"I have a way! It can definitely be done! Hahaha!"
Yu Qian stood up, stared at the hanging pot and laughed wildly: "It's done, done! A hanging pot, a hodgepodge, that's right, it's just like a hanging pot, stew together, it will be done!!"
Hearing this, everyone was overjoyed and looked at Yu Qian.
As expected, it was still Yu Qian.
Liu Quan stood up excitedly and said, "Yu Qian is worthy of being our leader. Please tell me what the method is."
Yu Qian smiled slightly, "This method requires everyone's cooperation!"
Everyone said: "Yu Qian just says, we will do it."
Yu Qian did not speak in a hurry, but gave it up first, pointed to the hanging pot and said: "This hanging pot reminds me that such delicious food cannot be lived up to. It will not taste good when it gets cold. Let's finish the meal first. "
Everyone could hardly eat, they felt itchy and uncomfortable.
But what Yu Qian said is the same, it's not too late to eat first and then talk.
Everyone picked up their bowls and chopsticks and started eating, wolfing down the food. After a while, all the dishes in the big pot were eaten clean.
Everyone put down their bowls and chopsticks impatiently, looked at Yu Qian, and said: "Leader, please tell me quickly, we are so anxious."
Yu Qian smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, wait for me to have a sip of tea."
Everyone: "."
Seeing Yu Qian's confident look, everyone became more and more anxious.
Yu Qian took a slow sip of tea and then figured out the strategy in his mind.
"Okay, everyone, please be patient and listen to me."
Yu Qian pointed to the hanging pot and said, "What did everyone find?"
Everyone was confused, and one of them said: "An empty hanging pot."
Yu Qian asked again: "Why is it empty?"
Everyone asked: "Because...we ate it?"
Yu Qian smiled and said: "Yes, we ate it. If the food in the hanging pot is compared to profits, and we are compared to the villagers in each village, what do you think?"
ah?
Everyone still didn’t understand.
Liu Quan was smarter and seemed to understand a little, and said, "Brother Yu Qian means to let all the people come and eat this pot of food?"
"That's right!"
Yu Qian said sternly: "Everyone is frustrated now. Only Xiaodong Village has opened up the situation. In this case, we all concentrate on starting from Xiaodong Village, develop Xiaodong Village first, and develop Xiaodong Village well. Such a poor village, Under our leadership, all villages can become prosperous. This is a role model. Then all the villages in the county can see it, and all the people will believe in us!"
Hear the words.
Everyone’s eyes lit up!
What a great idea! What a great idea!
Liu Quan said excitedly: "Yu Qian, you mean that all our district heads will go to Xiaodong Village for development. Is that what you mean?"
Yu Qian nodded, then looked at Cheng Gong, the mayor of Xiaodong Village, and asked, "Cheng Gong, how much area does Xiaodong Village have?"
Cheng Gong thought about it and said, "It's not big. The village covers an area of only seven or eight acres, and the cultivated land area is almost a hundred acres."
“More than a hundred acres of land is enough!”
Yu Qian said with a smile: "Let's simply acquire all of Xiaodong Village and develop it into an industrial park. Fifty of us will work on projects together in it to build it into a wealthy and model village for the county and even Nanjing!"
Everyone's eyes lit up and they finally understood Yu Qian's intention.
"Okay, good idea!"
"I think it's good too, so I'll open up the situation from Xiaodong Village."
"Fifty people are working together to develop Xiaodong Village. With us, Xiaodong Village can't take off?"
Everyone said one after another.
However, Cheng Gong, the head of Xiaodong Village, said with some curiosity: "This is indeed a good idea. I am grateful to everyone for helping me develop Xiaodong Village. However, there are only about ten old, weak, sick and disabled people in Xiaodong Village, and there is no one." ?”
Hearing this, everyone looked at Yu Qian again.
Yu Qian smiled and said: "No one, it doesn't matter if there is no one. Think about it, if Xiaodong Village recruits workers and the wages are higher than the tenants' annual harvest, will the tenants come?"
"Hey, that's right!"
Liu Quan smiled and said: "If this is true, then the tenants in this county will definitely be willing to come over. By then, the landlord's fields will no longer be cultivated. Guess what will happen?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Liu Quandao: "Then, the Imperial Preceptor will use this as an excuse to take away everyone's idle land. Who will give it to us after the land is taken back? Of course it will be given to our She District Yamen. When the time comes, the She District Yamen will have land, will it still worry about development? "
As soon as this statement came out.
Everyone finally understood that this was simply killing multiple birds with one stone.
"Okay! Let's do it!" Everyone said in unison.
