Molested Zulong at the beginning

"On the night of weddings and candles in the bridal chamber, if you don't raise it, when you are named on the gold list, you will have the same name."

Looking at the witty and weird poem in front of her, the widow couldn't help but smile on her charming face.

She couldn't help but said: "It's obviously the four great joys in life, but after he added these two words, it instantly turned into four great sorrows. This Lord Bai is really an interesting person."

"What are you looking at, smiling so happily."

At this moment, a hearty youthful voice came from behind.

"My family read the poems written by the adults and found them even interesting. I couldn't help laughing for a while. I hope the adults will forgive me."

The widow Qing put down the teacup in her hand, bowed her hands to Bai Su and saluted.

Bai Su waved his hand, and said, "This trivial matter is nothing to worry about, Mrs. Qing, please sit down."

With that said, he came to a seat and sat down.

Widow Qing followed closely behind and sat opposite him. The distance between the two was neither too far nor too close, giving people a distance that was neither too close nor too distant, which made people feel very comfortable.

Seeing this insignificant detail, Bai Su couldn't help thinking to himself, indeed, none of the people who can leave their names in history is simple.

After pondering for a while, he ordered: "It's noon now, why don't we chat while eating."

The widow gave a clear smile, and said in a gentle tone: "The slave family would be more respectful than obedient."

After all, Dangtang Daliang took the initiative to invite her to dinner, which obviously showed his trust in her. Naturally, she would not refuse such a good opportunity.

Bai Su clapped his hands, and the maid quickly got busy.

For a while, carrying all kinds of pliers, scissors tools came in.

The widow Qing couldn't help being stunned, and gave Bai Su a weird look: "My lord, are you sure you took so many guys for food?"

With so many tools, no matter how you look at it, it looks like carpentry, not like eating.

Bai Su smiled and said, "The reason why there are so many tools is to eat them."

Soon, a few maids came in with trays, lifted the lid, and dispersed with the steaming mist, revealing the red hairy crabs inside.

A trace of surprise appeared on Widow Qing's face, and she couldn't help but said, "This is a crab."

Bai Su glanced at her curiously: "Oh, Mrs. Qing knows this thing?"

The widow Qing nodded and said lightly: "My family has been doing business for many years and has traveled around the world. I was lucky enough to eat this food in Chudi. It tastes even delicious. I remember that the local crabs look similar to this plate."

Bai Su said with a smile: "As expected of Mrs. Qing, she is indeed well-informed. That's right, this crab is from Chu."

The widow Qingqiu's water-like eyes froze slightly, and she said in disbelief: "This... how is this possible, crabs need to survive by water, even if there is a canal to transport them, it will take at least three to five days to transport them from Luoyang to Guanzhong. He died a long time ago, how could he eat fresh crabs?"

Bai Su said with a smile: "Under normal circumstances, they will indeed die, but as long as they are transported, the crabs should be buried in damp sawdust, so that even if there is no water, the crabs will not die, and they can be preserved for about seven days."

"In this way, people far away from rivers and lakes can easily eat fresh crabs."

The widow's vermilion lips parted slightly. After pondering for a long time, she couldn't help sighing, "Your Excellency is so knowledgeable and talented. No wonder many businessmen in the folk call you the God of Wealth."

"The method of transportation and storage of this crab alone is enough to earn tens of thousands of dollars from wealthy merchants and nobles who are far away from rivers, lakes and seas, and thus make a party rich."

A smile appeared on Bai Su's face: "I'm not interested in business, but I just have a big mouth. I like to satisfy my appetite in my spare time. Come here, the sauce is here, how about the taste?"

As he spoke, he pushed the sauce brought by the maid to the widow Qing, and taught her how to use the crab claws and other tools by the way.

The widow lightly dipped in the sauce, took a sip, her eyes lit up, and she couldn't help saying: "This... this tastes so delicious."

Although she was lucky enough to eat it a few times before, it basically didn't have any seasoning, so she could only eat it fresh.

How can it match the taste of the sauce, it tastes delicious.

The widow Qing, who has always been dignified and elegant, didn't care about her image, so she couldn't help but eat a few more.

Looking at her like this, Bai Su couldn't help reminding: "The crab is cold in nature, so don't eat too much, especially during menstruation..."

Widow Qing shook her head slightly, and said, "It's okay, I'm not today..."

She spoke halfway, but stopped abruptly, her pretty face with all kinds of charms couldn't help but blush, why did she suddenly say this.

After all, to say this kind of private matter openly, no matter how you look at it, there is a hint of teasing.

