After that, Li Dan took off the lens of the telescope and let them see the effect of magnifying things.

"The three uncles don't have to worry, as long as the lake bandits are cleared out and the place is peaceful, there are many things we can do, and there is a lot of money we can make. These are just a few introductions." Li Dan grinned.

But the three of them were already red with excitement, and their eyes were full of little stars. "Have you shown these ...... to others?" Xu Xian asked cautiously.

"Nope!" Li Dan's head shook like a rattle: "To tell you the truth, my nephew has received a lot of support and sponsorship from your government when he comes back this time, so he has a different meaning. Earlier, the little nephew lived in the Li Mansion and was quite restricted, and the two families had little contact, and it was not until this time that they had the opportunity to get close to the three uncles. My nephew has made up his mind to base himself on this county and rely on Raozhou Mansion in the future to do business in the whole territory of Jiangnan West Road and even further! However, the nephew is long in the military and politics, so it is inconvenient for him to come forward, he is not good at business operations, and he lacks connections in this area, so he needs to rely on the wisdom of his uncles in this regard. The ruler is short, no way! This special thing needs special people to do. Do you think that's the truth?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The three of them nodded like chickens pecking rice, and answered in unison.

In fact, since Li Dan regained control of the north of the city from the "Eighteen Tigers of the South of the City" and protected the western market, he has been observing the commerce and trade of this era, as well as the relationship between commerce and government.

He found something interesting that was different from the same period in his previous life.

In his impression of the knowledge he had left in his previous life, the merchant was a very despised class in the agrarian society, and the merchant was very much despised in the agricultural society.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, merchants were not even allowed to wear silk silk, as evidenced by this. But this world is very different!

After the Tang Dynasty, the chaos and division of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms led to uneven regional development, which made the circulation of commodities in a state of being blocked for a long time. The so-called commercial and trade activities can only be confined to the subsistence of separatist regimes.

In the process of seizing the power of the Later Zhou Dynasty and launching the war of unification in the former Song Dynasty (Northern Song Dynasty), a large number of merchants stood behind the soldiers, and there were even scholars like Zhao Pu who had close ties with the wealthy merchants to give advice, raise funds and grain.

In order to restore the morale of the people as soon as possible and establish the prestige of the great unified dynasty, the former Song Dynasty showed unprecedented tolerance for the merchants, coupled with the reduction of ideological imprisonment, the development and progress of technology, so that inland and maritime commerce have made great progress.

This situation was not interrupted by the Tatar invasion, but changed after Jiangnan was incorporated into the territory of the unified empire.

The originally interrupted land routes between China and the West have been reopened, continuing the prosperity of the Silk Road since the Tang Dynasty.

However, in the last years of the previous dynasty, these were interrupted by the confrontation and conquest of the imperial vassals, as well as the outbreak of rebellion in the Central Plains, and although the sea trade continued to some extent, the land trade shrank sharply.

In the same period of his previous life, although Zhu Ming formally completed the task of expelling the Tatars after the great chaos, the actual unification war lasted intermittently for decades, and it was not until the last years of Ming Xuanzong that it gradually stopped.

As a result, the focus of the Ming Dynasty's foreign policy was on Tatars, and for this purpose it concentrated the whole country's forces to deal with it, but contracted almost all the colonizations in the direction of Liaoxi, Nuergan, and the southeast coast.

The military and political stagnation led to a contraction in trade, which was not eased until Zheng He went to sea, but the lack of markets was filled by ships from the Middle East and Europe.

Later, the anti-Japanese ban on the sea made Zhu Ming completely lose his maritime advantage and market position, and the decline of maritime trade continued until the early years of the Qing Dynasty.

But that's not the case now. The Zhao royal family of this dynasty regarded themselves as descendants of the former Song Dynasty, and of course followed the national policy of the former Song Dynasty as much as possible.

For example, preferential treatment for scholars and emphasis on passing the imperial examination; For example, we attach importance to business activities and provide a relaxed atmosphere and conditions;

There was also encouragement for the invention and promotion of new technologies, the publication of books and articles, etc., which made the trade activity of the dynasty more and more prosperous after the founding of the country.

The sons of merchants could become officials or officials through scientific examinations and the use of magistrates to realize or express the opinions, thoughts, aspirations, and so on of this class.

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The boundaries between the two classes of "Confucian scholars" and "squires" on the one hand and "merchants" on the one hand became more and more blurred, and countless squires and children of officials and eunuchs (especially the Shu Zhi) devoted themselves to commerce and trade.

