Chapter 116 Huaiyang Lord

Yi Shu looked at Liu Han with a smile, Liu Han also looked at him with a smile, Liu Han was very relaxed in Yi Shu's eyes, and there was no tension in going deep into the enemy territory.

"You all go down," Yi Shu ordered, and the few men who came in with him immediately retreated, to Liu Han's surprise, Ji Ning also wanted to retreat, but Yi Shu gestured slightly to him, and Ji Ning sat down again.

There were only four people left in the room, and the next door seemed to know something, and the voice was quiet.

"Brother Wu is not satisfied with the contract," Yi Shu said with a smile: "How does Brother Wu want to change it?"

Liu Han wondered in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "First, the silver we borrowed from your association, within one month, we will repay the silver borrowed from your association according to the agreement, and the principal and interest will be paid off; second, we will provide your association with salt according to the agreement, but the time is three months." ”

Yi Shu nodded slightly: "What about three months later?"

"According to the market price, go with the market. Liu Han said.

Yi Shu shook his head slightly, Liu Han also shook his head slightly, Yi Shu smiled: "Brother Wu, after the reform of the salt administration, the imperial court is no longer monopolized, and the market is fully opened, brother, your salt number is a new salt number, and other salt numbers have their own channels to ship, but you have, and we have our own channels, but the supply is insufficient." ”

As soon as he said half of it, Liu Han understood, in modern terms, this is a sales channel problem, there are many salt merchants in Yangzhou, the top ten salt numbers, have their own sales nets, but Sanyou salt does not, to enter this market, Sanyou salt first has to establish its own sales channels, which takes time, also needs silver, and may also incur other salt hits.

"Lord Yi Hui's words are reasonable," Liu Han nodded, and his perception of Yi Shu was better: "Then with the meaning of Lord Yi Hui, how should this article be changed?"

"It's still going with the market," Yi Shu said, "However, it's seventy percent, seventy percent of the market price, and if you need silver in the future, you will also have to borrow from us, but the interest can be one cent." ”

Liu Han shook his head slightly, but his expression was very resolute: "This is not good, I have just reached an agreement with the shopkeeper of Huitong Qianzhuang, I can't tear up the agreement as soon as I turn around, President Yi, whether it is walking the rivers and lakes, or doing business, reputation, or reputation is the most important, without reputation, no one will do business with you." ”

"But we also signed a contract. Yi Shu frowned and said, it is said that he has already come forward, Liu Han has to give face no matter what, but he didn't expect that Liu Han would not let him at all.

"That's why I came over to talk to the president, not just tear up the agreement. Liu Han said.

Yi Shu's expression was solemn, and his brows were furrowed: "Brother Wu, we can talk." ”

"Let's not talk about the borrowing part," Liu Han looked resolute: "Lord Yihui, it's not that you can't borrow it, it's just that the interest rate is high, right." I suggest you lower the interest. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Han hesitated and said: "In this way, we can buy the goods to your association, the price is calculated at eighty percent, eighty percent of the market price, of course, your association can buy coarse salt to buy us, or in this way, the coarse salt we buy can be handed over to your association's fleet for transportation, I don't know this condition, the owner of Yi Hui is not satisfied." ”

Yi Shu hesitated, turned his head to look at Ji Ning, and Ji Ning asked, "How much coarse salt do you have to transport every month?"

"I don't know about this, but in the off-season, I estimate one to two boats a day, and in the peak season, at least five boats a day, this is just my preliminary estimate. Liu Han said.

"I don't quite understand, what are you buying so much coarse salt for?" Ji Ning asked curiously, Liu Han smiled slightly, his eyes quickly swept at Yi Shu and Zheng Yao, Yi Shu's expression was calm, Zheng Yao was a little nervous, and he suddenly realized in his heart.

Since the establishment of Sanyou Salt, four acquisitions of coarse salt, so that the capital does not hold, four loans, Jin Liang is eager to succeed, so he buys four times, Yangzhou Salt These people are fine, once or twice, others will not take it seriously, but such a large scale, naturally attracted the attention of people with a heart, and what is even worse is that Sanyou Salt has never sold coarse salt. So, the question is, what does it mean to buy so much coarse salt and not sell it, and sell all the refined salt?

These old salt merchants in Yangzhou are all Chengjing characters, and if you think about it a little, you can understand that either Sanyou Salt is hoarding coarse salt, or Sanyou Salt has the technology to turn coarse salt into refined salt, and the former, which is throwing silver into the water, will think of the latter if you have a little brain.

The Huaiyang Association must be eyeing this technology.

"This is our trade secret. Liu Han replied with a smile, but secretly scolded these guys in his heart for their dog noses and ambitions.

"Brother Wu, everyone earns money if they have money. Ji Ning thought for a moment and said, "If...."

