Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 660 Today is a good day!
"How to allocate the twelve book printing houses of the Houjiang Guild is the most important thing. Don't talk about other things!"

"It has been said just now that we can jointly manage these book printing houses, maintain the imperial court's enshrining, and each hold five shares. With the experience of our chamber of commerce and the prepared manpower, we will make the most of them without hindering the normal operation. Quickly complete the handover."

"It's absolutely impossible to split evenly. No matter how much your bank contributes, we will take the lead this time, and we will give you three shares at most. This is because we value your bank's experience in the operation of the chamber of commerce. We don't want to run out of water!"

"That's a loss-making business. Our Shangqiu Guild has worked hard, but we can only get three shares in the end, and we have to face the joint attack of the other four chambers of commerce. They are bound to be unwilling to let it go. The entry this time is bound to outweigh the gains."

"Why does Zhang Guanshi bully me? You only counted the superficial benefits. After taking over the thick general's guild, the increased business channels, expanded business influence, and even the reputation of becoming the world's number one chamber of commerce, brought about Not only will you not suffer any losses, but you will also make huge profits!"

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The book printing workshop in the Song Dynasty was similar to the publishing houses of later generations. It integrated book editing, printing, and selling books. At the same time, there was no lack of sales of pens, inks, papers and inkstones. It included the sales terminals of the three major industries of papermaking, inkmaking, and printing. market competition.

As the leader of the private printing industry, the Houjiang Guild has only twelve book printing houses under its name. From this we can see the value of each printing house. With the Shaodong's family spending time and drinking in Fanlou all day long, and the bribes are tens of thousands, the pride of his face does not change for a moment.

So, at this time, in Huixianlou's private room.

Zhu Wu, Jiang Jing, Zhang Yu and other managers discussed fiercely, and even stood up from time to time, fighting red-faced, and refused to give up an inch for the shares of the printing house.

Compared to their argument, Li Yan and Zhang Tang in the inner room sat opposite each other, sipping tea leisurely.

The faint voice coming from outside seemed to have no effect on the two of them. Li Yan sipped the fragrant tea and thought of the Yangxian tea in the Tang Dynasty, but he was a little nostalgic: "It's full of fragrance, refreshing, good tea!"

Zhang Tang also savored lightly, and an old voice sounded: "Mr. Lin's name, I've heard about it for a long time, and I've always had a relationship with him. Today I finally made up for this regret. I hope we can have more contacts in the future."

Li Yan said in a reciprocal manner, neither arrogant nor humble: "Zhang Huishou is polite, and I also hope that you and I can have a pleasant cooperation."

Zhang Tang's eyes moved: "Forgive me for your presumptuousness. At the beginning of human beings, people are inherently kind. Their natures are similar, but their habits are far away... Is this "Three Character Classic" written by Mr. Lin?"

Li Yan thought to himself that the intelligence spies of the Imperial City Division were not as good as these big chambers of commerce. It had only been a while since they started negotiations, and the other party had already understood all of this, and nodded, "That's right."

Zhang Tang said seriously: "Compared with "The Rabbit Garden Book", this "Three Character Classic" is not only easy to understand, but also catchy, suitable for children's enlightenment. If it can be popularized, it will be a great fortune for culture and education. How many children will grow up and become talents in the future. You must recognize Mr. Lin!"

After a pause, he continued: "Mr. Lin's establishment of Suian Academy is also an act of promoting culture and education. If we can get the printing workshop of the Houjiang Guild this time, we don't have to bother others. We can quickly print the "San Zi Jing" Print it quickly and send it to various places, I believe that the major academies will definitely recognize its beauty and replace the enlightenment textbooks."

Li Yan smiled: "Thank you Zhang Huishou for your concern. I do have confidence in the enlightenment use of the "Three Character Classic". It's just that the book has not been compiled yet, and the promotion is not in a hurry."

Zhang Tang observed carefully, seeing his sincerity, he was a little puzzled, who at such a young age does not desire to be famous, and Shihlin pays attention, the other party is really so calm?