A large number of children of merchants studied and took imperial examinations with the support of sufficient funds, and entered the ranks of officials or officials, of course, there were also those who still operated agriculture and mulberry and lived on tenants.

Often there are squires, Confucian scholars, and businessmen in a family, and the relationship between the three is inseparable, and they interact and help. There are not many merchant families like the Xu family, and there are more situations like the Wu family and the Xiao family in this county.

If you want to take the road of the imperial examination, then you have to look for a role like a businessman who is willing to be your agent or comprador, which is what Li Dan suddenly thought of in Wannian.

He made an appointment with Wang Jintang and Wang Jinsheng, which started with the two of them and tried to set up his own agent in ten thousand years.

From the moment he was greeted outside the city gate, Li Dan felt that Xu Tong had been deliberately approaching him and offering help and support as much as possible. He felt that the other party saw that he had weapons in his hands, so he had the heart to borrow weight.

And his thoughts actually coincide with Li Dan. Since everyone is interested, why not make it clear so that we can better cooperate in the future?

Li Dan just wanted to see their true thoughts and attitudes at this table, and now the attitude of the other party who is willing to cooperate has been made clear.

"Virtuous nephew, I can't hide it, the reason why we cooperate with you is actually selfish." Xu Tong said.

"Second uncle, who can not have some selfishness? But let's not engage in conspiracy and scheming against each other, just make things clear."

Li Dan had already eaten at this time, put down his chopsticks and picked up the bowl to prepare for tea: "I don't know what this selfishness of the Xu Mansion means, but the younger generation can help?"

"Saburo, that's right. The Xu family in this county can be said to have been quite large-scale through the efforts of grandparents and fathers.

But if you are a person who has been outside, you should know that this achievement is put elsewhere, or in the entire Jiangxi Road, in fact, it is simply sitting in a well and watching the sky, and Yelang is arrogant. There's a mountain outside there!" Xu Bu groaned and continued:

"With the Xu family's own efforts, it is very difficult to achieve a larger range of transactions, especially ...... You see, my three brothers are each in charge of a line, and they can't help each other.

There's no way, we can't lose this stall handed down by the elders. But how to break the game, this has always been a big problem!"

"You just showed us those new things, and they inspired me a little." Xu Tong continued his brother's words and said:

"You mean, there are some deals that we can participate in, but we don't have to take care of everything ourselves, so can we treat the deals we have now in a similar way?"

What he meant was that I wanted to leave the business to someone else and start a new business myself. Li Dan immediately understood, shook his hand and replied:

"I don't recommend it. You are already familiar with the old business, and this is your foothold, so it is not prudent to throw away the existing one before the new business has a foothold.

If Uncle San has a more secure manager, I suggest you might as well give him a small amount of dry shares plus some options."

"We know what this option is?"

"Option means that everyone agrees on a slightly longer period of time, such as the extent of business expansion or development in three years, or the number of new stores opened, the number of sales volumes, and the increase in profits, then the operator can be allowed to buy a certain share of the shares in the hands of shareholders at a lower agreed price."

Seeing the sudden expressions of the three of them, Li Dan smiled: "It's completely a dry share, it's too easy to get it, and the other party won't pay attention to it, and it lacks the momentum for follow-up efforts." But if there are options, he will have to work hard to help the master achieve these goals in the next three years.

Of course, this goal should be reasonably designed and agreed by both parties, and after agreeing, everyone will sign the "Option Agreement Protocol", each of which will hold a copy and cash in according to the agreement."

"Eh, that's a good idea!" The three brothers immediately became excited, they were all thousand-year-old foxes, and when they saw the beauty of this, they immediately realized that if this method was implemented, it could quickly improve the work enthusiasm of their subordinates.

Even Xu Xian had already thought that this thing could not only be used by henchmen, but even for those big guys

, the account office is also applicable, but the share can be reduced step by step.

They began to discuss the details of the implementation of the options with each other, while Li Dan picked up the gaps and patiently answered the questions raised one by one.

The three brothers of the Xu family have been suffering from being held back in the vicinity of this remnant, and if they have no foundation, they will be easily excluded by the local guilds and chambers of commerce.

Although the dynasty encouraged the development of commerce, it was limited to attitudes and did not establish relevant laws.

However, in the name of protecting local business, chambers of commerce and guilds have emerged in various places, but various protective walls have been formed, so doing business across regions is actually a matter of both cost and risk.

The idea of supporting Li Dan was thought of by Xu Tong after he heard that he had led troops back to his hometown.

