Chapter 0540 The disadvantages of a lot of money (a bit of Calvin)
After hearing this, Mu Chong and Meng Weizhong looked at each other, nodded decisively and said: "Everything is at your command..."
Qian Le stared at Mu Chong and Meng Weizhong in astonishment, and lost his voice: "You are willing to do anything without making money?"
Mu Chong coughed lightly and said meaningfully: "In my opinion, this is a sure-fire deal."
"You can make money...but after spending so much manpower and material resources, you can only make a small amount. It's not worth the gain."
Qian Le said dissatisfied.
Mu Chong glanced at him, but said nothing more.
Kou Ji didn't pay attention to the conversation between Mu Chong and Qian Le, and continued to say calmly: "In addition, I also need you to help the people raise some walnut, pomegranate, grape and other saplings."
Mu Chong, Meng Weizhong nodded decisively.
Qian Le wanted to speak, but when he saw Mu Chong and Meng Weizhong nodding, he could only nod along sadly.
Kou Ji gave them some more trivial instructions, and then sent them out of the palace. When they were leaving, Kou Ji said to the three of them: "You have arrived in Shazhou after a long journey. Take a few days to rest before doing anything. Don't be so anxious."
The three of them agreed and left the palace.
After leaving the palace, Qian Le blocked Mu Chong with his huge body. Meng Weizhong and the other two said with gloomy faces: "Brother Mu, Brother Meng, our three families have known each other for generations. The three of us have also cooperated for many years.
For the sake of our long-term friendship, can you two tell me if you are hiding something from me?"
Mu Chong and Meng Weizhong fell into silence.
After a long time, Meng Weizhong sighed and said: "Brother Qian, how much money have the three of us made since we entered Bianjing City?"
Qian Le blurted out without any hesitation: "Forty million dollars... Textile workshops, textile machine forging workshops, forging iron workshops, Yizijiaozi shop, every business is a business that makes money every day."
Meng Weizhong sighed and said: "Forty million yuan, our ancestors may not be able to earn so much money without eating or drinking for generations. In a few years, the money we earn will exceed 10 million yuan."
Through."
Qian Le nodded in agreement.
Meng Weizhong continued: "Being rich is a good thing, but being too rich is not a good thing. Now in the Song Dynasty, there are only two people who have more money than us.
One is the official family, and the other is the bandits.
The official family is the master of the world, and even if it dominates the world, it is not an exaggeration.
The Kou officials are the confidants of the official family. As long as the official family allows him, it doesn't matter even if he has a huge fortune.
But the three of us are different.
To put it nicely, we are the three wealthy businessmen of the Song Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, we are just three wealthy ordinary people.
He doesn't have a big background, but he has a lot of money.
Many people look at us with envy."
After Qian Le heard Meng Weizhong's words, he probably understood why Meng Weizhong and Mu Chong were so abnormal.
Mu Chong took over Meng Weizhong's words and said with a bitter look on his face: "When we first cooperated with the officials, the scenes described by the officials about controlling the world's money and controlling the world moved us very much.
But when I got to this point, I discovered it.
I'm on pins and needles."
Meng Weizhong lamented, "When the money of Yizijiaozipu exceeded 10 million yuan, we had gained the power to control the world. But on the other hand, there was also a knife hanging over our heads."
Mu Chong nodded and said, "Now I understand that being rich is not a good thing."
Qian Le said with an ugly face: "Why do you have such an idea?"
The words of Mu Chong and Meng Weizhong were very pessimistic, and Qian Le was frightened when he heard them.
Mu Chong stared at Qian Le and said: "Brother Qian, do you remember the new chief steward in my house, do you remember the new big shopkeepers in Brother Meng's house, do you remember the eighth concubine in my house..."
Qian Le's eyes widened in shock and he stammered: "They... they..."
Mu Chong said sadly: "They are all from the palace."
"How come?!"
"Huh...why not?"
Mu Chong sneered and said: "A big steward is working in Bianjing City, and his face is greater than mine. Several big shopkeepers help Brother Meng allocate goods, and they can actually mobilize the official ships for water transportation. And that eight-year-old man in your house."
Madam, I just wanted to ask Brother Meng to come over and play with me, so I was taken to Jinming Pond and drilled hard for seven days and seven nights.
Besides the people in the palace, who can do this?
