Under the recommendation of Ma Zhou, Li Tai officially met Zheng Fengchi. Li Tai looked at Zheng Fengchi. Although he was over 50 years old, his eyes were particularly bright, and he did not see any restraint when he saw Li Tai.
He still bowed to Li Tai and looked quite humble, "I am Zheng Fengchi, and I have met King Yue."
"Get your seat!" Li Tai pointed to the seat calmly. After Zheng Fengchi thanked him, he immediately sat upright.
"I heard from Ma Zhou that you not only spent 50,000 yuan to buy the monopoly of down jackets, but also opened a shop for food and accommodation next to our water bathhouse, and bought about 500 to 1,000 kilograms from the water bathhouse every day.
boiling water.”
Li Tai looked at Zheng Fengchi and said, "Should I thank you for taking good care of my business?"
"I dare not, don't dare!" Zheng Fengchi heard Li Tai's words and couldn't figure out what Li Tai was thinking, but he hurriedly said,
"This is all because you can make money by following the King of Yue. Whether it is down jackets or food and accommodation, the Zheng family has made a little money!"
"You have made money on food and accommodation?" Ma Zhou was a little surprised. It was hard to find a down jacket in Chang'an now. Ma Zhou knew about this, but why was it so if it was opened next door?
Ma Zhou really doesn't understand making money.
"Because boiling water is not only cheap, but also available at any time!" Li Tai was not surprised.
In the Tang Dynasty, it was not the same price to provide boiling water services and not provide boiling water services.
If it is the best inns, it would be fine, but most ordinary inns will charge extra money when providing boiling water services.
It’s not that the inn was not preparing, but that the boiling water required coal and manual depletion. In addition, although there was a concept of thermos in this era, there was no thermos in modern times that could be kept in heat for more than ten hours.
Therefore, most boiled water is not always available, but is boiled now. Naturally, it is better to open a bathhouse next door directly, and buy it directly if necessary.
As long as the price of boiling water is not high, it is actually quite complementary to hotels that provide food and accommodation.
After all, who can refuse to take a shower and steam a sauna before going to bed?
"The King of Yue is very knowledgeable. In this matter, my Zheng family took advantage of the King of Yue!" Zheng Fengchi nodded.
"After all, no one takes advantage of the fair transaction. I just want to know what you are doing with me!"
Li Tai looked at Zheng Fengchi and said, "You are the richest man in Chang'an. You have also talked and laughed with my grandfather, and there is also the Zheng family in Xingyang behind you.
I, the underage King of Yue, really talk about power and wealth, I am afraid there is still a distance between you!"
Li Tai has investigated Zheng Fengchi. After all, in an ancient environment of suppressing businessmen, any businessman who can be top has his own political power behind it.
They are either white gloves of a certain force, or they are themselves certain force.
If you really think that you can monopolize everything by relying on wealth, you will underestimate the oppression of merchants by feudal society.
Anyway, Li Tai doesn't think that if Zheng Fengchi can solve the problem he can solve.
After all, I have no money now, and I have no power. Apart from the tiger skin of King Yue, there is no card that can be taken out.
If it is something that even the Zheng family in Xingyang cannot solve, then there is no need to think too much, and I will definitely not solve it myself.
"It was because of the arrogant emperor that he was now surrounded by wolves. The richest man in Chang'an was really walking on thin ice!" Zheng Fengchi sighed and said,
"And once the Zheng family wants to give up on me, then my foundation in Chang'an will be just a matter of one sentence."
"I can't interfere with the Zheng family's affairs!" Li Tai looked at Zheng Fengchi and said simply, "And as long as the head of the Zheng family has no problem with his head, he will not give up on you unless there is something unspeakable hidden here that I don't know!"
"I can master this wealth, but it is impossible for my family to inherit this wealth in Chang'an!"
Zheng Fengchi sighed, "If I live, it will be fine, but if I die, then Mingshang will not be able to defend the Chang'an family business."
When Li Tai heard Zheng Fengchi's words, he didn't say much. If it were in modern times, he would still be considered a young man at the age of fifty.
But in this era, people in their fifties have basically begun to prepare coffins and cemeteries for themselves.
"I'm very curious, what reason do you ask me to protect your home business!" Li Tai looked at Zheng Fengchi and said.
Zheng Fengchi said: "Mingshang has a girl. I hope her Pu Liu posture can reach the eyes of the King of Yue and become the concubine of the King of Yue.
