Except for Wei Yingluo, all of the people present were men. They looked at each other with ambiguous expressions.
Zhulu Hou smashed Yin Hongzhi's Chunfeng Tower. Perhaps in the process of smashing it, he understood the benefits of Chunfeng Tower and wanted to open one. This kind of thing is normal at an age when anger is high.
But why would he exchange his shares?
Although the property in Pingkangfang is valuable, there is a limit to how valuable it is. After all, it is a place for prostitution. Although everyone needs it, everyone is shameless and has a bad reputation. The most prosperous brothel in Pingkangfang, regardless of sex,
Su, his annual profit would not exceed 50,000 yuan. And the price paid by Li Mu was only 20% of the racecourse, which would not be less than this amount in a year.
Not to mention the 10% share of Datang Mining and the 20% share of Datang Salt. Mining and salt have been hugely profitable industries since ancient times. These shares of Li Mu probably cannot make a net profit of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan a year.
Compared with running a brothel, it is not only more worry-free, but also much less risky.
The brothel relies on oirans and girls. If these girls are good, the brothel can be prosperous for two or three years, but no matter how beautiful the oiran is, some of them will lose their beauty with age. As the head of the family loses power, the brothel's income will plummet.
.Compared with the golden rice bowl of salt and mines, it is simply not worth mentioning.
No one with any brain would do such a stupid thing. But Li Mu did it, which made everyone puzzled. Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu, who is in charge of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is obviously not a fool. Who wants to treat him as a fool?
He is the real fool. He must have a deep meaning when he does this, but what the deep meaning is, no one knows and dare not ask.
But from their point of view, this kind of replacement is a good deal no matter how you look at it. Exchanging a brothel for salt and mine shares is a good thing that you can't find with a lantern. As for the first condition Li Mu mentioned, using money to acquire, then
It was ignored by everyone.
When all the money is spent, how can it be compared with a golden rice bowl? If anyone wants money, he is really the biggest fool in the world!
At that moment, someone stood up to express his position and said: "Master Hou, the Su family of Yangzhou has an property in Pingkangfang, called Qingyin Pavilion. It is a 'prime' pavilion. The girl in the pavilion is especially good at pipa and is well-known in Chang'an. In the spring breeze
Next to the building, one year's income is no less than 40,000 yuan. If the Marquis is interested, he is willing to exchange half of the shares of Datang Mining in the Marquis's hands, the land deed of Qingyin Pavilion and the girls' deeds of sale, and give them to the Marquis.
"Master."
Li Mu nodded, and before he could speak, a second person stood up and said: "You traitor, how dare you deceive the Marquis! It is true that your Qingyin Pavilion can earn 40,000 yuan a year, but if you want to replace Datang
Half of the shares in the mining industry, you are crazy!" After insulting the Su family manager, the man said again: "Tell the Lord, I am the manager of the Liu family in Shuzhou in Chang'an. The Liu family has an industry in Pingkangfang, called Mei.
Immortal Tower. Last year’s oiran was in Meixian Tower. I dare not tell you if I am far away. Within three years, I will guarantee a net profit of 50,000 guan per year. I am willing to exchange half of the shares of Datang Salt Industry in the hands of the Marquis."
There is a shortage of salt in Shuzhou. If this manager of the Liu family can replace half of the shares of Datang Salt Industry, the Liu family will surely rise in Shuzhou, which is why he is so excited.
After he finished speaking, the shopkeeper of the Su family immediately retorted and sneered: "You are the traitor! Didn't you listen to what the Marquis said? It needs to be close to Chunfeng Tower. Your Meixian Tower is one hundred and eighty feet away from Chunfeng Tower."
, dare to exchange for half of the shares of Datang Salt Industry, it is a wishful thinking, but you still conceal it and try to deceive the Marquis, how can you be so safe!"
The manager of the Liu family had his little thought revealed. He was ashamed and annoyed, and worried that Li Mu would blame him. His eyes turned red immediately, and he grabbed the head of the Su family by his hair, punched him in the face, and said, "I just didn't
Before you have time to say it, you will arrange it for me, you are a treacherous villain, how can I tolerate you!"
"How dare you hit someone? I'll fight you!"
The two had a scuffle. Li Mu frowned and slammed the table: "How outrageous! This is the Ministry of Industry, how can it be a place for fighting? Come here, take out and give each of them ten lashes to give them a better memory."
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Two strong men rushed in outside the door. They were both soldiers undergoing training under Li Chongyi. Since there were only 300 places, Li Mu did not want to waste the remaining 200, so he planned to stay in the Ministry of Works and let them take turns to stand guard.
It's also a bit familiar.
The two people were carried out, and screams came in.
Li Mu's face was as dark as water, and he said: "I have said countless times that there must be rules in doing business. You can bid, but follow the rules. Fighting, or fighting in front of me, do you take me seriously? In future meetings,
If something like this happens again in the room, don't blame me for being ruthless. I will have to leave an ear so that you can't hear my rules clearly!"
Everyone was in awe, thinking about what happened to Yin Hongzhi in the past few days, and they were worried. Could it be that Zhuluhou has added a new hobby recently? He used to like throwing excrement, but now he likes to cut off his ears. It's really scary!
"You need to be careful about this matter. I know you all covet the shares, but I am not easy to fool. You cannot just say that your property is worth whatever you say it is. I want someone to value it. What is my valuation?
