Li Qi's ability to deceive people is evident. Gao Qiu is indeed a little tempted, but he is not a fool. In the current situation, he is taking the court's money to do his own business. This is a business without capital, and he can only make no profit.
To compensate, if those soldiers became his employees as Li Qi said, then he would have to pay the wages. In this way, he would have an extra expense, so he had to consider it carefully.
Li Qi saw the concerns in Gao Qiu's heart at a glance and said: "Taiwei, business is now recovering. This opportunity only comes once in a century. If you expand the scale of production, build factories, increase output, you can make far more money than now."
Much more. In the long run, this will definitely be beneficial without any harm. If the Taiwei's industry spreads all over the country, then the status of the DPRK will be more solid."
Gao Qiu nodded and said: "But this matter is not my decision, nor is it yours. It requires the emperor's consent. You must know that disarmament is not a trivial matter! How should I convince the emperor?"
Li Qidao: "Money."
"money?"
"That's right." Li Qi nodded and said: "Although the military pay of the lower army has always been pitiful, but there are so many people, it will be a lot of expenditure together. However, if the lower army is abandoned, then the imperial court will be reduced.
An expenditure will be made, and then a sum of money will be allocated from the saved expenditure to be distributed to the army that will be expanded in the future. By then, the number of soldiers will be reduced, and the expenditure will also be reduced, but the army will be better, and the dross will be removed.
, retaining its essence, and with the increase of external manpower, business recovery will be faster, and it will be achieved in one fell swoop. Why would the emperor not do it? In fact, our Song Dynasty recruits disaster victims as soldiers, which is a helpless move. If there is a way to solve it,
, the emperor will definitely agree."
Gao Qiu weighed it up and asked, "Then how many troops do you plan to expand your army?"
"Forty thousand." Li Qi raised four fingers.
"Forty thousand." Gao Qiu pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "This number is quite appropriate. I'll think about it again."
Seeing that Gao Qiu did not agree directly, Li Qi couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. In fact, he originally wanted to deceive Song Huizong personally about this matter, but you must know that there is also a privy councilor Cai You over there. If he comes forward, regardless of whether he is justified or not, Cai You
You would definitely stand up and object, so he could only ask Gao Qiu to speak up.
...
Three more days passed, Gao Qiu weighed it again and again, and finally chose to adopt Li Qi's suggestion. After all, the rise of the Zhou family silk and satin shop was right in front of him.
He took what Li Qi said and tried to deceive him.
Song Huizong agreed without much thought, and the civil and military officials of the entire court also agreed, saying that it was all money. After all, the court today is extremely poor. Song Huizong was another one.
The extravagant emperor naturally did not want to waste this money on the victims, and Gao Qiu was sure of settling those people, so how could he refuse.
Although Song Huizong quickly agreed, this disarmament is not a trivial matter. It cannot be done just by cutting off the army. It must go through a series of careful arrangements, and special follow-up work must be in place. Gao Qiu, the hand-off shopkeeper, naturally put this
The task was given to Li Qi. It was you who came up with this idea, and Li Qi readily accepted it. Although it was urgent, Li Qi postponed the disarmament plan until next year because the Chinese New Year was coming soon.
...
In the blink of an eye, the New Year is approaching, and every household has begun to prepare for the New Year. Lanterns are decorated, the sound of firecrackers is heard, and the people are immersed in the joyful atmosphere. It is necessary to buy New Year's goods, and consumption has also increased significantly. No matter it is now
In later generations, these days before the Chinese New Year are undoubtedly festivals for businessmen.
Qin Mansion.
Wu Furong and Li Qi were sitting by the stove, summarizing the gains of the year and discussing New Year matters.
This year is undoubtedly a good year for Zuixianju. Apart from paying back the debt to Cai Minde and others, it has also made a net profit of 100,000 yuan. You must know that this does not include the wine money from Xixia, because the wine money has been directly converted into
Even so, his annual income of 100,000 yuan set a record and became a role model for all businessmen. Although Wu Furong had long passed the excitement period, facing such an amount of money, he could not help but be so happy that he did not sleep for several nights.
Fall asleep.
Li Qi checked the accounts, closed the account book, and suddenly asked: "By the way, Uncle Wu, how is the construction of the staff dormitories?"
Wu Furong said hurriedly: "I was just about to discuss this with you. The dormitory has been built. Last month, everyone from the group company moved in. However, we have recruited many more people this year.
So the room is simply not enough.”
"Then where do they live?"
"It's just like before, some live in my house, some live in yours, and everyone makes do."
"That's not okay. Now that we have money, we naturally can't treat them badly. They are the foundation of our Zuixianju. So, you can make arrangements and build some more dormitories."
"Hey, I know what to do."
At this time, two beauties came outside, it was Mrs. Qin and Ji Hongnu.
"Uncle Wu, eldest brother."
Ji Hongnu obediently greeted the two of them. Wu Furong also stood up and saluted Mrs. Qin.
Mrs. Qin smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Wu, what are you talking about?"
Wu Furong said: "It's nothing, it's just a Chinese New Year thing."
Mrs. Qin said: "This past year has been one thing after another. I didn't even have time to breathe. Everyone was busy day and night. It was not easy. I thought we had made money this year, so we would give more
Give them some bonuses."
Wu Furong nodded and said, "Master Li and I think so too."
"Brother, I almost forgot to tell you something. My godmother asked us to go to the Bai Mansion to celebrate the New Year." Ji Hongnu suddenly said to Li Qi.
