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

After the second year of Zhenguan, this situation has changed.

Having more than a dozen children in a wealthy family is like playing around. Even if they live in poverty, they still have three or four children.

If you have more children, you have to buy a few more properties.

The end result is that land prices in big cities are rising every day, and no matter how cheap the land prices are in small places, no one cares about them.

On the way to Youzhou, Liu Bai passed more than a dozen places.

The local officials almost knelt down and begged the people to buy more real estate.

no way.

Seeing that large tracts of land are barren, and political achievements and taxes cannot be improved, there is no hope of promotion.

In the evaluation of officials every three years, population and taxation are the most important indicators for the promotion of officials.

Back in Chang'an, Liu Bai took Shen Wansan, Wang Shouren, and a large group of accountants at home to do calculations for a whole night.

"Recruiting people! We still have to recruit people!"

Liu Bai pushed the pen and paper forward, and stretched a lot.

This night's workload is not small.

With two big dark circles on Shen Wansan's face, he said: "Young master, the plan you mentioned is really too huge. Including the cost of buying land, starting construction, and recruiting people, I'm afraid our family will lose money on the books."

Although civil and military officials paid millions of coins to finance the execution in the Western Regions, Liu Baihua's money was no less than theirs.

In addition to the cost of building the Da Ci'en Temple, the Liu family almost used most of the profits from the second year of Zhenguan.

A group of old accountants also looked embarrassed.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. They have worked in the Liu family for a long time, and this is the first time they are facing the plight of lack of money!

Liu Bai scratched the table, the half-foot-thick general ledger, "Except for cast iron, cement and other industries, all others are sold!"

Shen Wansan's expression changed.

The sleepiness I had endured all night was gone in an instant!

"Master, you have to think twice! You have built up these industries so hard and sold them all. It is true that you can raise a large amount of funds in a short period of time, but if you want to get these industries back, it is basically impossible. It's over!"

Liu Bai didn't know how to explain to Shen Wansan what 'industrial upgrading' was.

In fact, if the Liu family were given a few months to breathe, it would not be difficult to raise a large amount of funds.

But now, the most important thing is time!

Liu Bai can wait, but can the aristocratic family wait?

They wished they could wipe out the Liu family as soon as possible!

Can't give them a chance!

"For the current plan, the only way is to take a gamble and write letters to the big shopkeepers everywhere, so that they can cash out the property as quickly as possible!"

Seeing Liu Bai's determined face, Shen Wansan knew that no matter how much he tried to persuade him, it would be of no avail.

I had no choice but to sigh, and went out to write letters to the shopkeepers.

The eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month!

The New Year is approaching, and the people clean up their houses to prepare for the new year.

At this time, people will take to the streets to purchase supplies for the New Year.

After a year of hard work, I still have to buy something that I can't usually afford to pay myself for the hard work of the past year.

My wife has also worked hard for a year. If I don't buy a few boxes of rouge and gouache, I guess I won't even be able to enter the house after returning home.

Besides, you should also bring some gifts when visiting relatives!

When the common people in Chang'an took to the streets, they realized that most of the shops were closed!

The familiar signboard has been removed.

On the porch, the well-known willow leaf-shaped mark was also erased!

Could it be that the Liu family went bankrupt?

The old man of the Sun family, who is in his 70s, rarely gets out of the house.

It's almost Chinese New Year, and I'm planning to go to Hang Lung Bakery with a walking stick to buy some snacks for my grandson.

It was only after I arrived that I realized that there was not a single customer in the pastry shop that was bustling in the past!

The fat shopkeeper was standing at the door, directing the staff to move things.

"Shopkeeper Zhao, here's a set for the third one!"

The old man of the Sun family didn't pay much attention. As soon as he stood up, he yelled at Shopkeeper Zhao.

Seeing him coming, shopkeeper Zhao hurried down the steps and said, "Why did you go to the street in person today?"

The old grandson chuckled and said, "The children are busy. Your little nephew did well in the college exams this year. I'm thinking about it, old man, and buy him some pastries!"

Shopkeeper Zhao hurriedly sent the boy to get the pastries.

He said with an apologetic face: "This time I won't accept your money, just treat it as a gift from the younger generation to my nephew. Today is the last day for the shop to open. From tomorrow, this will be Hao Ji's pastry shop!"

Old man Sun frowned, "What? Are you going to open a shop in another city?"

Shopkeeper Zhao said helplessly: "The family is short of money recently, and [-]% of the shops in the city are sold to other companies."

"How can I do that? The old man's little grandson likes to eat your walnut cakes. If he changed to other's, he would have to cry for the old man for several days! Moreover, other shops are black-hearted, and they are twice as expensive as yours! "

As he said that, the old grandson also felt puzzled.

"It's all the fault of those aristocratic families. I can't see Young Master Liu doing practical things for us common people!"

Shopkeeper Zhao sighed in response to the occasion, and said, "Not only Chang'an City, but even our shop in Jingyang has been closed for more than half, let alone other places. I'm afraid it will be difficult in the future."

Old Sun was taken aback, "Can't you buy cheap rice noodles and eggs?"

Shopkeeper Zhao pointed to the distance, "Look, our grocery store and rice noodle store are also being delisted."

The old grandson snorted heavily, and threw his crutches to the ground, "No way! I'm going to go to the yamen to ask. How can ordinary people live?"

Chapter 483 Changle's Shock, The Liu Family's Financial Resources

The same thing happened in almost every city in Chang'an City.

The property of the Liu family touches every aspect of life, old age, sickness and death of the common people.

The diversification of industries and the specialization of personnel make the cost of the Liu family's products extremely low.

As a result, even if the goods are twice as cheap as those in other shops, they earn more than them!

For example, making pastries.

Other shops have to pay rent every month, and raw materials such as eggs and flour have to be purchased from other shops.

But the stores under the Liu family are all owned by their own. As for the raw materials, the Liu family is the largest landlord in Guanzhong. If other shops want to buy raw materials, they have to buy them from the Liu family!

There are many businesses involved, and it is cheap, so it will naturally be surrounded by ordinary people.

As soon as Liu's shop closed, the city of Chang'an was thrown into chaos!

The common people frantically rushed to buy supplies, food and clothing, and within a short period of time, the stores under the Liu family's stores were cleaned up.

Merchants are also crazy!

The Liu family wanted to hoard a large amount of money in a short period of time, and the rental price of the shop was [-]% lower than the market price!

All of a sudden, wealthy businessmen from all walks of life who saw the profits flocked to it.

They all want to sell Liu's shop!

You know, almost all of Liu's shops are in the best locations, and the decorations are extremely exquisite.

You don't even need to make much changes, just change the door plaque, and it becomes your own property!

Civil and military officials can't sit still!

They are inextricably linked with the major wealthy merchants, and even some wealthy merchants are simply the agents of the officials of the DPRK and China.

Overnight, the shops of the Liu Family, which occupied [-]% of the market in Chang'an City, changed hands!

Only the cast iron business and the cement shop are left, and they are still operating normally.

The same situation is happening in Jingyang, Jinyang, Luoyang, and even Youzhou and the Jiangnan area.

Only on the second day, a large amount of cash was pulled into the Liu family's warehouse.

The door cannot be opened easily.

Once opened, it is stuffed full of real gold and silver, which can be scattered all over the place!

Shen Wansan and Li Chengqian were so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground, and they didn't close their eyes all night.

"The money from Jingyang County will be delivered soon!"

"The warehouse has long been unable to fit! Could it be that they are all piled up in the yard?"

"West courtyard! There are only three people living in the guest room in the west courtyard, so let's put it there!"

Xuanzang, Monk Jiexian and Bianji originally lived in the clean West Courtyard.

Now I have to move out.

When they went out with their bags on their backs, they almost lost their eyesight!

Mountains of gold and silver were placed in the yard in broad daylight, without even a guard!

Fortunately, Xuanzang and Monk Jiexian were both serious and eminent monks, and Jiexian was from the royal family of Tianzhu, so they just seemed a little uncomfortable facing this mountain of gold and silver.

Debate is different.

It's the age that likes to mess around, seeing so much gold and silver, I can't walk anymore!

"God"

Bian Ji walked forward stiffly, wanting to reach out and touch this mountain of gold and silver.

But before he took a few steps, he was slapped on the forehead by Xuanzang.

Xuanzang's face was livid, "Gold and silver are vicious things, we, as monks, should not fall into it!"

He originally wanted to move to the East Hospital, but now he has completely dismissed the idea.

"Go to the Great Mercy Temple!"

He was really afraid that if he was not careful, he would not be optimistic about the debate and make a big mistake.

Bian Ji withdrew his hand resentfully, looked at Jinyinshan with some reluctance, and followed Xuanzang out the door.

Nobody cares where they go!

Everyone in the Liu family, including Liu Bai, didn't have time to think about anything else.

Even Wushun and Changle, who couldn't get out of the door, came out to help!

I couldn't help with serious things, so I followed Liu Wan'er to supervise the work.

Wu Shun's sharp eyes caught sight of Li Yin and Li You who were secretly stuffing gold into his arms.

"stop!!"

She didn't have to be polite to these two little ones, she went straight to her hands and took out the gold they had hidden in their bosoms.

For this 'sister-in-law', the two little guys are in awe.

Angrily, he took out the gold and threw it on the shelf, one left and one right, Wu Shun twisted his ears, and took him outside to be punished.

Chang Le's eyes were shining brightly, she tightly held Liu Rong'er's hand, "Sister, how much money should this have? The three warehouses at home are full, and the west courtyard is also full."

Liu Wan'er answered her question.

"These are just the silver coins of Chang'an and the surrounding counties. It is estimated that there are tens of millions of coins."

Chang Le covered her mouth in shock.

Today, she finally saw the financial power of the Liu family!

If the Liu family turned all the properties in the Tang Dynasty into cash, how much would they have?