Chapter IV Interest-free Loans and Joint-stock System

Leaving Yuelai Restaurant, Li Shan and Zhang Yanzhao hurriedly rushed to the village before it was too late. Yan Zhao's little face was a little red, obviously very excited, and he was holding twenty taels of silver tightly in his arms. Yan Zhao has never seen so much silver since he was a child, so he must feel it in his arms.

Without the restraints of outsiders, Yan Zhao finally opened the conversation box that had been closed for a day: "Brother Shan, why did you suddenly become so powerful, not only can you compose poems, but also sell poems for money." Is it really what the gentleman said about the three days of Shibei should be impressive? Li Shan smiled: "Brother Xuan, no, your good brother and I used to have seven tricks and six tricks, do you know what it means?" Looking at Zhang Yanzhao and shaking his head blankly, "This is called a clue, but this illness made me understand the last trick, so it is seven tricks, invincible in the world, hahaha." ”

The footsteps are a little staggering, although the wine of the Tang Dynasty is not high, but the stamina is not small, and it is intoxicating if you drink too much. Li Shan was talking nonsense while supporting Zhang Yanzhao, and when the wine came up, Li Shan also talked a little nonsense: "Yanzhao, follow my brother in the future, and my brother will take you all over the country." Earn a lot of money and be a great official. Zhang Yanzhao looked at Li Shandao very firmly: "Well, I believe that Brother Shandao will definitely become a big official." Looking at Li Shan's increasingly hazy drunken eyes, as well as the increasingly heavy body pressed on his shoulders: "Brother Shan, you won't be faint, Brother Shan, don't fall, Brother Shan, wake up, we haven't arrived home yet." ”

"Well, I'm a little dizzy." Li Shan, who drank a lot of wine, was blown by the wind, and the strength of the wine came up and broke directly. I didn't expect the Tang Dynasty's drunkenness to be so great. I don't know how I came back, and when I woke up, it was already three poles in the morning, and I was lying in my bed. "Mother, where are my clothes?" , I wanted to get up but found that I had no clothes on my body, and there were no beds.

"Your clothes, my mother washed them for you, so I'll get you a replacement. Why did you drink so much yesterday, get drunk like this, and vomit all over your clothes. Fortunately, I asked Zhao Long and Zhao Hu to meet you on the road, otherwise you would have asked Yan Zhao to get you back. Mother Li said half reproach and half concern. Looking at his mother's slightly old face due to the vicissitudes of life, Li Shan said: "Mother, in the future, the child can earn money to support the family, you don't have to work so hard anymore." Mother Li also smiled and said: "Mother knows, my son is talented and intelligent, and he will be able to become a great weapon one day." There is a spirit on the ancestor of the Li family, bless my son. ”

Yan Zhao naturally told Mother Li everything about yesterday. Although Li's mother was surprised, she also knew that Li Shan was indeed very smart when she was a child, but she was a little stupid when she was frightened later, so she naturally thought that her son was sick and returned to his previous appearance. Besides, how can there be a mother who doesn't want her son to become a talent, it's too late to be happy, how can she think about him.

During lunch, Li Shan said to his mother: "Mother, I remember that it seems that the landlord of our village has always wanted to buy our house and land, right?" Mother Li said with a look of disgruntle: "Yes, how many times has his family account come to me, don't worry, my mother will not sell the family business of my ancestors when she dies." Why did you suddenly ask about this? "The child wants to let his mother sell the house and land. Hey, mother, don't pull your ears, it hurts, it hurts. As soon as Li Shan finished speaking, his mother, who had always been loving, immediately raised her eyebrows, stretched out her hand to grab Li Shan's ear and shouted angrily: "You loser child, what do you want to do? Don't think that if you compose a poem for twenty taels of silver, you don't know the height of the sky. The property of the ancestors cannot be moved. You can't be unfilial. ”

Li Shan naturally knew that his mother attached great importance to the ancestral home, and he was also prepared, and patiently explained: "Mother, you listen to the child's explanation, the child is not unfilial. The ancestors suffered a great disaster, the father was wronged, and the child is now close to the weak crown, although he has no long things, he also wants to shine on the lintel of the Li family, and the incense of the ancestral temple. Nowadays, there are some ways for children to make money, as long as they have the capital, I believe they will be able to make a fortune soon. And the child doesn't really want to sell the ancestral house, as long as the mother goes to Zhang Fugui's house to borrow a hundred taels of silver in the name of the child's treatment, and uses the ancestral house as collateral. promised to repay him next year, and if he couldn't pay it back, he would use his ancestral house to pay off his debts. In a year's time, the child can not only redeem the ancestral home, but also earn a lot. In the future, the child will go to Beijing to gain fame and redress his father's grievances, and the mother will not be taken care of at home alone, and they all need money, so it is not a way to sit on the mountain and eat nothing. ”

Li Shan's words also moved Mother Li, and Mother Li didn't think so. It's just that the ancestor's property is very important, although it is incredible that Li Shan earned twenty taels of silver yesterday, but it can't dispel Li's mother's worries. Therefore, Mother Li is also in a dilemma and hesitates.

