Wei Bao thinks so, it is okay to package the project in his own hands, and he is also very welcome, but the material fee needs to be settled monthly, and it cannot be arrears! The thought of saying this to a group of Lizheng, Jiachang, and rich people, and looked at the soap and kerosene lamps on the table in front of him, and thought it was funny.

None of the wealthy people paid attention to what Wei Bao brought, and they were looking forward to getting a good project from Wei Bao that could make money without paying the capital, and they were smiling like flowers.

Wei Bao didn't come up and talk about business, but talked about it with his neighbors, and was close to a group of Lizheng, A Chang and rich people, all of whom were native to their hometowns, even if they didn't have any relationship, they could also hardline the relationship, what relatives of my neighbor married into yours, and then what relatives of your people were relatives of your family. Anyway, if you insist on pulling it, such a close distance, you can pull the relationship no matter what, and the atmosphere is becoming more and more harmonious.

When Wei Bao was holding a symposium here, Wu Xiang was also convening Wu Sanfeng and Wu Xuexia for questioning.

Yesterday, when Wu Sanfeng and Wu Xuexia's brothers and sisters came back, Wu Xiang was outside, and when Wu Xiang returned home, it was already late, and he knew that their brothers and sisters were back, and they didn't come back, so they only summoned the two of them to interrogate at noon today.

"Wei Bao has really gotten the arrears from those rich people in the township? So in that case, the entire Dongbai Tower, Houmafang, Jinshanli and Xinqueli are now owned by Wei Bao alone? Wu Xiang's gaze was uncertain.

Wu Sanfeng nodded disapprerovingly: "Isn't this clear?" Wei Bao got four miles of land, these people don't even have land, what's the use of those Laoshzi debts? It is better to exchange it for two percent of silver than to be wasted. ”

Wu Xiang snorted, "You are confused!" These debts are no worse than land! You know? With these debts, they can lock up the tenant farmers forever, and unless they go out to flee the famine, they must obey the person who holds the arrears. ”

"Dad, but those rich landowners have no land, how can they control those tenant farmers? Could it be that the tenant farmers have no land to plant, and they can still pay back? Isn't there only one way out and out of the wilderness? Wu Sanfeng said: "How about Wei Bao winning in the end, I don't think there is anything, even if Wei Bao has a little foundation in the township now, it is nothing, in the end it is still a villager, it has nothing to do with us." ”

"Hey, it's stupid to say you're stupid or light!" Wu Xiang was angry, "Wei Bao is big in the township, why doesn't it have anything to do with us?" Do you know how big his piece is? With the talent shown by Wei Bao, there is a chance to become big in the future! Besides, even if he got the land, would he dare to waste all the land and fight with a bunch of rich people who had lost their land? Whose losses are greater? Why do you say that Webel will win? I left you and Xuexia there, just to let you support a group of rich people in the township! With you here, just say a few words to put on Wei Bao's shoes, and those rich people will never hand over their debts so easily! Have you been bought by Wei Bao? ”

Wu Sanfeng and Wu Xuexia's faces were red.

Wu Sanfeng was bought by Wei Bao, received 500 taels of silver from Wei Bao, served him with good wine and food every day, and got two Qinglou girls to play with him.

Wu Xuexia blushed because although she didn't receive any benefits from Wei Bao, the most critical help came out of her, and she helped Wei Bao speak! In disguise, he scared a group of rich people in the township! And Wu Sanfeng is actually just a transparent person, and he went for nothing.

Wu Xiang looked at the brother and sister, knowing that Wu Sanfeng was confused, and although Wu Xuexia was young, she was calm-headed and had a clear mind, so she should never have such a thing happening, so she asked, "Xuexia, what is going on?" ”

Wu Xuexia's beautiful eyes turned, she was still blushing, and she couldn't speak.

Wu Xiang frowned: "Did you help that Wei Bao?" ”

When Wu Xuexia heard this, her face turned even redder: "No, Dad." I hate it when I see that Wei Bao, since there is a him, he has caused a lot of trouble to our family, where will I help him? ”

Wu Xiang said coldly: "Although Wei Bao is a talent, it has been difficult for the local people to have this kind of resourceful teenager in recent years, but he is not the same as us!" If he really wants to make a career, he should think about how to tie up with our Wu family and rely on our Wu family to build a career! But he has always stood on his own hill and become bigger and bigger in the township, which fully exposes Wei Bao's ambition! One mountain can't tolerate two tigers, don't you understand this truth? ”

"Dad, I really didn't help Wei Bao, what should I do for him? My daughter really hates that Wei Bao to death, what's the matter, you ask the eldest brother. Wu Xuexia cleaned herself up.

