The recruitment of Jiading is a bit troublesome, and it also makes Li Chuan really understand what the background is.

Compared with those real Hao clans, the Li family's foundation is too thin. To put it bluntly, the Li family is a family of small landlords, and there are many such small landlords in the south of the Yangtze River, and they can only be regarded as the bottom group in the landlord class of the Ming Dynasty.

Those real wealthy families have gathered several generations of manpower and material resources, not only are they vigorous, but there are hundreds of servants in the family, and some wealthy families are secretly training guards, compared with those wealthy families, the Li family really lacks background.

After a few days of busy work, according to the instructions of the young master, Li Changyue finally selected only seven families from the village.

There are more than 30 households in the Li family and more than 100 households in Dingkou.

The seven families are all sons raised by the farmers, and there are not many surplus people who have much land, the oldest is more than 20, and the youngest is only 16 years old, all of them are yellow, hungry and thin, and there are not many taels of meat on their bodies.

Looking at these Muna's crop men, Li Chuan felt that he had made a mistake.

He positioned Jiading as a guard, but can such a person really become a guard?

"What are your strengths?"

Li Chuan asked weakly.

The seven crop men smirked, and no one answered.

After a while, a man boldly said, "Young master, the little one can do carpentry." ”

Li Chuan's face twitched, and he asked the others: "What about you?" ”

Someone got up, and everyone became bolder, and someone replied, "Young master, the little one can make a raft." ”

"Young master, a small one has a lot of strength."

"Young master, the little one can make bamboo baskets."

"Young Master......"

The more Li Chuan listened, the darker his face became, and he had a feeling that his silence was greater than his heart was dead.

In the end, I can only ask the housekeeper to arrange people to live first, and then think about how to train these family members.

Seven families, three married, wives and children also have to be brought to the village, there are a lot of empty houses in the front yard, there is no problem to settle seven families, but how to train these families is a bit nerve-wracking, everything is difficult at the beginning!

If there is a gun, Li Chuan thinks that it is enough to follow the special forces drills that he has seen on the eyes.

But the problem is that possession of firearms is a serious crime in the Ming Dynasty, and it will be a crime to exterminate the family.

Even those wealthy families, few dare to hide firearms privately.

After Li Changyue figured out the young master's thoughts, he gave Li Chuan an idea: "Young master, the Chen Clan's martial arts hall in Jiangyin City often trains the family members of large families, and we can ask the head of the Chen clan's martial arts to train these people." ”

"Then go please!"

Li Chuan's eyes lit up, he didn't expect this.

The ancients were right, if there is really an old man in the family, if there is a treasure!

Li Chuan couldn't help but sigh, people have misunderstandings, and there are some things he can't think about, but fortunately, Li Changyue, a loyal housekeeper, reminds him that it seems that he should pay more attention to the lives of these loyal servants in the future, and it can't make people feel cold.

Li Changyue went to the city and quickly invited a gun and stick instructor from the Chen Martial Arts Gym.

This is a man in his twenties, named Jiao Wu, a little wooden, with a powerful body, and his hands are full of calluses.

Li Chuan asked, "What can you teach?" ”

Jiao Wudao: "I know marksmanship, knife skills and stick skills." ”

Li Chuan said: "I'll take a look at two tricks." ”

Jiao Wu only carried a knife, so he played a knife trick.

Li Chuan couldn't understand it, but he felt that he was playing very imposingly.

Li Changyue nodded again and again, and the eyes of the seven family members also lit up.

Li Chuan asked him, "Can you understand?" ”

Li Changyue smiled dryly: "The old slave can't understand it, but he feels very powerful!" ”

Li Chuan was speechless, and he didn't have any opinions to mention, so he asked Jiao Wu to train Ding.

If it is to train the army, he can still copy the cat and the tiger, and copy the things in the books he has read and the things on TV to make a name, but training a personal guard is different from training the army, and he has no experience to learn from.

Maybe we can learn from the training methods of the special forces, but these farmers don't even know how to use knives, and they don't have firearms, so they use the set of special forces to train these people, and Li Chuan doesn't dare to think about the result.

Forget it, take your time!

Li Chuan put this matter aside for the time being and arranged for Li Changyue to contact the merchant.

