Although Jiang Yifeng felt that Cao Meng was a talent and wanted him to join Mei Village, it was impossible for him not to conduct a test to see clearly what kind of person Cao Meng was.
Jiang Yifeng was very satisfied with the test results.
Even if Cao Meng is expelled from Coal Village, he is not willing to betray those who helped him. Such people who know how to repay his kindness are exactly what he needs.
That afternoon, Jiang Yifeng gave all the villagers a half-day holiday, asked the village to hold a grand welcome ceremony for Cao Meng and Cao Mengyao, and gave them a homestead.
However, before the ceremony was over, Jiang Yifeng took Su Dongchu back to Su City.
As for Zhong Bugui, he stayed in Mei Village to study firearms.
Although the conditions in Coal Village are much worse than those in Sioux City, the most important thing when studying firearms is safety. In a densely populated city, once black powder explodes, many people will die.
Another reason is that the fewer Black Powder people there are, the better, as they can be easily spotted in the city.
In comparison, it would be better to leave Zhong Bugui in Meishan.
But even so, Jiang Yifeng was still not happy, because the iron in Dazhou had too many impurities and could not withstand the strength of black gunpowder. He had to recruit good blacksmiths to forge better iron.
The problem is that it is not easy to recruit good blacksmiths. Jiang Yifeng has been letting out the news for half a month. There are many blacksmiths coming, but none of them can satisfy him.
And just when Jiang Yifeng was distressed, Shishi came over.
This time, Su Yingxue was also present, so Shishi and Jiang Yifeng were serious.
Shishi first reported on the current situation of the bank, "Sir, since the general store opened, more and more people are willing to use banknotes to purchase goods, and as the business of other stores has deteriorated, a large number of stores have begun to allow customers to use banknotes. This has also accelerated the popularity of banknotes, and currently the bank has attracted 130,000 taels of silver."
Su Yingxue was shocked, "In such a short period of time, the bank has absorbed so much money?"
Shishi replied respectfully: "The bank has activities to benefit the people. The workshop pays salary through the bank, and the employees can receive three kilograms of polished rice for free. Over time, the employees began to force the workshop to issue banknotes."
Su Yingxue looked at Jiang Yifeng, "If we keep selling like this, will we lose money?"
"Loss of money is bound to happen, but the investment is worth it."
Su Yingxue may not understand this way of throwing money, but Jiang Yifeng has encountered it too many times in his previous life.
Take the online ride-hailing war as an example. In order to seize the online ride-hailing market, the two giants spent a total of more than 2 billion in the four-month subsidy war.
Although this severely damaged the vitality of the two giants, it also directly killed other online ride-hailing platforms, and the two giants divided up the entire market.
Jiang Yifeng is currently doing the same thing.
He was worried that other families would realize the potential of banks and enter the industry one after another, only to burn money to seize the market.
When Su Yingxue saw Jiang Yifeng being so confident, even though she was confused, she didn't say anything and just nodded lightly.
At this time, Jiang Yifeng asked: "What about the remaining six families?"
Shishi replied: "Except for the two families that are unwilling to borrow money, the other three families have all taken care of it."
“I want to know about the public losers.”
"They are still only willing to use craftsmen's skills as collateral to borrow money. This family is very stubborn." Shishi narrowed her eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Master, do you want to use some means?"
Jiang Yifeng shook his head directly, "To deal with these people who value reputation more than their lives, any method is useless unless they realize that the public loser's craftsmanship is not unique."
Hearing this, Shishi smiled bitterly and shook her head, "Master, although I dislike their family very much, I have to admit that their craftsmanship is really good. It is almost impossible to find a craftsmanship better than theirs."
"Who says it's impossible, there is one beside me." Jiang Yifeng glanced at Shishi, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
The person he was talking about was naturally Zhong Bugui.
Zhong Bugui is a disciple of the Mohist sect. The art of mechanism is actually similar to that of the public loser.
Even many years ago, Mo Zhai, the founder of Momen, also known as Mozi, had a skilled craftsmanship contest with Gongshu Ban, the ancestor of Gongshu. This was the famous losing attack and Mo Shou.
Mozi and Lu Ban simulated an offensive and defensive battle. Lu Ban attacked nine times and Mozi defended nine times. In the end, Mozi won and made the King of Chu give up attacking Song.
Therefore, the only one who can possibly defeat the public loser is the Momen.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yifeng looked at Shishi and said, "You make an appointment with Gongshujia and I'll pay him a visit."
Shishi dissuaded her: "Sir, the loser is just like the stone in the pit. It's smelly and hard. I won't give you a good look if you go. It's better not to be humiliated."
Jiang Yifeng thought for a while, then asked with a mysterious smile: "In recent days, you should have lent a lot of money to public losers, right?"
Shishi nodded, "Almost a thousand taels of silver."
As soon as she finished speaking, Shishi woke up, a charming smile appeared on her charming face, and she cast admiring glances at Jiang Yifeng.
She originally lent money to Jiang Yifeng out of good intentions, but she didn't expect that Jiang Yifeng had started scheming against him a long time ago.
The master is so bad, Shishi likes it so much.
Su Yingxue listened to the conversation between Jiang Yifeng and Shishi, and naturally understood what Jiang Yifeng was going to do, and asked in confusion: "Gongshu is just a carpenter, and his value is not very high. Why are you so persistent with them?"
Jiang Yifeng smiled and said: "Xue Xue, the public losers who have little value in your eyes are the most valuable among the eighteen families. I can miss other families, but I must not miss the public losers."
Su Yingxue thought for a while and asked, "Do you want my help?"
"Need not."
Jiang Yifeng shook his head, "My methods are sometimes dishonorable. It's best for the Su family not to get involved, otherwise it will affect the Su family's reputation."
Su Yingxue glanced over and said, "So you know that your methods are disgraceful. Do you know what's been rumored outside recently?"
"have no idea."
Jiang Yifeng shook his head.
He has been busy recruiting blacksmiths recently and is unaware of the gossip circulating in Su City recently.
"whee!"
Shishi glanced at Jiang Yifeng's lower body, covered her mouth and smiled sweetly.
Su Yingxue's face turned red and her eyes avoided contact with Jiang Yifeng. "It's nothing. You'd better stop asking around."
It was obviously you who brought it up, so why did I ask about it?
Jiang Yifeng was a little confused, but he didn't pay too much attention. He thought for a while and asked: "Xuexue, since we can't find a top blacksmith, can we find a top swordsmith?"
"The top swordsmith."
Su Yingxue was stunned for a moment, then said: "If you are looking for a top blacksmith, I may not know who it is, but the top swordsmith is none other than Ou Yezi."