, that’s how much it is. If you want to exchange it, you can exchange it. If you don’t, I will sell it out. I won’t be embarrassed. But if there is a villain who is waiting for a price, don’t blame me for being rude. To tell you the truth, this business is between me and He.
The business of the partnership between the princes of Hejian. I don’t need to elaborate on who the prince of Hejian is. If you think you can afford to offend, you can give it a try!"
Since we are a partnership, we can't be a hands-off shopkeeper. Li Mu doesn't feel bad if he borrows his name.
Everyone did not dare to say anything. They could not afford to offend Zhuluhou, and with the Hejian County Prince, who dared to make small calculations.
"If you are interested, please submit the list first." Li Mu signaled to Wei Yingluo. Wei Yingluo looked at him with a strange expression, got up and went to the next room to register everyone.
The meeting ended, and everyone got up and went next door to join in the fun. Only three people stayed, one was Li Ying, the head of the Li family in Zhaojun, the other was the cover page of the paper mill, and the third was the supervisor of the printing supervisor.
When Bi Laosan and Li Mu asked Dugujiu to inform them today, they specifically informed the three of them that after the meeting, there would be important matters to discuss in detail.
Li Mu waved to the three of them to sit closer. Li Mu first looked at Li Ying and said, "How is the test of the new bearing going?"
"The effect is very good, far better than the existing bearings." Li Ying is now completely convinced by Li Mu. Bearing technology has not progressed for hundreds of years. But the new bearings Li Mu came up with are better than the existing bearings.
Three times more durability. Such a huge improvement is simply astonishing.
In the past, everyone talked about Li Mu, and Li Ying also said some slanderous words, but after seeing the new bearings, he put away all his prejudices. The new bearings proved that Li Mu was really capable. Many people have been lucky enough to get involved in the past.
Who can make such a delicate bearing?
It was not that Li Ying had never been crooked. When he was experimenting, he hired skilled craftsmen to try to disassemble the bearings, study the internal structure, and repeat the same method. But this new type of bearing could not be put back together once it was disassembled. Even if it could be made exactly the same
The parts are of no use. I have tried several and they are all the same.
This is a unique skill that you can’t even imitate!
Li Mu has no intention of handing over the bearing technology to others. The system is his biggest reliance, and it would be better if he can leak less. Technology is always the safest if it is in his own hands.
Li Mu never mentioned anything about the teaching, and only said: "Since it has been tested and there is no problem, then let's set up a car-making workshop as promised. The Ministry of Industry will provide bearings, you will make the vehicles and be responsible for selling them, and you will get 30% to 70% profit.
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Although Li Ying knew that his hope was slim, he still couldn't help but said: "Master Hou, if you can teach the bearing technology to our craftsmen, I am willing to give 20% of the net profit to Master Hou..."
"Don't talk about this!"
Seeing Li Mu's resolute attitude, Li Ying stopped talking, sighed and said, "But it's up to the Marquis to make the decision."
"Okay, come to the Ministry of Industry tomorrow to find Yingluo to sign a contract. After the contract is written, the factory will start producing bearings. You can arrange the rest by yourself."
Li Ying nodded in agreement and said he had nothing to do with him, so he said goodbye and left.
Li Mu looked at Bi Laosan again and asked: "Have the engravings of "Detailed Explanation of Classical Meanings" and "A Thousand Gold Prescriptions" been engraved?"
"It was all carved according to the Marquis's instructions. I checked it three times. There is not a single typo."
"Where are the people doing the work? Are there enough?"
"It's barely enough. Everyone should share more so that the progress won't be delayed."
"Very good, we still need to recruit more people." After saying that, he looked at the front cover and said, "Have the paper for printing these two books been prepared?"
"I'm telling Mr. Hou that because my paper mill needs to supply paper for Datang Daily, the output is really not enough. However, I have contacted two other paper mills for Mr. Hou and have already signed the order with their engineering department. It will not delay Hou.
It’s my business.”
"That's okay, but your paper mill still needs to be expanded. Don't worry about inventory. In the future, there will be more and more printing books, and you can handle any amount of inventory."
"The villain knows, but it's hard to find people to work these days." Feng Si sighed and said, "I don't know, Lord Marquis, but since Lord Marquis bought all the slaves in the mouth and teeth shop, everyone has followed suit, and now
There are no more slaves in the oral and tooth shop. In the past, there were no orders, because they were afraid that the production would not be sold, and there would be no need for so many people to work. But now everyone has followed the Marquis and got orders, fearing that their work will be slow.
The next order was snatched by someone else, so I became furious and went everywhere to snatch people. Those who really couldn't snatch people went back to their hometowns to recruit refugees."
"That's right!" Li Mulu said happily: "I'm sorry, I also did a good deed. This is good, those who can work will have food to eat, and this winter, fewer people will starve to death and freeze to death."
Feng Si hurriedly said: "It's all thanks to the kindness of Lord Marquis."
Li Mu's eyes moved and he said: "What kind of kindness? I know how much I weigh and how many people I can control. What is really worthy of praise is Your Majesty. Your Majesty is wise and the people's lives will get better and better. One day, there will be no road.
The people are dying of hunger, but the people live in peace, and we are just doing our best and adding bricks and mortar."
Feng Si and Bi Laosan said yes in succession.
Li Mu glanced at the door and thought to himself, did I see it wrong?
Just when he was confused, Li Shimin walked in and said, "Boy, you saw me, so you said that on purpose!"