Traditional rivers and lakes belt crossing

As the saying goes, merchants seek profits. Although merchants had the lowest status in the Ming Dynasty, they still flock to places where they can make money. So this time under the call of Shen Boning and Shen Boxi, these merchants rushed here from all over the country. Because Shen Wansan is the richest man today, doing business with Shen Wansan is a sure thing.

On this day, Shen Boning and Shen Boxi organized a large-scale gathering to discuss their business plans. The venue was in the waterside courtyard of their manor. The scenery here is beautiful and refreshing. Although it is late autumn, the fish in the man-made lake are still swimming happily.

There were a lot of people present today, most of them were businessmen, and of course there were some local officials. After all, such an important event could not do without the participation of the government, and many of the rest were these big-bodied attendants or bodyguards.

Among them, Zhang Baosan was also involved as a member of the government. He heard that so many businessmen had gathered in Luoyang City recently, so of course he wanted to investigate clearly, but his father Zhang Zhongwu did not come, because the identity of a thousand households in Jinyiwei was too sensitive after all. Zhang Baosan Also according to his father's request, try not to act lightly or disrupt the rally, and report any problems at any time.

With the arrival of Shen Boning and Shen Boxi, the business conference was officially opened. First of all, Shen Boning came out first and said: "Everyone who is honored to invite you here today, the junior Shen Boning thank you in advance." He is the grandson of Shen Wansan , younger than most of the businessmen here, so he is more polite.

"It's easy to say, easy to say." All the businessmen replied in unison.

Shen Boning waved her hand and said, "I won't say too many polite words. Everyone is a businessman and I won't go around talking. The main reason for inviting you here today is to make you rich."

"I heard from Mr. Shen, but I just don't know how to make a fortune, haha." Everyone smiled when they heard it.

Shen Boning continued: "Everyone knows that the status of scholars, peasants, businessmen and merchants is the lowest. Whenever I think of it, I always cry. So the rest of us merchants know how to earn gold and silver."

"That's right, hey~" Everyone felt bitter for a while.

"Now that the Ming Dynasty has just been established, all walks of life are waiting to be built, especially in the northern region, which has been greatly affected by the war, and there are opportunities to earn gold and silver everywhere." Shen Boning said.

"Yes. Since our low status can no longer be changed, we need to earn more money." Shen Boning changed the subject, "But there must be rules in doing business, and the most suitable people must be assigned to each business. Do it, don't form a vicious competition."

A businessman below said: "We also want to change the industry, but first, we are not familiar with it, and second, we don't have so much spare money to do it."

"As the pioneers, we have already considered this for you." Shen Boning continued, "In order to ensure that everyone has enough gold and silver for the experiment, our Shen family has decided to subsidize you."

"What kind of subsidy law?" A businessman asked.

Shen Boning replied: "No matter how much gold and silver you invest, our Shen family will also provide the same gold and silver to support you. If you lose money, you can lose our Shen family's principal first. If you make money, we only earn two of the profit. become."

All the businessmen immediately beamed with joy when they heard this. If this is the case, their risk can be minimized, and they only share [-]% of the money they make. Besides, how would the Shen family know how much they earn? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little happy, but Shen Boning immediately shattered their delusion and said: "Of course, since we have funded it, we will definitely send people to check the accounts every year. If you want to cheat, you may as well give it a try."

When the merchants heard that it was true, they quickly put away their small thoughts. No matter what business they do, the Shen family can support them. It is not an exaggeration to describe them as rich and powerful. One can imagine how powerful they are. If they find out that they are cheating, I'm afraid I won't talk about business, and my life may be in danger.

"Then how do we allocate what businesses to invest in?" Someone still thought of this question.

Shen Boning said: "This is what I'm going to say next. There are so many industries, some with high risks and high returns, and some with low risks and low returns. We will announce them here one by one. You can propose the business you want to do. If once Once it is determined which company will do which business, other companies will not be allowed to do so.”

The businessmen thought to themselves, this is feasible, but the business with high risks also has high returns, but the risks are all left to the Shen family, so the competition for this kind of project must be fierce, but they don't know how the Shen family arranges it.

Shen Boning continued to say: "That won't delay everyone, the first investment business will be announced next..."

The business contents of the first two announced are small businesses with small risks and low returns, so there is only one person competing for each of them. Of course, these two businesses belong to the two of them according to the rules. It's not big, and there's not much money that can be spent. In addition, the Shen family's funding is just enough for these two businesses, so no one competes with them.

But when the third item was announced, there were three businessmen competing at the same time. Because this business is high-risk and high-yield, all three of them have enough funds, so the next step is to see how the Shen family distributes it, and how to distribute it fairly can convince everyone. .

I only heard Shen Boning say: "Since there are three companies competing at the same time, we have a very simple and convincing way to decide, because when doing business in other places, especially in the north, you have to face not only business matters, but also There are robbers brought about by the war or robbery by foreign races, so force is also a part of our consideration, and the business will go to whichever has the highest force."

Everyone thought the same thing when they heard it. The probability of encountering robbers is quite high when they are away from home. First of all, they must guarantee their own lives before they can do business.

Shen Boning said again: "As for the martial arts competition, if each family has its own martial arts practitioners, or invite bodyguards or close friends to compete, of course the competition is not enough, because maybe each family will participate in many business competitions, If you are injured or tired, you may not be able to compete."

One of the three thought it was the same, so they withdrew from the competition for this business, because there was only one bodyguard with high martial arts skills in their family, and this business was not the one they were most familiar with, so there was no need to waste bodyguards on it physical strength.

So the other two families sent their own people to compete. One family looked like a powerful man with only a few inches of hair, and he could faintly see the six ring scars on his head. Sword, gentle temperament.