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Episode 1: New arrival, Chapter 635: Weng¡¯s son-in-law discusses the report (please vote for me!)

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    Jin Wanwan and Gao Changjiang entered the inner city with their own concerns, found the Huizhou Guild Hall in the southeast of the city and checked in.  This kind of guild hall has always been multi-functional. It has the functions of hometown association, accommodation, catering, warehouse, intermediary, etc., and is very suitable for temporary residence of merchants.  Then the two of them sent their respective entourages to deliver messages to several of the people they were visiting and agreed on a time to visit.

    But as for Li You, after his newspaper got on the right track, he became leisurely. He just read and published the newspaper step by step every day. It didn't take much time and energy, not to mention that the articles of the big guys didn't need to be revised at all, so it was easy and worry-free.

    Just because the issuance problem cannot be solved, the loss problem cannot be solved and can only be postponed for the time being.  Anyway, the loss amount of two to three hundred taels a month can still be found out from the household department.

    When Jin Wanwan¡¯s visit post was sent to Li You, he was neither at home nor at the Wenxuanyuan Yamen, but patrolling next door.

    It is said that the family next door successfully obtained a good official position with the help of Li You, and they left Beijing to take office as soon as spring started to make money.  According to the agreement, Li You took over the house next door for free and called it the East Courtyard.

    "We need a lot of construction work here." Li You sighed after walking around in the east courtyard.  At present, the porches, houses, corridors, etc. in the east courtyard are not suitable for use, and many places need to be rebuilt. What's more, Li You plans to demolish half of the east courtyard to build a garden.

    The word "civil engineering" is easy to say and write, but in fact it is inseparable from the word "money".  Now is the time when Li You is short of money.

    "At the end of last year, Li You and the eldest princess teamed up to slaughter the eunuchs' fat sheep in the coal trade, making a huge profit of 10,000 yuan.  This was the time when the Li family was most financially wealthy.  But first he paid the five thousand taels he owed Wu Anbo, and then he burned the money through the clearing process and threw in a lot more. The investment has not been recovered yet.

    Right now, Li You's family has a lot of money, much more than ordinary people, but they want to do a lot of construction.  That's worse.

    Although there is a bank account with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash on the books, it is okay to borrow money from the bank account to do business, and it can be regarded as a normal lending relationship.  If you want to use it to build a house and a garden I'm afraid that once the news gets out, the bank will be bankrupted within three days.

    While Li You was thinking about the troubles of expanding his home, Jin Wanwan¡¯s post arrived.  While replying, he said he would meet him tomorrow.  At the same time, he sent someone to inform the second room, Aunt Jin.

    There was nothing to say all night. Li You did not go to the office the next day and waited at home.  In the morning, Jin Wanwan arrived from Dongcheng Huizhou Guild Hall.

    After the greetings, Li You called Aunt Jin out first and let the father and daughter meet.  After seeing her, Aunt Jin retreated to prepare for the lunch banquet.

    Watching his eldest daughter leave, Jin Wanwan thought of his other daughter in the palace and asked Li You: "There is no news about Su Niang in the palace. I wonder if this time"

    Li You said helplessly: "Old Taishan should know what the crime of transporting the inner palace is. At the moment, I only heard that the third sister is pregnant. Don't worry about the outcome, we will know in two or three months. Ask about the inner palace in detail  , This is really nothing, nothing, nothing to arouse suspicion, and there is nothing anyone can do.¡±

    Jin Wanwan nodded silently and sent his daughter to the palace through the draft.  It¡¯s time to realize the separation of flesh and blood.

    "You didn't face any difficulties at the customs yesterday?" Li You asked kindly.

    Jin Wanwan guessed that it was probably because Ambassador Lu had reported the news early, so he was not surprised at all that Li You knew about it and replied: "Thanks to you, although there is a small misunderstanding, there is no embarrassment.  I wait."