Wu Sanfeng hurriedly said: "Dad, no matter how much Wei Bao can, he is also a rich man in the township, even if those rich people really hand over all the arrears in their hands, it is impossible to stop there, they will definitely continue to fight with Wei Bao in the future, these people are united, and they are still not to be underestimated, and when they come to the Yamen because of something, we can kill Wei Bao by just looking for an opportunity." ”

"Yes, Dad, even if Wei Bao gets his piece of territory, won't he be in touch with the outside world? In the entire Yongping Mansion, which place does not listen to our family? Wei Bao will still have to deal with the outside world in the future, and there are still many opportunities to rectify Wei Bao. Wu Xuexia also hurriedly diverted the topic, for fear that her father would be held accountable again.

Wu Xiang glanced at the brother and sister deeply, sighed, and secretly thought that at this time, there was little point in holding him accountable, he knew Wu Sanfeng, guessing that Wu Sanfeng must have been dizzy by Wei Bao's rhetoric, and Bacheng also received a lot of benefits from Wei Bao, so he spoke for Wei Bao! Wu Xuexia must know the truth, but she wants to be good with her brother and wants to hide it for her brother!

Wu Xiang guessed the whole truth, but the object was reversed, "Forget it, don't mention it." Wei Bao has now gotten four miles of land, and has obtained the arrears in the hands of those rich people, and has gained absolute control over the local area! This fully shows Wei Bao's ability, this is a very capable and capable person! Don't take it lightly! Especially you, Sanfeng, you are the pillar of the family, you must be sober-minded! But this doesn't mean that Wei Bao can appease those rich people! He must have used coercion and temptation, the more this happens, the more disgusted these rich people will be from their hearts, and they will keep putting dark arrows at him! What we need to do now is to still pay close attention to Wei Bao's every move! Do you hear that? ”

"Yes, Daddy!" Wu Sanfeng hurriedly agreed. Seeing that his father was no longer held responsible, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Xuexia also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and obediently brought tea to her father to drink.

Wu Xiang took a sip of tea, glanced at Wu Xuexia, sighed, and knew that even if Wu Sanfeng helped Wei Bao, with Wu Xuexia's intelligence, he would definitely not fail to see it, Wu Xuexia at least didn't stop it! Wu Xiang was worried that his daughter had fallen in love with Wei Bao! Although Wu Xiang recognized Wei Bao's ability, Wei Bao's level was too far from his family's, and he still did not enter his range of choosing a son-in-law, "Girl extrovert, Xuexia, you are also old, have you ever thought about finding your mother-in-law?" Your uncle has said several times that he wants to settle your relationship with his adopted son, Zu Kefa, what do you think? ”

Wu Xuexia's face blushed, "Dad, what's the matter, it's on my head?" My daughter is only 15 years old, and she is not even 16 years old. Besides, the daughter will serve her father and mother at home for the rest of her life. ”

Wu Xiang smiled: "It's not too early for this matter, can you think about it?" If you have no objections, the next time your uncle asks again, your father will agree! His adopted son, who said he was an adopted son, was actually your uncle's own son! ”

"Dad, my daughter's family affairs, my daughter is in charge of her own affairs! Wait until you have someone you like, and then tell your father. Wu Xuexia said shyly. She didn't want to marry a few cousins from her uncle's family at all.

"Xuexia, what do you think of Wei Bao?" Wu Xiang said casually.

When Wu Xuexia and Wu Sanfeng heard this, they looked at Wu Xiang at the same time, I don't know what Daddy just said about how to deal with Wei Bao, how Wei Bao needs to be on guard, why did he suddenly say that he was looking for Wei Bao to be his son-in-law?

