Chapter 395: The King's Good Intentions
Liu Jiyang and Zhang Fengmin, when they arrived at the bidding venue, it was already crowded.
They also saw many familiar faces here.
There are several of them, although on the surface they are just ordinary businessmen. In fact, they are all those nobles, who are just put on the surface to hide people's eyes.
If it weren't for His Royal Highness's new bidding rules, they small businessmen really wouldn't have had a chance at all.
"Hey, Brother Zhang, Brother Liu, you two are also here, but what ideas do you have?"
The somewhat fat merchant beckoned to them as he squeezed through the crowd to the two of them.
They are also relatively familiar with this person, but they have no business dealings.
This person's name is Shen Xiong.
Although the name is very bold, I am a wide-hearted and fat. Especially when you laugh, it's like a Maitreya Buddha.
"Brother Shen, looking at your appearance, do you also have ideas about this bidding?"
Shen Xiong didn't hide it either.
looked left and right vigilantly, lowered his voice and said to the two: "Don't hide it from the two brothers, I am indeed interested in getting involved." ”
"After all, this is a big deal to participate in the construction of our Daming capital. If you can catch up with the big guys above because of this, hehe......"
Liu Jiyang sent Zhang Fengmin and the two of them, and they also laughed knowingly at the same time.
And this kind of laughter, on this occasion, there is simply not too much.
For low-level businessmen, what they lack most is not money, but various outlets.
This kind of project presided over by the court himself has to be mixed in no matter what, in case there is any opportunity, isn't it?
Just smiling and smiling, Shen Xiong sighed helplessly and said, "But this time, I don't think our chance is really big." ”
After all, this is Yanjing, and it is also the capital of Mengyuan, and there are countless wealthy businessmen.
In addition, there are not as many projects as imagined in this bidding.
Shen Xiong, who was originally full of interest, is now more and more unconfident.
When Zhang Fengmin heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. He was still worried just now, and he didn't seem to have enough money to pull Liu Jiyang alone.
"If Brother Shen is interested, how about we cooperate?"
Shen Xiong thought about it, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Brother Zhang, I understand what you mean, but it's up to the three of us." Even if they hug each other, they can't compare to the penny of those wealthy businessmen. is like Shen Wansan, who is rich enough to rival the country, if he wants to make a move, no one will be able to bid for him. ”
Liu Jiyang, who was originally full of interest, heard Shen Wansan's name, and his face was a little unpleasant: "This Shen Wansan, why does he have to get involved in any business, he just doesn't want to give us a way to live." ”
Zhang Fengmin opened the folding fan with a snap, blocking half of his face.
Liu Jiyang and Shen Xiong met, knowing that he had something to say, so they hurriedly leaned over to hear his high opinions.
This kind of sneaky action will definitely cause many people to point fingers at it in normal times.
But at the bidding meeting, no one paid attention to them at all.
Because there aren't too many people who do it.
Many people arrive at the venue and suddenly find that they are not well prepared.
Or discuss countermeasures, or temporarily find a familiar businessman to partner up.
"Brothers, didn't you find out? In fact, this bidding meeting has given me a great opportunity to wait. As long as we can catch it, not to mention soaring, there is absolutely no problem in making a small profit. ”
"I want to hear about it!" Liu Jiyang and Zhou Xiong asked in unison.
They also knew that this tender would be their opportunity.
But what they don't understand is how they snatched a piece of meat from the mouths of those wealthy businessmen.
Zhang Fengmin explained with a smile: "Let me ask the two brothers, if there is a business that requires you to get up early and work hard for half a month, you can earn a hundred taels of silver, can you do it?" ”
"Nonsense!" Liu Jiyang said angrily: "Isn't a hundred taels of silver money?" Why not do it? ”
Zhou Xiong hesitated: "It should be done." ”
Zhang Fengmin then asked: "Then you can only earn ten taels of silver?" ”
This time, Zhou Xiong shook his head decisively: "The business of ten taels of silver is busy for half a month? That's not enough for my hard work. ”
Even Liu Jiyang hesitated for a while: "It shouldn't be done, right?" Although he only runs a small grocery store, his monthly income starts from two or three hundred taels of silver. Don't fight hard for ten taels of silver. ”
Zhang Fengmin nodded forcefully: "Now the two of you understand, right?" ”
……
The other two were directly blinded.
