Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 863
Luo Yang
Liu Chan looked at the many servants who were busy with his stomach, and could not help showing a smile. The Xuxian Academy has achieved unprecedented success in Luoyang. After the people became rich, they did not have corresponding entertainment activities. At this time, This kind of entertainment project launched by Liu Chan, known as storytelling by everyone, quickly became popular in Luoyang.

Xuxian Courtyard is full of customers inside and outside, and the sales of all kinds of fruit wine and snacks are astonishing. In Xuxian Courtyard, there are all kinds of people, from peddlers to hundreds of elites. In a short period of time, Liu Chan, in Luo Yang opened four Xuxianyuan, located in four places, and then gradually spread towards the Henan area, and Xuxianyuan also appeared in some prosperous counties.

It has to be said that Liu Chan does have some talents in this area. The funds he spent and invested in the early stage have already paid back within three months, and he has started to make a profit. Seeing the prosperity of his family's Xuxian Academy, Liu Chan I put all my attention on Xuxianyuan, let go of the rest of the ideas, and try to make Xuxianyuan spread all over the world as soon as possible. The few companies in Luoyang alone can bring Liu Chan a lot of money. Come to a monthly profit of nearly 50 yuan! !
This profit is still increasing. Liu Chan believes that the maximum profit of Xuxian Academy is not limited to this level, and he can't always focus on the area of ​​Luoyang. He must gradually go out and wait for Xuxian. When the courts are spread all over the world, even if I do nothing and sit at home all day, I can easily become the richest man of the big man, who is invincibly rich.

Wang Erlang smiled coquettishly and stood beside Liu Chan. Today he is completely different from the past, he is actually wearing splendid clothes, with a touch of wealth and nobility. Liu Chan regards him as his confidant, and even Xu Xian from the north of the city. The courtyard was handed over to him to take care of it, "Young Master, I heard clearly that Luoyang is indeed to be divided and ruled. As a result, there are three Xuxian courtyards in Luo County, while there is only one in Yang County."

Liu Chan nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said: "After the partition, buy land in Yang County and build two more places."

"Why?"

"Hehe, now that Luoyang is the capital, the land price is extremely expensive. After the partition, Yang County will be just an ordinary county in Yinnei, Henan. At that time, it will naturally be cheaper. By the way, is there enough manpower?"

"Shaojun is a great talent. We have enough manpower. According to Shaojun's instructions, we will arrange them in turn. There will be no gaps." Wang Erlang said with a smile, and Liu Chan nodded. There are enough ordinary servants, but they are missing. There is no way for some trustworthy and capable people. All capable and talented people are going to prepare for the examination to be an official. Which talented person will follow him to do business?
"Alas", Liu Chan couldn't help sighing, why do these people look down on merchants so much?What about doing business?Now he needs to do everything in person. The four Xuxian courtyards in Luoyang alone make him tired enough to run around all day. Except for Wang Erlang, there is no one available to him. If this continues, let alone spread. Going to various places, even in the two counties of Luo and Yang, I am too busy.

Seeing that Liu Chan was not very happy, Wang Erlang quickly asked: "But what did I do wrong?? If there is something wrong, I hope Shaojun can give me some advice."

"That's not true. There are too few capable people around me, and you are the only one who is trusted. If you want to expand the Xuxian Academy, what can you do? Can't we just rely on the two of us?"

Hearing this, Wang Erlang's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "I have a solution. There are many Hu merchants in Luoyang. There is no difference between the Han people, and these people are all from Luoyang to do business, and they have a good understanding of this aspect, and they are not resistant to doing business, as long as the Shaojun can give enough money, they can do anything."

"However, if the responsible people in various places are all Hu merchants, I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate." Liu Chan said, thinking for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "You said, if Liangzhou, Ningzhou native Those scholars, merchants, will they be willing to help me?", Liangzhou and Ningzhou, Qiang, Xianbei, Xiongnu and so on, of course, now they are all the people of the big Han, the real Han people.

