In fact, some people have learned about this method of doing things at Caojia Commercial Bank before, but not many people say that this method is effective. They all feel that this method is also possible for them. They won’t wait until Caojia Commercial Bank starts putting out meat buns.
It has also started, but their meat buns are relatively good on the surface. It is not that there is no grain business among these hundreds of counties and cities. Li Cong has said before that the profit of this grain business can be said to be not very high.
Big, but the victory lies in stability. If you are doing other businesses, you would not dare to say that this business is drought-proof, but grain trading is definitely not, and the profit is only more than ten percent. But for this business,
There are a lot of people, especially those who need to expand their influence and whose families are relatively wealthy. Generally speaking, these are some local famous families. They are the first-class grain merchants. They usually control the
Most of the grain sales in the county and some grains from other places require their approval. It can be said that the development of the Cao Family Trading Company will offend their business the most.
The second-class grain merchants are the small landowners in the countryside. They all have their own farmland and their own tenants. Although they do not necessarily have a lot of grain, they can also control the grain trading in some counties and towns.
Yes, of course, there are some problems with the quality of their food. All they want is to make money, and they don't need so much so-called reputation. In their view, the money in the middle is the most important thing.
, as for other things, that is impossible. They also need those things, but in their hearts, money is more important.
Although Cao's Trading Company's business has also begun to reach towns and villages, the impact on them has not been great, mainly because their prices are basically at the same level as those of Cao's Trading Company. These people also
We are not afraid of people from the Cao Family Trading Company coming to fight price wars. The food of the Cao Family Trading Company needs to be transported. Although they have a professional transportation team, it is also a waste of money. For them, the food is obtained from the fields.
Just bring it to a town more than ten miles away. If nothing else, they can save a lot of money. Of course, the quality of their food is not comparable to that of the Cao Family Trading Company.
By the way, many people have also said that they can spit out half a mouthful of sand after eating the food.
If they were in some big cities, they might not be able to do business. But in places like the countryside, most people still eat coarse grains. This is not something that the people of the Cao Family Trading Company can do. All they sell are fine grains.
For the majority of ordinary people, this kind of fine grains is not something that ordinary people can eat. Many people as big as Zhang have never eaten a few meals of fine grains. For them, as long as they have something to fill their stomachs, as for
The rest of the things, such as the taste and so on, they will not even think about, what is the use of those things, even the most delicious things are just food, after eating a meal, it will take a while to digest.
Don't you have to come out of your own place? Although it doesn't sound very nice, the principle is the same. It is better to use these few meals of fine food to replace one's own coarse food for a month. At least this way, I will feel more comfortable.
To outsiders, he doesn’t look like a prodigal, does he?
This is how it seems to the country people. Even if your harvest is better this year, if there is no wedding or festival at home, why can't you use fine grains? Everyone is in the fields tending the crops.
We all know that fine grains are hard-earned. If you eat fine grains, you will not be able to live well, unless your family has some other ways to make money, but the common people in the countryside live by guarding their few acres of thin farmland.
, this would not be done if there were other ways to make money. The common people can only get more than three hundred kilograms of wheat per acre of land, one-tenth of which is the tax paid to the court. This tenth
One is to give it to the landlord's family, and the remaining 80% is your own. In a good year, it is only more than 200 kilograms. In a bad year, there is no such thing. If you can feed yourself for a year, you have to
Take these to exchange for coarse grains.
In response to the counterattack of these grain merchants against the Cao Family Commercial Bank, the Cao Family Commercial Bank naturally has its own methods. Price reduction is just one aspect. The Cao Family Commercial Bank also needs profits. If it is just a price war, it will not be a good thing for itself.
In this way, Wu Liu and Bai Er have been thinking about it for a long time. Li gave them a way from this, that is, to cooperate with some local landowners and farmers. This cooperation is to combine your
The land is left to us to take care of. Now you can bring up the amount of grain you produce each year. I will give you 10% more than this by this time next year.
These landowners and farmers were all dumbfounded. Of course they knew that this must be the Cao Family Trading Company that was going to cut off other grain trading firms. What did the *** say? These old farmers were also dumbfounded. How should they do this?
