.Text] Chapter 87 Binding of interests

Chapter 87 Binding of interests

Gold, silver and copper coins are just currency, and Guo Jia wants real materials. Yizhou is gradually becoming rich. Even if Guo Jia is full of gold and silver treasury, it is useless except for rewarding his subordinates, and cannot even be used as food. Therefore, he needs the help of merchants. For example, if he wants war horses in the north, if Yizhou Prefecture sets up officials to do this, whether it is a big deal is a matter of the matter. However, business transactions not only need to fight with the north, but also rely on officials to go with Jiangnan, Central Plains and other places? Obviously not, and they are not good at business.

There was shortage of food in Guanzhong, and Liangzhou area also rebelled for years. Guo Jia's Yizhou treasury was not short of food, but he could not take it out for easy things. However, the people may not have the idea of ​​preparing for danger in times of peace. It is common for them to take out grain when they are a little rich. Therefore, Guo Jia wanted to form a business association, which bought grain from the people and then went to the north to exchange for war horses. In contrast, Guo Jia did not want merchants to pay him money and grain as taxes. As long as strategic materials, war horses and salt and iron can be used.

After losing the gentry as a protective umbrella, the rich people in Yizhou were calm and complacent. As long as they were not full and bullying the people, their lives would be very comfortable. Those with land became landlords and those with wealthy became rich. People’s greed was unimaginable. The so-called yugu is hard to fill, but there is only a bottom line that must be followed: a gentleman loves money and takes it with the way.

When the war was deserted, they only dared to hide in a corner of Yizhou, because they risked their lives when going out alone. Humans died of wealth and birds died of food. That was only a few. Most wealthy and land-rich families were still greedy for life and fearful death.

But once they unite and have warlords as the backstage, they can look far and wide, and they can use Yizhou as one, with the goal of the north, the south of the Yangtze River, the Central Plains, etc., and business can be done, no longer just small-scale quarrels, but become stronger and bigger.

"With filial piety, Liu Biaosu of Jingzhou is based on mercy and kindness. No one will interfere with Yizhou and Jingzhou. However, from Guanzhong to Liangzhou and Yangzhou to the east of Jingzhou, it is probably hard to say."

The Zhen family was once a well-known wealthy family in the world. Now they have regrouped. Although they are small in strength, they are very famous. With the Zhen family, Yizhou merchants will definitely want to participate in it and get a share of the pie.

What Zhen Yu was worried about was not that no one came to participate, but that there was peace and business in Yizhou, but it was hard to say that he could leave Yizhou and was in the territory of other warlords.

Guo Jia was also prepared for this. He smiled faintly and said, "I have sent three people to negotiate with Liu Biao, Li Jue and Ma Teng. Liu Biao's side has no big problems. He will not block commercial exchanges between the two places. Li Jue and Guo Si occupy the three auxiliary places and lacks food. Ma Teng and Han Sui are the same in Liangzhou. Yizhou caravans go to go to business. If they have a little knowledge, they will not do anything to kill and retrieve eggs. But they will wait for their reply first. Even if they agree, Yizhou caravans will still be cautious everywhere. Zhang Liao from Hanzhong will deal with the incident at any time. At that time, I will tell Li Jue, Ma Teng and others clearly that if there is a problem within whose sphere of influence my Yizhou caravan is, I will lead a hundred thousand troops to seek justice."

The binding force of the agreement is force of force. If Guo Jia wants to protect the interests of the Yizhou Business Association, he must first give them peace of mind and let other princes understand: Once we reach a commercial agreement, you have the right to tear it apart, and I have the reason to rush the army to flatten you.

Now Zhen Yu felt at ease and asked tentatively: "What did Fengxiao want the Business Association to bring to Yizhou in the early stage?"

"I don't even have a cavalry team of ten thousand people in the north now."

Guo Jia doesn't want silk, cloth, porcelain, paper, etc., what he wants most now is war horses. Gan Ning's silver-feathered flying cavalry can only play an unexpected role as a surprise soldier, but if it is a regular army, the base is still a little less.

Since then, Zhen Yu began to conduct activities from many parties, and Yizhou Prefecture also announced the news of the establishment of a business association. Under Guo Jia's rule, wealthy merchants from all over the world sent people to Chengdu to find out the truth. The Zhen family is full of people every day, and people keep trying to get some inside information from the Zhen family.

A month later, all three troops sent back to report, Liu Biao had no objection, but Li Jue and Guo Si wanted to blackmail some tribute from Guo Jia. Ma Teng and Han then expressed their welcome, because Liangzhou is indeed short of food, if Yizhou merchants can bring food to trade, they will welcome it in the middle of the road.

Regarding Li Jue and Guo Si's extortion, Guo Jia sent someone to reply, saying that the tribute was also given to the emperor, and that at most, hundreds of Shu brocades were allowed to be negotiated every year. At most, it would be a big deal. The caravan went directly to Longxi from Yinping, Wudu, and bypassed Guanzhong.

In the end, Li Jue and Guo Si agreed to Guo Jia's conditions. In fact, Guanzhong can achieve very little profit. After Li Jue and Guo Si spent the honeymoon period and started the civil war, Chang'an was the second Luoyang, with a radius of hundreds of miles away.

But Guo Jia wanted the caravan to move in Guanzhong because he wanted to secretly spread the beautiful life of the people in Yizhou under his rule, so that the people in Guanzhong could migrate to Yizhou.

The business roads are opened and the external environment is guaranteed. Now Guo Jia is waiting for the establishment of the Yizhou Business Association.

But Zhen Yu did not send him good news as Guo Jia expected.

