Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 309
Dong Xiaowan and Chen Yuanyuan were the first to approach Yang Chao, and each of them gave Yang Chao 5 taels of silver.

He also said rather displeasedly that when they were in trouble, it was Yang Chao who took the risk to protect them, and because of this, the Jinchai Building was smashed.

Now that Yang Chao is in trouble, he doesn't look for them because he looks down on them.

Faced with this situation, Yang Chao really did not expect it.

To be honest, Dong Xiaowan and Chen Yuanyuan are indeed two big rich women. The account sharing model that Jinchailou insists on allows actors to share half of their income. Jinchailou can earn 10,000+ taels of silver a year, and actors can get the same amount. Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan obviously got the bulk of the money, and they could really come up with 10 taels of silver.

However, the 10 taels was probably most of their property, so Yang Chao was still a little moved.

But Yang Chao didn't ask for the money in their hands. He told them that the reason why he borrowed from the exchange in Jinchai Building was because of other purposes, not only for money, but as for the purpose, he told the two women They couldn't understand the start of stock trading, so they didn't explain it, just told them that they had other intentions.

Li Xiangjun, Gu Mei and Bian's sisters were also recruited in the second batch. They also blamed Yang Chao for not looking for them. After hearing the news, they went directly to Jinchai Tower. These people contributed a total of 10 taels of silver. .

Among them, the Bian sisters contributed 3 taels, Gu Mei contributed 4 taels, and Li Xiangjun contributed 3 taels.

Because of the competition from Jinchailou, the voices of Meixianglou and Meilou have been somewhat affected, but they have their own regular customers, and they can also perform dividends in Jinchailou, so the total profit has not decreased. Li Xiangjun is still Nanjing The famous prostitutes in the city are second only to Dong Xiaowan and Chen Yuanyuan, Gu Mei still has the reputation of number one in Nanqu, and the Bian sisters are well-known in both Nanjing and Suzhou, so the money they earn may not be much less than before.

Gu Mei herself is the owner of Meilou, so it is not surprising to spend 4 taels. Needless to say, the sisters of the Bian family are free people and financially independent, but Li Xiangjun is Li Zhenli's adopted daughter. To be able to spend so much money, he probably had a fight with Li Zhenli.

Yang Chao still used the same rhetoric he used to Dong Xiaowan and Chen Yuanyuan, and rejected these women.

Gu Mei was very angry, she glared at Yang Chao, and said that Yang Chao must have something wrong, but she believed that Yang Chao would not suffer, so she generously took back the bank note in her hand.

The sisters of the Bian family smiled and did not insist, and took back their bank notes.

On the contrary, Li Xiangjun was very disappointed, and finally said that since Yang Chao sold the bonds, she would also buy them, and refused to take the money back.

After she took the lead, the other women also said that it was a good idea. They left the bank notes and asked Yang Chao to print the bonds and send them to their homes. They also asked Yang Chao to deliver them in person. If they sent some irrelevant servants, They're still looking for trouble.

In desperation, Yang Chao had to print another 20 taels of bonds, 10 taels to Li Xiangjun and others, and 10 taels to Dong Xiaowan and Chen Yuanyuan.

With a loan of 35 yuan all at once, Yang Chao doesn't have to worry about financial pressure at all. It will be no problem to last for two months. By then, the Zheng family's payment will arrive, and this financial crisis should be over.

Yang Chao didn't know that he caused a lot of trouble for lending money to some people. After Li Xiangjun returned to Meixiang Building, he was scolded by Li Zhenli again.

"Daughter, it's not mother talking about you. That Yang Chao is a heartless thing. You see if he came back from Haizhou and came to Meixiang Tower to see you. He said he wouldn't let you follow Mr. Hou, but he didn't Come to propose marriage, isn't this delaying you in vain?"

Li Zhenli very much agrees that Hou Fangyu groomed Li Xiangjun, not for money. To be honest, Hou Fangyu really can't afford much money. Although the Hou family is a rich family, Hou Xun is locked in a big prison in Beijing, and everyone needs it Take care, the money of the Hou family is like running water, and now they are determined to fish out Hou Xun, so how can they care about Hou Fangyu's romantic and happy money, so Hou Fangyu's life during this period is very miserable.

Li Zhenli saw that Hou Fangyu was sincere to Li Xiangjun. Although Li Xiangjun was not her own, she raised her adopted daughter as her own daughter since she was a child, and sincerely hoped that she could find a good home.

Li Xiangjun said that he was in a hurry and said back directly: "Isn't it just 3 taels of silver, I will earn it back for you in the future."

Li Zhenli's temper immediately became angry: "Is my mother a person who values ​​money? Tell me when I count on you to make money. I have blinded my heart for nothing."

Li Xiangjun began to cry immediately, and Li Zhenli also cried, and soon the two embraced and cried together.

In the end, Li Zhenli knew that she couldn't hold back her daughter, so she could only give in: "Hey, if you really value that Yang Chao, you should find someone to find out. It's no good to delay it any longer. You know what Dong Xiaowan in Jinchai Tower thinks. If you want to find a high-ranking family, their thoughts are much more than yours."

At this time, Li Xiangjun showed the posture of a little girl, blushing and nodded slightly.

Li Xiangjun's competitor, Dong Xiaowan, does have a lot of moves.

After she received Yang Chao's bond, she quickly went to the Yang family quietly. She lived in the Yang family for a while and got along very well with the Yang family.

Although Yang's mother had some opinions on her because of her identity, she used various methods to coax Yang's mother very well, especially when Yang's mother became the imperial wife, she felt that such a small family like the Yang family Small households are poor and rich, and they really don't understand the etiquette of wealthy households, and it would be embarrassing if they don't go out, so Yang Chao has intentionally made Dong Xiaowan, a young lady from a wealthy household, as his concubine.

