Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 78 Earning Gold, Silver and Jewelry from the Rich and Powerful in Jiangzuo
"The remnants of the Stone Bandits, including the fourth son Bao, are still in Guanzhong."

In the pavilion of the Imperial Garden, Wang Meng said solemnly, "I'm afraid he has secretly communicated with General Po Lu."

Lin Dao was surprised and didn't understand what Wang Meng meant.

"General Po Lu's actions are cruel," Wang Meng bluntly stated, "If we go and destroy the Hu, I'm afraid not a single one of the Hu people in the north will survive."

“The pen of history is like a knife, and people’s words are to be feared.”

"It would be better for him to shoulder all the infamy of future generations."

After hearing this, Lin Dao finally understood.

He stared at Wang Meng and shook his head slightly.

"I arranged for Ran Min to destroy the Hu people, and afterwards I accused him of colluding with the Hu people and then killed him like a running dog?"

"I don't know about others, but I can't do such a thing."

He took out the bay leaves and gave one to Wang Meng.

The de facto steward of the Beggar Army skillfully took out a disposable lighter and lit it.

Watching Wang Meng put away his familiar lighter, Lin Dao said again, "How the literati write is their business."

"I don't need the whitewashed peace and prosperity they paint."

"I just want to have a clear conscience."

"The robbers broke into my house, killed, burned, looted, and abused me, committing all sorts of evil."

"I killed the robber, it's only right."

"If someone speaks up for a robber, he's probably not a good person."

Lin Dao felt a little amused and waved his hand, "Let's put this matter behind us. I believe Ran Min won't let me down."

Wang Meng didn't expect the master to be so direct. He was stunned for a moment and nodded.

But what he was thinking was, "I must find someone to take the blame for this matter, so as not to tarnish the reputation of the Lord."

"If it's not Ran Min, it could be someone else."

"Master Lang."

After discussing this topic, Wang Meng moved closer and asked in a low voice, "Does the Immortal Realm have any high-yield grains?"

He was a smart man. By observing Lin Dao's various behaviors, he deduced that Lang Zhu did not have the magic to transform things, but had other channels.

A channel for buying and selling.

"Yes, there must be."

Lin Dao took a breath, his face showing helplessness, "But if I bring it here, it will be inactivated."

"Kill it?" Wang Meng pondered. "Could it be that they can be eaten but not cultivated?"

Lin Dao slapped his thigh and gave him a thumbs up.

He is indeed a smart person, he understands it as soon as I tell him.

"If that's the case, then it's troublesome."

Wang Meng fell into deep thought. The vanilla he was holding between his fingers burned to the end and he woke up.

"A reward for General Po Lu's troops."

"To feed the people of the north until next autumn's harvest."

"Such a huge expenditure would surely be a heavy burden for the Lord Lang."

He calculated the various supplies that Lin Dao brought with him, as well as the gold, silver, jewelry and other items he took away.

Although the inferred results are not accurate, they can still give a rough range.

If everything goes well and we can hold on until next autumn harvest, Langzhu will have to spend at least tens of millions of dan of grain.

This must be a huge burden for the master.

"I'll think of a solution." Lin Dao patted Wang Meng's shoulder. "When you reach the mountain, there will always be a way. There must be a way to solve it."

"Master Lang."

Wang Meng nodded and said, "There is food in Jiangzuo and Sichuan."

"If we open up trade routes, we can find some rare goods and sell them to the wealthy families in Jiangzuo in exchange for food. This should alleviate some of the pressure."

Wang Meng is knowledgeable.

There is indeed grain in Jiangzuo, but it is concentrated in the hands of wealthy families.

For ordinary people, they would be lucky if they could avoid starvation. Where would they get the surplus food?

The wealthy and powerful have very high standards and will not even look at ordinary things.

But if the young master gets rare items, such as bottles of canned yellow peaches or bottles of rambutan wine, I think they will be very popular among the rich and powerful.

Those wealthy families have a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.

Lin Dao nodded, "This is indeed a road."

Wang Meng said with a smile, "If so, my dear, you can get closer to Xie's daughter."

Nowadays, whether doing business or anything else, the most important thing is connections, that is, relationships.

Lin Dao suddenly appeared and had no connections in Jiangzuo.

At this time, the importance of Xie's father and daughter became apparent.

With them stepping in, a lot of trouble can be saved.

"Ha~~~"

Lin Dao laughed when he heard this and said, "Are you asking me to use your beauty trap?"

"My image is nothing like those handsome young men in Jiangzuo."

"The noble sons of Jiangzuo are noble because of their bloodline, nothing else matters." Wang Meng shook his head. "Who do they think they are? How dare they compare themselves to the Lord?"

"Mrs. Xie is a sensible woman."

"Why does the Master need any strategies? Xie is actually eager to serve the Master."

Lin Dao smiled and said, "Business, I'm familiar with this."

The wealthy families in Jiangzuo like luxury goods and novelties.

This is great, Lin Dao loves doing this kind of business the most.

After chatting for a while, Lin Dao asked again, "Where should we deploy our troops next?"

With the current military strength of the Qihuo Army, coupled with Lin Dao, a humanoid transportation port, and the support of advanced scientific and technological materials.

It can be said that they can attack anywhere they want, even Jiangzuo can be conquered in one battle.

"Localities are unstable." Wang Meng laid out the real difficulties: "States, counties, and prefectures everywhere lack effective management capabilities."

"If we are eager to expand our territory, the number of people who rely on Langzhu for their livelihood will increase significantly."

"We should clean up the localities and establish a top-down administrative system."

"Train the troops and strengthen military discipline."

"Encourage agriculture and sericulture, and develop water conservancy projects."

