If you want to do a good job in business, you must not only be good at discovering business opportunities that others have not discovered, but also have the ability to take action and plan your action plan in advance.
It's just that the cotton business was not discovered by the Bingzhou clan, but by Feng Duhu.
Not only was it discovered by Feng Duhu, but even the planning power was in Feng Duhu's hands.
This is very embarrassing.
It feels uncomfortable to be controlled by others.
It's just that compared to the endless financial resources in the future, this discomfort is not unacceptable.
"Zhong Nan, what kind of regulations does Feng Duhu have for cotton cultivation? Is it just a matter of buying tickets?"
After the initial shock passed, some people began to calm down:
"Yes, Brother Guo, besides, with such a huge source of wealth, would the Xinghan Society really be willing to give it up?"
As the white glove of Ji Han's powerful people, the minions of Ji Han's royal family, and also the largest private financial group in Ji Han, would they turn a blind eye to such a huge source of wealth?
Guo Pei seemed to have expected this question from everyone, but he stretched out his arm and pressed it down, indicating that everyone should listen to him:
"With such financial resources, how can the Xinghan Association turn a blind eye? But manpower is sometimes poor. No matter how big the appetite is, the Xinghan Association cannot take advantage of all the benefits of the world, right?"
"I don't know, everyone, not all of the workshops in Liangzhou were built by the Xinghan Society from the beginning."
When Wang Chen heard this, he was thoughtful:
"Yes, what Zhong Nan said, if you think about it carefully, this matter now seems to be similar to what happened in Liangzhou back then."
At that time, the wealthy families in Liangzhou spent a lot of money and food in order to buy a place in the workshop.
Now if you want to buy the qualification to grow cotton in Guandong, you will probably have to spend a lot of money.
"Wow! This is indeed true."
Guo Pei agreed:
"From Liangzhou to Bingzhou, and Youzhou will be added in the future, how much wool can the Xinghan Association eat on such a large grassland in the north?"
"Let's talk about cotton. Even if Xinghan is the only one in the world who knows how to grow it and how to weave it."
"Then they can probably make a lot of money just by selling us the seeds. But no matter how easy cotton is to use, I'm afraid it can't compare to wool."
Fur coats are the best thing to keep out the cold, but how can high-quality furs be easily obtained?
This is not the case with woolen materials. After all, in the desert to the north of the Han Dynasty, the Hu people are like leeks. Once you cut one crop, another crop will grow.
As long as the desert is there, the barbarians will be there.
As long as there are barbarians, why are you afraid that there will be no wool?
As long as Xinghanhui masters the raw materials, it has mastered the high-end market.
Cotton is only considered a low- to middle-level product. It is intended for people who have a little wealth and can buy warm winter clothing. How can it compare with wool?
"So Feng Duhu said that even if the Xinghan Hui wanted to grow cotton, it would be like Liangzhou. At most, it would only occupy a part of it, and the rest would belong to everyone."
To say that Xinghanhui does not want it at all would be a lie.
But it is even more impossible to say that Xinghanhui wants all of them.
With the example of Liangzhou in front of us, this statement is still very credible.
Besides, if others don’t know, don’t they know that in the north of Taiyuan, the Xinghan Hui is carrying out a large-scale construction project, and it is said that they are preparing to dig coal and smelt iron.
Isn't it much more exciting to shear the wool of barbarians and smelt iron than to grow cotton?
Seeing that everyone was deep in thought, Guo Pei struck while the iron was hot and continued:
"Feng Duhu also said that he also knows that although there is no business in the world that is guaranteed to make a profit, the risk of buying cotton planting land in Guandong in advance is indeed higher."
As he spoke, he bent down for the fifth time and took out a contract from the box.
Wang Chen was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but glance towards the box again.
How many things are hidden inside?
"But then again, if you are determined to serve the country, the imperial court will certainly not be able to cool the hearts of those with lofty ideals."
"So Feng Duhu said again that if the Central Plains cannot be completely restored within ten years, the Han Dynasty will be revived three times."
"Then the imperial court will compensate everyone for double farmland in Jiuyuan, Yinshan Mountain, and give you a quota for a workshop."
Why not return the Taiyuan field property?
What are you thinking!
Without these properties, would the imperial court have to provide you with a school for ten years in vain?
Hearing what Guo Pei said, many people couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.
If that's really the case, then...it seems pretty good?
It was only about twenty years ago that Cao Cao abandoned his hometown of Jiuyuan and moved the population to the south of Yanmen Fortress.
So everyone knows one thing, that is, although Jiuyuan is a bit out of the way, there are indeed many good places there.
In the past, people were not very interested in that area. That was because the border area was not stable enough and barbarians were a problem.
But it's different now.
Feng Duhu led his army to Jiuyuan three years ago, but slaughtered tens of thousands of barbarians.
Not to mention Jiuyuan, all the barbarians in Bingzhou are as obedient as watchdogs.
Those who were disobedient would have been dragged into the mines long ago.
And with Ji Han's current appetite, it is unlikely that he would give up there voluntarily like Wei Thief unless absolutely necessary.
I heard that there are actually horse thieves who specialize in robbing wool in the desert outside the Great Wall.
This shows how attractive wool is.
Not to mention that Ji Han's capital is now Chang'an.
