Chapter 246: Peak Merchant's Moves

Is Cheng Kaikai rich?

Of course, it is nonsense to have such a big business and no money, but it is unrealistic to say that he is too rich, and his Cheng family cannot come up with the money to build a railway alone.

Cheng Kai has traveled south and north over the years, and there are no less than 100 caravans at home, no matter the cars and boats are walking on the various rivers and post roads of the Ming Dynasty at all times.

Cheng Kaikai silently calculated in his heart that all the fixed assets and working capital in his family were about more than two million taels, and in addition to the fixed assets occupied by those vehicles, ships and caravans, the silver he could use in his hands was about one and a half million taels.

Of the 500,000 taels of railway shares, he can only buy three shares!

But you can't use up all the silver, and if you leave 500,000 yuan for emergency use, you can only buy two shares at most.

One million taels of silver, that's not a small amount.

No matter how shrewd Cheng Kaikai was, no matter how much he had experienced the vicissitudes of the world, he hesitated.

On the one hand, the cost is so high that it frightens people to death, and on the other hand, it is infinitely tempting reward.

Whoever takes and who gives up, where to go!

According to reason, if Su Baiyi can really build the railway and do the same as what he said, there is no doubt about the profit, not only the profit, but also the profit.

The amount of silver each year is secondary, and he is interested in the nature of the shares themselves: it can be hereditary.

Think about it, no matter how rich he is now, his family has millions of silver, but as the old saying goes, he is not rich for three generations. Once you have money, there will be a loser in the family, and it is easy for a loser to make money, if there are people with ulterior motives who covet it, the Cheng family's family production capacity will be passed on to the third life, thank God.

The experience and lessons of history tell Cheng Kaikai that except for those royal princes and hereditary princes, I really haven't heard of many families that have been undefeated for three generations.

But it's not the same with a railway stake.

It is no different from those hereditary princes and princes, and future generations can profit from it!

From this point of view, Cheng Kaikai must be excited.

However, the character of the old Zhu family emperor is indeed too questionable. Merchants are the most unqualified people in the Ming Dynasty, and they are also very rich people.

As if seeing Cheng Kaikai's hesitation, Su Baiyi smiled and took out another holy decree and said, "Mr. Cheng, look at this?" ”

Cheng Kaikai opened the holy decree and read it, and said in ecstasy: "This is the holy decree of shares? ”

"Yes!" Su Baiyi said: "Covering the emperor's treasure seal, it is naturally a holy decree to say that the railway shares will be closed with the country." And the name on it is blank, there are forty copies in total, each copy is one and one pair, and the copy of the holy decree is left to the purchaser, and the original is filed in the palace. In this way, there is a basis for His Majesty's golden words today! ”

In other words, as long as there is a holy decree in your hand, which is equivalent to a contract for the future generations, you are not afraid that the emperor will regret it!

Although Cheng Kaikai was ecstatic in his heart, he didn't immediately spit out and agreed!

After all, a million taels of silver is too much!

So much so that he had to think about any risks and had to study them carefully!

He planned to hang Su Baiyi for a period of time, and then he could give an accurate answer after carefully thinking about it before he could give an accurate answer.

Su Baiyi saw that he was still hesitating, and secretly scolded the "old fox" in his heart, and said coldly: Don't take the bait? If you don't take the bait today, Lao Tzu will be blind to the name of the traverser.

How can I get the other party to buy it?

Answer: He must have a sense of urgency and be anxious!

So how can you make him anxious?

Answer: Hunger Sales Law!

I don't know how many times I played this routine when I was doing real estate in my previous life.

Obviously, not a single house was sold, but at the time of the launch, it was announced to the buyers: most of them have been ordered, and now there are only some leftovers left, and the price is very high.

The buyer has a sense of urgency in his heart, for fear that the last house will be bought, and he can only pay the deposit in minutes.

It's the same thing.

Su Baiyi squinted his eyes and took a sip of tea, crossed Erlang's legs and said: "It is said that it is forty copies, but in fact, there are not so many now, and the purpose of calling Mr. Cheng over today is to let Mr. Cheng buy shares." On the other hand, it is troublesome Mr. Cheng to do him a favor! ”

"Lord Su is polite, as long as I can help Lord Su, it is Cheng's honor!" Cheng Kaikai smiled and gave his hand, and did not take Su Baiyi's sentence that there were not so many shares to heart.

Old fox, Su Baiyi scolded in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Cheng is a businessman, so naturally he knows more rich people. Su wanted to ask Mr. Cheng to convey the matter of the railway shares to those businessmen, and the more people who conveyed it, the better, and a month later, the official sang and sold the remaining thirteen railway shares in Guide Mansion! ”

Singing and selling, that is, auctioning!

No matter what form it takes, there is only one condition: the one with the highest price wins!

