In the third year of Chongzhen, in the spring of 1630, after a loot, the Manchu Tartars found that there was no oil and water left, so they withdrew, leaving the ground full of devastation.

And the people of the Ming Dynasty could only endure the pain silently, licking their wounds, and the pain and sadness all turned into tears and forcibly swallowed them.

The people of the northern part of the country were in agony.

And the south is still singing and dancing, warblers and swallows, indescribable spring, at this time a caravan down the river, came to this rich land, the name of the caravan is called Lantian caravan, it is said that Lantian County in Guanzhong came.

When the sons and daughters of the south heard that they were from the north, the corners of their mouths immediately twitched like 2580,000, and at this time, there was a habitual attitude that rich places looked down on poor places.

Just like Shanghai, the standard old Shanghainese believe that except for Shanghai, which is all rural, that kind of arrogance is brought out in the bones, and there is no way to change it.

However, this Lantian caravan brought surprises to the young ladies and sons of the south, that is, beautiful handicrafts and crystal clear glass.

Those glazed products are really beautiful, although they are expensive, but they have an indescribable charm for the rich people in Jiangnan.

Jiangnan people are not short of food and drink, and rich people gather, there are more rich people, there will always be comparisons, and there will always be high-end consumer goods, after all, people make money, you have to find a way to help people spend their money.

That's what luxury is all about, like now, why are luxury goods so popular, are they really worth the price?

No, the same artificial leather bag, people can sell it for tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, while normal similar bags can only be sold for one or two hundred yuan.

The premium is hundreds of times, why, it is nothing more than that the rich people want to show their difference, and they want to open the class level with the people who have no money, otherwise who will buy it!

This is also the case in the south of the Ming Dynasty, where it is rich, comfortable, developed in commerce but does not pay taxes, and is maintained by the officials of the DPRK and China, and is far away from the northern Tartars, which can be described as a paradise on earth.

Look at the painting boats in the rivers and mountains, the singing and dancing that come out every night on them can't help but make people think of a poem, the merchant girl doesn't know the hatred of the country, and she still sings the backyard flowers across the river.

The Lantian caravan came to Jiangnan and opened a shop in Jiangnan, called Liulixuan, which specialized in selling some beautiful glass ornaments far beyond this era.

The shiny ornaments made all the young ladies in Jiangnan obsessed and crazy.

At first, the boys didn't care, but it wasn't until one day that the boys found out that the beauties in the painting boats they often went to began to discuss the jewelry of Liulixuan, and they found that this little thing was so dazzling.

And what made these sons even more crazy was that when Liulixuan actually spent a lot of money to invite the leading Oiran of the eight most famous painting boats on the Qinhuai River to come over and wear Liulixuan's jewelry, everyone went crazy.

The lustful people rushed to tell each other, and the jealous prostitutes began to compete with their benefactors to buy Liulixuan's jewelry when they knew that Liulixuan's jewelry was super expensive and brought a so-called upper-class person.

In this way, the jewelry of Liulixuan went directly to a step, and at the same time, the behavior of the bewitching and cheap goods on the Qinhuai River alarmed the families of the officials in the vicinity, and these officials and wives just wanted to stare at their own masters, and wanted the masters to go to the Qinhuai River a few times.

But one day when they suddenly found that the master was going more and more, the official wives suddenly panicked, and they began to pay attention to the competitors, and found that the competitors all brought a product called Liulixuan Shop.

So, they also began to buy, and the purchase of the official wife directly brought the brand effect of Liulixuan to a greater extent, and suddenly Liulixuan became famous in Jiangnan, and at the same time began to make crazy money.

Liulixuan sells all kinds of beautiful glass jewelry, of course, there are also plastic ones, but people in this era can't recognize them, these goods are all customized by Li Chaosheng from the obligatory merchants.

And the reason why it is customized is because Li Chaosheng needs them to leave the mark of the three words of Liulixuan on the jewelry, and only in this way can the brand be sounded.

And this technology is simply not too simple for the obligated manufacturer, this thing is extremely exquisite, and the cost price of a small ornament does not exceed two yuan.

The reason why it reaches two dollars is mainly because of the trouble of lettering and trademarking, and if it is not needed, the cost can even be controlled at a piece of five.

Two dollars a glass ornament, to get the end of the Ming Dynasty, the value doubled, it is said that the jewelry out of Liulixuan, the cheapest fifty taels, a little more high-end, are hundreds of taels.

