Unknowingly, the attitude of Li Daguan, the shopkeeper of major coal shops, quietly changed several times, from ignorance to concern, and from concern to awe. In business, money is equal to status, and a person who can spend ten
A person with ten thousand taels of silver is certainly worthy of respect, whether he borrowed it or not.
Li You could easily force them to suspend the market just by controlling public opinion, so perhaps he could comfort himself by saying that public opinion in the market was not the key factor; now Li You had an extra hundred thousand taels of silver in his hand, enough to kill them dozens of times in an instant.
What else is there to say?
Although Li You was expressionless and calm at this time, as if one hundred thousand taels of silver was nothing, he felt extremely comfortable - it felt so good to knock someone unconscious with money! It was different from being an official!
Just like in the sentence "With a hundred thousand guan attached to my waist, I rode a crane to Yangzhou", the fun part is that I went to Yangzhou with 100,000 guan.
In fact, it was enough to ask shopkeeper Gao to come forward and announce the acquisition news at the office. Li You, as the owner, did not have to do it himself. But Li Daguan was often short of money in his life, and later he could not be too tacky as an official. It was rare to experience spending money on it.
People feel happy, so I come here in person in vain.
His goal was achieved. After personally releasing this shocking number, Li You intuitively felt the changes in other people's attitudes towards him, which was very subtle.
Shopkeeper Ye, who was sitting first on the left side of Li You, was the first to wake up from the number of one hundred thousand taels and also noticed something unusual. He immediately realized that Li You came here just to show off the funds he controlled. As for the purpose, of course
It’s heart-breaking! Use huge amounts of money to attack people’s hearts and create instability!
Li You felt that the method had been effective, so he stood up and cupped his hands around him, "That's it. Farewell!" Then he led shopkeeper Gao out of the lobby.
The shopkeepers watched Li Daguan leave with one hundred thousand taels in his arms, and then they started talking among themselves. Naturally, the topic couldn't be separated from Li You and his one hundred thousand taels, and the whole hall was filled with excitement.
Are the consequences showing now? The head of the Coal Industry Association, Mr. Ye, the boss, secretly frowned. If it were normal, everyone would have turned around and asked themselves what to do instead of talking about it. This has been going on for half a quarter of an hour. Maybe.
Everyone is unintentional. But there is an inevitable behind the accident, and this unintentionality can also reflect many situations.
Maybe he was too sensitive and thought too much, the old shopkeeper coughed heavily as he thought about it.
The shopkeepers turned their attention back to Mr. Ye, waiting for his insights. He could see the old Mr. Ye frowning in thought sometimes, and then relaxing his brows, as if he had endless ideas.
In the end, Mr. Ye, the shopkeeper, waved his hand and said calmly: "As for the current plan, there is no other way. I have to ask the eunuchs." He defeated the Ten Clubs with one force and faced Ju Wu who held one hundred thousand cash in hand.
Pa, how could they, poor people who are short of money, be able to fight with shopping mall methods...
On the way back to Taisheng Coal Shop, shopkeeper Gao felt extremely proud. He had been a shopkeeper all his life and always handled thousands of taels of silver. Now it seems that he has a chance to become a big shopkeeper in charge of one hundred thousand silver. He will have no regrets in this life!
Thinking of this, he admired Li Daguan very much and said: "My boss is indeed very capable. He can easily mobilize one hundred thousand taels of silver, which is enough to sweep the coal market."
Li You shook his head, "Even you were fooled? This loan voucher looks genuine, but in fact it is only for others to see. How can you really get a loan of 100,000 taels of silver? It would be good to have 20,000 to 30,000 taels."
Hearing this, shopkeeper Gao was dumbfounded. It turned out that the loan voucher of one hundred thousand taels was just a worthless thing...
Huichang Bank is a small bank. In the past, the credit was mainly guaranteed by the Lu family, but now there are only a hundred thousand taels of silver on the counter. The Gou family promised to find 200,000 taels of silver, but they haven't collected enough yet.
Li You could use Taisheng Coal Shop as a mortgage and borrow eight thousand taels from Huichang Bank, but if he wanted to get one hundred thousand taels, he would almost have to empty the bank. How is this possible?
Therefore, the IOU promising 100,000 taels in Li Daguan's hand looks very scary, but in fact it is almost the same as a white note. It is just a picture of a cake to satisfy hunger or a paper tiger to scare people.
Shopkeeper Gao's dream of handling one hundred thousand silver had only appeared for a quarter of an hour before it was quickly shattered. At the same time, he also suddenly realized why the owner was so entangled in buying the shop owner of Zhongmei Shop for not three taels nor one tael, but two taels.
price.
The current average hoarding cost is about one tael or seven dollars. If the price of one tael is offered, the coal shop owners will not consider losing money for the time being. Instead, they will wonder whether Mr. Li Daguan has so much money. Otherwise, why would he be so stingy about it?
Such a low price.
If you offer a price of three taels and can pay in cash, I'm afraid the coal shop owners will come crying and sell them. Rather than selling them piecemeal at a price of four taels, it is better to sell them in one go at a price of three taels.
Sell all the coal to Li You, it's worth making a little less.
As for the guild, it would be nonsense if it dares to stop it. Shopkeeper Gao knows very well that when there are real interests, the guild cannot stop the shopkeepers. If pressed, they can split off and establish another guild.
But the price of Erliang, which is neither high nor low, and is only slightly higher than the cost, makes the shopkeepers entangled. Selling it has the advantage of quickly recovering the money, at least maintaining the cost, and avoiding uncertain risks in the future (a situation that was already very certain).
After Li You disrupted the situation, it became unpredictable again); but there is also a disadvantage, there is really not much profit, and after deducting labor, there will not be a few taels of silver left.