"Dad, what are you talking about, my daughter is annoyed with that Wei Bao!" Wu Xuexia said coquettishly, her voice much softer than before: "Besides, what is he?" How can you be worthy of our Wu family. ”

Wu Xiang looked at Wu Xuexia quietly: "Although Wei Bao's background is low, he has some ability!" Dad is not an old-fashioned person, if you fancy Wei Bao, Dad can't think about it! ”

"Dad, absolutely not! In that case, we will offend all our relatives and friends! Who can intersect with our Wu family, which one is not more powerful than him Wei Bao? Who doesn't have children? The children of the entire Liaodong family in Liaoxi, who doesn't want to be the son-in-law of our Wu family? Wu Sanfeng immediately refused: "If my sister falls in love with Wei Bao, I won't be the first to agree!" ”

The eldest brother is like a father, and Wu Sanfeng's words still have a certain weight, especially in the matter of Wu Xuexia looking for her mother-in-law.

"Big brother, you also come to join in the fun, who said that I fell in love with that Wei Bao? I said I hated him. Wu Xuexia heard her eldest brother say the same, and her mood was a little low.

Wu Xiang said: "Your eldest brother is right! If you really don't look down on a few cousins of your uncle's family, you must at least choose a young talent among the deputy generals and generals in Liaoxi and Liaodong! There are a lot of people! In any case, it will not be the turn of a village boy. If you get out of this range, our Wu family, I really don't know how many people you have offended! After a while, Daddy's birthday, when the time comes, all the suitable candidates from Liaoxi and Liaodong will be invited, and then you will take a sneak look, okay? ”

"Dad, my daughter said that she was still young, why do you have to force her daughter to choose a husband now?" After Wu Xuexia was angry, she went out.

"The bigger this kid is, the bigger his temper will be." Wu Xiang finished speaking indifferently and said to Wu Sanfeng: "Don't let your sister go out at will in the future, you can't have more contact with men, especially that Wei Bao!" ”

"Dad, you're thinking too much, aren't you? How high is my sister's vision? What kind of characters haven't been seen? How did you fall in love with that Wei Bao? Wu Sanfeng understood what his father meant, and said disdainfully.

"It's hard to talk about men and women." Wu Xiang narrowed his eyes, "In short, your sister's marriage is related to the future of the family, and you can't take it lightly!" ”

"Yes, Daddy!" Wu Sanfeng hugged his fists and agreed.

"What I'm most worried about, you know?" Wu Xiang said: "I'm most worried that Wei Bao will not only be able to take away all the land and arrears in the hands of a group of rich people in the township, but also take away their hearts!" Let them follow him in business from now on. ”

Wu Sanfeng was taken aback and said, "Dad, why do you think so?" Is this possible? ”

Wu Sanfeng absolutely didn't believe in this possibility, as if he was listening to a fantasy.

"It's entirely possible! Others may not be able to, but I really can't say well about this Wei Bao now. After Wu Xiang finished speaking, he fell into deep thought.

Between the father and son of the Wu family, the father and daughter did not talk about the deed of sale between Wei Bao and Wu Xuexia, and what Wei Bao was worried about did not happen.

However, these are not Wei Bao's worries at this time, Wei Bao is still enthusiastically talking with a group of Li Zheng, A Chang and rich families, and talking about friendship.

"I know that everyone now has less land and arrears, no land to rely on to collect rent, and no tenant farmers to call at will, and they have no bottom in their hearts and are not steady!" Wei Bao smiled slightly: "But what I want to say to everyone is that I didn't sleep well all night last night!" Didn't sleep well because of what? Just because I have so much more land and so many people! It is useless to have too many people, and the first thing that comes to mind is responsibility, which is not to let the villagers go hungry and freeze, and no longer go out to flee the famine! ”

A group of Li Zheng, Jia Chang and rich people, seeing that Wei Bao was a little emotional, secretly thought that they were really good at acting, I don't know what kind of high-profile they are about to sing?

Fan Xiaolin, Wang Qiuya and Xu Rui, as well as a large group of Wei Bao's entourage, all believed what Wei Bao said, knowing that Wei Bao really regarded the food and clothing of the villagers as the top priority.

Wei Bao handed out the soap on the case to a few wealthy people in the front row: "Everyone smell it, look at the soap of mine, what is the difference between the soap you usually use?" ”

The soaphorn is still only affordable for the rich, and the average poor family can only use leaves to wipe their hands and take a bath.

A group of rich people rushed to smell it first, and they all said it was fragrant.