Guo Jia frowned and looked at Zhen Yu, and asked in disbelief: "What? Say it again."

Zhen Yu had no choice but to spread his hands and said, "Yizhou merchants think that if Fengxiao does not participate in this matter, they will feel unsure, fearing that they will be bullied by other warlords when they go outside."

He couldn't help laughing, and Guo Jia asked back: "What do they mean is, I must join the business association as well?"

Zhen Yu nodded seriously.

The wealthy family in Yizhou who wanted to make a fortune was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope. They were afraid of Guo Jia's trap. Until now, many people in Yizhou still think that Xu He's rebellion was the instructor behind Guo Jia. Xu He was Guo Jia's chess piece, and he was specially used to trick them into cheating. Later, he issued an order to seek talents, allowing Yizhou scholars to come to Chengdu to take the exam, and the Yizhou scholars were destroyed. They had a fear of Guo Jia's conditional anti-shè. The business association sounded a wonderful organization, but it was not a trap? Everyone was waiting and hesitant.

"Okay, I understand. Then I will find someone to join the business association as my representative, but how much I invest, I will also look at the assets at home before making a decision."

I don't know how much property Guo Jia has, but he is clearly a good person. The governor of the state leads military and political affairs. Guo Jia's salary is 2,000 shi per year, which is equivalent to the salary of the prefect of a county. As for the money and grain of Yizhou Prefecture, they are all for preparation for war and famine and cannot be used for his use.

Zhen Yu stared at Guo Jia with a strange expression: Yizhou is all yours, do you still need to count it? Just allocate some money and grain and it will be a huge sum of money.

How much Guo Jia invested is not the focus, the focus is on his participation, and officially tied him to the interests of the wealthy families in Yizhou.

"This, I am a filial piety. Even if you don't have a single coin, as long as there is someone who everyone recognizes to be able to represent you to join a business association."

Guo Jia understood that the problem was that the brothers settled the score clearly. He could not make outsiders think that he was making money under the guise of a business association. How much investment or how much he got should be fair and reasonable, and he could not give him a handle.

After sending Zhen Yu away, Guo Jia called Diao Chan to ask about his family's fortunes, and was also thinking about who to send to join the business association. The person sent must first be the people around him, and outsiders can tell that it was Guo Jia's person at first glance.

The accounts of the treasury and grain in Yizhou are managed by Zhang Song and Zhen Yan, while the accounts of Guo Jia are managed by Diao Chan.

At this time, I remembered that Diao Chan usually had to serve Guo Jia and his wives, concubines and children, and also had to take care of trivial matters in the mansion. She was simply a steward.

Diao Chan came to Guo Jia with a lot of accounts. Seeing Guo Jia distracted, she whispered to him.

"General, General..."

Guo Jia raised his head and mocked her, signaling her to tell her about the situation of the money and grain industry in the mansion.

In addition to the salary that Guo Jia received, the dowry of Zhen Jiang and hundreds of acres of fertile land were all hired to farm.

Diao Chan explained the monthly expenditure income of the mansion very much. Finally, she finished talking about the amount of savings over the years. She looked at Guo Jia, but found that Guo Jia was staring at her and fell into a state of trance again.

Guo Jia was stunned, not because his property was not small, but because Diao Chan made the accounts very clear and there was no ambiguity, which surprised Guo Jia.

"Diao Chan, sit down."

Guo Jia's solemn expression made Diao Chan feel scared. She thought she had done something wrong, so she knelt across from Guo Jia with a gentle look, looking like she was waiting for her to fall, and her expression was a bit innocent and aggrieved.

I opened the account book and looked at it. Guo Jia saw the delicate handwriting on it. It was written by Diao Chan. It was very reasonable to record the accounts. After the total expenditure of the monthly account will be made, for example, the price increase this month leads to higher expenditures, or the farming income is too high, so the surplus increases...

"Who taught you this?" Guo Jia looked down at the Arabic numerals used in the account book, a little surprised.

"It's Mrs. Cai. Aren't these all the ones you used to teach your children before?" Diao Chan is still worried and can't tell whether Guo Jia is happy or unhappy in his calmness now.

Guo Jia suddenly realized that he had taught the most basic mathematics to children when he was in Yingchuan. Later, he did not continue to teach the children personally, but the knowledge had been taught.

Putting down the account book, Guo Jia raised her head and stared at Diao Chan. The girl who was almost twenty years old was born with charm, but there was a pure sè between her eyebrows that made her even more charming.

"Diao Chan, in your heart, are you my person?" Guo Jia asked with his head tilted.

Diao Chan opened her mouth, but she was depressed and cried, "I am an ominous person. It is a blessing for me to serve the general in this life. I dare not expect more."

"Why do you always say that you are an ominous person? Is it a sin to be beautiful?" Guo Jia wondered, and he could not guess who gave her the charge for Diao Chan.

Diao Chan shook her head and said nothing, feeling sad alone.

Let go of this question first, and what Guo Jia wants to ask her is all serious.

"Diao Chan, do you want to leave me?"

Diao Chan raised her head with a pale face, looked at Guo Jia in panic, and kept shaking her head.

Not to mention Guo Jia’s place in her heart, where can she go if she leaves Guo Jia now?

"If I don't want to leave the general, if the general wants to drive me away, it's better to give me death."

Guo Jia laughed silently and was sentenced to death?

"Well, since you are always mine, that's easy. I want you to join the Yizhou Business Association on behalf of me."

When Diao Chan heard that Guo Jia was not driving her away, she calmed down and raised her face and was a little confused.
Chapter completed!