    "Oh, that's good." Li You nodded, "After receiving your previous letter, I probably know your whereabouts. I instigated them to deliberately make things difficult for you."

    "This" Jin Wanwan was not mentally prepared for this turn of events and could only be speechless.

    Li You smiled and said: "I saw that you mentioned the wealthy businessmen of Hankou in your letter, so I just did it casually, creating a little power and giving Lao Taishan a thumbs up. I think Lao Taishan must have been very comfortable last night.

    "If the tall and wealthy man wants to see his son-in-law, Lao Taishan can introduce him to him.  If he has a vision, he might continue to deal with him in the future. If he doesn't have a vision, then that's it, he's just a third-rate businessman.  "

    It turns out that it was no coincidence that he was almost cheated at the customs yesterdayJin Wanwan vaguely guessed the layout intentions of some of his sons-in-law, but did not continue on this topic.

    If the Jiangzuo hub of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is Yangzhou, then the upstream hub is the three towns of Wuchang.  Especially the important town of Hankou, which is similar to Yangzhou in the upper reaches, can be said to be a battleground for merchants. Even Huai salt is mostly transported upstream to Hankou and then repackaged for distribution.

    If a millionaire doesn¡¯t even have this vision, he can¡¯t become a millionaire.  But until now, he doesn't even know his side clearly, so there is no need to talk about it.There are people.  "I received your letter last year, saying that we were opening a bank account in parallel. I am very interested in this, but I don't know many details, so I did this."

    "There is no need to rush to discuss this matter today. You and I are just talking on paper. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you can go to the bank on Qipan Street in Beijing and summon the shopkeeper and gentlemen to discuss it in detail."

    At this time, Jin Wanwan remembered the newspapers he saw when he entered the city, and said this again: "Yesterday at the city gate, I saw a copy of the Mingli newspaper. The wise son-in-law published the matter of my coming to Beijing in the newspaper, which really made me dumbfounded."

    Li You explained: "Lao Taishan was also very heroic in Yangzhou, so why did he become so timid after entering the capital? This is all to build momentum for the bank matter in advance. After all, you are not a nobody.

    There will probably be two main customers in the future, one is merchants from the north and south, and the other is the government.  Showing your brand name can attract more merchants to pay attention to the business of remote bank payment, which is not a bad thing.  "

    As for Li You's campaign, Jin Wanwan declined to comment, "But after reading a few Ming Li newspapers in the guild hall, my eyes suddenly brightened. This thing is very interesting. I was thinking about it last night, and I will do the same thing when I return to Yangzhou.  Make the next one."

    Li You had a different view on this and persuaded him nonchalantly: "I am not as good as you when it comes to doing business, and you are not as good as me when it comes to running a newspaper. It is not easy to make money by running a newspaper. The time, place and people are all needed. The capital is considered a place."  It's a suitable place. In the south, I think only Suzhou is suitable for running a newspaper, but Yangzhou is not. Lao Taishan must think twice."

    He further explained in detail: "The counties surrounding Suzhou Prefecture, as well as Chang, Song, Jia, and Hu Prefectures, are places with dense populations, flourishing literary styles, and many literate people. There is great potential for newspaper coverage. Although Yangzhou City is no less prosperous than Suzhou,  But the population is small, the writing style is a bit worse, and the surrounding area is far inferior to that of Jiangnan, so running a newspaper will probably only lose money."

    Jin Wanwan said in a relaxed tone: "My dear son-in-law, you may have misunderstood me. I don't want to make money from this at all. I just said that I have set up an academy, and the annual expenses are thousands of silver taels. Adding a newspaper shop is nothing. What does it mean to make money?"  It¡¯s just a big name, it¡¯s much faster than setting up an academy.¡±

    This time, Li You was speechless. The thoughts of truly wealthy people were different from those of him who were short of money.  However, the spread and development of the newspaper industry should be a good thing. Since Mr. Jin is not afraid of losing money, there is no need to stop him.

