Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 395

When Liu Jiyang and Zhang Fengmin arrived at the bidding venue, it was already crowded with people.

They also saw many familiar faces here.

There are several of them, although they are just ordinary businessmen on the surface.In fact, it's all those nobles, just putting it on the surface to deceive people's eyes and ears.

If it weren't for His Royal Highness's new bidding rules, small businessmen like them would have no chance at all.

"Hey, brother Zhang, brother Liu, you two are here, but what's your idea?"

The somewhat obese businessman waved to them and squeezed his way through the crowd to the two of them.

They are relatively familiar with this person, but they don't have any business contacts.

This person is called Shen Xiong.

Although the name is very bold, but I am a big-hearted and fat person.Especially when smiling, it looks like a Maitreya Buddha.

"Brother Shen, from the way you look, you also have thoughts about this bidding?"

Shen Xiong didn't hide it either.

Looking around vigilantly, he lowered his voice and said to the two of them: "To tell you the truth, my dear friends, I am indeed interested in getting involved."

"After all, this is a big deal to participate in the construction of our Daming capital. If it is because of this, you can get online with the big shots above, hehe..."

Liu Jiyang sent a knowing laugh to Zhang Fengmin and Zhang Fengmin at the same time.

And this kind of laughter, on this occasion, doesn't appear too much.

For low-level businessmen, what they lack the most is not money, but various connections.

This kind of project hosted by the court himself should be involved no matter what, just in case there is any opportunity, isn't it?

Just smiling, Shen Xiong sighed helplessly: "But this time, I don't think our chances are too great."

After all, this is Yanjing, and at any rate it was once the capital of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, with countless wealthy merchants.

In addition, there are not as many projects as expected in this bidding.

Shen Xiong, who was originally in high spirits, became more and more unconfident now.

When Zhang Fengmin heard this, his eyes lit up immediately.He was still worried just now, it seemed that the capital was not enough to lure Liu Jiyang alone.

"Brother Shen, if you are interested, how about we cooperate?"

Shen Xiong thought for a while, shook his head and smiled wryly: "Brother Zhang, I understand what you mean, but it's just the three of us. Even if we hug each other, we can't compare to those wealthy merchants. For example, Shen Wansan, who is incomparably rich, he If you want to make a move, no one can bid for him."

Liu Jiyang, who was originally in high spirits, had a bad face when he heard Shen Wansan's name: "This Shen Wansan, why does he want to get involved in all kinds of business? He just doesn't want to give us a way out."

Zhang Fengmin opened the folding fan with a snap, covering half of his face.

Liu Jiyang and Shen Xiong knew each other and knew that he had something to say, so he hurried over to hear his opinion.

This kind of sneaky action would definitely cause many people to point fingers at ordinary times.

But at the scene of the bidding conference, no one paid any attention to them at all.

Because there are not too many people who do this.

After many people arrived at the venue, they suddenly found that their preparations were not sufficient.

Or discuss countermeasures, or find a temporary partner with a familiar businessman.

"My dear friends, didn't you find out? The King of England's bidding meeting has actually given me a great opportunity. As long as I can seize it, not to mention making a fortune, there is absolutely no problem in making a small fortune. .”

"I would like to hear the details!" Liu Jiyang and Zhou Xiong asked in unison.

They also knew that this tender would be their opportunity.

But what they don't understand is how they snatched a piece of meat from those wealthy businessmen.

Zhang Fengmin explained with a smile: "Let me ask the two dear friends, if there is a business, you need to work from dawn to dusk for half a month, and you can earn 100 taels of silver, will you do it?"

"Nonsense!" Liu Jiyang said angrily, "Isn't 100 taels money? Why not do it?"

Zhou Xiong hesitated for a moment: "Should be able to do it."

Zhang Fengmin then asked again: "Then you can only earn ten taels of silver?"

This time Zhou Xiong shook his head resolutely: "I have been busy with the business of ten taels of silver for half a month? That's not enough for my hard work."

Even Liu Jiyang hesitated for a while: "Shouldn't he do it, right? Although he runs a small grocery store, his monthly income starts at two or three hundred taels of silver. It's not like he would go all out for ten taels of silver."