They did not hide anything, but openly let us see them, letting us know that someone in the palace was watching us."
Qian Le lost his voice and said, "Why didn't I know?"
Meng Weizhong sighed: "The person in your house should have a high status in the palace, so there is only one person in your house. You are only busy with business on weekdays and have no time to take care of the affairs of the back house.
As long as that person doesn't show any flaws, you won't notice it at all."
Qian Le was horrified: "How could this happen?"
Mu Chong sighed: "I also wanted to know how this could happen. After thinking about it, I realized that it was because we had too much money and because we were too greedy.
When you entered the city just now, the people you saw were all holding gold ingots.
The civilian men we saw were like knives that killed people."
Qian Le said in horror: "So you are willing to help the bandits even at a loss, just to spend money to save your lives?"
Mu Chong nodded slowly and said: "In fact, there is too much business that can be done in the Western Region. If the Kou officials can open up tens of millions of acres of fertile land in the Western Region, we can make a lot of money every year from the grain business alone.
Also, the cattle and sheep entrusted to us by the bandits and raised by the common people can produce a huge amount of fur every year.
We can buy it close to the water and at a low price.
The profits are far greater than what our textile workshops make."
Meng Weizhong sighed: "We can see the money right in front of us, but we don't dare to take it."
Qian Le stared at Mu and Chong in disbelief.
Mu Chong looked at Qian Le and Meng Weizhong said: "I have prepared to sell the people from the textile workshop and the steel forging workshop to the Kou government at a low price. From now on, I will only keep the people from Yizijiaozipu and Shuzhong Silk."
Business.
I don't plan to get involved in other businesses anymore.
From now on, I will spend a sum of money every year to provide subsidies to the court through the Ministry of Officials."
"Survive by cutting off your tail?!"
"Drop your tail to survive!"
Qian Le and Meng Weizhong said in unison.
Mu Chong nodded and said: "For the sake of our long-term friendship, I remind you two to make preparations early. Don't wait until the court's knife falls. By then it will be too late."
"Only keep members of Yizijiaozipu?"
"Only members of Yizijiaozipu will be retained."
"..."
"If you don't hand over the members of Yizijiaozipu, the three of you will be close to death..."
Inside the palace.
Kou Ji stood on the stairs with his hands behind his back and sighed.
Kou Ji saw Mu Chong and Meng Weizhong's abnormality.
Kou Ji made a rough guess and guessed the origin of the two's abnormality.
When he made the request but did not say anything in return, Mu Chong and Meng Weizhong agreed without hesitation.
That means they already know that money is not a good thing and is a curse.
If there is no one behind their backs to threaten them and intimidate them.
According to their greedy nature, they will never see this.
The largest shareholder of the two most profitable businesses behind them is Zhao Zhen.
The only person who dared to threaten him and scare them under Zhao Zhen's protection was Zhao Zhen himself.
"At the beginning, it was very likely that the old guy Chen Lin secretly arranged for someone to monitor the three of them. Now, it is possible that the officials themselves are in charge."
Kou Ji thought about it and murmured another guess of his.
If Chen Lin was threatening and intimidating the three of them.
The three of them will never appear in Shazhou.
If Chen Lin wants the members of Yizijiaozipu in their hands, she will never let them leave the Song Dynasty until they get it.
According to Chen Lin's scheming nature, he would never let the people under him be exposed before he dealt with the thoughts of Mu Chong and the others.
If the people under him are not exposed, then the three of them will not feel any threat or intimidation.
After excluding Chen Lin, the only one left in the Song Dynasty who had the ability and dared to threaten and intimidate the three of them was Zhao Zhen.
Only Zhao Zhen could threaten and intimidate them and at the same time dare to let them leave the Song Dynasty.
Because Zhao Zhen is not afraid of mistakes, nor is he worried about mistakes.
If Mu Chong and the others took the opportunity to go to Shazhou and escaped from the Song Dynasty, what would happen?
Who else could depose Zhao Zhen from the throne because of this incident?
Kou Ji figured out the joints and laughed. He put his hands behind his back and walked towards the side hall. He said with a smile: "The official family has grown up so much that they can see the importance of Yizijiaozipu. It's also
He knew that Yizijiaozipu should not be in the hands of anyone other than him.
