Guo Dan, who is in a working state, can really focus on his mind and will not think about what is missing. He just thinks about how to make money all day long. If Zhu Yili doesn't mention this, he can really ignore it completely. He likes money more than women, and this has never changed.

In addition, he had no experience in getting married, and he felt a little uncomfortable and felt that he was a little disappointed. This concern also made him feel a little excited.

After a brief rest at the Hot Spring Pavilion, he immediately returned to the government office.

"Son-in-law, this is the information of those merchants who want to come to Weihui Mansion to invest."

Chenchen put a thick stack of information on the table.

“Good job.”

Guo Dan nodded in praise, then picked up the information and started reading it.

Chenchen was the first to follow him, so he naturally knew his habits.

No matter what it is, look at the information first, then discuss with the other party. When he doesn't know the other party's origin, he feels that there is not much meaning and is just a waste of time. Having a rough understanding and then talking will make it easier to achieve results.

"Li Tong."

Guo Dan looked at a piece of information and suddenly recited.

Chen Chen hurriedly said, "This Li Tong is a tooth merchant from Linqing. He wants to contract the transportation to our Weihui Mansion."

"It's interesting."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "You go and ask him over for me now."

"yes."

An hour later, Li Tong came to the government office and was a man in his thirties.

"In the next Li Tong, I have met Captain Guo."

These businessmen who were not from the capital came here and called Guo Dan more of the lieutenant, which shows that they were still used to including Guo Dan among the officials.

"Please sit."

As soon as Li Tong sat down, he saw Guo Dan suddenly standing up and wanted to get up.

Guo Dan pressed his hand and signaled Li Tong to sit. He came to the table, leaned against the desk, held his chest with his hands, and looked at Li Tong. This person looked average, he was really average, not the ordinary person like Louis Koo.

His expression was a little dull and he didn't have the shrewd feeling of a tooth merchant.

Li Tong was looked at by Guo Dan and felt a little embarrassed.

After a while, Guo Dan said, "I heard that you want to contract the transportation of our Weihui Mansion."

Li Tong nodded quickly and said, "Yes."

Guo Tan asked: "Why?"

Li Tong: "Because I think this can make money."

Guo Dan said: "How do you say this?"

Li Tong hesitated.

Guo Dan smiled and said, "Every workshop here is the best in my Ming Dynasty. If all of them are in operation, there will be a lot of goods produced every year and a lot of raw materials are required. This requires the raw materials from all over the country to transport them here.

And Weihui Mansion cannot digest so many goods at all, so it needs to be transported out. Whether it comes or goes, it requires transportation. However, Weihui Mansion has no canal transportation and no parking tax. This transportation may be the most profitable transaction in Weihui Mansion."

Li Tong said awkwardly: "It turns out that Captain Guo had thought of this a long time ago."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "But have you ever thought that there is no canal transportation in Weihui Mansion, but there are them in other places. Are you not afraid of being made difficult by others?"

Li Tong glanced at Guo Dan.

Guo Dan said again: "You still think I will help you."

Li Tong smiled embarrassedly.

Guo Tan nodded with a smile, "You are right. In fact, no matter who contracts the transportation, even if he chooses to remain silent like you, I must ensure that it is foolproof, because transportation is the lifeline of Weihui Mansion. If transportation is blocked, Weihui Mansion will immediately fall into trouble. With such a large production scale, a large amount of goods will be stockpiled within one day."

Speaking of this, he paused: "It is precisely because of this that I have to make careful choices. What will you do if I contract the transportation to you?"

Li Channel: "The water system of Weihui Mansion is developed and the rivers are crisscrossed. This is the natural advantage of Weihui Mansion, and transportation should be mainly based on waterways."

Guo Dan shrugged slightly, "Whoever would do this."

Li Tong said again: "I used to work in the canal transportation and knew very well about water transportation. I think the canal transportation dispatch is too rigid and everything is rigid and not flexible enough. How much goods are required by the government, they will first raise the goods and then transport them together. If there is no task, they will be idle.

And I will choose to break the whole into pieces, transport it in batches, and build warehouses in various places, and make full use of private transportation. In fact, there are many passenger ships, fishing boats, cargo ships, and canal transport. If they can collect all their information, take their sailboats and transport it in sections, this may seem cumbersome, but if the dispatch is orderly, it can reduce costs and transport the goods faster."

"Have you ever considered the cost?" Guo Dan said: "The initial investment is very large."

Li Tong: "I have considered this, but I think I can do it step by step and slowly build it up during transportation."

What he meant was to first share the initial cost to merchants. The initial transportation price would definitely not be cheap. After making money, he would slowly build his own transportation network. If he did this, the cost would be very low. It could even be said to be a waste of money, because since it was a contract, it would be a monopoly.

This guy looks dull, but he is actually very smart.

"Do you know that my carriage was given by His Majesty. It can be said to be the best and most comfortable carriage in the world. But recently I suddenly want to learn how to ride a horse. Although I don't like riding a horse very much, do you know why?" Guo Dan said suddenly.

