In just ten days, Li Xian earned a net profit of more than 100,000 taels, which greatly alleviated his own financial pressure, which can be regarded as a surprise.

Moreover, this business is not a one-shot deal, although the trading volume of the free trade zone has dropped, but the total amount is still very amazing, Li Xian conservatively estimates that by reselling grain and various goods in the middle, he can steadily earn more than 50,000 taels of net income every month, not to mention gradually controlling the economic lifeline of Guangzhou City through these activities.

"After this bazaar, it will be the chicken that lays golden eggs, and it will make us a steady stream of money. When Li Xian led people to inspect the trade area, he commented happily.

"Indeed, we got it right. Wang Jiuxuan chimed in.

This free trade zone was opened only after Li Xian's strong advocacy, and most of the high-ranking members of the coalition army did not understand the significance of holding this kind of bazaar, and felt that it was a bit unreasonable to do such a thing at a time when the war was so tense.

It wasn't until this time that they made a lot of money and saw the hope of continuing to make money, that people took this bazaar seriously, knowing that the existence of such a bazaar would help the coalition army raise thousands more troops, and more importantly, it would be easier to collect all the supplies needed by the army.

After the inspection, the more important thing is to meet with the shopkeepers sent by the Guangzhou government according to the agreement.

According to the agreement between the two forces, the Guangzhou government should organize 500 literate and planned shopkeepers to listen to the use of the trade zone.

The literacy rate in the Qing was very low, especially among the merchants, who had always been regarded as a lowly trade, and even fewer were literate.

If it weren't for the fact that Guangzhou was the only foreign trade port in the Qing Dynasty, and commerce was extremely developed, it would be easy for other cities to recruit 500 shopkeepers who would plan to make a plan, but it would be difficult for people who are also literate.

These people are also the backbone of their respective firms, and the people in the government have always looked down on businessmen, and they think that good businessmen are still literate and insulting, so they don't care at all.

In terms of the thoughts of the officials in Guangzhou, they really can't think of any use for these 500 businessmen, and most of these people have businesses in the city of Guangzhou, and it is difficult for Li Xian to win people over.

And Li Xian also knew in his heart, these people had been ordered by the people of their own family or the government before they came, and even had secret agents from the government inside, and after they came, they would inevitably have the move of inquiring about the military situation of the Sanyuanli coalition army.

It's just that, compared to the huge benefits brought by these people, Li Xian didn't see that harm at all.

Among the 500 shopkeepers, there are more than 60 relatively special people, that is, senior shopkeepers headed by Zhang Sicheng and others.

Li Xian originally proposed the list, thinking that Shen Baozhen would have to bargain, and the people in that list would be cut off at least half, but he didn't expect Shen Baozhen to look smart, but he didn't pay attention to the merchants under these merchants at all, and they all agreed to let them go.

Li Xian couldn't help but marvel at these people, Zhang Sicheng and these people are amazing, they can be regarded as the leaders of the Thirteen Foreign Banks and other large businesses, and they can be regarded as the general manager or at least the deputy general manager of the top 500 enterprises in the future.

For example, Zhang Sicheng is the second shopkeeper of the Wu family, the head of the Thirteen Lines, and with the strength of the Wu family, he can at least rank in the top three among the world's merchants, that is, the deputy general manager of giants such as Microsoft or IBM, which is much stronger than Google or something.

As for the shopkeeper Hu Chong sent by the Pan family, he is also the second shopkeeper of the Pan family's firm, his status is similar to Zhang Sicheng, and he is still an in-law with the Pan family, and he is a figure who has worked hard in the business world for decades.

Among these people, there is naturally Pan Shicheng's nephew Pan Wu, who was not originally on the list, but he came over with Li Xian, thinking that he wanted to say something good for his shopkeeper and some people he knew, so as not to send all the people to the front line indiscriminately, which would be terrible.

In fact, whether it is Pan Shicheng or Pan Wu, they don't know much about Li Xian's purpose for coming so many shopkeepers.

It's a pity that even the heads of the Pan family and the Wu family are just copper-smelling businessmen with a little money to Shen Baozhen and Yiliang, and the shopkeepers under them are only first-class lackeys.

These people were about to kneel down and salute when they came, so Li Xian hurriedly stopped them.

"I have admired you gentlemen for a long time, and now that we meet, I have no regrets in this life. Li Xian pretended to be the most kind and saluted everyone.

"Li Shuai said seriously, I'm just waiting for a businessman, I really don't dare to be it. Zhang Sicheng, Hu Chong and others were a little surprised to see Li Xian so polite, but they also hurriedly returned the salute.

To be honest, Li Xian's words are not clever, and his mouth is full of the taste of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but although these shopkeepers are in charge of a huge amount of business, they have almost never been called sir, let alone treated with the attitude of the lord in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms towards the wise man, and they are all surprised.

Fortunately, these people are all people who are used to seeing wind and waves, but none of them are really moved by this, and they want to bow down.

Li Xian carefully observed these people and found that most of these people were forty or fifty years old, and as far as senior managers were concerned, they were the most young and experienced time, so he couldn't help but nod secretly, to be able to use the abilities of these people would be of great benefit to the development of the Sanyuanli coalition army.

Li Xian had put a lot of effort into the list when he first drew up the list, and these people who were going to come were all capable people who really started from the bottom, and they were not the blood of the main family, and their age was not too high or too low, in short, they were people who were really talented and able to do things.

Li Xian was looking at people, and these shopkeepers were also secretly observing Li Xian, only to feel that Li Xian was only in his early twenties, too young, and he couldn't see anything special, but his demeanor was full of law, and there was a heroic spirit.

These people are all well-informed people, and they have a lot of contact with foreigners and foreign armies, and they can only be surprised when they see that Li Xian's characteristic is not the common atmosphere of the Qing Dynasty officers and soldiers, but more like the common atmosphere of young officers in European armies.

I really can't imagine that such a character can rise out of thin air when the British army invades, and even has many victories against the British army on the battlefield.

It is precisely because these people have some understanding of foreign armies that they better understand how rare the achievements made by Li Xian are.

Li Xian has a lot of expectations for these more than 60 senior shopkeepers and more than 400 ordinary shopkeepers outside, these people are the most outstanding professional agents in this era, and when it comes to real work ability, they are countless times stronger than those officials in the Qing Dynasty who are not engaged in production.

Let's just say that Shen Baozhen, looking shrewd and capable, even in the history books, there are also capable officials and famous ministers, but when it comes to the operation of capital and the operation of the company, any person here is countless times stronger than Shen Baozhen.

Even when it comes to the governance of the city and the management of the people, Li Xian would rather believe that these shopkeepers with decades of experience can govern a city and a country in an orderly manner, rather than Shen Dagongzi, who grew up watching the Analects.