Chapter 139 Wu Family Guo Family
In Yuelai Inn, in the 308th suite, Bai Kende and Wei Ji were having tea and chatting leisurely.
Bai Kende and Wei Ji are different from ordinary businessmen. They have a deep background. One represents the Wu family and the other represents the Guo family. They are both backgrounds of the generals and the military.
Wei Ji is from the Guo family and is the one who represents the Guo family to operate a business in the SAR.
It is said that Guo Hao is as famous as Wu Jie's younger brother Wu Lin and Yang Zheng. He is known as the "Three Generals in Shu" and was once famous. After the Guo family was silent for some years, the Guo family has been following the Wu family for more than ten years. After Guo Di served as the important deputy commander of the hall, Guo Di returned home after the temple. Guo Gao took over as his brother and succeeded as deputy commander of the hall.
With the support of his father who holds important positions and the policy of becoming a favor from the Song Dynasty, Guo Hao's grandchildren, Guo Ni, Guo Zhuo and Guo Shi have gradually held military positions in the military, so the limelight of the Guo family can be said to be not inferior to that of the Wu family at all.
Wei Ji is the representative of the Guo family, and the Wu family represented by Bai Kendall is even more famous.
Speaking of the Wu family, we must talk about the famous anti-Jin general Wu Jie. When Wu Jie resisted the invasion of Jin soldiers in Sichuan and Shaanxi, he defeated the Jin soldiers in Xianren Pass and made great achievements in the world, and his younger brother Wu Lin was no less. Now Wu Lin's son Wu Ting is in charge of the main force of the Sichuan Song army, and his military and political power is gathered together. Wu Ting is very trusted by Emperor Xiaozong and has great power. Of course, Zhao Guo did not misjudgment. Wu Ting was loyal and specially sent his second son Wu Xi to Lin'an. This move is actually equivalent to sending his son to the court as a magistrate, so that the Song Dynasty's officials can rest assured.
Wu Xi is still very talented. In his official position, Wu Xi has been promoted from a 52-level Chengfenglang to a 27-level Wu Gong Doctor. If this is due to Xiaozong's special care for the descendants of the heroes, then Wu Xi is very good at the court and country in Lin'an, so it can only be said that Wu Xi's talent is indeed extraordinary. Of course, Wu Xi's wealth and generous actions are also a major reason for his unbeatable situation. The Wu family has been operating in Sichuan and Shaanxi for many years, and is obviously a vassal of a vassal. The Wu family has accumulated a lot of family resources since Wu Jie and Wu Lin, Wu Ting and others. They rely on the emperor to give land and buy land to occupy the land. There are countless fields under their name. Just collecting rent, the Wu family can make huge profits all year round.
Wu Xi was in Lin'an and had a wide range of friendships. Among them, the ones who were the key friends were Han Tuozhou. The relationship between Han Tuozhou and Empress Dowager Wu was enough to be included in Wu Xi's key public relations. After a while, many of Han Tuozhou's business careers were the shadow of the Wu family's capital, so the relationship between Wu Xi and Han Tuozhou was extremely strong.
Wu Xila's ability to have a relationship is not only that. Guo Hao was suppressed by Wu Jie in the past and had always had a grudge with Wu Jie. Once upon a time, the Guo family and the Wu family almost cut off contact. However, after some public relations, Wu Xi actually got into a gang with the three brothers Guo Ni, Guo Zhuo and Guo Shi. I have to say that this is really something that ordinary people can do.
Since then, the Wu and Guo families have also come together in business, especially in military business. The two sides rely on each other or collude with each other, which is like fish in water. It should be noted that after the southward transition, it has become a common practice for the military to do business, especially at the beginning. At the beginning of the southward transition, the military sold wine and salt, which was equivalent to collecting taxes on behalf of the court. Later, the court restricted the military and the military to do business were greatly restricted, but the constraints did not mean that the restrictions were eliminated. There is still the so-called "operation and support of the military", which means that the military still had to subsidize military expenditures through business. As for the generals who took advantage of the troubled waters and smuggled profits in the military's business, there are naturally countless.
