South Zhili, Yangzhou Prefecture, on a main road leading to Harbor City.
A logistics caravan with thirty-eight four-wheeled carriages was heading east at a neither fast nor slow speed.
Right in front of the caravan, a strong man was riding on a white horse. He was holding a bamboo pole in his hand and holding a cover with the four simplified Chinese characters "Tiancheng Logistics" written on it, which was quite eye-catching.
This man is Li Zicheng, no, Li Yecheng.
The logistics caravan behind him is the "Tiancheng Logistics Transport Team" jointly founded by him and his brothers. It has been established for more than half a year. At the beginning, there were only eight four-wheeled carriages, and later it increased to eighteen and twenty.
From eight vehicles to the current thirty-eight vehicles - it has been expanded three times in a relatively short period of time, from a small logistics transport team to a medium-sized transport team, with the ability to transport up to 2,000 shi of materials at a time.
Since its establishment, it has run more than 20 orders, ranging from three to five days to half a month, and the transportation distance ranges from dozens to hundreds of miles, but it has not made much money.
The main reason is that those old brothers spend money too lavishly. They often stay in high-end inns, order good wine and meat, and eat poorly. They also spend lavishly on other expenses. In addition, the logistics caravan has expanded many times, so they can't save money.
.
We can only rest on our past laurels.
However, their capital was limited. They went back to search all the more than 20 locations on the treasure map. In some places, the treasures were still there, in others they had been dug up. After selling them all, they got a total of 90,000 yuan.
More than 7,000 silver dollars in cash.
It was replaced by 38 tire-type carriages (two thousand silver dollars per vehicle).
Bought another 100 healthy horses (one hundred silver dollars per horse).
I also bought all the old brothers beautiful and fashionable outfits.
Coupled with this, I have lived a high-consumption life that I have never had to live with for more than half a year.
And then...the money ran out.
Almost none of the cash on him was spent. Everyone was very surprised, except Li Zicheng, who was in charge of accounting.
At this time, Li Zicheng called all the old brothers together and said to them seriously: "Brothers, all the extravagant money on hand has been spent. It's time for us to calm down and get down to business. If we continue to be so lavish, we will have to try it."
It feels like being hungry."
"Business?"
Liu Zongmin immediately became excited: "Brother, I have set my sights on a large household in Bozhou. Its defense can only be described as extremely loose. The mansion covers an area of dozens of acres, and there are only a few housekeepers. The courtyard walls are very low. In addition,
The head of the household is very stingy and has aroused the hatred of countless people in the local area. We broke up this big household just to eliminate harm for the people."
Gao Yigong also said: "The last time I passed by Guide Mansion, I also noticed that a high official had just resigned from the capital and returned to his hometown. There were more than two hundred carriages transporting property. I don't know how much money he had embezzled.
If we can take down this corrupt official, brother, we might not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of our lives."
Liu Fangliang said: "That's right, brother, the Central Plains area has only been free of chaos for two years, and so many fat sheep have appeared all of a sudden. It shows that the people's lives are miserable. Someone is urgently needed to uphold justice for them. Someone needs to take them to do justice."
It’s a great cause, and if we don’t do this kind of thing, who will dare to do it? If we don’t take the lead, who will take the lead? This logistics and other things are simply a waste of life, so we should sell the transportation team quickly, this is not doing our job properly!”
Hear these words from them.
Li Zicheng was so depressed that he almost vomited blood.
It's the other way around.
What he wanted to say was that these old brothers were all on the wrong side, and no one understood his good intentions.
"If we talk about rebellion, do you have the ability of King Chuang (Gao Yingxiang)? King Chuang fell into trouble at the hands of the imperial court. How can you be so virtuous and capable? You think you will be more powerful than King Chuang and finally seize the Ming Dynasty.
, how confident are you that you can accomplish something?" Li Zicheng asked with a dark face.
"Brother, how dare I think so far? I just want to make more money."
"That's right, there's no guarantee of making a fortune, but there's no guarantee of making a lot of money, it's very big!"
"The worst we can do is to bury all the treasures when the imperial court launches a siege and spread them around to hide from the limelight. When the limelight passes, enough money to last a lifetime will belong to us."
Liu Zongmin and other wise men said.
Don’t change your thief nature, don’t change your thief nature.
Li Zicheng felt very helpless. Although what these old brothers said was correct and very reasonable, could this thief last a lifetime?
Not getting caught once or twice is luck.
Three times and five times is strength.
However, if you try to fish out of the way dozens of times, you will always miss something. This is called walking by the river often without getting your shoes wet.
No one can guarantee that his luck will always be good and his strength will always be strong. Once he accidentally stumbles, his head will fall to the ground and everything will be over.
That is really a wrong path that cannot be continued forever.
Li Zicheng had no choice but to patiently do their ideological work and said: "Since ancient times, have you seen people who have gone astray and ended up with a good end in the end? Can we be thieves for the rest of our lives? What will we do when we can no longer carry the knife?"
What will we do when we have children? Do we want them to follow our old path? Although running logistics and delivering goods is hard, it can last for a long time. You can feel at ease when you do it. You don’t have to worry about it every day. You don’t have to fight with a knife to support your wife and children. This is
That is the true righteousness.”
"Look at Xujiazhuang. Did they develop by stealing and robbing? Do they need to hide their faces and dare not show their true colors? Do they need to worry that their children will not inherit wealth? No, Xujiazhuang has come to this day in an upright manner.
