After a winter of busy work by the Shouzuo Lang of Congling and his ladies, the more than 200,000 kilograms of cotton that Li Siye had stored in the warehouse was finally sold through added value. During this winter, the military households, including the children, had a total of
More than 20,000 sets of quilts and cotton-padded jackets were produced and sewn. On average, each person could make two sets per day, with a total profit of 8 million yuan.
Excluding the cotton purchase money and wages paid to military households, these are considered costs. After excluding costs, Li Siye made a profit of more than 4 million yuan.
Most of the money to buy armor was deducted from the labor costs of the soldiers, and he only used a small part himself. Apart from this, Li Siye had more than three million yuan in hand.
He did not dare to announce the profits he had made to the military households in Congling, because he did not know whether they could accept the exploitation of surplus value, because the difference between the contributions and profits of both parties was too big.
But Yu Gou knew very well that he, the boss, had calculated every account very thoroughly, and he naturally knew how much money Li Siye had earned through these quilts and jackets. Therefore, Yu Gou looked at Li Shou's tricks with a slightly intense gaze.
, just like Lu Buwei saw Qin Yiren, Columbus saw the New World, and the stowaways saw the goddess statue.
He thought that after Li Siye made so much money, he could be content and rest for a while. He would lie in the thatched hall every day and count money, fiddle with the Tongbao with a circle on the outside and a square on the inside, and get an infinite sense of accomplishment.
But Li Siye was not such a miser. In March, when the grass was growing and the orioles were flying, he started to mobilize the masses again, dug brick kilns, cut down trees, and taught everyone how to bake bricks. After the bricks were made, everyone thought he would use them.
To strengthen the city wall, who would have thought that he would actually invite construction craftsmen from Shule Town to build a wine shop that combines the styles of the Central Plains and the Western Regions in the open space next to the main street in the city.
Not to mention all this, he also invited Qiuci women to sell wine, and introduced the technology of making Sanle pulp and wine from the Persian Suhe. Everyone even heard that he was going to buy five pieces of wine from Kangju.
Six beautiful beauties came back and asked them to dance the Hu Xuan Dance on the floor of this restaurant!
From then on, the lives of the military households who guarded the village in Congling changed. After they came back from growing cotton in the fields or firing bricks in the brick kilns, they would go into the wine shop, drink a bowl of Sanle pulp, sit cross-legged on the carpet, and face the
The beauties who are drinking wine are raising their glasses from a distance. This is indeed a beautiful lady like a flower, smiling at the spring breeze. It can also be said that the people beside her are like the moon, with her bright wrists covered with frost and snow.
The military households praised Li Siye more highly than any other guard in Congling.
In fact, the Congling Shouhuo Envoy only served two terms. Since its establishment in the early Kaiyuan years, the first Shouhuo Envoy Gao Sifang worked until his death, and Li Siye was regarded as the second Shouhuo Envoy.
While everyone was imagining the wonderful life in this warm atmosphere, another person who was very sensitive to numbers was watching with cold eyes.
Yu Gou Yu Zhubo is a qualified observer. Ever since Li Siye made huge profits from cotton, he has been observing and studying his behavioral patterns and drawing conclusions from them. He observed the daily passenger flow of the wine shop and paid attention to the revenue of the wine shop.
To find the truth that he thought he was getting closer to.
Not long after the wine shop opened, Li Siye brought Shu brocade, silk cloth, and Gebu from Qiuci to Congling Shouchu, and hired people to open a cloth shop. The ladies of the Congling shouchu military households were very excited.
In the past, every time on the eve of Yuan Zheng, they had to cross mountains and climb hundreds of miles of mountain roads to Shule Town to buy fabrics needed for the New Year, sew clothes for their families, and make themselves a wearable skirt.
Now cloth is spread at the door of their homes, with rich styles and colors. They can buy cloth without having to travel long distances. For this, they are very grateful to Shou Zhuushi.
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Yu Gou clutched the bun on his head tightly and stood in the distance looking at the women going in and out of the cloth shop. His head suddenly woke up and he finally realized some truth.
The truth is that no matter how much money the military men and women of Congling Shouchuo earn from Shouchuo Envoy, it will eventually flow back into Shouzuo Envoy's pocket quietly. As long as they don't leave Shouzuo City, they will never leave Shouzuo City.
There is no way out of this cycle.
Everyone is working for him to get money, whether they are escorting caravans, growing cotton, or burning bricks. On the surface, they seem to have made money, but in fact they are just keeping it for Li Siye for a while, and will soon squander it to Li Siye.
Go to the wine shops and cloth shops that are opened. Especially recently, a new way of eating called hot pot has been introduced in the wine shops. Every time you eat it, you will spend dozens or hundreds of dollars. These people are actually enjoying it, and some people even pay the salary and money paid at the beginning of the month.
The labor wages were all spent in the wine shop before the end of the month.
The result of this is that Li Siye has more and more money in his hands, but these military households are still poor. However, these people's enthusiasm for labor is getting stronger day by day. They actively participate in the task of escorting the caravan, and the soldiers are in order to enter the escort quota.
, Strengthen martial arts training every day. Even those who cannot be selected can increase the land area to plant cotton. During the off-season, they can go to the brick kiln to make money, or they can transport bricks to the city to strengthen the city wall to make money. Some people who have savings in their hands,
They even demolished the original house and bought bricks to build a brick house.
This is a virtuous circle. Kaiyuan Tongbao flows from Li Siye's pocket to the pockets of the military households. The military households work to create value. After the labor is over, they eat, drink and enjoy themselves, and the money returns to Li Siye's pocket. It seems that the military households
The households suffered a complete loss and wasted their efforts, but they enjoyed it and were satisfied. Congling Shouhuo also became more and more prosperous in this cycle.
The soldiers wore high-quality armor and had excellent weapons. Each soldier had a crossbow, a crossbow, and a wader belt hanging on his waist. Li Siye purchased a large number of military horses to defend the city, which was able to ensure that each soldier had a horse.
, a cowhide water bag, compressed biscuits and bacon and other combat rations were carried with him, and the emperor's Longwu Army was nothing more than that.
Yu Gou finally understood the secret, and he admired Li Siye more and more in his heart. He knew that Li Siye would not stay in this small place forever, and sooner or later he would be promoted and transferred. However, would the Congling model continue to be preserved? The new Shou
Can the boss understand his predecessor’s good intentions?
Will the latecomer be a prodigal? Will he be a warrior who only knows how to fight? Will he smash the prosperous Congling Shouchu into pieces and turn it into the ruins of Shouchu City before?
Yu Gou had been worried about this for a long time, and even couldn't sleep at night. Until one night, he was lying on the thatched bunk of his Banzhu house and dreamed that he had become the third guard. The feeling buried deep in his heart
Extravagant hope finally blooms like a rose and sprouts quietly.
In the afternoon of the same day, the Persian caravan who had been here once again came to Shouchu City. After the caravan leader entered the city, he stared at his big melancholy eyes and looked at the scene in the city in surprise.
There are not only wine shops, but also cloth shops on the street, and there are also small vendors setting up stalls on the ground. The herdsmen of the nearby Shinni tribe lead their cattle, horses and sheep, and come to the market with jars of goat milk to sell. It is like a bustling small town.
town.
"I have only been away for a year, but the changes in the city of Congling have been so great. Li Shijun is really a capable and wise man!"
Yu Gou stood aside, stroking his beard and smiling, and said to him: "Don't say it's you, even I follow Shou Zhuushi every day, and I can feel the rapid changes."