It's not expensive, don't be too expensive, at this price, it's not discounted, and there have been four national colors of Tianxiang standing at the door of Liulixuan, and at least it can be regarded as a high-end beauty as a welcome lady in the painting boat.

As long as you see someone coming, you can directly give a sweet smile, and ensure that the man will be fascinated, and a few words will make the macho boy pay for it.

So a large amount of money began to pour into Liulixuan, and these money were also exchanged for grain, steel, copper, cloth and various resources in Jiangnan began to be transported to Lantian County.

Li Chaosheng looked at the steady stream of materials and decided to continue to increase investment in Jiangnan, so Jiangnan added another women's underwear store.

This women's underwear has no technical content, and it can be made by finding a group of tailors, while Li Chaosheng established an underwear factory in Lantian and recruited ingenious Lantian women to learn to sew underwear.

So all kinds of women's underwear were continuously manufactured by Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng didn't know how to design, anyway, he bought a few underwear for the old tailor to follow.

Soon all kinds of underwear that Ming women have never seen appeared, this kind of thing Li Chaosheng still transports to Jiangnan, because this underwear is also affordable for Jiangnan people, because this underwear costs no more than 100 yuan, and it can be sold for one or two silver when it arrives in Jiangnan, so Li Chaosheng established the Jiangnan Belle brand.

These underwear to Jiangnan, even if Jiangnan is open, it is not accepted at the beginning, there is no way, you can only use the old methods, directly to the Qinhuai River painting boat recommendation, but this time to find the Oiran public exhibition is not good, the Oiran is not an ordinary girl, people have cards, how can they be dressed like this to show people.

Therefore, the promotion of underwear was met with a little resistance, but the situation was soon opened, and the person in charge of Jiangnan asked Li Chaosheng for instructions, can you take out some and let the painting girl try it on first?

Li Chaosheng understood as soon as he heard it, isn't it just a sample, so Li Chaosheng approved the Jiangnan painting boat girl to try it on, it's okay not to try it on, once you try it on, the effect is amazing.

These girls who wore such underwear, the return rate of the benefactor rose sharply, the son of the Ming Dynasty had seen this kind of thing, this thing to the original appearance of the average woman set, these women who were originally average instantly became charming, the original average girl at this time glowed with the second spring of their profession.

So these girls began to buy back, and the girls who didn't wear them were obviously not as good as others, so they also started to buy, and the result was that the men were crazy and liked to go to the boat.

I used to go once a week, but now I feel uncomfortable if I don't go for a day, and the wives of the officials see it, it's not good, this group of little sluts use yin tricks again, and they have to sacrifice and wear for the sake of the man himself.

So the official wives also began to buy underwear, and who knows who wears this underwear, the thing used to be swaying back and forth, very uncomfortable, and it was uncomfortable to tighten it with a bandeau, but after wearing underwear, it seemed that there was a pair of big hands holding it for itself.

It's comfortable.

And since I wore underwear, my own officials have become more and more clingy, and as soon as I have the effort, I pull myself into the room, study non-stop, and the time to go to the painting boat is obviously less.

And the girl of the painting boat saw that the benefactor did not come, and immediately became anxious, so she went to buy the latest underwear, and so on, the official wife and the girls of the painting boat formed a competitive relationship, they competed, but they became rich underwear stores, so the underwear sold crazy.

After all, in this era, the official wife represents authority, a strong woman, and the girl in the painting boat represents popularity, similar to the current star.

Their motivation is terrifying, so even those small families who can squeeze out the silver come to buy one, so these people feed more than half of the women in Li Chaosheng's Lantian County.

And the silver also began to frantically rush to Li Chaosheng's Lantian County, and at the same time, Li Chaosheng also set his sights on the textile industry.

Began to enter the textile industry, Jenny loom seems to be very backward now, but at this time in the Ming Dynasty, this is the product of the cross-era represents the advanced productive forces, on behalf of Li Chaosheng is advancing the beginning of the industrial revolution step by step, and began to lay a solid industrial foundation for this era.

Jiangnan is a treasure land, Li Chaosheng fell in love here, the people here are so rich, they speak well, they are also vain, they like to compare, they are simply the best place to make money, and the happiest thing is that this group of fools does not collect commercial taxes, you don't know how cool it is to not have to pay taxes, and the money you make is your own, as long as you take out a part of it to be an official.