    When Jin Wanwan heard his son-in-law say that he opened his mouth and kept silent about the compensation, he suddenly felt something. He asked tentatively: "Listening to Xian-sou's tone, could it be that Mingli reported the compensation and lost money? Xian-sun, don't worry, I will come to Beijing this time.  The tea that has cost 20,000 to 30,000 silver can be given to you to make up for the shortfall after it is sold."

    Li You did not hide anything from his family, "The Ming Li Newspaper is okay and can make money. But the official newspaper of the Wenxuanyuan Yamen, called the Pravda, has been successful, but it has been losing money."

    Jin Wanwan said in surprise, "I can afford to lose money on my own, but the state treasury can't afford to lose such a small amount of money?"

    Li You sighed: "Old Taishan, you don't understand the matter of temples. How can it be so simple? Although the national treasury is tight, it is not short of thousands of taels of silver every year. This is not building a city or temple, but a government-run operation, which can be compared to a tax bureau.  Deficiting the national treasury is not a commercial issue, but a political issue that can easily be used to make a fuss.

    Although it is not a cause for concern at the moment, as time goes by, it may be used as an excuse at any time, so we must be vigilant.  When Pravda was run by others, it was criticized for draining the national treasury. It was hard to explain at that time.

    ¡°Besides, there is another problem that needs to be guarded against. If you rely on the Ministry of Accounts to allocate extra money every month to make up for the shortfall, in the long run, you will inevitably be controlled by the Ministry of Accounts.  All in all, taking it one step at a time, it is not easy to be a public opinion leader.  "

    Now, Jin Wanwan is more concerned about Li You's future than Li You himself, and immediately expressed his position: "How much is the official deficit? I will do my best to help, and a good son-in-law does not need to be in trouble!"

    Li You shook his head, "Although the money is not much, the official report cannot be bribed by private individuals, otherwise it will be easy to be criticized. Although the son-in-law is incompetent, he also pays attention to starting well and ending well in his work, leaving no beginning or end.

    The bulk of official newspapers are actually distributed in every province, state, prefecture, prefecture, and county in the world, with at least more than 10,000 copies per issue.  The imperial court has also made it clear that as long as it can be delivered, all yamen must subscribe, but at the moment they can't think of a way to distribute it, and the inn can't count on it.  If this problem is solved in the future, it will not be difficult to reverse the deficit, so there is no need for your own family to make up for it.  "

    Jin Wanwan lowered his head after hearing the words, frowning and thinking about something.

    Li You didn't pay attention, secretly thinking that his father-in-law wanted to help him with money so sincerely. It happened that he had a big gap in building his own house. Do you want to borrow some from him?

    At this time, Jin Wanwan suddenly raised his head and blurted out, "What's so difficult about this?"

    Li You was surprised and said: "How does Lao Taishan know what my son-in-law thinks? In fact, it doesn't take much to repair the house"

    Jin Wanwan was confused, "What are you talking about building a house? I'm talking about transporting your official newspaper to all parts of the world."

    Li You was even more surprised and couldn't believe it: "Old Taishan, don't talk big words." He thought for a while, but he didn't have a really feasible clue. Could it be that this millionaire could have an idea in just a moment?

    Jin Wanwan smiled proudly, "I'm not as good as you in running a newspaper, and I'm not as good as you in being an official, but when it comes to doing business and transporting goods, I'm still not as good as a good son-in-law!"

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    Jin Wanwan was confused, "What are you talking about building a house? I'm talking about transporting your official newspaper to all parts of the world."

    Li You was even more surprised and couldn't believe it: "Old Taishan, don't talk big words." He thought for a while, but he didn't have a really feasible clue. Could it be that this millionaire could have an idea in just a moment?

    Jin Wanwan smiled proudly, "I'm not as good as you in running a newspaper, and I'm not as good as you in being an official, but when it comes to doing business and transporting goods, I'm still not as good as a good son-in-law!"

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