Yes? You have discussed it directly with the landlords. What should we do? The rent they pay to the landlords every year is not a lot, at most one-tenth, which is only a few dozen kilograms of grain per acre of land.
, the food in this era is really pitiful, and it is only harvested once a year. Although there will be some other things planted in a few months in between, the value of these things is not very high.
This is how the Cao Family Trading Company plans to sign a contract with the landlord. All you need to do is lease all the land under your control to the Cao Family Trading Company. It will be for twenty years in one go. You don’t have to pay anything during these twenty years.
It doesn't matter what happens to you. We will rent the land to you for twenty years at a time. Whether you want money or food, it all depends on your wishes. In the past, one acre of land
That is to say, 10% of the harvest belongs to you. Although you will use other things to get an extra 10%, it will not be on the table after all, right? The most you can get is one or two silver per acre of land every year. It is different now.
Yes, we will give you twice as much, just two taels of silver. This amount will make these rich landlords stupid.
They all followed those farmers who were stupid. Those farmers didn't know what to do without their own land. It's okay to say that they couldn't figure it out in their heads, but why did these landlords also become stupid? It turns out that they
They all thought that there might be some mineral deposits or something in their own land. Did the people from Cao's Trading Company discover something? If so, it might really be possible. People like them can do anything.
But when they inquired about it, it seemed that this was definitely not the case. They had rented all the surrounding land. Is it possible that the surrounding land was full of things like this? That is absolutely impossible. If there are all
If so, how many things would be needed? It is absolutely impossible.
No one here is a fool. The income now is twice as much as before. If you don’t do such things, then your life will really be in vain these years. They have all lost their family land.
Take it out. These landowners have 100 hectares and 80 hectares. Although it is very troublesome to deal with it, the people from Cao's Trading Company quickly got these things done. 100 hectares here is 10,000 acres.
He is definitely a big landowner. He only earns 0,000 taels of silver a year. In the past twenty years, it is 4,000,000,000 taels of silver. Even if he buys this land, he will not spend that much money.
Is the treatment given by Cao's Commercial Bank too high? It's definitely not high. If Li Cong buys all the land, it will be a bit difficult. These landowners are definitely not willing to do it.
, if they don’t rent it to themselves, they can only watch others become stronger than themselves. Selling land is a prodigal business for them. They can only increase the land while they are alive, which is absolutely not allowed to be sold.
There is no psychological burden when renting. You have money to hold on to, and you can also let these people make money for you. Why not do that? You can't find anything like this.
Naturally, Li Cong will not lose money. If he uses his own seeds for one acre of land every year, it will definitely be three crops a year. The output of one acre of land every year is more than 3,000 kilograms. According to the current price, it will be three crops a year.
Those who produce more than 45 taels of silver can get out the land rent for twenty years in one year, and the rest will be earned in vain. Otherwise, science is the primary productive force, and these seeds are all
The genes have been modified. It is impossible for these guys to obtain these seeds, so Li Cong's is absolutely safe.
As for those farmers who have no land, Li Cong has also made arrangements for them. In the past, if you worked hard for a year, you would be able to leave more than 200 kilograms of grain for yourself, right? Some of them are made by the whole family, but now
It is still the same as before. Of course, after your grain is produced, it will no longer be yours. You must hand over the grain to the Cao Family Trading Company every year. Of course, your income will also be doubled. One acre of land.
Each person can get 400 kilograms of grain every year, which is twice as much as before. This kind of thing made them dumbfounded. Of course, you also told them when you signed the contract with them. Although you
You can get twice the income, but I have told you clearly that your workload will also triple. If no one can do it, then I can only say sorry and you will be unemployed in the future.
The most important thing for farm men is their strength. In fact, in the past, they spent more than half of the year resting at home with nothing to do. Everyone was so exhausted that they just put in a little more effort.
, it’s not like I haven’t worked hard. In the past, I used my efforts in useless places. Now it’s natural to do it. It started as a county and then this pattern began to sweep through the first one.
There are 0 counties and cities. Wu Liu and the others thought of only 600 counties and cities, but they asked Li Cong to more than double the number. Such a thing was difficult for them to do at first, but now it seems that there is nothing.
It's difficult, but it's normal to do these things. Nowadays, these people are very motivated.