Yu Qian nodded and said: "Then let's do it. Let's decide on the project tonight. To be on the safe side, ten people will work in groups and decide on a project. We will work on five projects in total and we will work together as one to strive for success in each project. Be successful. When choosing projects, you should also choose those that are quick to produce results. Let’s think about what Peking has that Nanjing doesn’t have. If we take the successful projects in Peking and stand on the shoulders of giants, we can see further! !”
"What a great person to stand on the shoulders of giants, Yu Qian is so talented!"
"Then let's discuss the project in groups."
"Okay, everyone will be divided into groups and go back to their rooms. We will meet again in an hour."
“I suggest that each group discuss two projects and wait to avoid duplication.”
"Okay, okay, that's very good, then it's settled."
That's it.
Fifty people, divided into five groups.
Each group of people returned to the room, and the ten people began to have a collision of ideas.
An hour later.
Everyone gathered together again.
They all came up with their own plans, and Yu Qian began to watch these projects.
"The project of making preserved eggs is expected to invest two hundred taels of silver. Yes, preserved eggs are popular in Peiping. The special fragrance is coming to your nostrils. Try it. It is fresh and smooth. I was also lucky enough to taste the cold preserved eggs with soy sauce, vinegar and spicy millet. Then The taste is outstanding. I think this project is okay, and the initial investment is not much."
Yu Qian nodded and approved the project.
He then looked down.
"The toilet paper workshop project is expected to invest five hundred taels of silver."
Yu Qian's eyes lit up: "This project is good. Peking's toilet paper is very popular, but the production process is relatively confidential. I will go back to Nanjing tomorrow and ask the national master to see if I can get the recipe for this process."
Everyone laughed and said, "The Imperial Master will definitely promise me to wait."
Then there are many more projects.
In the end, everyone discussed it for more than two hours.
By the end of the night, five projects had been identified.
They are: preserved egg workshop, toilet paper workshop, large-scale chicken farm, large-scale duck farm, and mushroom farming workshop.
"Okay, it's decided!"
Yu Qian said this, and then calculated the approximate cost of initial investment, including land acquisition costs, site construction costs, equipment purchase costs, and early staff salaries. A total of three thousand taels of silver were needed.
“There’s a lot of money”
Yu Qian was a little confused, "I don't know if the county magistrate will approve it. Forget it, I'll give it a try tomorrow."
At night, Yu Qian stayed up late to help Cheng Gong write an official document applying for money.
the next day.
Let Cheng Gong take the approval document and go to the county government office to apply for money.
Others were waiting at the inn.
At noon, Cheng Gong turned back.
"How are you, Cheng Gong?" Yu Qian asked hurriedly.
Cheng Gong sighed: "The county magistrate said too much. Five projects cost three thousand taels of silver, and only one project is allowed to be approved. It must be reported to the magistrate for approval. As for the cost of buying the Yamen land and the construction costs, I was approved. , but we have to wait. The magistrate said that he would personally sponsor me ten taels of silver and asked me to buy the land first. He said that after the above documents are issued, he would give me the silver, fifty taels of money for the construction of the Yamen, and the amount of preserved eggs. The item is two hundred and fifty taels. Even if we wait, we will only have two hundred and fifty taels of silver, and we don’t know how many years and months we will wait.”
Everyone: "."
Hearing such news, everyone's hearts were filled with chills.
Liu Quan said angrily: "Cheng Gong, in other words, you worked hard all morning and got back ten taels of silver? Or was it sponsored by the magistrate himself?"
Cheng Gong nodded.
"Humiliation, naked humiliation of us!"
"Ten taels of silver, isn't this just sending a beggar away? Isn't part of the money we earn from the project going to be handed over to the county government to make money for the court? Why the delay?"
"Brothers, other projects have been rejected, so the cheapest project is left. Two hundred taels plus the yamen construction cost of fifty taels, a total of two hundred and fifty taels. Are you scolding us for being two hundred and fifty taels?"
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Things got difficult again.
Everyone shouted again and went to the county government office to cause trouble.
The scene was very lively.
"Okay, everyone, be quiet."
When Yu Qian spoke, everyone fell silent.
After a pause, Yu Qian continued: "If we go to make trouble, it will be our fault. We can't always think about making trouble. The county magistrate also acts in accordance with the rules. After all, such a large sum of money must be reported to the government. "
"What should we do? We can't wait, right?"
"Yes, if we continue like this, it will take years of the monkey and months to complete."
"Really. It turns out it's so difficult to do something practical."
The district chiefs sighed one after another. It turns out that officialdom is difficult, and it is also difficult to do good things.
Yu Qian thought for a while and said: "How about this, everyone pools the money together, we invest it ourselves, and when we make money, we will pay it back."
The words fell.
Everyone thought for a while.
It feels a little inappropriate, but it is still the best and fastest way.
