"Young master is really a smart man, he can guess right right away."
Cai Minde laughed and said: "To be fair to you, since your store's cans arrived in Jinling, the business of my branch in Jiangnan has really improved a lot, and it has almost surpassed that of the capital. This is all thanks to you."
Having said this, he suddenly sighed and said: "Actually, this was not done intentionally by Mr. Cai, but because he was forced to do so."
You old fox, are we forcing you to make money? Li Qi smiled and said, "Why did Yuanwai say this?"
Cai Minde shook his head and said: "The current situation in the capital is very clear. It means that Jinlou can compete with your store. Of course, Cai thinks that Jinlou can't compete with your store. The key lies in the young master. The young master's official career is at a steady pace.
He has also established good relationships with businessmen from neighboring countries. With regard to these few businesses, Jinlou is far behind the private detectives of the Song Dynasty."
Li Qi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Excuse me, Yuanwai. In fact, we can coexist peacefully. There is no need to fight to the death. The shop and Jinlou are just in healthy competition. It is precisely because of this that the guests can taste more delicious food."
"That is, that is."
Cai Minde nodded and said: "But in Cai's opinion, Young Master is better. Although Jinlou's cured meat is good, it is not as good as Young Master's braised meat. The key to this braised food lies in the marinade. With the marinade, the subsequent
The process is very simple, and the marinade is just like wine. The longer it is kept, the better it tastes. When the time comes, the young master only needs to sell the marinade, and Zhang Chun'er can only sit at home and worry."
Li Qi chuckled and didn't answer, which was regarded as acquiescence.
Cai Minde's small eyes swayed a few times, and he said with a smile: "Not only that, but now we businessmen in the Song Dynasty all follow the young master. Our status is not comparable to that of Zhang Chun'er."
"Executive member, these words are a bit exaggerated."
"It's not an exaggeration at all. The young master has made great contributions to our merchants in the Song Dynasty. How can they not be grateful to the young master?" Cai Minde smiled slightly and said: "Speaking of this matter, Cai has a question that he would like to ask.
"Young Master."
Li Qi asked curiously: "Excuse me, please tell me."
Cai Minde said: "It is said that the outcome of the negotiation between the Young Master and the Jin Kingdom has a great relationship with my merchants from the Song Dynasty. Cai just wants to know, can we really go to the Jin Kingdom to do business?"
The ambition of this old fox is not decreasing but increasing. Even the south of the Yangtze River has not stabilized yet, so he has set his sights on the north again. Li Qi was stunned and asked instead: "Isn't Yuanwai one step ahead of others?"
Cai Minde smiled and said: "That's not as fast as the young master."
"The staff members are really well-informed."
"Where. Where, this capital city is not small even if it is big."
"That's true." Li Qi smiled and said seriously: "If you want to go to the Kingdom of Jin to do business now, it will definitely not work. After all, the Kingdom of Jin was founded not long ago. Many laws have not been perfected yet. If you just invest money in it,
The risk is too high. However, if you really have this intention, you can give it a try."
Cai Minde was overjoyed and said, "Please give me some advice, Master."
Li Qi smiled and said: "It's very simple, just follow the example of the gourd."
Cai Minde frowned and said, "Did Young Master ask Cai to find a gold man to cooperate?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "Yes, there are no people in the world who are not greedy for money, especially those ministers of the Jin Kingdom. They have fought and suffered for half a lifetime. Now they definitely want to enjoy life. The resources they have in their hands are really enviable.
No, but they don’t have the skills, they don’t know how to do business, they don’t have it. We have it, if the two are combined into one, wouldn’t it be a perfect combination.”
Cai Minde nodded, pondered for a while, and said, "But Cai doesn't know those ministers of the Jin Kingdom."
Li Qi smiled and said: "You should know that the members of the Jin Kingdom will send people to negotiate in a short time. It is a good job to come to the Song Dynasty to negotiate. The Jin Kingdom will definitely send their nobles to come, and they will be familiar with each other."
, as long as you are willing, there is no business that cannot be negotiated."
Cai Minde rolled his eyes and laughed and said: "Young master's words are reasonable. As long as you have the will, there is no business that cannot be negotiated. Thank you, thank you very much."
"This is such a small thing, it's not worth mentioning." Li Qi waved his hand and said, "Actually, I think if the members could open their eyes wider, they might be able to see more things in Qiyuan Apartment."
Cai Minde was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Young Master seems to have something good for Cai again."
"Exactly." Li Qidao said: "I think the officials also saw some clues in the decree issued by the imperial court this time."
Cai Minde nodded and said: "Cai knows that it is all thanks to the young master's business to enrich the country."
"In other words, the imperial court will attach great importance to business. I wonder if other members of the public agree with my statement?"