Li Tong felt inexplicable and looked at Guo Dan blankly.

Guo Tan smiled and said, "The reason is very simple. Because horses are faster than carriages. If I can save time on the way, I can make more money. I don't have time to let you go step by step. The cost of transportation will affect the price of goods. Once the transportation cost is too high, the advantages of Weihui Mansion will be reduced."

As he said that, he turned around and returned to the chair and sat down, saying, "I'm going to say that I plan to do the transportation by myself, and it's impossible to hand it over to others. As I said before, transportation is crucial to my Weihui Mansion, and it is not allowed to be misunderstood. I will not hand it over to others easily."

Li Tong was stunned and said, "Since that's the case, why does Captain Guo still ask for an appointment to come down?"

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Because I lack a talent to help me manage this area, are you interested?"

Li Tong was stunned for a while and then said, "I'm so sorry, I didn't expect it."

"Then go back and think about it."

Guo Dan interrupted him: "You also see my scale. If you can stand alone in it, whether it is money, status, or fame, it will be difficult for you to achieve in your entire life. And a talent like you, I believe that there is no one in the world. This is just an attempt for me, but for you, it is an excellent opportunity. I hope you can seize it."

Li Tong had no idea that Guo Dan would come to him to discuss this matter. He was also a very cautious person. He did not fight an unprepared battle and nodded and said, "Okay, I'll think about it."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Remember, I don't like wasting time."

Li Tong nodded and said, "If there is nothing else, I will say goodbye first."

Guo Dan just stood up and smiled and said, "Let's go slowly."

He had already planned to use Wanli's money to contract the transportation of Weihui Mansion, which was impossible to hand it over to others, because it was related to his vital interests.

First of all, without Wanli, transportation will definitely not be able to be played, after all, this will affect the interests of the canal transportation.

Secondly, Weihui Mansion's transportation is mainly waterways, and Guo Dan also used this as a springboard to lay the foundation for future navigation.

Finally, controlling transportation is equivalent to controlling trade.

But he doesn't know transportation. In fact, he doesn't know anything. He will invest and operate. He needs technical talents to help him.

And Li Tong is just one of them.

After Li Tong left, Guo Dan called Chen Chen again and handed a stack of information to him, "Go and help me make an appointment with these people." He handed Chen Chen another notice, "I have someone write a thousand copies and post them to various prefectures."

Chenchen took it over and saw it, it turned out to be a recruitment notice, recruiting various talents.

What are water conservancy talents, breeding talents, planting talents, shipbuilding talents, etc.

Among them, the minimum annual salary is 100 taels, including food, accommodation, and bonuses.

Chen Chen said: "Son-in-law, isn't this salary too much? Talents in this area are not worth so much money."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "What I want is not those stinky fish and rotten shrimps. There are not many people in the world who can get this money. What I can get will definitely create ten times or even a hundred times the profit for me. Go and do it quickly."

"yes."

This is actually the final supplement to the "contract system". It turns out that all these things are under the jurisdiction of the government, and the court's thinking is to do everything by itself. Many officials know how to build water conservancy and buildings. Guo Dan's thinking is to spend money to hire people, and there is nothing else.

In the next few days, Guo Dan will begin to meet with wealthy businessmen from all over the country, but they are mainly from Linqing and the capital.

Don’t say that the “contract system” alone is enough to attract them to invest here, because the entire Weihui Mansion will focus on the rights of merchants.

The wealthy businessmen who came here were all very rich. They always wanted to expand their scale, but first of all, Weihui Mansion provided them with a good platform.

Soon, the entire Lu Wang Mansion was divided up by them.

But Weihui Mansion is not only Luwang Mansion, but also many industries, such as poultry and livestock industries. Guo Dan contracted all of these to big landlords such as Liang Kui.

When they were not harvested, they always felt that they had lost money by selling grain to Guo Dan at this price. In recent years, because of Luwang Mansion and Weihui Mansion were the most affected, but now the food price is the cheapest in Henan Road.

Guo Dan simply contracted these two major industries to them, mainly to make up for it, and secondly, they had experience in raising poultry.

Liang Kui and the others were happy and had no complaints.

Because Weihui Mansion's service industry has risen, there is a huge demand for poultry and livestock, and this can be sold at a good price, not like grain, but there are price restrictions.

In addition, there are coal, iron and other mining industries, and Guo Dan has also contracted them out, but these industries have some restrictions, and they must be given priority to Weihui Mansion. If you find out smuggling, you will be punished to death.

The merchants agreed without saying a word because they had no intention of transporting it out. With the production scale of Weihui Mansion, they might have to buy it from outside.

Guo Dan actually knew that he was preventing the iron from being transported to Mongolia for sale. Before, the Shanxi merchants wanted to contract iron ore. They often traded with the Mongolians. They knew that Mongolia was short of iron, and iron could earn very generous profits from there, but they had no interest in learning that Guo Dan restricted exports.

Of course, they have to make up for all the money Guo Dan had paid in advance.
Chapter completed!