Lanny is already twelve years old, her height is about to catch up with Luo Yi, and her face is petite and lovely, compared with before, she is a little more immature, if you don't look carefully, you really can't recognize it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lanny said, "I'm back in the village, just came back. Daddy asked me to tell you that I had time to go back and see. ”

"Uh-huh, yes."

After explaining to Mrs. Luo and Luo Tong, Luo Yi took Lanny to the street.

Lanny said: "Big brother, our village is rich now, not only everyone eats and wears well, but also many of them have built small buildings, only two years, I really can't believe it." ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true."

Luo Yi said: "Then when you have time, you must take a look." ”

"Where are you taking me?"

Walking and walking, the two arrived outside the Drunken Immortal Residence, Luo Yi looked up and said, "Of course it's the Drunken Immortal Residence, I'll introduce you to a good friend, and when you are okay in the future, you can come and talk to her." ”

"Is it a woman? Still is... Male? Lanny asked warily.

Luo Yi knocked on her forehead angrily, and said with a smile: "Of course it's a woman, what do you want." ”

followed Luo Yi to the second floor, and Luo Yi led her into You Yan's house.

You Yan was sleeping, and when she saw that it was Luo Yi coming, she quickly got up. Luo Yi introduced each other and said to Lanni: "Lanni, if you are bored, you can come here and take You Yan to Chang'an City, or go to Liujia Village to see our villa, You Yan is a guest from afar, don't treat her slowly." ”

Lanny said: "Don't worry, big brother, I'm also worried that no one will play with me." ”

.............

Two days later, Luo Yi went to the Ministry of Labor.

The holy decree said that a large area in Beicheng would be divided into the office of the Chamber of Commerce, and Luo Yi was anxious and wanted to do it as soon as possible, so he had to go to meet him in person.

The secretary of the Ministry of Industry is called Wu Zhengyuan, who is middle-aged, with a face of Zhang Guozi, and from the looks of his face, he does not look like a civilian official at all, but like a general in the army. As if he had known that Luo Yi would come, he had been waiting in the hall all the time.

When Luo Yi arrives, he can't wait to see him.

"Master Hou, please, the lower officials have already prepared wine and food, just waiting for you to sit at the table."

As soon as he walked to the door, Wu Zhengyuan greeted him.

Luo Yi laughed twice, nodded and said, "Okay, Lord Shangshu, please." ”

Now, Luo Yi can be regarded as his superior, but each has its own affairs, and there is not much intersection, Luo Yi is in charge of the world's businessmen, and he is in charge of housing construction and division.

Luo Yi is now asking for others, his attitude is excellent, and he always has a smile after entering the house.

"Master Hou is here for the business of the Chamber of Commerce, right?"

Luo Yi arched his hand and said: "My lord is really clever, I am here for the business of the Chamber of Commerce, the emperor asked me to open the Chamber of Commerce earlier, but until now, I don't even have a room, and I have to ask my lord for help." ”

"It's a little difficult..."

Wu Zhengyuan suddenly frowned, and said: "Master Hou doesn't know, Xiliang and other places have just experienced war, and many people don't have a place to live yet, I have to deal with them first, and then..." ”

Luo Yi smiled: "My lord, if you say this, you will see the outside, what is our relationship, colleagues, how can you not think of love?" ”

"Are you seeing enough?"

While speaking, Luo Yi took out a piece of paper from his cuff and handed it to Wu Zhengyuan.

Wu Zhengyuan looked at it, and it said a thousand taels of gold, that is, ten thousand taels of silver. For a Ministry of Industry Shangshu, it is estimated that he has never accepted so many bribes in his life.

Luo Yi said: "As long as the adults agree, in the middle of the night, I will let people come in through the back door, how about it?" ”

"This..."

Wu Zhengyuan was quite embarrassed, the reason why he did this was indeed to take some benefits from Luo Yi, but Luo Yi took it too obviously, so much so that he was a little embarrassed.

Luo Yi suddenly smiled and said: "My lord, this is the money I paid for the brothers in the Ministry of Industry to drink, you work for me, how can I not even care about a ton of food, what is the reason, if you are really honest and don't want to accept it, then even if I keep this money in your place, when I need it, I will ask you for it again, what do you think?" ”

This was much more relaxed, Wu Zhengyuan nodded and said: "Okay, Master Hou has said this, I want to postpone it again, it will be too uninteresting." But let's say it's just wine money, and it's you deposited with me, not a bribe. ”

"No, no, of course."

Luo Yi laughed.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Yi asked Wu Zhengyuan to take out the map and see clearly the location of the Chamber of Commerce and what territory it could get.

The site is a trivial matter, especially the decoration, most of those yards are deserted, you have to spend a lot of paint and whitewash, as well as build a fence, with a fence, it is considered a site.

After working for most of the night, Luo Yi left through the back door. As soon as he returned to the Drunken Immortal Residence, Luo Yi asked Zhao Wenxian to take a few large boxes of silver and send them to Wu Zhengyuan's mansion. Came in through the back door, and no one saw me.

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask for a decree."

After the morning of the next day, Luo Yi went to the imperial study.

Li Shimin smiled and said, "What's the purpose?" You are now in an official residence, which is bigger than the officials of the six ministries, is there anything else you can't do? ”

Luo Yi smiled bitterly: "Although the official is big, there are some things that only the emperor can do, such as... Stick to the emperor list. ”

Li Shimin frowned and said, "What the hell is going on?" Why do you still need to post the emperor list? ”

Luo Yi said: "Back to the emperor, the minister wanted the emperor to post an emperor list, so he said that the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce would borrow money from the people, borrow it for one year, and repay more than 10% in the second year." For example, if you borrow a thousand taels of silver from the people, you will repay one thousand taels in the second year. ”

Li Shimin asked, "This is the method you thought of to make money?" ”

Luo Yi said: "Does the emperor think that this is not a good way?" ”

It is indeed a good method, but smart people can see at a glance that they can indeed collect a lot of money in a short time, but after a long time, it will be unfavorable to the imperial court, and where will the extra ten percent go to collect? Isn't that a loss-making business?

