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Chapter 139 Industry
"Crackling!"

Amidst the sound of firecrackers, which were not crisp or even loud, a firm in Xishan County named 'Su Ji Cloth Shop' officially opened for business.

This excitement not only attracted people from the inner, third and outer floors to watch, but even many businesses around came to watch the excitement, and even dispatched the Xishan garrison to maintain order.

In the crowd, people from all walks of life were discussing, they were all speculating about the background of Su Ji Bu Xing, because even His Royal Highness King Qi came to congratulate him, which is really unusual.

Today, Xishan County is about to be upgraded to Xishan City. It may not be as prosperous and lively as Lucheng in the past, but it is definitely better than several Lu counties.

There is no way. Most of the people who do business in Lu County have come here. Who makes this place safer? Everyone is smart, and not long ago, they were all decent people. If anyone has doubts, go to the big river Looking at it from above, the army of the Song Clan in the south of the Yangtze River is stationed on the south bank of the river, and there is even a fleet that occupies the Pingcheng ferry.

Although the Song Clan and His Royal Highness King Qi have no intention of going to war at present, who can say for sure what will happen in the future?

Father and son brothers can turn their faces, let alone grandpa and uncle...

"His Royal Highness is here!"

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness King Qi."

When Li Si arrived under the escort of a group of personal guards and champion swordsmen, the people on half the street bowed down to welcome him from the bottom of their hearts.

In fact, Li Si is not interested in such a form, but he will definitely not stop it, not to mention that he appeared today with a purpose.

"Su Daquan, the shopkeeper of Suji Cloth Shop, pays his respects to His Royal Highness King Qi."

An old man in his 50s trotted over, his whole body full of fear.

Li Si waited for him to kowtow three times before he kindly helped him up, with a smile on his face, "Today, the lonely king enjoys the fun with the people, saving those red tapes, shopkeeper Su, just treat me as your customer." good."

"This is the honor of Xiaomin! It is the honor of the common people!"

Su Daquan couldn't help nodding, and tried his best to show a happy smile. He never thought that he was just a small cloth merchant, and he would be related to such a big man.

Really, his father is a traveling merchant, his grandfather is a shopkeeper, and his great-grandfather is also a shopkeeper.

That is to say, the family of three generations has accumulated a little experience, a little reputation, and a little wealth. The family has purchased more than a hundred acres of fertile land and dozens of acres of mulberry fields. Weaving, selling, cautiously, tremblingly, earning some hard money in various big business houses, all kinds of corners that masters with all kinds of hands and eyes don't want to see.

In his generation, there are more than a dozen uncles and brothers, all of whom are still united. They got together and gave the two sisters to Master Lu as concubines. Only after they got connected, were they eligible to open a house in the former Lujia Town. A small cloth line, which doubles as tailoring, has always been a small business.

It is impossible to say that there is no great ambition, but Su Daquan knows how powerful Mr. Lu is, so he never touches the ceiling above his head.

Even in order to avoid Mr. Lu, he specially contacted some poor relatives in the countryside, some bitter hunters and bitter fishermen in the mountains, and established simple trade relations with them.

Just like this little by little, little by little, I dare not reveal my wealth when I have money, and I dare not even think about expanding production.

Then, Prince Qi came down, Masters Lu suffered a crushing defeat and ran away in a hurry, but Su Daquan didn't dare to run, let alone where to run?
At the beginning, he still wanted to save money and avoid disasters. Even if he could be a commoner and save the lives of his family in this troubled world, he should be content.

As a result, there were constant wars outside, but Xishan County had indeed done several big deals.

Really, the conscience of heaven and earth, Su Daquan just wanted to test it out, but it got out of hand. In just one month, he became the most evil businessman in the mouth of Mr. Lu.

But at that time, although Mr. Lu was still in charge of the Lu family town, Mr. Lu was afraid of His Royal Highness King Qi, but he was very gentle and kind to him.

Later, Lujia Town was renamed Lu County.

Later, he did well as a cloth merchant in Lu County, and was invited to Xishan County by His Royal Highness King Qi.

What kind of official cloth merchants, what kind of [-]% share, what kind of industrial layout, what kind of deep processing of products... Anyway, Su Daquan is still in a daze, but he dare not refuse anything. In fact, he wants to contribute all his wealth, even if As long as he is a shopkeeper, he is willing.

However, His Royal Highness King Qi still gave him [-]% of the shares. The Su family was responsible for the operation and management, and the government was responsible for supplying goods, hiring labor, weaving machines, factories, and orders.

As of the establishment of Suji Cloth Shop today, these have been put in place quickly, including the loom that is said to have been designed by His Royal Highness Qi himself, and as many as 500 weavers are being trained.

Anyway, no matter from which angle you look at it, His Royal Highness Qi Wang is really vigorous and resolute in his actions, and he is not in tune...

"it is good!"

The sound of applause brought back Su Daquan's thoughts, but it was His Royal Highness Qi who splashed ink and left calligraphy in Su Jibu.

At this moment, it was really enjoyable, and even taking advantage of this space, His Royal Highness Qi Wang had a cordial meeting with several other business leaders in Xishan County.

It doesn't matter what you talk about, but His Royal Highness Qi's attitude is obvious. He supports business and insists on doing things according to the rules. What's more, he had the reputation of Master Yishi Sanbailu before, and the name of King Qi's benevolence, even the enemy Hearing it weeps, seeing it makes me sad.

The whole morning passed like this, Li Si politely declined Su Daquan's invitation to host a banquet, and went back to have a work meal by himself.

Things have just begun, how dare you relax.

As for why he made such a fuss?
Simple, for business.

He used to mint new coins and intervene in finance. Although he had a credit guarantee in the name of King Qi, he was still short of something.

So after much deliberation, he decided to start a business that could support his small financial market.

He initially screened more than 20 industries, and finally chose the cotton spinning industry.

The reason, firstly, clothing, food, housing, and transportation ranks first. Apart from having enough food and a place to live, the grassroots people value the most and are willing to spend money on it.

Moreover, the cotton spinning industry is not only as simple as clothes, but also has more extensions.

Secondly, there is already small-scale cotton planting in the Lucheng area. This is thanks to the Lu family in Lucheng. Cotton was originally the fortune product of the Cui family in Anxi, but the Lu family also managed to get it here and built a cotton field of [-] mu. , mainly for the nobles and gentlemen to order privately.

It cannot be said that Mrs. Lu is extravagant, but Mrs. Lu himself knows that he cannot compete with Mrs. Anxi Cui in the cotton industry.

But Li Si doesn't care.

Damn, Li Tianwang was joking when I blocked the trebuchet of Dahe!

So far, due to the blockade of the big river, there have been more than a hundred merchant ships who dare not come over at the Pingcheng Ferry.

Of course, Li Si has ordered Qin Qiong to negotiate in person. Anyway, in a word, it doesn't matter whether it's paying taxes or handing over goods, whatever you want, I'm not picky.

As for whether Qin Qiong will be chopped off by the Song Clan?
It's okay, Second Master Qin's horse is faster, I believe he can kill a bloody road.

In short, leaving this aside for the time being, Xishan County alone has a population of 30, which is a huge market.

What, the market is still small?
It's okay, it's really okay.

Because Li Si wants to quickly create such a government-run industry, it is to endorse the newly minted coins.

My clothes are cheap, but I only charge you a lot of money.

Moreover, this can also place at least a thousand jobs, which can further speed up the social division of labor and improve industrial efficiency. In the end, it will allow Li Si's camp to unleash the greatest war potential with a small population.

However, I'm really not a war madman.

(End of this chapter)