"make money!"
"make money!"
“Still making money!!”
Zhou Zhenwen looked around at everyone and said firmly.
"Forehead......"
As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was stunned.
Many heads of aristocratic families who looked serious and were afraid of getting themselves into trouble first looked stunned, then confused, and finally full of confusion?
ah?
make money?
Isn’t this Mr. Zhou here to control locusts?
The heads of the aristocratic families looked at each other, somewhat confused about the situation.
In a private room on the fourth floor of Qingyun Tower, the eldest princess Huaizhen listened to Zhou Zhenwen's words and looked at the reactions of the family heads. She smiled slightly, took a sip of tea, and murmured: "Since ancient times, great treachery has always been like loyalty, and great treachery has always been like loyalty. Fake seems real, how can it be so easy to see through what is real and what is fake?”
"A gentleman's deeds do not reflect his heart."
“When looking at a person, don’t look at what he says, look at what he does...”
...
The head of the Xu family hesitated for a moment, then took the initiative to ask: "May I ask what Mr. Zhou means?"
"I think all the family heads should have heard about my plan."
Zhou Zhenwen looked at the crowd and said unhurriedly: "I won't go into details. I will only say one thing. If we only rely on the supervision of the court and the spontaneous actions of the people to control the locusts, the locusts will never be controlled. The only way is to develop the locusts." Only when a business is made profitable for everyone involved can it function perfectly, let everyone participate, and eradicate the locust plague forever!!"
"And since it's a business, you have to make money. In addition to solving the problem of locust infestation, I also want to make some money!!"
"This money can be provided by you, or by common people or merchants. Everyone can use their abilities. Just show your skills."
"However, if you want to make this deal happen, the first step is for you to invest money. I plan to build the Locust Commercial Street and spread out more than a dozen ways to make locusts. At the same time, I will build a landmark building in Qingzhou City. All Inns, restaurants, and hook bars must carry locust products. Violators will be fined ranging from ten taels of silver to five hundred taels of silver, depending on the scale of the business."
"At the same time, there must be locust sales points in the streets and alleys of Qingzhou City, wherever people can see them."
"This requires the efforts of all the family heads..."
Hearing Zhou Zhenwen's big move, all the family heads looked unhappy. How much money would be needed to reach this point?
It’s hard to say whether this can pay off?
Besides, who dares to eat locusts?
Isn't this embarrassing?
"Master Zhou, you have a distinguished status. We are just ordinary people. Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials. We respect you very much, but in this matter... we are really powerless, right?" The head of the Liu family He stood up and faced Zhou Zhenwen, cupping his fists.
"Is there nothing you can do?" Zhou Zhenwen frowned slightly and ordered: "Xiao Si, show the things to the head of the family."
"Yes." Xiaosi walked up to the head of the Liu family and handed a file to him.
The head of the Liu family took the file and was also stunned. He looked at Zhou Zhenwen: "Master Zhou, what does this mean?"
"It's not interesting, let's take a look." Zhou Zhenwen smiled slightly and pointed at the file: "After reading it, we will talk about it."
"Huh?" The head of the Liu family didn't quite understand what the other party meant. He opened the file and after reading a few lines, his face turned pale. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhou Zhenwen, who was smiling.
"Do you still have any questions now?" Zhou Zhenwen asked with a smile on his face.
The head of the Liu family bowed his hands, became extremely serious, and said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, Mr. Zhou, even if Mr. Liu dissipates all his family wealth, he will definitely support Mr. Zhou and the imperial court!! In this matter, our Liu family will do our best to do our best. go!!"
"Okay." Zhou Zhenwen looked at the others, "Do you still have any questions?"
The heads of the Liu family don't know why the head of the Liu family suddenly changed, but they are all human beings, and they can guess that the head of the Liu family probably fell into the hands of the other party...
Are you not going to let Zhou Zhenwen control you now?
"Master Zhou, I still have a question." Seeing that no one said anything, Gongsun Wuji, as the head of the Qingzhou family, couldn't sit still anymore and said.
Zhou Zhenwen seemed to have guessed that Gongsun Wuji would speak. He nodded slightly and said, "Master Gongsun, just say so."
"I dare to ask Lord Zhou, are you planning to build Qingzhou City into one city? Or are you going to cover the entire Qingzhou City with this plan?" Gongsun Wuji asked the most critical question.
For a moment, everyone looked at Zhou Zhenwen.
yes!
Is Zhou Zhenwen planning to take over a city?
Or get a state?
According to Zhou Zhenwen's arrangement, if a whole state is like this, even if the family is rich, they can't afford to go through such trouble?
If it's one city, they grit their teeth and share it, which is acceptable!
"The control of locusts in Qingzhou is naturally not a matter of one city..."
Zhou Zhenwen looked at everyone's expressions, his expression unchanged, and continued: "However, if something like locusts wants to develop, it needs the support of the court and the cooperation of major families... There is a saying in business , it is said that rare things are valuable, if a thing is in ruins, then it is worthless. "
"The entire Qingzhou only needs one commercial city and one locust commercial street. Only in this way can we attract surrounding towns and allow people to collect locusts and transport them to Qingzhou City for sale. As long as the money from selling exceeds the money spent on transportation. , it is profitable, and the people will not despise the hard work."
"But every major city in Qingzhou must open one or two locust shops as a front to promote the locust trade, locust food, and the locust commercial city. You also need to send people to publicize the matter. This cost cannot be saved."
Zhou Zhenwen is very aware of the characteristics of business. When something is scarce, it is easy to be hyped and the price is high for retail investors to take over.
And once a thing is ruined on the street, it is just like stinky dog shit, and no one wants it.
Locust Commercial Street, Locust Food City, and Locust commercialization are just temporary measures. Whether they can be developed depends on market feedback.
It is obviously impossible to play the entire Qingzhou according to this model.
If you really do this, you will end up in a mess and suffer the consequences.
Qingzhou cannot afford to play like this. Qingzhou's food shortage problem has not yet been solved.
Zhang Qi emptied Qingzhou's grain reserves. The senior officials of the imperial court knew about this, and the Qingzhou family also knew that they had begun to secretly stockpile grain.
Once the locust plague really breaks out, the aristocratic families can start to wait for the price and harvest the people without scruples without panic.
Forcing good girls into prostitution and selling their children and daughters are the norm.
At present, the Qingzhou government is controlling food prices and restricting purchases by aristocratic families, so that a food crisis will not break out immediately.
But this is all a stopgap measure, this thunder can explode at any time! !
The reason why Zhou Zhenwen tested new crops in Qingzhou was to solve this hidden danger. With the support of new crops, Qingzhou could soon become wealthy again and no longer be troubled by food.
"Even so, my Gongsun family is willing to provide three thousand taels of silver to support Mr. Zhou and the construction of the imperial court." Gongsun Wuji secretly calculated the gains and losses and took the initiative to speak.
With Gongsun Wuji taking the lead, everything that follows seems logical.
The heads of all the major aristocratic families agreed to support Zhou Zhenwen and the court's arrangements. They signed contracts one after another and agreed to fund the construction of commercial streets.
For a time, the atmosphere in Qingyun Tower became lively.
"Okay, in that case, let's continue serving the food!"
Zhou Zhenwen also showed a smile and ordered.
A maid, carrying a dinner plate, served a dish to each seat.
“Everyone, please!!”
Zhou Zhenwen raised his finger to point at the dishes and invited.
The lid on the dinner plate was lifted, and ferocious-looking salt and pepper locusts were placed on the dinner plate.
The faces of all the heads of the aristocratic families changed, and no one said a word.
