After negotiating the "gentleman's agreement" with Liu Yu, Li Su found Zhang Liang that night and asked him to settle the accounts and withdraw all the dividends earned from selling books and papers during this time.

Liu Yu was also afraid that the emperor would play the trick of "the difference between the official price of gold and copper coins and the black market price" to take advantage, so he took special care of Li Su: to pay money to the imperial court, it must be changed to copper money, and everyone is so conventional.

And the money that Liu Bei left to Li Su at the beginning was mainly in the form of gold cakes. If you need a large amount of copper coins, you have to temporarily find Zhen's family to redeem it.

Eight million dollars weighed twenty tons, and it was necessary to load several ox carts. Fortunately, it is a short-distance transaction in Luoyang City, and the left hand is reversed from the right hand, and the transportation cost is almost negligible.

"Sir, in the past 20 days, according to my account statistics here, "Filial Piety Record" has sold more than 50,000 volumes, of which the third volume with Xuande's deeds has the best sales, selling 26,000 volumes, and the upper and middle two volumes have sold 12,000 each. You will be given a dividend of 100 yuan per volume, plus the dividend of selling white paper separately, for a total of 6 million yuan. In addition, there are five million coins that you have exchanged with gold cakes, and they are all collected. ”

Zhang Liang personally came forward and took a team of men to settle the accounts with Li Su.

Selling a set of books, I made five or six million dollars in the first month! The business of selling knowledge is really profitable!

However, Li Su also knows that the gross profit margin of this business will definitely decline rapidly in the future, because the price of books will definitely drop slowly.

The first set of books can be sold expensively because of the excess profit of eating crabs, and the mentality of consumers is still benchmarked by the cost of hand-copied books.

On the other hand, not all books have such a great chance of luck, and as soon as they are released, they are personally promoted by the leaders of the Ministry of Education.

Maybe in the second month, after "Erya" and "Analects" are engraved, the monthly book profit dividends of the Zhen family business will fall to three or four million yuan, and then drop to one or two million yuan in a few months, and then gradually trickle down.

Of course, one or two million thunderbolts per month is also very considerable. It's basically equivalent to a poor county that is lightly endowed with a lot of money, and the people can be scavenged every month. And selling books can make a name for yourself, and buying too shou to loot has to be sprayed infamous.

Li Su accepted the money and put aside a sentence to appease Zhang Liang: "Good job, I also hope that everyone can cooperate for a long time." As long as you are self-sufficient, there will be more opportunities to make money in the future. ”

Zhang Liang was very sensible, and bowed down and said: "Please rest assured, sir, I have already sent a secret letter to my father about the business here in Luoyang, and my father has also reported to the master mother and Shaojun, they are very supportive of the current cooperation method, and they will definitely not treat Mr. Li and County Lieutenant Liu badly." ”

Li Su nodded: "That's good, but don't call Liu County Lieutenant in the future, you have to change your name to Liu County Order." ”

Then he drifted away with the money.

In terms of business, it is best to be able to handle it with grace and power in this way. He is equivalent to an investor who invests in technology, and has neither business nor channels, so it is best to pay dividends to others.

As long as the other party allows him to take the lion's share, even if he is divided by the operator with three or four percent of the profits, Li Su is also acceptable.

In later generations, many first-time entrepreneurs were always suspicious and afraid that investors would listen to his entrepreneurial ideas, plagiarize his plans, and find someone else to do it alone, but in fact, this is a very immature suspicion.

Because for investors, unless he invests in a few projects, he has the energy to run the market himself.

Otherwise, after he plagiarizes your idea, he will have to find a professional manager, a team, and a project from scratch...... Then it's better to use the team in front of you who has already figured out all the initial problems! It's nothing more than a slight percentage of the valuation on the stock!

Anyway, professional managers are not their own sons! It's all godsons! Is there a difference between godson number two and godson number one?

Li Su idealized this Tao very clearly and thoroughly, so he stocked the Zhen family's firm. As long as the other party doesn't want to make fake accounts to hack his money, then cooperate with it.