In addition to joining hands to do business and make money, the two companies have not been idle in politics.
At the beginning of the year, the Guo family of Wu and the Guo family also wanted to send their children to participate in Zhao Han's attack on the Taiwan team, but Xiaozong did not want the children of the two heroes to share Zhao Han's contributions, and Zhao Han did not want his own light to be covered by the light of the ever-winning generals of Wu and Guo's two schools, so unfortunately, neither Wu and Guo's family finally got involved in Zhao Han's team.
However, the Wu family and Guo family then quickly entered the Special Administrative Region in commercial form. Just as their ancestors were good at grasping fleeting fighter jets on the battlefield, they also had unparalleled rapid response ability, but they had changed to a battlefield and a commercial war battlefield.
The two companies have a high sense of smell. As the production of the Special Administrative Region began to start, the two companies couldn't wait to join the ranks of cake splitting. Bai Kende and Wei Ji were business representatives sent by Wu Guo. They came to Kaohsiung and relied on their strong resource advantages to be the leader in the Special Administrative Region's business war. The two companies then won a large number of short-term product indicators, and the money they made far more than other merchants.
For example, relying on Han Tuozhou's relationship and the military's background, they obtained jealous cement indicators. A considerable part of them were originally supplied to the military, but in fact, one-third of them were really used to build cities in the military. Most of the military cement was turned into profits of the Wu and Guo families. Even ships of cement were smuggled to the Jin Kingdom as soon as they changed hands. The copper from Dali, the iron from Xuzhou, and even the iron from the Jin Kingdom came to Kaohsiung through their hands.
Bai Kendal and Wei Ji lived a very comfortable life in Kaohsiung. Bai Kendal had already booked a five-star special compound of 10,000 yuan and a house of 900 yuan. Speaking of which, the 10,000 yuan compound was greeted by Han Tuozhou, and then he specially changed the plan. On Wei Ji, Wei Ji followed the instructions of the Guo family and acted in a low-key manner, but he booked three 900 yuan houses and a house of 500 yuan.
At this moment, Bai and Wei were drinking tea while chatting about the news of the Special Administrative Region in the past two days.
The latest "Singapore New News" was spread out on the coffee table in front of me. This issue is the latest version of the newspaper that was trial-printed with lead. The most exciting news in today's newspaper is that sweet potatoes yield more than 3,000 kilograms per acre. The newspaper claimed that there were magical sweet potatoes, and there was no more famine in the Song Dynasty since then.
Both of them felt that the report was a bit exaggerated.
"Brother Bai, this report is very exaggerated. No one has seen sweet potatoes ripening a year. It's not reliable! I asked Su Shidan, it's true that the yield per mu is more than 1,500 kilograms. However, this is a model sweet potato field guided by the Duke himself. It is impossible to compose vigorously. Ordinary people can't make it like this. According to estimates, if the people really want to plant them, they will be able to make a 1,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes per mu."
Wei Ji had a fashionable tone. The Su Shidan he mentioned was Han Tuozhou's capable aide. Wei Ji believed that the information he had inquired from Su Shidan should be quite authoritative.
"Haha, Brother Wei, as far as I know, this sweet potato can be cooked twice a year. This is what Mr. Chen Ziqiang said in person. It is said that it was confirmed by Chief Executive Mao personally, and there will be no mistake."
Chen Ziqiang, who was brought up by Bai Kendai, was Han Tuozhou's enlightenment mentor. Chen Ziqiang has now arrived in Kaohsiung. Chen Ziqiang's words are obviously more authoritative than Su Shidan.
"So, you can produce 2,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes in a year. If so, it will be my blessing in the Song Dynasty."
Wei Ji admitted that the relationship with Han Tuozhou was more strong, but he also had an advantage. Some of the soldiers and generals here were selected from the Palace Front Office. Guo Xixian and Zhou Xun both depended on the Guo family's face.
"Brother Bai, I don't know if you heard that the cannons are being tested are extremely powerful. One cannon is fired, one cannon will hit a large area. It is said that this cannon is very confidential. I was drinking with a friend in the army yesterday, and then I heard him say casually."