Bai Su looked at the embarrassed beautiful young woman in front of her, and the overly ambiguous atmosphere between the two.

He couldn't help coughing lightly, and changed the subject: "I don't know how the manpower Madam Qing recently recruited?"

When Widow Qing heard Bai Su's question, she suppressed her shyness for the time being, and said, "Since I received the order from the lord, I have dissipated all my family's wealth and went to various parts of the world to receive refugees and gather ruffians and scoundrels from the countryside."

"Now there are about [-] to [-] people gathered..."

A hint of surprise appeared on Bai Su's face, and he couldn't help but ask, "Why do you want to disperse all your wealth?"

The widow smiled brightly, and said, "Money is nothing but possessions outside the body. Since the adults need to use the concubine's place, then the concubine should work hard to serve the lord..."

Bai Su looked at her as she should be in this dungeon, and couldn't help being stunned for a while. After a while, he couldn't help but sigh.

Sure enough, a big businessman is a big businessman, with a courage far beyond ordinary people.

After finding a target, he would not hesitate to gamble all his wealth to seize this fleeting opportunity.

A person with such courage, if not in business, would be a good hand even if he is an official.

After pondering for a while, he said, "Mrs. Qing is so dedicated to the country and the people that I am even moved. However, my lord is not the kind of person who just takes advantage and makes others suffer."

"Since you have made such a big sacrifice, I will also give you a chance to make money and make meritorious deeds."

The widow Qing cupped her hands and said, "My lord, please tell me..."

Bai Su took a sip of his tea, and said, "The scale of the shipyard in the Central Plains continues to expand, and more ships will be built in the future to transport a large number of untouchables from the Tianzhu Protectorate to the land of Dongying to mine ore and sulfur. "

"Then bring the silver ore, spices, sulfur and other things dug from Japan back to the Central Plains."

"Such a large-scale triangular trade will definitely not be able to handle such a large-scale triangular trade relying solely on the court's own personnel. Therefore, I can give some non-government forces the opportunity to participate."

"For example, you can form a group of people, and the imperial court will provide a batch of ships. You can transport untouchables and goods back and forth. For each batch of goods transported, you can receive a batch of rewards from the imperial court."

"For example, how much does it cost to transport an untouchable, transport a ship of goods, and after handing over [-]%, you can keep [-]% for yourself..."

Widow Qing listened to Bai Su's narration, and her heart beat violently for a moment.

She is a smart person, and she knows exactly how profitable this huge business is.

In the past, the most profitable business in the Central Plains, silk and other goods, was only a few dozen times the huge profits. This still required some leftovers from the court's teeth, and most of them were taken away by the officials.

It can be said that doing business in the Central Plains is actually not easy.

As for this triangular trade, it can be said that except for the fleet and manpower in the early stage, the cost input is almost equal to zero.

As long as they provide some basic food and drink, and pull the untouchables from Tianzhu Protectorate to Dongying, they can immediately realize a lot of money, and if they go to Dongying to bring back the money, they can also keep [-]%.

This...you Nima is simply approved by the court, go out and rob.

What kind of business in the world can make money with zero yuan purchases?

Widow Qing suppressed the excitement in her heart, and asked tentatively: "Dare to ask my lord, I... I'm just a businessman, is it really okay?"

Bai Su said with a smile: "Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen don't distinguish between high and low. It's like weapons of different sharpness. It depends on how the person wielding the sword uses it. Since you are so smart, you can solve many problems for me. So what if I give you a chance to make a fortune."

After all, for today's imperial court, the real worry is not that the pies are too small to eat, but that the overseas pies are too big, and the imperial court can't finish them.

Instead of letting the pie go to waste, it is better to separate some out in advance to revitalize the folk industries in the Central Plains and drive the prosperity of the people.

For the folk businessmen, Bai Su didn't have the slightest worry at all.

As a result, the political sister holds an army of millions, and the businessman is just a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

This is the second time.

Today's Daxia has introduced treasure banknotes, and the currency has begun to use banknotes. Even if these merchants have money, they will still be stored in Daxia's bank in the future.

In fact, what the imperial court paid was only some interest and dividends. The hard-working money of these businessmen was put in the imperial court's left pocket and right pocket.

Even if these merchants don't want to deposit it in the Daxia Bank and exchange it for treasure banknotes, they will buy it into houses, mansions and other family properties.

In today's era, no matter how much money a businessman makes, he still has to bring it back to the Central Plains, and there is no other place to go.

