Chapter 107 - Formation of a Firm

Chen Cao has been in the study every day recently, and he has called Bai Xinlan and Zhang Chunyao to the study to work directly during the day, and occasionally took off his pants and played with Xu Ling in the kitchen.

"Uncle..."Zhao Xin knocked on the door outside the study: "It's down." ”

"Come in..."Zhao Xin closed the door directly after entering, Chen Cao smiled and said: "I heard that your wife and several women of the Liu family are pregnant, boy, you can..."

Facing Chen Cao's ridicule, Zhao Xin smiled awkwardly: "Hey... Since the last time I saw my uncle in the woods, my subordinates have done everything possible to send people to find the secret aphrodisiac recipe left by Zhang Zhenren in Wudang Mountain... Huh..."

Chen Cao squinted at him: "Zhang Zhenren still needs that kind of thing, don't you be afraid that you will be deceived?" ”

"No..."Zhao Xin shook his hand: "Isn't this effective..."

"Well," Chen Cao casually took out a night pearl from the pile of drawings in the study: "I heard that this thing is from Great Britain, it is very valuable, I will reward you." ”

"Uncle Xie..."Zhao Xin was not polite, and quickly took it into his arms.

"How's that going for you to do?" Chen Cao lowered his head and continued to draw.

Zhao Xin put the burden in his hand on Chen Cao's desk: "According to the uncle's explanation, his subordinates bought four whole shops in the Zhengyangmen Avenue section and spent 50,000 taels. ”

"Only 50,000?" Chen Cao squinted his eyes: "So cheap? ”

Zhao Xin touched his head and sneered: "Hehe, uncle doesn't know, the boss is from Fujian, because the family has to leave, he is in a hurry to change money, and his subordinates know about it, so he gets it." ”

"Only inducement, no coercion?" Chen Cao asked again.

"Hey, hey..."

Chen Cao raised his head: "That's coercion?" How many times has Lao Tzu said that you can't play my signboard to engage in right and wrong, do you think I'm very talkative? ”

Zhao Xin hurriedly clenched his fists: "Uncle is angry, his subordinates are going in the name of the Suppression Division." ”

"Let's not take it as an example," Chen Cao waved his hand, and then changed the topic: "There are a lot of things, let's figure it out one by one." By the way, what about Lao Xu? ”

"There are too many things in the Zhenfu Division, Han Shizhong went to the Wa Kingdom again, Gao Chongshu has not come back from Zhejiang, Liao Yaowen is too busy to sit in the hall, and Lao Xu has a disability in his feet, so let him sit in the hall to deal with the Zhenfu Division," Zhao Xin explained everyone's arrangements clearly.

"Lao Xu has gone through a few times, and it can be regarded as meritorious, starting tomorrow, let him sit in the position of the envoy, you will not be right, and later you will take my appointment certificate and send someone to the Beijing Division, you, you will be the commander." Chen Cao said and wrote hard, and soon wrote the appointment letters of the two, stamped his big seal and handed it to Zhao Xin: "Do things well." ”

"Uncle Xie promotes..."Zhao Xin hurriedly surrendered his hand.

"First of all, the first thing is to set up our own business bank, although the emperor Ming Zu Xun stipulates that officials are not allowed to engage in business and compete with the people for profit, but you see which official is not a large business under his command for his own benefit, so after Shen Zhuangling became my person, I decided to hand over the business house to her to take care of."

Chen Cao packed the first document and handed it to Zhao Xin: "You give her the things and let her read them carefully, don't miss a thing." ”

"Uncle, didn't you say let Xia Yunyi be your uncle's Xiao He?" Zhao Xin asked rhetorically.

Chen Cao shook his head: "He is suitable for doing things in the army or officialdom, and only Shen Zhuangling can handle the cunning of businessmen." As he spoke, he handed him the second packaged information: "As for the matter of the money bank, I gave it a new name, called 'bank', you have to do this matter yourself, there are many big money houses in Jinling City and around Nanzhili, most of them are the property of nobles and officials, don't offend them, after the investigation is clear, it is good to talk about it, this is a technical job, if you mess up, I will treat you as a dart bureau to go to the thunder..."

Zhao Xin was full of excitement, and then nodded: "Don't dare to be sloppy in this matter, it belongs to the province." ”

"Forgive me for not daring to make a mistake," Chen Cao finished speaking and took the rest of the things in his hand: "You go to do things first, and then wait for me outside the Jinshan Marquis's mansion, I will go to visit Grandpa Guo first, and then go to Pu Xiang." ”

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"Daming Foreign Trade Group?" Shen Zhuangling looked at the information in her hand, carefully looked at what Chen Cao wrote, and then raised her head to look at her own humanity: "Uncle named it Foreign Trade Group, there are many 'subsidiaries' under his command, these are things written by Uncle Hao, you all read carefully, wait until I ask Uncle, let's decide." ”

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"Little brother, thank you Brother Pu..."

Pu Xiang hurriedly returned the salute: "Brother don't be polite, this matter is a misunderstanding, and besides, their gang did it in order to cater to me, if there is anything bad in the future, please don't be surprised by my brother." ”

Chen Cao sat up straight, and then stepped into the topic: "I can't hide it, I came to Brother Pu today, and I had a good business to discuss with Brother Pu." ”

"Hey, Nan Zhili said that as long as Chen Cao comes to do business, he will definitely make a lot of money, I can trust you as a person, brother, but it doesn't matter." Pu Xiang is unusually upright.