"If that's the case, we can think about it," Yi Shu suddenly interrupted Ji Ning's words, Ji Ning turned his head and looked at him in slight surprise, but Yi Shu ignored it, looked straight at Liu Han and said, "However, Brother Wu, I hope that your customer's goods will also belong to us." ”

"I don't dare to make the decision about this, what ship the customer chooses is their own business, and I can introduce the fleet to you. Liu Han naturally didn't dare to agree on this, but he didn't dare to refuse completely: "However, Lord Yihui, what we businessmen care about is safety, didn't this Cao Gang just have an accident, this will not only affect Cao Yun, but also affect others, if you can ensure the safety of passengers and goods, I think there will definitely be many people looking for you to deliver goods." ”

Yi Shu frowned slightly when he heard this, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he arched his hand and said, "Please also ask Brother Wu for guidance." ”

Liu Han nodded at him slightly, and said in his heart that it was not Yi who could be in charge of one side, and Yi Shu immediately realized that there was something in his words.

"You see, now to transport goods, whether it is the Cao Gang or Guihui, it is the shipper hired by the shipper, you transport the goods, with the reputation of the Guihui and the Cao Gang, most people in the rivers and lakes have to give face, but once they encounter those who do not give face? The ship is intercepted, and the owner of the cargo only thinks that he has lost, right?"

Yi Shu nodded, the current rules are like this, the owner of the cargo hires his own bodyguards, bears his own losses, and the shipowner and the sailors on the ship, as long as they do not participate, neither side will attack them.

"The robbery of the grain ship of the Cao Gang has dealt a great blow to their prestige, and your association can take the opportunity to seize the market, for example, your association can announce to the owner of the goods that if the goods are robbed, you will be responsible for compensating for the losses. ”

"Ah!" Ji Ning was startled, and couldn't help but scream, Zheng Yao also shouted: "What kind of idea do you have, doesn't this trick us!

Yi Shu also frowned, and asked tentatively, "Sir, can you explain?"

Liu Han nodded, and said in his heart, Lao Tzu will popularize the basic theory of insurance to you.

"I mean, you combine bodyguards with goods, for example, you transport goods, the goods are worth 1,000 taels of silver, you can charge the owner of the goods, for example, if the freight is ten taels, in addition to ten taels, charge another fifty taels, as long as it is lower than the cost of hiring another bodyguard, so so, Lord Yi, do you think there will be a market for this method?"

"This .....!" Ji Ning wanted to refute, but suddenly felt that there seemed to be a market, and besides, the Cao Gang had just had an accident, and if this strategy was launched now, maybe there would really be a market.

"You want us to be bodyguards!" Zheng Yao frowned, looking a little dissatisfied.

"This bodyguard is also a business," Liu Han shook his head slightly at Zheng Yao: "I'll give you another idea, this goods have been robbed and damaged, and you will all compensate according to the price." ”

"Ahh

"Master Yi, if you agree to my conditions, then let's re-sign the agreement according to this. Liu Han stared at Yi Shu and asked.

Yi Shu nodded hesitantly, Ji Ning quickly drafted an agreement, and after Liu Han read it, there were no loopholes, so he signed his name, and the Huaiyang Association was signed by Ji Ning.

"Alright, I'm done. Liu Han got up and clasped his fists at Zheng Yao and said, "Master Yihui, I'll leave below." ”

"Wait. Yi Shu called Liu Han, Liu Han stood there, looking at him puzzled, Yi Shu rushed outside and ordered, "Take it in." ”

A man came in with a plate, Liu Han saw that there were a few silver tickets on the plate, Liu Han thought about it slightly and understood.

"Lord Yihui, what is this doing? ”

"This is what Brother Wu won tonight. Yi Shu said: "Although I open a casino, as long as I don't have a thousand, I can take it away if I can win." ”

Liu Han glanced at Yi Shu appreciatively, smiled and said: "The master is arrogant, Wu is not a stingy person, I have a rule for being a man, people respect me a foot, I respect him; ”

"You, don't...."Zheng Yao was about to step forward to stop him, but his face suddenly changed, and he stood still and watched Liu Han walk away.

Yi Shu frowned and looked at Zheng Yao, Zheng Yao slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and his face returned to normal.

"Second brother, what's wrong?

Zheng Yao shook his head, took a deep breath, and then muttered, "Good stakes! Good stakes!"

Ji Ning didn't know what was going on, he looked at Zheng Yao in a daze, Yi Shu's expression changed drastically, he was close at hand, but he didn't feel the slightest, how did Liu Han make a move? How did Zheng Yao get hurt? He didn't even notice it.

"What's wrong?" Yi Shu asked anxiously.

"I'm not hurt. Zheng Yao's expression returned to normal, but his brows furrowed, just now he was about to move to stop Liu Han, but he didn't think that his body just moved, but it seemed to hit a wall, however, this wall was not strong, just slightly blocked him, obviously trying to make him retreat.

