Chapter 127: Bai Gui on Business

"That's nature, King. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info My Bai family is also a descendant of nobles, how can I let an outsider take charge of the family wealth. It was Bai's brother who rushed back from Qi State, and in the future, Baifu's business would be in charge of him, and Bai would be able to serve the king with his whole body. Baekyu's smile was very free.

Seeing Bai Gui who had let go, Zhou Bian was also overjoyed and full of gratitude. Bai Gui's own industry and serving the royal family are indeed a bit conflicting no matter how you look at it, and now Bai Gui can put down the burden of his family and serve himself wholeheartedly, isn't this exactly what he wants, so Zhou Bian also laughed.

The two of them laughed at each other, as if everything was in laughter, and there was no need to say more. After laughing, Zhou Bian opened his mouth and said, "Bai Aiqing treats the royal family like this, and my royal family will definitely not lose Bai Aiqing." By the way, how is Bai Wuxi, I haven't seen him for a few days. "Bai Gui's son Bai Wuxian had been following Zhou Bian earlier, and when the royal family entered Luoyang, Bai Wuxian also came, but as soon as he entered the city, he returned home.

"Don't hide it from the king, Bai is fine, but my wife is thinking about it tightly, in a few days, I still have to send it in to follow the king, the king doesn't need to worry about anything, just call." If the king does not dislike it, it is also a blessing for children. "Bai Gui's intention to want both father and son to be favored by the king is self-evident, but Zhou Bian has no reason to refuse, and besides, the little fat man who is disease-free is still quite likable.

"It's okay, in a few days, this king will go to Baifu to visit, Bai Aiqing works for my royal family, and Master Bai has to go and see what he says. There is also Tu Huang Tu Master, this king is also going to visit, don't lose your courtesy. ”

"Your Majesty has thanked the king here." Bai Gyu said and bowed to the end. "Let's talk about business, Bai thinks that Chengzhou is specially used as an industrial city for the royal family, and everything that needs to be kept secret is produced in Chengzhou, such as soju and iron smelting, and others, such as four-wheeled carriages that are easy to imitate, moved to Luoyang, what does the king think?" In fact, Bai Gui always thought in his heart that there would be more novelties invented by the king in the future.

Zhou Bian naturally agreed, he needed to know better than anyone else about secrecy, but added a point, "There is also refined salt, Bai Aiqing said it, refined salt like powder, which can't be imitated outside anyway." ”

"That's right, Bai forgot to say it, in fact, Bai Mou has a plan in his heart, he can recruit some reliable people from the people of Cheng Zhou to produce in large quantities, and as for its trading cooperation, it can be rewarded to other ministers in the form of merit, just like shochu to my Bai family, rice wine to the butcher, to show the king's favor."

Bai Gui's suggestion is very much in line with Zhou Bian's heart, in fact, Zhou Bian's heart is unwilling to appreciate the land like the previous king, and appreciating the land is also like the behavior of the landlord who is disgusted by later generations, and Bai Gui's proposal to reward the unique products of the royal family to the meritorious heroes to cooperate, and share the benefits to the meritorious officials, is indeed a method. So Zhou Bian nodded, "This is a good method, this king thinks it is feasible." The refined salt industry, Dr. Bai will worry a lot, and I'll see which one to cooperate with later. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. When it comes to work like soju and iron smelting, which need to be kept secret, in fact, such an industry is best managed, one is to expand production, and the other is to keep it secret, so you don't have to worry about not being able to sell it. Therefore, Bai suggested that the current royal family has just won Luoyang, and the troops are limited, so they can only be placed in Luoyang City. Shochu is hugely profitable, and it will inevitably attract other big businessmen to worry about it, and even attract the attention of some princes and lords, and secrecy is especially important! ”

Zhou Bian strongly agrees with this, but now the royal family has too few troops, and even Gongyi and Mengjin have not sent people to garrison them, so it can be seen that Zhou Bian's men and horses are overstretched, and they can only wait for later.

"The king, in fact, whether it is soju or a four-wheeled carriage, Bai only thinks it is a novelty, and what he admires most about the king is the iron smelting method invented by the king, which can make such a hard gold, which is really unimaginable. This time, Zhou Zhan and others were armed with iron spears, and they were invincible, which was really invincible. Well, it's just that my royal family is still too weak now, if it arouses the concern of the princes and the power, I'm afraid it's not good, so Bai suggested that iron smelting should be regarded as the top priority to keep secret, and before the royal family is strong enough not to be afraid of Han Wei, it is not allowed to show it to others, let alone do business, otherwise not to mention anything else, if Han Hou wants to get this good prescription and attack my Luoyang, the royal family is only afraid of a catastrophe. Also, not only should the iron smelting be kept secret, but the iron spears used by Zhou Zhan and others before should be taken back and put in the palace arsenal for safekeeping, so as not to attract the attention of other countries. ”

Well, Zhou Bian nodded after hearing this, what Bai Gui said is too reasonable, and now because of his own arrival, the royal family is walking in the downtown because of the eight-year-old child holding gold in his hand, so how can he avoid the tragedy of being robbed, he can only hide it. "This king will order to go down and let Zhou Zhan Zhang Hu's people change weapons. What else does Bai Aiqing have to remind this king? ”

"There's nothing important for the time being." Bai Gui shook his head, "Let's move on to the royal business." The four-wheeled carriage invented by the king has been sold for some time, and it is said that the four-wheeled carriage is far more stable than the two-wheeled carriage, but why has it not been sold much, far less than the shochu that appeared later, and the king knows why? ”

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Bian frowned and said, "Isn't the price too high?" ”

"A BMW car costs 500 yuan, which is really not expensive for those big families, and it is still a little low. It's just that the big households in Luoyang are limited after all, and after a family buys two or three cars, they won't buy them again. I heard that there are merchants in the city who buy cars on behalf of people and send them to Anyi or Zhengdu to earn the difference. ”

"Do you give it to heroes like shochu?" Zhou Bian said with a smile.