At this step, we don’t learn from Xu Jiazhuang, but instead learn from King Chuang who has already been punished. How unwise.”
Li Zicheng shook his head repeatedly.
"Brother, what you said makes sense, but I'm not a business person. What should I do?" Liu Zongmin said with a distressed look on his face.
"If you don't have a business mind, just work harder. I'll take care of the business. I'll revitalize our transportation team and find a way to make a lot of money." Li Zicheng said.
"Brother, I support you!"
At this time, Hidetoshi Tami said: "Brothers, the eldest brother has worked so hard for our own good. Why don't we give him a chance and follow him to work hard for a year. If you can make money, continue to work. If you are exhausted, you will be exhausted."
If you make money, you still have to live a cool and unrestrained life. What do you think?"
Gao Yigong nodded: "Okay, I think it's okay."
The other brothers also expressed their willingness to work with their eldest brother for a year without any complaints, but if that doesn't work, they have to listen to them.
"Okay, just one year, I will convince you!"
Li Zicheng nodded and accepted the one-year agreement.
…
After everyone in the caravan reaches a unified mind.
Li Zicheng began to rack his brains, trying to run the logistics caravan well and improve the profitability of the transportation team.
How to achieve high profits?
There are three ways: transporting high-value goods, taking long-distance orders, and running orders in dangerous and unstable areas.
If you go to a far away and very turbulent area and transport high-value goods, if you satisfy all three conditions, wouldn't you be able to make a lot of money with just one order?
And such orders do exist, but caravans without certain strength may not dare to accept such orders, but Li Zicheng has the courage!
soon.
Li Zicheng took his Tiancheng Logistics and Transportation Team to Hunan Road, which is more than two thousand miles away. From Tanzhou, he shipped two thousand stones of manganese ore, and then traveled by water and land for more than two thousand miles, back and forth.
It took nearly two months to finally transport this batch of manganese ore to Yangzhou Prefecture and will soon be sent to its final destination, Harbor City.
Because there are many bandits in Hunan, and there are many water bandits in the rivers and lakes.
Along the way, Li Zicheng and the others repelled more than 30 groups of bandits, large and small, killing more than 50 people and only a few of them were slightly injured.
I encountered seven or eight checkpoints set up by the government, but after I pulled out my sword and announced my name as Xujiazhuang, no one dared to stop me, saving me a lot of customs clearance fees.
April 20th, afternoon.
Under the warm sunset, the extremely majestic and modern Harbor City appeared in front of Li Zicheng and others.
It left an indelible impression on their minds, and everyone was dumbfounded.
"This, is this our mortal city? Why is it glowing everywhere, like a pile of gold and silver treasures? No, it is cleaner and more beautiful than gold and silver treasures." Liu Zongmin sighed.
"The Xu Family Manor I saw earlier is already very big and beautiful, and they are all fat and oily. I didn't expect the real Xu Family Manor to look like this." Gao Yigong said.
"I'm afraid there are countless rich people and fat sheep here. It's a pity that we don't have a million-strong army. If we can capture it, we will have food and clothing for ten or a hundred lifetimes." Liu Fangliang thought arrogantly.
"Stop thinking nonsense. Not to mention a million troops, even three million troops are useless. The people living here are not fat sheep, but powerful dragons. They can easily destroy us. Stop dreaming.
." Liu Zongmin, who always likes to talk about fat sheep, said with a very clear head at this moment.
Gao Yigong nodded: "If Xujiazhuang is not strong, it is impossible for us to draw our swords to scare them, and the officials will let them go. This shows that Xujiazhuang is so powerful that even those officials who are regarded as tigers and wolves by the people are afraid."
Li Zicheng said seriously: "There is no guarantee that you will get into trouble if you go against the imperial court. If you go against Xujiazhuang, you will definitely die. You all should be more honest. When you enter Harbor City, no one can act recklessly. Otherwise, I won't be able to protect you.
"
"yes, Sir."
…
the next day.
It took a lot of effort.
Enter Harbor City.
All two thousand pieces of manganese ore were successfully delivered, and Li Zicheng received the reward for this task: 12,000 silver dollars.
After deducting all expenses and costs, the net profit is about 8,000 silver dollars.
Divided by the 134 members of the caravan, the per capita income after this trip was nearly sixty silver dollars.
If this kind of mission is carried out five times a year, each person can earn about three hundred silver dollars.
Even if the other 121 members get less points and their 13 brothers get more points, it is estimated that they will only get a thousand silver dollars a year.
But at this figure, Liu Zongmin, Gao Yigong and other caravan members couldn't help but curl their lips and felt disdainful. They had worked hard for a year to earn such a small amount. There really was no future for them in Zhengxing.
Li Zicheng said solemnly: "Our scale is still small and our profits are not big. If we continue to increase investment and borrow money to buy more four-wheeled carriages, we can increase the scale to 100, 300, 500 or even thousands of carriages."
, we will make a lot of money. Each of us thirteen old brothers can earn at least 10,000 silver dollars per year. You believe me, within three years, no, two years, I will definitely help you achieve this goal.
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Liu Zongmin and others remained silent or shook their heads slightly, not particularly optimistic.
Li Zicheng went to Tianxiatong Bank that day and asked for a loan of 100,000 silver dollars and the purchase of fifty tire-type carriages. In order to make more money and change the mentality of his old brothers, he couldn't wait to join the bank.
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