The little princess finally woke up when she was about to arrive at the pier. Although she and Li Cong were already married, sleeping next to Li Cong was a very luxurious thing for him. Li Cong was not unwilling, in fact
Even Li Cong doesn't have that kind of time. It can be said that the time the two mayors spend together is very little. The things the two people usually talk about a lot are not the emotional issues between the two people, but are either things here or things there.
, as if he had done everything under the sun, but didn’t mind his own business..
"Little lazy boy, open your eyes and look here. This is the freight terminal and passenger terminal we recently invested in. Over there is the freight terminal, and the place we are walking here is the passenger terminal. At present, the large passenger terminal on the Red River has been opened.
Some shipping operations have been completed. Hundreds of cities in dozens of provinces along the Red River have our own docks. As long as we pay the minimum price, we can transport everyone there safely. Look, we will be there soon.
A passenger ship has set off, and it looks like there are quite a lot of people on it." Li Cong pointed to a large ship not far away and said, this is an all-wooden ship. If it were a wooden ship on earth, it might be
You can't install a motor, but everything is possible here. Maybe it's because the wood here is much stronger than on Earth. Even if there is a motor, there won't be any problems. At least it hasn't happened in such a long time.
Any questions.
The little princess opened her eyes and looked at a place not far ahead. There were two large merchant ships parked. The appearance of the two ships was basically the same, but one of them kept people walking across the bridge.
There were no people on the other boat, but the one with no people on it looked more luxurious from here.
"Why is there only one ship leaving? Isn't that one going?" The little princess didn't understand. He saw that there were already many people outside the merchant ship here, but there was nothing to arrange on the other side.
What do you mean by people boarding the ship, the ship won't leave? But if it doesn't leave, the people below will definitely not be able to fit on the ship.
"Haha, the guests on that boat have just arrived. How could they leave? That is our yacht. Although there are many people down here, no one can get on that boat. Only the two of us belong to that boat.
Guests, as for the following people you mentioned, not all of them are taking this ship. There are also many who are waiting for the ship from the county to the east. Each ship has some departure
"Some of them are passers-by, and the guests are all different, and we have made reasonable arrangements." Li Cong said with a smile. In fact, there are still big loopholes in the current ticket system. If there are people on earth
That kind of networking would be great, but unfortunately we don’t have that kind of technology now, and we still have the same old problems. Even if we had those technologies, I guess no one here would use them, and it would still become a pile of waste. If
In that case, it is better not to do it, and there is no need to risk causing trouble in the world.
When the little princess heard that the beautiful passenger ship belonged to her and Li Cong, her face started to heat up. How come this person didn't pay attention to what he said? You can say such things, you know that there are more than just people around here.
It's just the two of me. If everyone hears this, how can I see anyone? I looked around and found that no one was looking here except for the few wooden guards. Most of the people were looking around.
They are busy getting on the boat. Although they all have tickets in their hands, they may not all get on. After all, it depends on how many people are on the boat. If there is a place for them, they will naturally be allowed on.
, if you don’t have a seat, you can only wait until later. It’s just like those buses on the earth. Anyway, Li Cong is the one who makes the rules at this time, so he can do whatever he says. Those people don’t even know now.
What are your legal rights?
"Master, you are here. Everything is ready. The crew on the ship are all our own. Our ship is very different from ordinary passenger ships. You can't tell anything about it in appearance.
, but the interior is definitely different from that of a passenger ship. There are only fifteen bedrooms inside, and there is a large living room in the middle, so that Master, you can entertain some of your friends on it. We have also dismantled some different rooms on the deck.
Necessary things are best seen when sightseeing. We also hired some better cooks in the kitchen. The supplies on board can allow the ship to sail for fifteen days without supplies. Are you satisfied?
?" Gu Xin is responsible for doing this. Many people in charge think that Gu Xin does this not to lower his status, but to get a promotion. The young master can hand over the things he uses to Gu Xin.
To do it shows that you have absolute trust in this guy.
"Well, this preparation work is still very good. I will go up and experience it for myself later. This luxury liner will also be one of our projects in the future. I will be the first one to eat crabs. Let's take a look at you.
What is the service like? You have to tell the people below that their customers in the future will definitely be non-responsible people. I may be the first one they encounter and the best service they encounter.
