Dai Zhou sat in the living room of the Lijia Jingle Manor, and always felt uncomfortable all over. The Minister of Revenue, who was a dignified court, wanted to come and borrow money from his private person.

When he came, he was worried that the Li family might not have money to borrow. But along the way, he saw a luxurious carriage that had been parked several miles long, and he gave up the idea. The Li family is rich and very rich.

However, the thousands of carriages were not as good as another news he had just heard after going up the mountain.

The Li family called the family business manager to come for a meeting, and actually gave them one million yuan as a bonus.

shock.

One million steadily, not one hundred steadily, not ten thousand steadily, one million steadily.

This is no longer a waste of money, it is a cost of one million.

The court was so poor that it was almost impossible to pay the salaries of all officials and the military pay of the soldiers, but the Li family could spend millions of money to their own managers.

Holding a colorful "Li Ji Baochao" in his hand, Dai Zhou was amazed that the printing of the treasure money was so exquisite, with many colors, including red, blue and green, and the fonts were black, orange and purple. There were actually six colors on the entire treasure money. Dai Zhou knew some printing situations. Monochrome printing was very simple, and two colors needed to be printed, while three colors and four colors were even more difficult. If you make a mistake, all your previous efforts would be wasted.

Li Ji’s treasure banknotes are actually six colors. Although black, orange and purple are just fonts and account for a very small part, this is still six colors printing.

It is probably only Li Ji's family who can imitate this printing method, and no one else can imitate it.

The piece of paper in his hand was printed with ten cents of coins. There was a pattern of ten cents of copper coins on the front of the paper yarn, and the top was the six words "Li Ji Money House of the Tang Dynasty". There were three Chinese characters "Yi Shiwen" below, and there was a vertical and a circle below. He knew that this was a type of counting number commonly used in the business world today, representing ten.

This piece of paper represents ten cents. All industries of Li Ji, and even industries that Li Ji has a shareholding, can be used for money. It is much more convenient than the past banknotes, but he was thinking that printing such exquisite ten cents of paper may be more expensive than the banknotes itself. If it were those banknotes per piece, wouldn’t it be more costly to print them?

This is the same as the imperial court casting copper coins in the early years, and the coin was still losing money.

Li Chao is really rich and powerful.

The sound of footsteps came.

Li Chao appeared with Ma Zhou.

"Mr. Dai, I've made you wait for a long time."

Dai Zhou stood up, "I took the liberty to come, and I would be disturbing me."

Li Chao sat down with a smile, "The end of the year is approaching, and the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue are becoming more and more common. Shangshu Dai came here, could he be here to pay back the money?"

"I am so grateful to Mr. Dai. Every year at the end of the year, it is always the most troublesome and hard work to clear and collect accounts. I didn't expect Mr. Dai to come here to pay back the money in person. This is really grateful to us."

Dai Zhou was blocked by Li Chao's words. Before he could borrow money, Li Chao mentioned repaying the money first.

Li Chao came prepared and did not wait for Dai Zhou to speak again.

He has already taken out a large account book.

"Let me take a look. The court has borrowed money from Li Ji's bank several times before, with a total of 3.8 million guan. There are also Li Ji's names and subscribed to the government bonds issued several times, and there were no small amounts of them at once, and a total of 1.6 million guan. In addition, the salt bonds, tea bonds, wine bonds, and mining bonds issued by the court, the Li family also claimed a total of more than 800,000 guan."

"In addition, Li Ji Money House and Li Ji Pawnshop also collected a lot of bonds used by the people as collateral. Now that the people have no one to repay the loans, the mortgaged bonds have been smashed into the hands of the Li family. These combined, there are more than 500,000 trump cards."

"I'll do it. Now, all the court bonds in the Li family have combined, totaling 7 million,5300 guan."

"There is more than seven million yuan, and the annual interest rate is also quite large, and there are hundreds of thousands of trump cards."

"So much money is occupied, and our Li Ji is also burdened with heavy burden. Now the various territories of the Li family are going to be developed and built, and the industrial and commercial workshops under Li Ji's name are also expanding, and they all need funds. It's great that the court will pay us back at this time."

Dai Zhou was very embarrassed.

I came to borrow money, but I was called for money first.

"Did the court owe the Li family so much money?" Dai Zhou was a little surprised.

"Dai Gong, I dare not talk nonsense about this. Everything is based on evidence. Look, every stroke is counted."

More than seven million yuan is indeed a lot. The main thing is not borrowed at one time. The court borrowed not much directly, so it borrowed from Li Ji Money House several times, less than four million yuan. However, the court issued several types of bonds, and each time it said it was voluntary purchase and claiming, it was actually a levy nature, so merchants are naturally indispensable. There are so many industries in Li Ji, so every family can get a lot of them together.