However, they are different from the people in the Central Plains, they don’t look down on merchants, because they don’t make a living by farming in the era, so they don’t have the idea of ​​emphasizing agriculture over business in their minds, and these years, thanks to the printing technique, these The number of scholars in remote areas is also constantly increasing. However, not many pass the assessment. Many people come to Luoyang to participate in the assessment, but fail several times. They can only find a job in Luoyang to survive.

Liu Chan suddenly thought that maybe he could find a suitable helper among these scholars.

"Shaojun is a great talent!! I really admire it!!" Wang Erlang quickly started to praise, Liu Chan listened with a smile, interrupted his praise, and then said: "Don't rush to praise, I will leave this matter to you, you go to contact and see if there is any suitable helper, you must be able to read, the character is not damaged, and if there is any one who does not contradict doing business, no matter how much it costs, bring it to me. I will subsidize you again."

"No, no, don't worry, Young Master, I'll look for it now!"

After sending Wang Erlang away, Liu Chan got into the carriage and drove towards his own mansion. Sitting in the carriage, Liu Chan was still a little depressed. Before doing business, he still had so many business opportunities in his mind, and he didn't even feel that How difficult it would be, but after the real start, he realized that things were not as simple as he thought. If it weren't for his family background, heh, even if he survived for another 20 years, he wouldn't be able to achieve what he is today.

Back at the mansion, Liu Chan frowned and walked into the mansion swaggeringly.

As soon as he entered the mansion, the servants immediately lowered their heads and hurried away. Liu Chan suddenly raised his head, and his wife was sitting opposite, looking at him with a smile, and there were two maidservants behind him. Liu Chan is older, but he has a handsome appearance, and when he smiles lightly, he reveals two small canine teeth, making him look much younger than the fat Liu Chan.

"Husband? Why did you come back now? Where did you go last night?"

"Ahem, I went to Hongnong yesterday, and I was planning to set up Xuxian Academy there, so I went to investigate, but it was too late, so I couldn't come back. It was delayed for a while."

"Oh? What about today? Why did you come back now?", Sun asked again, Liu Chanmei walked up with a smile, told the two maidservants to leave quickly, stood behind her, and gently rubbed her shoulders. Only then said: "After I came back, Erlang came to me, saying that it was Luoyang's division and discussing the establishment of a new Xuxian Academy. I was so busy that I couldn't come back."

"Lie!!", Sun stood up suddenly, grabbed Liu Chan's left hand, and twisted it back suddenly. Liu Chan was immediately pressed in front of her body. Sun grabbed his arm with one hand and held him with the other. Gritting his silver teeth, he asked viciously, "Tell me the truth?! Where did you go last night?!"

"Ouch! Ouch! Ma'am, ma'am, let go! I'm telling the truth, I'm telling the truth, I was drinking in Xuxianyuan!! I didn't dare to come back!"

Liu Chan cried out in pain, but Sun did not let go of his plan, and said angrily: "Have you learned to deceive people? Going to drink?? Yesterday's studies are so wasted??"

"Ma'am, I'm already in business, why should I go to school?!"

"Hmph, you can ask my father about this. My father said that one must study when one is alive. He was the one who watched you read before, but now it is me!! When I am old, I will still give you money Concubine, let her supervise you!! Now, go back to my study!! Make up for what I left behind yesterday!! Otherwise you won’t be allowed to eat!!! Did you hear me?!”

Liu Chan burst into tears, oh my god, what did I do wrong to have to suffer such hardships, I finally made my father give up, now it's my turn to have a wife! !
"I see."

Sitting in the study, Liu Chan was crying and reading hard with his books in his hands. Mrs. Sun was sitting not far away, staring at him viciously. Liu Chan was reading a book when a servant suddenly shouted outside the door: "Patriarch, there is a visitor. "

Liu Chan raised his head, but looked at Mrs. Sun at the side. Mrs. Sun glanced at him helplessly, and said just now: "There is a guest, what are you still doing? Go out!!", Liu Chan quickly put down the Books hurried out of the study room, leaving only his wife behind, watching his chubby body trembling and running out of the study room, but there was a hint of a smile on his face.