When Cheng Kaikai heard Su Baiyi's words, he was really moved, and exclaimed: "Why is it thirteen shares, not forty shares?" ”

"Hehe......" Su Baiyi said with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, you think too much, at that time, His Majesty set forty shares, but when I was in Jingshi, several grand fathers and princesses of the celebrant came to me privately, and each of them bought one share for the family." There are also those princes and princes of the country, and there is no shortage of buyers, and now I have only thirteen shares left! ”

"Huh?" Cheng Kaikai was suspicious of Su Baiyi's words and asked, "Those princes of the country themselves have inherited and retired with the country for generations, why do they spend so much silver to buy shares?" ”

"Brother Cheng is really confused!" Su Baiyi said: "The title can only be inherited by one person, why not only one of those children of wealthy families?" The princesses also have their favorite non-grandchildren, isn't this also a family business? Don't hide it from Brother Cheng, I Su Baiyi bought two copies by myself, isn't it also so that the children can have a family business in the future? ”

Su Baiyi's strength in buying two shares is beyond doubt.

Cheng Kaikai was anxious, and asked with slightly red eyes: "Is there really only thirteen copies?" ”

"Yes, only thirteen!" Su Baiyi said: "Brother Cheng, will this official still lie to you?" ”

"Forehead ......" Cheng Kaikai took a deep breath, it doesn't matter if there are only thirteen copies, as long as you ask Su Baiyi for one or two copies with a cheeky face, it should still be okay. He put on a smiling face and said, "Master Su, that, since there are still thirteen copies, see if you can, cough cough, the villain knows that it's a bit too much to say this, but, for the sake of our friendship, can you sell me two copies!" ”

"Two copies?" Su Baiyi sneered, but his heart blossomed, and he shook his head: "Can't!" ”

"Then a copy!" It's good to get one.

"Not really!" Su Baiyi said: "These thirteen shares are to be sold." Brother, you also know that the cost of this railway is only an estimate, what if 20 million is not enough, I am afraid that Your Majesty will punish me at that time, so I can only hope that these thirteen shares can be sold for more silver!

I know that you are not short of money, brother, and it is the same to win it at the fair! ”

"This ......" Cheng Kaikai's face turned green.

Can it be the same at the singing fair? When the time comes, everyone competes together, and who knows what will happen to everyone going crazy in the end?

"Forget it!" Su Baiyi sighed deeply, pretended to have a painful face, pouted and said to Cheng Kaikai: "The thirteen shares are to be sold at the record sale, and they must not be given to you."

But who told you to be my brother? In this way, I originally prepared two copies for myself, so let's give one to my brother! ”

"Ah......" Cheng Kaikai's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly thanked Su Baiyi, and no longer shirked: "Thank you, my lord, my lord is really my Cheng Kaikai's reborn parents, today's favor, I Cheng is a big debt!" ”

"Alas......" Su Baiyi continued to sigh: "Who made us brothers, you helped me last year, if you don't help this time, I'm afraid of being beaten by Old Man Yuan." ”

"Hahahaha......" Cheng Kaikai laughed!

Su Baiyi laughed even more in his heart!

Old fox, you think you can play with me.

Originally, you didn't buy it, but now it's okay, but in the end, don't you still buy it?

Not only did I buy it, but I also owed Lao Tzu a great favor, hehe!

"Dude!" Su Baiyi said: "At the singing and selling party in a month, I hope you will bother more, brother, otherwise Your Majesty will really arrest me!" ”

"Don't worry, sir!" Cheng Kaikai was very happy: "This matter is on me." ”

"Hey......" Su Baiyi waved his hand and said: "The two of us hit it off at first sight, what should we do in the future in the official face, we will be called brothers in private, brother, just call me brother!" ”

"This ......," Cheng Kaikai said, "not very good!" ”

"What's wrong?" Su Baiyi said: "I, Su Baiyi, are different from those old husbands, have you heard of my philosophy of education, what we pay attention to is that everyone is equal." Could it be that scholars are a head taller than others, and those who are officials can eat the people? ”

"Okay, then the old brother will not be hypocritical, and we will be commensurate with brothers in the future!" Su Baiyi's academic philosophy Cheng Kaikai knows a little, and when I see him say this today, I am no longer entangled.

"Alright, man!" Su Baiyi said with a smile: "The singing and selling in a month will be set on May 20, and the old brother will try to call more rich people to come, preferably more than a hundred!" ”

A hundred merchants, it would be better if one more hundred nobles could be encouraged to come over.

Cheng Kaikai patted his chest and agreed, and when he left, he went back with a holy decree.

However, after leaving the door of the Su family, he was blown by the spring breeze, and his hot mind instantly cooled down.

"Huh! What's wrong with me? Cheng Kaikai stopped on the road and looked at the sky, and said to himself: "I am looking for him to talk about business today, and by the way, I will send a house to express my heart." But as a result, the business was not negotiated, and Su Baiyi was fooled with 500,000 taels of silver? And promised to help him find someone to sing? Still owe him a big favor?

I gave a big house to the next Olympics, shouldn't he owe me a favor? How could the old man feel deceived? ”