Section 2052 Ocean Trade

"Don't worry, the boss. I have my own mental preparations for coming here, and I have done some research on the commercial areas of the Eastern Empire. It's just that our business has no conflict with them? We can first put some of our interest products Put it all together, and then we will start our basic business. This is different in other empires. In the Western Empire, we first opened the business of grain and trade, but these two businesses are not allowed here. , we can bring our magic arrows and wine business here first, and the rest will come slowly. As long as some core interests of the local tycoons are not involved, they will not oppose us. They have tasted enough sweetness, they become our partners, our other business can be done, and if it is opened, Bai Er also has his own plans, if there is no twos and threes, how dare he go to Liangshan, he also has his own Li Cong didn't need to worry about these things, and Li Cong nodded when he heard his plan. Pinshu.com (w W W . V o Dtw . c o M)

Now that Bai Er and the others have matured, Li Cong is very relieved in his heart. Back then, they were just a little servant of his family, and he was also a young master who had no ambitions. Now he is the whole family. No matter what he says or does, there will always be many people who will pay attention to him. At the beginning, he would never have thought of the present day. When Bai Er heard Li Cong's emotion, he himself What touched me the most was, what was she doing back then? Even in Jiangning City, he was not considered a number one figure. When outsiders saw him, they would at most give Cao's face, but now. He himself is already a sixth-level fighter, which is simply unbelievable. Back then, a sixth-level fighter was so powerful that he dared to walk sideways on the street. Even some officials would nod and bow when they saw it. Thinking of myself having such a day.

It is very simple for an ordinary person to become a sixth-level fighter. Li Cong already has a set of effective plans in his training camp. Starting from the moment you are an ordinary person, you will be given various pills, and then Then do various physical training. In the end, it can push you to the position of a sixth-level fighter. If your own physical fitness is a little better, it is possible to be a seventh-level fighter or even an eighth-level fighter. It all depends on the quality of the individual, if your quality is not good. After spending a lot of money, you can only become a fifth-level fighter. Bai Er's physical fitness is not very good. He can only reach the fifth-level fighter, but Li Cong still spent nearly 5,000,000 silver to push him to the sixth-level fighter, although the difference between the two levels is only a little. But the real strength gap is relatively large, and he is very grateful for this. He understands Li Cong's dedication to him.

In fact, these stewards of Cao's House are very clear that the Eastern Empire is definitely not a bone to gnaw, and there is absolutely nothing good to come here, and it will definitely make me very sad, especially at the beginning, so Li Cong When this matter was brought up, Bai Er immediately stood up. The other managers didn't want to stop working with Li Cong, but they didn't have so much time now, and they were all in charge of their own affairs. When a manager is never idle from head to toe, it is impossible to reunite with his family members all year round. This is mainly because of Li Cong. Li Cong arranged himself very leisurely. How can you be free? The others could only work desperately for Li Cong,

However, they never had any complaints against Li. When they worked, they also received a lot of money and other effects. They could do things they couldn't do before.

There are many people on this continent who want to work for the people of Cao's firm, but Li Cong didn't have that much to say when he chose the first-level manager, especially Li Cong no longer believes in these things, outsiders, waiting for you now What is it that you want to come in when you are developed? It's nothing more than power and money. Of course, there are also some status and other things. These people are all self-made. Back then, I was just a little rich man. They have been able to follow me, and now they are developed. , there is no reason to give up their seats to others, even though they were not very capable at the beginning? However, after so many years of development, their abilities have reached a very high level. It can be seen from the development of Cao's House in the past few years that their abilities are already very high. The housekeepers may not be much better than them when they come out. This is also the result of Li Cong's trust in them. If they don't trust them, they have no stage to show their hands and feet.

The relationship between them is like this. A master must give his subordinates a stage to display themselves. If he does not give them this stage, even if he has great abilities, it will be of no use. They can display themselves. When you do this, you put your heart and soul into it, not just to earn your money. Now every first-level manager in Cao's Commercial Bank is very good, and everyone is responsible for their own In the past few years, Li Cong's ability to fight so casually on the front line is directly related to their responsibility. Without their continuous supply of money and soldiers, Li Cong would definitely not want to do things like this It is possible, but it is also impossible to fight against several great empires.