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After getting the money, Li Su also silently took stock of the assets he controlled in his heart.

When he entered Beijing before, Liu Bei sold seventy or eighty war horses, plus the money left in Li Su's place before, which was worth more than 20 million. Excluding the various expenses spent in Luoyang these days, plus Zhang Liang's six million, the total amount is close to 30 million.

Tomorrow, I will buy Liu Bei an official and a name, and if I spend eight million, there will be 21 million left.

However, Li Su just asked Zhang Liang to exchange 5 million copper coins, not 2 million, which means that he plans to spend another 3 million in the past few days, and there will only be 18 million left.

Because he brought too much money, Li Su didn't dare to go alone on the way back, so he specially invited Guan Yu to come with him, and the horizontal knife immediately escorted the ox convoy that transported the money.

Guan Yu saw all this in his eyes, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Boya, the extra 3 million you exchanged...... Is it for another purpose? I don't care about you, just ask. ”

Liu Bei instructed that the matter of money should be left to Li Su for his own use, and he would not check the accounts, so Guan Yu should also make a statement before questioning to show that he did not disobey the eldest brother's explanation.

Li Su smiled slightly: "Brother, don't worry, the money will definitely be used on the right path." Of these three million, I was thinking that after the county order was granted, I would go to Xiyuan to make up a county lieutenant for Yide, and I would be in the same county as my eldest brother, so that it would be convenient to take charge of the place and not let outsiders hinder me.

Officials below 400 stones, the imperial court can be sold or not, and no one pays attention to it if it is handled vaguely, maybe everyone will also regard Yide as a county lieutenant who relies on real skills. ”

When Guan Yu heard this, he felt that it was a little worthless - anyway, Yide was working under his eldest brother, is there a difference between being an official and not being an official?

But after all, it was his own brother, and it was not easy to stop Guan Yu from being promoted, so he didn't say anything.

Li Su saw it in his eyes, and he had already roughly guessed Guan Yu's thoughts, so he analyzed: "Brother, don't think that this money is not worth it." With an official position, the deployment of troops and generals in wartime is more justified and more willing to obey orders.

Secondly, this can also make the later officers and non-commissioned officers under the command of the eldest brother feel more motivated, more willing to serve the dead, and the people's hearts are more cohesive. ”

To put it bluntly, it is to make the rest of the team have an impression: "Follow Boss Liu, as long as the boss has meat to eat, you can also get soup to drink, everyone work hard, sooner or later there will be officials."

From this point of view, Li Su felt that the three million was worth the money.

Guan Yu wanted to understand this truth, and then sighed convincingly: "That's it, it's just that I despise the false name too much, and the virtuous brother's move is indeed far-sighted." ”

Li Su said with a smile: "If it weren't for my brother who is now stranded in Beijing, there is nowhere to make meritorious contributions, otherwise I would also find an official position for my brother." Military attachés are looser than civilian officials, and the five million Sima of other departments can be sold or not. When the time comes, get three or four million dollars and send it to the West Garden quietly, and the imperial court will use the excuse of being brave and good at fighting as an excuse to confer Sima on the other side of the department, and be vague and confused, isn't it beautiful? ”

Guan Yu sternly refused: "A certain disdain!" ”

Li Su saw that he was so loyal and unyielding, and after thinking about it, he should not mention this kind of thing to Guan Yu.

It's a big deal that when the time is right in the future, I will do it without realizing it.

Some things are still more comfortable if you don't know about them, and you can keep "really fragrant", but it is easy to hurt your self-esteem if you know it.

……

Early the next morning, Li Su divided it into two parts, first giving Liu Yu 8 million, and then sending 3 million to the West Garden.

Each of them is very secretive, and the handover is also very clever, in short, they can ensure that the other party will definitely do things after receiving the money.

Let Liu Bei Group's notoriety of "arrogance, luxury, greed and depravity" be borne by me, Li! No one else knows!