Jiangyin is a commercial hub, but also an important commercial town, because adjacent to the Yangtze River estuary, in the late Ming Dynasty when shipping was developed, almost all cargo ships from the south to the north had to pass through here, making Jiangyin one of the largest cargo distribution centers in the south of the Yangtze River.

The dragon will not cooperate with the ants, and Li Changyue took it for granted that he had come to the Xu family before.

Strength is the basis of all cooperation, and if the strength is not equal, the final result will only be empty of talents.

Li Chuan has also figured out this truth in the past few days, the best partners are actually those businessmen who do not have the background of wealthy families, as for how those businessmen solve the oppression of the wealthy and powerful, it is none of his business.

Anyway, with the support of the eunuchs in Changzhou, as long as no one is looking for trouble with him.

Li Changyue was quite efficient, and soon contacted many businessmen.

Li Chuan received the news and immediately set off for Jiangyin City.

Wangjiang Tower, a palatial box.

"Brother Li is young and promising, if he is really famous, it is better to meet, haha!"

A rough-looking man laughed and complimented Li Chuan, with a deep envy in his eyes.

Li Chuan said curiously: "You know me? ”

Another businessman said with a smile: "Recently, it has been spread all over the Changzhou Mansion, Brother Li is doing things for the Holy Lord, I heard that Zhao Gonggong of the Changzhou Mansion has already sent a message, let those black hands not stretch out their claws, otherwise it will ruin the matter of the Holy Lord, and Dongchang is afraid that he will come to the door immediately." ”

Li Chuan was stunned when he heard this, and as soon as his thoughts changed, he immediately understood.

Zhao Yuan let out a rumor, which was supporting him.

I was still thinking about how to pull the tiger skin to carry Dashi, but I didn't expect that the eunuch was quite good, and he took the initiative to release the news to clear him some potential hidden dangers, and it seems that the gifts he gave when he left Changzhou Mansion were not in vain.

The eunuchs were a special group, represented by literati and doctors, and the wealthy families and bureaucrats looked down on those eunuchs on the one hand, but on the other hand, they were afraid of the eunuchs like wolves, because these eunuchs represented the emperor's will to a certain extent.

Five of the seven merchants were Jiangyin natives, one northerner, and one Zhejiang.

Although these businessmen are not as good as those wealthy and powerful, they also have tens of thousands of taels of silver, and several local businessmen in Jiangyin, Li Chuan, have also heard of their names, and they have been in and out of a group of slaves, and their private lives are extremely luxurious, and they have some energy.

After chatting about the wind and snow, I was full of wine and food, and began to talk about serious business.

"How much can Brother Li's goods provide?"

A local businessman in Jiangyin asked with blazing eyes, this person's name is Liang Wu, he is in the porcelain business, he has business all over the south of the Yangtze River, and there are several shops in Jiangyin City, he belongs to the kind of capable person who starts a business from scratch.

Others also had their ears sideways, apparently concerned about the issue.

Li Chuan put down his chopsticks and said: "The quantity is no problem, you don't have to worry about this, let's talk about the price, you have also seen the goods, don't be in a hurry to reduce the price, my goods are not worried about selling at all, if it weren't for those big families who are a little too high, I won't look for you." But if you can't make a bid, it's okay to work with those big families. ”

"No problem with the bidding money!"

A merchant said bluntly: "If Brother Li hands over all the goods to me, I will definitely be able to offer a satisfactory price." ”

The rest of the businessmen were not happy, and a businessman smiled and said: "Boss Huang's words are not authentic, and it is not a day or two for everyone to deal with each other, you don't want to eat alone, and you can't eat those goods alone." ”

Boss Huang didn't care, and said: "I just said this, it still depends on what Brother Li means." ”

Li Chuan ignored their singing and singing, and said: "If the price is satisfactory, I will not give the goods to others for the time being, of course, the premise is that the price you offer can satisfy me." In order to protect everyone's interests, I only need one agent for the same goods, which will also avoid your vicious competition, which is good for everyone, or bid first! ”

The seven businessmen are not in a hurry, and they are all considering the pros and cons.

The idea of one agent for the same goods made all seven businessmen feel like their eyes lit up.

With their insight and vision, they naturally immediately thought of the cleverness, everyone's goods are different, who sells whose goods, can avoid price wars, will not produce vicious competition, so that profits are guaranteed.

The value of those Western goods can be seen by anyone with a little eyesight.

As long as you can get an exclusive source, the profits will definitely be huge, which can make people crazy.