Chapter 743: Brothers (Middle) and Four Watches
"Brother, do you believe me?" For a moment, Li Tai was a little moved, but he was quickly diluted by doubts, and asked hesitantly, "Why do you believe me?" If it's me......".
"You are my brother, just like I said just now, the brother who broke the bones and tendons, if you are wrong, I will beat you, you are not wrong...... whoever cheats you, we will fight back together. Datang is the Datang of my Li family, not the Datang of their five surnames and seven hopes, it is best to weigh your own weight before reaching out to see if you can carry the whole thing down. ”
Li Chengqian's words began to be affectionate, but when he came to the back, his tone was full of boundless killing intent, and he couldn't help but shudder in Li Tai's ears.
"Let's go, it's okay today, call Xiao Ke, let's go to the welcome building for a drink!" Li Chengqian only said the warning once, whether Li Tai listened to it or not, this is not something he can control, at least on the surface, Li Chengqian has done everything that a brother should do.
If Li Tai still has to repeat the mistakes of history, Li Chengqian doesn't mind letting him know what stick stew is.
Li Ke, the third prince should be regarded as the richest prince in the Tang Dynasty, there is no one.
The business of beef jerky has never been interrupted, even if the war in the Western Regions has not delayed his business, although Tubo has stationed a large army in Jishi Mountain, but it has never stopped the caravan that transports cattle into Songzhou.
Tibet itself is composed of tribes, and the army is sent by tribes, and no one will intercept their own caravan, because they also have their own third aunt, second uncle, uncle and other people in the caravan.
Therefore, Li Ke's business became more and more prosperous, and beef jerky was sold all over the Tang Dynasty, and even merchants from Goguryeo, Silla and Baekje came to Chang'an to purchase.
Beef is not something that can be eaten by anyone, and even some large families can't just kill it and eat it.
After all, in ancient times, cattle belonged to large animals, and it was a calf to say that it had a hukou like a human being, but if you want to kill it, without the approval of the government, it is absolutely impossible.
As for saying that Wu Erlang in the Water Margin can order ten catties of cooked beef if he finds a small shop casually, such a thing is even more impossible, and it should belong to Lao Shi's YY.
Cattle are not counted as rich households, even if some people's families are killed, there will be rich households in the city to collect them immediately, and they will not flow into the market at all.
So in such a situation, Li Ke's exclusive beef jerky business is precious, which is the same reason that the channel is the king in later generations, he has channels, he can get yak, others can't, this is his advantage.
"Come on, Xiao Ke, Xiao Tai, pour all the wine, don't be awkward, don't think I don't know that you have all secretly drunk it in private." In the welcome building, in Li Chengqian's exclusive box, the three brothers enjoyed the unique Hu Xuan dance in the Western Regions while eating nonsense.
"Brother, the queen mother doesn't let you drink, you don't know, this ......" Li Tai looked embarrassed, looking at the dark red grapes in the cup.
"You don't go to the queen mother every day, hurry up, don't grind, you see how happy Xiao Ke is." Li Chengqian raised his chin in the direction of Li Ke.
"Big brother, don't force the fourth brother, he really doesn't dare to drink." Li Ke is now a rich man, and his courage is much stronger than before, and he has enough confidence to speak.
"Don't drink it, let's drink, gluttonous him!" Li Chengqian smiled, raised his eyebrows at Li Ke, and deliberately squeezed Li Tai.
However, Li Tai, who had always been nervous, still had the heart to think about this, and he had been speculating about what Li Chengqian's purpose was when he suddenly called them out to eat and drink.
"Xiao Ke, how is your business in the north?" After a cup of grapes was brewed, Li Chengqian brought the topic to business.
Li Ke shook his head, although he didn't know what Li Chengqian meant, but he still said truthfully: "Brother, you know, there is no shortage of cattle in the northern grassland, and the business can be regarded as a dead end there." "The beef jerky business was given to him by Li Chengqian, so there is no need for him to hide anything.
"What about the others? For example, wine and tea. Li Chengqian picked up a piece of meat shop and put it in his mouth to chew, and asked lightly.
"Wine and tea ceremony are easy to sell, but the source is not in our hands, we can only pick up some corners and make some, don't think about making money, we can only say that we can feed our subordinates." Li Ke thought about it for a while, roughly estimated Mobei's income, and then said without hurrying.
The corners and corners he said mainly refer to those small businesses that the five surnames and seven looks down on, saying that they are not big, they are not small, and they can't make a lot of money, but they can't starve to death when they go, and they can earn a round-trip travel fee to ensure that the beef jerky business will not starve away from those people in the off-season.
"Then do you want to do business in Mobei?" Li Chengqian glanced at Li Tai, who was sitting in a daze, and saw that he didn't mean to speak, so he talked to Li Ke about business alone.
"Of course Mobei's business wants to do, but there is nothing, most of the tea is now in the hands of the five surnames, what about wine...... We can't handle them. Li Ke said with some dejection.
"And what about this? Do you think there is a market in Mobei? Li Chengqian hooked his fingers at the twin brothers, took a glass bottle from their hands, and put it on the table.
"Brother! If you hand over this wine business to me, I promise to drive all those people with the five surnames out of Mobei. Li Ke looked at the glass wine bottle, and his eyes began to redden.
If there is a large amount of this kind of wine and sells it to the grassland, Li Ke dares to guarantee that he will monopolize all the business on the entire grassland.
Of course, those businesses of smuggling iron weapons or something are not counted, after all, that can't be on the table, if Li Ke dares to do it, the old man will be the first to break his legs.
"Cheng, what I want today is your words." Li Chengqian slapped the table, jumped up and walked to Li Ke's side: "As long as you have confidence, from today onwards, this wine will be open to you, as much as you want." ”
"No problem, within two years, I will definitely expel all the people with the five surnames from the Mobei grassland." Li Ke patted his chest and reassured.
He is already about to go crazy making money now, and the poor prince, who has no hope of succeeding to the throne, has basically nothing to do except focus on business.
Fortunately, those 'anti-thieves' who overthrew his grandfather also did not want him to succeed to the throne, so seeing him degenerate to the extent of doing business, they were naturally happy to hear about it, and they didn't bother to pay attention to him, which was also the main reason why he was able to start a business without being impeached.
(End of chapter)