Chapter 90 The world is like a dark night to me (four thousand words chapter)(1/2)
Although Li Xu's mind-boggling decision was a temporary decision, he had already made plans to get involved in business.
After all, in the future, the business will maintain an increasingly large foundation. It will not last long by plundering everywhere. It can only be used as a means of primitive accumulation of capital in the early stage.
At that time, as your territory and population grow more and more, even if you want to grab it, you will have no partner. You can't steal your own people, right?
Therefore, it is necessary to enrich revenue channels. Not only does it cost money, but it is necessary to open up resources.
The reason why I get involved in the government and get an official identity is not only because of using the government's resources and identity to obtain many conveniences, but another direct reason is that I can get to know and gather many talents for my own use.
After all, being a mountain king would not have such an opportunity. Even if you meet the right talents, people will most likely not want to hang out with you.
Fame is important.
But I have been busy with other things recently and have no suitable opportunity, so this idea has been put on hold except for a "Heaven and Earth" that has not yet officially started to open.
But today, when I saw Chen Yixiu, the good thing that happened to have a shop sold and confiscated, Li Xu made this decision naturally.
Although he seems to have many subordinates now, he is fighting and killing, but none of them know business.
Chen Yixiu was the only businessman he knew, and he could tell from several things that his character was trustworthy, so Li Xu gave it to him.
As for letting Chen Yixiu participate in the stake, it is also a way to win him over.
To maintain a long-term relationship, friendship is just the beginning and interests are eternal.
So Li Xu himself became the chairman and let Chen Yixiu be the second shareholder and CEO of the business bank. Only then can the two complement each other can this be accomplished.
After Chen Yixiu calmed down a little, he quickly entered a qualified businessman and asked for instructions: "Boss, when will we accept these stores? These stores have them in all industries. Some goods can be stored for a long time, while some goods need to be resold in time. And how to place the original staff of these stores? You can give me a charter here."
Seeing that he was serious, Li Xu nodded and said, "You will accept it tomorrow morning, and I will handle the procedures from the yamen. I will send you some people to help you. As for how to deal with the original goods, you can make the decision. Do not have any staff in each store that are related to the original owner, and you can just identify the rest yourself. If there is not enough staff, you can find me at any time and I will arrange it for you."
This was basically left to Chen Yixiu to make full decisions. Chen Yixiu was moved and put the two thousand taels of silver notes used to invest on the coffee table. After giving the more meticulous gift, he wanted to say goodbye and leave, saying that he would come tomorrow morning.
Li Xu called him, took out a butterfly-shaped pearl silver step from his cuff and passed it over, saying it was a gift for his little niece.
Chen Yixiu was stunned. His eyes looked at Li Xu for some reason, but he quickly accepted it and explained that he would bring his daughter over to thank her Brother Li the day.
But I felt more confident in my heart that my good brother was, and my new owner had ideas about my little daughter.
If Chen Yixiu was a little vigilant before, then as his interests became more and more tight, his ideas have also changed, and that is, he is happy to see it happen.
Of course, he would not take the initiative to propose such a thing, but he was willing to create opportunities for the two of them and then let it go.
No matter how much he loves his daughter, he will not be able to transcend the constraints and influence of the times.
If Li Xu knew what he was thinking, he would definitely scream in his heart for a long time.
Xiao Fubao is only an eleven-year-old child. Why do you, a father, think about getting married?
However, if Chen Yixiu knew Li Xu’s thoughts, he would definitely not agree with it.
Although eleven years old is not old, it cannot be said to be too young.
In this era, although most women get married at the age of fourteen or five, they are not without them at the age of one hundred or two.
So Chen Yixiu’s idea is normal, and the abnormal one is Li Xu.
However, Chen Yixiu will not make it clear about this kind of thing. Although he will not stop it, it depends on whether his daughter is willing or not.
If it is a man who has a love or a concubine who is interested, it is naturally the best.