Now Shopkeeper Gao completely understands that the owner deliberately offered such a hesitant price. The purpose is to show off his wealth and shock people, and to prevent the coal shop shopkeepers from treating him like a fat sheep and pounce on him to sell coal.
It would be embarrassing if you can't get the money. In short, it is to show that there are many people with money here who are not stupid, so don't try to take advantage!
After understanding these principles, Shopkeeper Gao couldn't help but sigh. When it comes to political scheming, he still has a lot to learn in this regard. The boss is indeed a big shot who has seen the world.
Li You thought silently, first show his ability, then show him his wealth, let them know that they can't compete with means, and they can't compete with money. As a last resort, they should always move characters like Mr. Huang from Xixin Company to others.
Are you out yet?
He dared to conclude that as long as the coal shop owners had nothing to do, the relevant eunuchs would definitely jump out. Tens of thousands of taels of silver were at risk of losing money, which was enough to make those money-loving father-in-laws red-eyed.
The next day, the entire coal market was quiet, and other coal shops closed their coal yard doors again. Taisheng Coal Shop continued to sell "Qingtian Coal" with a total limit of 60,000 kilograms, and there were also several people who came here because of the reputation, and they must buy "Shanxin Coal"
of quality customers.
Except for the overcrowding of tens of thousands of people, which inevitably caused bumps and bruises and a few quarrels, everything else was uneventful. By noon, the low-priced coal had been sold out, and the crowd gradually dispersed.
Li You opened a small stove in the inner courtyard, serving two meat and two vegetables plus top-quality Jiangnan white grains. Unfortunately, he only ate half of it when he heard Han Zong shouting outside: "Master! That Eunuch Huang from last time is here!"
"Tell him to wait!" Li You ordered. He thought to himself, these eunuchs who were able to sneak into the deputy director position in the dark palace are really not stupid. They know to come here when the crowd has dispersed. Otherwise, tens of thousands of people will be angry.
Xiangxiang, no one is responsible for beating him to death.
Li You ate, wiped clean, and had a good sleep before getting up to meet the guests. He saw Mr. Huang, the eunuch deputy of the right division of the Xixin Department and the supervisor of the West Factory, holding tea, calm and relaxed, and not smiling.
Sitting in the hall, chatting wordlessly with shopkeeper Gao.
Seeing Li You, Eunuch Huang put down his tea cup, raised his hand and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time. Mr. Li turned out to have made a fortune here. Congratulations, and I wish you a prosperous future!"
If you say this to a former official who once held great power, anyone who is not a fool can hear the irony in it. If a high-ranking official does it, who wants to make a fortune as a merchant?
Li You knew that he was in this situation now and there was nothing to worry about, so he snorted coldly and just asked: "There are a lot of expenses at the end of the year. If you don't burn charcoal in the West Factory, why are you here?"
Huang Gonggong said with a sinister smile: "Of course it has something to do with your shop. I recruit you as shopkeepers and we will make a fortune together in the future."
The so-called shopkeepers are designated purchasing merchants who are recruited by the government or the imperial family. As mentioned earlier, it is very deceptive to act as a shopkeeper in this world. A merchant acting as a shopkeeper can be compared to a strong man being conscripted into a corvée.
The government or the big houses designate shops to purchase goods, and then sell them to the government and the big houses for use. This is called hemai. The name is nice and friendly, but in fact the price given is often only half of the market price, and the merchants can only swallow it. Otherwise, why are pawnshops being compared?
In order to serve? Any businessman who is designated as a shop owner will always find ways to create obstacles in order to cancel the shop owner.
How could Li You not understand this and immediately refused: "There are no extra goods in the store and there is no supply! Therefore, we cannot be recruited!"
Deputy Huang Si said confidently: "If people in the Ming Dynasty don't tell secrets, how can you say that there is no goods in your shop? There are always more than 100,000 kilograms of coal."
Li You was as impatient as swatting away flies, waving his hands and saying: "Don't stir up trouble, be careful about settling accounts later! Get out of here as soon as possible!"
Eunuch Huang's face changed, and his voice became sharper. He pointed at Li You and scolded: "I'm recruiting you, I can't tolerate your refusal!" Then he shouted to the eunuch behind him: "Bring it here!"
Then he saw the little eunuch taking out a thick roll of fine yellow paper from his arms and handing it to Deputy Huang. Based on the width and pattern, Li You guessed that it was a royal seal.
Eunuch Huang opened a seal and said: "The coal stored in your store will be purchased and sealed for the time being for the royal use. The price will be settled later! Go to the coal yard now and block access! Li You, do you dare to resist the royal call?
Otherwise, you won’t even care if you go to the prison!"
Li You looked at Eunuch Huang for a moment, then suddenly shouted: "Hit him!"
"What to hit?" Eunuch Huang didn't respond.
Several domestic slaves who had been waiting nearby suddenly all started to attack. Led by Han Zong, they pulled out wooden sticks from the corner and under the table, tightly surrounded Eunuch Huang and the two attendants, and tried to cover their faces.
Hit him hard.
Eunuch Huang was unprepared. He did not expect to be violently attacked. After a few rounds, he fell to the ground, but the evil slaves of the Li family still did not stop. A beating and kicking only left Eunuch Huang's skin and flesh bruised.
He was bruised, and his screams and pleas for mercy were ignored. But the other two young eunuchs were only knocked aside and no one paid attention to them, and they suffered much lighter punishment.
The Li family slaves surrounding Eunuch Huang got out of the way. Li You walked over and squatted beside Eunuch Huang's head, mockingly saying: "I've already disliked you, and you're asking for trouble!"
Then he shouted to the two young eunuchs: "Get up and carry Eunuch Huang away! Don't dirty the floor tiles here!"
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