"Master, what are you thinking? But are you also afraid that I won't be able to open the situation in the Eastern Empire? You can rest assured that, after so many years, I don't dare to say with confidence that I will definitely be able to open the situation, but it is better not to embarrass the young master." There is no problem at all. Bai Er saw that Li never spoke, and he didn't know what Li Cong was thinking? How could he know that Li Cong had thought about everything in the past three years? He thought Li Cong was worried about himself It’s no wonder that he can’t do this job well. The work of the Eastern Empire is really not that easy for her. From a level, there is a certain resistance to the price adjustment number in the Eastern Empire, and their intelligence organization has already I received the news that the emperor of the Eastern Empire seems to have ordered it down. All these business groups from top to bottom will only go to Cao's firm to take action. This is a threshold that is difficult to cross. If you want to deal with these businessmen Spending money is not enough, because people have money, which requires some other skillful actions.

"Of course not. I can still see your ability these years. If you didn't have this ability, I wouldn't have transferred you here. Now Cao's House can't fail at all, because if we have a little If it fails, tens of thousands of people may not be able to eat, or even lose their lives. I have always been very relieved when you do things. What I am thinking is that without your help over the years, the Cao family It is impossible for the business to develop so fast. How can I be qualified to stand side by side with these emperors? They actually look down on me and think that I am a businessman. But now you are helping me. Even if I am a businessman So what? Don't these emperors have to obediently come to negotiate with me?" When Li Cong said these words, Bai Er also straightened his back. It has been said in history that businessmen are not good, but now we businessmen also have the right to talk directly to His Majesty the Emperor. Isn't this better than most scholars?

"The young master is right. Now the whole social atmosphere seems to be turned a bit by us. In the past, everyone talked about scholars, farmers, businessmen, and our merchants had the lowest status. However, after so many years of development, our Cao's House It's not soft anymore. It's not that simple for the emperor to deal with us. If they really dare to risk the disgrace of the world to deal with us, our people will bite and kill a piece of their meat. They will regret it forever, they will definitely not take such a stupid behavior, the Eastern Empire has the same goal for us, Bai Er thought for a while and said, he does have his own ambitions in the Eastern Empire.

"It's good to have this idea, but there are still some things I have to tell you. The Eastern Empire is different from the other three empires. I may have said these words many times, but I still want you to remember that before When we were in the other three empires, the government couldn't say it helped us but didn't care about our affairs, but in the Eastern Empire, as long as we found a slight problem in our hands, these government officials would definitely pick us with a magnifying glass What's wrong with them, they will definitely do things that are nitpicking. This will make our people feel calm and appease them all. Even if these government people are unfair to us and others, We must not say it, because it is a great opportunity for us to develop here." Li Cong patted Bai Er on the shoulder and said, he knew that the Eastern Empire court would definitely target him in the future, so he had to give They get a vaccination. If they can't stand it, they may ruin their own affairs. That's not okay. It's better to be prepared.

"Please rest assured, young master. When we came here, we already understood the situation. Compared with the other three empires, we understand better. We will be in a state of war for several years, and the young master has also been involved in the grievances of the Linghu family. , although the imperial court is no longer encircling and suppressing the Linghu family, they are still enemies. What I don’t understand in the future is how I should get along with them? Ever since you announced, young master, let me be in charge of all business Afterwards, people from the Linghu family gave me some news frequently. It seems that they were also afraid that my coming would ruin this relationship. I didn't know how to deal with this relationship. Well, if you do something different from what the young master has in mind, then you will be in trouble." It is best to ask the questions in your heart, especially for such critical questions, I still don't want to It's good to speculate randomly, but it will be really troublesome if Li Cong's major events are delayed.

"I'm also thinking about what you said. In fact, the Linghu family still has some effect on us now, but it's not as big as before. The most important thing is that the people of the Linghu family have a relationship with the black potion master. , I don’t like black magic teachers, you know this, they are actually related to these people, whether it is their main body or their branches, it seems to be polluted, the hearts of these people are already not good Pure, but if we abandon them now, they will become a pool of stagnant water in the Eastern Empire, and they will probably be punished slowly by the court. This is definitely not what we want to see. Therefore, the Linghu family has played a very important role in treating us so courteously. Without the Linghu family, we would become rootless, so we must properly handle this relationship with them, it is very delicate relationship." Li Cong's analysis can be said to be very thorough, and each of these people thinks really well.