Cai Minde nodded and said: "Of course, of course."
Li Qi smiled and said: "With such a good opportunity, it's a pity that Yuanwai just guards this restaurant. In fact, there are many businesses in the world that can be done, such as silk and satin, ceramics, imitations, paper, glass and so on.
"
Cai Minde was stunned and frowned: "Actually, Cai has thought about this before, but the young master also knows that Cai is a cook by trade and can't do anything else except a restaurant. Business is about cooking, not raw."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "Li Qi disagrees with what Yuanwai said. Yuanwai won't, but others will. Just like our wife, how can she do business? Now she has made a fortune, and she can eat, drink and have fun for three lifetimes."
"
"That's all thanks to the young master's help."
"You can do the same thing outside the company. If you are afraid of taking risks, you can choose financing."
"Financing?"
"That's right. In fact, we have many very good products among the people in the Song Dynasty. The key is that those people may not know how to do business or have no capital, so it is difficult to expand. But outside the Yuan Dynasty, you have money and you can do business, why don't you
Find cooperation with those small businessmen, and together they can contribute money to open factories, expand production scale, and improve efficiency. In this way, money will not flow into your pocket, and your status will be greatly improved.
Why not do it if you want to improve it?”
Cai Minde glanced at Li Qi, frowned, and said: "What the young master said makes sense. But the young master can do it himself, so why should he take advantage of Cai?"
Youdao was bitten by a snake early in the morning and has been afraid of well ropes for ten years. He was really frightened by Li Qi's deception.
Li Qi smiled and said: "To be honest, I have already done a lot of business, and it involves many aspects. Of course, even so, if it were in the past, I would definitely not tell the staff, but now I am not a businessman.
I am talking to the members as an economic envoy. It is useless for me to be rich alone. Only if I, the Song Dynasty, are rich can I live up to the divine grace. Therefore, regarding this point, I will never
I'm just a liar. Of course, the decision-making power is still in the hands of other members, I'm just giving my opinion."
In fact, there is nothing false in what he said. According to his concept of a rich country, to a large extent, he still has to rely on these wealthy businessmen. Because there are no banks that let you borrow money these days, and even if you want to borrow money, the interest rate is high.
It was so scary that those small businessmen dared to borrow, so he could only promote the concept of financing, discard the chaff, and select high-quality products. Let these wealthy businessmen drive those small businessmen to become rich first.
Once there are more buyers and sellers, there will definitely be competition. If there is competition, the quality of the products will get better and better. This is a virtuous cycle.
After hearing this, Cai Minde suddenly realized, thinking that this is good, not to mention whether I will agree to you or not, at least you will not be thinking about how to deal with me Jade Xuan all day long. He immediately smiled and said: "Thank you for your advice, Mr. Cai.
I will definitely think about it carefully when I get back. I hope the young master can give me some advice."
"Where, where, it's just a matter of hands."
Cai Minde chuckled and suddenly said: "By the way, Cai has one more question to ask."
"Excuse me, please tell me."
Cai Minde squinted and said, "I heard that the young master is recruiting people in various government offices. I wonder if this is the case?"
Li Qi nodded and said, "This is indeed the case."
Cai Minde smiled and said: "Now I happen to need people in Jiangnan. I wonder if you can introduce some talents to Cai's twin Shura."
Li Qi was slightly startled, then said with a smile: "Actually, regarding this, I originally planned to tell you later, but I didn't expect that Yuan Wai is now impatient. It seems that Yuan Wai, you are really planning to go to Jiangnan to show off your talents."
Cai Minde shook his head and said: "No, no. In fact, Jiangnan has just started. It's too early to say this now."
Li Qi frowned and said, "What does Yuanwai mean?"
"It's very simple, just to vent a bad breath."
"A breath of bad breath?"
Cai Minde nodded and said: "Yes, I think back then, not to mention the senior officials in the court, even their petty officials were arrogant and domineering in front of Cai. This bad breath has been in Cai's heart for a long time, and now he wants to try it.
It feels like making them bow their heads in front of Cai."
Sweating! Such strong resentment? Li Qi immediately shook his head and said: "Executive member, if you think so, then this matter should be avoided. I recruit others to do things, not to humiliate others."
Cai Minde waved his hands and smiled: "Young master, you have misunderstood me. How could Mr. Cai deliberately make things difficult for them? He just happens to need talents, and he can also taste the taste of gesticulating in front of them. He kills two birds with one stone. Mr. Cai should know that Mr. Cai has always been very generous with talents.
, I will never do anything that harms others and is not beneficial to myself.”
This is quite the truth. Li Qi recalled the scene when Cai Minde recruited him, nodded and said: "Okay, we will discuss it in detail then."