As a price, even the activity funds of Liu Bei Group are all at our disposal!

After Liu Yu got the money, he was not ambiguous, sent it directly to a certain place, and then asked to see the Son of Heaven.

I heard that Dazong was asking to see him, and Emperor Liu Hong was still very face-saving, so he summoned him very quickly.

After entering, Liu Yu directly asked to retreat, and Liu Hong was also kind and flowed, and temporarily transferred the people of the ten permanent servants.

The Ten Standing Servants seemed to know what Liu Yu wanted to do, and they also knew that Liu Yu was not a threat, so they retreated with a smile.

Liu Yu bowed his hand and expressed his feelings: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if there is chaos today, you must not fall into the enthusiasm of people with lofty ideals to serve the country." Tomorrow's court will discuss that Liu Beizheng, the clan's ancestor, should be awarded the official position of 600 stones. This person has suddenly gained fame and is concerned by people with lofty ideals all over the world. Only by letting him get the official position for free can he also inspire those who pay attention to him.

The minister came with 8 million money, begged His Majesty to grant him an official, and then issued an edict stating that he had not spent any money, leaving some thoughts for the people with lofty ideals to report to the world. ”

Liu Hong was a little confused at first, and he didn't react, why Liu Yu obviously gave more money, and his attitude was so polite. It was only later that I realized that the two million dollars were the additional labor fees for the edict.

It's still a great sect and loyal to the country! Why didn't the other ministers think of worrying about me like this?

"This is a great good! I am gracious to what I am invited! Uncle Zong, there will be such righteous and famous ministers who should be promoted in the future, and you should advise me in time! Liu Hong was overjoyed and seemed to be excited that he had found a new way to make money.

Anyway, the rule of officials in the Han Dynasty is rotten to the roots, and the system of filial piety and honesty has been absurd to all kinds of crazy shows and benefits to sell favors.

Even if I don't sell it, will the local guards really have no selfish intention to recommend talents? The same is a relational household! And the benefits of those related households were also earned by Taishou, who held the right to recommend!

How distressing is this?

In his opinion, he is the emperor, and the official positions in the world are all bargaining chips that he uses to be favors, so why should he let the magistrates do it?

The emperor directly sells the official to individual buyers, and there is no middleman to make the difference, isn't it?

It's a pity that his excitement didn't attract a response from Liu Yu.

Liu Yu sighed and exhorted in a heavy tone: "Your Majesty, how many real moral righteous people in the world deserve such an explicit pardon, don't you know?" And if there are many people, they will not be secretive.

When the time comes, everyone knows that other people who are 'amnesty under the Ming Edict' also give money, or even more than ordinary people, then the reputation of those people with lofty ideals will probably be even more devastated!

The old minister's proposal is only an expedient measure that is occasionally a last resort! Please also Your Majesty...... Alas. ”

Liu Hong was a little disappointed again: "That's it, then let's do this kind of move a few times." I granted Zongbo a charter today, and from then on, all Qing officials who asked for amnesty and exemption from tribute were reported by Zongbo. What should I do, so that I can do it myself. ”

There are also different sales channels for selling officials, usually even if it is sold in Xiyuan, Liu Hong has to give commission points to the staff of the marketing department of the ten permanent servants, which is the same in ancient and modern times, and it is impossible for the eunuchs to work in vain without taking money.

Eunuchs don't sit and collect money, they work hard. It is necessary to bargain with officials and negotiate the deduction rate. In the off-season, it is necessary to take the initiative to discount promotions and attract potential customers. For example, Cui Lie is a typical potential customer who "can buy or not", and he couldn't help but pay because of big promotions and discounts. Therefore, it is necessary to give some benefits to the eunuchs and encourage them to raise prices and promote their enthusiasm.

Therefore, if Liu Yu is licensed now, it is just that Liu Hong will open up one more secret sales channel in this world of the end of the law. Isn't it beautiful that this sales channel will not be accused of collusion by other dealers, and it can be sold at a high price!

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