The big man has a living father

Chapter 176 (Big Chapter) Suppress One, Win Over Another

The detailed plan was discussed over two days.

Only then can the details be finalized.

In Huo Hai's words, suppress one group, divide one group, and win over another group.

We cannot make them feel too obviously that we are bullying them or threatening their dominance, lest they unite to resist.

Originally, many Qiang people did not have any contact with each other and were like a group of scattered sand. It was difficult for them to be suddenly connected together.

As for which group to suppress, which group to divide, and which group to win over?

Suppress the ones who stand out, divide the restless ones, and win over the honest ones.

This suppression is not just a slap in the face, but knocking someone to the ground and taking them to the execution ground.

The subordinates of this group of people who stood out were directly disbanded and absorbed into various businessmen and engineering teams that needed workers.

This group was divided and separated from the Qiang leaders.

As for the group that was won over, it would be possible to reward these honest Qiang leaders by allowing them to serve as officials in the court or become big businessmen.

Li Guang should take the lead in doing this matter.

However, the Qiang leaders who came to Jincheng still strongly requested to see Huo Qubing.

When the merchants who came to Jincheng heard that Huo Hai was here, they also wanted to meet Huo Hai.

How could Huo Hai have the time to care about them?
But in the end, Huo Hai still opened the door and met a few people.

The leader was called Ding Ci, whom Huo Hai knew.

Ding Ci was the great-grandson of Ding Fu, Marquis of Yangcheng, a founding hero.

Before this, Emperor Liu Che summoned all the second-generation officials and rich people in the world to Shanglin Garden to admire the advent of the musket and shock the world, so he invited him.

When Huo Hai learned that Ding Ci was doing business in the small place of Linyi, he taught Ding Ci how to make a Linyi fried chicken dish.

What happened afterwards was so shocking that Ding Ci tried hard to stay in Chang'an.

The Han Dynasty is developing too fast. If we go back to Langya County, we will not be able to catch up.

What's more, he was not just going back to Langya County, but to the small place of Linyi.

However, how can I cope with the situation in Chang'an when I know nothing?

Ding Ci thought of Huo Hai’s fried chicken and wanted to open a shop so that he could earn a living while studying in Chang’an.

But Ding Ci had no connections, no ways out, and no money, and could not survive in Chang'an.

After searching for a long time, Ding Ci finally found a way.

The Minister of Agriculture was surprised.

The Minister of Agriculture is a title left by Emperor Jing. In fact, people in the court now generally call this position the Grand Minister of Agriculture according to traditional customs.

Da means the three dukes and nine ministers, and Si means managing agriculture. In fact, this position is not only responsible for managing agriculture, but also for managing finances and tributes.

Tribute refers to tribute and military tax, that is, the precious local specialties contributed by various places to the emperor and military supplies such as military vehicles and horses paid by subjects to the monarch, and the monarch will give rewards in return.

To put it bluntly, it is the Han Dynasty version of transfer payments, which is a special part of taxation.

Liu Che wanted to reserve the position of Grand Minister of Agriculture for Zhao Guo, but Zhao Guo was too young now. Not to mention Grand Minister of Agriculture, he had not even been given the position of Commandant of Grain Administration.

Only after Debu Shi ascended to the position of Grand Minister of Agriculture or a related high position was the position vacated for Zhao Guo.

Therefore, Liu Che selected a model of integrity and honesty from among the officials to serve as the Minister of Agriculture.

Don’t seek merit, but seek no faults.

And this model of integrity and honesty is none other than Yan Yi, the descendant of Yan Hui, the executive vice-sage and the sage of restoration.

Yan Yi was from Linyi, Langya County.

Although it had been more than 30 years since Yan Yi came to Chang'an with his father Yan Gao, Yan Yi didn't know Ding Ci at all.

However, since he was a descendant of the late Yangcheng Marquis Ding Fu, Yan Yi still opened the door to receive the guest and met Ding Ci.

Ding Ci was not polite. He explained his predicament as soon as he entered the room and said that he wanted to stay in Chang'an to study, but his family had fallen into poverty, he had no money, no acquaintances in Chang'an, and could not find his old friends. He hoped that Yan Yi could support him.