Luo Yi understood Li Shimin's thoughts, and said: "Your Majesty, this account can't be calculated by common sense, the money collected from the people can be used for other purposes, and when the money is earned, come back to make up for the gap, how to calculate it is also a win, besides, as long as the silver taels are given to the people on time every year, the people will trust the emperor immensely, and the emperor can gain prestige, and the people will think that the money will not be left in their hands and will not be born, it is better to give it to the court, and wait for the next year to get more, with credibility, if there is a war again in the future, there is no need to worry about money and food." ”

After saying this, Li Shimin's heart was shaken, Luo Yi's method did have a lot of benefits.

However, there is one point, before paying back the people's money, you have to use the money in hand to make more money, otherwise, it is a loss-making business.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course."

Luo Yi arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, if you make it, it will all be considered the emperor's, if you lose, the minister will pay out of his own pocket, how about it?" ”

Luo Yi smiled.

Li Shimin laughed and said, "Okay, then it's up to you." ”

If someone else said this, Li Shimin didn't believe it, but Luo Yi said that he didn't doubt it at all, Luo Yi made a drunken immortal wine, which has been selling very well, maybe much better than the money in the treasury, and if it loses, it can be made up.

came to the table to write a copy of the emperor's list and stamped it with a seal, Li Shimin handed it to Luo Yi, and said, "Take it, don't forget what you said." ”

"Your Majesty."

............

Although the imperial list was in his hand, Luo Yi was not in a hurry to post it, because before that, the Chamber of Commerce had to be set up first, otherwise, the people wouldn't even know what the Chamber of Commerce was.

Wu Zhengyuan collected the money, and the work was also fast, and in just two days, the territory of the Chamber of Commerce was divided.

To be precise, the Chamber of Commerce is located in Beicheng, occupying a circle of one mile, during which there are one hundred and ten houses, large and small, with many courtyards, not far from the Guogong Mansion, not far from the drunken immortal residence, all in the north city, but convenient.

"Master Hou, please look, this is the Chamber of Commerce."

Standing in front of the main courtyard, Wu Zhengyuan pointed to the courtyard and said.

Luo Yi looked at it and said with satisfaction: "Very good, I didn't expect Lord Wu to do things so quickly." ”

Wu Zhengyuan snorted awkwardly: "Hehe... This is all what I should do, it's all for the sake of the court, the emperor and the Hou Ye explained the matter, and the lower officials must do their best. ”

Entering the main gate, you will arrive at the first courtyard inside, in the courtyard, there are many flowers and plants, it looks relaxed, and then there is the main hall, but the main hall is different from ordinary residences, it is completely in accordance with Luo Yi's meaning, it is built, equivalent to the appearance of a modern bank, there are windows, there are countless seats, and it can accommodate hundreds of people.

Passing through the courtyard, there are countless wings, all of which are empty, which can be used for people, inventory, and usefulness.

This is just the front yard of a courtyard, and there are many, many more places like this in the entire Chamber of Commerce.

At present, the site has only been divided, there is no official city, and most importantly, there is no plaque, so people can't figure out the purpose of this place.

Luo Yi asked Wu Zhengyuan to prepare more than a dozen plaques and hung them separately, leaving them at the main gate.

The plaque at the main entrance is extremely important and needs to be hung up when it opens, and before that, Luo Yi still has a lot to do, he needs to build momentum, recruit guards, and make the Chamber of Commerce officially a militarized place.

Three days later, the territory of the Chamber of Commerce was completely cleared, and it was only about to open, Luo Yi asked people to post the imperial list given by Li Shimin before, and wrote the location of the Chamber of Commerce on the side. It shows that on the day the Chamber of Commerce opens, everyone can take the money to the Chamber of Commerce to deposit.

As soon as I saw this emperor, everyone was in an uproar, to put it bluntly, the emperor wanted to borrow money from the people.

I have to say that Li Shimin's reputation is still very good, and his reputation is good, when the emperor's list is posted, many people express their willingness to save money, if nothing else, the country is in trouble, they should contribute, even if there is no money in the coming year, they should do so.

However, Luo Yi found a problem, those who are willing to save money are those who are poor, and they don't have much in their hands, and those who are not willing to donate money are all big families in the city.

Like Lei Sihai, he has a lot of concerns, he will think, Li Shimin took the money, will he not return it again, is it a cheat, if that is the case, it is better to put the money at home.

"These people are going to visit them one by one, so that they can come and cheer when the Chamber of Commerce opens."

Luo Yi made a list and handed it to Zhao Wenxian.

On the list, hundreds of names are clearly written, all of them are rich people in Chang'an City, some are the children of officials and eunuchs, some are merchant families, and some are restaurant owners, etc., in general, they are all rich people.

Zhao Wenxian took the list, looked at it carefully, frowned, and said, "Big brother, why don't you have Wu You and Lei Sihai, these two should be the richest, right?" ”

"They don't have to, look for them, and they won't come."

Luo Yi said: "There is a little festival between us and them, and they will definitely think that we are harming them under the banner of the emperor, and they will not save money to come in." If you want them to save money, it will take some time, or maybe some means. ”