Li Cong used mechanized operations on the earth and the rty planet, but this cannot be done here. The islands in the sea also use mechanization, but this is the mainland. In the past few years, Li Cong did not want to
Let these people enter food production. After all, we still have enough food. Now it seems that if we want to tie up all these people, we can just use this method. Now they are all our own tenants. If we leave them, it will be impossible.
It is impossible to continue working.
The property rights are not my own yet, so that doesn’t matter. My fist is not very strong now, so of course I have to listen to you. If my fist becomes stronger in the future, it’s not just you who has the final say in this matter. Who has the stronger fist?
Anyone can make the rules, and this can definitely be passed. However, the amount of money Li Cong took out this time is definitely not a small amount. It took Li Cong 40 taels of silver per acre of land to accomplish this, plus
Other surveying costs, such as at least 50 taels of silver, cost Li Cong 750 million taels of silver. The average cultivated land of a county town exceeds 15 million acres. Li Cong came up with the entire plan.
Trillions of silver. It is estimated that Li Cong is the only one who can make such a big deal. Everyone else has seen that Li Cong has invested a lot, but only Li Cong knows it. By this time next year, all the food will be delivered to him.
For the common people, they have also received benefits. In the future, they will get fine grains. Their food has improved very well. Of course, if they want to eat coarse grains, you
You have to find a place to exchange it by yourself, because the cultivated land within thousands of miles around is owned by people from the Cao Family Trading Company, so there is no place to exchange it.
No matter what you all thought at that time, the whole world has become like what Xi'an is now. You have to pay attention to some things now. Everyone in the world is following the Cao family.
The trading company has a constant relationship, so what will happen even if Prince Ning comes back? Will I go hang out with Prince Ning? Unless there is something wrong with my brain, otherwise I will never wear the same pants with Prince Ning.
, this kind of danger is really too great. King Ning is very powerful, but that was all a few years ago. In the past, King Ning was considered the boss here, but now who is King Ning? He is nothing.
King Ning is just a passer-by. In the future, the term King Ning will disappear from this land. When any dynasty is newly established, there will be some old and young people from the previous dynasty, because if the previous dynasty is restored, they will all be considered good.
Ability, but now if King Ning wants to restore the land, it is absolutely impossible, because the owner here is the Cao Family Trading Company.
This is just some people's thoughts, definitely not Li Cong's thoughts. Now Li Cong wants to erase the Eastern Empire from this territory. Although the fiefdom given to Li Cong by the imperial court is the province of King Ning back then,
But the dozens of surrounding provinces can be said to be the sphere of influence of the Cao Family Trading Company, because these places used to be within the sphere of influence of King Ning. Now, although King Ning is coming back, they are not
Will you listen to what King Ning says? It is definitely a fact that everyone is pushing against the wall. However, none of these officials had much dealing with the court in the past. Except for a few who became tainted witnesses for the court, the others
Most of the people had issues with the imperial court. For example, in the past, when the imperial court’s orders came to me, no one would bother with it. Most of them were waiting for orders from Prince Ning. His Majesty the Emperor said
East, but as long as King Ning talks about the West, no one will say anything about all these things, because they all know that the emperor cannot kill him here, but it is very possible for King Ning to kill him,
Prince Ning could do whatever he wanted, and the imperial court sent officials here, both the prince and the imperial envoy, but what was the final result?
If the prince comes, Prince Ning cannot do anything to the prince in order to maintain the support of the men in the clan, so what Prince Ning has to do is to instruct his servants to do this beautifully.
Liang, no matter how many people come, we can't let people go back without anything. If this spreads around, others will definitely say that we people in Prince Ning's Mansion are incapable of doing things. We can't let people say that about ourselves.
Let’s not face this anymore. Last time, a prince came to check on King Ning’s army. It was obvious that there were nearly half a million more troops, but in the end King Ning spent more than one billion worth of money to deal with this matter.
It was saved. What this guy said when he went back was that the number was correct. His Majesty the Emperor's spies naturally knew what was going on, but that's what the imperial envoy said. What can His Majesty the Emperor do? Do you mean that you don't believe the minister in front of you? Tell him.
Do you have spies around Prince Ning? If that's the case, should the emperor still go down? That won't work either.