Yan Yi was actually a little conflicted. Unlike the other two semi-saints, the Meng and Xun families, the Yan family had always taken what Confucius taught to their ancestor Yan Hui as their family tradition.

To put it bluntly, the Yan family has always taken the title of Master Yan as their responsibility.

What they spread was Confucianism.

Now a fellow villager comes to me and asks to borrow some money to study.

Logically, Yan Yi should have borrowed it.

The problem is that the other party is not studying Confucianism, but is trying to learn new school science.

Yan Yi has to consider the impact.

But in the end, Yan Yi decided to borrow the money. No, not borrow it, but give it as a gift.

The reason is simple. Huo Hai once praised Confucius as a saint, the most powerful and wisest person in history.

Although Huo Hai's action at that time was intended to quarrel with Kong Anguo and to use the tiger's skin to raise a banner, it was indeed to elevate Confucius' status.

It is meaningless for other people to lift it like this, but it is very meaningful for Huo Hai to lift it like this.

Huo Hai was a great literary figure, the initiator of the New Deal, the founder of the Wanshang clan, and the Chancellor of the Prince's Palace.

Huo Hai carries the sedan chair, that is the real way to carry the sedan chair.

Moreover, Huo Hai's "Six Lessons for Children" also includes "Taoism", and 70% of the main excerpts in Taoism are Confucian content.

So, we are friends, not enemies.

So, Ding Ci received the sponsorship and stayed in Chang'an to study.

As a way of returning the favor, Ding Ci made the matter known to everyone in Chang'an, and it became a popular story for a while.

After Yan Yi took office as Minister of Agriculture, he began to familiarize himself with the business and soon discovered a clear development path. He then asked Huo Hai whether he wanted to develop cash crops at this stage.

And because Yan Yi's position was special, Huo Hai also told him some things that he must know.

In short, cash crops are necessary, but grain and vegetables should come first, and cash crops come second.

However, cash crops cannot be ignored.

Huo Hai and Yan Yi still promoted the idea of ​​men farming and women weaving, saying that for people in small places it is better for men to farm and women to weave, while people in big places should naturally enjoy industrial benefits.

As for cash crops, they are naturally produced on a large scale in industrialized production areas.

So Yan Yi consulted Zhao Guo while in office and began to customize a new plan.

After making the plan, Yan Yi needed some people to carry it out, so he called Ding Ci back.

After Ding Ci got the money, he opened a Linyi fried chicken restaurant in Chang'an.

And this Linyi fried chicken was invented by Huo Hai.

This thing became popular very quickly.

Because it is really delicious, the business is very hot.

Ding Ci quickly made back his investment and began to expand the business, hiring workers. He also selected a few talented fellow villagers in Chang'an and taught them how to make Linyi fried chicken.

After they took over, I started learning.

Soon, Ding Ci also graduated from university.

However, because he arrived late, he did not catch up with the university promotion examination and did not become an official like Erkuan.

He started a business.

At this time, Yan Yi found him and hoped that Ding Ci could go to the four counties of Dunhuang to do the job.

The first is to allocate seeds, cooperate with the work, and promote the crops that the court needs to be planted in various places. For example, cotton will be planted here in the new season, so Ding Ci is needed to promote it.

The second is to help collect tribute here, mainly collecting tribute from the Western Regions and Qiang people and sending it back to Chang'an.

Although he was not an official, after getting the job, Ding Ci became a black-hat businessman. So after he came to Jincheng, although his assets were a small amount among everyone, all the merchants still followed Ding Ci's lead.

When Ding Ci saw Huo Hai at this time, he told him what had happened in the past six months.

Huo Hai nodded: "Well done."

Since I opened a fried chicken restaurant in Chang'an and passed on my skills to many fellow villagers from Linyi, I can say that I have passed on my skills.

Ding Ci scratched his head and smiled bitterly: "Before doing business, I thought Lord Huo was like a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky. After doing business, I realized that Lord Huo was like this vast universe, and I was just a humble speck of dust."

Huo Hai: "You haven't waited for your chance yet, so do your best."

"What kind of business are you going to start here?"

Ding Ci: "To be precise, I haven't decided what business I want to start."

"I will come here to look for a business, then go back to publicly solicit investment on the stock market and create a company. The goal is to create a company of a scale that can be listed on the stock exchange center."

