Sharu from coming to power, Sharu would probably kill him long ago, but now Sharu has no intention of doing anything at all.
"Brother Cao, other things can come slowly, but this airship needs to be faster. Our southern empire is already in a state of restlessness because of the black magic pharmacist." Sharu said to Li Cong before leaving.
"Well, that's no problem. As long as the Southern Empire Yamen prepares land for us, we can start business after holding a few job fairs. As for the route, we have already planned it." Killing Confucianism is speechless, damn it, this boy of feelings is just fooling himself, he has already done everything well, now he is pretending to be confused with himself, even the route has been set by your mother, just now You also told Lao Tzu that you don’t want to go to our Southern Empire. How can you say this? In any case, it belonged to a respected old senior. He would not dare to do anything wrong with a junior like Li Cong. If this was spread, his reputation for a lifetime would really be ruined here.
"Rongchang, I hope that the next time I see you, I won't have such a bitter face. We didn't go to the Southern Empire to rob, but to do things. If our business is prosperous, you will also have a lot of taxes. Yes, everyone can say that everyone can make a fortune, so if I see you like this next time, then I'm sorry, I think some of my activities may stop, and you will know the consequences when the time comes, come on, give I'll smile." Li said to Rongchang in a low voice, in fact, what Li Cong wondered was whether this woman would laugh, she obviously had such a disastrous appearance, but usually her face was tense Yes, I don't know if this girl is usually tired or not, how can she be happy when she always looks like this.
The anger in Rongchang's heart. I am usually proud and arrogant. When someone said something to me like that, even if someone said that to me, I would probably lose my head. But the person in front of me is not only me, but the entire Southern Empire The royal family has something to ask for, so I can only make a smile uglier than crying for Li Cong, but I didn't expect Li Cong to shake his head and leave with a sigh. ***, auntie, even if the smile is ugly at all, she never shows it to others. You kid has such a blessing, so I don’t know how to cherish it, but then she thought of Li Cong’s daughter-in-law, who was just a concubine in her eyes, but Li Cong was really kind to that woman, so she gave up on herself. Such a big customer can see it when he goes to have dinner with his wife. Li Cong himself said that he is a person who loves beauty but not country. Such a person is not acceptable to ordinary people, but to a woman Said, if there is such a person in this life who treats me like this. This life is really worth it, very worth it.
A week later, the Cao's House of Commerce began to publicize the news of entering the Southern Empire. Immediately, the business of Cao's House of Commerce began to boom. In the past, many people still did not choose the trading house of Cao's House of Commerce, although Prince Zheng also I said it, but after all, these people are still a little muttering in their hearts. This Cao's firm has only been around for a few years. It's just a new door, and everyone doesn't believe it. The first is because they are afraid that the old masters there are not very knowledgeable, and the second is because they are afraid that they will not be able to afford the price if they have produced a good product. Things have kept Cao's Commercial Bank's trading business in a bad situation, and now it's good. Most of the people came to try it, and the turnover increased by 10%, which is already a very good figure. You must know that the things purchased by Cao's Commercial Bank every day cost trillions of silver, 100% Ten can be hundreds of billions of silver. It is impossible for the money to appreciate so quickly, but it will appreciate quickly after purchasing these things. Just like some medicinal materials, the average annual appreciation exceeds 20%. Even if you buy them near the Warcraft Mountains and transport them to the capital, the price can double. Other trading houses are doing this business at this time It's not as good as Li Cong. The trading house of Cao's House has its own 500 special large airships to make this thing. Their goods can travel across the entire continent within two weeks, so it is one of the trading houses. There are no goods, as long as you can pay a deposit, they will be delivered to you within a few days. They have never seen such a thing before, but to be honest, many mercenaries like it very much.
The second most affected by this is the ticket number of Cao's Commercial Bank. In the past, this ticket number did not accept deposits, but only issued loans. In the same way, the deposits taken by other banks not only do not have any interest, on the contrary, you have to pay a certain storage fee. Cao's Commercial Bank directly eliminates this storage fee, but it does not give you any interest on deposits. This kind of thing can not be given or not, anyway, we don’t need much money now, if we can do that when we are waiting for money, the current ticket number of Cao’s Commercial Bank has exceeded 85 trillion silver, of which Half of the silver is Li Cong's own silver, and the rest is some other silver absorbed. This also surprised Li Cong. It is one-thirtieth of the tax, which makes most of the money hidden in the folks, otherwise there would not be so much money. Making money with money is the best business. This Li Cong It's very clear, but there are too many people who run ticket offices now, and there are too many people who want to get a lot of sales from them, which will offend them, so Li Cong still doesn't want to be too radical .
However, under the influence of Li Cong, it can be said that Li Cong gave some courses to the shopkeepers of the major ticket numbers. These shopkeepers are very proactive, and they do not guard their faces like other ticket shop owners. Living in the house, these shopkeepers go out to find customers by themselves. Of course, what they are looking for are those projects with more development prospects. In addition, the loan interest of Cao's Commercial Bank is relatively low, so everyone is willing to go to Cao's House The commercial bank’s bank’s banknotes are used for loans. Their annual interest here is only 30%, and other banknotes have an annual interest rate of more than 100%, which is commonly known as usury. Although the interest rate of Cao’s banknotes is low, it’s not Anyone can lend money. Most of them need to be mortgaged, and a small part of those that do not need to be mortgaged must find a guarantor. Unless it is a promising project, the money will be given to you without any mortgage. It is rare to say that some bank merchants in the Southern Empire knew that the interest rate of Cao's bank was so low, and they all lowered their interest accordingly, but it was still a bit high compared with Cao's firm. But their profit point is in this place, and none of their money is their own money. If they all had that much money, they could talk about anything, but it's a pity they don't have it.