At first, he just wanted to use his strength to make the Xu family get a better position or even take the lead in the main line, or borrow his hand to form a confrontation with the Zhao family and the Wu family. The appearance of Zhao Jingzi at the reception banquet that day made Xu Tong change his mind, since Li Dan had already communicated with these royal children, why not use this wind to let the Xu family's ship go further?

At first, Xu Bu and Xu Xian were a little hesitant, thinking that this was just a teenager under the age of sixteen, as for this, was it important? But what Li Dan showed them one after another at the table today not only made them see infinite prospects, but also convinced the second child's vision of people. "Second brother, it seems that you are right." Taking the opportunity to go to the toilet, Xu Bu whispered to his younger brother, "It's true that we can't treat him as the same as ordinary teenagers, we are all careless."

"Big brother praises. In fact, my brother's heart was also shocked, I really don't know how these things got into his brain, and how they were made one by one." Xu Tong shook his head and exclaimed, "And each of them is quite practical, but there is no ingenuity at all. Big brother, that matter ......, you don't object to it now, right?"

"Haha, how could I object? If this happens, it's too late for me to be happy! It's just ......, you should have heard the rumors between him and the second girl ...... Chen Tixue."

"Eh, big brother, I was young and ignorant at that time. Even if they were intended, there was no written agreement between the two families. Now that the Chen family has been sent to the west to serve, there is little hope of coming back." Xu Tong stood up and lowered his voice: "This is a treasure, if the Xu family doesn't grab it quickly, there will be so many people who stretch out their hands after the war will break their heads!"

"Well, listening to his tone, I am very satisfied with the help of the Xu family. With this foreshadowing in the first place, I hope this will go well."

Xu Bu looked left and right, leaned closer and asked, "What do you think you should do next, do you want me to send a matchmaker to the door immediately?"

"No!" Xu Tong waved his hand: "Go to the door at this time, in case people say that 'the war is imminent, wouldn't it be easy to block it back?" It's too early to be a matchmaker, but we can do a little more foreshadowing."

"What foreshadowing?"

"I heard that this little Qian family raised Li Saburo to grow up, and Saburo was very respectful to his adoptive mother. I'm going to send someone to make an unannounced visit to see if anyone can talk to his aunt."

"Oh! That's right, the adoptive mother is here, and the marriage is naturally decided by Xiao Qian." After Xu Bu finished speaking, he suddenly remembered: "Your sister-in-law once talked to Mrs. Lao for Ying'er's marriage, and it seems that she heard her talk about the separation of the family, but the third room Shu helped Xiao Qian to speak, so the second room Gao didn't dare to talk much later. If this is true, then Xiao Qian should be very grateful to Shu ......."

"That's the way to go." Xu Tong nodded, and shook his head again: "But Shu's has already gone to Nanchang, and when she comes back, I'm afraid this battle will be over!"

"Hehe, you're so anxious?"

"Isn't it for the future of Ying'er and our Xu family?"

"Then ......, how about letting Mrs. Lao go and find out the wind first?"

"It's a way. But ......," Xu Tong pointed in a certain direction, "what if the two children met first?"

As soon as the words fell, I suddenly heard a coquettish voice not far away: "Oops!"

"Who's there?" Xu Bu asked, and was stunned when he turned his head to look. "Ying'er, why are you here?" Perhaps because he had just talked about his daughter with his younger brother in private, Xu Bu suddenly blushed.

But immediately after the little girl's back, it turned again

When the two girls came out, Xu Tong's face turned red: "This, what's going on, how is Ah Lian here?" What's wrong with your feet?"

"Sister stepped on it." Ah Lian is Xu Tong's daughter, only eight years old this year, she is limping and grinning in pain, she was about the one who called just now, and the maid who supported her behind was Xu Bu's eldest daughter A Ying's maid named Yutong.

"It's such an adult, why are you still hairy, look at how you trample on the girl!" Xu Bu said in a reprimanding tone, but his tone was not so harsh.

"Who told you to babble behind your back?" A-Ying muttered aggrievedly in a low voice. She is a girl with quite pleasing eyebrows, a slightly round face, a straight nose, and a raised mouth that seems to be smiling forever, so when she is wronged, it will make people feel that it is just a kind of coquettishness. Fang Cai overheard her father and second uncle talking about her marriage behind the doorway, and in a panic, she turned around to escape, but accidentally stepped on Ah Lian's foot, but instead exposed herself.

Alas, if you knew what you were so panicked about, it would be better to tiptoe away!