On the other hand, Li Ji Money House and the pawnshop also collected a lot of bonds as collateral, and many of them ended up losing their hands.

Dai Zhou didn't expect that he owed more than seven million yuan just by owing the Li family. Now he has no money to pay it back and has to borrow it again, so he really can't speak.

But if you don’t speak, the court will have no rice to put it in the pot.

When he thought that since the Li family could still give the managers under him a million bonus, he must be very rich.

"Of course I have believed in Duke Zhao, but the court has been very difficult recently. The treasury is empty and has no money. I'm going to tell you, if Your Majesty had not taken out the 2 million treasury from the treasury, I'm afraid the court will not be able to get the blame now. But I can only temporarily live for a while. After the New Year, I really have no choice but to come to Duke Zhao, so I ask Duke Zhao to lend a helping hand to the court at this critical moment."

"One millions of trump cards, ten millions of trump cards will be able to overcome this difficulty."

Dai Zhou stretched out his index finger.

Li Chao shook his head.

"Eight million, eight million coins are fine."

Li Chao still shook his head.

"Five millions of coins cannot be reduced."

Li Chao raised his legs and picked up the teacup. The red tea soup in the bait emitted a fragrance, and Li Chao took a sip.

"Mr. Dai, your appetite is really big. It's 10 million, 8 million. But you should know that these 18 million are a lot. If it's 18 million cents, I can make up for it, but I can't do anything about this 18 million cents."

"Besides, as the saying goes, it's not difficult to borrow again. The previous account has not been cleared, and you have to borrow again. This is not the way to do this. Now the end of the year is approaching, and you see whoever has stopped borrowing long ago. At this time, we pay attention to clearing the accounts. How can we borrow again? "

"The Li family does have some family business, but they can't afford that much money. The court was in trouble before, and it was natural disasters and war disasters. The Li family responded to the court, and every man was responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Every time the court issued national debts, the Li family claimed it, and tried to claim as much as possible. After that, the Li family also claimed it. The court also borrowed money from the Li Ji Money House several times. Not only did Li Ji borrow it, but he also gave the best interest."

"Dai Gong, the Li family is so kind and righteous."

Dai Zhou wiped his forehead, "Duke Zhao, I also know these things. The Li family and Duke Zhao have always been high and righteous, and the court will not forget them. But at the moment, the court is really in trouble. I have no rice to put it in the pot. I hope the Li family can help again."

Li Chao shook his head.

"Today I will give Dai a briefing on the bus. If you don't pay back the previous account, the Li family will not lend money to the court. To be honest, there is no money to borrow."

Dai Zhou's expression changed slightly.

"Duke Zhao, this is not true. Today I came up the mountain. Along the way, I saw that the carriages of the Li family's manager were parked for several miles, all four-wheeled carriages, which were expensive. As soon as I went up the mountain, I heard that Duke Zhao had just given a special year-end prize to the Li family's manager, and he gave a million yuan at once. With such a generous hand, why did he say that the Li family had no money?"

Li Chao smiled.

"Everyone in the world knows that the Li family is really generous to the people who work at home, and Li Ji's managers do have many carriages. This time, the Li family did get a special prize for a prize. But Mr. Dai should not mess with the fact that these are actually the cost of operation."

“Operational cost?”

"Yes, operating costs, these are just a way of Li Ji's business. Only with generous treatment conditions can we better recruit talents and better motivate their enthusiasm for doing things. It's like, you go to a grain shop to buy rice and sell a bucket of grain for twenty cents. It doesn't mean that you make twenty cents of money by a bucket of rice in the grain shop, and there is still operating costs in this twenty cents."

"Shop rent, the salary of the clerk, the tax paid to the court, the cost of purchasing the rice, even the cost of transportation on the road, the cost of warehousing, etc. These costs are not low. The store even bears the risk of loss caused by fluctuations in grain prices."

"My Li family is in charge of the company, and the workers are indeed well treated. I do take out millions of guan as bonuses, but these are all included in the operating costs. The Li family has a big business, but the stall is also big. The Li family has more than 8,000 industrial shops and workshops, etc., with a total of more than 300,000 employees, and they make a lot of money a year. However, the labor costs alone are huge. In addition, the expansion of shops and workshops, the purchase preparation of raw materials, and the backlog of goods, we have to spend a lot of funds every year to carry out technological innovation."

"Dai Gong, let me give you a clear idea. In fact, the Li family's industries have indeed made a lot of money in a year, but they are only on the books and there is no cash. The money earned has actually become raw materials, goods in the warehouse, and the continued expansion investment of various industries. All the money has been invested again. Although I gave the managers a million yuan bonus, in fact, I, Li Chao, did not collect a penny from home this year, and I have invested all the money and expanded production."

Dai Zhou was half-believing and half-doubting.
Chapter completed!