"The king thinks it is okay, then it is okay. Bai also has an idea, which is also inspired by the king, the people who buy the four-wheeled carriage are rich families, and they want to pursue better enjoyment, so the king can add a sunshade cover to the carriage, presumably this is more popular, and there can also be an excuse to increase the price. ”

I didn't notice this, in fact, the royal family's carriage also has a roof, but the back of the carriage is erected with a pole, like an umbrella in later generations, and it is still unobstructed around the head, which is also the characteristic of the carriage of this era, so it has not attracted Zhou Bian's attention, but since Bai Gui said this, Zhou Bian, who has the knowledge of later generations, immediately remembered the fully enclosed carriage of later generations, with windows on the left and right, and a curtain in front, wouldn't it be more luxurious? So Zhou Bian said this idea, which frightened Bai Gui again, and shouted that the king was smart, and the matter was settled, but everything could not be started until Shen Bufa moved the car factory back to Luoyang. It just so happened that Zhou Bian had a new idea and needed Shen Bufa to help test it, so he waited in Luoyang.

When it comes to doing business, Bai Gui still hasn't finished speaking. "The king, the three major industries of the royal family, in addition to shochu and four-wheeled carriages, also has natural dwellings. And about the natural residence, Bai also has a lot to say. Natural Curie's stir-fried dishes and noodles are not available elsewhere, but why is it still not as hot as soju, has the king thought about this question? ”

Zhou Bian shook his head, he used to be so busy every day, how could he have the time to think about so many things, besides, with Bai Gui, he still thought about what he was doing, but he didn't say it.

"My lord, in fact, this is a matter of atmosphere. From the nobles of the clan to the slaves and husbands, they are all good at wine, so with soju, no matter how much it is sold, someone will buy it, and the king has never heard of anyone even selling his wife and children, just to be able to drink wine for a few days in the natural residence? ”

I didn't think there was such a thing, it seems that King Wu's ban on alcohol is still very reasonable, and it is really a sin to sell alcohol to cause family changes.

"No matter how delicious soju is, it is always wine, and stir-fried vegetables are different, he is different from any kind of previous dishes, so after someone tastes fresh, he sees that others are still eating stew, so he turns around and eats a large piece of meat, after all, there is still a little less stir-fried food."

This is also true, the ancients were used to eating big fast meat stewed with soy beans, but this taste could not be changed for a while, but Zhou Bian would not give up, and he knew that he had a way to look at Bai Gui's appearance, so Zhou Bian opened his mouth and asked, "Bai Aiqing has an idea?" ”

Bai thought that it was necessary to form an atmosphere so that more people could try. If the royal family can entertain courtiers with stir-fried vegetables, after it spreads, the world will definitely pursue stir-fried vegetables, and stir-fried vegetables will become a new popular noble way of eating among nobles. ”

This is easy, but this is also Zhou Bian's negligence, what he invented, he has not eaten it every day, how can he convince others? It's not that Zhou Bian doesn't want to eat stir-frying, it's that he hasn't had time to take care of the imperial dining room, and there are only a few masters who can stir-fry.

"What Bai Aiqing said is very reasonable, the recipes in my palace will start to change from tomorrow. Well, in addition, the king also thinks that it can be like this, in order to help form a culture of eating stir-fried vegetables among the nobles, and in order to improve the grade of the natural residence, the king asked the natural curie to put on a banquet, and the princess Liu came forward to invite the women of the minister's aristocratic family to come to the banquet, what does Aiqing think? ”

"This is a good idea, it not only wins over the relationship, but also makes a name for the natural residence, and in the future, the natural residence will serve the aristocratic businessmen." Bai Gui clapped his hands and smiled.

"Actually, this king also wants to open another hotel in Luoyang City, which is called the Natural Residence Branch, specializing in the business of small rich people, what does Aiqing think?"

In fact, Bai also had this idea, but let the king say it first. Hehe, in fact, not only in Luoyang City, but also in Wei Guoanyi and South Korea's Zhengdu, you can also open a hotel, first, these two places are richer than Luoyang, and opening a hotel can bring more income to the royal family, and second, you can also take the opportunity to arrange some spies to find out the news of the two countries, killing two birds with one stone, what does the king think? ”

"That's exactly how it should be." Zhou Bian said with a smile.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and after the two of them had eaten, they rested for a while, and then began to discuss carefully, finalized many details, and added some things, which basically set the royal family's future business plans, after all, it was suppressed by the Zhou Dynasty before, if it wasn't for Bai Gui to help do some business, then the royal family's industry could really only be regarded as a small fight. Since then, the royal family's industry will lead to a period of rapid development, and it will also form what later generations often call industrialization and collectivization.

The afternoon passed quickly, and just after discussing all the matters, when the two monarchs and ministers were about to gossip, Zhou Mi came to report that Tian had come to invite, and it turned out that the dinner party was about to begin.