Li Xiao has no time to pay attention to Lu Xiangsheng's problem for the time being. Now Li Xiao must consider making the people of Jinan rich as soon as possible.

Originally the goal was to make the people of Shandong rich, but after looking at several villages in the suburbs of Jinan, Li Xiao quickly adjusted this goal to making the people of Jinan rich.

So poor! So poor.

I originally thought that working naked after dark was a joke, but when you actually go to Zhuangzi, you will find that many families really only have two sets of clothes, and whoever goes out wears them. There are not just one or two people who work naked under the moon at night.

Either to hide their shame or to avoid mosquitoes, farmers will smear their bodies with mud. It is so dark that they look like devils from hell when viewed from a distance, and like African slaves when viewed up close.

Looking at the pile of little heads squeezed under the cotton wool, Li Xiao couldn't say a word. It's fucking summer now!

This is not Africa a few hundred years from now, this is the majestic Ming Empire. People who live like mice are not black Africans, but real Chinese people.

How sad! The most industrious nation in the world, the smartest nation in the world, and the greatest nation in the world are now living like this!

If this is the case for the majestic capital of Shandong Province, how do you expect the Yimeng Mountain District, which has always been known for its poverty, to become rich?

Investment is the most effective way to stimulate domestic demand, but what Li Xiao lacks most now is money. Living people will not be choked to death by urine, and Li Xiao will naturally not be choked to death by money.

Li Xiao invested money to build a soap factory in the suburbs of Jinan. Since the process is simple and the demand for labor is large, it is definitely a labor-intensive industry. Li Xiao's first investment target was the soap factory.

Soap is a daily necessities for household consumption. If you buy a piece today and use it up, you have to buy more. In the past, in order to ensure the price, Li Xiao set the price of soap very high. Now he has hired 500 people at once, and the size of the soap is

The price has been reduced, but the price has also dropped sharply. A piece of soap as big as a fist costs only five yuan, ensuring that ordinary people can also use it.

After all, Jinan is the capital of the province, and many wealthy families have used soap in the past. The common people also know about this product, and the price is so cheap that it even triggered a rush to buy when it first came on the market. Those who are shrewd will buy and sell large quantities to distant places.

Earn the difference.

Li Xiao didn't care about this and gave profits to those who were smart. Didn't Taizong say that one group of people should get rich first? Li Xiao believed that although there were bastards who got rich first, they were also smart people. A society

, if smart people are suppressed and prevented from getting rich, society will not progress. Because smart people are the most creative group of people!

Now the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan who made their fortune by selling soap are in bad luck, because they have a large amount of soap in their hands. They sell it and make huge profits. Now the soap trafficked to Jiangnan through Shandong is even

It was cheaper than what they paid for it. The big Jiangnan merchants who had obtained the franchise rights through Ai Husheng sent their stewards to settle the accounts with Ai Husheng. Either Ai Husheng raised the price or accepted their returns.

Ai Husheng had nothing to do. The goods were sold in Shandong. He did not ship to Jiangnan, which did not violate the original agreement. Those who caused today's consequences are all those damn soap dealers. He will definitely notify Shandong

The government will carry out severe crackdowns. As for returning goods, that is absolutely impossible.

The wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan were speechless because they did not have the distribution rights in Shandong. The distribution rights in Shandong were originally in the hands of Chen Hailong, but now that the Chen family was wiped out, the distribution rights naturally returned to Li Xiao's hands.

In order to protest Li Xiao's dishonest behavior, wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan raised the price of rice sharply.

But what disappoints them is that Ai Husheng has already stored a lot of food in winter. Liaodong will be self-sufficient in food this year. As for Shandong...! At least in Jinan, there will be enough food this autumn. No matter how courageous Li Xiao is,

, and it is impossible to support the tens of millions of people in Shandong with their own money.

When the wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River were so angry that they shook their heads and shook their hands, Ai Husheng suddenly took the best ones to drink.

"Manager Ai! You have made me miserable this time. I really can't drink this glass of wine. If you can return my soap, I will treat you to a drink of authentic Xinghua Village." A man from Shanxi spoke.

A merchant, and behind him was Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shanxi.

"That's right, if you do this, all my business will be ruined. Manager Ai, please do a good job, otherwise I won't be able to pay the bad debt when I go back." This is the steward of the Ma family in Jiangnan, and behind him is Ma Shiying, the Minister of Civil Affairs.

