Li Qing is very confident in the 'Yongqing' brand ready-made clothes, as are Zhu Wanqing and her son.
However, the two still felt that Li Qing was too radical.
When doing business, you can't rely on your feelings, you have to look at the market reaction.
The market doesn't want what you think, it only wants what it thinks.
Especially with the Li family being so big, one wrong decision could cost more than ten thousand taels of money?
Investment is risky and must be done with caution.
Li Qing walked around the clothing warehouse, looked at all the samples, and asked, "How much is the investment now?"
"Nearly 400,000 taels." Zhu Wanqing said, "My niece has calculated that at least 700,000 taels will be added in the future. Of course, this is based on the excellent response in the overseas market. If it does not meet expectations, it will Just add an additional two hundred thousand taels."
After a pause, "If it exceeds expectations, it is estimated that we will need to invest millions."
Li Qing nodded slowly: "What about the 'peripherals' I told you about before?"
"We haven't started preparing for this yet." Zhu Wanqing said with a bitter smile, "Uncle Li, this is doing business, not doing charity, and it is also an overseas investment. If you really lose money, it will not be the people of Ming Dynasty who will benefit. Yongqing Marquis Mansion Our family is big and our business is big, but money doesn’t come with strong winds, so we can’t be so reckless.”
Zhu Wanqing almost said: Don't go up to me, I'm afraid!
Li Qing smiled and did not persuade her to invest boldly.
Li Qing is invincible in business theory, but in practice... he is just a blank piece of paper. To put it harshly, he is just talking on paper.
He was not 100% sure whether it would work or not.
"You are now the helmsman of the Li family. Just watch it." Li Qing said, "What Uncle Li wants to say is that you have to have confidence in yourself."
Zhu Wanqing nodded and said: "What my niece wants to do is to make the finished clothes first, and then start other aspects after the results are achieved."
"Can."
Li Qing has no objection. There is nothing wrong with being cautious. As long as he doesn't take the initiative to tell the world about his "fantastic ideas", he is not afraid of others taking the lead.
"By the way, I found a partner for the Li family." Li Qing said.
Uncle Li, you are such a master... Zhu Wanqing was shocked, "You, you know how to do business... Ahem, who are you?"
Li Qing glared at her and said, "Baoding Mansion, Shen Family!"
"Is it the Shen family who moved from Jinling?"
"Exactly." Li Qing nodded, "The current Shen family is very large. It is the largest business family north of the Yellow River. In the future, their production capacity will be astonishing. I have reached an agreement with him. Their excess The output will be eaten by us at a price lower than the market price.”
Hearing this, Zhu Wanqing's heart finally relaxed and she was overjoyed.
This is a real bargain!
Of course, this assumes that the finished product is a success.
"Uncle Li, from what you said, the Shen family has acquired many small and medium-sized industries?"
"Smart." Li Qing nodded, "Almost all the businesses in Baoding Prefecture have been taken over by the Shen family."
Zhu Wanqing frowned and said in confusion: "Uncle Li, I remember when my niece was young, you told her father not to dominate the family just to make money, but to let others have food to eat. Why...?"
"One moment, another moment." Li Qing shook his head, "Now maritime trade has almost reached its peak. If we want to seek a breakthrough, we must make changes."
Li Hao interjected: "In other words, our family also needs to grow and develop?"
He rubbed his hands together, excited.
"Pa~!"
Li Qing raised his hand and slapped him on the forehead, humming: "You kid, please be more honest."
"Aren't you asking for a change?" Li Hao felt aggrieved.
"Clothing stores are looking for change." Li Qing hummed, "As for monopolistic business methods, we can't engage in monopolistic business methods, do you understand?"
"Why?"
Zhu Wanqing uttered two words: "Liquidation!"
"Liquidate what?"
"...It's not the children's business to talk to adults. Go study." Zhu Wanqing chased people away.
Li Hao muttered in dissatisfaction: "I'm about to get married, but I'm still a kid?"
He said this, but his legs and feet were not slow at all. If he was any slower, his mother's big mouth would be in his face.
"This kid..." Zhu Wanqing smiled bitterly and shook her head, "It doesn't look like me at all."
"It's not good to be too smart." Li Qing smiled: Just like you, most of the time you don't like others.
Zhu Wanqing frowned and said: "Uncle Li, at the stage of our Li family, even if we have the intention not to dominate the family, we will unknowingly monopolize it. This is unavoidable!"
"That's why I cooperated with the Shen family." Li Qing said, "Use the Shen family's surplus to make up for our shortcomings. This way, it won't be so eye-catching."
Li Qing said seriously: "In the future, there will be many rich gentry like the Shen family, but you remember, and let that little brat remember that our Li family cannot monopolize things."
"Uncle Li, don't worry. I understand the stakes." Zhu Wanqing nodded.
Although she is a woman, she has been smart since she was a child. Moreover, she was brought up by Zhu Qizhen, and she was very sensitive to political matters under the influence of her ears and eyes.
Thanks to her being a woman, otherwise Zhu Jianshen wouldn't be able to sleep.