Zhang Fengmin nodded vigorously: "Now you two understand?"

……

The other two were immediately stunned.

What is it all about? Why should they understand?

Liu Jiyang said anxiously: "I said Brother Zhang, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, don't play charades with us."

Shen Xiong had vaguely grasped something, but he didn't fully understand it for a while.

Zhang Fengnian looked out of the fan, saw that the bidding meeting had not started yet, so he explained patiently.

"I said, two dear friends, why don't you understand? A few hundred taels of silver is not a small business for us, but it may not be for those wealthy businessmen. They will not work hard for this kind of relationship." several months."

"So..." Zhang Fengnian paused on purpose, seeing that Liu Jiyang's ears were almost pricked up, he continued to laugh and said, "As long as our quotation is low enough, those big businessmen won't rob us of these mosquitoes." meat."

Shen Xiong frowned: "That's what I said, but if the quotation is too low, we won't make much money."

"That's right, Brother Zhang, we earn little and may even lose money if we work so hard to keep the price down. Isn't that not worth the candle?"

Zhang Fengnian laughed confidently: "That's why I said, my dear friends, you haven't seen the greatness of this bidding meeting of His Highness the King of England."

"Think carefully about the bidding process for those residential houses. First, the highest bidder wins. After the bid is successful, we will report to the bidding team the number of residential houses we bid for. A businessman, or a businessman who is united together, can only bid in one round. Once. If one round of bidding is not completed, a second round of bidding will be opened."

Both Liu Jiyang and Zhou Xiong blinked suspiciously.

I understand a little bit, but it seems that I don't understand it a little bit.

Regarding their IQ, Zhang Fengnian really didn't know whether he should be depressed or happy.

But overall, I should be more happy.

After all, if the partner is relatively less intelligent, his right to speak will naturally be greater.

"I calculated before that, if the residential buildings in this tender are strictly constructed according to the standards of Anjuke City Hall, the cost of one building will be about 200 taels of silver."

"As long as our quotation can be lower than 500 taels, I believe those wealthy merchants will not compete with us."

"If the quotation is low, the more houses they contract, the less money they will earn. If they contract fewer houses, it is not worth the hard work this time."

"If it really doesn't work, we'll report 400 taels. In this way, we can earn 2000 taels if we contract ten houses. When these houses are built, the whole process is paid by the imperial court..."

Zhang Fengmin suddenly got stuck, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly said: "By the way, it seems to be an engineer."

"As long as we build according to the requirements of the engineers, we will be able to complete the acceptance inspection smoothly."

"The most important thing is that this is different from our usual business. Basically, it is a steady profit without loss. It is nothing more than working harder and earning less."

After Zhang Fengmin's detailed explanation, Liu Jiyang and Shen Xiong understood it thoroughly.

Can't help admiringly said: "Brother Zhang's eyes are like a torch, I didn't think of this before, if this is the case, then let Brother Zhang decide everything."

Liu Jiyang also quickly echoed: "I, like Brother Shen, follow Brother Zhang's orders in everything."

The three of them reached a cooperation intention. At the bidding conference, there were also many businessmen who also cooperated for various reasons.

Before the merchants came, Zhu Han had already arrived.

It's just that he didn't show up with moves, but observed the situation of these businessmen in the dark.

It was found that those small businessmen began to connect in series everywhere.

Instead of being angry, Zhu Han was very satisfied: "That's right, I'm not so stupid after all."

Liu Ji frowned, and was very displeased with those businessmen who connected with each other: "Sure enough, there are no traitors and no business. For this bidding meeting, these small businessmen really racked their brains."

Zhu Han immediately rolled his eyes at these words: "I said Liu Ji, your idea is not good."

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What Liu Ji heard was inexplicable. The Central Plains Dynasty has emphasized agriculture and suppressed business since ancient times.For a scholar-bureaucrat like him, it is quite normal to despise businessmen.

I never thought that someone would speak for the businessman.

If this guy wasn't his deputy, and although he was a bit vacillating, he still pretended to be Daming in his heart, and his ability was not bad, Zhu Han would have let him go.

Now, since Liu Ji was needed, naturally he couldn't be confused.