Customers, if it were anyone else, I would probably not have such a good temper as me. When the time comes, I would ask them to be smarter one by one. No matter what the customers’ ideas are, they should be satisfied with whatever they can. Of course
There is no need to do things that endanger safety. Other book friends are reading: "The people on the ship probably don't have the brains for VIP service yet, so Li Cong can only teach them bit by bit. Li Cong...
It's not like they should just care about their life and death just to please those rich people. A boss like that won't last long, and his employees won't work hard for such a boss. If there is such a boss, they will really "work hard."
, instead of working, many staff in Fugui Club are like this.
"Master, I have also read all the training theories you gave them. So far, they are all OK. I have read them all very carefully, but in practice, there will still be some mistakes.
, we can only slowly rectify this matter from practice, what do you think?" Gu Xin said with a little embarrassment. In fact, Li Cong also knew this guy's difficulties. After all, these things were not in the past.
They have appeared on this planet, and it is already very good that they have the ability to do this.
"Haha, don't tell me what difficulties you have. I know you all have your own difficulties, but this project is a project that we must start. If it wasn't so difficult, I wouldn't let you come and take care of it yourself.
Well, my wife and I will go to the ship today to try out how your preparations have been over the past few months. You take a pen and paper, and I will ask you to correct some mistakes when you go up." Li Cong's words made Gu Xin excited.
My self-esteem was really hit hard. Why did I ask myself to correct it before I even went up? Maybe he didn’t make a mistake. Of course Li Cong has his own self-confidence. How could there be no mistakes in the above? How many of them are there?
There will be mistakes. After all, nothing above has ever appeared before. Although there is already such a set of service rules in the Grand Hyatt Hotel, when it comes to the decoration of some ornaments and other things, this ancient heart does not have its own
Will play.
The little princess didn't have the time to wait for Li Cong, so she quickly went up by herself. Everything up here was performed very well. This was the first time for the little princess to be so close on the Red River. Li Cong took command.
A few people followed closely and went to take a look at this luxury ship with Gu Xin. There seemed to be something missing on it. Something was missing from the beginning. Li Cong tried hard to think about those luxury cruise ships on the earth. By the way,
There is a lack of welcome here.
"Gu Xin, this place is the place we came up from. You go and find me four, yes, four beautiful girls. Wear some cooler clothes and stand here as welcome guests. They are welcome.
People, as long as someone comes up, they will bow immediately and say welcome to the Cao Family Merchant's VIP ship. Yes, just say that. Then lay out the red carpet here and see how you can look so good in what you are wearing.
It's bare, it really doesn't feel like this." Li Cong pointed to the wooden deck and said, if this were on earth, it would definitely be natural. Many luxury cruise ships still look like this.
, but this is not the earth. All the ships here have wooden planks exposed. If this continues, no one will probably want to come here. If they are the same as ordinary passenger ships, what's the point?
What's fun?
"Also, on this deck, there must be a greeter at a distance of five meters. They must understand some basic conditions on the ship. If someone comes out to ask questions or something, they must greet them immediately.
Yes, any requests from guests must be resolved as soon as possible." Li Cong looked at the outside and said, adding those people, it shouldn't be as empty as it is now. As long as there are people, the remaining
things will be fine.
"Master, if there are so many people on this ship, I think our expenses will increase a lot." Gu Xin calculated and said, if according to what the master said, there will be at least hundreds of people on this ship.
"Increase in expenses? This is no problem. Just get it back from the guests. When I built the Grand Hyatt Hotel, many people told me that the expenses were too high, but now, no one will say it.
If a Grand Hyatt hotel is located in a provincial capital, its profit will exceed three million silver per day, and if it is located in a county town, it will also earn one million. Such income is not considered to be much." Li Cong said with a smile, how can you make money without spending money?
Well, the first thing a person who knows how to make money thinks about is how to spend money, so that the guests here feel that this is where they should spend their money. After they enjoy it for the first time, they will be even happier next time.
, they will continue to spend money here.
Gu Xin thought about it at this time. Many people were opposed to the young master's idea at the beginning, just like Dukang wine. Many people felt that the young master's original prediction was too good. They would never believe how a wine could be a
It brought hundreds of billions of silver in revenue to the Chamber of Commerce every month. When the results came out, it was really surprising. It was much higher than the good medicine the young master predicted. It has only been a few months.