Li Qing felt reassured about Zhu Wanqing. With her intelligence, she would not make such mistakes even if she did not say so.
"After the New Year, find someone you can absolutely trust and come with me to Baoding Mansion." Li Qing said, "A verbal agreement is far less effective than signing a document."
Zhu Wanqing shook her head: "For such a big matter, I'm afraid an ordinary guy won't be able to win the trust of others. It would be safer for me to go there myself."
"You still have to watch over the opening of overseas stores. Can you leave?" Li Qing asked.
"Uh..." Zhu Wanqing's eyes suddenly lit up and she said, "Why don't you let Xiaohao go with you?"
She knew Uncle Li's methods and wanted to use Uncle Li's hand to educate her son. After all... that was how she came here.
Li Qing pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "You are right. For such a big thing, someone with enough weight must be present. Xiao Hao is the eldest son and the only son. It is appropriate for him to go, but..."
Li Qing said helplessly: "He is too young and has never traveled far. I can't take care of him when I get busy..."
"It doesn't matter." Zhu Wanqing said hurriedly, "Uncle Li should be busy and take the time to discipline him. It doesn't matter if he stays with you. When you have free time, you can just bring him back."
She really wanted her son to experience the rain she had been exposed to in order to calm him down.
"Uncle Li, Brother Hong and I have this son. In the future, the foundation of the Li family will be handed over to him. How can we not discipline him well?" Zhu Wanqing vomited bitterly, "Brother Hong is busy with official duties and I am busy with business. I really can't." Time will take care of him, if it grows crooked..."
"Okay, stop arguing, I'll take him away." Li Qing agreed to Zhu Wanqing's request.
Zhu Wanqing was happy: "Thank you, Uncle Li."
Son, accept the trial, don’t blame your mother for being cruel, the little tree will not grow straight unless it is repaired...
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In the next two days, Li Qing and Zhu Wanqing talked about the precautions for opening a store overseas. Li Hao also often expressed his opinions and was very expressive.
This temperament is no different from that of Li Jinglong back then, he loved to pretend.
Until Li Hong comes back!
Li Hao is mostly afraid of his father. If his father doesn't come back easily, he will definitely get a good meal when he comes back, sometimes two, sometimes three...
Li Hong stepped forward and asked, "Are you done?"
"No, I'll stay for a few days and then leave." Li Qing said, "Take Xiaohao with me."
"Yes, yes." Li Hao looked longingly. He had long wanted to go out for a walk, but his mother was too strict and his father had a hard fist, so he had to give in.
It's good now, with Grandpa Li here, they can't stop it.
"Let's play for a while." Li Hong said with a dark face, "Don't make me slap you."
Don't you usually wait for two days before starting to say this? Li Hao was depressed, but he didn't dare to say anything, and he was too busy to go on.
The father and son talked about old times for a while, and Li Qing got to know the current navy by the way, and felt relieved to learn that everything was developing in a good direction.
In the future, the second outbreak of maritime trade must be backed by strong armed forces!
He didn't want to be like the Song Dynasty, who was extremely rich but couldn't keep his wealth.
"Uncle Li, you're already here, why don't you stay a little longer?" In front of the children, Li Hong couldn't call him godfather, otherwise his secret would be exposed, so he simply followed his wife and called him Uncle Li.
"I will come back when I have time. It's not like I'll see you again forever." Li Qing said with a smile, "When this phase of work is over, I will be able to relax. I will have plenty of time in the future."
Li Hong smiled helplessly and stopped trying to persuade...
Lunar New Year's eve.
The Marquis Mansion is full of joy and the dishes are sumptuous. Different from last year, this year there are servants to serve and the whole family is gathered together.
Li Hao, Li Xueer, and two juniors are also there.
The little girl is more than two years younger than her brother, but she is almost as tall as her mother.
She also looks like her mother, she is extremely beautiful and even cuter.
Because she is not naughty and is very quiet.
Zhu Wanqing was worried about her daughter's temperament, fearing that she would be bullied by her husband's family when she got married.
Li Hong also felt the same. When things came to him, he was no better than Zhu Qizhen at the time.
"Uncle Li, how about we recruit a son-in-law?" Zhu Wanqing asked tentatively.
"What do you mean?" Li Hao interrupted, "Is it possible that my father is also your son-in-law?"
During the Chinese New Year, he bet that his father would not slap him, but... he lost miserably!
Li Qing didn't care about this and said: "You are the parents of the child, so it is up to you to make such a decision..."
After a pause, he looked at Li Xue'er and asked with a smile: "Little girl, do you want to get married, or do you want to find a good husband?"
The little girl blushed and said awkwardly, "Grandpa Li, I'm still young. Isn't it too early to talk about this now?"
"I think so too, but your parents are worried." Li Qing joked with a smile, but felt emotional in his heart.
It's so fast. In a few years, my grandson and granddaughter will have a family.
And he has to go through the younger generation's journey from child to adult, to middle age, and then...
Another cycle.
Li Qing didn't want to go through it, but he couldn't help it, passing it on from generation to generation, endlessly...