Chen Cao laughed loudly: "Hahaha, Brother Pu must not listen to the words of the market, in addition to rumors on the table that I am Chen Cao lustful, I also say that I am Pixiu, only in and out, if you just listen to good words, if there is a mistake in this business in the future, how can I explain to Brother Pu little brother?" ”

"Haha..."Pu Xiang also laughed, and then said: "Don't worry, my Pu Xiang talks and does things, one is two, two is two, besides, since we first met, didn't you take our group of people to make money?" ”

"Okay..."Chen Cao clapped his hands, and then said in a straight voice: "There are a lot of money banks in the Daming market now, and Brother Pu also knows that the six big money banks are all under the hands of officials, and the matter of making money is that the so-called clear stream that competes with the people for profits has been earned, and the remaining small money banks are either attached to the big money banks, or they do some subsistence business;

And now, the younger brother is ready to pull Brother Pu and a group of willing nobles to set up a money bank together, and name it 'Daming Bank'..."

"Daming Bank?" Pu Xiang frowned: "Brother, you also know how powerful the civil officials are, the money village is small, if you offend these people, the sin will be big, you also know, even if I am brothers, there are seven large and small money villages in Nanzhili, and they can make a profit of nearly one million taels of silver every year. ”

Chen Cao nodded very calmly, and then said: "Brother Pu, don't worry, I have already thought of this, hehe..." Chen Cao said with a sly smile: "Now Bao Guogong and Wei Guogong have agreed to take shares, and the two of them each account for one or five, with them taking the lead, plus my signboard, hahaha..."

Pu Xiang raised his eyebrows: "If that's the case, then don't worry, I'll arrange it and put all the money in my name into your bank." ”

"Brother Pu is arrogant..."Chen Cao clapped his hands: "I only have fifty percent of the shares to hand over, and you also know that I still have a Dingwu army under my name, if I don't have money, I can't afford to raise it at all." ”

"Clearly..."Pu Xiang nodded.

"Give you one percent, count it down, there is still one percent of shares to give away, I am going to divide it into two parts, which two do you think can make a fortune with us among the nobles of Jinling." Chen Cao asked.

Pu Xiang immediately replied: "Brother can come to me, that is, I already have a case in my heart, why don't you say a few, and I will consider it?" ”

"Hahaha..."Chen Cao couldn't imagine that Pu Xiang, who had always been arrogant, was so smart: "Zheng Guogong, Xinguo Gong, Yingyang Hou, Chengyi Bo, Chengshan Hou, Anshun Hou, Song Ning Hou, Xiongwu Hou, just these people." ”

"These are all the nobles left behind in Nanjing, our business is so big, if there is no participation from the Jingshi?"

Facing Pu Xiang's question, Chen Cao smiled and said: "Don't worry, it is enough for Jingshi to have Baoguo Gong." In fact, I have visited several of these people, but some of them rely on their official positions in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to show off their might, and I feel that it is difficult for these people to achieve great things. ”

Pu Xiang knew who Chen Cao was talking about, so he didn't break it, so he nodded: "I think Yang Can is a good person, he is the same as my family, at least this person doesn't have much scheming." ”

Chen Cao also knew that Pu Xiang would definitely pull Yang Can into the gang, so he deliberately said this to give him a face: "Okay, since it is the person recommended by Brother Pu, I can trust my brother." One more? ”

Pu Xiang thought for a long time before saying: "Actually, brother, among the many people you said, the most powerful is the Chengyi Bo family. ”

"What's the explanation?" Chen Cao frowned deliberately.

Pu Xiang didn't know about Chen Cao, so he said: "The Liu family has been in Jinling for a long time, and Emperor Shizong was a civil official in Nanjing when Emperor Shizong was the only one at that time.

"The entire income is not less than three million taels per year..."Chen Cao directly interrupted Pu Xiang's words.

Pu Xiang smiled: "I forgot that brother, you are the commander of the Nansi, and this news is still there." ”

Chen Cao said slightly apologetically: "I just want to verify it here with Brother Pu, according to what you said, I also know what to do, Yingyang Hou and Chengyi Bo, and ask Brother Pu to come forward, how about it?" ”

Pu Xiang shook his head: "I have a good relationship with Yang Can, I can go, but I can't go to the Bofu of Sincerity, the entire Nanzhili, and the relationship with the Liu family is okay, only Wei Guogong can do it, and he can also hold it, otherwise..."

"I know," Chen Cao nodded: "That's it, Yingyang Hou will hand it over to Brother Pu, Uncle Chengyi, I'll go to Grandpa Guo again, let him come forward, at least I have to implement this matter, if it really doesn't work, then I don't want him, and when the time comes, I can put more effort into fighting with them." ”

Chen Cao came out of the Marquis of Jinshan, and Zhao Xin hurriedly came up: "Uncle, the latest news from Jingshi, Beisi's brother came to report that Gu Dazhang died in the edict prison." ”

Chen Cao raised his eyebrows: "What's the inside story?" ”

Zhao Xin looked left and right: "I heard that Wei Zhongxian wanted to move the Donglin Party, and he was gradually starting to do this, and they made this Gu Dazhang first, and they asked him to admit the illegal things in prison, that guy had a backbone, and would rather die than admit it, and finally couldn't stand it when he was tortured, and died." ”

Chen Cao let out a sigh of relief, although he and Gu Dazhang did not deal with each other because of Gu Linsheng's relationship, it can be seen from the beginning that Wei Zhongxian began to deal with the Donglin Party, and Lao Wei was going to move seriously: "I have to find a way to balance the two sides..."