Regarding the relationship between the Eastern Empire and the Linghu family, I just want to say that you will never leave the two sides, but don't favor either side. Being a fool, many people say that it is impossible to get huge benefits from a fool Yes, because this side is good, he came here. That's all right, he's going there. In the end, both parties didn’t like him, but I’m saying, if you can do a good job with this wall, then you will be the best candidate for the best mobile phone. This time, I was a wall between them. Grass. It can be said that in front of the Linghu family and His Majesty the Emperor of the Eastern Empire, I have put on a good show. Earn enough profit from them. However, I don't ask you to do the same for the profits of our Cao's Commercial Bank's future development, as long as we uphold this principle. Li Cong patted Bai Er on the shoulder and said, this can be regarded as setting a general direction for Bai Er, and Bai Er can master the details by himself in the future.

What the young master said is, if I don't ask you for instructions on this matter, if it is my own brain, I definitely want to have a good relationship with the people of the Linghu family. What I think about the court is to save face. It’s enough to get by. Although the imperial court did not flatter us this time, it is not the same as before. The officials sent by His Majesty the Emperor of the Eastern Empire are not as arrogant as before, but bring us a discussion tone. , although they will encounter many difficulties of this kind in the future, I think they will also act in accordance with the current laws of the Eastern Empire. If there is no such restraint, they will not dare to imagine the consequences. Stopping at sea, they dare not do this, Bai Er thinks of the large number of warships in the sea, he can't help but regain his confidence when he speaks, if the Eastern Empire dares to bully himself, that will be prepared for you, let's see if you are Wasn't it bombed by shells?

You guys still don’t want those warships in the sea anymore. I have other uses for those warships. I want to develop maritime trade between the four empires. Now the four empires basically have no trade, even if it is the other three. Great empires, their annual trade is mainly small and pitiful, transporting these things by sea can save a lot of cost, since no one is doing such a thing, why don't we do it? They control the land, and we control the sea. When the time comes, we will directly block them all, and let them see who is the king of the world at that time. "This is the first time Li Cong proposed this plan in front of his servants. Bai Er only felt a vague meaning before, but now he knows everything, and he really admires Li Cong. .

"I just remembered what the young master said. The Eastern Empire is on a business trip. This kind of wood is very popular in the Western Empire. Generally speaking, this kind of wood is almost worth the same as silver after being transported there, but this kind of wood is here. It’s true that people cut it casually. The most important thing is that they can’t be transported. Our people have secretly transported some of these things. The Daisy Empire’s expenses are very high, mainly because those big families want to achieve furniture. At the time, they all wanted to use wood from other empires. They thought that this kind of thing could give them a lot of points, so most people are comparing each other. If you make one, I will make two. Over time, this kind of thing The price has also gone up, Bai Er suddenly thought of a very profitable business that Cao's House is doing now, and said it casually, this is also a microcosm of ocean trade, but the profit is absolutely huge every year Quite a few, almost billions of silver, if it can be made public, this profit will definitely be fatal.

Speaking of this matter, I also heard about it some time ago. What we have to do is to carry out these transactions in an all-round way. I have already made our manufacturing factories speed up the production of merchant ships. For a while, I think it is impossible to cause wars at sea. Yes, several great empires have already observed that our navy is very powerful. If they want to fight us at sea, they should weigh their own capabilities. I guess they don’t have the courage to launch it for us at sea. One by one This time is the best time for us to make money. Some time ago, this war and that war wiped out a lot of our wealth. Although we can still support it, these profitable transactions should be done quickly. Point to proceed, especially with some other valuables. Although the distance between the two great empires is huge, our merchant ships can still travel quickly. It is still possible to travel once a month. Let them make this money, right?