What is this, why should they understand?
Liu Jiyang said anxiously: "I said Brother Zhang, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, don't play dumb riddles with us." ”
Shen Xiong vaguely grasped something, but he didn't fully understand it for a while.
Zhang Fengnian looked outside the fan and saw that the bidding meeting had not yet started, so he patiently explained.
"I said, two brothers, why don't you understand? A few hundred taels of silver is not a small business for us, but not necessarily for those wealthy businessmen, they will not work hard for a few months for this little pro. ”
"So......" Zhang Fengnian paused deliberately, and saw that Liu Jiyang's ears were about to stand up, so he continued to laugh: "As long as our offer is low enough, those big businessmen will not grab this bit of mosquito meat from us." ”
Shen Xiong's brows furrowed: "That's the way it is, but if the offer is too low, we won't make any money." ”
"That's right, Brother Zhang, if we are so desperate to lower the price, we will make less money, and we may even lose money, so won't the gains outweigh the losses?"
Zhang Fengnian laughed confidently: "That's why I said two brothers, you haven't seen the power of His Royal Highness the bidding meeting." ”
"If you think about it, the bidding process for those houses. First of all, the highest bidder wins, and after the bidding is successful, the number of houses we bid for will be reported to the bidding team. A merchant, or a group of merchants, can only bid once in a round. If the first round of bidding is not completed, a second round of bidding will be opened. ”
Liu Jiyang and Zhou Xiong both blinked suspiciously.
I kind of understand, but I don't seem to understand it.
Regarding their IQ, Zhang Fengnian really doesn't know whether he should be depressed or happy.
But overall, I guess I'm still a little happier.
After all, if the partner is relatively not so smart, his voice will naturally be relatively large.
"I calculated before that if the residential houses in this bidding meeting are built according to the standards of the Anjuke City Hall, the cost of one building will be about 1,200 taels of silver."
"As long as our offer can be lower than 1,500 taels, I believe those wealthy businessmen will not compete with us."
"The price is low, and if they contract more houses, they will earn less money. If there is less contracting, is it worth the hard work this time. ”
"If it really doesn't work, we'll give you 1,400 taels. In this way, we also have an income of 2,000 taels when we contract ten rooms. When these houses were built, there was a ...... of the imperial court throughout the whole process."
Zhang Fengmin suddenly got a little stuck, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly said: "By the way, it seems to be called an engineer." ”
"As long as we build according to the requirements of the engineer, we will be able to successfully complete the acceptance."
"The most important thing is that it's different from how we usually do business. Basically, it's a sure win. It's nothing more than a little harder, and a little less easy to earn. ”
After Zhang Fengmin's detailed explanation, Liu Jiyang and Shen Xiong completely understood.
I couldn't help but admire: "Brother Zhang's eyes are like torches, I didn't even think of this before, since this is the case, then everything is up to Brother Zhang." ”
Liu Jiyang also hurriedly echoed: "I'm the same as Brother Shen, everything is at Brother Zhang's orders." ”
The three of them reached a cooperation intention, and at the site of the bidding conference, there were also many businessmen who also cooperated for various reasons.
Before the merchants came, Zhu Han had actually arrived.
It's just that he didn't show up for a move, but observed the situation of these merchants in the dark.
I found that those small merchants began to connect everywhere.
Zhu Han was not angry, but was very satisfied: "Yes, I am not stupid at home." ”
Liu Ji frowned, and was very unhappy with the businessmen who were connected with each other: "Sure enough, there are no treacherous businessmen, and these small businessmen are really racking their brains for this bidding meeting." ”
These words suddenly ushered in Zhu Han's eyes: "I said Liu Ji, you don't want this idea." ”
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Liu Ji listened inexplicably, the Central Plains Dynasty has been heavy on agriculture and suppressed business since ancient times. For a scholar like him, despising merchants was simply normal.
I never thought that someone would speak for a businessman.
If this guy wasn't his deputy, and although he was a little wavering, he still pretended to be Ming in his heart, and his ability was not bad, Zhu Han would have let him get out of here.
