Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 566

"Master made fun of me, what can I think about this concubine? It's just to tell the master what I know." Xiao Zhu laughed.

Li Jing raised his hand and scratched Xiao Zhu's nose: "It's still on."

Xiaozhu looked up at Li Xiang, gave Li Jing a white look and said, "Master wants to build this place into the material distribution center of Daming, and our car dealership has great potential. Don't forget, Jingji dealerships are spread all over the country. Especially in the northern provinces, if there is no Jingji Chariot and Horse Company, a lot of business will be difficult."

Li Jing nodded slightly. Li Jing is well aware of the strength of Jingji Chariot and Horse Company. After ten years of development, Jingji Car and Horse Company has branches all over the important cities of thirteen provinces across the country, especially in the northern provinces. There are branches in every state and county.

Because Jingji Chariots and Horses has a good reputation and is safe and reliable, many merchants even entrust Jingji Chariots and Horses to purchase supplies on their behalf. As Xiaozhu said, if there is no Jingji Cars and Horses, many businesses will have to close their doors.

After pondering for a while, Li Jing said: "But Jingji Chariot and Horse Company has branches in Beijing, Shandong and other important counties where the canal passes. It seems that it would not be very useful to have another one in Tianjin, right?"

Hearing Li Jing's question, Xiaozhu smiled and said, "If it was in the past, it was really unnecessary, but now it is different. Now that Liaodong has been pacified, a large amount of supplies will be transported from Liaodong to the inland in the future, and the inland supplies will also be transported to the mainland. Liaodong, and since the master wants to build Tianjin Wei into the material distribution center of Ming Dynasty, from now on, many materials destined for Liaodong must be shipped from here, and materials from Liaodong will also be shipped here. At this time, it is necessary to open a branch here .

In fact, the two wives are already planning to open several more branches in Liaodong. If we open another branch in Tianjin, our family can monopolize the transportation in Liaodong. "

Li Jing couldn't help but chuckled after hearing this: "That's right, I didn't expect you to have such a vision, Xiao Zhu. It seems that you have learned from the two ladies all these years."

Xiaozhu blushed immediately when she heard this, and said after a while: "Actually, as long as the two wives know the news, they will definitely set up a semicolon here. The concubine just said it in advance."

Li Jing smiled and said: "You don't need to be self-effacing. I know that the two wives are the ones who make the most of the family affairs, but you and Xiaodie are responsible for the specific matters. Tell me, do you have any other suggestions. "

Xiaozhu thought for a while and then said: "If so many businesses can be gathered here as the master said, then we can also open a bank here. You know, when so many businesses are not in urgent need, opening a bank here can help These merchants solve a lot of things that are not handy, and this is the most profitable business."

"Hehe, don't you just say that the loan is over?" Li Jing laughed.

After laughing for a while, Li Jing nodded and said, "You're right. Opening a bank here can indeed make a lot of money, and even if we don't do it, someone else will definitely do it. The key to doing business is reputation. What we pay attention to is word-of-mouth, we Jingji Qianzhuang has nothing to say about its reputation and word-of-mouth, of course we can do it if others do it."

Xiaozhu smiled and said: "Master said so, does that mean he agrees?"

Li Jingting nodded and said, "I agree, of course I agree. I can't even do business because I want to do something to avoid suspicion."

Xiao Zhu continued with a smile: "Master, there are so many businesses here, let's solve the problem of living and food.

My concubine thinks that we can also open restaurants and inns here. The restaurants and inns our family has in the capital are all gold-lettered signs. Opening a branch here will surely bring more customers. "

Li Jing said with a smile: "Hehe, I'm afraid these two businesses can't be compared with chariot and horse dealers and money houses."

"The master is wrong. Food and lodging are the two most lucrative industries. Think about it, those businessmen want to talk about business. They have to be more generous in restaurants when they talk about business. A table costs ten taels Eight taels of silver is a very common thing, and the profit of a restaurant can reach half.

Let's not talk about the business here, let's talk about the Xianghe Tower in Beijing. After removing all the expenses, it earns at least 50 taels of silver a day. After a year, it is 8000 taels!Did you say you made money or not? "

Li Jing couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words: "The restaurants in Beijing used to be managed by Ma Wu, and I didn't ask about the business situation, so I didn't expect to make so much money!"

Xiaozhu smiled and said: "Uncle Wu reports the accounts of the restaurant to his wife, so I know how much the restaurant earns, but our restaurant still borrows from the master. Before the master came to Beijing, the restaurant only had two bills a year. 3000 taels of income."

Li Jing waved his hand: "Before I came to Beijing, the reason why the restaurant didn't make much money was because Fifth Brother had to deal with the officials in Beijing, and basically spent all the money he earned. Now there is no need to deal with officials, and the profit can be seen immediately. It's just that I didn’t expect to make so much money.”