So when Dong Xiaowan came to the door this time, he first gave Mother Yang and Yang Yue a pair of jewelry from an old bank in Gusu brought from a trustee in Suzhou, and then handed over the 5 taels of bonds to Mother Yang in private. He told Yang Chao that he was borrowing money from outside because of lack of money, and persuaded Yang's mother to act as if she didn't know, otherwise it would hurt Yang Chao's face.

Looking at the 5 taels of bonds, Yang's mother understood it as an IOU, and immediately regretted her lavish spending these days. At the same time, she secretly sighed that Dong Xiaowan was sensible, took her hand and sighed, if only the Yang family had such a daughter-in-law Yes, let Dong Xiaowan's heart burst into joy and sweetness.

Then Yang's mother put pressure on her husband Yang Yong, and she disliked Yang Yong for making less money and being worthless.

Yang Yong is also aggrieved, he has made a lot of money.

After returning to Nanjing, he reopened the blacksmith shop, bought the shops on both sides of the blacksmith shop, hired more than a dozen personal carpenters to help him, and specially built carriages with bearings, and it was spread from places such as Jinchai Building and Meixiang Building. The sales of the Yang family's carriages are quite good. Last year, Yang Yong made thousands of taels of silver.

It's just that this business is not easy to do...

"What? Take someone to smash other people's shops!"

Yang Chao stayed in the Jinchai Tower for a few days, and returned to the military camp after borrowing money. Zhao Kang, who was sent to protect his family, suddenly found him and told Yang Chao's father that he had asked him to bring people to take away several families in Nanjing. The carriage house was smashed.

"Yes, my uncle said that those people secretly learn our family's technology and don't follow the rules!"

Yang Chao still didn't understand: "Speak clearly and start from the beginning."

After Zhao Kang explained in detail, Yang Chao finally understood.

It turned out that the Yang family’s carriage business was very good, but some people were envious. Of course, they imitated the Yang family’s carriage. The bearing itself is not complicated and can be made by any skilled blacksmith. As a result, several carriage shops in the city began to imitate it. , and they competed at low prices, causing the Yang family's carriage business to plummet.

In the past, my father could bear it and didn't care too much about it, but these days, I don't know why my mother and I have an awkward dispute over money, so I thought of this joint and asked Zhao Kang to take someone to smash other people's shops.

Of course it can't be smashed.

Yang Chao smiled wryly and said, "Forget it, I'll go back and talk about it, but I haven't been home for a long time."

That night Yang Chao returned home and persuaded his father. It was because of his mother's complaint, but he didn't know why his mother complained, even his father didn't know.

Yang Chao went to persuade his mother again, saying that if he had no money, he would be fine.

The mother didn't answer, instead she kept persuading Yang Chao to spend money carefully, not to be extravagant, and said that the family would not give up anything, and that they would not give the family any more money in the future.

The mother also took out some of her jewelry to Yang Chao, saying that if she was short of money, she could sell it or pawn it.

At this time, Yang Chao was sure that his mother must have known about his borrowing money. The more money, this is Yang Chao's idea, but it is impossible to get his mother's approval, so Yang Chao doesn't explain it.

But there was really no way to pick up the jewelry, especially when she saw her mother's reluctant eyes, she smiled and helped her cover the box.

Stayed at home for several days, the family enjoyed the family happiness.

At the same time, he helped his father sort out the carriage business.

Father was very depressed, saying that his carriage business was the best, and a carriage could sell for 20 taels of silver, but it was not so easy to do now.

Yang Chao couldn't help sighing, he stole technology like bearings, and his father sold a car for only 20 taels of silver. If he was willing to sell it for 100 taels or even higher, Yang Chao believed that counterfeiters would not affect his business.

Firstly, if a carriage is worth several hundred taels of silver, the carriage dealers may not be willing to buy it to split it up and imitate it. Yes, that means a concept of value, a symbol of status.

After asking his father for some details, Yang Chao immediately planned to ask his father to build 1000 taels of carriages in the future. The decoration should be as luxurious as possible, and the materials should be first-class materials.

The most important thing is the technology of the bearings. Yang Chao figured out that most of the bearings used in imitated carriages on the market up to now are slits in the shell and inserted with iron hoops. Otherwise, the rollers will not fit in. However, the first carriage made by Yang Chao used the technology of thermal expansion and contraction in winter, and the axle sleeves were complete.

My father also knows this technique, but it is troublesome to make, so he has been using the technique of slits on coats. Speaking of which, he has figured out this technique, so he is so angry when someone plagiarizes it. Not only is he robbed of business, but also Those who snatch business are really hypocritical. Although there is no concept of patent rights among Chinese craftsmen, they still form a tradition of respecting the technological achievements of others.

Stealing is the worst thing to do if you want other people's skills. If you really want to buy a piece of meat and a few boxes of fruit, come to your door, have a tea party, and directly ask if you want to learn your skills to eat. Generally, there is no objection.It's the same for those singers and storytellers who want to use other people's jokes. They come to ask for food, and they don't refuse to use other people's things for food.

However, these carriage dealers were doing it secretly and snatching business at a low price, so Yang Yong had the urge to smash their shops.

In fact, Yang Yong also wants to expand his business. As a father, his son is naturally happy when his son is successful, but he is always uncomfortable with his son’s money, especially when Zhang does not open his mouth, so Yang Yong still thinks that he can earn some money. Now that the family has a big business, the expenses are really too high. The money earned last year is not enough for my wife to offer incense to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. The sense of crisis is still great.

But selling a carriage for 1000 taels still made Yang Yong a little timid.

"It's so expensive, isn't it a scam?"

Yang Chao smiled: "How can it be a scam? What we sell is not a carriage, but a price!"

(End of this chapter)