Li Shan said again: "This matter is not in a hurry, wait for me to make some preparations first, and when everything is ready, I will tell my mother what I want to do, and my mother will decide whether to mortgage the ancestral house." ”

The mother thought for a while before she spoke: "Shan'er, whatever you do, your mother will try her best to help you, but you have to figure it out yourself." Do you want to be a merchant, since ancient times, farmers and businessmen, merchants are the end. If you want to be a businessman and make money, I'm afraid that you won't be qualified to take the exam in the future. Dengke Zhongfang is the right way, don't lose big because of small! ”

Li Shan knew his mother's concerns and explained: "What my mother said is good, but the child has never thought of being a businessman himself, and now there are no longer a few things to be a businessman in an official position." The child wants to do things with Yan Zhao and the two brothers of the Zhao family, they contribute in front of the stage, and I operate behind the scenes, not directly, just for a temporary livelihood. In a year, when I make enough money, I will hand over all the business to Yan Zhao and them, so that the mother can settle down, and the child can leave home to gain fame, otherwise you let the child leave with confidence. ”

Seeing that Li Shan's mind was firm, her mother no longer hindered her: "You go and prepare first, and as long as you are not very out of line, my mother will hand over the ancestral house title deed to you." ”

After talking about his mother, Li Shan hurriedly went to find Yan Zhao. You can't let him preach his own affairs to the village, otherwise when he mortgages the land in the future, he is afraid that he will not be fooled by Zhang Fugui, which will not be good. If this is done, it is equivalent to the right to use one hundred taels of silver in one year. This is now called an interest-free loan, but it is a serious good deal.

instructed Hao Yanzhao, Li Shan found the Zhao family brothers again, and after all, he was weak in doing things alone, so he had to find a few helpers anyway, Sun Helian and Liu Ruyan were also in his calculations, and no one wanted to run. However, it is not easy to fool a few honest peasant children to follow him to invest in projects.

Fortunately, Li Shan's eloquence is not bad, and now Li Shan is definitely like a big bad wolf who seduces Little Red Riding Hood to open the door, holding a silver ingot in his hand and smiling at the three of them: "You see this is a silver ingot, if I tell you that I can turn him into two ingots within a month, do you believe it?" Yan Zhao nodded, and the Zhao brothers shook their heads. Well, believe it or not. I now officially announce that I, Li Shan, have established Li's Co., Ltd., and the three of you can choose to invest in capital or labor. Anyway, I promise you'll get such a big ingot of silver by the end of the year, maybe more, how about it, do you want to do it with me? The three of them nodded in unison.

The power of money is huge, this ingot is ten taels of silver, and the Zhao brothers can only earn three or four taels of silver a year, that is, three or four taels of silver. Now he told them that he could get ten taels of silver a year, and of course he agreed. Even they didn't doubt that this person was still a little stupid and sick yesterday, so that what Li Shan said was true.

Next, drafted by Li Shan, the first contract in the history of Zhang Yanzhao's handwriting was produced. Although it is not known how legally effective this contract was at the time, it is still a good idea. With the signed contract sheet, Li Shan happily left Zhang Yanzhao's house.

Walking on the country road, Li Shan was in a good mood, humming a little song while thinking about what was next. Looking at his thin body, it is really a bit miserable, and when his life is good in the future, he will have to keep up with his physical exercise, and he will not be able to look like a sick seedling all day long. I thought to myself, starting with running, so the people in the village saw a young man wearing a long shirt and running wildly with a dozen white papers in his hand, laughing while running. I heard a few villagers discuss, "Hey, a very good-looking child, why is he stupid, looking at the past few days, he is even more stupid." "I heard that two days ago, the boy of the Li family had a serious illness, and the doctor said that he couldn't save it. It is estimated that it is back to light, and it will only be a few days. "If Li Shan hears a certain amount of angry vomiting blood, you will return to the light, and your whole family will return to the light.