No rainbows can be seen without experiencing wind and rain.

A man will become completely different after passing the test of life and death. Lei Qi is such a person.

Although I didn’t have long days in prison, I tasted all the eighteen torture instruments and beat them all together, and they were beaten to pieces!

If he had no alcohol to help him, he would have died of sepsis caused by the infection. Even so, it took him a month to recover from his health.

After this incident, Lei Qi was completely reborn. He used to always think about the friendship between the world and was quite generous to his subordinates. Unexpectedly, he was in return for Zhang Huan's betrayal!

This guy colluded with Hu, cuckold himself, and gave the key information to Hu, and was imprisoned in a daze and almost lost his life. After coming out, the old brothers who had been following him at the dock were dismissed and sent them all home. Of course, there was an exception, that was Xu San!

Before Lei Qi got married with Hu, he had a wife who died of labor and left a son for Lei Qi. Lei Qi was very concerned about this eldest son, but was afraid that he would be wronged, so he bought a house outside the city.

After he was arrested, Xu San, a gangster, didn't know how to get it out, so he ran to the village overnight and took Lei Qi's son away. The two hid in the countryside and avoided Hu Bin's arrest.

During this time in the countryside, Xu Sanning would rather be hungry and freezing himself than let Lei Qi's son suffer any grievances. When Lei Qi mobilized everyone to find Xu San, he was hiding in the mountain temple, grilling the hen with one hand and struggling to make a hen. The other arm was interrupted because of stealing the chicken.

thump!

Lei Qi knelt on the ground and kowtowed Xu San. The true love was revealed in times of adversity. If Xu San was not available, the child would definitely be arrested in prison. The adults could not hold on. What's more, a child, Xu San saved his son's life! He pulled his son over and said nothing, and asked the child to call Xu San's godfather!

Lei Qi, who had recovered, took back the property, and Chen Menghe also returned all the property that Hu Bin robbed. However, after this disaster, all the original customers were cut off and the brothers who had gathered under him disappeared. Lei Qikong held a bunch of silver, but wanted to sit and eat the mountain.

It happened that Tang Yi started to make a fortune at this time and hit it off with Lei Qi. From decoration to purchasing pens, ink, paper and inkstone, to purchasing mahogany, making furniture.

Tang Yi, who had a lot of ideas alone, couldn't do it, and Wu Tiancheng, who was blinded, could not do it. It can be said that Lei Qi is the one who contributed the most!

But at this time, he stood in front of the paper shop and stopped walking inside.

"Why? Don't you go in and take a look?" Tang Yi walked out with a smile.

Lei Qihan smiled and said, "Forget it, I am a rough man, don't disturb the talented people's elegance."

Tang Yi leaned closer and smiled: "Actually, I don't want to see it either. Who made us have no grudge against Yinzi!"

"Hahaha, my little husband's words are admirable. It's time to give me a look. Let's have a few drinks!"

"It's better to obey your orders than to be respectful."

Lei Qi led the way, crossed two streets, and came to the front of a small door. As soon as Lei Qi appeared, a middle-aged man came up and smiled silly, "Master Qi, the lamb legs are all roasted, I'll wait for you!"

"Did you see? I brought a distinguished customer today. If it is not delicious, be careful I will smash your sign!" Lei Qi clenched his fists and said with a smile.

"Don't worry, Master Qi, it's not good to eat well, you don't have to do it, you'll smash it yourself!"

After entering the private room with a smile, the shopkeeper took the initiative to set up the shelf and brought a browned and oily lamb leg. The dissipating fragrance made people's index fingers move. Tang Yi suddenly became interested. He took a dagger, cut off a piece and put it in his mouth. There was no smell of smell, burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, and melted in his mouth!

"Okay, that's great!"

Lei Qi also cut off a large piece and stuffed it into his mouth. He said in a vague way: "Young husband, do you know why the store is so authentic?"

Tang Yi blinked his eyes and smiled, "I heard from the shopkeeper's accent, it seems that he is from the northwest!"

"The little husband is very keen. He is a military household that escaped from the northwest. I saved him five years ago, and I also bought this shop for him."

The Ming Dynasty established a nine-border town on the northern border, and a million troops stationed and guarded the border, which was once Zhu Yuanzhang's most proud political achievement. However, more than a hundred years later, the military household registration system collapsed, and the number of fugitives in some places even exceeded half, and this shopkeeper was one of them...

But the northwest is not safe, and the southeast is the same. Japanese pirates are becoming more and more rampant. I really don’t know where the place of peace is. Thinking of this, Tang Yi became more and more depressed. The daggers in his hand moved frequently, and mutton was stuffed into his stomach.