He took a sip of tea, turned off the conversation first, and continued to seize the right to speak: "It turns out that Mr. Lin had already made arrangements, and it was the old man who was abrupt, but the old man also needs to make it clear that every printing shop of the Houjiang Guild seems to be very profitable. , but the industry is extremely competitive.”

"The quality of the books, the content of the publication, the major bookstores are fighting openly and secretly, and it is extremely fierce. If a group of outsiders enter the workshop and don't know how to manage it, they can ruin the foundation in a short period of time. !"

Li Yan put down his teacup, and showed his approval: "What Zhang Huishou said is true. Nowadays, private printing, the most concentrated printed books are in Bianjing, Hangzhou, Jianzhou, Meizhou, and Jiangxi."

"Among them, Jianzhou belongs to Fujian Road, and Zhang's family was born in Pucheng, which is the "North Gate" of Fujian. Li Xun, later the family extended and the descendants prospered day by day, and became a famous family in the world..."

Zhang Tang was a little surprised: "Mr. Lin knows my family so well?"

Li Yan said with a smile: "To tell the truth, Mr. Zhang, I admire Mr. Zhang's actions. The so-called Ai Wu Ji Wu naturally has a good impression of Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Tang's eyes narrowed slightly. If these words were said a year ago, they would only be regarded as flattery to Zhang Xianggong, but today, it is very different.

Zhang Dun's political career has come to an end completely. This staunch prime minister has offended too many people before, not only in the conservative old party, but also in the new party. What's more, there is the famous phrase "You can't rule the world if you are frivolous"!
Now it is not a small risk to say that you admire Zhang Dun, even if you are not an official, as long as you have a certain social status. Zhang Tang was puzzled at first, but after carefully looking at the white body of this famous Beijing teacher, he couldn't help thinking that maybe the other party Just thought so, and said so.

Zhang Tang couldn't help but sigh with emotion for this kind of bearing: "Man, when you are young, you often speak insincerely, and when you grow up, you speak insincerely. Compared with Mr. Lin, who speaks quickly and confidently, this old man is really envious!"

Li Yan smiled: "Zhang Huishou is very polite. I mentioned the reputation of Fujian Road Printing Bookstore. I naturally know that your bank has a deep foundation in the paper-making, ink-making and printing industries. If we outsiders take over It may not take half a year for the book printing house, the old brand established in the past few decades will fall into our hands, and only by cooperating with your bank can they continue."

"However, to put it bluntly, the six major chambers of commerce have invested heavily in these industries related to culture and education. They all hope to become the leader in the market, and naturally they can hand over smoothly. We choose Shangqiu Yes, what is important is not only your bank, but Zhang's reputation."

The so-called famous families in the Song Dynasty, even the strongest Xiangzhou Han family, are incomparable with the previous Gaomen, but from the fact that the Zhang family can set up the headquarters of the guild in Shangqiu next to Bianjing, and then reach the point where it spreads all over the country, It can be seen that this family is indeed talented.

Li Yan likes to deal with smart people with background, based on the consideration of interests, he can predict his actions, and he will not use dirty methods casually, so he chooses to form an alliance with Shangqiu Guild.

Zhang Tang understood this meaning, and after pondering for a while, he opened up the third topic: "Since Mr. Lin is sincere, the old man should reciprocate, but there is still one problem, we must make it clear."

Li Yandao: "Leader Zhang Hui, please speak."

Zhang Tang said: "The old man knows Ye Jichang, he is vicious and unscrupulous, and the thick general will grow to the present situation because he embezzled and annexed many businessmen. Now we want to attack him. Even if the Secretary of the Imperial City holds the criminal evidence, how can we prevent the mermaid from being caught, and no one will benefit from it?"

These words were very direct, and Li Yan also said: "What Zhang Huishou said is indeed what we are worried about. Not only is this person vicious, but he may also have a direct connection with the Mingzun cult. , once you see the situation is not good, you will naturally jump over the wall in a hurry!"

Zhang Tang's face softened slightly: "It seems that Mr. Lin has thought about it a long time ago, and he must have a perfect plan?"

