Section 52: The Son of a Loser
The loser does not have any rights, this is certain in the royal family, the Yun family is not like this, Yun Huan is ambitious to extend his tentacles to Liaodong, and as a result, the caravan sent to Lu is ill-fated.
As an old connoisseur who has been doing business in Liaodong for many years, Lao Cui supported his master Yun Huan in Yuezhou to enter Liaodong again, since Li Er's expedition to Goryeo, the Yun family in order to avoid suspicion, all the strength of their own power was withdrawn from Liaodong, and the withdrawal was very clean, and no caravan was sent there since.
Now that the war has subsided, the people's livelihood in Liaodong has slowly recovered after all these years of recuperation, after all, what the empire needs is a productive land, not a no-man's land.
Ginseng, mink, and indigo grass are these three treasures are very important to the Yun family, and many shops in Yuezhou need to use them, especially indigo grass, which is the best filling material, and the Yun family's furniture store has a very high demand for this thing every year.
Lao Cui understood that it must be very difficult to enter Liaodong now, so he did not plan to get involved in the extremely profitable ginseng and mink, but only wanted to open a shop to buy indigo grass, and then transport it back to Chang'an or Yuezhou for a second processing after processing it locally, so that the cheap indigo grass could play its original role.
As soon as the store opened, it was squeezed out by everyone, no matter how Lao Cui used the means of businessmen to lower his profile and want to integrate into the local business system, as a result, it had no effect at all.
The store didn't collect a single piece of indigo grass in the fall, and even the guys in the store couldn't get it together. Lao Cui is not in a hurry, thinking that this is someone who is crowding out himself, giving himself a little bit of power, and he will be fine after the New Year.
After the New Year, the situation really changed, and the people who should be recruited were also recruited. And many villagers have also made an agreement to buy indigo grass in the autumn, as long as it waits until the autumn, everything will fall into place, and the Yun family's first store in Liaodong will also take root, and the business will be done slowly, and the large-scale entry into Liaodong will frighten the local merchants.
Just when Lao Cui received the first batch of goods. And when the production was raging, the wind direction changed again, and a fire at night burned not a single one of the hundreds of thousands of loads of hay that the Yun family had hoarded in the pasture.
This is a man-made disaster, and Lao Cui, who has been doing smooth business for many years, can no longer suppress his anger, and goes to the Governor's Mansion of Gobe Prefecture to question, demanding that the murderer be arrested and compensate for the losses of the Yun family.
The Governor's Mansion of Gobe Prefecture was indeed resolute, and in ten days, the murderer was caught - three people of the Devil, after the people confessed their crimes in front of Lao Cui. was beheaded on the spot by the Governor's Mansion of Gebe, which can be regarded as avenging the Yun family, but the compensation proposed, if the Yun family is willing, can take over all the property of the three Ya people, including their wives and children.
Lao Cui trembled angrily, but he couldn't say that the official government was not coming, and the murderer he wanted was caught by the official government. The compensation he wanted was given by the government, but as for Lao Cui, he couldn't look down on those black savages. That's also Lao Cui's business, and it has nothing to do with the government.
The old Cui Zhidao, who was accustomed to the big wind and waves, knew what was going on, so he simply tore his face and warned all the businessmen and those who were openly and secretly powerful, just this time, not the next time, if there is a next time. It is impossible for three or five savages to come out to take the blame and extinguish the anger of the Yun family, and even if they want to reconcile at that time, it is impossible to have such a chance.
Soon, the Yun family's hay pile gathered again, and the entire workshop for pounding indigo grass was already working in an orderly manner. The first batch of pounded indigo grass has been beaten into hard packaging and put on a ship to go down the Liaoshui River, after entering the sea, the most Lu went ashore from Dengzhou, transported to Zhuozhou, and arrived in Chang'an, where it was finally sent to Yuezhou after the second processing.
Yun Ye was surprised when he knew that the Yun family was going to transport grass from Liaodong to Yuezhou, but after weighing his son's IQ repeatedly, he thought that he would not give birth to a fool, so he didn't bother to ask, and went to toss with Yun Huan, he just wanted to see what his son was going to do.
Later, something even more surprising appeared, the Yun family's fleet was robbed on the Liao River, this time not only the indigo grass, but even the ships were burned by the bandits.
The only good thing is that the guys on the boat did not have an accident, and after being searched and inspected, they were driven to the shore, and after a lot of hardship, they returned to the head office in Liaodong and reported the whole incident to Lao Cui.
Lao Cui returned to the back hall after being furious, and wrote a letter to his master Yun Huan with a smile on his face, reporting everything that happened here.
So the second young master of the Yun family planned to go to Liaodong in person with the wrath of thunder, and personally ask the local officials why they would govern Liaodong everywhere with thieves, so that the merchants who kept to themselves had no way to live.