The two of them were the ones taking the lead, and the seven or eight stewards below all shouted at each other, asking Ai Husheng to return the goods.

"Everyone! Everyone! Don't make any noise, and listen to the next words." Ai Husheng pressed his hand to signal everyone to calm down.

"Everyone! Everyone! I know you have suffered losses, but I don't want to do this. If you all lose money, I will not be able to do business in the future. You all have some friendship with me, Ai Husheng. When you are here, everyone

He also tried his best to entertain me. I, Ai Husheng, accepted this favor!

The situation is like this now. If I want to continue selling soap to make money, I will never have the profit I did before. But I have other ways, that is, I am going to sell the shares of the soap factory. I don’t know what you think? Anyway, no matter what you do

, I, Ai Husheng, have bought 10% of the shares, and my commander-in-chief has also bought 30%. Ambassador Sun, Admiral Ao, and General Manchu have all bought shares.

The remaining 100,000 shares cost 50 taels of silver each. I wonder if you are interested. If not, I will ask others. Let’s make it clear that shareholders can only participate in the annual dividends and not participate in the management of the soap factory.”

Ai Husheng held the table with both hands and looked at the stewards below.

"One hundred thousand shares, I want them all." The steward of Hong Chengchou's family reacted the fastest and immediately jumped up and grabbed Ai Husheng's sleeve. All fools know that this is a huge fortune. Although the price of soap has dropped,

But the sales volume is there. If you buy a share of the soap factory, you are buying a hen that lays golden eggs. This kind of good thing must be snatched up.

"Hmph! Why do you want all of it, Manager Ai? I'll give you six taels of silver per share, and I'll take one hundred thousand shares." The manager of Ma Shiying's family showed no sign of weakness. After speaking, he glanced at the manager of Hong's family.

Shanxi merchants can do some business with the Tatars, but in terms of wealth, how can they compare with our Jiangnan wealthy merchants.

"Why do you all want it? Seven taels of silver, and I will give you seven taels of silver."

"Eight taels, I'll give you eight taels!"

"Nine taels...!"

Bidding sounds came and went, but within a short time the price doubled. Even Ai Husheng, who was accustomed to seeing money, was shocked to see this scene.

"Everyone! Just be quiet. Those who can come here today are all my good friends, Ai Husheng. As for me! I won't hurt your kindness, and of course I won't raise the price. One share is still five taels of silver. Now.

Ai left and came back after half an hour. You can decide how to distribute the 100,000 shares. If you can't come up with a result in half an hour, I will sell these shares to the public in Jinan."

After Ai Husheng finished speaking, he really stood up and left the table. Before the door of the private room was closed, a fierce argument could be heard inside. The sound was not much different from wild dogs fighting for food.

Ai Husheng is not afraid of a fight inside. The interests of businessmen come first. They are all people with backers and backgrounds. There will definitely be no murder and silence. I believe that they will discuss the best solution within half an hour.

Plan comes.

If they can't work it out, they might as well sell it in Jinan. At that time, they can only pay a higher price to buy the shares from others. Ai Husheng thinks that the place called the stock exchange that the commander mentioned is

Shouldn't we open one? All the shares we buy and sell in the future will be traded there. I heard that we can also collect taxes from there, and it's a good business to ensure a good harvest during droughts and floods!

From now on, glass factories, match factories, paper factories, cement factories, and the cotton cloth factory that the commander wants to build will all use this method. Not only will they not lose money, they will also make a lot of profits.

The total investment in this soap factory was only 50,000 taels of silver, and now it has earned back ten times the original capital and profits, and the controlling interest is still in the hands of its own people. Where can I find such a business? Ai Husheng felt that his business acumen was not as good as that of the commander-in-chief.

In comparison, it is simply inferior to a baby in confinement.

Sure enough, when Ai Husheng went back half an hour later, these guys had reached an agreement to share the spoils. The 100,000 shares were split into pieces and were eaten by more than a dozen large families. They could only go back and report to the owner of the family, and then transport the money to Jinan.

Come and complete the transaction.

"Everyone! Next month, Bianyifang will open a store in Jinan. The regulations are exactly the same as those in Beijing. In the future, it will also open in Nanjing and other major cities across the country. If you have time, come to Jinan again next month. There are still shares

For sale."