When Liu Chan walked to the front yard, he saw a somewhat familiar man looking at his mansion.

Liu Chan looked at him, as if he had seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it. With a smile on his face, he bowed and said, "I don't know if there is an honored guest coming, Zen is neglecting you!" He cupped his hands indifferently and said, "No problem, you're welcome."

"Hey, come, come, honorable guest, follow me to the living room." Liu Chan enthusiastically stepped forward, took the man's hand, and walked towards the living room. Liu Chan still didn't recognize the man in front of him, but the more he looked The more familiar it is, it must be my old acquaintance, who is it?It's not easy for Liu Chan to ask like this. The other party obviously remembers him. If he asks his identity again, it will be so embarrassing.

The visitor saw Liu Chan holding his hand so enthusiastically and walking towards the living room kindly, with some doubts on his face. It has been so many years, and no one has ever dared to get so close to him. Whoever sees him is afraid, standing in front of him In front of them, all the faces were pale, and they couldn't speak clearly. They didn't expect that this little fat man in Liu Gong's family would be so courageous, but he wasn't afraid of him at all.

Yuan Shang thought to himself, and let Liu Chan hold his hand, and led him enthusiastically into the living room.

"Hahaha, please sit down, come here, and serve tea to the honored guests!" Liu Chan called, and Yuan Shang sat in front of him, smiled, and then said: "Thank you, Mr. Liu, for your hospitality."

"Hey, between you and me, there is no need to thank you." Liu Chan said, but he wanted to find out the identity of this person in his heart, and asked with a smile: "By the way, I haven't asked yet. Okay? Is everything going well?"

"Well, overall, it's not bad, but there are some minor problems, but it's not a big problem."

"That's good, that's good. If you want to come to Yijun's great talent, these problems can be easily solved."

"Hahaha, Mr. Liu has a great reputation. I came here to ask for something."

"Oh? Just be blunt. As long as I can help, I will never refuse."

"It's like this. I heard that Liu Jun still lacks some confidantes. As for me, I plan to arrange some people to be by Liu Jun's side to help Liu Jun. What does Liu Jun think?" Yuan Shang squinted his eyes and stared at Liu Chan Liu Chan's face was surprisingly calm, and he nodded with a smile, but he understood in his heart that he wanted to arrange some relatives to come to my command.

"I can't refuse what you say, but what I need is someone who can read and write, and it's better to know how to do business, and someone who doesn't contradict it, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to hire you." , Liu Chan said with a smile.

Yuan Shang was taken aback for a moment, this guy was so thoughtful, sure enough, he must have capable people who know how to do business, so as not to leak it, fortunately, they are not short of such people, Yuan Shang grinned and said: "Okay , as Liu Jun said, I will arrange 30 people to come, all of these 30 people have read the classics thoroughly, and have a lot of research on the way of doing business, so I don’t make things difficult for Liu Jun, just thirty people.”

When Liu Chan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Really?? Then don't just come with thirty people, but a hundred people, okay??"

"Huh???", Yuan Shang looked blank, thought for a moment, and then said: "Why is this?"

"How easy it is for people to do things!"

"Then you don't care about these more than 100 people, Jun Liu?"

"Of course I don't care. However, their salary must be clearly stated. I can't give them too much. This must be agreed in advance."

"Liu Jun still wants to give them money???"

"Of course, how can you not give them, since they are doing something for me, I will naturally give them money."

"I, I..." Yuan Shang stood up excitedly and held Liu Chan's hands, "I'll be honest, before I came here, I was afraid that Liu Jun would disagree, and I was thinking of coaxing Liu Jun with various promises." , forcing Liu Jun to agree, I never thought that Liu Jun would treat me like this, Liu Jun is really a sincere person, and he is a rare loyalty among big men!!!”

"Jun Mo wants to speak like this, I am also very happy, I can feel at ease if I can help you!"

The two looked at each other excitedly, with tears in their eyes, but they were thinking to themselves:

What a man.

(End of this chapter)