Wei Bao smiled: "You guys try again, my kind of soap, see what is the difference between it and soap?" ”

Wei Bao said, and asked people to bring a lot of basins, fetch clean water in, and let people bring several soap corners.

The rich people tried it, and they all sighed: "It is comfortable to wash, it feels very smooth, and after washing, it is very clean!" ”

"Not only that, the most important thing is that there is a fragrance after washing!"

The rich people were all amazed, and even Zhao Kehu couldn't help but wash his hands, put his two hands on his nose and sniffed them.

"How? Zhao Lizheng? Compared to your usual soap horn, which one is stronger? Wei Bao asked. Seeing that Zhao Kehu seemed to be a little unkind to him now, he took the initiative to talk to him.

Zhao Kehu said coldly: "Very good, this is another Western cargo?" ”

"No, I made it up! It is cheaper than Western goods, and the effect is better! Wei Bao was ashamed.

"Wei Gongzi is really capable." Zhao Kehu twisted his beard, "A smart person like Gongzi Wei is naturally not a problem to take the Jinshi exam." ”

Everyone thought that Zhao Kehu was teasing Wei Bao, but many people laughed, saying that Wei Gongzi should take the Jinshi exam, and he must be holding a handle in his hand.

Wei Bao didn't want to talk about the Jinshi examination at this time, so he asked everyone with a smile: "Then, can you set a price for my soap?" ”

"If it's only less than twice as expensive as soap, I'll use this soap exclusively in the future!" A wealthy man replied.

"Triple it!" Another rich man replied.

"yes, triple is not a problem." A wealthy man chimed in.

Wei Bao smiled and said, "My soap is the same price as ordinary soap!" Soap is only twice as expensive as soap! ”

When everyone heard this, they exclaimed, secretly wondering if this is really the case, then who will use soaphorn in the future? Only fools use soap horns.

"Wei Gongzi, can you make a lot of soap like yours?" A wealthy man asked.

Wei Bao nodded: "Yes, a monthly output of 100,000 yuan is not a problem!" If the market sales can keep up, 1 million yuan is not a problem! ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes widened, and they all exclaimed in unison, 1 million yuan?

"Wei Gongzi, can I ask you what this soap is made of? Where can you find so many materials to make such a large quantity? A rich man asked suspiciously.

Saponaria sinensis, also known as Saponaria sinensis, is one of the unique species of Acacia sinensis in China, with vigorous growth, dioeciousness, and strong pod-forming ability of female trees.

Acacia fruit is a natural raw material for medicinal food, health care products, cosmetics and detergents; Honey locust seeds can be dissipated and appetized, and contain a kind of vegetable gum (guar gum), which is an important strategic raw material. Honey locust thorn (soap needle) contains flavonoid glycosides, phenols, amino acids, and has high economic value.

Although this crop is not expensive and easy to obtain, it is difficult to produce on a large scale.

In an agrarian society, the cost of many things, with a little bit, is almost zero, but if it is to be produced on a large scale, the cost will rise indefinitely, which is the opposite of industrial society.

Wei Bao understood everyone's doubts and patiently replied: "My soap is made by chemical methods, and it is made from soil!" Instead of plant crops, labor consumption is low! The material is as much as you want, and it does not belong to the ore that is prohibited from mining in the Ming Dynasty. ”

The reason why Weibao uses soap as a fist product is because it is a necessity in people's lives! If you are more rich than it in terms of cost performance, the cost of inferior perfume will be lower, the contrast will be greater, and the concoction is very simple, but Wei Bao does not want to make too many products for the time being, and only plans to start with soap and kerosene lamps.

"If that's the case, Wei Gongzi is going to make a fortune! What do you need so much land for? Does Wei Gongzi plan to farm? A wealthy man asked suspiciously, wondering what Wei Bao's purpose was in showing them this soap? Is it to show off to them?

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "This soap of mine has not been put on the market yet!" If you are interested, I would like to work with you to make a great cause! Why can Jin Shang have such a big momentum? Why can't we fight with them everywhere? There are also several large merchants in western Liaoning, who have monopolized the trade inside and outside the customs! The powerful merchants of Nanzhili monopolized the trade between the north and the south? ”

Everyone was shocked, and then they knew what kind of medicine was sold in Wei Bao's gourd, and this was to pull them together to sell soap?

Some people are interested, but most people still feel bottomless.