When it came to making money, Bai Er clearly saw Li Cong's eyes glowing, as if those wolves saw meat. When did Li Cong remember? Money is the most important thing in this world, no matter what it is, it is all about money, even the noble emperor, if there is no money. He can't do things he wants to do. If you want to do these things, you must prepare enough bullets. Now Li has never carried out large-scale manufacturing of merchant ships on this planet, even on the other side of the earth. Li Cong wants to build a huge ocean-going fleet. Let the four empires start to connect. This first pot of gold is always very expensive. Of course, the money must be transferred by themselves, if they want to follow suit in the future. Just let them follow, but can your ship hold more than mine? Can it run faster than mine, and will the price be lower than mine? That is absolutely impossible.

What Li Cong has to do is long-distance transportation. He doesn't pay much attention to some short- and medium-distance transportation. Besides, these things are too cumbersome, and there are many places that need to be sorted out. The ability to travel long distances on a single boat, but to travel some medium and short distances, this is a huge waste for myself, and it is also right to eat meat and drink soup for others, otherwise the person who offends will go to sea. It's over, of course, if you come down to grab a deal with us if you don't know the way, it can only kill you from the price war. If you have the ability to fight me, I will accompany you to the end. If you don't have it Just tighten your tail and get out of here. Li Cong has always been like this when he was doing business. It doesn't matter who is behind you and how powerful he is, but as long as you involve my fundamental interests, I will definitely not let you go. If we pass you, we have to fight to the end, shall we?

In fact, Li Cong started to make arrangements for this ocean-going trade very early. Although his merchant ships are not many, so far, or the empire has to see how the local sales are and how the price can be adjusted. It is the market research that is called on the earth. So far, more than a thousand kinds of goods have undergone this kind of market research. It may or may not work. Look at their ships, and the one with the smallest profit of a thousand times can have dozens Times, it's not like others have never thought about such a thing, but they can do such a business, of course they can't, just look at their ships, if you go out, you won't reach the destination at all, and you may even die The reason for this is to come back to do such a thing. Before the Eastern Empire, there was a merchant fleet that was very powerful.

Now this merchant fleet has been crippled by Li Cong, and most of the ships have gone to the bottom of the sea, and the emperor of the Eastern Empire has no idea of ​​​​carrying out trade among the four countries. He thinks it is enough to keep his advantage. Once the four-nation trade is launched, people from the other three empires may flood in in large numbers, and they will see how the Dong Empire has become stronger. They will return to the sea when they go back. At that time, they will be the ones who will suffer. If they mine and develop all the islands in the surrounding waters, they will also increase a lot of tax revenue and increase a lot of population when they earn their own money. How will the advantages of the Eastern Empire survive? The emperor of the Eastern Empire is very afraid. If he wants to ensure his own advantage, he will not let the other three empires learn to give in. It is for this reason that the overseas trade memorial has been submitted and thrown out immediately. This is simply an act of subjugation. Of course, the emperor Your Majesty thinks so.

Li Cong also read the memorial thrown out by the emperor of the Eastern Empire later. It was simply made by a very intelligent person. Now Li Cong is going to visit this person. He is the former servant of the Eastern Empire. The seat is very well done, and I can also see some clues from the transportation of Cao's House. I originally wanted to make myself shine with this booklet, but I didn't expect to be dismissed by the emperor directly at home, and it happened that he His hometown is Pluto’s fiefdom. When he came back, King Ning had a good talk with this guy. He also thought that this guy’s memorial was very good, but it’s a pity that he didn’t have the heart to do it at that time. Yes, it’s just a few perfunctory words to this guy. Originally, he also thought that King Ning started his business in the sea, and that King Ning would do this well with him. He didn’t expect King Ning to just say a few words There is no more text. This really made him feel uncomfortable, it's better to let it go, just stay idle at home, anyway, I don't lack food or drink.

Li Cong must have come to investigate this person at the beginning, otherwise, how could he have come to his house? He knew that this person's revenge was very ambitious, otherwise, he would not have stayed there after being dismissed that time If the family does not go out, if it is those other people, they will definitely give their ideals to others, and then spend money everywhere to ask people to let them go out and become an official again. But he didn't have those thoughts. Honestly staying at home, slowly writing and drawing, this is not something a middle-aged person should do, at this moment he should be in his prime. You should use your strengths. I didn't expect to be doing something that the elderly should do now. When Li Cong entered, he saw this guy doing a set of boxing in the house, exercising boxing, which is no different from those old people outside. What a waste of resources.

