Seeing that it would be the end of the year in more than ten days, Ao Lie waited hard for Tong Yuan's arrival. Tong Yuan said in the letter that he would bring two disciples with him, which also filled Ao Lie's heart with expectations. Based on the experience of his previous life, it is inferred that the current Zhao Yun is probably only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he should not have graduated yet, so he should come with Tong Yuan this time. This gave Ao Lie the convenience of getting close to the water and getting the moon first, as long as Zhao Yun could come, Ao Lie would be sure to bring this fellow disciple brother who had not yet met into his command.

As for the other fellow brother, Ao Lie probably thought of who it was after calculation. It should be Zhang Xiu, the world-famous gun king of the Northland. Although Zhang Xiu's martial arts are not super-first-class generals in the Three Kingdoms era, which is full of talents, he can still rank among the ranks of first-class generals, and Zhang Xiu's value is not only reflected in force. In history, Zhang Xiu defeated Cao Cao three times in Wancheng, beheaded Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin, plus the ancient evil who served Cao Cao at that time!

In Ao Lie's expectation, he didn't wait for Tong Yuan's arrival, but he looked forward to the return of his grandfather Ao Laozhang, who was a businessman everywhere. It's almost the end of the year, and Ao Laozhang also wants to return home for the New Year, so he rushed back. Liu Yu and Mrs. Ao welcomed Mr. Ao into the mansion, and Ao Lie hurriedly rushed back from the military academy to meet each other.

Ao Laozhang sat on the main seat of the middle hall with a smile, looked at Ao Lie and said: "The old man has gained a lot from this business, and it is still the credit of Lie'er, the golden silk leaves you made are sold in Jiangdong, and the income obtained is enough for the money of three cars, accounting for forty percent of the income of the entire goods." ”

Liu Yu and Mrs. Ao glanced at Ao Lie with relief, and then Liu Yu said: "Father-in-law, you have worked hard this time, why don't you stay at home for a while longer, so you don't have to rush to do business again." ”

Old man Ao shook his head and said, "That's not possible." The old man has no children under his knees, only Xue'er has a daughter, and the future family property is yours and Xue'er's, while the old man can still walk, it is better to earn some money and leave it to you. ”

Ao Lie's heart moved when he heard this, he stood up and saluted the proud old man and said, "Grandpa, Lie'er has a suggestion, I don't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

Old man Ao looked at Ao Lie with a smile and said, "There is something that should not be said, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Ao Lie cleared his throat and said, "Grandfather, father, mother, you see, grandfather is also old, and he is indeed no longer suitable for doing business. Therefore, Lie'er thought, why don't we set up a chamber of commerce in Jixian County, specializing in selling some fresh goods, at the beginning, we can lower the price a little bit, earn fame and reputation, and after the scale of the chamber of commerce gradually grows, we can appropriately raise the price when doing business with those powerful families, and when doing business with the people, it is still the policy of small profits and quick turnover. ”

Liu Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he praised: "This is a good way." Old man Ao thought carefully for a while, and said slowly: "The solution is good, but in this world, most of the resources are monopolized by the family, and the resources in our hands are pitiful, so what can we do to compete with those powerful families?" Unless it's like a golden silk leaf, except for us, no one else has anything in their hands. ”

Ao Lie nodded and said: "Grandpa is right, Lie'er meant, it is also the same, since most of the existing resources are now monopolized by the family, we don't have to fight for the remaining small profits." We should open up new sources of goods in line with the principle of rare goods. ”

Liu Yuqi said: "But where does the new source of goods come from? Mrs. Ao interjected with a smile next to her: "You, you don't know how to do business at all, what are you messing up with?" What your father said to Lie'er, how much can you understand? ”

In a word, the family laughed at the words. Ao Lie laughed for a while and then said: "Golden Silk Leaf is our golden brand, but it is not a trump card yet," as he spoke, Ao Lie took out a small cloth bag from his arms and handed it to everyone. The small cloth bag holds a small handful of tea leaves, but these tea leaves are different from the tea leaves that everyone usually drinks, and the tea that people usually drink is directly picked from the tea tree, without any processing, but directly soaked in water after drying. At this moment, the tea leaves taken out by Ao Lie are not only more verdant in color, but also shaped like embroidery needles, with distinct roots.

Looking at everyone's doubts, Ao Lie smiled and picked up a tea leaf and put it into the cup, and then added boiling water to the cup, after a while, the tea leaves in the cup gradually dispersed, and then sank to the bottom of the cup.

Ao Lie divided a cup of tea into three small cups and handed them to his grandfather, father and mother. said: "Let's taste the tea I made first, how does it taste?" The three of them took a sip of each of their teacups. Mrs. Ao was the first to say: "Sweet and delicious, mellow and fragrant, it is really good." Liu Yu continued: "At first, it was slightly bitter in the mouth, but the more you tasted it, the more flavorful it became, and when you swallowed it, there was a hint of sweetness and refreshment." ”

Ao Laozhang did not express his opinion, but looked at Ao Lie with great meaning and said, "Lie'er, does this tea have a name?" Ao Lie replied: "This tea is called Liuyang Snow." Mr. Ao nodded and continued to ask, "Is there any difficulty in the production process?" Ao Lie shook his head and said: "It's not difficult to make anything, but Youzhou is a bitter cold land in the north, there are no tea trees, and all the raw tea species need to be purchased from the south." ”

Ao Laozhang said softly: "There is no problem with this, Jingzhou and Jiangdong are rich lands, where the rich and powerful families drink honey, and only the poor people will drink tea, so it is not difficult to buy tea, and the price is very low." ”

Ao Lie said: "We buy tea seeds from there at a low price, and then we process and make them, and then sell them at a certain price, in addition to the principal of buying tea seeds, and the freight along the way, in addition to subtracting some spices and manual costs added in the production process, we can still make a lot of money." ”

Seeing that Ao Laozhang kept nodding his head to express his agreement, Ao Lie threw out another bombshell: "In addition, I also secretly made a kind of wine, which is made by distillation, I dare not say that it is the best wine today, but it can definitely rank in the top three!" ”

"What is distillation? When did you learn to make sake? The three of them asked Ao Lie in unison.

