Chapter 474 The scenery should be long-sighted

"Thanks, old man,"

Seeing this, Li Tao arched his hand and said with a smile, "You finally helped me once." ”

If Yangzhou can really be won, even if the salt problem is completely solved, Li Tao's expression suddenly relaxed.

"Now it's okay, all the salt is escorted by the troops, just to avoid the exploitation of the traffickers,"

Xia Bomin was happy and asked with a shy face, "Let's ...... You can open your own shop and sell it, right? Cheaper and ...... cheap"

"It's not that simple,"

Li Tao waved his hand and interrupted him, "Trafficking can be done by us, as for retail...... I still have to let go. ”

"This ......"

"Think about it,"

Li Tao shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's still the same sentence, do we have so many people?" Besides, there are so many ready-made salt shops in various places, and so many guys are raised, don't they also have to be employed? ”

"Uh,"

Xia Bomin laughed self-deprecatingly, "It seems that you can only follow the old example and distribute salt?" ”

"I really can't help it,"

At this time, Lin Xiao also straightened up from the table, nodded and said, "We can't raise so many people, is this also a streamlined government, but ...... The retail price must be strictly controlled, and those who commit adultery must be severely punished! ”

"Then you still have to say,"

Li Tao said with a smile, "Old man, I'm thinking, not only grain and salt, but also in the future, even the trade of your light industrial products should also be delegated to them......

"Huh? This also puts? ”

When Lin Xiao heard this, a trace of a smile on his face immediately disappeared, and he looked at Li Tao with a black line.

The oil lamps, glass, and soap that Lao Zhou developed, as well as the new gadgets such as matches, toothpaste, faucets, and disinfectant tablets that were being planned, were rare in this era, at least for the time being.

He is still counting on these things to make a lot of money on Westerners!

"I've thought about it, it's not a big problem,"

Li Tao smiled and said in a low voice, "Isn't the production and wholesale pricing power all in our hands?" Retail and foreign trade, just decentralize ......"

"But,"

Lin Xiao was unwilling, "In case the technology leaks, ......"

When there are many people involved in the production and marketing process, it is much more difficult to keep the technical secret.

"You're stupid,"

Li Tao raised his hand and pointed at him, and said with a smile, "All products, as long as you sell them, people will use them, and you won't think about them?" ”

“……”

Lin Xiao was speechless for a while.

"Don't worry, old man, it's not that scary,"

Li Tao smiled, "There are some things, even if you tell them the formula, I'm afraid you won't be able to make them......"

"That's just as well."

Lin Xiao grinned and laughed self-deprecatingly.

He suddenly found that he did have some magic obstacles, and he wanted to make huge profits, and he wanted to block all technology, how could this be.

Some of Lao Zhou's products have no technical barriers, just like a piece of window paper, which can be broken when poked, while others, such as drugs and munitions, are not at a certain industrial level, and others can't imitate them.

"Old man, you should look at the scenery for a long time,"

Li Tao patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "How much manpower does this involve in the trade of a country?" How is it possible to hold it all in your hands? ”

"That's just as well,"

Lin Xiao barely squeezed out a smile and said apologetically, "It seems that in addition to fighting, my brain is really not very good...... These things, from all walks of life, are still handled by your brother......"

"That's not good, let's discuss it,"

When Li Tao heard this, he immediately said urgently, "Old man, let's eat in a pot, no one should try to shirk it." ”

"It's not...... I didn't mean that,"

Lin Xiao raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and said with a smile, "I mean, my division of labor is still focused on marching and fighting, this rear management is too complicated, you are the expert, so what...... Chief Designer, right, Chief Designer. ”

"Don't put a high hat on me,"

When Li Tao heard this, he said with a white face, "Is there any mistake, you are the protagonist, okay, there are so many of us, aren't they all cooperating with you and following your baton?" ”

“……”

"I'm not kidding,"

Li Tao's face sank, and he said solemnly, "Old man, don't forget, this is a war era when all the people are soldiers, and before peace comes, everything should be based on military work, and all other work must be subordinated to this purpose, right?" ”

"Okay,"

Lin Xiao raised his eyes to look at Li Tao and said in a deep voice, "Old man, if you have any difficulties, just say it, brother, I will definitely give it my full support." ”

"That's right, you helped me solve the salt problem, isn't that the biggest support?"

Li Tao stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "You should be hungry too, let's eat?" ”

"Okay, let's go."

……

Xia Bomin arranged for Lin Xiao to stay in a small courtyard, located in the northwest corner of this mansion covering several hectares, which is a quiet and elegant independent courtyard next to the east bank of the West Lake.

The dining table was set up in a pavilion outside the west wing, and the group walked out of the living room of the main room, through the flower corridor and road, only a few steps away.

After sitting down, Lin Xiao and the three of them drank the mellow and sweet Sanbai wine, and ate slowly while overlooking the night view of the West Lake.

Situ Zheng was very interested, refused to serve anything at the table, and insisted on dining with the soldiers of the guard squad.

Perhaps, in his eyes, these leaders in front of him are all partners who are in the same boat and have returned from overseas, and in front of them, he is an outsider, and he doesn't want to disturb Yaxing, who is talking privately.

In July, the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is rolling, and although the sun has set on the scorching earth, it is still very hot in the pavilion.

"The southwest wind, the night comes", there was a trace of wind during the day, but now there is no shadow, the air is almost frozen, even inhaled into the lungs, it is a hot and baking smell, forcing people to gasp for breath.

Before the bowl of Sanbai wine was drunk, Xia Bomin, a big man in Shandong, was so hot that he was sweating profusely, constantly wiping his forehead and face with his sleeves, and the other two were similar, and the back of his single cloth shirt was soaked.

Situ Zheng was very eye-catching, and he found a few pu fans out of nowhere, and the three of them shook the big pu fans, drinking and eating vegetables, while chatting nonsense.

Although a chef was specially invited to pick up Lin Xiao's wind, Xia Bomin was very frugal, with light wine and few dishes.

At the same time, he is also very caring, except for a few local specialties, the table is almost always cold cuts.

In fact, in addition to one seafood, the only real local specialty is a plate of Longjing shrimp, a bowl of Dongpo pork, and a plate of West Lake vinegar fish.

The characteristics of Hangzhou cuisine are light, focusing on the taste of clear, fresh, crisp and tender, paying attention to light oil, light pulp, and the combination of fresh and salty.

Lin Xiao saw that Situ Zheng was soaking wet, so he ordered him to go to the back to eat, and took a short rest by the way, leaving only a guard who was only ten years old outside the hall, who was responsible for running the hall and serving food.

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, that Xia Bomin didn't care about decency, and immediately took off the already wet single-shirt military uniform on his upper body, revealing his toned tendon meat, and letting beads of sweat the size of beans roll off his smooth bare back......

This move immediately caused a chain reaction, and the other two masters immediately followed suit, and the three soldiers simply drank and ate meat bare-chested, feeling refreshed and incomparably happy.

When he was about to be full, Lin Xiao shook the big pu fan in his hand a few times, looked at the Leifeng Pagoda on the top of the mountain at sunset not far from the wall, and suddenly asked without a head:

"Is this the inner city or the outer city?"

"Outer City, what's wrong?"

Li Tao took a sip of wine and replied casually.