Now, there are so many people clamoring to increase quotas in various places. Most dealers feel that the goods are not enough. Every time the goods have not been shipped, one by one they have already started to rush to buy.
"What kind of material is this door made of? Why does it look so ordinary to me?" Li Cong said when he was about to walk into the cabin. The door on this cabin seemed to be the same thing as on the ordinary merchant ships over there. How could this happen?
Yes, only one person can enter or exit.
"Master, this is the same as the one on the merchant ship over there. It is made of some luxurious nanmu. It is considered a good thing, but it is not an ordinary thing." Gu Xin quickly stood up and said, this thing is amazing
They are not ordinary things. I have been running around for a long time for these things. The price of a door is only two taels of silver, which is enough for an ordinary family to feed for two months. This is considered luxurious enough.
Okay. And this door can also release water on the water.
"Remember one important point, as long as it is something that is on ordinary merchant ships, it is not allowed here. Even if the ordinary merchant ships carry gold, then you have to give me silver here. You must let these rich people see that they are here
Come to a different place from ordinary people. What is the enjoyment of aristocrats? We are here to provide such enjoyment. Only those with money can enjoy it. If you don't have money, I'm sorry, you can only go to the ordinary passenger ship next to it.
This is what we are pursuing. This door was replaced immediately. The material can still be this material, but it needs to be edged with silver or gold. There is no problem in increasing the cost. Calculate
Well, just go to gold, silver makes us look too immodest." Li Cong said, Gu Xin quickly wrote down what on earth is in this young master's mind, why can't he think of so many good things?
Well, people can imagine that there is a huge gap between our brains and other people’s brains.
After entering, Li Cong took a look at the guest room. This one was similar to the one in the Grand Hyatt Hotel, except that the guest room seemed a little smaller. Ordinary passenger ships would transport thousands of people, but this ship only transported a few dozen people.
There are only a hundred or ten people at most, so the space here is already very large. There are three levels of guest rooms: large, medium and small.
"Just demolish the smallest guest room for me. There is no need to build three levels of guest rooms. All are of two levels. And prepare ten of the first level and two of the second level." Li
Cong said with a smile, Gu Xin probably couldn't guess what these rich people were thinking, but Li Cong knew it very well. People like them will want the best in everything. If they meet their friends
If so, even if they live in a smaller class, they will want to change to a larger one. They won't care about the small amount of money. All they care about is their own face. This is a boat for eating, drinking and having fun. They will definitely
They don’t care about their little money. What they really care about is what others think of them. If others are in the first class and you are in the second class, what will others think of you? It doesn’t matter whether you are under the boat or not.
No matter what your status is, you have already lost a lot on this ship.
Gu Xin had not thought of this before, but now after Li Cong said it, he suddenly understood that this is just like the guest rooms of the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The largest ones cost tens of thousands of silver a day, but they are full every day.
The minimum is a few hundred silver a day, and it seems that sometimes there is room. Basically, poor people will not go to such a place, but for the rich, if they go to ordinary guest rooms, it will definitely be temporary.
, that’s waiting to see if there are VIP rooms.
"And this living room, try to make it more splendid for me. What kind of tableware are these?" When he walked to the hall downstairs, Li Cong also saw that there were too many inappropriate places in these places. This Gu Xin's head was going to be big.
My dear, there are more than 30 inappropriate ones from the time we came in. What exactly does the young master want to transform this ship into? If it is completed according to the young master's idea, it will probably be...
Nothing is authentic anymore. The original cost of the entire ship was only more than 200,000 taels of silver. However, after the modification according to Li Cong's method, it is estimated that the cost will increase several times. I don't know if the cost can be paid by then.
Take it back.
"Master, this tableware is very expensive. They are all made of South China Sea jade. Each one is priceless." Gu Xin said, thinking that you can't say that this thing is not expensive enough, right?
A pair of bowls and chopsticks costs more than fifty taels of silver. It is unlikely that ordinary wealthy people will have access to such things.
"This has also been changed. Even I don't recognize this thing you made, and most people are even less likely to recognize it. Now it has been changed to gold. There is also this tabletop, which is made into a golden color, and this screen.
Yes. Our first batch of customers cannot be those who are too noble, because those people have to wait for a while before they come up to test the waters. Things like luxury goods started with the nouveau riche. What do they know?