If Yinshan is lost, then Guanzhong will have no outer perimeter.
If Guanzhong is unstable, how can Chang'an be said to be safe?
Taken together, even if the Han Dynasty cannot regain the Central Plains in the future, it will not be a big loss.
At most it's a waste of time.
That’s not right. In fact, it took ten years to get the qualification to run a school in Bingzhou.
Ten years is not too long to wait for a century-old family.
Take ten years to gamble, and if you win, Ji Han will take over the Central Plains, and sooner or later he will unify the world.
On his side, he not only won the qualification to enter Ji Hanchaotang, but also obtained the right to operate a large amount of people's livelihood resources.
This is called a win-win.
If he loses, the worst he can do is collect Jiuyuan's land, and he can also get a workshop quota at the same time.
This is called a guarantee.
In other words, there is a guarantee for losing, but there is no limit for winning.
Such a good thing...
Wang Chen thought about it and made up his mind on the spot:
"The Wang family is following!"
Ghost King Feng's move is obviously to lure him to gain, and to force him... is also to gain.
It seems like you are given a choice, but in fact you have no choice at all.
Compared to Wang Chen's straightforwardness, although most of the people present showed some expressions of interest, after all, they were only here on behalf of the family and did not have the right to make the final decision.
Naturally, Guo Pei didn't expect to get the answer today.
After all, no matter what, this is a major event involving most of the wealthy families in Bingzhou.
"I will go back and inform the elders in the clan that as soon as a decision is made, I will come and inform Brother Guo immediately. I just hope that Brother Guo will wait a little longer."
"Natural, natural."
"Brother Guo is waiting for news from me."
"sure."
…
In order to inform the clan of the news as early as possible, everyone did not stay for a moment longer and began to leave one after another.
After sending everyone out of the house, Guo Pei returned to the house and found that Wang Chen was still holding a book and reading it, as if he wanted to see through the secret inside.
Seeing Guo Pei come in, he put down his book and sighed:
"Human Dao Feng Ghost King is ruthless and ruthless, now I can see it."
When Guo Pei heard this, he was immediately startled.
Weren't you the first to jump out and respond just now?
Why do people in front do one thing and people behind do another?
Wang Chen seemed to have seen what Guo Pei was thinking, but when he saw it, he threw the notebook on his cotton-padded clothes and sighed:
"King Feng Gui's move seems to give us a choice, but in fact it leaves us with no choice."
Precisely because I saw that there was no choice at all, I might as well be the first to respond.
Only then did Guo Pei understand what Wang Chen meant.
He thought again of what Chang'an and his party had seen and heard, a wry smile appeared on his face, and he walked over and sat down:
"Hong Gao's words are very true. Alas, if I had a choice, why would I be willing to do this?"
Wang Chen smiled bitterly and explained:
"Zhong Nan, I don't mean to blame you. Feng Mingwen's wisdom is unparalleled in the world."
"In the past, when he was still weak, he could play with the powerful people of Shu."
"Not to mention that now he is taking advantage of the general trend of the world and is beyond our power to stop him."
When a new dynasty was first established, it was a routine operation to attack the powerful rightists.
Even the pseudo-Wei Dynasty, when Cao Cao founded the country, respected etiquette and the law, and often punished the powerful.
Not to mention that Ji Han has always had a tradition of suppressing wealthy families.
Although when Wang Chen knew that Guo Pei had gone to Chang'an to marry Pei Qian, he was very angry at first.
He just said that he had lied to him and went to Chang'an privately to find a way out.
But after learning the news brought back by the other party today, Wang Chen had to admit that it might be considered a good result now.
After all, every family in the world has heard of what happened to the great clans of Shu.
Anyone who is somewhat sober is not afraid that King Feng Gui will do this to his family?
With the current power of Ghost King Feng and the resources at his disposal, as long as the family targeted by him is not dead, it will definitely shed several layers of skin.
No one wants to become the clan leader of the Li family in Shu.
But who wants to become the Li family of Longxi or even the Li family of Tianshui?
When Guo Pei heard Wang Chen's words, his face was somewhat moved:
"It would be best if Hong Gao knows me."
Then he sighed again like Wang Chen:
"How could I not know that with this move by King Feng Gui, Bingzhou Hedong and the big clans in the east will probably break apart!"
But can he refuse?
In other words, any wealthy family that deserves the title of Bingzhou dare not accept it?
I'm afraid people on the east side of Hedong are eager to do this.
Wang Chen shook his head, his expression becoming more and more serious:
"It would be easy to just break up, but I'm afraid that there will be bloodshed later, and we will see the old conflict between Chang'an, Guanxi and Guandong again."
More than forty years ago, the murder of key members of the Wang family during the Chang'an war had deeply penetrated into Wang Chen's bones.
Over the years, I have seen events from that time in my dreams from time to time.
It is precisely because of his experience that he knows better than others that King Feng Gui's design behind the cotton incident is really very sinister.
He is preparing to split Guandong, or in other words, he wants to dismember the Guandong family just like he dismembered the Shu family.
It's just that King Feng Gui is acting under the general trend. Even if Wang Chen can see what the other party wants to do, he has no way to stop it.
This made him feel very powerless.
"Probably this is called going with the flow and you will prosper, and going against the flow and you will perish..."
