Xu Zhaoxue stared at Xiao Furong, with a serious expression on her face asking for advice.
"Ah? This question is so profound." Xiao Furong could not say those embarrassing things to a boudoir daughter, but she could not answer it at this time. She could only bite the bullet and said to Xu Zhaoxue: "You don't have to worry about this.
Anyway, after men hold you, they will do those things themselves. We only need to obey the man we love, no need to worry about so much."
Xiao Furong finally finished her words. Xu Zhaoxue nodded and said quietly: "But, when he hugged me last night, why didn't he feel that he had done something? Could it be that he had done it, I don't know?" Xu Zhaoxue touched it.
head, with a puzzled look on his face.
Liu Zhang left the room and immediately pinched his forehead: "Damn, now we are in big trouble."
Not only did he want to marry Xu Zhaoxue, but the Xu family's affairs were even more difficult to refuse bluntly, but he still had no clue.
At this time, a soldier came to report: "Lord, the major businessmen in Chang'an have arrived. The military advisor asked you, when will you meet them?"
"Now." Liu Zhang looked back at Xiao Furong's room and quickly went to the front hall.
Yin Bai, Qu Xi, Fatty Jin, and all the influential businessmen in the area under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan Army came. Huang Yueying sat aside and talked to the people of the Huang family in Jingzhou.
The transformation of the Huang family in Jingzhou from a traditional family to a commercial family was almost silent. Even the clan members themselves did not feel the change process, as if there was a sudden transition.
At the beginning, Huang Yueying persuaded the Huang family to go into hibernation, saying that no matter what, it was beneficial to go into hibernation, so the Huang family did not rebel with other families based on their interests.
Even the only time the Huang family felt that they were sure to win the rebellion, Huang Yueying gathered them all in Huangjiawan, and then sent Huzi to lead his troops to block the way out. The Huang family couldn't get out even if they wanted to rebel.
From the very beginning, water transportation was used to transport merchants' goods from central Shu and sell them to the Central Plains of Jiangdong. Grain and other items were transported from Central Plains of Jiangdong to central Shu, and the Huang family gradually accumulated money.
Later, when they started doing business on their own, the Huang family members unconsciously felt the charm of money, which was not much worse than land.
In addition, almost all other traditional families have been uprooted, and there is no longer the atmosphere of the land. On the outside, many people at the bottom have begun to make money by doing business, and some new business giants have emerged.
The change in the atmosphere gradually affected the inside of the Huang family. In this way, the Jingzhou Huang family was slowly and subtly influenced, until now it has completely become a business family.
The Huang family is one of the few families in the Sichuan army that escaped unscathed. The other families of the Wu class, the Huang family of Huang Quan, and the Qu family of Quxi. The Deng family of Deng Xian joined the rebel party in the original rebellion. Now these
Families are all families that have risen after suffering heavy losses.
Treating the family with both soft and hard tactics, silently changing the nature of the family, Huang Yueying's wisdom can also be seen from this.
Seeing Liu Zhang's arrival, all the merchants saluted together. Yin Bai and others were all smiling. As merchants who had been following Liu Zhang in the past, they were now enjoying the biggest dividends from the rise of the Sichuan Army. Of course they were happy. But Fatty Jin looked gloomy, obviously still thinking about it.
Worry about Poppy.
"You don't need to be polite, please take a seat." Liu Zhang took the main seat and said to all the businessmen: "I have called everyone here today. There is nothing else, just the internal affairs development of our Sichuan Army. It may enter the next stage. As a big man to me,
People who make outstanding contributions to prosperity should be prepared."
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu." As soon as Liu Zhang finished speaking, Yin Bai stood up: "We all rely on the Sichuan Army to survive today. His Highness the King of Shu is right. The development of the Sichuan Army is about to enter the next stage, and the world is about to return.
Unite.
In order for the Han Dynasty to unify and stabilize as soon as possible and the people to live a stable and good life, it is our duty as businessmen to support the Sichuan Army. I, Yin Bai, have prepared money and food to donate to the Sichuan Army officers and soldiers, but the amount is not large, about 200,000 shi of food.
Thirty million dollars in military pay.”
"What a big gesture." A small businessman sighed, but he had no choice but to stand up and show his donation amount. It was much less than Yin Bai, but not too small.
Many businessmen expressed their willingness to donate.
Naturally, these businessmen have the idea of gaining support from the Sichuan Army by donating money. How can they not give a cent to the Sichuan Army if they want to hang out in areas under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan Army?
But it's not just that. These businessmen also hope that the Sichuan army will unify the world. They are not selling weapons, and Liu Zhang does not allow them to sell grain. They will not be able to make war profits. On the contrary, after unification, more workshops and merchants can be built to increase sales.
Wider.
Therefore, these businessmen were still willing to donate money to the Sichuan Army for the final battle.
But Liu Zhang waved his hands and said: "I am very happy that you are so enthusiastic, but what I am talking about is entering a new stage. It is not that the Sichuan Army is about to launch a general offensive against the Wei Army and the Wu Army, but that in terms of the economy of the area under its jurisdiction, the
Entering a new stage, let me ask you a question."