And this money is definitely not wasted, and those who become officials are actually rewarded, such as the current Nanjing officialdom, Li Chaosheng uses money to open the way, and has already set up relationships with many people, these relationships are accompanied by the output of interests, as the interests are bound deeper and deeper, Li Chaosheng can even remotely control the people in the Nanjing officialdom to help him speak in the court.

This is very wonderful, there is a feeling that the chaebol controls the rulers, but the Ming Dynasty is still an official-based country in the end, and businessmen can do politics from behind, and they have no status.

However, Li Chaosheng is different, Li Chaosheng's Lantian County is different, this is the foundation of Li Chaosheng's life, at this time Li Chaosheng's Lantian is like a newly drawn branch on a dying tree, constantly absorbing the nutrients of the tree to grow himself, one day, Li Chaosheng's branch will replace Daming to become the towering tree.

This is Li Chaosheng's hope and his historical mission.

That's right, at the beginning, Li Chaosheng just took care of himself, but now there are more than 400,000 people in Lantian County pointing to his own life, Li Chaosheng does not dare to be careless, when he is carefree alone, he will not have a sense of responsibility, but when countless people have expectations for you, a personal sense of responsibility will be erected, and it is actually difficult for people to change the environment, but the environment can definitely change people.

In the autumn of the third year of Chongzhen, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lantian County was busy again, this year Lantian County is another bumper harvest, the wind and rain are smooth, the people of Lantian County have basically solved the problem of food and clothing, and now there are very few people who can't eat enough, and the situation of starving to death does not exist in Lantian County.

The territory of Lantian County has also expanded, and now Chang'an County has been renamed Lantian County, of course, Li Chaosheng is not a thief, so Li Chaosheng, the county yamen of Chang'an County, is still retained, and the county of Chang'an County is now in the yamen, he is the county master, out of the door of the yamen, he can't manage a single grass outside, because it is Lantian County.

The angry Chang'an County Commander now has one job every day, that is, he sits at the county yamen and scolds Li Chaosheng when he is full, how ugly it is to scold.

He scolded Li Chaosheng for being a rebellious minister and a thief, he scolded Li Chaosheng for being a bad animal, Li Chaosheng was very generous, let him scold, but Li Chaosheng's subordinates were unwilling, there was a way to humiliate the ministers to death, and the angry Chang'an County Governor, Li Dewen, and the local militia rushed into Chang'an County and beat Chang'an County, and the five Chang'an County officials present did not dare to step forward.

Li Chaosheng was very angry after getting the news, and severely criticized his eldest nephew Li Dewen, and demoted Li Dewen's eldest lieutenant to the middle lieutenant chief, but a month later, Li Dewen was reinstated again and served as the chief of Chang'an County.

The original magistrate of Chang'an County stopped scolding very interestingly, and even moved into Xi'an Mansion at home, and the magistrate ran away, so Li Chaosheng changed the county yamen into the office of the chief of Dali to deal with related matters.

Chang'an County, Shangluo County, Zhashui County, and now the three counties have been merged into Li Chaosheng's Lantian County, and they are still expanding externally, of course, this does not have to worry about Li Chaosheng at all, Li Chaosheng is now the master of the four counties.

With the foundation of the four counties, Li Chaosheng was ready to increase the recruitment of refugees, and at the same time the construction of water canals and the administration of officials were carried out simultaneously, and at the same time, Li Chaosheng expanded the army again, this time by 5,000 people, and Li Chaosheng's regular army had reached 15,000 people, including 2,000 flintlock pistol troops.

In addition, there were 80,000 militiamen, and the number of people under his rule had reached 700,000, and Li Chaosheng felt that the speed of his expansion had accelerated, and Li Zicheng's troops were also fast.

Li Chaosheng got the information of Bai Shoumin, Li Zicheng was very busy this year, and the first time they rebelled last year was Wang Zuohang's peasant rebel army, but this spring Wang Zuohang surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng was very unhappy, so he switched to the big thief Kou Bu Mu, and is currently as a pioneer general who does not touch the mud, attacking the city and pulling out the village, and Li Chaosheng's senior spy Li Shichao also mixed up a lot of positions, and currently has more than 2,000 peasant troops under his command.

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