Chapter 151 Investment
Li Feihu has the same feeling as Xu Shiyang: At present, in this world, the fastest way to get money is to grab it directly.
What's more, no matter how much the Li Group attaches importance to business and maintains its business reputation, they are essentially pirates, and there is no technical difficulty for them to transform from an international trader to a bandit gang in an instant.
Another irritating problem for the Li clique is that in Fuso, except for a few "pirate daimyo" who have some confidence in the sailors, other coastal warlords all enforce a strict sea ban system, and in addition to their own ships that can do some international trade every year, foreigners' trade in Fuso can only rely on the smuggling of a few private ports, and the share is very sad.
Therefore, Li Feihu, Li Feihuang and some other Li Group cabinets are planning an armed raid against several large ports in Fusang, if they can use this to open the Fusang market, of course, it is very good, if not, at least one port can also satisfy the appetite of the big cabinet.
Of course, Li Feihu did not tell Xu Shiyang as clearly about these reasons, he only vaguely hinted at the willingness to use the Zhou ship to launch a large-scale operation against Fusang.
After probably figuring out the idea of the Li Group, Xu Shiyang had no reason to refuse, and he directly negotiated a temporary contract with Li Feihu:
The Zhou ship itself was transferred to Li Feihu, and the Li Group gave Xu Shiyang a lucky ship of about the same size in exchange.
In addition, the Li Group allowed Xu Shiyang to recruit sailors from the vicinity of Shuangyu, and allowed Xu Shiyang's fleet to berth in Shuangyu at a more favorable tax rate in the future, but the Xu family's goods needed to be sold directly to the Li Group at a discount at Shuangyu Port.
That is to say, in addition to the copper and sulfur that Xu Shiyang wanted to bring back, other goods, including the thousands of skins, Fusang's swords and belongings, and the ship that sent Zhou to be handed over to Li Feihu on the spot.
In Xu Shiyang's view, this is a cooperation agreement, I don't know why, from Li Feihuang to Li Feihu, the two Li cabinets he has seen seem to have a tendency to win over themselves, so they have taken a lot of advantage in the agreement.
With the Li Group as the exclusive distributor, the stolen goods obtained by Xu Shiyang's pirate operations in the future can be quickly disposed of and turned into more convenient cash, and then go to Lin'an to buy all kinds of urgently needed materials.
This is a big convenience for Xu Shiyang.
Let alone.......
"Brother Xu can take a closer look at Shuangyu." Li Feihu got the boat he wanted, and he seemed to be in a good mood, he said with a smile: "If there is anything you want to buy, just talk to the steward of our Li family, and the price is negotiable." ”
I can buy supplies from the Lee Group, which controls the waterway, ah.......
"Shi Yang would like to thank Brother Li here."
……
"Third brother, he values you very much."
After Li Feihu left, Xu Shiliu whispered to Xu Shiyang:
"Their family's strength is much stronger than ours, but they make profits everywhere when they discuss things."
"I don't understand why."
Xu Shiyang frowned and said:
"We took a big advantage just now, but I don't quite understand why he agreed to take advantage of us, if you just say that he likes me, I am really worthy of him to take the initiative to compromise?"
"Maybe it's because of our reputation for defeating the Tartars?"
"That's all I can think about for the time being." Xu Shiyang sighed: "I don't understand what the other party is thinking, this feels really uncomfortable, if our family is so strong that we don't need to care what they think." ”
"Either way, taking every opportunity to strengthen yourself is the last word, and working with pirates is not a big deal."
Xu Shiyang made up his mind:
"Let's go to the market to see if there are any needed materials, come out this time, try not to bring money back, all of them are exchanged for supplies!"
……
"Third uncle, do you value that Xu Shiyang very much?"
"Little Thirteen, what do you think of this person?"
"Very ambitious."
Li Feihuang walked towards the Li Merchant House in Shuangyu Port, and said thoughtfully:
"But he was too tough to do things, and he couldn't see the situation clearly, and when I saw him in the open sea, I almost got into a fight with him."
"What if he doesn't see the situation clearly, but has confidence in his own strength?" Li Feihu said with a smile.
"Hehe, no matter how confident he is, there are only two boats, and one is just grabbed, how can he be worthy of the third uncle's attention to him?"
"Little Thirteen, it's been more than ten years since the Great Zhou moved south, how have you ever seen a force that dares to fight the Tartars to the end?" Li Feihu smiled: "Did you see those guards around him?" ”
"Very strong." Li Feihuang nodded.
"Not only strong, but I noticed the identity of two of the guards: a money rat-tailed tartar, and a moon head widow." Li Feihu said: "I'm afraid it's the captives they captured after being defeated, right?" ”
Leaving Pu Luhun was originally to use his identity as a tartar to elevate Xu Shiliu, so Xu Shiyang has not lost his braids, so that outsiders can see at a glance the nationality he came from.
Li Feihuang thought for a while, nodded and said, "It should be." ”
"I heard that at the beginning of last year, the Japanese invaders plundered the Qi Province in Jiangbei on a large scale, but they were defeated by the local villagers?"
"That's right, third uncle, you didn't see his boat, that ship was originally plundered by our family by the Japanese invaders, and now it is in the hands of the surnamed Xu, it should have been grabbed at that time."
"Isn't that all there is to it?" Li Feihu patted Li Feihuang's head a little dotingly, and said slowly: "Our family raises his hand now, and the flow from his fingers can make his Xu family remember it for a lifetime. ”
For the Li Group, the discount given to Xu Shiyang now is not even a dime, which is also the reason why Li Feihu stood on the street and could settle things with Xu Shiyang in a few words.
A billionaire who "invests" ten yuan in a promising young man on the street to buy breakfast to satisfy his hunger does not need to go to the office to sign a contract.
Even if he looks away, this young man can't get up at all, and this investment is wasted, and the rich man will not feel distressed.
But if he can really get up one day, or even if it is just to gain a foothold in Qi Province, stabilize the people's livelihood in Qi Province, and resume production, their family's maritime business will naturally have to be given to the Li Group, which once sent charcoal in the snow.
For pirates, this is actually a low-investment, high-risk, high-reward investment.
"Little Thirteen, don't you also want to recruit him as a small cabinet?" Li Feihu asked, "What did you think at the time?" ”
"Seeing that he can grab a ship, I think he has the strength of a small cabinet." Li Feihuang replied: "It's a pity that he didn't agree." Hearing what the third uncle said, maybe I should try again? ”
"No, ambitious people usually have a lot of self-esteem, and he won't come to our house to make a small cabinet." Li Feihu said with a smile: "Besides, his strength is on land, what's the use of letting him come to sea?" ”
"Let's try to recruit that Luo Hai Dog and tell Xu Shiyang that if that Luo Hai Dog can command his Xu family's fleet, we will agree to the name of Luo Hai Dog hanging a small cabinet in our house, which is also a kind of reciprocity, and he will not disagree."