However, Li Xu is not old and is so handsome. Although he is a general, he is not a rough and reckless man. Now he has a huge industry and no matter how he looks, he looks like a rich son-in-law.
My daughter should be happy with such a good son-in-law, right?
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As soon as Chen Yixiu left, Li Xu did not rush back to enjoy Xiao Ailin's secretary service, but instead held the teacup and began to think about the next arrangement. As a result, Li Qin walked in with red eyes.
Li Xu was stunned, put down the teacup, walked over and reached out to rub her head, and said strangely: "Who is bullying our Li family's eldest daughter? You are so brave. Tell me, brother vent your anger for you."
Li Qin looked up at him, opened her mouth and called "Second Brother", and tears fell again.
Li Xu was so anxious that he scratched his ears and faces. It took him a long time to figure out the whole story. It turned out that the courageous person who "bullied" his own girl was himself, and his face was a little embarrassed for a moment.
I have said before that the Li family also has shops in the county town, with a grocery store and a cloth shop. Of course, the scale is not large and it is not very prominent in the county town.
Li Qin has been busy with the reopening of "Heaven and Earth" these days, and has been busy in the store.
However, when the preparations were almost done, the thief army came again, and Li Xu decided to delay the opening.
Li Qin now naturally knew that her second brother was a new county magistrate and had to be busy guarding the city, so she didn't care about the restaurant at all.
Besides, the war is in chaos now, and there is no business after opening, so I just obey and do what I do.
Early this morning, I heard that a large group of troops came to attack the city. Naturally, a group of women did not dare to run around and stayed obediently in the backyard of the restaurant.
As a result, not long after, the chef Chen Hansheng, who went out to buy vegetables and prepare to cook, brought back a shocking news, saying that the county magistrate shot the thief army's chief general with one arrow, and the township Yongying took the opportunity to go out of the city to charge, and the thief army was defeated.
Now the city is saying that the county magistrate is Xiao Li Guang's rebirth, and many gentry and civilians have gone to the county government office to kowtow and thank him, and they have also donated money and materials, which is very lively.
When Chef Chen Hansheng said this, he was also proud of his face.
The girls were both surprised and happy when they heard this. They were saved by Li Xu and were already grateful to Li Xu.
Now Li Xu has become a county magistrate again, and has always treated them with courtesy and placed a way out for them, so he is even more grateful.
So when I heard about Li Xu defeating the enemy with one arrow, I was so excited that I laughed and danced.
The happiest one was naturally Li Qin. She listened to the praises of the sisters around her for Li Xu with a smile. The more she listened, the more she felt more comfortable, as sweet as she ate honey.
In the afternoon, a group of idle women discussed going out and seeing what was going on in the city now.
Li Qin was thinking about what the people outside said. Anyway, she would be happy to hear it whenever she praised her second brother.
When you go out, you don’t need to be deliberately asked. People on the streets and alleys are talking about the fact that the county magistrate defeated the enemy with one arrow, and there are all kinds of versions.
Some people say that the county magistrate shot through the head of the thief general with an arrow two hundred steps away, and the thief soldiers were immediately defeated.
But someone immediately jumped out to correct it and said that it was wrong. The boy from the neighbor's wife of his second uncle and nephew's wife was in the village Yongying camp. He saw with his own eyes that the thief was still five hundred steps away, and the county magistrate shot overturned by an arrow and killed the two thief soldiers behind him.
But someone shook his head and said that what you said was wrong. The county magistrate was clearly holding a bed crossbow, exhaling a thousand steps away, shouting loudly, and crossbow arrows as thick as arms were nailed to the ground, and the bandits shouted that the gods came down to earth and collapsed in an instant...
Anyway, after folk interpretation and word of mouth, Li Xu has even become Houyi and descended to earth.
If you continue to perform this way, you will be about to shoot the thief general with an arrow eight hundred miles away.
Although Li Qin knew that these people were exaggerating, she was still happy to listen and pulled the little sisters around and then stopped him on a slightly remote street.
The one who called her was the shopkeeper of the Li family's grocery store in the county town.