In fact, these landlords are more or less businessmen, after all, grain trading is also trading, and every year they also have to use their minds and brains to try to make the greatest profits, and it cannot be said that there is no business foundation. But as a rich man in the township, he is still more enthusiastic about agricultural products, and he is a little weak about the goods next to him.

"Wei Gongzi, a big businessman, doesn't that mean that you can do it? At least it's been around for a hundred years, right? Which powerful business is not a century-old brand? If you want to do business, do it yourself, right? Let's all bless Wei Gongzi. "Dongbai Tali is Bai Pengfu.

When everyone heard this, they coaxed one after another, wishing Gongzi Wei a fortune.

Wei Bao was not angry, he glanced at Bai Pengfu with a pleasant face, and said with a smile: "Isn't it better to get rich together?" Bai Li is not preconceived and refuses to understand. ”

"Wei Gongzi, we are all villagers, we have never seen any big world, unlike Wei Gongzi, I heard that we have all been to the capital and entered the palace, how dare we be the same as Wei Gongzi?" Bai Peng said.

"Yes, Master Wei, let's hurry up and talk about how to divide the work for everyone, right? Let's see how many projects each person can do, we all want to do the work of building roads. The rich people said.

Wei Bao nodded and said: "I have a lot of projects at hand, building city walls, building windbreaks, building roads, building aqueducts and drainage canals, building reservoirs, building river embankments and seawalls, all of which need to be packaged!" However, if you want to contract the work with me, you have to buy the materials from me, right? Payment must be made on a monthly basis. ”

Yes?

Still want to pay?

A group of Li Zheng, Jia Chang and rich people originally came with interest, but at this time, it was like a big basin of cold water poured down, cold from head to toe, take the materials from your hands, and give you silver? What kind of money do you make?

"Wei Gongzi, aren't you personally going to build these projects? Do we spend money on materials? Isn't that made by everyone? Houmafang Lili Zhenghou said unhappily.

Wei Bao said: "You still have money to earn, if you don't pay the material fee every month, how can our cement factory and brick factory afford such a big cost?" Nor can I get silver out of heaven? You're earning labor fees. I will count the cost of materials in the whole project payment. If you have confidence in the project, it's just an advance payment, and when the project is over, won't you even earn back the principal and interest? ”

A group of people were silent, all making their own calculations, thinking, if the project is successful, it won't be you who have the final say? It's all in your hands, if you don't want to pay the full amount of the project, who is going to go? I feel very unsure.

"Wei Gongzi, what about your land? Do you contract all the farming to the tenant farmers? Can you give it to us, and we can contract it to the tenant farmers? A wealthy man asked. I thought that even if I didn't have land and arrears, I would be a second-class landlord of Wei Bao, and I would still have an old livelihood, and my life would not change much.

When everyone heard this, they also asked one after another, and they all wanted to plant land.

Wei Bao shook his head and said, "It's not that it can't be, it's just that the preparations for this year's spring ploughing have begun!" It is necessary to open up a large area, and the harvest of the previous land is not calculated according to the old tenant rent, but at least 20 times higher! Would you like to give it a try? ”

Up 20 times?

All the Li Zheng, Jia Chang and the rich people gasped when they heard this, and said in their hearts, why don't you go and grab it? 20 times? I'm afraid it's not crazy to think about silver, right?

No one scolded Wei Bao, but Tie Qing, who was angry, felt that Wei Bao deliberately played tricks again! If it weren't for Wei Bao's strength at this time, many people would have encouraged everyone to leave, and stop talking to this crazy man.

Wei Bao could naturally see everyone's thoughts, and said patiently: "It's really 20 times, I don't mean to play with everyone, this year I have introduced a lot of good varieties from other places!" Also use chemical fertilizers! And why can't you listen to the dealings of my firm of heaven and earth? I'm not outsourcing it to everyone, no matter everyone, I want everyone to partner with me and join my shares! ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts that were about to leave, and their hearts were already very restless, and they were a little more at ease, and they were very surprised, they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Wei Bao's gourd? I've seen Wei Bao's soap just now, and everyone knows that if it's really the kind of cost that Wei Bao said, it's an ironclad and profitable business, and it's a good thing for him to do it alone, it's very simple, right? Why do you want everyone to buy shares and share his money to earn?