Huo Hai became interested. Does the Han Dynasty already have such young people?
Directly separated from the real industry, the goal is to go public.

Huo Hai became interested: "So what kind of business do you want to do?"

"Or after your investigation, what business do you think can be listed?"

Ding Ci was a little embarrassed to say it.

Huo Hai: "Don't be shy, just treat me as an investor. If you want to convince me to invest, please start your show."

Ding Ci: "In fact, from the beginning, I found that doing grain business is definitely a sure win, but after chatting with the Minister of Agriculture Yan Yi, I learned that the reason why grain prices are stable is because your majesty is adjusting them behind the scenes, so grain is definitely not something we can do."

"Then after I came to Jincheng, I investigated three businesses that I felt had great potential to be listed."

Huo Hai: "Tell me about it."

Ding Ci: "The first business is sheepskin."

"In a scientific journal published by the Imperial Academy in Chang'an, someone concluded that the buoyancy of an object is equal to the weight of the liquid it displaces when in a stable state."

In fact, people in the Han Dynasty have known about the law of buoyancy for a long time, but no one has summarized it.

Because the story of "Cao Chong Weighing an Elephant" was recorded in the Records of the Three Kingdoms, it was not recorded as a scientific discovery. It is completely different from the recording methods of the Hun Tian Theory and pi. It was purely used to praise Cao Chong's intelligence.

Therefore, in theory, many people should have known the law of buoyancy a long time ago, but it was not published as a formula.

Huo Hai: "So, what innovation did you make with the buoyancy formula?"

Ding Ci: "Sewing leather into a bag."

Huo Hai was stunned for a moment, then he understood: "Sheepskin raft."

Ding Ci nodded seriously: "Sheepskin raft... what a good name! It's right, because it's easy for a boat to capsize when sailing on such a large river."

"But the sheepskin raft will not."

"The reason why the boat can float on the water is because there is an empty compartment in the depression of the boat. After the empty compartment is drained, it provides buoyancy, but if the boat capsizes, the empty compartment will be flooded."

"But if you make an air bag out of sheepskin and tie it to a raft, it won't..."

"It's a pity. After seeing your steamboat, I don't plan to do this project anymore."

Huo Hai tapped his fingers on the table and thought for a while: "I have invested in this project, you can find someone to do it."

First of all, the materials for sheepskin rafts come from cattle and sheep. The use of cattle and sheepskin is the project that Huo Hai wants to invest heavily in.

Only by investing in such projects can we digest more grassland grazing products.

Ding Ci's eyes widened: "Ah?"

Huo Hai: "Steamships are large vessels used by large shipping companies and the imperial court. Does that mean ordinary people can't use ships?"

"Besides, it is very difficult to cross a wide river, but if you make a sheepskin raft, one person can carry it and walk. If you want to cross the river, you just need to go upstream and float to the other side of the river. To return from the other side, you just need to go upstream a little bit and you can return. This is very practical for ordinary people."

“Technology is not just for the upper class, nor is it just for developing big things. Small things are worth investing in, too.”

Huo Hai felt that perhaps the investment in the sheepskin raft would be more profitable than Ding Ci’s next two ideas.

Ding Ci said excitedly: "Since Lord Huo wants to invest, let's start this project right away!"

Huo Hai: "You still have two projects."

Ding Ci: "The second project can be done right away. I want to start a transportation company to transport people from the Yellow River ferry all the way to Yumen Pass."

"There will definitely be a lot of people who want to go to Jincheng to pan for gold, and I will make money from these gold diggers."

"When they go there, they have to take my car all the way north. When they come back, they have made a fortune and they have to take my car all the way south."

Huo Hai nodded: "This business is not bad, but it has no gold content. How can you convince investors to invest in you?"

Ding Ci: "The key to my business is that the fares for taking a ride are much lower than others, and the core is to make other money!"

Huo Hai looked at Ding Ci, who continued, "Taking the bus is cheap, but the bus will stop at our own hotel in the middle of nowhere every night. Of course, it's not too expensive, it's just the normal price, but this will ensure that our own hotel will never be empty, which makes much more money than transporting passengers."

Huo Hai: "Black tour guide..."

As this system develops, it will inevitably go astray.

