When Yi Daosan and a group of jute gentry cautiously walked into the commander's mansion, Li Laiheng was having a lively chat with his old friend Gu Kecheng. Although Gu Kecheng only brought a few hundred cavalry this time, most of them were veterans from northern Shaanxi.
The three walls of brothers and elites, with just a little training, can greatly supplement the cadre resources of the Huguang Army and consolidate Li Laiheng's ruling power over many states and counties in De'an Prefecture and Huangzhou Prefecture.
Gu Kecheng is nicknamed Nine Dragons because the dragon-shaped tattoos on his body often leave a deep impression on people. Although it is already winter, he still bares his arms. The gentry who entered the courtyard of the handsome manor saw Gu Kecheng.
Covered in horrific tattoos and scars, his already trembling buttocks began to tremble violently uncontrollably.
Li Laiheng shrugged his shoulders. He was happy to see the panic of these gentry leaders, but he also felt that there was no need to continue to use intimidation methods to deal with them, so he ordered the soldiers to move many long stools.
Every three gentry and celebrities sat together on a bench. Among the gentry there were some who were broad-minded and fat. They were crowded together and couldn't stretch their arms and legs, which made them look particularly funny.
"Brother Gu, these people are all prominent figures in Huguang. What do you think?" Li Laiheng took a sip of tea and asked Gu Kecheng, "Sanchu's elegant clothes, how do they compare to Bianluo?"
Gu Kecheng rubbed his head. Like his old boss Liu Zongmin, he was a frank and brave rough man. Xiao Jiujiu, who couldn't figure out these people, simply replied: "Laiheng, I really don't know what these scholars are thinking. But.
From what I've seen along the way, whether it's Huguang or Henan, the most important thing for rich people and big families is money. They were very happy to hear Chuang Jun say that they would be exempted from paying taxes for three years, but when it comes to helping
For the matter of wages, you have to resort to torture and sticks before anyone is willing to pay, and there is no need to mention the equalization of land."
Li Laiheng smiled secretly in his heart, nodded, and first entertained the group of jute gentry one by one, asking them their names, hometown, qualifications, and achievements, pretending to be a courteous and virtuous corporal.
It's just that the gentry leaders are not stupid either. They all know that Li Laihunter definitely had evil intentions in calling such a large group of people to the handsome manor.
Everyone kept their grievances secret but did not dare to express them. Yi Daosan, who was more courageous, took the lead in summoning up the courage and asked: "Li Shijun, may I ask you to gather all the gentry from all over the world together, what are your intentions?"
Do you want to help with payment, or what else do you need? If you just want to help with payment, you will also know that all our land will be managed by various village envoys of your army. We only have land interest and no other money left in our hands. Even if we want to help with payment,
, I’m afraid I won’t be able to pay much money.”
Chuangjun's strategy of using village envoys to manage land on their behalf not only curbed land annexation and the personal exploitation of tenant farmers by the gentry, but also took the opportunity to find out the income situation of local landowners.
Therefore, Li Laiheng was able to follow the plan and easily "capture" all these gentry leaders and bring them to live in Anlu.
"Are you Mr. Yi? Your cousin Yi Daoxian, I have heard of his literary name a long time ago. He is well-known in the country and a literary scholar all over the world." Li Laiheng walked up to Yi Daosan and said in a pretense of intimacy,
"No, no, no, how can it be a matter of stipend? What I want to talk about today is something that is profitable for everyone. It is to let everyone follow the army and make a lot of money."
Not only did Yi Daosan and the others not understand what he said, but even Gu Kechengdu looked puzzled.
Li Laiheng asked Zhang Yuheng, who had followed Bai Jiuhe as the deputy envoy of the Huguang army branch, to bring a large pile of documents. Zhang Yuheng was also a small businessman and a bookkeeper. He had helped Li Laiheng manage logistics as early as the period of Deshengzhai. Li Laiheng used him as deputy branch envoy.
The envoy also placed one of his direct henchmen beside Baijiuhe.
This pile of documents has the words "water conservancy", "field ridge", "salt sales" and "department store" written all over it. Yi Daosan and the others can probably understand that this is about industry and commerce, but they can't understand it.
I understand what Li Laiheng means by moving out this pile of stuff.
Leaders of the gentry, you look at me and I look at you. Finally, Geng Yingqu asked: "Your Majesty, what does this mean? We are just scholars and landowners, cultivating and reading family heirlooms. If we are poetry and books or tilling the fields,
I think we can still help the envoy a little bit with the matter, but we don’t understand the method of breeding goods at all.”
Li Laiheng didn't believe that these people really didn't know how to do business. What they said about farming and studying to inherit the family was actually nothing more than buying land, which was the investment channel with the most stable rate of return and the highest relative return under natural economic conditions. But other Yantie Department Stores and banks
Have these people never had any involvement in the rice grain business?