I will arrange one billion yuan and the land deeds and house deeds of all the shops next to the King of Yue Kaishui Bathhouse as bride price.”
Ma Zhou widened his eyes when he heard this.
These days, he had long known how much money this was.
I have to say that Zheng Fengchi is really courageous, and he is just one billion yuan in money, afraid that anyone will feel dizzy when he sees it.
The more ambition you have, the more you will pay attention to this money. After all, as long as you do things, you will need money.
Especially when fighting for the throne, it takes money to win over court officials, and even to win over political achievements, it still takes money to win Li Shimin's favor. So when a rich man takes out a billion to hit you in the face, you have to accept his granddaughter.
As a concubine, how can you do what you do!
"I'm only eight years old!" Li Tai looked sincere and almost wrote that I'm an honest person.
"She is eleven years old and usually people will sell a child bride to raise her. Of course, Yu Xin doesn't have this blessing, so she will be a child bride!"
Zheng Fengchi was calm and had no emotional burden for selling his granddaughter.
In fact, Li Tai said that he really wanted to refuse in his heart, but there was too much dowry.
Li Tai was silent for a while and said, "Swap this billion yuan for your Zheng family's weaving industry, from drawing silk to finished products, and even workers and raw materials."
"Hmm?!" Zheng Fengchi frowned slightly when he heard Li Tai's words. Li Tai's conditions surprised Zheng Fengchi.
"If King Yue has any cloth business, as long as you order, I will definitely purchase it for King Yue at a cost price!" Zheng Fengchi replied.
"No!" Li Tai shook his head and said, "I usually don't participate in the market. I just want to prepare some gloves or shoulder pads for mining miners. I believe the Zheng family will not have any interest in these businesses."
Hearing Li Tai's words, Zheng Fengchi really didn't understand what these things were designed to do.
But he thought about it and found that the Zheng family monopolized the silk and cloth business in Chang'an. Even if Li Tai wanted to compete with it, at least what could he do with his granddaughter's industrial line alone?
Thinking of this, Zheng Fengchi made up his mind and said, "Thank you, King Yue, I will deliver my granddaughter and the bride price tomorrow."
Ma Zhou sent Zheng Fengchi out. When he returned to the mansion, he couldn't help but tease him when he saw Li Tai:
"The deal of King Yue is quite cost-effective. A concubine exchanged for such a large dowry, but unfortunately you changed to the textile industry. If you exchanged cash, how much money would it be? One billion, I
I can't even think about it!"
"It's not only you dare not think about it!" Li Tai said, "Zheng Fengchi will definitely spread the news.
It seems that the Zheng family is also full of bad things, and it is even at the point where Zheng Fengchi wants to sell his granddaughter!”
"Maybe it's not necessarily selling your granddaughter, but wanting your granddaughter to survive!"
Ma Zhou took out the wine pot and took a sip of the wine, swallowed it, and then said leisurely,
"Since ancient times, any rich family has been rich for three generations, but the imperial court and aristocratic families can raise pigs!
As long as he is targeted, no matter how hard he struggles, can he really escape the situation surrounded by wolves?
Moreover, he was originally raised by the Supreme Emperor, but now he may have replaced someone with the butcher knife!
He left his granddaughter to the prince, and there was some hope that King Yue would treat his granddaughter better for the sake of dowry!"
"Well..." Li Tai narrowed his eyes when he heard Ma Zhou's words, thought for a moment and said,
"Binwang, you can use the nine chapters of arithmetic to create ten questions from easy to difficult. I will give you a test for the Wang family girl tomorrow."
"Uh?" Hearing this, Ma Zhou said with a puzzled look on his face, "Master, what are you going to do!"
"Of course I have to see her, and I have some skills!" Li Tai said.
"Are you planning to let her show up in public to manage the weaving industry?!" Ma Zhou's face was full of disbelief.
"Otherwise, let her stay at home to embroider?" Li Tai said, "Is this her money to sell her body, so how embarrassed is to use it?"
"Haha!" Ma Zhou laughed a few times in his mouth, expressing his contempt for Li Tai's pretending to be noble, "You are noble at this time, then you promise Zheng Fengchi. I'm afraid everyone knows that we have joined forces until tomorrow.
What do you want without this money?”
"Money doesn't matter, but a complete set of textile industry can save us a lot of trouble." Li Tai said, "This is the key!
Li Tai couldn't help but sigh that if Zheng Fengchi threw the one billion yuan to him, he might not care.