But then again, it's not surprising that early transportation companies had such means when they first started to develop.

This can indeed convince investors.

After hearing this, Huo Hai felt that it was worth investing.

Ding Ci continued: "My third idea is to open a store in Dunhuang, specializing in selling tools and other things needed for mining. At the same time, I want to open a store in the direction of Jinshan and even Jincheng."

"This has no appeal at all." Huo Hai: "Although making money from gold diggers is more stable than gold mining, this statement can convince many investors, but it does not mean that you can get investment. Why don't investors do this business themselves?"

"This business has no technical content at all. What if you just start to develop and more capital comes in and overwhelms you, leaving you with nothing?"

Ding Ci scratched his head: "This..."

In fact, Ding Ci has a good business sense and he has done much better than most people.

I'm afraid that when most people learn about Jincheng, they all think about going to Jincheng to mine.

And the thought of doing business here is already very rare.

It is even more rare to be able to see through that making money from gold diggers is more stable than gold digging.

However, this does not mean that his vision has reached the level of excellence.

Because there are many smart people in the world, and many of them can think of this.

The real ability is when you can do what others can't think of.

All flashes of inspiration may just be flashes of inspiration, and then they will become a wedding dress for others.

Ding Ci looked at Huo Hai; "If it were you, what kind of business would you do in Dunhuang?"

Ding Ci's idea was very simple. He wanted to do his own business and transportation. He had business on both roads from Dunhuang to Jincheng, and he also had his own transportation industry.

When there are many people, we transport people; when there are fewer people, we transport supplies.

With this kind of allocation, there will be no time to make losses. In this way, an industrial chain will be formed to the greatest extent, which can ensure that even if others only learn a little from you, they will not be able to reach your profit margin. This is the secret weapon that Ding Ci has kept to conquer the world.

But since Huo Hai didn't ask, Ding Ci didn't say anything.

Ding Ci knew that Huo Hai was the master of the industrial chain. He didn't need to tell Huo Hai what he was, and Huo Hai knew it. But speaking out might increase his value and make Huo Hai pay more attention to him. However, in Ding Ci's current business chain, this dumbbell-like business layout was still missing one end, so Ding Ci was too embarrassed to say it out.

Huo Hai looked at Ding Ci and calmly drank a sip of tea: "I will control the entire Dunhuang carving and mural industry."

Ding Ci didn’t quite understand.

Huo Hai continued: "I will cultivate the habits of travelers in Dunhuang, and let everyone who comes here to visit know that before leaving the country, almost all caravans will carve Buddhas and immortals here, and even build temples, wishing to become rich."

"After the business is successful, I will come back and repay my vow tenfold."

In other places, making a wish means going to a temple and wishing "May the Bodhisattva bless me to be rich, may the God of Wealth bless me to be wealthy", but in the history of Dunhuang, all caravans would build their own temples, carve Buddha statues, and paint murals before leaving.

Moreover, after I come back, I will fulfill my vow tenfold or a hundredfold!

Because when the goods were brought out from Dunhuang and reached the Western Regions, they could be sold at dozens of times the price.

He brought a batch of goods from the Western Regions back to the Han Dynasty at a very high price. After a round trip, his assets expanded hundreds of times.

The Bodhisattva has blessed you, so what’s wrong with fulfilling a wish?
This business really existed in Dunhuang in history, and no one knows which genius invented it.

No one knows how much money he made.

But the Dunhuang culture of later generations shocked the world.

In fact, it was created by businessmen who made a wish.

When Ding Ci heard this, his eyes widened.

Wow, so this is how business is done.

Create demand for customers yourself? !

And it’s not just one request, it’s two!
Make a wish when you go there, make a wish by carving a Buddha statue. When you go there, the future is uncertain, so how will you make a wish?

Many people will say things without thinking: "If it works, I will make a golden statue for you when I come back! If it works, I will make a Buddha statue ten times bigger for you. I will build a temple for you! I will give you..."

So here comes the question, this journey was rumored to be extremely dangerous.

Finally you came back safely.

You still haven't fulfilled your wish?
Can’t afford to carve a Buddha statue before you set out?

It’s okay, you can choose an existing temple, cave, or statue to worship. Remember to make a wish after you’re done.