They probably don't know the jade from the South China Sea or even the one from the East China Sea. What they know best is gold and silver. As long as it's gold, it will definitely be the most valuable thing when it comes to them, and they care about it the most.
"Li Cong is absolutely sure about these nouveau riche. At this moment, he thought of the coal bosses on the earth. Each of them is very conspicuous, covered with gold and gold.
He is afraid that others will not know that he is rich.
After walking around for a while, I finished all the things that Li Cong couldn't see. The little princess also enjoyed it. I walked around with Li Cong for two times. She also gave some opinions. Gu Xin said about the boss's wife.
I have carefully written down my opinions, for no other reason than that the proprietress belongs to a princess. She is very knowledgeable about enjoyment and other things. From the time she was born, she has eaten and used food that ordinary people have seen all her life.
Things that can't be found, yes, there is such a gimmick, royal enjoyment. When Gu Xin said this, Li Cong was really happy. This kid's head is really good, he can think of this.
It's really impressive, it's very clever.
After having dinner on the deck, Li Cong took a look at the scenery on both sides of the river. It was really good. In fact, there is a very large red light district along the Hong River at night. From here to the end of the Red River, it is like this for tens of thousands of miles.
It seems that we have to have what we need on this boat. It would not be a good idea to ask this question in front of the little princess. This should be discussed carefully when no one is around.
"Ms. sir, I have an idea and I don't know whether I should say it or not?" The little princess is no longer a child. She is naturally aware of these things on both sides. What can she think? Li Cong looked at himself strangely.
's daughter-in-law.
"Since we have already launched the royal brand, I think you should have a good relationship with the royal people. Otherwise, they will be enough for us to drink from one hat in the future. This matter still needs to involve the royal people.
That's all right. There are also people serving on this ship. I don't know how the palace maids in the Western Empire are dealt with. In the Northern Empire, there is such a process. As long as the palace maids are 22 years old, they have to be released. In
They are all too old in the palace, and His Majesty is unlikely to have any interest in these people, so they all have to go out to find their own way. They can only serve others and have no regard for the world outside.
I understand, so their lives are very miserable. If we need someone to serve, we can consider them." Li Congzhen was really surprised by the little princess's words. He really didn't expect that his little wife also knew about it.
There are so many things, and I have opened a royal brand. Naturally, it is best for the person who uses it to come from the palace. In this way, I can have a real royal enjoyment, not just a gimmick.
Simply speaking, as for the relationship with the royal family, there should be no problem. This ship can be called a royal cruise ship. Then it should be no problem to give the royal family a sum of money. They have financial revenue there.
No problem. This era is not the same as the era on earth. People think that prostitution is a very shameless thing. The feudal ethics here don't care much about it. Besides, many scholars like this thing the most.
Already.
"Haha, your proposal is really good. Without your proposal, I think we would just have a name. With this proposal, it is really good. Why did you think of this?"
Li Cong smiled and said, his little daughter-in-law never leaves the house all day long. This idea is really puzzling. Did the little princess often understand the problems of his maids in the past?
"It's because the palace maids around me are all old, and my husband has no intention of asking them to serve as bed attendants. I asked my mother last time, and my mother's intention was to let them marry among the stewards of the palace.
, if they have other ideas, I will also give them dowry. Two of the three palace maids have settled down in the house of the housekeeper, and the other one has gone back to his hometown with his cousin. I only found out a few days ago
His cousin was not a person who lived well at all, and he had nothing at home. He ended up in a casino, and because he had no money, he sold my palace maid on a flower boat. I later found out that many palace maids were actually
They are unwilling to go out. They came to the palace when they were very young. It can be said that they don’t know any means of making a living. For them, everything in the palace has been deeply introduced into their minds.
He is very unfamiliar with the outside world. If he goes out by himself, he will definitely starve to death. In fact, this kind of thing also happens within the big family. Yes, if my husband wants to recruit such people, there will be a lot of them. I also
You can write a letter to the eunuch in charge of the capital. I think they will give me a face for this kind of thing." The little princess said with some regret. Later, he also asked someone to redeem the palace maid, but
The trauma caused is something that will last a lifetime.
