The reason why he was willing to sell a gift box to Mother Zhang in advance for 1,500 taels of silver was not because he wanted to please Mother Zhang. The main reason was that he was almost out of money!
Originally, after he led his troops to sweep through the bandit strongholds in Jiangling County last year, he already had more than a hundred thousand taels of silver in his hands!
However, during the severe cold winter last year, he spent 40,000 to 50,000 taels just to buy food and provide relief to the victims!
The village is engaged in various construction projects, which is like burning money. It has already spent forty to fifty thousand taels so far!
This time I came to Suzhou Prefecture. In order to prepare for the business, I spent tens of thousands of taels of silver on the preliminary preparations!
In the past two days, the total amount of money spent on purchasing metallurgical raw materials and craftsmen exceeded 10,000 taels.
These major items alone almost emptied his family fortune!
Moreover, various construction projects in the village are still in full swing, and they are still purchasing a large amount of grain from other places for reserves. Zhang Lie's craftsman camp is a bottomless pit of money!
In addition, after the expansion of the army last winter, the total number of Linshan troops under his command has exceeded 800, and the number of workers in the village has exceeded 5,000!
Such soldiers' military pay and workers' monthly salary require a large sum of money every month!
He also allowed everyone in the village to enjoy free medical care and the children to enjoy free education, which was also a huge expense!
If you are not a home owner, you don’t know that oil and salt are expensive!
Today, Lin Xu is already short of money and stretched!
This time he came to Suzhou to open a business. Although he had decided to stay in Suzhou, he did not buy real estate. Instead, he rented a house as a place to live. This was not because he did not like the house, but because
No money!
Sun Chong will return to the village soon. Yesterday, Sun Chong expressed to him in a subtle way that the money in the village was a little nervous.
Therefore, he had no choice but to come up with this strategy. He wanted to sell some gift boxes to Zhang's mother in advance to raise some money for Sun Chong to take back to meet his urgent needs.
Of course, in the long run, Lin Xu will not be anxious about money at all.
As long as Lin Shan's store is open, he will definitely make a lot of money from the sales of soaps, perfumes, or perfume bottles, and he may never have to worry about money again.
In fact, the preparations for the opening of the business have basically been completed. The reason why it has not yet opened is because he has to wait for a big shot to come back.
This big shot is naturally Zhou Changmin, the governor of Jiangsu!
After all, we are doing business on someone else's territory. We will officially open the business after he comes back. If Zhou Changmin is interested, he can also invite Zhou Changmin to attend or even cut the ribbon. This is not only a sign of respect for Zhou Changmin, but also a sign of respect for Zhou Changmin.
Let Zhou Changmin endorse his business name.
Suzhou Prefecture is a mixed place. After his business opens, there will inevitably be various people who come to collect money, such as the Ax Gang, who is the first gang to openly come to collect protection fees.
Although he is not afraid of these garbage, even if he is chasing dogs with a stick, if there are too many dogs and cats coming to the door, just chasing them away with a stick will be very time-consuming, right?
Therefore, when the business is opening, if a feudal official like Zhou Changmin comes to the platform, those cats and dogs will definitely think carefully about whether they are powerful enough to come here to harvest wool!
In this way, it will definitely save a lot of trouble! This chapter has been completed!