Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Aftermath
"Old-two, today Ling Xiaozi came to me, saying that he wanted to hand over the Sichuan sales agency of the Lingke Chamber of Commerce to our Li family, and you have always been responsible for our Li family's business affairs, so I will call you, and this matter will be discussed between you and Ling Xiaozi." Li Hao smiled, there was an unconcealable excitement in his eyes, although Li Hao was old and returned to the country, but who is afraid of having a lot of money, the spirit guide of the Lingke Chamber of Commerce is currently the most popular thing in Da Zhou, and many people can't ask for the opportunity to send it to the door, and excitement is inevitable.
After Li Shang listened, he was shocked and didn't know what to say, how could he not know the significance of this matter to the Li family's industry, it was not a matter of several times, but a matter of taking the lead, Li Shang had been in business for many years, and he knew that the Lingke Chamber of Commerce would sooner or later release the agency, but their Li family was one step ahead, and Li Shang naturally knew how many interests there were.
"Big ...... Big brother, you ...... Is that true? After a while, Li Shang asked in a daze.
"Well, Ling Boy isn't just here, you can discuss it with him yourself." Li Hao smiled lightly.
"Marquis Ling, this ...... I don't know what to say, in short, thank you very much for Ling Hou's trust, how to cooperate, please show Ling Houye. Li Shang turned his head to Ling Yu and said, about to talk about business, Li Shang also put away his bold expression and became serious, showing the shrewdness of the businessman.
"Second uncle, in fact, I don't have any conditions, cooperation is always based on two benefits, the Lingke Chamber of Commerce can supply the Li family at a 6% discount, and the Li family needs to open a store branch of the Lingke Chamber of Commerce in Chengdu Mansion, specializing in the sale of spiritual guides, and the first batch of goods depends on how much the second uncle needs here, I will send a message back to the capital to let the Chamber of Commerce workshop stock up, and then transport it to Chengdu Mansion by water." Ling Yu said with a smile.
"There is no problem with this, I will implement the matter of the store later, I think it will be able to deal with it soon, as for the first batch of goods, as much as possible, I thought about it for a while, Chengdu Mansion will first open a branch of the Lingke Chamber of Commerce, which will inevitably attract merchants from the surrounding state capitals to come to buy goods, but I don't know if there is any restriction on the price of foreign merchants in Linghouye?" Li Shang thought for a while and asked.
This is a wake-up call for Ling Yu, he is also the first time to release agency, he didn't think about it so much, as soon as Li Shang said this, he remembered the agency model he had heard of in his previous life, and now the agency power given to the Li family is equivalent to the power of Sichuan Province, so the agency power of other state capitals can be represented by the Li family in the case of satisfying their own interests, which also saves Ling Yu the trouble of looking for a partner.
"Hehe, second uncle, you have given me a wake-up call, I think so, the agency I am now giving to the Li family belongs to the agency of Sichuan Province, as for the place other than Chengdu Mansion, the Li family can independently delegate the second-level agency under the condition of meeting the needs of their own interests, and the price is also arranged by you and I will not interfere, that is to say, you belong to the provincial agency, and the following state and county-level agents are arranged by yourself." Ling Yu explained.
Li Shang's eyes lit up when he heard this, this is a very good condition, so that he can delegate the agency of the spirit guide step by step, collect a large amount of deposit, and save them from opening stores in various places.
"Then I understand, don't worry, Marquis Ling, I will do these things well." Li Shang said with confidence.
"That's good, the second uncle has also been in business for so long, and he knows more about all kinds of situations than my half-bucket of water, so I won't go into details, one thing I want to mention, since it is an agent officially authorized by our Lingke Chamber of Commerce, then you can't sell it at a price that is 20% more expensive than us, and it is the same after delegating the agent." Ling Yu said with a smile.
"There is no problem with this, Ling Hou Ye has already given us a lot of profits, even if you need some freight, it is not worth mentioning, the waterway here in Chengdu Mansion is still very convenient, but if the transportation in other state capitals is inconvenient, the cost may be much higher, if the restriction is too dead, they may not be so keen if they have no profit." Li Shang pondered.
Ling Yu smiled after hearing this: "Second uncle, don't worry too much about this, I have already discussed with Governor He, to build roads in Sichuan Province, connect the state capitals, and wait for the roads to be smooth, this cost will naturally be reduced." ”
"Old -Er, you don't have to think much about this matter, according to what Ling Xiaozi said, we don't have to get used to those greedy guys, you know how popular the spirit guide of the Spirit Science Chamber of Commerce is, they don't naturally have people who are willing to abide by the agreement." Li Hao said on the side, he knew that the reason why Ling Yu wanted to delegate agency power was also to increase the tax revenue of Sichuan Province for road construction in the future.
After that, the few discussed some details, and Ling Yu asked Li Shang to send someone back to Beijing with the messenger he sent, go to the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the specific terms and then sign the contract, and Li Shang readily agreed.
After having lunch in the Chengguo Mansion, Ling Yu took Li Xin and left, and Li Shang respectfully sent Ling Yu away on behalf of Li Hao.
On the way back, Li Xin still felt a little unreal, how could his family act as the spiritual guide of the Spirit Science Chamber of Commerce, and it was so simple and pleasant, he had heard that all he had heard about was which big family went to see Ling Yu and was not answered, but now Ling Yu directly sent the opportunity to the door.
"What do you think?" Ling Yu saw that Li Xin was in a daze, so he asked.