Li Cong knew that it was not very good for him to come to the door so abruptly, so he found a friend of this guy. His friend used to have some skills in Ning Wang's mansion. Now that Lian Ning ran away, of course he is gone. Now that I heard that Li Cong could ask him to help me, I hurried over and saw this guy punching, so I hurried over and said, "Old Wang, your good day is here, look at this guy Who is it? This is the big boss of Cao’s House. Oh, that’s wrong. Now he is the Duke in our empire. He came to you for a very important matter. It’s the shipping brochure you got back then. The matter is precious now, and the Sir has taken a fancy to it, you should tell Sir Cao about it.” Just when Mr. Wang didn’t know what to do, his friend pulled him aside Go, tell him what happened, and let him know what happened?

It's okay not to mention this, but when he mentioned the events of the year, he was so angry that he couldn't express it anywhere. What the hell is going on? At the beginning, I was doing it for the good of the empire. Who knew that you dismissed me without saying a word. He hasn't figured out yet what is going on with the Cao's firm? Because the place where he lives is a small city, there is nothing to let her know about the actions outside, and everyone in her family knows that he has been unsatisfactory recently, and there are no things outside that affect her life. Don't tell him, this is the first time he knows that the land he lives in has changed. King Ning has already returned to the capital in despair. Now Cao's business is in charge here. How can he He didn't expect that in the land of the dignified Eastern Empire, someone else was in charge, or a businessman was in charge. When he looked at Li Cong, he also had a very disdainful look in his eyes.

Seeing his friend's contemptuous eyes is even more serious. No matter how you say, this friend of mine is also a scholar, and now he is being run by a businessman, and he still looks like a slave. What kind of duke, why should I Never heard of this thing? Although there are quite a few dukes in the Eastern Empire, none of them are as young as they are in front of them. This is obviously lying and fooling themselves. Old Wang doesn't want to talk to such people at all. He will call his housekeeper right away. Seeing off the guests, but when she waved Li Cong walked in front of him, although the old king is no longer an official in the court, he still has the courtesy he should have, and he can't blow him out in front of others. This is true from my own family, and the young man in front of me can be regarded as handsome, so I want to hear what he has to say?

"Hi, Mr. Wang, I'm Cao Ke from Cao's House, I'm sorry to bother you, because I have a lot of important things to talk to you, and I think you are the same as the one I want to say. I'm very interested. I know exactly how you were demoted back then. Let's see if this is your memorial. It took me a lot of effort to find it. Li Cong said Wan Wan took out the memorial from his arms. This thing can be said to be very important. This thing is only available in the palace. I really didn't expect Li Cong to get this thing too. What does this mean? Are you telling yourself about his ability? It is indeed impossible for ordinary people to get it. Even if you can get it, it is just a handwritten copy. Five pages, but this is it.

Mr. Cao, I have not been an official in the court for many years. I don't know a lot about the outside world. I was too presumptuous just now. Please come in. Although my home is simple, it is still clean and can be used to entertain guests. Old Wang recognized Li. This person is Cong, and his friend is also a bit strange. Although Li Cong showed Lao Wang his strength, there is no need to treat him as a guest. This is inconsistent with some of Lao Wang's previous performances. Could it be that this old Wang is a person with different tongues? In the past, he always pretended to be unworthy of himself. It is no wonder that his friend has such thoughts. In fact, in the past, Lao Wang just didn't want to have trouble with other things. interested. He was most interested in his own ambitions back then. If the emperor of the Eastern Empire listened to his opinion. Now the ships of the Eastern Empire must be running across the entire ocean.

Is it just the boats running? That's not right, you should see the large geographical benefits brought by these ships when they are running, according to what was said in the original memorial. If the Eastern Empire government can build 100,000 large ships and allow them to travel between the other four major empires, this is only the first phase of the plan. Although such a number is not a lot, it can still reach the Eastern Empire’s fiscal revenue every year. The financial revenue of the Eastern Empire was about 4 trillion silver. If it was 20%, it would increase by 800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000. If it develops to the present, it can increase the financial revenue of the Eastern Empire by several levels, which may be more than the current total, but there is only one chance, and you have already lost it. Now people have passed this opportunity. .