If you don't believe it, you can ask another minister to come over. Of course His Majesty the Emperor has used this method, but in the end he knew that it was impossible. It was impossible for those people to draw any conclusions.
They have been officials for such a long time, how could they not know what is going on in the imperial court? What would the emperor do even if he knew the truth? At most, Prince Ning would be reprimanded for a while.
Over the years, King Ning has definitely received a lot of reprimands, one after another. Even if all the ministers in the court were added up, they probably wouldn't be as many as him. Over the years, King Ning has been too lazy to deal with these things.
Never mind. He won't care what these things turn out to be in the end. Just do whatever you like with these things. Anyway, they have nothing to do with him. They are just imperial edicts. Praise is just one sentence, and punishment is also one sentence.
As long as I, Prince Ning, stand in the way, what can I do to myself, as long as I don't rebel? Everything is nonsense.
This was what King Ning had originally thought. Naturally, the ministers in the court also understood this matter. Each one of them knew clearly what was going on with King Ning, so they also knew how to deal with such things.
, His Majesty the Emperor asked us to go over, so we will go over. What to say and how to repay is naturally what the prince who came back earlier said, so we will just say it. As for the future, we will not care about it. After so many years, everyone has
I know, Prince Ning is pretty good at what he does. As long as one person says that, he will make it happen. If someone says something different later, he won’t be able to bear it, right? Of course.
, Sometimes His Majesty the Emperor will let some young and energetic people go there. Each of those people are very powerful. After they go there, they will not care about Prince Ning. They will do what they want anyway.
You are doing things, but what is the final result of doing things like this? In the beginning, Prince Ning will entertain you with good wine and delicious food. If you can listen to this advice, everything will be easy to talk about in the future. But if you don’t
Listen, if you still want to follow your own wishes, then I can only take off your head. This is how Prince Ning always does things. Even if you are very powerful, it doesn't matter. There are so many ministers in front of you.
Your life must be saved, right?
Over time, the officials who came to this area were not very obedient to the central government. Just like now, they didn't know how to go in the future. If King Ning had not fallen, they would have twisted into a rope.
Now, it is not easy for His Majesty the Emperor to insert his own people. Now that King Ning is gone, there is no one among them who is highly respected and can make others listen to his words, so they can only start to split.
Everyone believed that they could succeed King Ning and gain such great power. Of course, they did not think that they could be the same as King Ning. What was King Ning’s biggest strength? It was not that he could not be killed unless he rebelled.
The imperial edict, each of them has that thing. If they also had that thing, they would definitely do something. Unfortunately, they don’t have that thing, so they can only hope that they can integrate some forces.
, in the end, as long as you can be a high-ranking member of one party, the court cannot touch you, and you will not do anything out of the ordinary, as long as the two sides reach a balance, but this is not an easy thing, so
There is a degree that many people do not grasp well, and those who do not grasp it well can only lose their lives.
The Cao Family Trading Company will never let such a semi-enclosed place become the territory of the Eastern Empire. As long as there is such a state of division, it can be said that most of the territory of the Eastern Empire is still in the hands of the Emperor.
However, there are also more than a dozen counties and cities and one province in the hands of Li Cong. Li Cong naturally has to take good care of these places. There are also fifty provinces in the hands of the Linghu family. Now
They couldn't give Li Cong any help, because they could be said to have suffered heavy losses during the retreat. Of course, a skinny camel was bigger than a horse. All they could do now was to contain a large number of the Eastern Empire's troops.
, this is also the only place where they are useful. If they are not even useful for this, Li Cong will not cooperate with him.
It turned out that Li Cong couldn't give up these areas of influence of King Ning. This was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. However, before Li Cong came into contact with them, Li Cong's Cao Family Trading Firm had already started to compete with some of their firms.
Most of their governors and governors have their own grain stores. Although they don't pay much attention to such a business, Li has been using this to operate since he came up. He has not given them any face at all, no matter who
To say that such things are not very good, these people are all angry in their hearts, but they think that someone as strong as King Ning did not do anything to the Cao family business, on the contrary, they did so to themselves in the end.