You will have enough money to build it when you come back, right?
Making money is addictive. Once you make it, there will be a second time. If you don’t make it this time, you will cut off your own path to wealth! You can pass any level except the one in your heart.

But the only problem is that this seems to be promoting the idea of ​​gods and Buddhas.

Ding Ci's brain was also working rapidly as he started to calculate.

Huo Hai: "I know what you are thinking."

"First, if you don't do it, someone else will. They will embark on an uncertain journey from here and need a psychological support. It doesn't matter who they rely on. Without this support, many people may not be able to come back."

"Second, we Han people do not ban gods and Buddhas. You can do anything unless it is prohibited by law."

In fact, Huo Hai did it on purpose. Huo Hai wanted to keep all Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

It doesn’t matter if someone says that any of the three religions is bad. It’s also normal if no one thinks any of the three religions are good.

But the reason why the Chinese nation is the Chinese nation is because of the status of the Three Religions. If there were no Three Religions, would it still be the Chinese nation?

As for the question of how to curb development once it becomes too large, that is the next question.

Ding Ci was greatly shocked.

This... everyone who comes here wants to get rich, and among those who come back, there are definitely many who have made a fortune.

Since these people have made a fortune, it is naturally simple and easy to make money from them!

Perhaps, this company was not well-known when it first started.

But next year, the year after, and the year after that, when those people who have returned from the gold rush and those who have gone to the Western Regions to do business return, and when Dunhuang becomes a place filled with Taoist temples and Buddhist temples, is there any doubt when this company goes public on the stock exchange?

After Ding Ci had a talk with Huo Hai, he immediately got a large sum of funds.

Before leaving, Ding Ci asked a question: "Master Huo, you gave me so much money directly? Is it because this money is not worth mentioning in your eyes?"

Huo Hai: "Bullshit, even if it's a large coin, even if it's a large coin, it's very important, how can you say it's not worth mentioning?"

"You have to understand that investment is the total amount of investment, which is the total amount of investment required to make money. Failure is the norm in entrepreneurship. As long as the combined profits of all the projects I invest in exceed the investment amount, I can barely break even. Anything beyond that is profit."

"If you don't understand this, you will never be able to invest well."

Ding Ci suddenly realized: "So, when I actually go to convince investors, what I should actually talk about is how to use my project to help them make many times more money, so that they will believe that I am the promising project that they invested in?"

If you were looking for someone to invest in a project that would definitely double the money in ten years...almost no one would invest.

So if there is a project that can make ten times the profit in ten years, someone will invest in it, even if many of those projects are fake and made up.

If it is a project that can make a hundred or a thousand times the profit in ten years, and the story and logic can convince investors, then investors will invest in it no matter how hard they try.

Although most of the projects that promise to make ten times the profit will fail, if one out of ten succeeds, then you will break even. And if two out of ten succeed, then you will make a profit.

If the investment in this project can make more than ten times the profit, but a hundred times, that would be a big increase.

Investing is exactly the same as gambling on stones.

After understanding this principle, Ding Ci possessed the composure of an old artist.

Huo Hai said that if there was anything to do, he could ask the people from Huo’s Trading Company to do it, but he would not make additional investments. If more investment was needed, Ding Ci would need to go to the market to persuade others.

Ding Ci felt that this was a test.

If he could attract other investments and make this project a success, he might be able to enter the core field of Huo's company in the future.

Half a day later, Ding Ci appeared in Li Qian's room.

Li Qian is Li Guang's cousin and younger uncle. Currently, he is in charge of many matters of the Longxi Li family, and he is mainly responsible for the business side.

Although Ding Ci was very popular among ordinary businessmen, Li Qian didn't even look at him.

Today, when Li Qian heard Ding Ci come to discuss cooperation, he declined the visitor directly: "I'm sorry, we have our own business plans at Li's, and we won't..."

Ding Ci: "My partner is Huo Hai."

Li Qian: "Please come in!"

After listening to this, Li Qian asked, "You said you can make me earn ten times the money I invested. How can I believe it? Maybe you can't help me earn a penny at all? Lord Huo is not short of money. For him, these investments are like breakfast money. He doesn't need to think much. Even if this shows that he thinks highly of you, he didn't take you into the Huo family directly, which means that you are just capable, but not very capable."

