Six hundred and thirty-five chapters Weng son-in-law on the report (seeking the month
Jin Wanwan and Gao Changjiang entered the inner city with their own concerns, found the Huizhou Guild Hall in the southeast of the city, and checked in. This kind of guild hall has always been multi-functional, serving as a hometown association, accommodation, catering, warehouse, intermediary, etc.
It is very suitable for merchants to stay temporarily. Then the two of them sent their respective entourages to deliver messages to several people they were visiting and agreed on a time to visit.
However, Li You said that after the newspaper under his control was on the right track, he became leisurely. He just read and published the newspaper step by step every day, which did not take much time and energy. Moreover, the articles of the big bosses did not need to be revised at all, so it was easy and worry-free.
Just because the issuance problem cannot be solved, the loss problem cannot be solved and can only be postponed for the time being. Anyway, the loss amount of two to three hundred taels a month can still be extracted from the household department.
When Jin Wanwan's visit message was delivered to Li You, he was neither at home nor at the Wenxuanyuan Yamen, but patrolling next door.
It is said that the family next door successfully obtained a good official position with the help of Li You, and they left Beijing as soon as spring to take office to make money. According to the agreement, Li You took over the house next door for free and called it East Courtyard.
"A lot of construction work is needed here." Li You sighed after walking around the east courtyard. At present, the porches, houses, corridors, etc. in the east courtyard are not suitable for use. Many places need to be rebuilt, not to mention that Li You plans to
Half of the east courtyard was demolished to create a garden.
The word "civil engineering" is easy to say and easy to write, but in fact it is inseparable from the word "money". Now is the time when Li You is short of money.
At the end of last year, Li You and the eldest princess teamed up to slaughter the eunuch's fat sheep in the coal trade and made a huge profit. This was the richest time for the Li family. But first they also paid the five yuan they owed Wu Anbo.
A thousand taels, and then I burned through the money when I made the declaration, and threw in a lot more. The investment has not been recovered yet.
At present, Li You's family has a lot of money. It is much richer than ordinary people, but it is not enough if they want to do a lot of construction.
Although there is a bank account with hundreds of thousands of money in the account, it is okay to borrow money from the bank account to do business, and it can be regarded as a normal loan relationship. If you want to use it to build a house and garden... I am afraid that after the news gets out, the bank account will
It will be bankrupted within three days.
While Li You was thinking about the worries about the expansion of his family home, Jin Wanwan's post arrived. He replied and said he would meet tomorrow. At the same time, he sent someone to inform his second roommate, Aunt Jin.
There was nothing to say all night, so Li You did not go to the office the next day and waited at home. In the morning, Jin Wanwan arrived from the Huizhou Guild Hall in Dongcheng.
After the greetings, Li You called out Aunt Jin first and let the father and daughter meet. After meeting, Aunt Jin retreated to prepare for the lunch banquet.
Watching his eldest daughter leave, Jin Wanwan thought of his other daughter in the palace and asked Li You: "There is no news about Su Niang in the palace. I wonder if this time..."
Li You said helplessly: "Old Taishan should know what the crime of transporting the inner palace is. At the moment, I only heard that the third sister is pregnant. Don't worry about the outcome. It will be known in two or three months. Find out more about the inner palace.
, this is really nothing but nothing to arouse suspicion, and there is nothing anyone can do.”
Jin Wanwan nodded silently. He should have realized the separation of flesh and blood when he sent his daughter to the palace.
"Did you not face any difficulties at the customs yesterday?" Li You asked kindly.
Jin Wanwan guessed that it was probably because Ambassador Lu had reported the news early, so he was not surprised at all that Li You knew about it and replied: "Thanks to you, although there is a small misunderstanding, there is no embarrassment.
I wait."
"Oh, that's good." Li You nodded, "After receiving your previous letter, I probably know your whereabouts. I ordered them to deliberately make things difficult for you."
"This..." Jin Wanwan was not mentally prepared for this turn of events and could only be speechless.
Li You said with a smile: "I saw that you mentioned the wealthy businessmen of Hankou in your letter, so I just did it casually, creating a little show of power, and at the same time complimenting Lao Taishan. I think Lao Taishan must have been very comfortable last night.
If the tall and wealthy man wants to see his son-in-law, Lao Taishan can introduce him to him. If he has vision, he may continue to deal with him in the future. If he has no vision, then that's it, he is just a third-rate businessman."
It turns out that it was no coincidence that I was almost cheated at the customs yesterday...Jin Wanwan vaguely guessed some of the son-in-law's layout intentions, but did not continue on this topic.
If the Jiangzuo hub of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is Yangzhou, then the upstream hubs are the three towns of Wuchang. Especially the important town of Hankou, which is similar to Yangzhou in the upper reaches, can be said to be a battleground for merchants. Even Huaiyan salt is mostly transported upstream.
After arriving in Hankou, they will be repackaged for distribution.
If Jin Wanwan doesn't even have this vision, he won't be able to become Jin Wanwan. But until now, he doesn't even know his own side clearly, so there is no need to talk about others. "I received your letter last year.
, it is said that they opened a bank account in response to each other. I am quite interested in this, but I don’t know many details, so I did this."
"There is no need to rush to discuss this matter today. You and I are just talking on paper. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you can go to the bank on Qipan Street in Beijing and summon the shopkeeper and gentlemen to discuss it in detail."