After all, Tianzhu, Grassland, Liaodong, Dongying, and Central Plains are all the territory of Daxia. Where are you going? Xianyang will immediately ransack your house with an order?

As for going to a wild place, no matter how much gold you have, you will still be with big cockroaches every day, living a life like a primitive tribe, where you can't even eat enough.

This kind of day is completely meaningless.

It can be said that as long as these silver and gold flow into the mainland of the Central Plains, no matter what the method is, Bai Su has a way to get them to hand over the money obediently.

Farmers harvest straw with sickles, merchants harvest people with business, and the court...

Then use power tactics, the army harvests merchants.

Widow Qing looked at Bai Su's serious face, and she solemnly bowed her hands: "So, I understand."

Chapter 460 Six

After bidding farewell to the widow Qing, Bai Su began to plan to harvest high-quality leeks from the people, ah no, to establish a stock exchange to prepare for the construction of Daxia's railway.

This stock exchange sounds grand, but the principle of its operation is actually very simple.

It is to crowdfund money to do a certain profitable business, and after the completion, receive dividends according to the proportion of the stock.

In later generations, there is even a pirate stock exchange, crowdfunding guns and ammunition, you provide a gun, I provide a boat, and after a partnership robbery, share the spoils together.

Now Bai Su just applied this business operation method to the railway infrastructure.

Bai Su didn't have the slightest worry about whether he could crowdfund the initial investment costs for a year or so.

After all, ever since Daxia's fleet returned from Japan with a lot of money, the stock of the shipyard has soared, and in just one month, it has directly soared by more than a hundred times.

Those businessmen who were lucky enough to be summoned by him to buy the stocks of the shipyard have now made a fortune.

Not to mention the annual dividend interest of the fleet, just by selling the stocks in hand, you can get profits that others can't make for decades.

It is conceivable that the wealthy businessmen and dignitaries in the world are jealous now.

If not, the White Mansion is the residence of His Royal Highness Hu Yan, and they dare not disturb it easily.

Otherwise, people who are just begging Bai Su for face every day, hoping to buy some stocks with money, can line up directly from the gate of Baifu to Luoyang.

It can be said that now Bai Su only needs to say that he wants to sell a batch of stocks, and he does not need to write a letter to summon him personally.

As long as the news is released, there will be countless people rushing to the White House one after another, scrambling to send money to him.

For leeks with such high self-consciousness, Bai Su is naturally embarrassed to refuse.

In order to reap a good harvest, he decided to heat up the atmosphere, and specially wrote the news in the Daxia newspaper, spreading it all over the world.

After a period of time, the news spread everywhere, and countless rich businessmen and dignitaries with huge sums of money rushed to Xianyang overnight with the idea of ​​getting rich.

Then he can swing the scythe and reap.

Under the single-handed promotion of Bai Su, the latest issue of "Da Xia Bao" was published soon.

Nowadays, the people in the Central Plains have long been accustomed to the existence of newspapers. Coupled with the popularity of private schools in various places, with the increase in the number of scholars, the literacy rate has also greatly increased.

It can be said that the influence of the current newspaper has increased several times compared to the original, and the sales volume is also rising month by month.

In basic street taverns and teahouses, you can see people holding newspapers and drinking afternoon tea everywhere.

"Hey, what do you say this stock exchange is?"

"You can't read, isn't it written on it?"

"Nonsense, of course I know. It's just that we exchanged real money for a so-called stock. This thing can't be eaten or worn. What's the use?"

"Are you from out of town?"

"how do you know?"

"Who doesn't know the locals? The stocks issued by Mr. Bai are a treasure. They are simply a golden bump that can make money. Have you heard of Luoyang Shipyard?"

"I've heard that Lord Bai led the fleet to Dongpu and captured the sinner Xu Fu."

"It's not just the capture of Xu Fu, the fleet also brought back a mountain of silver. You don't know, the entire port is filled with that silver. The silver is shining brighter than the sun."

"Afterwards, the imperial court took out boxes of silver as dividends and gave them to those merchants who bought stocks, and they could receive dividends from the imperial court every year."

"If you feel that the dividends are too small and the money is too slow, you can also sell the stocks you bought to others. The stocks you bought with money at the beginning are now worth a hundred dollars."

"It can be said that as long as you buy the stocks that Mr. Bai sold, and wait for a year or so, you can just wait for the money to drop from the sky, which is faster than robbery."

"hiss!!!"

The businessman suddenly took a deep breath, and the whole person was dumbfounded for a while.