Guo Dan, who is in a working state, can really be distracted, he will not think about those who have and don't, all day long, he will think about how to make money, if Zhu Yihua doesn't mention this, he can really ignore it completely, he prefers money to women, this has never changed.

In addition, he has no experience in marriage, and he feels a little unable to let go and feels very awkward, and this concern also makes him a little unhappy.

After a short rest in the hot spring pavilion, he immediately returned to the palace.

"Uncle, this is information for those businessmen who want to come to Weihui Mansion to invest."

Chenchen put a thick pile of materials on the table.

"Well done."

Guo Dan nodded approvingly, and then picked up the information and looked at it.

Chenchen was the first to follow him, so he naturally knew his habits.

No matter what it is, first read the information, and then go to negotiate with the other party, without knowing the other party's origin, to talk to people, he feels that there is not much meaning, it is a pure waste of time, have a general understanding, and then talk, it will be easier to achieve results.

"Li Tong."

Guo Dan looked at a document and suddenly read.

Chen Chen hurriedly said: "This Li Tong is a tooth merchant in Linqing, and he wants to contract the transportation of our Weihui Mansion." ”

"It's kind of interesting."

Guo Dan smiled and said, "You go and help me ask him over now." ”

"Yes."

An hour later, Li Tong came to the mansion, a man about thirty years old.

"In Xia Li Tong, I have seen Captain Guo."

These businessmen who are not in the capital come here, and they call Guo Dan more often as a captain, which shows that they are still used to including Guo Dan in the officials.

"You may be seated."

As soon as Li Tong sat down, he saw Guo Dan suddenly stand up, and he wanted to get up.

Guo Dan pressed his hand and motioned for Li Tong to sit, he came to the table, leaned on the desk with his back, hugged his chest with both hands, and looked at Li Tong, this person looked mediocre, really mediocre, but not the kind of Gu Tianle.

The expression is a little wooden, and he doesn't have the shrewd feeling of a tooth merchant.

Li Tong was looked at by Guo Dan, only to feel a little embarrassed.

After a while, Guo Dan spoke: "I heard that you want to contract the transportation of our Weihui Mansion." ”

Li Tong nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes." ”

Guo Dan asked, "Why?" ”

Li Channel: "Because I think it can make money." ”

Guo Dan said: "How do you say this? ”

Li Tong hesitated.

Guo smiled lightly: "Every workshop here is the most of my Ming Dynasty, if all of them are operational, there are a lot of goods produced every year, and a lot of raw materials are needed, which requires raw materials to be transported here from all over the world."

And so many goods, Weihui Mansion can't digest it at all, so it is necessary to transport these goods, whether it is to come or go, this needs to be transported, however, Weihui Mansion has no transportation, and there is no berthing tax, this transportation may be the most profitable business in Weihui Mansion. ”

Li Tong said embarrassedly: "It turns out that Captain Guo has thought of this a long time ago. ”

Guo smiled lightly: "But have you ever thought that there is no luck in Weihui Mansion, but it can be found in other places, so you are not afraid of being troubled?" ”

Li Tong glanced at Guo Dan.

Guo Dan said again: "You still think I will help you get it." ”

Li Tong smiled.

Guo smiled and nodded, "You're right, in fact, no matter who contracts the transportation, even if he chooses to be silent like you, I must ensure that nothing goes wrong, because transportation is the lifeline of Weihui Mansion, if transportation is blocked, then Weihui Mansion will immediately fall into trouble, such a large scale of production, within one day, a large number of goods will be hoarded." ”

At this point, he paused: "That's why I have to choose carefully, what would you do if I contracted the transportation to you?" ”

Li Channel: "The water system of Weihui Mansion is developed, and the rivers are criss-crossed, which is the natural advantage of Weihui Mansion, and the transportation should be mainly waterways. ”

Guo Dan shrugged his shoulders slightly and said, "Anyone will do this." ”

Li Tong said: "I used to work in Caoyun, I know a lot about water transportation, I think Caoyun transportation scheduling is too rigid, everything is a plank, not flexible enough, how many goods the government requires, they will first raise goods, and then transport them together, if there is no task, they will be idle."

In fact, there are many passenger ships, fishing boats, cargo ships, including Cao Yun, if you can collect their information, take their downwind boats, and transport them in sections, which seems cumbersome, but if you schedule in an orderly manner, you can reduce costs and deliver goods faster. ”

"Have you ever considered the cost?" Guo Dan said: "The initial investment is very large. ”

Li Channel: "I've thought about this, but I think I can do it step by step, and slowly build it up on the way to transportation." ”

What he means is to allocate the initial cost to the merchant first, the initial transportation price is definitely not cheap, make money, and then slowly build up their own transportation network, so that the cost is very low, and it can even be said that it is an empty glove white wolf, because since it is contracted, it is a monopoly.

This guy looks at Mu Ne, but he is actually very shrewd.

"Do you know that my carriage was given by His Majesty, and it can be said to be the best and most comfortable carriage in the world, but recently I suddenly want to learn to ride a horse, although I don't like it very much, do you know why?" Guo Dan said suddenly.