Li Qi had a headache when he thought of his mother-in-law. He waved his hand and said, "You go, I won't go."
"Then you are at home alone. My wife will go back to her parents' home tomorrow." Ji Hongnu said softly, "otherwise, I won't go and will stay with you at home."
Li Qi was very touched, held her little hand, and said with a smile: "No, you better go. Now that Qiniang has gone to Jiangnan, you should consider it as fulfilling your filial piety to Qiniang."
Ji Hongnu actually thought the same way. He nodded slightly and said, "I listen to big brother."
Mrs. Qin said: "Li Qi, otherwise you can come with me to my house to celebrate the New Year."
"ah?"
Li Qi opened his eyes, then rubbed his hands and said shyly: "This---this is not good."
"What's wrong?"
“It’s easy for people to misunderstand!”
"Misunderstanding?" Mrs. Qin was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this man was thinking of all kinds of ridiculous things in his mind. She gave Li Qi a roll of her eyes and said, "Pretend I didn't say it."
Ji Hongnu was still worried and said, "Why don't you let Sister Feng come?"
This is possible! When the lady is not here, and the red slave is not here, it will be more convenient to do something practical. I just don’t know if the woman will take the bait. Li Qi shook his head quietly and said: "No need, Hong.
Slave, don't worry, I have a lot of things to do on New Year's Day this year, and even if you stay here, I won't be able to spare time to accompany you."
Mrs. Qin asked curiously: "Everyone is celebrating the festival, what are you busy with?"
Li Qi gave Mrs. Qin a smile that was so charming that she couldn't bear to die, and uttered the two words "secret."
At this time, Aunt Chen suddenly walked in and said: "Sir, Manager Zuo is here."
"Why is he here?"
Li Qi's face suddenly tightened and he said hurriedly: "Auntie, please stabilize him first. Hongnu, you come with me." As he said this, he pulled Ji Hongnu and ran quickly towards his house.
After about a cup of tea, Aunt Chen brought Zuo Boqing to Li Qi's house.
"Ouch, ouch..."
As soon as Zuo Boqing entered the door, he heard several groans. When he took a closer look, he saw Li Qi lying on the bed with a hot towel on his forehead. He couldn't help but turned pale with shock and hurriedly walked forward and said: "Brother Li! Brother Li!"
"
Li Qi opened his eyes slightly and said weakly: "Brother Zuo, why are you here? I'm so sorry, brother, I'm ill and can't get up to greet you. I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Ji Hongnu, who was sitting on the bedside, stood up and saluted Zuo Boqing, but his expression was very strange.
Zuo Boqing was confused now. He nodded towards Ji Hongnu and then said to Li Qi: "Brother Li, what are you doing?"
"Oh, I'm just tired. I've been very busy these days. I got a bit cold yesterday and couldn't get out of bed this morning."
"It's so serious, have you ever seen a doctor?"
"After reading it, the doctor said that I need to rest for a few days and not move around."
"Ah? How many days of rest?" Zuo Boqing looked a little embarrassed.
Li Qi said slowly: "Brother Zuo, do you have anything to do with me?"
Zuo Boqing was slightly startled and said: "There is something wrong. It will be New Year's Day in three days. Now that envoys from various countries have arrived in Beijing, our imperial kitchen must prepare for the New Year's Day meeting as soon as possible. I remember last year, I saw the snow on thousands of mountains at dusk.
This shocked everyone, so the emperor wants to leave the New Year's Day banquet to you again this year."
Sample! I knew you would be up to no good when you came here. I have to recuperate my energy now, how can I have time to do those things? Li Qi coughed several times in succession and stood up with difficulty. Ji Hongnu quickly supported him
He had a look of concern on his face. Hey, when did this little girl's acting skills improve so much? Li Qi secretly chuckled a few times, but said: "Oh, please wait for me, Brother Zuo. I'll talk to you after I wash up."
You enter the palace."
"Ah? Ah? No, no, since you're sick, just leave it alone. Anyway, the New Year's Day party happens every year, and the dishes are basically fixed, so it doesn't matter." Zuo Boqing looked at it.
He looked like he was about to die. It was difficult to get out of bed. There was no way he could cook. He stopped him and said, "Just rest in peace. I'll go back and talk to the emperor. I believe it's not a big problem."
"Then I'll trouble you, Brother Zuo."
"It's okay, then---I won't disturb your rest. I'll take my leave now."
"Hongnu, please send Brother Zuo off for me."
"No, no, red lady, you should stay here and take care of him. Brother Li, you are the pillar of my Song Dynasty. You must take good care of yourself. I will leave now." Zuo Boqing waved his hand and looked at him again. Li Qi cupped his hands, turned his back and went out.
After a while, Li Qi suddenly sat up, winked at Ji Hongnu and said, "Hongnu, have you gone to see if he's gone?"
This was the first time Ji Hongnu had done something like this. He couldn't help but look a little flustered. He took a small step to the window, secretly glanced outside, and then said: "Brother, General Manager Zuo is gone."
"call."
Li Qi took a long breath and said to himself: "I'm really beaten like iron. You come to me for all the big things. If I don't pretend to be sick, I will really get sick." (Unfinished) To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
ps: Master Li is pretending to be sick, but I am really sick. I have been really tired recently. I have barely slept in the past few days. I woke up today with a low fever and tonsillitis. I asked for leave and stayed at home. It’s not a big problem. I took medicine and it’s gone. It's a lot better. I finally finished coding one chapter. Let me get some sleep first. The second chapter will be released around ten o'clock in the evening...