Chapter 616: Charcoal in the Snow (Page 1/1)

Liang Zhongda's eyes were hot, and he said with emotion: "Actually, Li Dashuai has already helped us once, if it weren't for Dashuai's brother to come forward, my silk shop would have been emptied by the ruffians and hooligans in the capital." ”

Li Yi was taken aback and asked strangely, "When did Li Pian help Mr." ”

Liang Zhongda sighed and said, "Alas! This was a year or two ago, when my silk shop in Hengwenfang, Xicheng District, had just opened, and Liu Qian, a local ruffian, came to the door, claiming that the merchants in this area had to pay him a monthly protection fee, otherwise the business would not want to continue. For the sake of my newly opened face, I can only pay 20 taels in the first month, and 30 taels per month after that, and I can't lose a cent. ”

"Isn't this a robbery? I didn't agree at the beginning, I worked hard to do business, and I paid a lot of taxes and fees, so why should I pay him the protection fee of this Laoshzi. Therefore, I immediately reported to the local Right City Fang Division, hoping that the government could rectify the ruffians who came to harass them. ”

"Who knows, three or four days have passed, but none of the people from the government have shown up, and even the officials who usually patrol the streets here are nowhere to be seen. Liu Qian, on the other hand, had already begun to intensify his efforts, gathering more than a dozen local thugs to obstruct our business, and robbing dozens of horses of fine silk, saying that it was the first month's payment of hardship. ”

"I have repeatedly asked the government to stop it, but I have not received a response. Alas! In this way, our silk shop did business for three months, but he robbed hundreds of silk and satin cloths of various colors, and the loss amounted to nearly thousands. ”

"Later, after I inquired about it, I learned that Liu Pei, the commander of the right city fang, was actually his own uncle. Our silk shop is under the jurisdiction of the Right City Fang Division, but where can this kind of thing be reasonable? ”

"Now, I had to prepare to bow to him, but I didn't expect that one day the handsome brother Li Pian would bring someone to return all the cloth I had been robbed, and tell me that from now on, no one would come to harass my business. If anyone dares to embarrass him, as long as he reports his name as Li Pian, he guarantees that no one dares to do whatever he wants. Although I was overjoyed to hear him say this, the sudden turn of events made me even more uneasy. ”

"Later, I learned that in a hurry, I once wrote a letter to my second brother who was far away in Yunnan, and after the handsome learned about it, he wrote a letter to tell your fourth brother Li Pian, which is why I have such a complicated internal story. Alas! If it weren't for Dashuai and Brother Ling's action, how could this matter have such a successful result, I am afraid that I would have been forced to move out of the capital at this time. ”

Hearing his tirade, Li Yi was a little foggy at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he remembered that there was indeed such a thing. When Liang Shutong's asthma was at its worst, he once visited him.

Liang Shutong, who was ill, mentioned that his two brothers were doing business in the capital, but they were harassed by local scoundrels, and the business was not going well, and he hoped that Li Yi could use his connections in the capital to help somewhat.

So after coming back, Li Yi wrote a letter to Li Pian, roughly talking about the twists and turns in the relationship, and Li Yi didn't know much about the specific situation after that. Unexpectedly, Li Pian was really unambiguous, and immediately handled this matter properly, you must know that even if it is a person in the officialdom, it may not be convenient to meddle, it seems that he still has some means in the capital.

Li Yi smiled happily: "Why should Mr. Liang be polite, why worry about trivial things, my brother is the most anxious and righteous, and he is born with a chivalrous heart, as long as he can do it, he will spare no effort to do it." Now that this turmoil has passed, Mr. Liang should be smooth sailing now, and he should be doing well in business! ”

Liang Zhongda smiled and said: "Thanks to the blessing of the handsome, the business has been getting smoother and smoother in the past two years, in addition to two jewelry stores and silk shops, our brothers have opened a grain store, a crude medicine shop, and a shop of the four treasures of the study room is also in preparation, and now the scholars from all over the country are seeking to develop in the capital, and the triennial Dabi period is also approaching, and there may be some profits in doing some literati and ink merchants' business." ”

Hearing this, Li Yi couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, Yunnan has long been ahead of the curve in movable type printing, but because he has been busy with other things, he has not yet promoted it in a big way. And Lin Qingliang's other businesses are too busy, and it is likely that he has neglected this promising business.

In addition, the quality of paper produced in Yunnan continues to improve, the variety is more colorful, has been and the most famous Shu paper, Jiangsu and Zhejiang paper on a par, but due to the poor promotion, so far can only be marketed in Yunnan and the surrounding areas, has not occupied the capital of this market, it is inevitable that there are some fly in the ointment.

And when Li Yi learned that Liang Zhongda's brothers were interested in developing this industry, he suddenly had a mature idea. These two brothers are loyal and benevolent at first glance, and they can be trusted. If you can join hands with them to develop the capital market and occupy a place, the profits can be imagined.

It's just that Li Yi himself is a Yunnan Xuanfu envoy, and if he talks about business rashly, it will inevitably seem nondescript. What's more, the movable type printing workshop is jointly organized by the government and Lin Qingliang, but the Zhenghe Paper Workshop is Lin Qingliang's exclusive industry, and it is a bit unclear to take the lead in doing this by himself.

Thinking of this, Li Yi glanced at Lin Yi with deep meaning, and said: "I heard that Master Lin's uncle is also doing paper production and sales, and he also has a large-scale printing workshop, if he cooperates with Mr. Liang, he will definitely be able to win a place in the capital." The purpose of the cooperation between the two sides is mutual benefit and win-win results, which can not only open up the market in Beijing, but also have considerable profits, I think Mr. Lin should not refuse! ”

After Lin Yi heard Li Yi finish speaking, he didn't understand what he meant, and then nodded happily and said: "I can be the master of his old man's family, my uncle has long wanted to sell the high-quality paper products produced in Yunnan to the capital, and he also wants to set up a unique movable type printing workshop in the capital to meet the needs of the scholars in the capital." It's just that I've been lacking in skills, and it's hard to implement."

"The Shilin paper produced by them and the firm is of excellent quality and quality, and if it is sold to the capital, I believe it will be very popular with all parties. If Mr. Liang is interested, I will discuss it with my uncle and reach an agreement as soon as possible. With Mr. Liang's many years of business experience in Beijing and the scale investment of Zhenghe Commercial Bank, I believe that the two parties will be able to cooperate happily. ”

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