I'm dying after half of my eldest son, Tang Yi ate more than Lei Qi. In less than a quarter of an hour, only bones were left on a leg of lamb.

"My little husband, do you want another one?" Lei Qi suggested.

"Forget it, another one has become a bucket. Let's talk about the main business!"

When talking about the serious matter, Lei Qi immediately put away his smile and became serious.

"My little husband, which one should we talk about first?"

"The furniture is selling well, just talk about mahogany!"

"Yes." Lei Qi paused and said, "My little husband, I have arranged people in Songjiang and Suzhou, including Huanghuali, chicken wenge, red sandalwood, and ebony. There are not many people purchasing these woods, and the price is fair."

"Well, you can't just rely on procurement, but you have to connect with the maritime merchants who transport timber. It's best to transport the best materials according to our requirements. Within a few years, you will monopolize the hardwood market in Jiangnan."

Tang Yi sold official hat chairs so cheaply, of course it was not because he found out with conscience, but because he placed a long line to catch big fish. Tables, chairs and benches are small pieces, with little material and low price. What really makes money is the carved large bed and the mahogany cabinet!

Take the most labor-intensive thousand-work step-breaking bed as an example. It takes more than three years for a craftsman to do it well, so there is a saying of "thousand-work".

A big bed like this can be sold for fifty or sixty taels at the cheapest price. If it is more meticulously made and luxuriously decorated, it is not impossible to sell one or two hundred taels.

Tang Yi calculated that if a standard process is adopted, dozens of carpenters are recruited and hundreds of carpenters can be used to make a large bed within a few days.

First, we seize the market through cheap tables, chairs and benches. After the shipment volume is sufficient, we will also purchase more, so that we will capture both upstream and downstream. Most of the other carpenter workshops cannot be maintained, and then we will take action and organize them, so that the entire home manufacturing business will be held in our hands.

At that time, you can also combine it with Changwen Paper Store to conquer the literati first and then the society. Tang Yi can proudly declare: What I sell is not the goods, but the attitude of life!

Of course, Tang Yi’s current strength is not enough with such a big plan, but it doesn’t matter. He can take advantage of the situation. Isn’t there any Jinyiwei?

"How is the winery doing?"

"Haha, my little husband, I'm not to mention it. I used to have two wineries under my command, which specializes in making spirits. We have a lot of food in Jiangnan, and there are good spirits in Shandong. We sell them back and forth, and make a hard money. In fact, our wineries also have a distillation process, but they are distilled a few more times. By the way... My little husband, I made a decision without authorization. When discussing with Deng Qianhu of the Jinyiwei, I gave the price of the alcohol for the Jinyiwei in half. In addition, I promised that 30% of the profits of the spirits and alcohol they sold would be given to the Jinyiwei."

The alcohol business is nothing to the huge Jinyiwei. Zhou Shuo handed over the matter to Deng Zhenzhong, a thousand households in Jiangnan, to deal with it with him. Tang Yi was not good at dealing with Jinyiwei, so he let Lei Qi come forward.

After listening to Lei Qi's introduction, Tang Yi also understood his thoughts. If he didn't give the Jinyiwei some sweetness, these people would not do their best to do their jobs. Now that we have 30% of the profits, the business of the winery is theirs. When the winery is ready, their pockets will be bulging, and we will not worry about these people not working hard.

"Seventh Master, I am worthy of being a good businessman, I admire you very much!"

"Hahaha, my little husband is the real genius who turns stones into gold. Lei Qi has been with you and I realize that in the past, he was just a fool to do business!"

As the saying goes, one person has achieved the best, and the other has become a family. Tang Yi has already distributed his business. Wu Tiancheng is in charge of Changwen Paper Store, and the furniture production belongs to Manager Zhu. Their house in Liuhebao was also burned and they settled their home in Taicang.

As for the winery and the purchase matters, it was to let Lei Qiyi take on his shoulders. Tang Yi not only helped him save his life, but also helped Lei Qi to get in touch with him, asking him to kill Hu and Zhang Huan with his own hands, so that he could relieve his hatred. He just said that the two of them died suddenly, and the wife who killed the husband and silver, have always been a matter of death, and no one cared about it.

After careful calculation, Tang Yi has now mastered three major sources of wealth, paper shop, furniture, and alcohol. Conservatively estimated that 3,000 taels of silver will be recorded in a year, and it is still in a period of rapid expansion, which will increase countless times in the future. Tang Yi is not a person who is particularly sensitive to money, so he will not make any trouble if he spends enough.

It’s time to chew the eight-legged essays. The stepping stone in the officialdom, even if it’s just a shit, it’s going to chew it down and chew it all!
Chapter completed!