After a short time together, Lu Manjia had to go back to the Northern Empire. Mrs. Li's old lady had a cold recently, and Li Cong couldn't go back by herself. These daughters-in-law all wanted to go back. In fact, the old lady The cause of the illness is very clear to Li Cong himself, that is, he has not had a child until now. Li Cong himself is also very strange about this matter. In the past, he could not control this, but for some reason, since he left the earth, this woman has not been seen, but she just has no children. This cannot but be said to be a very strange thing. Li Cong himself really wanted to go back to Earth to check if something had happened to his body that would make him infertile. He was just thinking about such things. Now the price of returning to Earth can be said to be Very huge.
Li Cong actually wanted to go back and see Li Shi, but Li Cong couldn't stand Li Cong's nagging. So as soon as Mrs. Li said that he was sick, Li Cong hurriedly asked his daughters-in-law to go home to see what was going on. He was not planning to go back. In fact, if something really happened, the family members would definitely inform him. , so it seems that there is nothing wrong, it is estimated that Mrs. Li coaxed him to go back.
Li Cong felt really uncomfortable watching the airship slowly flying up. What is he pursuing? Don't pursue until the end and lose all his fertility. Then I really lost my life.
Northern Empire, Yuncheng Ridge, this is a place that merchants are reluctant to come to, the reason is that there are too many bandits here, Yuncheng Ridge, which is 300 miles away, is estimated to have more than a few hundred bandits, each of these guys They are all willing to stay in this place, because it is backed by mountains, even if the imperial court’s suppression army comes, there is nothing to be afraid of. It is too easy to escape here. No matter which direction you flee, you can get a safe place. Millions of troops were dispatched to conduct a dragnet search in this area. It was indeed quiet in the past two years. Millions of bandits were exiled and beheaded. I was scared, even those who were not caught ran back to their hometown, and the peace was restored here, but after five or six years, the first wave of bandits appeared here, and then slowly increased , Later, the bandits will be the same as now. When there are too many bandits, the court will carry out a large-scale suppression. This is like a reincarnation. After you finish your work, you will continue there. Come, this made the top management of the Northern Empire lose confidence in this place. As long as there is nothing special, they basically don’t care about the things here. There is nothing to manage, because there is too much money invested here. There is no need to continue the suppression at all, and what is finally obtained is Yunchengling full of bandits.
On the pipeline in the distance, a group of guards from Cao's House escorted thousands of carts and drove towards this side. The escort was a reorganized regiment of the Chamber of Commerce. The following five battalions plus the battalion directly under the regiment headquartered in total There are more than 10,000 people, the regiment leader and the chief of staff are fifth-level fighters, and there is another fifth-level fighter in the regiment headquarters. The entire regiment has 2,000 light cavalry, 1,000 heavy cavalry, and 1,000 archers. It's not the powerful archers who have a level. They are just ordinary archers. Of course, they are led by powerful second-level archers.
The thousands of cars they escorted were not expensive things. After all, some valuable things were transported with space rings. In addition, their transportation distance this time was not very far, only five hundred miles away. , according to their speed of advancing 50 miles a day, these ten days will basically be up. Most of the more than 1,000 trucks are food except for 30 trucks of silver. There is actually no need to transport these There are so many people, just because the reorganization has just been completed, and the regiment has not come out to exercise. This time it can be regarded as training, and by the way, it can also deliver a batch of goods to its own people.
It's not the first time they have come to Yunchengling. In the past, many people have passed here. The goods of Cao's firm have never happened here. Each of the three major bandit leaders in Yunchengling Taking the annual salary of 200,000 taels of silver from the Cao's House of Commerce, no matter how greedy they are, they will not hit this idea on Cao's House of Traders. Any guard is a fifth-level fighter, and their most powerful is a sixth-level fighter. That's all, if this makes the people of Cao's House of Business anxious, they will have nothing good to eat, so as long as Cao's House's avant-garde spies carry their own command flags, the bandits on the mountain will hardly dare to do anything.
Today is the same as usual. Three messengers with command flags rode quickly through Yuncheng Ridge. The merchants resting on both sides are envious one by one. Damn, look at how people live Let's see how these people live their lives. They all have to wait for more merchants to gather at the intersection of Yunchengling, and then collect money to teach those bandits, so that they can pass well. People can just go there on horseback, and the money collected by these people is several two hundred thousand silver every year, which is really incomparable with Cao's house. If I can have such a skill one day Well, let's not talk about spending more money or spending less money, even my own face is happy.
The head of the group rode a tall horse and walked in front of the team. Seeing these merchants on both sides, he couldn't help it. If he took them with him, it would be difficult to explain to the three leaders. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )