Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

"working hard, working hard"

Li Chengqian smiled forcefully and broke free from Lao Zhou's grasp.

Sure enough, there was an oily handprint on the shoulder.

Lao Zhou became fatter and fatter, almost twice as fat as when Liu Bai went to Liaodong.

Others are hot and sweaty, but this guy is hot and oily.

Lao Zhou was sitting across from Shen Wansan, his armchair was full of fat all over his body, and a lot of it overflowed.

"Why do you want to reject my proposal? Life in Youzhou is not easy. If you withdraw all the money now, don't you kill the chicken and get the eggs? If the young master wants to use the money in the future, is it possible that my old Zhou will sell the shares of the Youzhou mine?"

He was here to question Shen Wansan.

It's okay not to mention it, but after mentioning it, the anger in Shen Wansan's heart burst out in an instant.

"You have the nerve to say it! Suzhou relies entirely on the Youzhou Iron Mine to support it. This month, the number will be reduced, and the young master's plan will be stopped next month. Even if you are slaughtered to sell meat, the money handed over to Suzhou will not be less A penny!"

Not to be outdone, Lao Zhou slapped the table with a 'bang bang' sound.

"Lingnan, Huainan, and even Hebei and Hedong, which area is short of oil and water? Why do you use Youzhou to squeeze it?! Do you have any objections to my old Zhou?!"

"I have a big opinion on you!"

The two cursed in front of hundreds of employees of the Liu family.

People seem to have been used to it for a long time, what to do, what to do, not even interested in looking at it.

Only Li Chengqian stood there in embarrassment, neither stopping nor persuading him.

Chapter 1595 One is to accept the wealth of the world, and the other is to gather resources

If the management system of the Liu family is compared to the administrative system of a country, it is not a vertical structure in the traditional sense, nor is it divided into three levels: Tao, prefecture, and county like Datang.

In contrast, it is more like the parallel system of prefectures and states in the early Western Han Dynasty.

A notable feature of this system is that the big shopkeepers in various places have extremely high authority.

Its authority is completely unrestricted, and its autonomy is so great that it can even determine the overall plan for the next few years.

The big treasurer can dismiss the order issued by the headquarters!

The only thing that needs to be done at the local level is to pay enough money to the headquarters every quarter.

Correspondingly, the only responsibility that the headquarters needs to bear for the localities is to send them enough talents

It is precisely because of this system that Lao Zhou has the capital to challenge Shen Wansan.

Strictly speaking, Shen Wansan, the treasurer of the Liu family headquarters, is the same as the prime minister.

In name, it rules all over the country, but in fact, it has very weak control over the localities.

This is not a bad thing.

Each place has its own characteristics.

Taking Youzhou as an example, Lao Zhou used the mine as his base camp and developed a series of ironware trading.

The extended industries spread to every corner of the Tang Dynasty, and even the surrounding foreign countries.

This requires that Lao Zhou needs to hold extremely high authority.

A business opportunity is fleeting. If you want to ask the headquarters, let alone hot food, I'm afraid you won't even be able to eat hot shit.

This 'prefecture and country parallel' system gave the Liu family a huge room for development.

Relying on local characteristics, all regions have achieved the ultimate in business.

Of course, this model is not without flaws.

Just like the Seven Kings Rebellion in the early Western Han Dynasty, the local authority was too powerful, and sooner or later the headquarters would mess up!

And all of this is based on the loyalty of the big shopkeepers in various places.

At least, before Liu Bai dies, there is no need to consider such issues.

He has absolute trust in the big shopkeepers everywhere.

That is a kind of trust that is enough to entrust your life!

Apart from relying on Liu Bai's blessings from Lao Tzu, the main reason is that Liu Bai has accomplished many things.

In the eyes of Lao Zhou and the others, it doesn't matter whether they make money or not.

No matter how much money you earn, it is just money.

Their biggest dream is to be able to enter the family tree and become servants of the Liu family.

From then on, he and his family depended on each other for life and death.

Then their children and grandchildren will be taken care of.

And so far, among the thirteen shopkeepers of the Liu family, there are only a handful of them who have become retainers!

Although Lao Zhou is one of them, he doesn't want to stop from now on.

The main family has been crowned king.

Although the fief is only an island, at the very least, he must find a decent job for his nephews and juniors on the island.

Therefore, Lao Zhou is sparing no effort to draw blood from Youzhou to fill the huge vacancy in Suzhou.

It's just that Shen Wansan did go too far.

According to the current speed of blood draw, Youzhou will be pumped into human jerky in less than two years

Listening to the scolding between the two, Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He admired Liu Bai's skill of controlling the little ones so much.

In just one year, the Liu family seemed to undergo earth-shaking changes.

These big shopkeepers used to be just guys who did business with the old man of the Liu family.

After the Liu family's business grew, they became big shopkeepers, and they could only be regarded as little-known people.

The real fortune came after Liu Bai showed his strength.

He had no doubts that if Liu Bai pointed at a pit, he would let the people under Liu's family jump into it.

Those people, within a short while, can use their own bodies to fill up that hole.

In contrast, the relationship between the Li family's royal family, which is maintained by blood, is so weak

How ironic!

"Uncle Zhou, why don't you mortgage the loan with the Stock Affairs Bureau?"

Li Chengqian's unintentional words stunned everyone on half a floor, including Shen Wansan and Lao Zhou!

"Did I say something wrong?"

Li Chengqian said with a guilty conscience.

The current Liu family is really too huge.

When I was working with him in the Liu family, I didn't exist on the same level at all.

The thoughts of these big shopkeepers are extremely delicate.

Such a character would definitely not be a disadvantage if he was given to a fourth-rank official in the court!

After a brief silence, the others resumed their previous busyness.

Shen Wansan bowed his head thoughtfully, Lao Zhou opened his mouth wide, as if someone had tapped his acupoints

Li Chengqian rubbed his nose, turned around and asked Li Yifu and the others: "What's wrong with what I said?"

The expressions of Li Yifu and others, like Shen Wansan, were also lost in thought.

They were suddenly surprised to find that they had overlooked an extremely important detail during their stay in Suzhou!

Stock Bureau!

What is the role of the Stock Office?

One is to accept the wealth of the world, and the other is to gather resources.

And what Suzhou lacks are precisely these two things?

Why did no one think of the stock affairs bureau when they encountered financial difficulties at the beginning?

Li Chengqian was a little depressed.

No one answered his words.

The next moment, Lao Zhou suddenly turned around and left without saying a word.

Not only did Shen Wansan not stop him, but he quickly took out something from the drawer.

"Old Zhou!"

He threw that thing to Lao Zhou.

Lao Zhou took it, nodded, and moved a little faster.

"Chengqian, you are fine!"

Shen Wansan said with a complicated expression.

Li Chengqian tilted his head, not understanding the meaning hidden in Shen Wansan's words.

At this time, Li Yuanli took two people and moved over from the gate step by step.

He deliberately walked very slowly, as if he wanted to see what kind of virtue the legendary Liu family's Suzhou headquarters was.

Don't blame him for being like this.

Ever since the Wanghai Tower was completed and the seventh floor was determined to be the Suzhou headquarters of the Liu family, the outside world has spread the word that this place is miraculous.

According to the common people in Suzhou City, there are not many people on the seventh floor.

The entire seventh floor is full of gold bricks!

Otherwise, how to explain the money the Liu family spent like a tide these days?

"See Your Royal Highness!"

"I've seen Master Shen!"

Li Chengqian didn't have much affection for Li Yuanli.

In other words, since the matter of Princess Changguang and Princess Gaomi, he has been filled with hatred for all members of the royal family.

"Uncle Zheng is being polite."

Shen Wansan was more enthusiastic.

He smiled and cupped his hands to return the salute, and said, "King Zheng, please sit down."

Li Yuanli didn't dare to sit down, so he lost his smile, and immediately said to Li Chengqian, "Your Highness, the Governor's Mansion has prepared a banquet, I wonder if I can honor it?"

He didn't dare to put on airs of an elder anymore.

In his eyes, Li Chengqian has big thick legs!

Li Chengqian took a look at Shen Wansan, and Shen Wansan smacked his lips, saying: "Go to the tea room, this old man happened to have an important matter to discuss with King Zheng."

Chapter 1596 If you don't give up on some things, you won't survive for a few days

In the Suzhou headquarters of the Liu family on the seventh floor of Wanghai Building, there is a tea room dedicated to receiving customers.

Affected by the convenience of the teahouse on the second floor, the tearooms on the seventh floor are filled with top-notch teas that have never been heard outside.

Sitting in the tea room, Li Yuanli looked a little trembling.

On both sides of the huge tea table are Li Chengqian, plus all the shopkeepers of the Liu family on the seventh floor!

The most honorable position was given to Shen Wansan.

There was only Li Yuanli on the opposite side.

His followers are not even qualified to enter the door.