Zheng Yao was not very good at speaking, and only after Yi Shu's repeated questions did he explain things clearly.

"Big brother, this kid is a master!" Zheng Yao finally couldn't help but exclaim.

Yi Shu glared at him: "Nonsense!" and then sighed: "I'm afraid I'm not an ordinary master, alas, it's okay, second brother, it's time for your temper to change, don't be so impulsive." ”

"I'm not impulsive today!" Zheng Yao argued, Yi Shu snorted: "If I didn't come in just now, do you want to do it? The last time people came here, they just wanted to warn you and teach you a lesson!"

Zheng Yao didn't speak, and only scolded half-loudly: "Damn, this kid is yin enough, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger!"

Yi Shu shook his head, obviously disagreeing, turned his head and asked Ji Ning: "Mr. Ji, do you think his two suggestions are feasible?"

Only then did Ji Ning know that Zheng Yao had suffered a small loss in silence, and when he was surprised, when he heard Yi Shu's words, he hurriedly said: "It's feasible, but it's feasible, but, Master, this is likely to cause us to entangle with the Cao Gang." ”

"If it's feasible, Cao Gang? Hmph, without Fang Zhen, the Cao Gang is a toothless tiger, what's so scary, big brother, you are too careful. Zheng Yao returned to normal and said with a grin.

"You, there are more masters in the rivers and lakes, what are they like, you know, that fisherman, he looks like a fisherman, the head of Taiping Dao, he looks like a sloppy Taoist priest, what do you think they should be!"

There was reproach in his tone, Zheng Yao didn't seem to hear it, and he still acted as if nothing happened, Yi Shu pondered for a moment, he couldn't figure out why Liu Han wanted to come at the end.

After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't figure it out, sighed lightly, looked up at Ji Ning and said: "It's not enough to conflict with the Cao Gang, the agreement I reached with Fang Zhen at the beginning is still valid, we don't get involved in Cao Yun, as for the rest, there are no restrictions." ”

Speaking of this, Yi Shu sighed, with a worried face: "It's a pity, if Fang Gang Master is here, he will definitely be fine, but this Fang Jie is still young." ”

"Then," Ji Ning asked tentatively, "Master, are we going to do this?"

Yi Shu wandered two steps, looked up at him, and said categorically: "Doing! This private salt trade can't go on, and you have to give the brothers in the club a bite to eat." ”

Huaiyang will be mainly engaged in the private salt business, after the salt reform, there is no market for private salt at all, there is no tax, what kind of smuggling!

The Huaiyang Society suddenly found itself in big trouble, tens of thousands of congregations suddenly lost their source of livelihood, and the entire Huaiyang Society fell into a panic and did not know what to do.

Will Huaiyang be transformed and turn there? First of all, shipping, and secondly, lending.

In the past, there were huge profits from private salt, and Huaiyang would accumulate a lot of wealth, and after losing private salt, they wanted to lend, which was actually learned from Huitong Qianzhuang.

Yangzhou has developed commerce, and after the opening of Huitong Money Bank, he made a lot of money, and Ji Ning was responsible for controlling the property of the Huaiyang Society, so he proposed to Yi Shu the idea of opening a money bank, and Yi Shu agreed to let him try.

The second method is naturally the salt number, and the Huaiyang Association also photographed dozens of acres of salt fields, but these dozens of acres can feed tens of thousands of congregations, so they had to buy salt, which led to a dispute with Sanyou Salt.

The third method is shipping, smuggling salt naturally has ships, the Huaiyang Society is not as strong as the Cao Gang, but there are many ships that can be controlled, and it is more than enough to form a fleet, and the fleet can accommodate a large number of congregations, which can reduce the pressure on the congregation.

"But to implement this strategy, you need to cooperate with the meeting. Ji Ning said hesitantly.

Yi Shu nodded to show understanding, turned to Zheng Yao and said: "Second brother, select a group of good players to form a convoy escort team, and every fleet that goes out must ensure safety. ”

"Big brother, I really have to do it!" Zheng Yao was a little surprised, Yi Shu nodded affirmatively, Zheng Yao breathed a deep sigh of relief, and nodded a little frustratedly: "Okay, I'll do it." ”

After saying that, he went out without looking back, Zheng Yao also sighed, how easy it was to smuggle salt before, but now I want to do legitimate business, but I didn't expect there to be so much trouble.

"Master," Ji Ning hesitated, and said tentatively: "Compared with Huitong Bank, our capital is far inferior to others,"

Ji Ning looked at Yi Shu's face as he spoke, and when he saw that his face was as usual, he continued: "He wants to rob our business, we can't rob it, otherwise, give him some color to see." ”

(End of chapter)