But if you really give yourself such an industrial chain, to be honest, Li Tai said that this is really delicious!
"Tsk tsk!" Hearing Li Tai's words, Ma Zhou's eyes were filled with joy.
"Go and go, give the question first. If the girl is going to answer it, I want to know where your face is still placed!" Li Tai waved his hand and shouted at Ma Zhou.
"Let's go now!" Ma Zhou smiled calmly, but Ma Zhou's face turned right and said, "Although I agree with you to join forces with Zheng Fengchi, you have figured out how to return to the emperor's inquiry."
"...Don't worry! I can still deal with this matter!" Li Tai said confidently when he heard Ma Zhou's words.
Seeing Li Tai so confident, Ma Zhou stopped talking about anything else, grabbed his head and started preparing math problems for Wang Yuxin who had not met.
In Ma Zhou's opinion, Wang Yuxin's backing to the Yue Palace will not be discussed for a moment, but as long as she can calculate the accounts and will not let the people below fool her, then this one billion dowry is indispensable.
The next day, Zheng Fengchi personally sent a little girl with a jade-like orchid-hearted melon-faced face to the Prince of Yue’s Mansion.
The eleven-year-old girl's eyes were red, and she obviously knew what her fate would be.
But she, who was already precocious, understood that there was no possibility of her decision to make decisions in her marriage. She did not expect that she would become the concubine of King Yue, rather than being married to a fairly innocent mediator.
She didn't even know whether the so-called King Yue was tall or short, fat or thin, but she also understood that even if she could enter the door of King Yue's mansion, even if she was a concubine, she would get a billion-dollar dowry.
Even if she doesn't want it, she doesn't have the qualifications to make a decision, and there is no room for resistance.
She enjoyed the wealth of the Zheng family, but when the Zheng family needed her to take responsibility for the Zheng family, she could only bear it.
But even so, she didn't expect that Li Tai was just an eight-year-old child and she was one head taller than him!
"After the first month of the year, I will be nine years old!" Li Tai knew what she was thinking when she looked at Zheng Yuqing.
"I have reached a deal with your grandpa, and you have the bond between us. Next, you will do a simple test. If you pass, you will leave your dowry to yourself. If you fail, then
Just stay in the yard for embroidery!”
"Uh?" Zheng Yuqing was a little unresponsive when he heard Li Tai's words.
Li Tai saw Zheng Yuqing a little absent-minded, but he smiled calmly and said,
"Simply put, the next exam will determine your destiny. If you want to master your own destiny, at least let me see that you have that possibility!"
As he said that, Li Tai left a math test paper in front of Zheng Yuqing and said, "There are eleven questions in total, I will give you an hour to calculate the answers to these questions, and prepare them for you to have the pen, ink, paper and ink.
OK, what else do you need?"
"Are there any plans? I've left my house and I haven't brought it!" Zheng Yuqing couldn't help but say when he heard Li Tai's words.
"I'll give it to you!" Li Tai said, "Next, I'll collect the papers in an hour!"
"What if I do it right!" Zheng Yuqing suddenly said to Li Tai.
"Oh?" Li Tai smiled when he heard Zheng Yuqing's words, "I hire you as a math teacher in the agricultural institution!"
"Agricultural Academy?" Zheng Yuqing had not had time to think about what this was, but Li Tai had already walked out.
After looking at the empty exam room, Zheng Yuqing's only ability was to lower his head and go to do the math test paper.
"I have already given him ten questions, so why do you need to add one more!" Ma Zhou said.
"Six Paths are considered passing, just give him one more chance!" Li Tai shrugged, "However, seeing her confidently taking the calculations, she should have some mathematical foundation. She should take care of her own dowry.
Enough.”
"I still don't understand why I have to hand over this thing to her for care?" Ma Zhou said, "Is she from the Zheng family?"
"Heaven moves forward, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement." Li Tai replied to Ma Zhou, "If she has this ability, then give her a chance to master her destiny. After all, it is too luxurious to grasp her own destiny."
Ma Zhou looked at Li Tai and said nothing more. He just looked at the woman who was writing hard in the exam room!
Finally, after the exam, Ma Zhou corrected the test paper on the spot. In Wang Yuqing's uneasy, seven of the eleven questions were corrected.
From then on, there was an extra maid named Peacock in the Yue Palace, who was responsible for managing the cloth industry sent by the Zheng family to the Yue Palace.