"Okay, okay. Then Cai will thank you first."
"You're welcome, you're welcome. I should thank you."
"Haha, well, Cai will say goodbye today, and Cai will come to visit you another day."
"no problem."
After Li Qi saw Cai Minde off, he went to Pingbu Qingyun's private room on the third floor.
At this time, Qin Hui and several of his men were eating and drinking inside. It was really free, but it was more delicious and more enjoyable.
When several people saw Li Qi coming in, they quickly stood up and saluted Li Qi.
Li Qi cupped his hands and said, "You guys have eaten yours, so don't worry about me. I'm just asking Qin Xuezheng to get something."
Even though Li Qi said this, no one dared to sit down.
Li Qi was too lazy to pay attention to them, and gestured to Qin Hui, who immediately took out the information from his arms and gave it to him. He took it, weighed it, and said, "This may not be enough."
Qin Hui said hurriedly: "Please don't worry, Sir, I'm still continuing to collect."
"That's good."
Li Qi nodded, glanced at the others, smiled, and said: "If you don't have enough food, just keep shouting. In addition, when you leave, I will ask someone to give you two jars of good wine and a few kilograms of cooked meat each."
Bring back."
Those people hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you, sir."
"Okay, okay, I'm going out first, you guys eat slowly."
Li Qi walked out and came to the door. He shook the information in his hand and laughed a few times. Suddenly, his eyes flashed and the information in his hand disappeared, and he heard someone say: "Don't you Do you mind if I take a look at what good stuff this is?"
Li Qiding took a quick look and said angrily: "Mr. Zhao, when did you become so polite, grabbing other people's things and saying hello to them?"
The visitor is none other than Zhao Jingyan.
Zhao Jingyan didn't seem to hear. She looked at the information in her hand, raised her lips, and said with a smile: "It's amazing, so quickly you turned your target to the harem. The teacher has two beauties."
Li Qi's face tightened. He looked around and saw no one. He was relieved and quickly stepped forward to grab it and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Give it back to me quickly."
"It's up to you."
Zhao Jingyan smiled and handed over the information.
Li Qi took the information, quickly put it in his arms, curled his lips and said: "It seems that Maqiao's vacation must be ended as soon as possible."
Zhao Jingyan smiled, cupped her hands and said, "Congratulations on successfully completing your mission this time, Economic Envoy."
Li Qi said lightly: "Thank you, thank you very much. I wonder if Mr. Zhao has any advice?" He said in his heart, this woman is really not to be underestimated. She can know my plan with just one glance.
Zhao Jingyan smiled and said: "How dare I try to do anything for you now? Your promotion momentum is really amazing. But don't worry, I won't harm you, because we all want the good of the Song Dynasty."
Li Qi nodded and said, "It's true. The words "loyalty and serving the country" on my back, Li Qi, are not for nothing."
Zhao Jingyan was stunned and said: "You have a tattoo on your back of serving the country with loyalty and loyalty?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Is there anything surprising about this?"
Zhao Jingyan shook her head and said, "I don't believe it unless you let me see it."
Li Qi chuckled and said: "Men and women are not allowed to be intimate unless ---."
"Unless what?"
"You enter the door of my Li family."
Zhao Jingyan's pretty face turned red, she spat, and said: "You think it's quite beautiful, but I see that the tattoo on your back is not about serving the country with loyalty, but is shameless."
"Wow! I was just joking, you don't have to hurt me like this." Li Qi said depressedly.
Zhao Jingyan rolled her eyes at him and suddenly said: "Wait for me." She said and entered the wealthy private room next to her.
After a while, she walked out with an extra package in her hand, threw it to Li Qi, and said with a smile: "You don't have to thank me, I just want to contribute to the Song Dynasty."
"There is no money in this, so why should I thank you?"
Li Qi snorted and opened the bag. He saw several small books inside. He picked up one and opened it. He was immediately stunned. He quickly flipped through the other books and looked up. Seeing that there was nothing in front of him, he turned around. Look, I saw that Zhao Jingyan had already reached the stairs, and he shouted loudly: "Hey, next time, please tell me in advance, so that my men's work will not be in vain."
Zhao Jingyan turned her head, raised her eyebrows, and said, "Why don't you just pay me for it."
Li Qi hurriedly said: "Do you want to do ten sticks every month?"
Zhao Jingyan chuckled and said, "Ten thousand guan a day, will you give it to me?"
"You think beautifully."
"Each other, each other."
Zhao Jingyan smiled slightly and walked downstairs.
Li Qi raised his middle finger without hesitation, then took out a bunch of information from his arms, shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Alas. It seems that Xiao Qin's work efficiency still needs to be improved. Even a woman can't do it."
It can’t be compared.” (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read.)