Ao Lie said embarrassedly: "It's very simple to make wine, and you can learn it at a glance." Liu Yu said in surprise: "Lie'er, don't you like to drink?" How did you learn how to make sake? Ao Lie suddenly felt that his head was extremely big, it seems that lies really can't be said casually, he is tossed by Master Wang Ao's hellish training every day, and he has a little time, and he has to go to the military camp to deal with Zhang Liao's sparring exercises, how can he have time to learn what to make wine? The so-called distillation method or something is learned from the knowledge of later generations, but can you tell others about this? Do you tell Liu Yu that your son and I have traveled from the afterlife?

There was no way, Ao Lie had no choice but to push everything onto the master Ziguang Sanren in his previous life: "Father, didn't I say that I learned some miscellaneous studies from my previous master?" This is how sake brewing and tea making were learned. Old man Ao sighed: "Sure enough, it's a master, but it's a pity that I didn't have a chance to meet." ”

Ao Lie hurriedly interrupted: "That, grandfather, you see, we will use Jin Siye, Liuyang Xue and this, well, this wine is called Xifeng Lie, we will use these three as the main brand, first establish the credibility and reputation of the Chamber of Commerce, and then find a way to expand the scale." ”

Listening to the fresh words that popped out of Ao Lie's mouth, Ao Laozhang couldn't help but feel dizzy. Although Mr. Ao has never heard of these new words such as brand and credibility before, he can also understand the meaning of these words. After pondering for a while, Old Man Ao also made a decision in his heart: "Okay, then according to what Lie'er said, we will set up a chamber of commerce, but the old man has a request." ”

After a pause, Ao Laozhang's gaze swept over Liu Yu and his wife, and then fell on Ao Lie: "After the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, all the benefits obtained, the old man will divide them into five equals, and Lie'er has contributed the most, and these three rare things are made by Lie'er, so Lie'er takes two of them; Bo'an and Cher, you two take one; Although He'er is far away in the capital, he has to leave a copy for him, and Bo'an will keep it for the time being; The last one will be left to the old man for future needs. How's it going? ”

Ao Lie hurriedly said: "It's not proper! With his grandfather on top and his parents on top, how dare Lie'er get two pays? Liu Yu said with a smile: "I don't think there's anything wrong with it, my father-in-law's distribution is very reasonable." But I didn't expect that there would be my share. ”

Mrs. Ao smiled and said, "Isn't this just useless and suffering!" ”

Uncle Ao interrupted their argument with a smile and said, "That's it." Come, Lie'er, we're discussing some specific matters. Ao Lie saw that the dispute was not successful, so he had to give up, and said with a wry smile: "Grandpa, I just wanted to make a few rare things on a whim, besides, I have to practice martial arts, learn the art of war, and train my sergeants every day, so it is better for me to send a few people under my command to help my grandfather." ”

Hearing Ao Lie's words, Liu Yu nodded his head first, Liu Yu was so satisfied with his son that he couldn't be satisfied, so his expectations for Ao Lie were getting higher and higher, of course, he didn't want him to delay his time on the way to business. Looking at Liu Yu's movements, Ao Laozhang had no choice but to say: "Okay, then that's it, Lie'er, you will let your subordinates come to me tomorrow, we must agree on the details as soon as possible, and take advantage of the time around the New Year to make the Chamber of Commerce." ”

Ao Lie nodded in understanding. This is Mrs. Ao said: "Since you are going to set up a chamber of commerce, you must have a name." Ao Laozhang pondered for a while and said slowly: "It's called Wantong Commercial Bank, which symbolizes the prosperity of the commercial bank and the meaning of the trade routes extending in all directions." ”

Liu Yu's family of three applauded in unison.

The next day, under Ao Lie's instructions, Tian Chou brought more than a dozen fine sergeants to Ao Laozhang's residence to report. Of course, the sergeants brought by Tian Chou were not the elite of the Eight Hundred Blood Killing Battalion, but ordinary sergeants selected from the county soldiers. Ao Lie would not be willing to let the elite of the blood killing battalion under his command be the guys of the shop, their value can only be reflected on the battlefield. At the same time, Shuang'er also came to Ao Laozhang with her four sisters, after all, the five of them were the most proficient in the manufacture of golden silk leaves. In addition, Ao Laozhang also selected a few right-hand men in his caravan, these people are Ao Laozhang's henchmen who have traveled south and north over the years, which are both credible and capable.

In this way, at Ao Lie's suggestion, and after Ao Laozhang's careful supplementation of details, Wantong Commercial Bank was established. The establishment of Wantong Commercial Bank may not be much concerned today, but soon after, Wantong Commercial Bank because of its good reputation, the products launched are scarce items that cannot be seen on the market today, so every product launched by Wantong Commercial Bank will be immediately snapped up. It also made Wantong Commercial Bank become Ao Lie's financial support, helping Ao Lie to form a well-equipped special force in the future.

That's all for later.