"Oh, it's nothing, it's just a little unreal, as far as I know, Qian Ruomei begged your brother-in-law for a long time, but you didn't agree." Li Xin was stunned.
"At this time and at that time, not to mention what the position of the Qian family is, you must also know that there is a reason why I don't let them go." Ling Yu said. cruel
"I can also think of my brother-in-law's reason, alas, no matter how much, it's a good thing anyway." Li Xin was no longer entangled, and smiled.
"Don't worry about this, after I go back today, I will start to train well with my guard company, I look forward to your performance in the future, although you don't like to hear it, although Qian Ruotian used to be more squirming, but since he entered my guard company for a period of time to train, now he has a good look, don't fall behind." Ling Yu smiled.
"Brother-in-law, I won't lose to that guy." When Li Xin heard Ling Yu mention Qian Ruotian, he was immediately unconvinced, in the past, he surpassed Qian Ruotian in all aspects.
"Well, it's good to have faith, it depends on your performance." Ling Yu said with a smile.
After speaking, he stopped talking, and soon returned to Xingyuan, Ling Yu directly asked Li Xin to return to the barracks to train, since he didn't go out, there was no need for Li Xin to follow, let him start training as soon as possible.
After thinking about it, Ling Yu began to write a note, wrote out today's events in detail, sent someone to the capital, and handed them over to the emperor, many things Ling Yu did not talk to the emperor in detail, although the emperor gave him the will to act cheaply, but now that he has a plan, he naturally has to report in detail.
A few days ago, a division was sent into the Song Domain as a regiment to clear the three Tusi who had rebelled, including the Beiding Tuan Division, the Assi Tuan Division, and the Baima Road Tuan Division.
The natives were escorted back to Chengdu one after another to take care of it, waiting for Helian soldiers to prepare for the road repair, and first used these natives to start construction in advance to repair the official roads of the prefectures and counties in Chengdu Prefecture.
The rebellious toasts on the side of the Song Domain were quickly disposed of, and although there was some resistance in the middle, under the combination of muskets and artillery, none of them could stop the front of the new army, and they were all quickly broken.
In another world, in such a mountainous place, it is difficult to use heavy weapons such as artillery, but now with the existence of storage spirit guides, the soldiers of the new army can easily bring artillery to where it is needed, and they can also store enough ammunition and food.
After Li Shu's report, Ling Yu also roughly understood the current situation, the 4 regiments all had some losses, not many were killed in battle, but many were injured, also because there are many mountains and forests here, even if there are guides, there is no guarantee that all soldiers can be safe and sound, and the final statistics of casualties are more than 1,000, and only more than 100 died, and most of the others are large or small injuries.
The wounded soldiers also returned to the vicinity of Chengdu to recuperate, and the dead soldiers were cremated on the spot, put into the prepared urn, connected with the armor card, and brought back to Beijing for burial, which gave Ling Yu the idea of building a martyr's cemetery, and asked Zhou Zhengxiong to build it when he was ready to return to Beijing.
The other Tusi of the Song Domain were very well-behaved, seeing the muskets and cannons of the Beijing army, they quickly blasted off the three Tusi nests, and the other Tusi knew that they could not defeat the Beijing Army, and they were glad that they did not raise troops with An Hongyi and others at that time, otherwise they would all be destroyed now.
For the requirements of the new army, the Tusi also responded positively, what they wanted, and they did not dare to slack off, for fear that the generals of the Beijing Army would be unhappy, and they would be destroyed by waving the army, although the new army was fighting in regiments, and a regiment was less than 3,000 people, and there were a lot of people in each Tusi, but the combat effectiveness was not the same.
Even if there are mountains and forests as a barrier, they can't stand the bombardment of artillery, and there are people sent by other Tusi as guides in several regiments, who saw the terrible scene of the guns and cannons of the new army, and when they went back, they told their own Tusi that they were all silent, in addition to being more active in the requirements of the new army, they were also very active in sending people to Chengdu to ask for instructions in the morning and report late to show their loyalty.
Ling Yu is still very satisfied with the current situation, as long as these toasts don't have a twitch in their heads and rebel again, presumably the matter in Shudi will end soon.
After the Song Domain in the north was dealt with, the soldiers of the new army returned to the vicinity of Chengdu Mansion to be stationed and repaired, waiting for Ling Yu's next order, and the local garrison troops were deployed by Ren Xiang and went to various places to garrison, although the combat effectiveness was not good, but it was good to have someone, and some of the soldiers of the garrison who had experienced the battlefield were actually not bad, but most of these people were left by Ren Xiang by his side, and only a small number were sent out.
As for Ren Xiang's previous actions in Hanzhou, Ling Yu didn't pursue it too much, not that Ling Yu didn't want to, but Ren Xiang was the general of the garrison in Sichuan Province, and his words would have a big impact for a while, so he had to put it first, and then talk about it when the local garrison troops were trained in the future, this time the Tusi Rebellion was pacified, and these Tusi must be able to settle down for a while.
Waiting for the road construction plan to begin, a large number of local people will be hired, and their power will be slowly weakened, and they will not be able to turn the sky by then.
In the following days, in addition to discussing the matter of road repair with Helian Bing, Ling Yu provided advice and suggestions when Li Shang was preparing the branch of the Lingke Chamber of Commerce, and the life was very easy, and the toasts around the country were also very well-behaved, and there were no more moths, if it weren't for the fact that the road repair had not been finalized, Ling Yu would have planned to lead the troops back to Beijing.