"When our granaries are full, our troops are well trained, and our food supplies are plentiful, we will sweep across the world."

These are the things Wang Meng did to help Fu Jian in history.

Before his death, he asked Fu Jian to persist in implementing the policy for a period of time and stabilize the internal situation before going south to attack Jin.

As a result, Fu Jian, instigated by a group of ambitious people, hastily marched south, ultimately resulting in his own death and the destruction of his country. Simply conquering is not enough; one must also control it.

The Qihuo Army lacks a large number of talents capable of governing the local area.

This is just the prefectures, counties and districts, not even mentioning the ones below. There is really a shortage of people.

"Strengthen training within the military and increase the number of retired soldiers to strengthen local forces."

Wang Meng knew that his master disliked children from aristocratic families.

Therefore, training in the military becomes the best choice.

The soldiers were transferred to the local areas, and the leader of the group could become a county magistrate after retirement.

Lin Dao pondered in silence.

Wang Meng's heart moved, and he laughed, "Of course, the troops still have to be sent out."

"We must take over Bingzhou and Guanzhong."

Tens of thousands of Qiang people retreated into Guanzhong and were fighting fiercely with Shi Bao who was guarding Guanzhong.

A larger number of Di people fled into Bingzhou.

"You can order General Ran Min, the Defeating Enemy, to first send troops to Bingzhou, and then from Bingzhou to Guanzhong."

"can."

Lin Dao thought it was a good idea. "I'll go prepare the supplies. I'll trouble you with the rest."

Wang Meng bowed and said, "I am willing to die for you, my lord."

Modern world, Harbour City.

In the reception room, Lin Dao warmly welcomed the manager of Luk Fook Jewellery.

“These are all the relevant formalities for a mine in South Africa.”

“Completely legal and compliant.”

The people from Luk Fook Jewellery were all smiles. "Mr. Lin is a big businessman. We hope to have long-term cooperation in the future."

They sell gold jewelry, and a stable supply is important.

In particular, when we contacted each other before, Lin Dao said that the price could be negotiated.

Recently, the international gold price has shown a clear upward trend. Those engaged in the gold jewelry business need lower costs and more supply channels.

"This is a sample sent from the mine."

Lin Dao pushed two gold bars in front of the manager and said, "There are some flaws in the purity."

Professionals came forward to conduct inspection.

The manager asked with a smile, "Mr. Lin, what are the conditions regarding the supply of goods?"

"How about a six-month supply contract of 100 kilograms per month?"

The Yonghe era swept away the wealth of Yecheng.

The various gold products seized weighed hundreds of kilograms after being melted.

Enough to support half a year of supply.

The manager nodded and asked, "What about the price?"

Lin Dao smiled and said nothing, indicating that he should inspect the goods first.

After inspection, the purity was found to be a little poor, but thanks to the recent rise in gold prices, the two parties agreed on a price of 500 yuan per gram.

Lin Dao delivered the first 100 kilograms directly in the first month.

After deducting the corresponding expenses, the company earned more than 40 million yuan.

Such a large sum of money was spent quickly before it even warmed up in hands.

The first thing is to pay the balance of many previous orders.

If we can settle the final payment, it will be much easier to discuss business in the future.

Then continue to place more orders.

The main source of food is still large quantities of imported potatoes.

As for refined rice and wheat, they are imported from India and other places.

Potatoes are mainly supplied to the civilians in Yonghe time and space, while rice and flour are still supplied to military households.

For military households, this is military pay.

After arranging things here, Lin Dao set off to return to Haicheng.

Exporting grain here is a bit troublesome, but industrial products are definitely no problem.

Lin Dao purchased large quantities of cloth in the name of export.

At Yonghe Time and Space, there were so many families that couldn't find a complete set of clothes.

Lin Dao intended to distribute cloth so that the people could have something to cover their bodies.

Cloth can also be used as currency and distributed to military households as military pay.

He arranged for his outstanding employee Liu Bo to visit hardware tool factories in various places to order large quantities of hoes, rakes, sickles, plows and other farm tools.

Just as Wang Meng said, the land cannot be left idle no matter what, and whatever can be planted should be planted first.

It can more or less fill some of the food gap.

These farm tools may seem insignificant in the modern world, but if taken to Yonghe Time and Space, they can be passed down from generation to generation.

In most places there, people still use wooden or even stone farm tools.

The steel farm tools of the modern world are overwhelmingly efficient.

While busy, he did not forget to transport the clothes, shoes and socks made by the female workers of Yonghe Time and Space to compete with his previous company for business.

We also ordered a large amount of alcoholic beverages for 9.9 yuan with free shipping.

All kinds of beautiful glass products, etc.

These were used to earn gold and jewelry from the wealthy families in Jiangzuo.

Lin Dao was looking at houses that day. He planned to reward himself and buy himself a house in Haicheng.

While looking at the house, he received a call from his ex-girlfriend.

"Lin Dao, can you accompany me to the prenatal checkup? I don't dare to go alone. I'm so scared."

"Why isn't your CEO with you?" Lin Dao smiled. "You should go find him first."

"He blocked me." Sobbing could be heard from the phone. "I went to the company to look for him but he didn't see me. He even kicked me out."

"Don't worry." Lin Dao said in a soothing tone, "Once you give birth to the child, he will definitely change his mind."

"you're right!"

The other side quickly became strong and said, "I have their child, he will definitely marry me! I will definitely marry into a wealthy family!"

"come on!"

Lin Dao encouraged, "Believe in yourself, you can do it! When you get married, I will definitely give you a big gift!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Dao spat.

"It's obvious that she's tired of playing around and still wants to marry into a wealthy family. Those who marry into wealthy families are blind."

"Sand sculpture."

(End of this chapter)