Ding Ci directly educated investors on investment: "You invest in me alone, and I say I can make you earn ten times as much, and you think it makes sense, but you think it's easy to fail in starting a business, so I may not be able to really do what I say."

Li Qian nodded.

Ding Ci: "So your problem now is, you should find ten projects like mine, invest in ten projects, and if one of the ten projects succeeds, you won't lose money. If two succeed, you'll double your money, and if three succeed, you'll double your money."

"Instead of considering what the probability of my success is."

“If you select ten projects and most of them succeed, it means you are a natural investor. If all the projects you select fail, it means you are not suitable for this industry.”

"Is it right?"

Li Qian thought it made sense.

The project has already convinced me. If something goes wrong with this project, it may be an accident. But if ten projects that convinced me all fail, it means that I am too easily convinced by illusions.

This has little to do with the entrepreneur, it’s just that I’m too inexperienced.

Li Qian smiled: "I am not a person without vision. I bet you will succeed."

“Although you may fail, I don’t want to be told when I see this stock at the Chang’an Stock Exchange that ‘Boss Ding approached him to invest but he refused, and now Boss Ding is prosperous but they are in decline’.”

Ding Ci: "Ten years later, you will definitely feel that choosing me today was the best business decision you made!"

……

Huo Hai and Huo Qubing each met their own people.

Huo Hai had some free time anyway, so after meeting Ding Ci, he decided to meet a group of businessmen.

Many of them, like Ding Ci, have their own ideas but suffer from a lack of start-up capital.

To be honest, there is too much money and too many talented people in the world now.

Sometimes, money can attract talent.

However, such talented people with ideas and drive cannot be recruited to become subordinates with money, but if they are recruited in the form of cooperation, many people will accept them.

Many people are looking for investment instead of joining a large family or company and turning their ideas into the family's industry.

Nowadays everyone is dreaming of getting rich, but the most important thing about a dream is not how dreamy it is, but that it is you who is dreaming.

No matter how beautiful other people’s dreams are, they can’t be as beautiful as in your mind.

Huo Hai thought that some of these people had good ideas and invested a lot of money.

On his side, Huo Qubing met with several leaders of the Qiang tribes.

They really wanted to see with their own eyes what the Han cavalry general looked like as he killed the Huns and made them flee in panic, throwing away their weapons and armor.

More than a year ago, Huo Qubing was not yet twenty years old. He was about 1.8 meters tall, not fat, and very strong.

Now Huo Qubing is over 1.9 meters tall. While he is strong, he has also started to gain weight.

He began to resemble Wei Qing somewhat.

This body shape still looks very shocking.

However, what shocked the Qiang leaders even more was that Huo Qubing didn't even know the name of the prime minister of the right wing of the Xiongnu.

It was clearly a great victory that had just been won not long ago, but Huo Qubing did not even bother to write down the name of his opponent. This showed that he did not take the Huns seriously at all and did not regard this as a great achievement at all.

This shocked several Qiang leaders.

Huo Qubing told them about the intermediary system plan, but said that he had no time to discuss it as he was about to go to the foot of Jinshan Mountain to build Jincheng.

In fact, to be precise, Jincheng is located southwest of Jinshan Mountain. The purpose of building the city was to guard this area, not to open mines.

Therefore, the place where Huo Qubing wanted to build the golden city was Altay in later generations.

Huo Qubing will set off soon.

Of course, having said that, Huo Qubing still has to stay for a while longer.

What if a few large Qiang tribes start a rebellion? With their military strength, it would cause quite a stir. Then if they waved flags to gather all the Qiang people who had come over, wouldn't that be a big disaster?

Therefore, Huo Qubing would stay here and watch the people from several large tribes integrate into the construction projects before leaving.

Huo Qubing watched as Li Guang talked to them.

According to the plan agreed upon by the three people, Li Guang quickly negotiated with several large tribes.

If the Qiang tribes wanted to negotiate together at this time, it would be a big problem, so Li Guang talked to several tribes first.

The other tribes that arrived later were extremely anxious, fearing that they would not have a share, and would not be persuaded by anyone to join any alliance.

So the process progressed very quickly.

The Qiang people's submission this time can be said to be the result of the Qiang people in Shu County setting a good example.