"The reason why the king has not started bidding is to give these small businessmen a chance to connect."

Liu Ji couldn't understand more and more.

He didn't understand why Zhu Han, who protects the king dignifiedly, attaches so much importance to these ordinary businessmen?

"My lord, even if these small businessmen join forces, they probably won't be able to pay much money. Even if they can contract some of the houses, I'm afraid most of the residential buildings will still have to be handed over to those wealthy businessmen. If this is the case, wouldn't the court have to allocate excess money?" energy to manage those small businessmen."

"I always feel that the gain outweighs the loss?"

Zhu Han stared at the businessmen: "I said Liu Ji, do you really not understand, or are you pretending to understand?"

"My lord, please give me some advice." Liu Ji trembled all over, and hurriedly bowed respectfully to Zhu Han for advice.

"You have been in Yanjing for so long, I don't believe it, you don't know the connection between those wealthy merchants and some people in the court."

"If these projects are all handed over to them in the end, what is the difference from before? Aren't these people going to use their hands to fill their pockets?"

"These small businessmen are different. They don't have much to do with the interests of the imperial court. Moreover, they themselves don't have much experience in this area, so as long as they win the project, they have to hire craftsmen and civilian husbands again."

"The most important thing is that these small businessmen are not a complete community of interests. Now that so many projects are started at the same time, they want to hire civilian workers, so they must increase the treatment of civilian workers."

"When the folks have money, they will inevitably buy things in Yanjing. This forms a huge, recyclable system."

"At that time, merchants will bring goods, and people will come to Yanjing to look for opportunities. In this way, the whole Yanjing will come alive, do you understand now?"

boom!
Liu Ji just felt as if a thunder came down from the sky and hit him directly.

It's so enlightening.

Liu Ji is Liu Ji after all.

People who can leave their names in history are naturally not ordinary people.

Before, Liu Ji was just a fan of the authorities, so he never thought about it.

Now that he heard what Zhu Han said, he suddenly became enlightened.

Before, he thought that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han wanted to build Yanjing City into the largest city in the world, which was a great achievement.

It is only now that I finally understand that His Royal Highness is doing this with good intentions.

Limited by the times, Liu Ji still doesn't understand what it means to stimulate domestic demand, and he has only a half-knowledge of economic principles.

But this does not prevent him from being able to figure out the relationship.

"My lord!"

Liu Ji suddenly patted his sleeves with a serious face, took two steps back and knelt on the ground and said: "On behalf of the people of the world, I thank His Highness King Ying. Your Highness is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."

Not flattering, Liu Ji really admired Zhu Han from the bottom of his heart this time.

He could even vaguely feel that as long as he could understand everything Zhu Han had done in Yanjing, he would be able to enter a brand new world.

Although the scholar-bureaucrat class also has various problems, it has to be said that this class is, after all, the most capable group of people in the world today.

Although the descendants of Confucius are not very good, the scholars who have been influenced by Confucius and Mencius for thousands of years still have their own ambitions.

I also want to imitate the sages, achieve meritorious service, establish virtue, and establish three immortality.

Although Liu Ji was working hard to do it before, he never found a direction.

This time, he finally saw the goal in his heart clearly.

Zhu Han rolled his big eyes: "Come on, you can't represent the people of the world."

"Besides, what this king has done is to let me, the Han people, stand on top of the world forever, without your thanks."

"Those small businessmen seem to have almost finished their talks, and the bidding will start immediately."

"Let me see if these small merchants in Yanjing can perceive my painstaking efforts."

There was still half a sentence, Zhu Han didn't say it.If this bidding will not satisfy him.

Next time, they won't have such a chance.

The tender will be divided into two stages.

The tenders for the first stage are all those large-scale projects.The financial resources of ordinary businessmen basically cannot afford it.

Even if they were a partnership of a dozen or so, they couldn't compare to Shen Wansan picking a little out of his fingers casually.

This guy didn't disappoint Zhu Han either.

In the first round, he won the big library project that Zhu Han had the most high hopes for.

"160 million taels!" Shen Wansan opened his mouth, and everyone's jaws dropped.

(End of this chapter)