Who is not Cao Cao?

Chapter 190 Firms and Banks

With a clean cut, Feng Ji performed a decapitation performance with endless regret.

Yuan Tan's knife not only made his generals terrified, but also made Yuan Shang recognize the reality——

Yuan Tan is not the kind of person who is willing to be manipulated by them!If the situation is really wrong, at worst, everyone will finish playing together!
Now, Yuan Shang didn't dare to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight leisurely in Yecheng.

But Yuan Shang was still unwilling to provide the soldiers and armor to Yuan Tan, so he decided to personally lead the Yecheng army to Liyang and Yuan Tan joined forces to resist Cao Cao.

Because Cao Cao actually sent troops hastily, seeing that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang had barely built a bridge of cooperation, Cao Cao also withdrew towards the south bank of the river after hesitating for a while.

Although He Yan in Xuchang was not taken to the battlefield by Cao Cao this time, he was not as indifferent as he was when he faced Cao Pi. He was always concerned about the situation in the north.

He Yan breathed a sigh of relief after learning that the outcome of the battle was indeed as he expected.

"The rest will be left to the brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang."

If there is no accident, the scripts that the two brothers will stage in Hebei in the future can be described as bizarre. As long as Cao Cao has enough patience, he can eat Hebei into his stomach little by little.

"Marquis Shen has been leisurely these few days!"

Yang Xiu, who had eaten beef at Hewu once, was completely thinking about this bite, so he came to He Yan's place for a visit if he had nothing to do, hoping to eat it again.

"It's not enough to be leisurely, but Yuan Shao is dead, after all, he can breathe a sigh of relief."

Yang Xiu didn't regard himself as an outsider, and sat directly in front of He Yan and asked, "Marquis Shen is brave and good at fighting, why didn't you go out with Sikong this time? I heard that even the prince went with Sikong, if Marquis Shen also went with him If so, maybe we can capture Li Yang!"

He Yan did not agree with Yang Xiu's blind optimism: "In terms of bravery, how can I not compare with Zhang Liao and General Le Jin who went out with the army this time? This time Sikong sent troops to Li Yang to try to take advantage of it. Well, there is nothing to regret."

From the current point of view, the behavior of Yuan Shao and his staff supporting Yuan Shang was obviously correct. At least they did not give Cao Cao an opportunity, so He Yan was not surprised that Cao Cao did not achieve results.

"What Marquis Shen said is true! Haha!"

Yang Xiu himself is also extremely intelligent, and he can see that Cao Cao's sending troops this time is taking a gamble, so he didn't get too entangled in this matter.

"Marquis Shen, actually, I have something else I want to ask you about this time."

He Yan glanced at Yang Xiu who was facing him: "There are not many things that De Zu can come to "ask for advice". If there are, then it is probably only something new to learn."

"almost."

Yang Xiu and He Yan have known each other for quite a long time, and they know that He Yan's attainments in classics, righteousness and learning are scumbags. Discussing literature with He Yan is basically playing the piano with a cow. The two sides can talk on the same channel, except for eating, drinking and having fun, only new learning .

"The workshops near Xuchang are already full... This is a good thing, but when I checked the accounts a few days ago, I found that the money I made has decreased instead."

Of course, what Yang Xiuwei did was not the small amount of money.

What he cares about is the potential of this model.

If the potential of the workshop model can only reach this level, then Yang Xiu himself has to weigh in his heart how far this road can go.

"I went to ask my father, and he only said that I came to find you. He said that you have a lot of work in your mind, and you should have a lot of ideas for improving textile machines or tables and chairs... Marquis Shen, or you can Give some advice?"

He Yan stroked his chin and thought to himself: "Is the market saturated so soon?"

Also, although Xuchang is the capital of the Han Dynasty, it is far less prosperous than Chang'an and Luoyang in those days, and the combined population is less than [-] households.This person really can't digest much.

"Dezu, to improve the textile machinery, to put it bluntly, is to improve the technology. This thing cannot be relied on by me or by you, but by people like Ma Jun."

He Yan fooled Yang Xiu and said, "Instead of looking for me, you might as well rely on the strength of your Hongnong Yang family to find these skilled craftsmen and let them think about it."

Yang Xiu frowned: "Is this really effective? I think Ma Jun has been with you for a long time, and he hasn't come up with anything new."

