Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 234 Needs a lot of careful thought

Li Junhao respectfully said yes.Ye Chen nodded and continued: "This is the second link. The third link is to summarize and analyze the inquired news. This link will be divided into two levels. The inquired news from each state must be First collect, delete, and analyze before submitting to the headquarters of the Huaxia Weifu, and then the headquarters will summarize and analyze. In order to find the most accurate and useful intelligence information. This link requires a lot of careful thinking and good reasoning Thinking talents. After the two of you go back, you can help select first."

"In addition, our Huaxia Weifu also needs a group of experts to take action at some special occasions. For example, high-risk and difficult espionage, or assassination, arrest, protection of important information, important witnesses, evidence, etc. "

Li Junhao and Xu Fangyi couldn't help but look at each other when they heard the words, and the former asked, "Have Lord Hou found such a group of masters?"

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said: "Half of the Jianghu masters who broke into the maze a while ago were left in the maze. Except for a very small number of people who were killed, there were 130 or 120 masters who were locked up. And they have already won the ghost doctor. I have talked to them one by one in the past few days, and I have given them a way to survive, except for five stupid people who are stubborn and unwilling to give in, they have been used by the ghost doctor to develop medical skills and experiment with poison In addition, the other [-] seven Jianghu masters are very familiar and have already signed a special contract with me, and they will become the first batch of masters in my Huaxia Weifu."

Li Junhao thought to himself that it was indeed the case, with such a group of masters being used by the Huaxia Weifu, the Huaxia Weifu was truly confident.

Although what Ye Chen said just now is just a general idea, it is extremely comprehensive, reasonable, and innovative. It is not difficult to see that it is very feasible, especially promising and profitable!

Next, everyone discussed and improved some details, and Li Junhao and Xu Fangyi didn't leave until after dinner.

In the early morning of the next day, Ye Chen first invited Jia Xian to have a secret talk, and then the three leaders who had gained official status for building the embankment came to visit Ye Chen early with gifts.

These three are all people with outstanding abilities, and they are very good at coming and doing things.Since they got in touch with Ye Chen because of the construction of the embankment last year, they have seized the opportunity to get closer to Ye Chen.During the holidays, when Ye Chen was promoted to Marquis, when he married a concubine, when the concubine became pregnant, and so on, he never missed any opportunity to give gifts and visit.

The three leaders are Feng Gang, Zhou Xin, and Wu Zhiyuan.

Feng Gang is the leader of the restaurants and inns. As far as Ye Chen knows, one-third of the restaurants and inns in Kaifeng are controlled indirectly or directly by him.In the prefectures and counties near Kaifeng, it is not known how many houses he opened.From Ye Chen's understanding, this is already very similar to the experience model of later generations of hotel chains.

Zhou Xin is the leader of the Fengyue industry, and he is the boss behind one-fifth of the number-ranked Fengyue places in Kaifeng.Recently imitating the business model of Ye Chen's Yongle Bathing Building in Yongle Guild Hall, it is reforming its business. According to the news Ye Chen heard, it is even better than his Yongle Bathing Building in some aspects.The business in the Yongle bathing building was often taken away by him.

Wu Zhiyuan is in the business of leather goods and medicinal materials. He has a wide range of roads and large stalls. Half of the pharmacies in Kaifeng City buy from him. He is responsible for the supply.

Ye Chen is different from current officials and nobles who are prejudiced against businessmen. He has always regarded the three of them as successful entrepreneurs, and he values ​​them from the bottom of his heart. Admiration and appreciation.Over the past few months, Ye Chenshi has established a real friendship with these three people, and they have some trust in each other.

Ye Chen and the three met each other, and after a brief exchange of greetings, he introduced Jia Xian and the three to each other, and then went straight to the point and said, "I am ordering by His Majesty to set up a new Yamen. The three of you have official status. It has been several months, but there is no dispatch yet. This Marquis intends to dispatch one of the three in the new yamen, and the grade will be two to three levels higher than the original official. I don’t know if the three are willing."

The three of them were shocked and looked happy, but after looking at each other, they didn't immediately agree. Ye Chen saw it in his eyes and couldn't help but nodded in admiration. I went up to two or three levels all of a sudden and got dizzy.

Sure enough, after the three of them looked at each other, Wu Zhiyuan said: "Master Hou, I don't know if the three of us will take up any positions in this newly formed office? What exactly will we do?"

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said: "I know that the three of you can't abandon your own foundation. I also took into account the capabilities of the three of you. The positions and things you three are doing in this new office of the Marquis are different from what you are doing now." It’s basically the same thing, it’s still doing business, but it’s just taking the business from Kaifeng to the whole world.”

The three of them couldn't help being shaken when they heard the words, and remained silent for a long time.

After Ye Chen and the other three digested the shocking news, they gradually explained the affairs of the Huaxia Weifu in detail, and monopolized the world's car and horse dealerships, and opened restaurants, teahouses, brothels, etc. in various states as bases, and inquired about the news by the way. The plan was also stated.