It's just that his methods are a bit crude, but he's better than his ancestors.
They didn't kill them all, and they didn't frame them.
Instead, it left a way for Mu Chong and the others to survive.
It's just that the three of them, Mu Chong, may not compromise so easily.
They will never give up a golden chicken that lays eggs."
Returning to the depths of the side hall and sitting down, the smile on Kou Ji's face became even stronger, "Speaking of which, I also have a member of Zijiaozipu in my hand, but I don't know if you want to take it away."
"Even if you want it, I won't give it to you, because you can't hold all this stuff in your hands. If someone tricks you into making trouble with Yizijiaozi, the people of the world will suffer."
"..."
Just when Kou Ji was muttering to himself.
Liu Heng stepped into the side hall and saw Kou Ji sitting there alone, laughing and talking to himself. Liu Heng looked stunned.
"Fourth brother?!"
"Are you hysterical?"
When Kou Ji heard this, he slowly came back to his senses and glanced at Liu Heng, "You are hysterical..."
Liu Heng said suspiciously: "Then you just..."
"I felt inspired, made a poem, and recited it to myself."
Kou Ji said angrily.
Liu Heng nodded doubtfully, "Fourth brother, I have already checked the information you asked me to check. Most of the documents sent by the court were from a month ago, and there is no document that mentions my sister-in-law's name."
Kou Ji frowned and said in a deep voice: "Send someone to hurry up and see if there is any delay."
Liu Heng naturally knew that Kou Ji was worried about his child, so he did not dare to say anything more on this matter and immediately nodded in agreement.
Kou Ji felt a little irritable and waved his hand to let Liu Heng leave.
When Liu Heng arrived at the door of the side hall.
Kou Ji seemed to have remembered something and told Liu Heng: "Send someone to tell the supervisors and ask them to arrange their time reasonably and arrange some holidays for the civilians.
Every ten days, every citizen can have a day of rest.
In addition, people were sent to spread the news among the people, saying that there was Wazi City outside Shazhou City.
If they want anything, they can go to Wazi City to buy it during their holidays."
Liu Heng nodded in agreement and exited the side hall.
Kou Ji was left alone in the side hall doing nothing.
The days passed day by day.
The fertile fields outside the city are increasing day by day.
The newly established Wazi City in the outer city was snapped up by wealthy civilians in just one day.
Mu Chong and the others had to send people to escort carts of cattle and sheep skins, as well as specialties from the Western Regions, back to the Song Dynasty to reset the goods.
When other villagers were taking a break, they rushed to Wazi City with their money. They faced a street full of people but not many goods.
The goods of Mu Chong and the other three people have long been robbed. There are only some skilled folk making baskets and other items for sale on the street, and there are also some game meats hunted by the peasants on their way to open up wasteland for sale.
The people complained about this, and Kou Ji could not help them solve the problem, so he could only pretend not to see it.
In the same encounter.
Some people are sighing all day long, while others are moving forward with heavy loads.
While other civilians were clearing wasteland and waiting for the goods reset by Mu Chong and the others to be shipped back, some people had already earned enough money by relying on their skillful hands and clever minds.
He was a man in his thirties who had decided to stay in Shazhou.
He has a pair of skillful hands and a shrewd mind.
He taught his wife how to weave baskets and baskets, and taught his wife how to select sticks from trees for weaving baskets.
Then he ordered his wife to recruit a large number of familiar women to weave baskets together.
Finally, the baskets and baskets are sold.
It was converted into money and wages were paid to the women.
The surplus becomes his income.
After he saved enough money, he spent money to hire people to build several houses with civil structures in the forest land he was allocated. When the new houses were completed, he was ready to marry his three wives according to Han rites.
When the invitation made of animal skin was handed to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji looked confused.
"Some people are planning to get married, and they invite me to be a witness?"
Kou Ji stared at the crooked words on the animal skin and asked Liu Heng and Fan Zhongyan who were standing in front of him in disbelief.
Liu Heng handed over the animal skin, and Fan Zhongyan came to report another matter to Kou Ji.
Liu Heng heard Kou Ji's question, smiled and nodded: "Not bad..."
Kou Ji pinched the animal skin and said in disbelief: "What is the origin of this guy named Lin Zhicai, and he actually asked you, a fifth-grade official, to be his errand boy?"