That's called a liar.
However, Li Laiheng did not intend to use people like Yi Daosan to help him with his business affairs. Their land income was withheld by the emissaries he sent to camp, and they all harbored secret resentments. How could Li Laiheng dare to reuse them?
Shaohu Shuai explained to everyone: "You have all misunderstood! Well, I don't want you to get involved in industrial and commercial business. After all, you should have a little understanding. Chuangjun is very good at department store marketing."
I don’t need you to handle this matter through our channels.”
Geng Yingqu was even more puzzled: "Since Sir Shijun doesn't intend to let us help Chuangjun run his business, why do you want to take out these documents?"
Li Laiheng casually picked up a copy of his "Investment Plan" and said with a smile: "You are already very familiar with the village envoys of Chuangjun, right? I think now that the new farming laws are being implemented and the prices of fields and grain are getting lower day by day, you guys
It's useless to hold the land interest in your hands, right? I'll simply help you become a master, treat half of the land interest as equity capital, and invest in these industrial and commercial industries. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to multiply goods! Chuangjun is here
Of course there are people who know how to do it. Dear gentlemen, as long as you stay at home, there will naturally be shopkeepers from Chuangjun who can help you double your share capital."
Hey!
At this time, everyone will feel relieved. It turns out that Li Laiheng came to borrow money to start a business without capital.
Everyone didn't know how to answer. This field interest was originally the remaining income after the Chuang Army ate up half of the land rent they deserved. What does Li Laiheng mean now? He also plans to eat up half of the remaining land interest.
, use it as capital for Chuangjun’s own business operations?
Isn't this a plunder?
Li Laiheng half-smiled again, with a threatening tone, and said gloomily: "Don't be afraid of losing your capital. I will take care of this for you. Regardless of whether you have lost money or not, after one year, you can all use the capital you invested now.
I will get it back with interest. I heard that the officers and soldiers in Henan are short of pay, so they directly ask for help. I don’t intend to use the method of providing payment to ruin everyone’s harmony. I also hope that everyone will not ruin their friendship with me.
...Mr. Yi, what do you think?"
Li Laiheng's threat is obvious. It is clear that if the gentry are ignorant and don't cooperate with him, he will really shame you and give you a trick of saying you don't have to drink a toast or drink as a fine, and directly confiscate your property with stipends.
Now that Chuang Jun has come up with the idea of Tianxi becoming a shareholder and a public-private partnership, it can be regarded as giving the gentry half a way out.
In fact, according to Li Laiheng's estimation, the administrative structure of the Chuang Army was built entirely from a blank piece of paper. It was not affected by the decadence of the imperial court for hundreds of years, and there were many official sources and channels for selling stolen goods. It must be the above
It is more efficient than the imperial court, and has stronger backing than the private sector, so it will definitely not lose money.
If Gu Kecheng hadn't brought the news that Zuo Liangyu had withdrawn his troops and returned to Chu, Ding Qirui was about to lead his troops back to Wuchang, and Li Laiheng was eager to expand his army and prepare for war, how could he have allowed these gentry to take such a big advantage?
We have to use the public-private partnership policy first, which is too urgent.
Zhang Yuheng also advised: "Everyone must know that since ancient times, people who have been engaged in government business and royal merchant business have always lost money. It is strange to make a lot of money without making a lot of money! Our government wants everyone to use land interest to invest in shares.
Doing business with Chuang Jun, this matter is laid out just so that you can feel at ease and have more income, how can he be there?"
What he said was that Li Laiheng really regarded himself as an orthodox official and royal. But Yi Daosan and others had no choice. They had to bow their heads under the eaves. If he didn't agree to this matter, he didn't know what others could do.
Are you leaving the handsome man's house?
What's more, he and Geng Yingqu carefully thought about it and concluded that the public-private partnership might not be unprofitable. Anyway, holding Tian Xi in his hands might make Chuang Jun jealous, and he would be offended by the windfall at that time. It would be better to hand over the money now.
, I think Li Laiheng’s plan was too big to refuse to distribute the dividends to everyone.
Even in the worst case scenario, Li Laiheng was actually determined to extort money and would not return even a dime to them after taking the capital. Is there any countermeasures that Yi Daosan and others can take?
You must know that they themselves cannot receive the land rent. It is all the field envoys, village envoys, and village chiefs who receive the money and grain, and then hand over the land interest to people like Yi Daosan through the hands of the Chuang Army.
Regardless of whether they agree or not, if Li Laiheng directly deducts money from the Zhuang envoy, what can Yi Daosan, Geng Yingqu and others do?