"So that's it. Well, speaking of it, these people are actually very miserable. We have to tell them what we are going to do here. Otherwise, when people come here, they may not be willing to do our work.
"Li Cong said. Those people are also children from poor families. The two of them talked about some such topics, and each of them lost the intention to continue playing. They were ready to go back.
When he got off the boat, Li Cong saw a large area of land not far away that was very conspicuous. Because this was by the river, there were some buildings in most places, but there was nothing in that place.
"What is it used for, and why is it vacant?" Li Cong asked.
"Master, I only found out about that place yesterday. It is Prince Hagen's place in the capital. Prince Hagen's people may know about our plans for the villa area in the Northern Empire. He seems to be doing this too. These days
By daybreak, several groups of us have received invitations from Prince Hagen. He seems to want to compete with us. We have not yet started the plan for the villa area in the Western Empire." This is because the news is not that big yet.
It was accurate, so Gu Xin didn't report it to Li Cong immediately. Now that Li Cong asked about it, he told him directly.
"Haha, you can never achieve any good results by picking off people's wisdom. Since he wants to do this, I will just let him do it. It is impossible for our people to be poached by them. Let's see when the time comes.
What should this guy do? There are still many things we have not perfected in the plan for this villa area, let alone what this guy did, there will be things he will regret when the time comes." Li Cong said with a smile.
, If you want to trade guns with me, you are really a little naive. If this villa area was similar on the outside without everything inside, it would probably be the same thing by then. And without all the overwhelming publicity, this
A real estate property can only be regarded as a real estate property and cannot be used as an investment. You will suffer losses no matter what.
"We also collected some intelligence about Prince Hagen. Our shipping encountered some troubles some time ago. It seems that Prince Hagen was also responsible for it. However, a very important person within them gave us the information. That
The person is Na Qing, the uncle of the current Dynasty. They were originally a small group. Later, it seemed that there was a rift between the two of them because of something wrong with the uncle of the country. The villa area that imitates ours is also the uncle of the country.
It's for us." Gu Xin explained everything to Li Cong clearly. All he needed to do was to provide information. It was Li Cong's business to decide, and he had no right.
"Haha, maybe it's because our image has become a bit friendly to the people during this period, so that they don't know what is going on with us. Everyone thinks that I am easy to bully. It seems that Prince Hagen is
We are a living target for them. We are developing relatively fast in the Western Empire. This is seen by many people, but I don’t think they know how strong we are. Anyway, ask the people below to follow Hagen.
The prince began to seize the land. No matter what price they offered, we just continued to follow. But remember, we have to give up at the last moment. If they don't want some, we can also buy it. It's not very easy to buy.
To suffer a loss, I just want to increase the investment cost of Prince Hagen a little bit. In addition, we ask some associations in the city to help us, threaten their construction workers, and give them some trouble if they don't get out, those fortune tellers
There are also storytellers, give them some money and ask them to promote Prince Hagen's prescription." Li Cong said with a smile, just taking out two people will make a real estate stink. This
If they all hit together, Prince Hagen would be dead this time. Gu Xin on the side quickly wrote it down. Why didn't he have so many clever ideas?
It can be said that Prince Hagen's life has been pretty good recently. Although he has lost some income from river transportation, and Li Cong's tentacles in the trading business are not that long, he has not suffered much losses. This guy's
A piece of news that his servants brought back to him in the Northern Empire made him extremely happy. It was the plan for the villa area. Several of Li Cong's villa areas had achieved unprecedented success after they were launched. He also took a fancy to this profit.
, so this guy used some of his business as collateral with several big banks and got a loan of more than one billion dollars. He wanted to start a plan to build this villa area across the country. He also thought that he would be able to have one in a year.
Several times the profit.
Prince Hagen’s idea is very good, but many things are not what you want. Your plagiarism is very good, but it is the same as some plagiarism companies on the earth. Just copy it.
It's just a surface. He didn't copy the connotation. It's not that easy for him to get the connotation. Some key places are Li Cong's core employees, and they will not be tempted by various interests to follow you.
That would be a huge insult to them, so a few days later, Prince Hagen received very bad news.
First of all, the wealthy businessmen on the market have received a copy of the Cao Family Trading Company's Happy Harbor Plan, which describes in detail what the rich community will be like in the future and how the various supporting facilities will be established.