Li Tong only felt inexplicable, and looked at Guo Dan blankly.

Guo smiled lightly: "The reason is very simple, because horses are faster than horse-drawn carriages, and if I can save time on the road, I can make more money." I don't have time for you to go step by step, the cost of transportation will affect the price of goods, once the transportation cost is too high, the advantage of Weihui Mansion will be reduced. ”

With that, he turned back to his chair and sat down, and said, "To tell you the truth, I plan to do the transportation myself, and it is impossible to hand it over to others, as I said before, transportation is very important to my Weihui Mansion, and there is no room for error, and I will not give it to others easily." ”

Li Tong was stunned and said, "In that case, why did Captain Guo still make an appointment to come down?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Because I lack a talent to help me manage this area, are you interested?" ”

Li Tong was stunned for a while, and then said: "I'm really sorry, I didn't think of ........" ”

"Then go back and think about it."

Guo Dan interrupted him: "You also see my scale, if you can be in charge of it, whether it is money, status, or fame, it will be difficult for you to achieve it in your life, and a talent like you, I believe that you are not the only one in the world, this is just an attempt for me, but for you, it is an excellent opportunity, I hope you can grasp it." ”

Li Tong didn't expect Guo Dan to come to him to talk about this matter at all, he is also a very cautious person, he doesn't fight unprepared battles, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll think about it." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Remember, I don't like to waste time. ”

Li Tong nodded and said, "If there is nothing else, I will leave first." ”

Guo Dan just stood up and smiled slightly: "Go slowly." ”

He had already planned to use Wanli's money to contract the transportation of Weihui Mansion, which was impossible to hand over to others, because it was related to his vital interests.

First of all, without Wanli, transportation is definitely not playable, after all, this affects the interests of Caoyun.

Secondly, the transportation of Weihui Mansion was mainly waterways, and Guo Dan also used this as a springboard to lay the foundation for future navigation.

In the end, to control transport is to control trade.

But he doesn't understand transportation, in fact, he doesn't understand anything, he will invest and operate, and he needs technical people to help him.

And Li Tong is just one of them.

After Li Tong left, Guo Dan called Chenchen again and handed him a stack of materials: "Go and help me make an appointment with these people." And also...... He handed a notice to Chenchen, "Let people write a thousand copies and post them in various state capitals." ”

Chenchen took a look at it, it turned out to be a recruitment notice, recruiting all kinds of talents.

What water conservancy talents, breeding talents, planting talents, shipbuilding talents, and so on.

Among them, the minimum annual salary is 100 taels, including food and accommodation, and bonuses.

Chen Chen said: "Uncle, isn't this salary too much, and the talents in this area are not worth so much money." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "What I want is not those stinky fish and rotten shrimp, there are not many people in the world who can take this money, and what can be obtained will definitely be able to create ten times or even a hundred times the profit for me, go ahead and do it." ”

"Yes."

This is actually the last supplement to the "contract system", it turns out that these things are under the control of the government, and the thinking of the imperial court is to do everything by themselves, many officials know how to build water conservancy and architecture, and Guo Dan's thinking is to spend money to hire people, and there is really nothing else.

In the next few days, Guo Dan began to meet with wealthy businessmen from all over the world, but most of them were from Linqing and Beijing.

Needless to say, the "contract system" alone is enough to attract them to invest here, because the entire Weihui Mansion will be based on the rights of merchants.

The wealthy businessmen who came here are all very rich, and they have always wanted to expand their scale, but first of all, there are many restrictions, and Weihui Mansion has provided them with a good platform.

Soon, there was no scum left in the entire Luwang Mansion that had been divided by them.

But Weihui Mansion is not only Luwang's Mansion, but also has many industries, such as poultry and livestock industries, all of which Guo Dan contracted to Liang Kui and other big landowners.

During the period when the crops were not harvested, they sold the grain to Guo Dan at this price, and they always felt that they were losing money, because of Luwangfu and Weihui Mansion in recent years, they were the hardest hit by the disaster, but now the grain price is the cheapest in the entire Henan Province.

Guo Dan simply contracted these two big industries to them, mainly to make up for it, and secondly, they already had experience in poultry farming.

Liang Kui and the others were happy, and there were no complaints.

Because the service industry in Weihui Mansion has risen, the demand for poultry and livestock is very large, and this can be sold at a good price, not the same as grain, there is a price limit.

In addition, there are coal, iron and other mining, Guo Dan has also contracted out, but these industries have some restrictions, and they must all give priority to Weihui Mansion, if you find smuggling, then you will be punished.

Those merchants agreed without saying a word, because they had no intention of shipping it out, and with the production scale of Weihui Mansion, they might have to buy it from outside.

Guo Dan actually knew that he was preventing the iron from being transported to Mongolia to sell, and those Jin merchants had wanted to contract iron ore before, and they often traded with the Mongols, knowing that Mongolia was short of iron, and iron could be exchanged for very rich profits from there, but when they learned that Guo Dan restricted exports, they had no interest.

Of course, they have to make up all the money that Guo Dan paid before.

In this way, in fact, Guo Dan not only did not spend money on contracting Weihui Mansion, but also made some money.