It's embarrassing. If they also follow King Ning's example, what good results will they get in the end? They will be killed directly. Thinking of this, everyone wants to maintain a relationship of neither close nor far from the Cao family business.
Relationship, it would be best if that was the case. It would be an independent strength and could bargain with the imperial court. It would also make the people of the Cao Family Trading Company not look down on themselves so much. This might not have been a difficult thing in the past. But now
They don't have that chance anymore, and the Cao Family Trading Company will not give them that chance. It can be seen from today's meeting.
There are nearly 8 billion people in the 50 provinces. Some senior officials here also know that they should do something now. If they don't do something now, there will be trouble in the future. In the past, Prince Ning's Mansion also
There are many people here, although they are all aides of Prince Ning's Mansion. Now that Prince Ning's Mansion has fallen, it is said that they no longer have the same power as before, but now it seems that they are still guests here.
The other reason is that they only understand the situation in this area, and others will not understand the things here at all. Even if they do, they are not as clear as they are. Just think of the big families below.
Although they knew some things about the governor and so on, because King Ning did not allow them to contact each other in the past, all they knew was their own part of Hu Siqing. Other than that, the other parts had nothing to do with them.
I don't want to know, as long as I am living a good life, but this was established yesterday, and now Prince Ning has fallen. If we don't unite well, I really don't know what will happen in the future.
"Everyone, this gentleman is Jia Nanbo, the former first counselor of Prince Ning. I believe everyone knows him. Now he is no longer with Prince Ning's mansion. Although he is no longer an aide to Prince Ning, he is very important to us.
I think everyone has a very clear understanding of the region. If the gentleman is ranked second, I guess no one will be ranked first. How about we just listen to what the gentleman says?" The person who spoke was one of them.
Governor, it can be said that he is the governor of a relatively powerful province. This guy has been Prince Ning's lackey for many times. Many people think that he is just a flatterer. But today, each of these people
I got to know this fat guy again. This fat guy is definitely completely different from before. This guy is very powerful in his heart. Although there are several organizers of this meeting, they really want to integrate
Among these powerful people, this guy is the first active person. It is this guy's handiwork that has secured such a safe place today. In such a place, so many officials all follow this consumption law every day.
The consumption is definitely not a small amount, but now this guy doesn't even blink his eyes. Many people said before that this guy seems to be Prince Ning's pocketbook. Is this statement correct? Now look at it.
It's possible. A meeting can cost tens of millions of dollars in one day. Most people don't have the power. Only people with real money dare to do that. Others naturally don't have the courage.
, even if there was one, it wouldn’t be that courageous.
Although everyone underestimated this fat man, everyone still knew Jia Nanbo very well, and they all had a little respect in their hearts. For the staff, in their opinion, he was behind the scenes.
Shameful guys, although some of the things they do can sometimes affect many people, few people still look down on them. In fact, this is the fastest way to advance. Of course, the former
The person you are following can go on like that. If he can't go on, his life will be over. Just like Prince Ning, there are hundreds of staff in Prince Ning's palace, but now? Most of them are
They have been divided up by these people present. Although their current treatment is not as good as before Ning Wang, they can only do this. Otherwise, what can they do out there? In addition to knowing a little bit about writing, they don’t know how to do it.
What's the matter? Do you want to go back to your hometown and become a teacher? Although you can have enough food and clothing, this society still respects scholars very much, but they are already used to such a life. If you go back
Naturally, everyone would not want to do that. It would be better to serve as an aide to these governors.
When King Ning fell, many people wanted to get in touch with Jia Nanbo. These people were also relatively powerful people, and they all knew clearly that Jia Nanbo was no ordinary person. Back then,
But the first place in the palace examination, I don’t know how King Ning got this guy. At the beginning, His Majesty the Emperor used a lot of high-ranking officials and generous salaries to keep this guy in the capital, and he was even the fifth grade.
Starting from the beginning. If this guy has been with His Majesty the Emperor, he will definitely have a position as the Minister of the Sixth Department now. With such treatment at the age of fifty, the entire court probably only has Wang Quantai who has this matter with him.
After a while, the other people are no match for them. Many people believe that this guy will stay in the capital. Although many big families have extended their olive branches, no one will believe him.
