While the officials and their families in Xingtai were once again engaged in more busy military and political affairs, Li Tong was not idle.

This year's World Expo, although the actual income of the platform is only more than 3 million, and the profit of more than 3 million yuan, in fact, did not stay in the platform for a long time, and some only left a record of storage expenses, which was quickly allocated to other aspects.

But it also has to be said that the World Expo, with a turnover of tens of millions, also surprised the relevant personnel of the entire commercial and trade market in Chang'an City, and thus generated more ideas.

Taking advantage of the fact that the heat of this business meeting has not subsided, Li Tong also met with a group of businessmen from all parties who contributed to the top trade volume. Although the social status of businessmen is not high, when the amount of wealth reaches a certain level, quantitative changes will naturally lead to qualitative changes.

Li Tong also didn't think that it was a matter of detrimental prestige for him to receive merchants as a prince, especially when he still had to calculate and plot the wealth in the hands of these merchants, of course, he had to put on a polite and virtuous corporal.

At present, Xingtai does not have more surplus financial resources to continue to expand the scale of production, which is also what Li Yuan deeply regrets. Obviously, the relevant market channels, including labor and other conditions, are sufficient, but because the platform is on multiple tasks at the same time, it has to make a judgment and make a trade-off, and it is in vain to miss an opportunity to continue to grow.

Li Tong also didn't want to let go of this opportunity, so after the World Expo, he frequently met with wealthy businessmen from all walks of life and continued to peddle. Previously, the expo was about selling goods, and the next thing to sell was opportunity.

The trade volume of the World Expo exceeded 10 million, which is definitely a data that can make businessmen from all walks of life crazy. As a result, the company has more detailed trade data, more accurate market judgment, and the resulting operation space is also larger.

Therefore, when he met with businessmen from all sides, he mainly carried out three things.

The first is the sale of bonds, based on the trading volume of this World Expo, to sell one-year bonds to businessmen from all sides, and the businessmen will pay a certain amount of money to buy bonds, and the company will use the proceeds of next year's World Expo to repay debts with interest.

It's just that the businessmen are not enthusiastic about this, perhaps because the return cycle is too long, or perhaps because the people do not fight with the officials, and doubt whether the company will pay this bond as promised when it expires.

Therefore, the sale of bonds did not go well, although I was flattered by Yongwang's personal reception and personal promises, but it was not cool enough when it came to the specific purchase of bonds? I am not very willing to buy a few pieces of paper and store them for a year. In the end, it is also for the sake of King Yong's face? It's really not good to pull out a dime, buy more or less.

Ultimately? This bond was only sold for a million dollars? This is already a result achieved by the double blessing of Yongwang's face and the success of the World Expo.

However, although the sale of bonds is not encouraging, the merchants have expressed great enthusiasm for another plan? That is the cooperation between the government and business, and the preparation of workshops. The government is responsible for providing workers and venues, and businessmen are providing financial support? It is used to produce goods and make profits together.

If the purchase of bonds is real money and the price is clearly marked? The businessmen were worried that their own body size was not enough to make the company strictly abide by the agreement, so the cooperative factory would have a bit of the smell of power on the platform, so they were very active.

With the addition of private capital, the most troubled financial problem of Xingtai has been solved? It is possible to continue to scale up production. And the government-run factories are no longer limited to the vicinity of Gyeonggi? Began to develop and radiate to Zhuzhou County.

Of course, Xingtai has not completely opened up various industries for private capital to enter, such as smelting, hammer forging and weaving, which are closely related to the livelihood of the military and the people, and private capital is never allowed to intervene. But other industries such as ceramics, printing and dyeing, coal and stone, papermaking, tea making, danqing, garden flowers and fruits, etc., are all open to a certain extent? There are still quite a lot of choices.

In addition to this, for the folk crafts that emerged during the World Expo? Xingtai did not ignore it.

The millions of dollars from the sale of bonds were not directly included in the financial expenditure of the bank? Instead, it is directly transferred to the Social Supervision Department, and the Social Supervision Department operates the loan? It is used to support folk handicraft production. If you want to continue to expand your production? Or is it refining skills? You can negotiate with the Social Supervision Department for a loan, so that the production can be handed over to the Social Supervision Department for exclusive sale in the future to repay the debt.

When it comes to the number of craftsmen, it is naturally the most lined, but the level of craftsmanship is not necessarily. The so-called master in the people, the advantage of Xingtai is that there are abundant manpower and material resources, large-scale centralized mass production can be organized, and the products can meet a certain quality standard, and there is no need to work hard to pursue higher technical standards.

Folk craftsmen and craftsmen focus on the production of small workshops one by one, with higher technical requirements, and are also the main providers of some high-end goods. Although they are encouraged to turn in their craft skills and join the platform, it is not mandatory.

By providing financial support, the Social Supervision Department acknowledges and encourages them to expand production and control a certain amount of high-end goods, so as to influence and control the entire business environment.

The final bidding session of the World Expo, a variety of high-end goods were auctioned, and the prices repeatedly reached new highs, accounting for a large proportion of the total transaction volume of the World Expo. Money is attractive, and those who provide high-end goods are naturally sought after, or hired with large sums of money, or even plundered.