The introduction is very detailed. It can be said that even people who don’t want to buy a house still want to see what this ideal house is like. Prince Hagen also received one, and he was still enjoying it at the beginning.
Looking at the things above, he suddenly started to sweat all over. Damn, this is the counterattack of the Cao Family Commercial Bank. The location of his land is good, but it does not have such a large area. What does it say?
We don’t have the space to build aristocratic schools, high-end medical clinics and the like. If we build all these things, we will definitely have less houses to build. If it doesn’t work, we have to make remedial measures ourselves.
"Come on, come quickly, ask Shan Qing to come in and see me." Prince Hagen said loudly. This Shan Qing is the person assigned by Prince Hagen to be responsible for this matter, and he is also the manager of most of the business aspects of the palace.
"Sir, are you looking for me?" Shan Qing is in the capital. Hearing that his master is looking for him, he quickly abandons the people who are eating with him. Each of these guys wants to curry favor with him and get some benefits from his own hands.
Those who go out are looking for their own master. Without the prince, they are nothing.
"Nonsense, it's okay. Why did I ask you to come here? You should tell me immediately to double the land we have bought in the surrounding area. No, double it." Prince Hagen said grumpily, if he hadn't still counted on this guy.
If he was doing something for himself, he would probably have to go up and beat this guy up hard. He was capable of such a thing, and quite a few of the servants in this mansion were beaten up by this guy.
"Buy twice the land? Master, have you seen our development plan? Although the price of this land is not very high, if we continue to buy it, we won't have enough money. We have already spent ten dollars.
We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to buy tens of thousands of pieces of land. If we continue to buy it, the price may be several times higher, at least three billion dollars. What do you think of this money?" Shan Qing said in confusion, you can't just
Just ask me to do something for you. Although you are wearing the name of the Prince's Mansion, we also know that you, the Prince's Mansion, don't have much ability. You spent three billion yuan here at once.
It seems a bit impossible.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Just do it right away when I tell you to do it. Just take my post and go to the major banks in the city to get a loan. Do you need me to teach you such a thing?" Prince Hagen said.
I'm going to lose my mind now. I have to ask myself such a thing. I really don't know how these bastards usually do things. If I have better talents, I will definitely send this guy out.
dog.
"Master, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. It would be no problem for our royal family to use a few million silver to just go to any bank, but this three billion silver is really a bit...a bit big.
, Besides, we have already borrowed more than one billion in silver before, and we haven't paid it back yet. If we continue to borrow money, we will need to mortgage it." Shan Qing said carefully, as a prince, we may not be able to do such a thing.
I will consider it. If you are Prince Zheng, I guess it will be no problem for him to get tens of billions of money in one sentence, but we can't compare with him. Although you are a prince like them, you have no problem in the court.
For a little matter, the people below are all operating on their own laurels. Over the years, Prince Hagen's Mansion has become worse than the previous generation. Although these businessmen will not offend you, but this loan of three billion silver, as long as they are not fools, they will
You will definitely not be asked to do this.
"Asshole, you can't handle such a small thing. Mortgage the things in the warehouse. Take as much as you have. This must be done quickly. We must mortgage all the farms and other buildings in the palace. We must take them.
If we don't have this money, otherwise the billions we invested may be wasted." Prince Hagen roared, he now also saw Li Cong's sinister intentions, even a fool would choose to buy a house.
The one in Cao's Commercial Bank has nothing to do with this one. They will really lose money by then. Most of the land they bought back at a high price. If they continue to sell it, they know that their
In this situation, the original price will definitely not be paid, and the borrowed money needs to be returned to others, isn't it? There are several people who open the bank without their own power. According to his information, the backends of these banks are some.
The dukes and princes don't think much of themselves. They are all descendants of the clan. Although their titles are different, they are all brothers. Are they still afraid of themselves?
"Yes, yes, this slave is going down to do something right now." Seeing that the man waving his fist was about to hit him, he quickly avoided it. If he continued here, he would definitely be beaten and unable to be found.
Bei, it's better that you do less of this kind of thing, otherwise you will really get beaten up a few times. This master of yours...
This was what Li Cong wanted. Anyway, he still had a lot of trump cards. It took Shan Qing half a month to get the loan. But when he went to acquire the land, the original owners were all gone.
Said the owner has changed... (To be continued...)