The shopkeeper was from Li Qinjiu's family. Chen invited him to be the shopkeeper and knew Li Qin. He happened to see Li Qin from a distance and called her.
The fact that Li Qin "escape" with someone is a family scandal, and Chen did not promote it, so the shopkeeper didn't know why Li Qin was here, but when he asked casually, Li Qin did not answer.
Storekeeper Chen said a few words, then sighed and said that Li Qin's cousin Chen Ziteng was captured by the thieves. The thieves cut off a finger and blackmailed a large amount of money and food in the Chen family. After that, he sighed and said that thieves are everywhere now and there is no peace everywhere. Li Qin is careful of safety. If he has time, he can go to the store to take a look.
After saying that, he bowed and left.
Li Qin has no good feelings for her cousin Chen Ziteng, so she has no feelings for his fingers being cut off, and she doesn't care about her uncle's family being blackmailed and robbed by thieves.
She just thought of her own mother, Chen, and her elder brother Li Mu, who were still in Lijiazhuang.
I had been hit by a thief for a while last time. If my second brother had not arrived in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Now the thief even robbed the uncle's family, who is more powerful than the customers of his own village, so can Lijiazhuang be spared again?
Although she has a lot of opinions about her mother and brother, she is her own relative after all, so how can she really ignore her?
Thinking of this, I lost the mood to go shopping. When I returned to the backyard of the restaurant, I wanted to come to find an idea for my second brother Li Xu, but I heard that Li Xu was seeing Shen Yixiu. I waited for a while before I saw Shen Yixiu leaving.
After understanding it, Li Xu was really embarrassed. Although Chenjiazhuang was not robbed by himself, what Tan Lun did was equivalent to what he did, so he had to take the blame.
He pondered for a moment, looked at Li Qin and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
He knew that his sister had always been an independent person and shouldn't have come to ask him to send someone to protect Lijiazhuang, otherwise he wouldn't have followed him so resolutely.
Li Qin was silent for a moment, and a pair of red apricot eyes looked at Li Xu and said softly: "Second brother, now this is in chaos. A city with strong city defense can attract the covetous target of the thief army, let alone a small village. Last time, the second brother arrived in time to save the lives of the entire village, but what about next time? What about next time?"
When Li Xu heard this, although he didn't know what Li Qin wanted to say, his heart gradually felt relieved and didn't say anything, so he continued to listen.
"Besides, with my mother and elder brother's temperament, I am not the kind of cautious person at all. Sooner or later, this farm can't be kept. I heard from the shopkeeper Chen that many of the tenants and farmers in Chenjiazhuang have begun to flee, and many of the fields are no longer farmed and served. In this case, Lijiazhuang must be similar."
"But if my mother gave up Lijiazhuang and went to the city to take refuge, she would definitely not want to ask my second brother to requisition Lijiazhuang in the name of the government office and find a garrison. My mother would definitely not dare to cause trouble. At that time, she and her second brother would leave some money to settle down and send it to Yaozhou City or other surrounding cities, open a shop, have a living, and live a stable life. In this way, I can feel at ease and be a filial piety to be my daughter."
After hearing this, Li Xu felt secretly in his heart that it was indeed the little girl he was familiar with.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this idea is not only not about filial piety, but also about being ruthless. How could he instigate the government to requisition his own village?
But from a rational point of view, Li Qin's words are the smartest and most rational way to do it.
An ordinary man is innocent and he is guilty of possessing a treasure.
A small Lijiazhuang can break any team for you.
At that time, not only will the money and food be robbed, but it is hard to say whether the lives of the Chen family and his son can be saved.
Li Qin is really doing it for her own mother and elder brother.
But Chen and Li Mu would definitely not think so. If they knew it was Li Qin's idea, they would definitely vomit blood and scold her for being eaten by the dog.
Li Xu was actually a little moved by Li Qin's proposal.
As the population increases, the land at the Malan Mountain Base is no longer enough.
To be continued...