"Do you think it's laying eggs? Just squatting there will give you a golden egg?"

He insulted Yang Xiu bluntly, and He Yan gave Yang Xiu a detailed explanation of how to use these technical talents——

"These people belong to the kind of people who have been eating and drinking for nothing for ten years, but as long as their brains are open, they can bring you endless profits! You have to be patient with them!"

Yang Xiu still didn't understand: "What if their brains don't open up all the time?"

"If you don't get enlightened, you won't be enlightened! As long as they can persevere, their results will always be useful. Maybe his disciples and grandchildren will be enlightened!"

Yang Xiu smiled wryly: "Good guy! Isn't this period too long?"

"What Xinxue needs to do is to change another day. If our generation can finish everything, it can only show that Xinxue's potential is limited, and we can't place all our hopes on it."

He Yan understood Yang Xiu's complaints.

Huaxia pays attention to "applying what you have learned", and you can't wait to find a talented prime minister from the county, and a general from the army... As for training?Even if there is, it is almost enough to cultivate it several times for several years. Who will give you so much time and opportunity?

In fact, as far as training people is concerned, a few times a few years is enough.But if you want to cultivate a technology or even a knowledge, it will be difficult to succeed in a hundred years.

It is estimated that they will not realize this until the Hewu Seventh Courtyard is fully established, and let those aristocratic families feel what "the cruelty of capital" is.

"Marquis Shen, isn't it the same as not saying what you said?"

Yang Xiu spread his hands: "Could it be that I just waited like this? When will they make something new?"

"..."

He Yan was speechless about Yang Xiu's slowness.

And Yang Xiu obviously saw the idiotic look in He Yan's eyes, after all, he often looked at others with that look.

"Dezu, why do you insist on taking the quality?"

"Although quality is definitely the ultimate path of the workshop, if you don't have enough money and resources, how can you guarantee that you will survive until the day when new things come out?"

He Yan's words were already very explicit, Yang Xiu immediately widened his eyes, and blurted out to He Yan: "Take it easy!"

"bingo!"

Xuchang's market is only so small, it is not surprising that He Yan is saturated.

But besides Xuchang, there is also Yingchuan County!And Yuzhou!And the Central Plains!And Kyushu too!
Not to mention the saturation of the Kyushu market, even if the market in the Central Plains is only saturated, the profits will be beyond everyone's imagination. Is Yang Xiu still afraid that Xinxue will have no future?
"At this time, merchants are needed."

Let merchants form a network in the world, and then discover the needs of various places, and finally stimulate production.

In this process, the profit earned by the businessman was even more than that of the owner of the workshop, so He Yan didn't think about not eating this piece of fat.

Yang Xiu suddenly realized at this moment, his eyes lit up and said: "So that's what it means! I knew that Marquis Shen still has a backhand!"

"It's not a second hand, even if I don't say it, everyone will find out sooner or later."

He Yan raised his chin slightly with both hands.

"The reason why I didn't say it before is because most of the people in the Central Plains have experienced the torment of the war, and they can't even afford to eat enough... Such people obviously don't have the money to buy the products produced."

"But now that the manure method has been promoted, not to mention that all the people in the Central Plains have lived and worked in peace and contentment, but at least they have enough capital to resist disasters, so now is actually the best time to start."

Let the people create domestic demand, the first thing to do is to make the people rich!

If the people can't even afford to eat, and they are starving to death, they will still be indifferent if you pull the most exquisite utensils in front of them.

"Beyond that, people have to get richer and richer so that they can buy more things."

"As for the way to make people rich, farming is impossible. After all, I have never seen any people who can save money by farming."

"This is the time for our two grain stores to work hard."

Using the resources in hand to buy farmland with all one's strength, a large number of agricultural population can be squeezed into workshop population.

But there is a degree to this.

When the Zhongyuan Grain Shop and the Guanzhong Grain Shop have a lot of farmland in their hands, they must also plant these fields to the full. They cannot say that they will not plant the land, otherwise it will be a devastating blow to this new and fragile ecology. .

To solve this problem, either promote a large population growth, so that there is no shortage of people on both sides of the farmland and workshops, or make a breakthrough in planting technology, replacing quantity with efficiency.