Li Yan thought to himself that, just like the Imperial City Division and the Imperial Army, no matter how good the plan is, there may be problems in the implementation stage. There is no perfect plan, but he can only show a contagious and confident smile: "It is not a perfect plan, but it is still a good idea." There is one thing that I would like to ask Chapter Leader."

Zhang Tang said: "Young Master Lin, please tell me."

Li Yandao: "I heard that each of the six major chambers of commerce has shares in Fanlou. I wonder if it's true or not?"

Zhang Tang was a little uncertain about his intentions, and said slowly: "This matter was true twenty years ago. At that time, the six major chambers of commerce each held a share. However, over the years, some have withdrawn and some have increased their shares. They all have shares in Fanlou, and as for our chamber of commerce, we now have three shares in Fanlou, which is the largest shareholding."

Li Yan smiled: "It seems that my luck is good, I found the right person directly, there is a case that needs your bank's help..."

After Zhang Tang listened, he suddenly said: "It turns out that the disappearance of the famous prostitute is related to the Mingzun sect, so we must investigate it carefully. Please rest assured, Mr. Lin, our bank will definitely cooperate with you on this matter!"

Without this alliance, it would be unknown whether there would be such generosity, and the cooperation in this matter also means that they are unwilling to confront the thick general guild head-on. The calculations of these old foxes are profound.

Even so, Li Yan still bowed his hands and saluted: "I admire Zhang Huishou's open-mindedness."

Zhang Tang returned the salute with a smile, and his eyes moved slightly: "Young Master Lin, you are being polite. In fact, we can also transfer the shares of Fanlou. If it is successful this time, how about exchanging one share for three printing houses?"

Li Yan was a little speechless: "Fanlou looks prosperous, but the profit of one share is probably not comparable to that of a book printing house. It is too exaggerated for Zhang Huishou to exchange three book printing houses for one share!"

Zhang Tang smiled and said: "That's not how it is calculated. Fanlou is very symbolic. People in various states and counties don't know how many printing houses there are in the world, but they have all heard of the number one building in the world. Mr. Lin doesn't want to be this building that symbolizes Bianjing. Is it the owner of a prosperous restaurant?"

Li Yan was unmoved: "Thank you Zhang Huishou for your kindness. I'm just an ordinary Bianjing citizen. I'm afraid I don't have that kind of blessing."

After Zhang Tang probed, he didn't say much. After agreeing with Fan Lou to investigate the case, Li Yan stood up and said goodbye.

Watching Li Yan's back, Zhang Tang murmured: "This man has a lot of hills and valleys in his chest, he will become a great weapon, and his future is immeasurable!"

But Jiang Jing and Zhu Wu followed Li Yan to leave. Outside, there were ten against two. The stewards, who were still a bit overwhelmed, breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Yu came to the inner room and told: "The meeting leader, the other party is very difficult, we haven't talked yet. Close."

Zhang Tang withdrew his gaze and said nonchalantly: "It involves such a huge interest, this is only the first round of contact, and there will be more contests in the future. It is better to say something ugly in the front than to turn against each other in the future."

Zhang Yu was a little worried: "But the Imperial City Secretary is overbearing, I'm worried..."

Zhang Tang said: "Are you worried that even if the contract is signed, the Imperial City Secretary will not abide by it? Don't worry too much. In terms of business, is Gao Li our opponent?"

Zhang Yu nodded: "That's true."

Zhang Tang said: "However, although Gao Qiu was born in the market, he is considered a person who can use this Mr. Lin. We should not underestimate each other. If we can really win the thick generals guild this time and become the leader of the industry, You still have to maintain this relationship, you guys will do this next..."

After Zhang Tang carefully recruited all the stewards and ordered them, he returned to his seat, poured out the herbal tea, and re-infused it.

When the smell of fragrant tea filled the air again, a smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth, Zhang Dun resigned, which was a shock, but now he met Gao Qiu, the former official of the hidden residence, and regained a high-level political background, it really is a turning point.

Today is a good day!

(End of this chapter)