One stone stirred up a thousand ripples, and the stewards' eyes lit up. Everyone in the cheap shop knew how booming the business of the cheap shop in the capital was. People in the capital, from needles and threads, to tables, chairs, benches, and new-style sofas, could all use the cheap shop at the cheap shop.

I bought it in a shop. Unfortunately, it was the emperor's business and no one dared to interfere. I didn't expect that Jinan would also open one. Now the shares are on sale to the public, which can sometimes be a good opportunity to make a fortune.

The stewards all said that they would go back and report to the owner of the house immediately, asking Ai Husheng to keep some shares no matter what. Many people held Ai Husheng's hand and kept saying that they would not let Ai Husheng help in vain.

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"Yili Quren, you kid has done your best. Just watch, the news gets out. There will only be more people who come to curry favor with Ai Hu next month. From now on, your factory won't cost a lot of money to build, and you can just rely on selling shares."

You can make a lot of money. Moreover, you still hold the controlling stake. How did you come up with such a wicked idea?" Sun Chengzong circled around Li Xiao, focusing on Li Xiao's head, and he wanted to open it and take a look.

mean.

"This is all a small business. In the future, we can open a place dedicated to buying and selling shares. Both parties to the transaction must pay tax to us. I have already thought of a name, it is called stamp tax. Because every time there is a transaction, we will destroy the original

The equity is flattened and I’ll help print a new set.”

"Well! Then you will be truly as rich as the country. In the past two years, with the business in the capital, the big hole in Liaodong has finally been filled. After this year, Liaodong will be self-sufficient. If you follow your method, Shandong will be able to be self-sufficient in three to five years.

Gradually becoming richer. Liaodong and Shandong are connected together, and there are people who need guns and guns, hehe...!" The old fox laughed like a fox again.

"Actually, the biggest function of Bianyifang is the exchange business. Nowadays, Bianyifang in Beijing can only help people exchange some copper coins and scattered silver. After the opening of Jinan Bianyifang, the exchange between Jinan and Beijing has been opened. This time

As soon as we enter, we all make money. This is the real big business. From now on, cheap shops will be opened all over the world, and the exchange business will also be opened all over the world.

At that time, it will be true that wealth and goods are connected to the world. Businessmen do not have to take risks and carry heavy amounts of money when traveling between cities. They only need to bring banknotes, and they can easily exchange money wherever they need to go.

Exchange it into money. Think about how much this will promote business prosperity."

"All the princes in the imperial court are proud of farming, studying and passing down the family. They are ashamed of being a merchant, but you are proud of the way of a merchant. The world will only laugh at you, don't you know that none of the elders in the imperial court has thousands of hectares of fertile land?

There are hundreds of shops. It is true that hearing is believing and seeing is believing. If you take merchants as your guide, you will not have made all the wealth in the world." Sun Chengzong glanced at Li Xiao and had to say that this boy was very important to merchants.

The way has reached its pinnacle.

Sun Chengzong boasted that he had no such ability!

"Haha! It's nothing, kid. Money in the world is only money when it flows. Otherwise, too much wealth for one person will cause great harm. A single tree cannot make a forest, and a ship cannot hold the sea.

Furthermore, the more wealth you have, the more force you need to protect it. A fat pig without force protection will sooner or later be stabbed."

"So you want to form a third division now?"

"The First Division is guarding Jinan, and the Second Division is guarding Liaodong. The First Division also has a regiment stationed on Changxing Island all year round. We don't have any mobile troops at all. This is very dangerous!" Li Xiao only has this much in hand.

Li Xiao's military strength was shabby, even if it was a hundred miles away from Jinan, Li Xiao had no control over him. Those soldiers from the Imperial Guard were always disobedient to Li Xiao.

The officials at the bottom are also inextricably linked with the big shots in the court. They even made fun of Li Xiao's decrees on the surface and did not do serious business at all.

Li Xiao really wanted to remove all these bastards, but he really couldn't find qualified talents who could serve as so many officials. Sending those rough guys in the army to local governments would be a disaster for the people. Even if they were removed,

One or two people sent by the imperial court are still disciples and disciples of the big bosses. Changing the soup without changing the medicine will be in vain.

"But if Cao Wenzhao is to be the teacher, his qualifications are too junior."
Chapter completed!