Xiaozhu smiled and said, "It's a pity that the properties that Fifth Uncle worked so hard to buy are all given away by the master. Now the master's old brothers are all rich and wealthy."

Li Jing smiled and said: "You little stingy, those old brothers and I were born and died, giving them some property is nothing. And most of these people are in high positions now. With these properties, they will not be greedy." .”

"Hehe, I know it myself." Xiaozhu laughed.

After laughing for a while, Xiaozhu continued: "In fact, the inn is more profitable than the restaurant, because the restaurant has a cost anyway, but the inn is a huge profit. There must be countless merchants here in the future. These people must live here Shops, opening inns will definitely make a lot of money.”

Hearing Xiaozhu's three affirmations in a row, Li Jing couldn't help but chuckled.

However, Li Jing had to admit that what Xiaozhu said was right. For those businessmen who have been doing business abroad all the year round, the needs of these four items are much greater than those of ordinary people.

Seeing that Li Jing was silent, Xiaozhu smiled and said: "Master, do you think it is feasible for our family to open a restaurant or an inn here?"

Li Jing nodded again and again: "Of course, and I guess that after the news that this place will become Daming's material distribution center spreads, there will not be too few businessmen who are going to come here to open restaurants and inns. Your words remind me , When I drew that picture, I didn’t think of these things yet, let’s go back and let the equations carefully figure out how to make the layout of the shops here more reasonable.”

"Master is going to ask the Ministry of Industry to do this project?" Xiao Zhu asked.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Of course, do you think I only know how to collect taxes? Renting out store warehouses is also a lucrative business!"

"I want to rent a shop!" Xiaozhu couldn't help thinking when he heard this.

"What? You mean you want to build it yourself?" Li Jing smiled.

Xiaozhu pondered for a while and said: "Master, I think these things should be carefully considered."

Li Jingqi said: "How do you say it?"

Xiaozhu murmured: "I think that it is more suitable for us to build houses like restaurants and inns. Because no matter how hard the Ministry of Industry works, the houses they supervise may not meet our requirements. First of all, let's talk about the layout. The restaurant you open must be magnificent, and the Ministry of Industry cannot build a luxurious restaurant for our family, if they are willing to build it, the master will not agree."

"You mean we buy the land or rent the land and build it ourselves?" Li Jing pondered.

"The concubine means of course that it is more suitable to buy land, because the purchased land will always be our family's, and the rented land will not be ours when it expires." Xiaozhu said.

After a pause, Xiaozhu continued: "Actually, what I'm talking about is not only my own thoughts, but also those businessmen."

Li Jing raised his palm: "I think you take this matter for granted, because it is impossible for these merchants to do business here for a lifetime, and I am afraid that there will not be many people who buy land and build their own shops."

Xiaozhu smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to buy land and build it yourself! The master can still ask the Ministry of Industry to build a batch of shops for rent!"

Li Jingwen said with a smile: "In the final analysis, you still have your own calculations. Xiao Zhu, I'm afraid we can't figure out how much money our family has, so don't count these gains and losses."

Xiaozhu smiled and said: "That's different. In business, we must spend the money that should be spent by us, and we can pay a lot of money to the court, but we can't do business at a loss. That would be boring, and others would I won’t speak well of us. Knowing that this is our family’s business, I will definitely think that we may have taken advantage of the court! So, I think, we might as well make these things clear, even if it costs more We also accepted some money."

Li Jingjing nodded: "What you said is also reasonable." "

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "In this way, the city can be divided into four areas in total, and a part of each area will be reserved for direct sale, and the rest will be contracted by the Ministry of Industry to build store warehouses, which can be sold or rented. What do you think? How about this?"

"In this case, the price must be settled. Within a certain period of time, the rental price cannot be higher than the selling price, otherwise, everyone might as well just buy it." Xiaozhu said.

Li Jing smiled and said, "What I'm saying is, it's just that the selling price may be unaffordable for ordinary people."

Xiaozhu smiled and said: "Those who are willing to spend money to buy are permanent properties. They won't care too much if they spend more money. The key is that this material distribution center can allow them to see long-term benefits."

Li Jingjing nodded: "So, this city must be planned well, and then it must be built with all my heart and go all out. I will use administrative means to facilitate this matter. Those miscellaneous dilapidated buildings outside the city should be demolished. Well, the road traffic must be smooth, and those businessmen who come to this city will feel that this city has a future."

"Master is right, the docks near the river are really messy and should be cleaned up," Xiao Zhu said.

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to care about this." Li Jing laughed.

"I saw it when I entered the city the day before yesterday. It is winter now, the river is not smooth, and there are not many people at the pier and it is so chaotic. You can imagine what it will be like when the river is smooth." Xiaozhu said.

(End of this chapter)