After the end of the World Expo, there were several related vicious incidents, which naturally caused a great negative impact. In response to similar incidents, on the one hand, the line is to prevent micro problems and severely punish them, and on the other hand, it is also necessary to strengthen the personal control of these high-end commodity producers.

After determining this line of thought, Li Tong also took time out of his busy schedule to meet with the people who had maintained law and order and performed well in the past period of time among the officials of the two counties and the disciples of Zhufang Street.

Most of these officials and street disciples were from the bottom and were outsiders, and they never dreamed that they would be personally received by His Royal Highness King Yong, so that after entering the solemn Xingtai Imperial City, they were all fluttering as if they were in the clouds.

The generals of the Chinese army were responsible for introducing this group of street disciples into a hall, and there was already a banquet set up in the hall, and everyone was careful to enter the table without anxiety, and waited for more than half an hour before waiting for the lieutenant to sing: "His Royal Highness King Yongwang has arrived!" ”

"Humble Greetings to Your Highness!"

The members of the group in the hall stood up to worship, because of the excitement and restrained movements, the worship ceremony inevitably seemed a little uneven.

"Excuse yourself and take your seats. It's been a long time since I've been entangled in affairs. ”

Li Tong didn't care about these small mistakes in etiquette, and after sitting down, he said with a smile: "Whether the Chang'an neighborhood is quiet or not depends on the officials' dedication and willingness to work. Since the implementation of the Tai Dynasty, the market has been in good order, and today's banquet is only enjoyable. After the end of the examination, a small selection will be added to the stage, focusing on the admission of foreign talents, awarding official status, and solving brown products! ”

Hearing this, the disciples of the government servants and street disciples couldn't help but be even more excited, although they are also official figures, but they are just outsiders, only the products can be regarded as real officials, they can boast of a glorious ancestor, and they can't help but thank them again and again for a while.

After everyone thanked them and took their seats, Li Tong smiled again: "Who is the bad handsome Ma Fang in Wannian County?" ”

Hearing this, Ma Fang even crawled to the ceremony and bowed: "Ma Fang, who is not handsome in Wannian County, knock on His Highness, and wait for the fatwa!" ”

Seeing this bad handsome Ma Fangqi with a white veil wrapped around his forehead, Li Tong smiled again: "Ma Ling Shi Qin is being arrested, and I have also heard of heroic deeds. ”

"Humble and stubborn, fathers and elders don't look at each other with weapons, fortunately in His Royal Highness, he chose to use the magic knife, how dare he abolish the public because of private interests!"

When Ma Fang heard this, he said with an excited face.

"Is mother and child safe?"

Li Tong looked at this Ma Fang and said: "Xingtai is eclectic, but if you have the ambition to serve the country, you will have a time to use it." But it will never cause people to separate their flesh and blood and destroy their family upbringing. After today's feast, he was temporarily relieved of his ministry and returned to Di'an to raise his wife and children, so that he could be elected and ordained. ”

"Thank you, thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness! Humble and dedicate the liver and brain to the ground, in order to repay His Highness! ”

Speaking of this, Ma Fang said with a worried face: "Xiao'er has just entered the world, and there is no name to refer to, and today I dare to ask His Highness to give me a word." ”

Li Tong thought for a moment after hearing this, and then said with a wicked smile: "Poor and strong, don't fall into the ambition of the clouds." Ya took the word 'cloud' and gave it to Ling Lang, hoping that when he became an adult, he would not violate his father's ambitions. ”

When Ma Fang heard this, he couldn't help but thank him again and again, but after a little struggle, he suddenly had a little determination and shouted: "Your Highness is kind and humble, and you accept this grace without fear of retribution!" A few days ago, in the Zhaoguo Fang, I happened to meet the guards to protect people into the workshop, their tents were thickly covered, not like a good road, but they could instruct the guards to follow in and out, although His Royal Highness has a hawk's eye to see, but the humble duty is like this, no matter good or evil, it should be played in the upper ......"

When Li Tong heard this, the smile on his face froze, and after a while, he laughed dryly twice, and said: "Later, I will go out of the hall and enter the Su Wei Zhi to record this matter in detail, and it is inconvenient for the internal guard to tell the public, whether it is good or evil, it has its own examination." ”

He had an impulse in his heart to ask this guy, what the hell are you looking at Lao Tzu sneaky, isn't it a good way? Lao Tzu Dafan has a small amount of energy, and he will give you paid leave, wait for promotion, and directly let you do 996!

He sat down in the hall for a short time, and then summoned the other officials of the platform to preside over the banquet in his place, and ordered that they must be given great hospitality, and that they should not leave the platform until evening.

After explaining this, Li Tong returned to the palace from the sandwich wall, and was about to board the car, but remembered Ma Fang's words, turned his head and ordered: "Prepare for the ceremonial drive and visit the Xikang Palace." instructed the Social Supervision Department to order the incense store to summon all the famous incense makers to the Xikang Wang's residence to discuss the purchase. ”