"This requires Xun Lingjun's efforts."

The government is definitely an expert in promoting population growth.

When a large number of businessmen start to act, the government's taxes will definitely be indispensable.

As long as Xun Lingjun takes a little part to encourage production, the population of the Central Plains will definitely usher in an explosive growth in the future.

Once the population is reached, 90.00% of the troubles in the development of new learning will be basically solved. All He Yan has to do is wait.

After Yang Xiu heard He Yan's interlocking plan, his whole eyes seemed a little hairy.

"Shenhou... I just came to ask about the development of your workshop. Are you planning too far?"

"Is it far?"

He Yan scratched his head: "It seems a little far away... Come on, let's continue talking about the company!"

The rich merchants in the Eastern Han Dynasty were far superior to those in the Western Han Dynasty in terms of both quantity and quality. This was all because of the powerful support behind these wealthy merchants.

Even if they didn't, these elite businessmen would immediately give themselves a protective umbrella as soon as they saw that the situation was wrong, giving up money to buy peace.

For example, Wei Zhen's father, Wei Zi, was to Cao Cao, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang were to Liu Bei, and Lu Su was to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in his early years.

Since the Hongnong Yang family is behind Yang Xiu, there must be some ready-made big businessmen who can use it, which is very convenient.

On the contrary, He Yan...has not been accepted by a local tyrant so far, so he can only start from scratch.

But the facts have proved that as long as there are resources, the "self-made" thing will not be so "self-made".

Both He Yan and Yang Xiu are stars in Xuchang City, and if there is any disturbance in them, other people will spontaneously surround them.

After learning that He Yan wanted to form a caravan, all of a sudden everyone gave away people, money to those with money, and information to those with information. It took less than half a month to form a caravan with a scale of a thousand people. He's Firm] was basically established.

Naturally, He Yan handed over this firm to He Kui, who had come to join him from Nanyang.

After getting along these days, He Yan also found that He Kui is indeed a good person, and handing it over to him can save him a troublesome matter.

But all of this undoubtedly drove Cao Pi crazy when he came back from the expedition with Cao Cao!

With a sad face on his face, he slumped on the floor of He Yan's house and played like a rascal: "He Yan! Every time you secretly make money behind my back! Last time you said you would take me to make money, you didn't hear a word! You liar! Boo!"

Speaking of sadness, Cao Pi rolled on the ground alone, completely ignoring He Yan who was standing in front of him.

"Okay! Stop howling! There are countless people staring at you in the hall. If you reach out and touch the caravan, then you will have a good life in the future?"

In any case, when the old school forces still have the upper hand, it is better for Cao Pi, the son of Sikong, not to be contaminated by these things as much as possible.

"Woooo! I don't! I want money! I want small money! I don't even have the money to go to my daughter-in-law! Woooo!"

He Yan: "..."

Reluctantly squatting down, He Yan said to Cao Pi, who was rolling around, "It's true that I said I would lead you to make money! And now the timing is just right. If you don't get up, I won't play with you!"

brush!
Cao Pi's figure was like a ghost, and he immediately stood up straight. He even flicked the dust off his body in such a short period of time!

"How short of money are you kid?"

"Stop talking nonsense! He Yan! Tell me how to make money?"

He Yan pointed out a clear path to Cao Pi——

"In the future, businesses will definitely have to wander around in various big cities. Every time they buy and sell goods, they will inevitably use a lot of copper coins... But carrying copper coins is not only heavy, time-consuming, but also very unsafe, and it is easy to be robbed by bandits. Can you figure it out?"

"Of course!"

Cao Pi nodded heavily.

In fact, his grandfather Cao Song was targeted and slaughtered by thieves because he brought too much money. Cao Pi should not be too familiar with this!

"Then why, don't you start a kind of shop in various places, and let the caravan exchange money in this shop?"

"For example, when a businessman sells 1000 million yuan of goods in Chang'an, he can choose to hand over all the money to your shop and take only one voucher on the road. When the businessman arrives in Xuchang, he can directly Just use this certificate to withdraw your own money."

"As for your store, you can earn a living by collecting service fees... You can think about how much you can earn from such a no-cost business!"

　Today my throat finally got better, but my head hurts again, but it feels like it’s the end, and it will definitely recover before New Year’s Day... right?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)