Now, since Liu Ji needs to be used, he naturally can't let him paint in the lake.
"The reason why this king has not started bidding is to give these small businessmen a chance to connect."
Liu Ji became more and more incomprehensible.
He didn't understand, why did Zhu Han pay so much attention to these ordinary businessmen when he protected the king?
"Lord Wang, even if these small merchants join forces, I'm afraid they won't be able to get much silver. Even if they can contract some of them, I'm afraid that most of the houses will still be handed over to those wealthy businessmen. In this case, wouldn't the imperial court have to allocate excess energy to manage those small merchants? ”
"Mr. Chen always thinks, is this a bit worth the loss?"
Zhu Han stared at those businessmen: "I said Liu Ji, do you really not understand, or do you not understand and pretend to understand?" ”
"Please also ask the prince for guidance." Liu Ji trembled, and hurriedly bowed respectfully to Zhu Han for advice.
"You have also been in Yanjing for so long, this king doesn't believe it, you don't know the connection between those wealthy merchants and some people in the court."
"If all these projects are handed over to them in the end, what difference will it make from before? Aren't these people going to fill their own pockets? ”
"These small businessmen are different, they are not deeply involved in the interests of the imperial court. Moreover, they had little experience in this area of their own, so as soon as they won the project, they had to hire new craftsmen and people. ”
"The most important thing is that there is not a complete community of interests among these small businessmen. Now that so many projects are being started at the same time, they want to hire people, so they have to increase the treatment of people. ”
"And when the people are rich, they will inevitably buy things in Yanjing, which forms a huge, recyclable system."
"When the time comes, there will be merchants who will bring in goods, and there will also be people who will come to Yanjing to look for opportunities. In this way, the whole Yanjing will come to life, do you understand now? ”
Rumble!
Liu Ji only felt as if a thunderbolt had fallen from the nine skies and hit him directly.
Daigo empowerment.
Liu Ji is Liu Ji after all.
People who can leave a name in history will naturally not be ordinary people.
Before, Liu Ji was just a fan of the authorities, so he never thought about it.
Now that I heard Zhu Han's words, it suddenly dawned.
Before, he also felt that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han wanted to build Yanjing City into the largest city in the world, which was a great achievement.
Now I finally understand that His Royal Highness has good intentions.
Limited by the times, Liu Ji still doesn't know what it means to stimulate domestic demand, and he also knows little about economic principles.
But that didn't prevent him from being able to figure out the relationship.
"Lord Wang!"
Liu Ji suddenly patted his sleeve with a serious face, took two steps back, knelt on the ground and said, "For the people of the world, I thank His Royal Highness the King." His Royal Highness Chitose, Chitose, Chitose. ”
It's not a sycophant, Liu Ji really admires Zhu Han from the bottom of his heart this time.
He could even faintly feel that as long as he could understand everything Zhu Han had done in Yanjing, he would be able to enter a new world.
Although the scholar class also has such and such problems, it has to be said that this class is the most capable group of people in the world today.
Although the descendants of Confucius are not good, the scholars who have been influenced by Confucius and Mencius for thousands of years still have their own ambitions.
I also want to imitate the sages, achieve meritorious service, establish morality, and establish three immortals.
Although Liu Ji was also working hard to do it before, he never found the direction.
This time, he finally saw the goal in his heart more clearly.
Zhu Han rolled his eyes: "Come less, you can't represent the people of the world." ”
"Moreover, this king has done all this in order to let my Han people always stand on top of the world, and I don't need your thanks."
"The small businessmen seem to have talked about it, and the tender will start immediately."
"Let this king see if these small merchants in Yanjing can perceive the king's hard work."
There is still half a sentence, Zhu Han did not say. If this tender will not satisfy him.
Next time, they won't have that chance.
The tender will be divided into two phases.
The first phase of tendering is for those large-scale projects. The financial resources of ordinary businessmen are basically unaffordable.
Even if they are a dozen people in partnership, they can't compare to Shen Wansan's casual picking out a little bit from his fingers.
This guy didn't disappoint Zhu Han either.
In the first game, he directly won the big library project that Zhu Han had the most high hopes for.
"One million six thousand taels!" Shen Wansan opened his mouth, and everyone's jaws were shocked.