"Zhang Shiping has seen the master!"

"I invited Brother Zhang to come over this time, I want to ask Brother Zhang to lead the Nanyang caravan to raise grain and grass among the people in the Northland!" He Xian went straight to the point and said to Zhang Shiping.

Zhang Shiping thought for a while and replied: "The old slave does know some big businessmen in Jizhou, and they definitely have some grain in stock. However, in the business and business, grain is a precious commodity in times of turmoil, and these big merchants are not willing to sell grain. ”

What Zhang Shiping said is the truth, isn't the most scarce thing in the war just food?

Ben would have understood that. So, the only way I can think of compensating them is to share the spoils equally! ”

"Spoils?"

"Exactly! When marching and fighting, as long as they win, they will capture a lot of booty, ranging from horses, armor, and weapons, to the gold, silver, copper, money, and jade pendants of the enemy generals. After clearing the battlefield, the spoils of war are distributed to the soldiers who participated in the battle. This is the reward for the bloody battles of the soldiers. As long as you can organize a caravan to participate in the supply of military rations, you can take three layers of all the loot! In addition, you can also get priority to redeem the loot in the hands of the soldiers! ”

"This ......" is unheard of by Zhang Shiping.

"It's a novel business model, called war money. I haven't tried it before, but I'm sure the stakes are huge. On the battlefield, there are too many things wasted, and many of them cannot be taken away, so in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy, they can only be burned on the spot. With the caravan as a transshipment, these supplies can be used as effectively as possible! ”

Zhang Shiping nodded and said: "The model that the lord said is too profound, and the old slave's intelligence is limited. But several big businessmen in Jizhou have semicolons in Nanyang, and the old slave can organize these people to attend the meeting, put forward this model, and see if they are interested! ”

"Yes!" He Xian nodded, "If you can, you might as well pull some big businessmen from Yanzhou and Qingzhou into it." One more strength, one more guarantee. ”

He Xian was not afraid of leaking the secret of this plan, because this was an upright conspiracy, which was to force Yuan Shang to attack Youzhou with all his strength and pull his troops back to the front line of confrontation with the Nanyang army.

"No!" After Zhang Shiping received He Xian's instructions, he published a hero post and summoned some well-known businesses in Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou, including Yanzhou and Qingzhou, to gather in Nanyang Hero Building to discuss this novel business model.

Today's hero building was chartered by Zhang Shiping.

"This batch of crowd-funded grain and grass is 100,000 hundred!" Zhang Shiping sat in the top position with blazing eyes.

"100,000 Hu is not a lot of grain and grass, but the question is how to ensure that the Nanyang army will win? As far as I know, the strength of the Jizhou army is not weak. If the Nanyang army is not victorious, where will the spoils come from? A chubby Jizhou businessman asked.

"The general said, if you don't want loot, you can choose copper coins of equivalent value!" Zhang Shiping replied.

"The value of the 100,000 Hu in the war zone is not the same as the 100,000 Hu in Nanyang. Which price did the general give? A big businessman in Qingzhou asked with a smile.

Zhang Shiping replied: "The price of grain in Nanyang has risen by fifty percent!" But there is one thing, it has to be delivered on time. Military rations are not equal to child's play, and mistakes will kill your head! ”

The big merchant of Qingzhou smiled and did not answer, and quickly calculated the profits in his heart.

"After all, this is an opportunity to take a stake in the Nanyang Caravan! Even if it's a loss, so what? A crisp female voice rang out, particularly abrupt in the almost all-male hall. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, but saw a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, with red lips and white teeth, and an extraordinary appearance.

"The little woman Mizhen of the East China Sea, I have seen all the seniors!" In the face of many big businessmen, Mi Zhen was not afraid, and stood up to give everyone a look.

Zhang Shiping asked: "Dare to ask who you are in Mizhu in the East China Sea?" ”

Mi Zhen replied: "It is my eldest brother!" ”

Everyone suddenly realized that the East China Sea Mi clan was a big business in Xuzhou. The industry involves various industries such as grain, iron smelting, textiles, etc., in addition to Xuzhou, there are also large industries in Qingzhou and Yangzhou, and the big businessmen present have more or less some commercial cooperation with the East China Sea Mishi.

"Disrespectful, disrespectful!" The crowd bowed their hands in respect.

"The original little lady of the Mi family! Is your brother coming to Wancheng? ”

"The eldest brother is busy as the governor of Donghai County! Carte blanche entrusted Mi Zhen to handle Nanyang affairs! Tens of thousands of businesses, even if you lose the eldest brother, you won't blame. What's more......" Mi Zhen looked around and chuckled: "When did the Great General ever be defeated?" ”

Don't look at Mi Zhen's young and young daughter, her business talent is not under Mi Zhu. Whenever Mi Zhu was unsure of something, his first reaction was not to find his second brother Mi Fang, nor to ask about the courtiers under his command, but his little sister.

Therefore, Mi Zhu can rest assured that the business on Nanyang's side will be handed over to Mi Zhen to decide. And Mi Zhen, who studied in Shuijing Academy, is also arithmetic, and her grades are very outstanding. The dean of the academy is the general He Xian, but unfortunately He Xian has been leading the troops outside, and the affairs of the academy have been handed over to the vice president Zhang Lang to preside. This Zhang Lang is Zhang Heng's second disciple, who used to teach arithmetic at Yingchuan Academy. The war in Yingchuan continued, and Zhang Lang accepted He Xian's invitation to come to Shuijing Academy to preside over the academy. According to Zhang Lang, among the students he has taught, He Xian is a well-deserved genius in arithmetic, and Mi Zhen, who is second only to He Xian, is an arithmetic genius who is enough to inherit his mantle. But it's a pity that Mi Zhen's mind is not in arithmetic. Compared with arithmetic, she seems to be more interested in the anecdotes of the great general He Xian when he was a child. In this regard, Zhang Lang regretted but was helpless.

"When the battlefield is unpredictable, who can say that it will win? What's more, in business, I can't wait for a businessman, how can I be willing to do a loss-making business? "This chubby Jizhou businessman doesn't seem to be friendly to the Nanyang Army.

"The battlefield is impermanent, and the mall is not impermanent." Mi Zhen asked rhetorically, "If you want stability and no risk, why not farm at home?" ”

Mi Zhen's sharp rhetorical question won the appreciative laughter of the pro-Nanyang businessmen.

"Brother Shiping, I don't know how much the proceeds of this loot are? Is there an estimate? A Yanzhou businessman brought the topic back to the subject itself. Speaking of which, all of you here are profit-seeking businessmen. One or two times the benefit, perhaps not worth the risk; But what if it's four or five times? Nine, tenfold? Risk is always relative to benefit.

In later generations, a great man surnamed Ma said: "If there is a 10% profit, capital is guaranteed to be used everywhere; With 20% of the profits, capital can be active; With 50% of the profits, capital will take risks; For the sake of 100% profit, capital dares to trample on all the laws of the world; With more than 300% profits, capital dares to commit any crime! ”

This passage is the same for the Han merchants of 2,000 years ago.