However, there are all kinds of birds in the forest. Li Guang still found that there were a few ambitious people who were playing tricks to form alliances among more than a hundred tribes.

Li Guang invited the leaders of several large tribes to come and set the matter straight.

These people were waiting to receive their money, and they immediately said that this kind of person should be killed.

But Li Guang delayed until they really organized a group of people to discuss an alliance, and then he took action, bringing a large army and the private soldiers of several major tribal leaders to defeat them.

After all, what Huo Hai said at the beginning was to win over one group, suppress a group, and divide a group.

How can suppressing one or two ambitious people be considered a group? Of course, we should wait until the situation escalates and becomes controllable before taking action.

This group of Qiang people were immediately split up, and the tribe was split in half. Half were sent north to Dunhuang, Zhangye and Jiuquan, and the other half was sent south, directly across the river to Longxi to work on the railway project.

The Qiang tribes that continued to arrive found out that they were treated far worse than those who came earlier.

First, the price of workers dropped from fifteen thousand to one thousand. Then, the leader used to get two months' salary as fee for every job contract he signed, but now he only gets half a month's commission.

This matter is difficult to deal with.

If it is not handled well, it will bring disaster to oneself, but if it is handled well, it will be like sowing discord and killing three people.

Huo Qubing was also quite vigilant.

Seeing that many tribes were in conflict with the large tribe that arrived earlier, Li Guang came out to mediate.

I was relieved.

Li Guang told them that originally all Qiang people were paid one month's commission, and those who came first negotiated for two months. He said that the tribes that came later were so poor that they would sign for half a month's commission.

Li Guang also said that he would not accept such conditions.

However, the tribe that arrived first saw that the construction site was short of people and that a road had to be built immediately, so they threatened to pay twice as much, otherwise they would not only refuse to work but also cause trouble. Li Guang said that he had no choice as the imperial court had a heavy task to do and he did not dare to delay the construction period, so he had to comply.

Then on the surface they were putting out fires and mediating everywhere.

This set of measures divided the two groups of people who arrived first and later.

These Qiang people are workers themselves, so they naturally have a good relationship with their fellow workers and will not fall out with them just because they are from a hostile tribe.

However, these tribal leaders got the money and stayed in Jincheng. They met each other every day, and the more they met, the more they wanted to fight each other.

These leaders have received money, but have not yet realized that the relationships between the ordinary people under them are very good.

It’s easy to guess that people didn’t have enough food to eat in the mountains before, but now they come here to work, get paid, and eat meat every day. Even the dishes without meat are very oily and delicious!
Who, after living such a good life, would be willing to go back to a hard life?
Who would get into a fight with their co-workers and offend others when they first arrive?
Therefore, the workers' feelings developed steadily and they became more united. Fellow workers became real friends. The leaders found it difficult to fight in Jincheng and, for some unknown reason, they began to imitate the merchants in Chang'an and engage in the spirit of comparison.

You can't do anything, but you can look down on them.

"See my big gold chain? He's looking down on your thin dog chain."

Li Guang felt that maybe someone was deliberately taking advantage of the competitive spirit to make money.

But there are so many merchants in Chang'an, all making money from this, who knows who did it? Li Guang saw that this was good for his plan anyway, so he not only did not investigate, but also encouraged them to continue.

Because, with the trend of comparison and after getting used to enjoying life, many people will naturally yearn for the more prosperous Chang'an. At that time, they will abandon their tribes and go east, and Li Guang's task will be easier to accomplish.

why not.

As for those who are rich and competitive and stay in Jincheng to show off, one day they will fight.

Who will mediate if a fight breaks out?
It’s not Li Guang yet.

Kill a few first, then punish a few, after all this, how many will be left? Those who are so restrained from taking action are naturally smart people.

Smart people are naturally the targets to be won over.

In this way, suppressing one wave, attracting one wave, and dividing one wave can be accomplished perfectly.

By that time, the road will be almost completed and Li Guang can go to Yumen Pass.

In fact, under the manipulation of money, most of the Qiang tribal leaders were like fools and could not resist the provocation, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.

The road from Jincheng to Yumen Pass is under continuous construction.

Time flies, and it's already May.

(End of this chapter)