At this time, Jin Wanwan remembered the newspapers he saw when he entered the city, and said this again: "Yesterday, I saw a Mingli newspaper at the city gate. The wise son-in-law published the matter of my coming to Beijing in the newspaper, which really made me dumbfounded."
Li You explained: "Lao Taishan was so heroic in Yangzhou, why did he become so timid after entering the capital? This was all to build momentum for the bank matter in advance. After all, you are not a nobody.
In the future, there will probably be two main customers, one is merchants from the north and south, and the other is the government. By using your brand, you can attract more merchants to pay attention to the business of bank account remittance in other places, which is not a bad thing."
Regarding Li You's campaign, Jin Wanwan declined to comment, "But I read a few Mingli newspapers in the clubhouse, and my eyes suddenly brightened. This thing is very interesting. I was thinking about it last night, and I will do the same thing when I return to Yangzhou.
Make the next one."
Li You had a different view on this, and he persuaded him nonchalantly: "I am not as good as you when it comes to doing business, and you are not as good as me when it comes to running a newspaper. It is not easy to make money by running a newspaper. The time, place and people are all needed. The capital is considered a place."
It's a suitable place. In the south, I think only Suzhou is suitable for running a newspaper, but Yangzhou is not. Lao Taishan must think twice."
He further explained in detail: "The counties surrounding Suzhou Prefecture and Chang, Song, Jia, Hu and other prefectures are densely populated, with flourishing literary styles and many literate people. There is great potential to run newspapers to cover them. Although Yangzhou City is no less prosperous than Suzhou,
But the population is small, the writing style is a bit worse, and the surrounding area is far inferior to that of Jiangnan, so running a newspaper will probably only lose money."
Jin Wanwan said in a relaxed tone: "My dear son-in-law, you may have misunderstood me. I don't want to make money from this at all. I just said that I have set up an academy, and the annual expenses are thousands of silver taels. What does it mean to add a newspaper shop? What is the profit?"
It’s just a big name, it’s much faster than setting up an academy.”
This time, Li You was speechless. The thoughts of a truly wealthy person are different from those of a man who is on a tight budget. However, the spread and development of the newspaper industry should be a good thing. Since Father-in-law Jin is not afraid of losing money,
No need to stop me.
When Jin Wanwan heard his son-in-law talking about paying for the newspaper, he opened his mouth and kept silent about the money. He suddenly felt something in his heart and asked tentatively: "Listening to the tone of Xianxiu, could it be that Mingli reported money and lost money? Xianxiang, don't worry, I am going to Beijing this time.
The tea that has cost 20,000 to 30,000 silver will be shipped to you and can be given to you to make up for the loss after it is sold."
Li You did not hide it when facing his family, "The Ming Li newspaper is okay and can make money. But the official newspaper of the Wenxuanyuan Yamen, called the Pravda, has been successful, but it has been losing money."
Jin Wanwan said in surprise, "I can afford to lose money on my own, but the state treasury can't afford to lose such a small amount of money?"
Li You sighed: "Old Taishan, you don't understand the matter of temples. How can it be so simple? Although the national treasury is tight, it is not short of thousands of taels of silver every year. This is not building a city or temple, but a government-run operation, which can be compared to a tax bureau.
Deficiting the national treasury is not a commercial issue, but a political issue that can easily be used to make a fuss.
Although it is not a cause for concern at the moment, as time goes by, there is no telling when it will be used as an excuse, so we must be vigilant. When Pravda was run by others, it was criticized for draining the national treasury. It will not be clear at that time.
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Besides, there is another problem that needs to be guarded against. If you rely on the Ministry of Accounts to allocate extra money every month to make up for the shortfall, you will inevitably be controlled by the Ministry of Accounts in the long run. In short, it is difficult to be a public opinion leader if you take it one step at a time."
Now, Jin Wanwan is more concerned about Li You's future than Li You himself, and immediately expressed his position: "How much is the official shortfall? I will do my best to help you, and a good son-in-law does not need to be in trouble!"
Li You shook his head, "Although the money is not much, the official report cannot be bribed by private individuals, otherwise it will easily be criticized. Although the son-in-law is incompetent, he also pays attention to starting things well and finishing everything, leaving no beginning or end.
The bulk of the official newspaper is actually distributed in every province, prefecture, prefecture, and county in the world, with at least more than 10,000 copies per issue. The imperial court has also made it clear that as long as it can be delivered, all yamen must subscribe, but it can't think of a way to distribute it at the moment.
, the station can't count on it. If this problem is solved in the future, it will not be difficult to reverse the deficit, so there is no need to pay for it out of your own pocket."
Jin Wanwan lowered his head after hearing this, frowning and thinking about something.
Li You didn't pay attention, secretly thinking that his father-in-law wanted to help him with money so sincerely. It happened that he had a big gap in building his own house. Should he borrow some from him?
At this time, Jin Wanwan raised his head suddenly and blurted out, "What's so difficult about this?"
Li You was surprised and said: "How could Lao Taishan know what my son-in-law is thinking? In fact, it doesn't take much to build a house..."
Jin Wanwan was confused, "What do you mean by building a house? I'm talking about transporting your official newspaper to all parts of the world."
Li You was even more surprised and couldn't believe it and said: "Old Taishan, don't talk big words." He thought about it for a while, but he didn't have a really feasible idea. Could it be that with a million dollars, he could have an idea in just a moment?
Jin Wanwan smiled proudly, "I'm not as good as you in running a newspaper, and I'm not as good as you in being an official, but when it comes to doing business and transporting goods, I'm still not as good as a good son-in-law!"
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