"Although Mr. Wang's house is not very big, it can be seen that everything in this house is very delicate, and I can tell the way out of many things. It can be seen that Mr. Wang has literary skills People, the characters written here are also vigorous and powerful, if I wrote them down, it would definitely not have this effect." Li Cong saw a huge herringbone written on it as soon as he entered the door, which seemed to be hung by some families on the earth. Similarly, few people on this planet can write this word, but there are many on this earth. Li Cong commented on this word. It can be said that the comment went to the heart of this old king. Over the years, his There has never been a guest at home, even if his calligraphy has improved too fast, no one told him, he can't praise himself, he has a smile on his face after listening to Li Cong's words, Li Cong I seldom flatter people but have been very powerful in the past few years.

"Sir Cao, stop talking nonsense. This is just my usual handwriting. There are many calligraphers in the empire. I can't even explain their superficiality. Just look at this and this of mine back then. The calligraphy is really not very good. So, now I seem to feel that it is a bit embarrassing to stick it out, but I didn't expect to use this calligraphy to write a memorial to His Majesty the Emperor back then. Maybe it was because of the poor handwriting that I am now This is the result." Old Wang is also a thoughtful person, he calmly turned the matter back to this memorial, how could a person who understands so well as His Majesty the Emperor, be so ignorant because of the words on a memorial? If the writing is good or not, a senior official of the court will be dismissed from office. He said these words to let Li Cong feel his own thoughts, and let Li Cong talk about what is going on? How can your Cao's firm be able to realize this plan? It's useless for you to just praise me, you have to see if you have the determination, we are not easy to fool.

Mr. Wang's handwriting is indeed good, but I know that the content is 10,000 times more exciting than my own. I used to have such a dream, but it's a little smaller here. I never had a clue about the ideal. , and Mr. Wang's deeds can be said to be written in my heart, exporting something and importing something, trading on both sides, both sides benefit, both sides make money, this kind of thing is not something ordinary people can do. Looking at the position of Minister of the Ministry of Accounting for Mr. Wang back then, it was considered inferior. The position of the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting is almost the same, but I am a business here. If I want that kind of political status, I have no way to get it for Mr. Wang. Yes, but if Mr. Wang wants a title to pass on to his descendants, I still got this. Li Cong set his own price? Who doesn't want to let their children and grandchildren live better, and who doesn't want to let themselves be able to glorify their ancestors, this can be regarded as getting Mr. Wang's itching.

Mr. Cao was joking. In fact, I don't have much pursuit of those things anymore. I just think that if I survive this life, what should I leave for these people? By the end of the year, this will be my lifelong ambition. Now, if Cao Da can help me realize this ambition, I think I will be very grateful to Cao Cao. As for those high-ranking officials and generous salary, I don’t want it anymore. Although this Lord Wang said so, Li Cong's eyes flickered when he saw him just now, and he understood what he should do. Scholars are all good-faced. If he asks himself, he must be inferior As long as he directly brings this thing to him, he will never refuse it. This is the face of scholars. Li Cong has studied it for a while, and he has studied it thoroughly. It doesn't make sense anymore, it's just a perception.

But if you investigate carefully, you can know that Mr. Wang was born in a poor family. Although there are a few acres of Susukida in his family, all the land was sold for him to study. There are four brothers. It can be said that it can only be a well-off life. It is not bad to be able to eat enough, and only he has achieved the position of a high-ranking official in the capital. The other brothers want to rely on it to gain some glory. Unexpectedly, they want When he was in the light, he was directly dismissed from office and went home. These brothers didn't take the light, so they had everything they said, right? Back then, you shouldn’t have tightened your belt to let you study, so what can you do if you have completed your studies? He can't even support himself, making these nephews and nieces look down on him. Now he also wants a title and a good life. Let these brothers see that he is definitely not a waste. He definitely didn't read the books back then. Go into the dog's stomach, but His Majesty the Emperor would definitely not give him such a chance, but Li Cong gave him such a chance.

Opportunities like this don't come often, and Li Cong won't be waiting for this guy all the time, but he's still very useful right now, so I have to wait for this guy. I hope he can give me a very good time good answer. (To be continued..)