When the three of them heard it, even if they didn't have any worries about the future, they were even ecstatic, and expressed their willingness to serve as officials in the Huaxia Weifu and be used by Ye Chen.What Ye Chen said is not what they are best at and what they most want to do.

Seeing this, Ye Chen was also delighted, and said: "The three of you also know that if our Huaxia Weifu wants to build a reconnaissance network covering the whole world, it is absolutely impossible without the support of a large amount of money. And the imperial court has been using troops to fight against foreign countries all these years. Your Majesty It is impossible to give us much money there. The Marquis has always admired the talents of the three in business, and the three may wish to talk about your ideas and opinions on the accumulation of wealth while the Huaxia Weifu is inquiring about news."

The three people's eyes lit up when they heard this, and it was obvious that the three of them had already had a lot of insights and ideas for a while.

Wu Zhiyuan should be the first to say: "Master Hou, then I will express some of my thoughts so that Master Hou can learn from them."

Ye Chen said: "Wu Xingshou, but it's okay to say."

Wu Zhiliang said: "Speaking of which, the idea of ​​traveling by car and horses is a good idea to make a lot of money and make money for yourself. I'm afraid only Lord Hou can think of such a clever plan."

Wu Zhiyuan beamed and continued to say: "Master Hou, this car and horse business is opened by the common people, but it's just for food. If Lord Hou runs it, with the power given to Huaxia Wei by the court and His Majesty, there will be a lot of money to be made without hindrance. .Now our Great Song Dynasty is rich in products, what is missing? What is missing is the method of transportation."

"Master Hou must have realized that all the rich lands in the Song Dynasty must have convenient transportation. And they are well-connected and rich in people. Along the north and south canals, how many barren lands have built cities? Not to mention the capitals of the past dynasties, Luoyang, Jinyang, Sizhou, and Jinling, Yangzhou, and Hangzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty are all like this."

"Ordinary people open chariots and horses, they can't go far, the power is limited, and they are exploited and controlled by the government along the way, so it can't be a big deal. If we Huaxia Wei came to open it, it would be different. For example, the land in the south of the Yangtze River is rich in silk. Yiguan money, transported to the northwest can get five guan for each horse, which has been multiplied five times, and then transported to the Western Regions by local merchants in the Western Regions, each horse can reach ten guan, which has been increased ten times. The specialties of the Western Regions can be transported back to the south of the Yangtze River, and they can also be doubled several times. In this way, the money will be at least fifteen guan. Piwandan? How much is that? How much profit?"

Wu Zhiyuan was spitting all over the place, and Ye Chen was dumbfounded.The other two leaders had expected this, but secretly blamed themselves for being slow in responding, allowing Wu Zhiyuan to show off in front of Lord Hou.

Wu Zhiyuan looked at Ye Chen's bright eyes, and then said: "This is just one piece. We can also sell cloth to Wuyue, transport tea to Sichuan, sell porcelain to the Western Regions, transport grain and grass to the frontier fortresses, process salt to Huaiyang, and go south." Going north, the cars are not empty, Lord Hou, just imagine how much money we will earn, and with this money, how many spies will we develop, even as long as there is money, the local forces, even foreigners, will take the initiative to replace us Inquire about the news."

Feng Gang hurriedly said: "Brother Wu is right, Lord Hou! Open a car and horse shop to transport cargo passengers, do they have to eat, drink and sleep on the way? This is the way of restaurants and inns. Of course, there are other people on the road However, if we build our own inn along the way, and we have mastered the chariot and horse dealership, whether it is our people, or other people, or other people’s goods, we can also pull them directly to us. The inns, this is called the fat water does not fall into the fields of outsiders, and these inns and restaurants can become our strongholds in Huaxiawei, inquiring about news for us and at the same time, if anything happens, they can be dealt with nearby. In addition, they..."

Feng Gang wanted to continue, but Zhou Xin rushed to interrupt him and said: "People who often go out to do business can find women and gamble the most on the road. Rather than letting other brothels and gambling halls make money, it is better to let We make money. You must know that we have the convenience of traveling by horses and horses. Naturally, we have more customers than them. And it is sometimes easier to collect information in brothels and casinos than in restaurants and inns. Moreover, hiring a large number of guards in brothels and casinos will not cause trouble. Other people's suspicions are more suitable for us to be our stronghold than restaurants and inns."

Ye Chen couldn't do it with emotion, and thought that it was not luck that these three became the leaders of the line and the top entrepreneurs in the Song Dynasty, but they really had business ability and vision far higher than ordinary people.Next to him, Jia Xian also admired the business acumen of the three of them.

At the same time that he picked up the treasure with emotion in his heart, Ye Chen said: "Hearing the words of the three leaders, this Marquis is really brain-opening! I am very glad that you are invited to join the Huaxia Weifu today, because the three of you He is the cash cow and God of Wealth of our Huaxia Weifu."

(End of this chapter)