The businessmen looked at Yang Sichang with vigilant eyes, Yang Sichang smiled and said: "I know that you won't believe empty words, but I'll say it first, everyone knows that there are three treasures in Liaodong, ginseng, mink, and ura grass, this wula grass is okay, but ginseng and mink are good things, I don't know if I'm interested?" ”

The merchants traveled south and north, and naturally knew that ginseng mink was a good thing, but Yang Sichang said that this is useless, now that Liaodong is in the hands of Jiannu, who dares to sell ginseng and mink skin, what is the difference between saying this and not saying it.

Yang Sichang continued: "Our Guards Army has dispatched two divisions, with a total strength of more than 30,000 people, and Liaodong can be said to be defeated within three years, which is still a very safe prediction, in fact, it may be earlier and faster, and this business will be easy to do at that time." ”

The businessmen thought that when the business was good, they would do it, but what is the use of saying these now? Isn't it time for us to do business in Liaodong?

Yang Sichang: "After the recovery of Liaodong, there will be a military cantonment, that is to say, the entire Liaodong will have thirty percent of the land allocated to the army that contributed to the recovery, then the first people in Liaodong to come to the cantonment will be the soldiers of the Guards and their families, and ginseng and mink can only be picked or caught by these people." And when the time comes, isn't it a matter of who to sell to and who not to sell to? ”

It turned out that the focus was on the last sentence, and the businessmen understood it, first saying that the Chinese law should be changed, which made people panic, and then used the possible output of Liaodong in a few years to lure everyone, this method is really good, but for these businessmen, how to do business is clear in their hearts. So someone stood up and asked, "What does Minister Yang want us to do to let us join the business in Liaodong?" ”

Yang Sichang said unhurriedly: "It's very simple, sign a contract with our logistics department to help us transport rice to southern Liaoning, we will receive your grain in Tianjin Wei or Denglai at 20% higher than the market price, or you will transport it to Juehua Island, we will buy it at a price 40% higher than the market price, as long as the number of grain transported meets our requirements, then we will give priority to cooperating with you in the business of Liaodong." ”

This condition is too relaxed, so that the businessman does not believe at all, as long as the grain is collected and transported to Tianjin Wei, there will be 20% of the income, then this is already profitable, although the income may not be much, but it will not be like salt, maybe you have to wait until a few years or even more than ten years and decades before you can keep the salt. Then someone asked, "Is the grain brought in with silver coins?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "Of course, but this time our logistics department has cooperation with Daming Royal Bank, and we can issue flight tickets on Juehua Island, and then redeem them in other Royal Bank branches or branches, so we will pay grain on Juehua Island and then redeem it in the customs." ”

The businessmen were not interested in what kind of ticket, but finally got a positive answer, so they began to discuss the matter, and everyone felt that the conditions offered by the military this time were too good, just to transport grain, and some were not credible.

Then another man was pushed out and asked, "Is there a rule on how much grain we must bring in?" ”

Yang Sichang shook his head: "No, but when we cooperate, we will determine the priority of cooperation according to the food you ship." The meaning of this is obvious, that is, those who transport more grain can give priority to cooperation with the military.

Yang Sichang continued: "We will cooperate with all the merchants to set up a large commercial bank to deal with the sales of Liaodong specialties, and the amount of grain you transport will be the basis for your share of the commercial bank." ”

As soon as I heard that it is a firm specializing in the sale of Liaodong specialties, all the businessmen can't help but be excited, listen to Yang Sichang said, this firm has a strong exclusivity, others want to squeeze in, the future profits are obviously very high, if you can join and occupy more shares, it is naturally extremely cost-effective.

In fact, Yang Sichang was also a little unimpressed by this, he felt that these businessmen were doing business normally, but in the end they gave them so many preferential treatments, which seemed unnecessary. But he didn't expect that Zhu Youxiao's purpose was just to tie these businessmen together and finally form a large business group to make full use of their channels in retail acquisitions.

Soon the merchants made a decision to transport grain to southern Liaoning, in order to seize the commercial opportunity in Liaodong, no matter what, anyway, now transporting grain can also earn two percent, although it is not much, much less than the profit of transporting salt, but the advantage is also obvious: settle in the court, you can participate in the business of Liaodong.

At the request of the merchant, Yang Sichang asked Liu Boze to take someone to register the merchant's name, the name of the firm, the size of the shipment and the delivery date. Then he said: "The supply of grain and grass in the army is not a child's play, if it is not transported by then, it will be served by military law, please be careful." ”

All the merchants said, "Of course, I won't miss the Guards." ”

Yang Sichang said: "After the next time the grain and grass are transported, you can buy some farm tools in Tianjin Wei with the bills of the logistics department, these farm tools are made of good iron, which is not as good as the things in the small workshop, this is used as a meeting gift for cooperation with us." ”

The Ordnance Bureau has undergone technological innovation, which has greatly increased the smelting capacity of iron and steel, and the iron ore can not meet the needs for a while, so Zhu Youxiao ordered the original Ordnance Bureau to recycle some of the garbage weapons stockpiled in the furnace, in addition to the manufacture of new firearms armor cannons, but also carried out agricultural tool innovation, and created a batch of good agricultural tools, which are much stronger than the current peasant households, except for the Liao people who are free of charge, others of course have to buy with money, the imperial court now has no commercial channels, and the distribution by administrative agencies at all levels will definitely have the problem of corruption, So Zhu Youxiao hit the idea on these businessmen. Yang Sichang was smart, and sold these good farm tools as a reward to these merchants, and made money and received their hearts, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Soon the merchants' willingness to transport was summarized in front of Yang Sichang, and according to the amount subscribed by the merchants themselves, at least the grain and grass of the Guards for three years would not have to worry. However, Yang Sichang knew that he would soon have to carry out tuntian in southern Liaoning, and the grain must be prepared first. I am afraid that most of this food will be used on the fleeing Liao people.

The logistical problem has finally been solved, there is no need to worry about grain and grass, but how to form the Liaodong Development Company that the emperor said is a painstaking and laborious matter, although Liaodong has not yet been laid, but the preliminary preparations must be done first, the proportion of shares, the early tuntian, ginseng picking, mink capture and production, these must first set the regulations. And Liu Boze took Xiucai from Liaodong to be responsible for the preliminary preparations.

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