Xiangyun Store, Qingshui Street, Xicheng.

In the main hall of the backyard, besides Pei Yue, there were six people including Sun Qi.

"As I said just now, the briquette business has been completely stabilized. You brothers can receive financial reports from me every month, so you should have a clear understanding of the income." Pei Yue said with a smile, his face very calm.

Others were not so calm.

At the beginning, Sun Qi, Yu Tong and Lu Cheng each invested 50,000 taels of silver, and Wang Wenhe, Wei Ziyun and Qian Tong pooled in 100,000 taels. Although these families are very wealthy, tens of thousands of taels of silver is not a big deal.

Bones, but this is not a small sum after all, and they are also under considerable pressure. The reason why they are willing to invest, in addition to the trust of Gu Fan on behalf of the Guangping Marquis Mansion, is that they are fancying the huge potential of honeycomb briquettes.

Facts have proved that they made the right bet.

Pei Yue agreed with them to pay dividends at the end of each year, but in order to let them see the real benefits, the first dividend was paid at the end of February in the fourth year of Kaiping. Sun, Yu, and Lu each received 60,000 taels of silver, and the other

The three of them shared a total of 120,000 taels of silver. Starting from March

, the production of briquettes began to be reduced, and sales were significantly lower than those in the three months of winter. However, judging from the financial report sent to them by Pei Yue, the income of this business has gradually stabilized. When winter comes this year, there will inevitably be another

A peak period for sales.

The 50,000 taels of silver that these people took out at the beginning have long since been repaid. Since then, they can almost make money while lying down. Their status in their respective families has continued to rise, and their attitude towards Pei Yue has become more and more eager, and even vaguely respectful.

Yu Tong said with emotion: "I have been exposed to the ways of merchants since I was a child, and I think I have some talent in this area. But after seeing Brother Pei's work, I realized what talent is. Not to mention anything else, this financial report alone is

It’s an unheard-of initiative. It’s really amazing. You’ve all done business. When have you ever seen this?

Generally speaking, you have to be careful when cooperating with others. The two sides are just like fighting, hiding any information for fear that the other party will know. Brother Pei is good at writing down the details of the production and sale of briquettes every month.

It’s so clear, it’s even clearer than the imperial newspaper, so I won’t accept it!”

Lu Cheng echoed: "Pei Yue originally asked us to be the supervisory censor, but now it seems that we are still too cautious. If all the officials in the court acted like him, the censorship would have been closed long ago!"

Pei Yue laughed and scolded: "Lu Mangzi, don't put such a high hat on me. If Fang Zhongcheng, the imperial censor, hears this, I'm afraid he will impeach me for a month."

Everyone laughed, but Lu Cheng didn't take it seriously. Although his nickname was Mangzi, he admired people with real abilities the most, not to mention that Pei Yue was now his God of Wealth.

As for the allusion in Pei Yue's words, they were naturally very clear about it. At that time, someone wanted to seize the briquette business and the natural coal mine in Shouyang Mountain. They persuaded the imperial censor Zhongcheng Fangxun to take the lead, and asked Sun Dacheng, the minister of household affairs, to cooperate.

If Luo Ting, the right-wing leader, had not pushed back on the spot, how could there have been such a happy scene today?

Thinking of this, Sun Qi, the oldest, asked calmly: "Brother Yue, you called everyone here today. What are your plans?"

The scene gradually became quiet.

Pei Yue said calmly: "Brothers, the briquette business is arousing people's jealousy. Although officials are blocked by the face of Ruo Luo, those people dare not act openly, but in private there must be small tricks."

Qian Tong, who was usually taciturn, suddenly asked: "Brother Pei, are you from Qibao Pavilion?"

Pei Yue looked at him approvingly, nodded and said: "Four days ago, Sun Liang, the chief steward of Sun Dacheng, the Minister of Household Affairs, went to Qibao Pavilion."

Lu Cheng slammed the table and said angrily: "These idiots are so evil!"

Sun Qi was very surprised. He thought of a lot at this moment. Pei Yue was a person that Emperor Kaiping valued. He was made a viscount at the age of fourteen last year, and he had a close relationship with Hou Guliang of Guangping. These were not secrets in Kyoto. However, today he

What he said made Sun Qi pay more and more attention to it. The reason was very simple. A viscount dared to spy on the Minister of Household Affairs. Isn't this considered audacious?

Pei Yue noticed the change in his expression and said with his usual expression: "When Sun Dacheng tried to trip me up in front of the emperor, I paid attention and found two smart soldiers to keep an eye on him to prevent him from being plotted against.

I was kept in the dark. Brothers, please keep it a secret for me, lest Your Majesty punish me for peeping into the minister's mansion."

Seeing him being so frank, everyone shook their heads and said, "Brother Pei, don't worry, we are on the same boat and we will never do such shameless and despicable things."

Sun Qi asked again: "Brother Yue, how do you plan to deal with those people's little actions?"

Pei Yue smiled and said: "I have been thinking hard in the past two days, and I have roughly guessed the methods that the other party may use. Today I will discuss it with you brothers. Briquettes are our industry, so I can only work hard for you brothers to accompany me to do this.

cage."

Lu Cheng then said excitedly: "Brother Yue, tell me what we are going to do without giving those grandsons a hard time. They don't even know that none of us are vegetarians!"

The atmosphere in the main hall became more and more cheerful.

Pei Yue stood in the middle of the crowd and spoke his thoughts calmly. What surprised him was that although these powerful children had their own shortcomings, they were all proficient in the methods of punishing people, which greatly opened up his horizons.

ideas.

Everyone was chatting very enthusiastically, and before they knew it, night had fallen.

After discussing the countermeasures, Pei Yue only felt a little dry in the mouth, but his spirit was very high, which made him vaguely feel like he was facing a business war in his previous life.

Qi Min's figure appeared outside the door. After walking in, he first saluted all the powerful disciples, then stood next to Pei Yue and said, "Master, there is news from Liyuan that someone is causing trouble in Zhaoqing Tower."

Pei Yue's eyes suddenly turned cold.

Qi Min is indeed very capable. He has taken root in Xiangyun Company since the beginning of the year and started to develop Pei Yue's intelligence system based on the company's branches all over the city. Although it is incomparable to the crow in Taishitaige, and Pei Yue also told him not to use his hands

Stretch too far to avoid causing trouble, but at least it can open up the information channels Pei Yue needs.

There are several places in Kyoto that Qi Min focuses on, and Gu Fan leaving the garden after going south is the latest target.

"Who?" Pei Yue asked coldly.

Qi Min shook his head and said, "I don't know, our brothers just went over there, so they haven't been able to go deep inside yet. We only know that something happened at Zhaoqing Tower."

Pei Yue nodded and signaled him to step back, then turned to Sun Qi and others and said: "Brothers, everything will be done as we have agreed. I have to go out now and hold a banquet to apologize to everyone another day."

Qi Min's voice was not quiet, and everyone heard it clearly. Lu Cheng was the first to stand up and said: "You are in trouble, can we still leave? Let's go together! Although no one in my family is in charge of the army now, our ancestors also prayed for Daliang.

Too hot-blooded, let’s see who dares to bully our brothers!”

Others also stood up and said: "Let's go together!"

Pei Yue cupped his fists and said, "Thank you very much!"

After a while, Pei Yue and six powerful disciples rode on horseback. Behind them, in addition to Qi Min and several others, were the soldiers of the six people. A total of more than fifty people rushed to Liyuan, which was also in the west city.

At the same time, I left the garden and took photos of Qinglou.
Chapter completed!