"Haha, I happened to hear that I've heard that in a few days, new cannons will be built. It is said that after they are built, they will be sent to Lin'an."
Damn! You know this! Wei Ji whispered a few words in his heart, Damn! The Wu family has given Han Tuozhou so many benefits, but he dared to reveal the secrets like Cannon to this Bai surname!
"Brother Bai is indeed well-informed!"
"If you want to be well-informed, Brother Wei is better. The last time Taipei built a city and lowered the height of the city wall, Brother Wei grasped the news in time. Haha, we took the opportunity to get a lot of cement indicators, haha!"
Bai Kende did not forget to compliment Wei Ji to bring the two closer together. As for building a city in Taipei to reduce the height of the city wall, it was naturally because the cannon was successfully tested. With the cannon, Zhao Han felt that the city wall would no longer need to be built so high, so he decided to lower the height of the city wall. However, the saved cement immediately became an indicator and was handed over to the Wu family and Guo family by Han Tuozhou.
"I dare not take it for my praise from Brother Bai! It's just that the cement is cheaper than the Golden Dog."
Bai Kend got the indicator through Han Tuozhou. After Wei Ji changed his hand, he sold the indicator to the Jin people at a high price. Of course, the Goryeo businessman Jin Zheyong represented the Jin people. Jin Zheyong also lived in Yuelai Inn for a long time. Both Bai Wei and both knew his true identity very well. After Jin Zheyong's merchant ship loaded, he was certainly heading to Goryeo at the beginning, but his final destination was Shandong.
"Brother Wei, please be careful! Those cement indicators were just transferred to Jin from Gaoli's surname, and they had nothing to do with any golden dog."
The two of them whispered a golden dog, and they looked like they were despising the Jin people. They turned around and followed the business with the Jin people.
"Brother Bai reminded me."
Although the military conducts smuggling transactions with the Jin people is almost an open secret, the Wu and Guo families are unwilling to let people catch the handle. Wei Ji often can't control his mouth, thinking that it's okay to talk to Bai Kend here, but if he misses his mouth outside, it would be bad.
Wei Ji took a sip of tea, hesitated for a moment, and another new news broke out:
"Brother Bai, I heard that after the cannon was built, the court would send generals to train troops. Maybe this time, thousands of troops would be dispatched. I thought about it. It seemed like this was an opportunity. It seemed to be tailor-made for the young masters of you and me. Brother Bai, what you said is right?"
Bai Kendal actually heard about this news. Bai Kendal thought, if this continues, Zhao Han may really be able to replace the prince. The current emperor may really pass the throne directly to Zhao Han.
"Well, Brother Wei is still knowledgeable! Now the reputation of the Duke of the Kingdom is growing day by day. Now he has built cannons and grown high-yield sweet potatoes. It is very popular! If he follows the Duke of the Kingdom, he will definitely make a breakthrough in the future."
Bai Kende sighed in his heart, but unfortunately his son Wu Xi had little chance to lead troops in Taiwan. His son Wu Xi was vaguely hostage sent by the Wu family to Lin'an. Moreover, there were many people in the court who were jealous of the Wu family. I was afraid that other children of the Wu family might not be willing to let other children of the Wu family serve as such an important task. Instead, the children of the Guo family are more likely to be selected.
"Brother Wei, the children of the Guo family are all heroes. Let's take a look. Anyone from the Guo family is more than enough to come here to lead troops. I will compile a book here and ask my young master to help the Guo family. "
Of course, the Guo family may not be selected. I don’t know who will be cheap this time. However, the Wu family cannot be without a statement, and they still have to say what they are willing to be an aid.
"Brother Bai, actually - there is still good news. I heard that a super copper mine would be mined. It is said that it would be like gunpowder quarrying in the Special Administrative Region. It would be necessary to use gunpowder to explode the rocks to mine. It is also said that a well-trained military force must be competent for mining such a mining process. I think this may be an opportunity for the Wu family. If the Wu family is interested, the Guo family will naturally help."
The news about Wei Ji came from Duzuoyuan.
Bai Kend responded to Wei Ji with a smile and no smile, and thought to himself, what is this opportunity!
Chapter completed!