"Okay, I agree."
"I agree."
"Then let's do it."
So, everyone paid for it.
When the scholars came out, each of them had at least sixty-five taels of silver.
Before buying clothes, eating and drinking, plus the food and hotel expenses during this period, each person has about forty taels of silver.
Fifty people raised two thousand taels of silver through crowdfunding.
"It's not enough. There's still a thousand taels left."
Yu Qian wrote down the money everyone paid, but still found that it was not enough.
After all, what was calculated before was the county government's appropriation, and now the food and drink for 200 people was not included. If it were, there would still be a big vacancy.
"Yes."
Yu Qian looked at Shuai Jiaxing and said, "Brother Handsome, I heard that your arithmetic is very good and unmatched by anyone. During the national examination, your total score reached more than 1,300 with just arithmetic."
Shuai Jiaxing said: "Yes"
Yu Qian said: "If you were asked to gamble, would you win?"
Everyone was stunned, Yu Qian actually wanted to make money through this method.
However, he may succeed in choosing handsome Jiaxing. This person is very good at counting and has a photographic memory. He should be able to count cards.
Shuai Jiaxing thought for a while, "I don't know how to gamble. What if I lose?"
"I trust your arithmetic, I won't lose it."
Yu Qian is a person who dares to think and act. He looked at the crowd and said, "Come here and have a few people who know how to calculate. Let's go together."
Soon, several more people signed up.
After some discussion in the room, everyone readily agreed.
"Set off!"
That's it,
the next day,
Yu Qian took a few people who knew how to count to Nanjing City, and then found several gambling houses.
I gambled a little during the day, and after understanding the rules, I started gambling at night.
Under the command of Yu Qian and with several masters who are proficient in arithmetic, everyone cooperated with each other and won a lot of money.
In particular, Shuai Jiaxing has a photographic memory.
By memorizing the subtle differences on the back of the card, you can see the face of the card, and with strong arithmetic, you can calculate the winning potential of the card.
Almost every bet is guaranteed to win.
Yu Qian is also a thief.
At the gambling table, you lose more and win less. What you lose is small money, and what you win is big money.
No one can detect Chuqian.
If each gambling house wins five or six hundred taels, they will just go to another gambling house.
With this cooperation, I won nearly five thousand taels of silver in one night.
This is easy to say, but it is actually a thrilling action. After all, anyone who works in a gambling house is not on the right track. A mixed bag of dragons and snakes might end up with his hands chopped off.
Fortunately, Yu Qian is very powerful and keeps dealing with people without any danger.
The last big gambling house won two thousand taels of silver.
As soon as they left the gambling house, the boss of the gambling house called the thugs to follow him. He thought they were cheating, but he couldn't find out, so he had to eat them directly.
But those thugs followed Yu Qian and were soon dumbfounded.
One hundred and fifty soldiers from the Cixi Guard directly wore armor and greeted Yu Qian and others outside.
Yu Qian had long known that something like this might happen, but fortunately the soldiers from Cixi Guard were there, so he didn't panic at all.
The thugs in the gambling house did not dare to conflict with the officers and soldiers, so they had no choice but to admit defeat.
"Yu Qian, this is too profitable. I think we don't need to be district chiefs. We can form a partnership and make money professionally. We can go to gambling houses all over the country and make more money!"
On the way back, Liu Quan said with a smile.
"You were discovered once, you chopped off your hands and stamped your feet, and you died without mercy. Do you think we would still be alive if we didn't bring out the 100th soldier today??"
Yu Qian immediately poured cold water on these people and told them to stop fantasizing.
"Hey, I'm not joking."
Liu Quan clicked his tongue and didn't dare to think about it.
The next morning,
Yu Qian quickly returned to Jiangning County with the money.
"Brothers, a great victory."
As soon as he returned to the county government office, Liu Quan announced the good news to the anxiously waiting brothers: "With everyone's money, we won five thousand taels of silver, which is enough for us to start the project."
The words fell.
Everyone was confused.
It took a long time to come back to consciousness, and surrounded Yu Qian and others to praise them.
"Now that we have capital, the money everyone raised can be returned."
Yu Qian said this and returned the money they had raised before.
He also reminded everyone that the money earned from the project cannot be used to enrich one's own pockets. It must be handed over to the community, otherwise it is a crime.
And these have long been reminded at the Ming Official Academy.
Yu Qian just reminded him again, after all, money easily breeds corruption.
The next day, everyone set out and arrived at Xiaodong Village. They spent some silver to buy the entire land and farmland in Xiaodong Village. Fifty people planned to re-plan the village.
During this time, Yu Qian started planning for their industrial park.
Projects are rising up one after another in a tense and orderly manner (End of this chapter)