Will accept the invitation of any big family, but what happened next? Prince Ning just talked with this guy for less than an afternoon. No one knows what Prince Ning talked about with him, but one fact is
Now, King Ning took this guy back to his fiefdom, nw province. This was something that no one expected. Many people were curious about what King Ning had done, what kind of price he offered, and how he was alive again.
What does this guy need?
This matter left many people unable to find the answer they wanted, but in the end, someone still knew a little bit of the details. Although no one could guess what Prince Ning said, but this guy's life in the past few years can be said to be...
He lived a very good life. For this reason, most people also believed that the price paid by King Ning to be fired was not low. I really didn’t expect that after ten years in Hedong and ten years in Hexi, he could follow King Ning to this land.
Above, now it is this guy who started to betray Prince Ning.
In fact, King Ning didn't really want such a staff at the beginning. He just wanted the Emperor to look ugly. Didn't you fall in love with this guy? I just want to let you know that although you are the emperor's younger brother, many people
Even if you don’t think highly of you, he will follow me. Although you feel uncomfortable, I don’t have to worry about what you think. Such things make His Majesty the Emperor really angry, but I can’t
What to do to this guy, because this Jia Nanbo has dismissed all the official positions in the court, and he has no one in his family, it is impossible to do anything to this guy.
At the beginning, when this guy came to King Ning's territory, not many people paid attention to this guy. Most people wanted to see this guy's jokes. Who knew that within a few years, King Ning would fall in love with this guy?
Guy, what I mean here is naturally not the same as a man falling in love with a woman, but the talent of this guy. It seems that this guy is really good and a useful person. This guy has also begun to analyze some military and national affairs.
Many people also know about this young guy, and many people have had meals and chatted with him. This guy is definitely not a boastful person, he has his own real story.
"We have read some of your previous works. We are also aware of your affairs in many cases. I wonder what you are going to say this time? We are all waiting and seeing. His Highness Prince Ning has not come back yet.
, if we come back, I think our place will be different, and we really need a new way of doing things." A guy below said, this guy and the fat man are related to each other, and now the two of them have stepped forward to speak.
Well, of course there is a reason for this. Aren't these guys just asking Jia Nanbo to talk about what's on his mind? What good things can happen?
"Haha, of course I don't dare to talk about the works. I have only been following His Highness Prince Ning for a longer time. In fact, my brain is not smarter than yours. Many times, I make my own correct analysis based on intelligence from various places.
Most of the time, this information is sent by you, but the information you know is not as comprehensive as the information I know, so I can say so many words, but if it comes to my brain, I can't."
The guy said humbly. Although everyone knew that this guy was humble, he would still be somewhat happy when a smart person said such compliments.
"What you said is so humble. In the past, we all knew your ability. We don't need to be so modest. In fact, we all know that many things were done by your husband. In fact, if Cao's Trading Company hadn't been so tyrannical this time,
If we had intervened at once, I think we would not be so passive now, and His Highness Prince Ning would be able to sit back and relax. It would be impossible for the imperial court to take action against us. Speaking of which, the Cao Family Firm is definitely our largest company.
Of our enemies." What the fat man said made many people hate the Cao Family Trading Company. What he said was absolutely true. This damn Cao Family Trading Company didn't come in to do business at first, but they
There have been some recent moves, which are not what serious businessmen should do.
Many people with better brains have also thought that what this fat man said was bad things about the Cao Family Trading Company. If this continues, there will definitely be something big. What does this fat man mean? Could it be that this
Is this guy a member of the imperial court? If so, he is really hiding too deep. Fatty has to say some things about the imperial court like this. Everyone has their own Xiao Jiujiu in their hearts. If only the relationship with the imperial court was not so bad in the past.
If so, you can naturally go back to the imperial court, but the relationship with the imperial court is so bad now. If you go back, let alone your official title, you may not be able to keep your own head.
"Your Majesty, the governor is right. You may not be very clear about the intentions of the Cao Family Trading Company. I also know something about them. Some of their actions in other empires are also very dangerous. According to me,
As we know, the current relationship between the Cao Family Trading Company and the other three empires is not very good. They also hate what the Cao Family Trading Company does. It has no other meaning. It is mainly because of the greed of the Cao Family Trading Company." Jia said.