When passing by Chang'an, I specially came to say hello to my ancestor and my father, and Huahua also came back, but this child is now clumsy with a big belly, Xin Yue, who was originally smiling, saw this picture, and didn't wait for Yun Huan to kowtow to himself, so he scolded Yun Huan fiercely, and people with a six-month body dared to take the Taurus Road with him?
Yun Ye drank tea and looked at his son and sighed and said, "It's still not atmospheric enough, you should burn down the head office, although the Yun family doesn't like to take advantage of their own family, it is still feasible to lose a little property." ”
Yun Huan was a little embarrassed to pinch his father's shoulder and said: "Liaodong is just a starting point, the child now wants to extend our tentacles to Liaoxi, although it is a wasteland, but the leather goods and ginseng there are the best, these two goods are very profitable, and the child is a little reluctant to give up." ”
While enjoying his son's hospitality, Yun Ye pointed to the map of Liaodong and said to him: "This is the reason why you are not atmospheric enough, our family does not operate a pharmacy, nor does it deal in leather goods, the reason why these two things are valuable is because they are scarce!" Rare things are not a big scene, at most can make some money, but also can not form a certain scale, not a scale in the local influence is insufficient, smart businessmen are now pursuing the right to speak, that is to say, they are pursuing their own right to speak in a certain place and a certain line, and strive to make themselves the rule-makers, only by becoming such a businessman, you can become a powerful businessman, otherwise, it is just to make some money.
It has always been strange for my father that Liaodong iron ore has not developed for so many years, what is the reason? Huan'er, you went to Liaodong this time to exert your prestige, to actually investigate what caused the decline of iron mines, these years, Chang'an's iron factory steelmaking smoke has not been extinguished, steel is still in short supply, the price remains high, and Liaodong guards such a huge iron mine but does nothing, the most remarkable thing there is that there is still a coal mine, as long as there is iron, there is coal, it is not a problem to build a huge iron plant there, as long as you have the ability to build an iron factory there, you can live decently without relying on the majesty of your Lao Tzu, The face you earn belongs to you, and now you are just a gentleman. ”
Yun Huan stopped massaging his father's shoulder and said, "The eldest grandson's family was the one who opened the iron factory back then, and their family is finished, can others still open it?" That thing doesn't make money. ”
Yun Ye looked up to the sky and smiled, laughing for a while before stopping, causing Xin Yue and Huahua to poke their heads out of the back hall and peek, and saw that the two father and son were talking happily, so they retracted their heads.
"What business will the eldest grandson Wuji do? As long as the army can't use so many weapons, and the rest of the weapons manufacturing is covered by the Martial Arts Research Institute, his family's iron factory can only make farm tools, kitchen knives, and iron pots, counting on the things that these blacksmith shops can make money, and their heads are kicked by donkeys. The closure of the iron works is also an inevitable occurrence.
Doing business requires a strong ability to innovate, holding on to the defects is waiting for death, not finding a way out for their own steel, deserving of their family to close down, son, you remember, steel is a good thing at any time, slowly you will find that he and grain, salt, are indispensable necessities, especially now in Datang, the demand for steel is simply not a few iron factories in Chang'an can meet.
It is said that the Ten Mile Iron Works has enough steel to produce steel for the whole world, but in fact, son, when all the cars and ships become made of steel, do you think they can still supply it? ”
Yun Ye had mentioned some of his own ideas to his son before, and they also learned about the prospects of the boat from Li Tai, and now Yun Huan heard his father's old words again, so he half-squinted his eyes and thought for a while and said, "Daddy, do you think that steel is really profitable?" What if I lose money? ”
Yun Ye laughed again, patted his son on the shoulder and said: "If you plan to do it, just do it, the Yun family is worried about too much money now, not too little, in your mother's treasury, a lot of silver coins have begun to turn black again, if the Yun family doesn't have a loser, just an elite, the emperor is not at ease, so ah, son, you can rest assured and boldly go to the loser, your father and I are the famous loser in Chang'an City, the ancestor was worried about his father's loser behavior back then, who dares to say that your father is a loser now?" ”
"The child thinks that Daddy is a big loser now......"
"Haha......ha
The conversation between father and son was warm, Xin Yue, Huahua, listened to the conversation between their father and son with their heads sideways, and when they heard that their father-in-law wanted their husband to become a loser, they couldn't help but be anxious, and they wanted to go to their father-in-law to reason when they stood up. Others are afraid of their father-in-law, but Huahua is not afraid, and if he is wrong, he will be reprimanded at most, and he looks down at his towering belly, and feels more confident.
Xin Yue doted on the back of Huahua's head and said, "Silly boy, when did your father-in-law do something wrong?" (To be continued......)
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