Liu Zhang glanced at each businessman with a gentle look. Although his eyes were gentle, when they heard that Liu Zhang was about to ask a question, these businessmen's hearts beat nervously, and they braced themselves to answer questions.
"What is the most important thing about business? In other words, what are the prerequisites for doing business?" Liu Zhang asked.
"Of course it's business acumen and business vision." Yin Bai replied immediately, and then talked eloquently: "I have been a businessman for these years, and finally fully realized the importance of mind and vision. Without vision, a businessman will only have the most in his life.
The prospect of opening a shop and the opportunity to make a fortune are all in front of me and I can't seize them.
Without brains, even if an opportunity is given to you, you will not be able to do it. Not only will you not be able to make money, but you will also go bankrupt. As long as you have brains and vision, you will be successful in business and sooner or later you will become a rich man."
Liu Zhang nodded, "That's good, what do you think?" Liu Zhang looked at the others.
Everyone immediately started talking about it.
"I think capital is the most important thing." Fatty Jin suddenly interrupted. Now Fatty Jin is worried about capital. Now he can still stand in the Shu Palace as a big businessman. Maybe in five years, he will stand in the palace.
After being imprisoned, of course he thinks money is the most important thing.
Liu Zhang smiled slightly, and then Qu Xi said: "I think there should be a stable market and buying crowd. Without this, let alone business cannot flourish, business cannot develop at all."
"Qu Xi's idea is similar to mine." Liu Zhang said. The other businessmen looked at Qu Xi. Yin Bai felt a little depressed. It seemed that his limelight had been snatched away by Qu Xi, and he felt resentful.
Liu Zhang continued: "The most important thing in business is to have a buying population, that is, consumers, and consumers are not equal to the population. To be precise, consumers are the population with purchasing power."
"What a twist."
Yin Bai said something, and Huang Yueying also looked at Liu Zhang strangely, always feeling that something was wrong. Why did Liu Zhang always have some new words popping up in his mouth? It seemed that in many aspects, the lord did not know as much as himself, but in some aspects
He knew it, but he had never heard of it at all.
"Is there any secret book in the royal family that is inaccessible to everyone in the world?" Huang Yueying thought. Now that she saw the collection of the palace, there was no obstacle for herself. Huang Yueying decided to supplement her knowledge.
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Let's put it directly, the reason why I said that our internal affairs will enter a new stage is because there will be a large number of buyers here, that is, consumers. They will pay for your products and help the Han Dynasty's business.
Prosperity."
"A large number of buyers?" The eyes of all the merchants shone, but they didn't know why Liu Zhang said this.
Liu Zhang said: "In fact, you should also feel that every time new business incentives are opened, such as the Southwest Silk Road, the attachment of the Western Regions, and some stimulus policies, such as food subsidies to farmers, they can bring some business prosperity.
But it will soon approach saturation. This is because these policies can bring new consumer groups. When farmers have money, they cannot keep it all under the mat. Of course, they will use it to buy things, which stimulates business.
Therefore, the most important condition for business is none other than that people live a prosperous life and have enough spare money to conduct business.
In the past, there were several policies that helped the people to have enough money for food and clothing, liberating the land from the hands of the noble families, reducing taxes on the people, the planting methods promoted by Yueying, the promotion of double-cropping rice, the promotion of Champa rice, financial subsidies for foreigners, and food for farmers.
Subsidies, these actions all promote business.
Therefore, if you want to become richer, the only thing you can hope for is that the vast majority of the people have more money to spend. If they are struggling to make ends meet, that won't work.
And now." Liu Zhang looked at the crowd and said: "You should have heard that last winter, red potatoes and pumpkins were successfully planted on a large scale in Guanzhong. Now they have been planted in Jingzhou, Yizhou, Dianzhou, Jiaozhou, Liangzhou, Nanyang, Yuzhou,
In Heluo, Xiahetao and Bingzhou, red potato tubers and pumpkin seeds were distributed.
The yield of these two crops is more than ten times that of rice, and the yield of red potato is twenty times higher. Think about it, after the harvest, will farmers still worry about food and clothing?"
As soon as Liu Zhang finished speaking, the eyes of all the businessmen shone. They had also heard about the trial planting of new crops in Guanzhong and heard that the yields were very high, but they had never felt like they did now that it would have such a big impact on their business.
Liu Zhang's planting of these two crops was different from that of the Ming Dynasty. The planting of new crops in the Ming Dynasty took too long, although the population expanded very quickly after the introduction of new crops.
However, since it is not a sudden change in yield, it does not have such a shocking effect. That is, when these high-yielding crops are almost promoted, they will be accompanied by population growth, which is a gradual change.
However, Liu Zhang experimented with planting crops, and there was no gradual planting like the Ming Dynasty. The people saw that others had planted crops, so they accepted it conservatively.
Instead, after the successful trial planting in Guanzhong, most of the seeds were immediately reserved and expanded to eight states. This will inevitably lead to an explosion in production.