Poor Family

  Chapter 52 Share Partnerships

Li Yanqing hired an ox cart and returned to Lushan Town. He was thinking about it all the way. In fact, he wanted to find something for his father to do. Compiling the family tree of the rural annals would only take a year or two at most. After that Woolen cloth? In the long run, the father still has to have a long-term stable income.

During this period of time, his father was obsessed with the family affairs, and he worked very hard. Li Yanqing fully understood his father's feelings. He longed to gain dignity and restore his reputation, but it was not enough to just do it stupidly. Make a fuss about it.

  Like Li Dongdong, I don’t know a single character, but everyone respects him, why? Isn't it just a profit? If the pockets are bulging, and the tribe and neighbors are allowed to benefit, the respect of the tribe will come naturally.

  Li Yanqing arrived in Lushan Town in the evening. He didn't go home immediately, but went to the patriarch's mansion. The family in the mansion knew him, and took him to sit in his living room. Not long after, Li Wenyou also came out after hearing the news.

   "Qing'er, didn't your father say that you went to the county?" Li Wenyou asked after entering the hall.

  Li Yanqing saluted the patriarch, said with a smile: "I went to the county in the morning and came back after finishing my work."

   Li Wenyou also learned from Li Daqi that Li Yanqing wrote books to make money. He was not surprised. With the great ancestor possessed, what things can't be done?

Li Wenyou asked Li Yanqing to sit down, and asked the servant girl to serve tea. He said with a smile, "I was worried at first. Your father and I will go to the capital with you. What if you have no one to take care of you? Now I don't worry anymore. I can even earn money, and I won't Looking for somewhere to eat?"

   "The patriarch is right. There is really no need to worry about such a small matter. I am here today because I have something to discuss with the patriarch."

"What's up?"

   "What does the patriarch think of Li Dongdong?"

Li Wenyou thought for a while and said: "To be honest, I don't like him very much. This man is so bragging about himself. He obviously opened a small coolie tea shed on the wharf outside Kaifeng City. He insisted on boasting that he opened a big teahouse on Yujie. Don’t I understand? It’s his turn to open a store on Royal Street?”

   "Actually, the patriarch needs to understand him! Everyone wants to save face. Which person outside will not brag about himself when he returns to his hometown?"

   "You're right, why are you mentioning him?"

Li Yanqing then recounted what happened to Li Dongdong in his county, and his plan, and finally said: "Actually, I think that if Li Dongdong really finds his way in the capital, the family will pay the capital and contact the goods. Sales, this is indeed a way to make money, and if you make money, you can support the children of the clan to go to school and cultivate capable young children, so that the family will prosper step by step, what does the patriarch think?"

  Li Wenyou is extremely superstitious that Li Yanqing is possessed by the great ancestor. Seeing that Li Yanqing is always thinking about the prosperity of the family, he is even more convinced that this is the will of the great ancestor. He nodded quickly and said: "Qing'er is absolutely correct, I will follow suit!"

  Li Yanqing smiled and waved his hands, "I'm just offering a suggestion, and we need to discuss how to do it. I have ideas, and the patriarch also has experience. Let's talk about it."

  Li Wenyou is an extremely shrewd person. It's not that he hasn't considered this matter, but he couldn't trust Li Dongdong, so he didn't agree for a long time. But since Li Yanqing brought it up, it's another matter.

Li Wenyou pondered for a while and said: "Actually, this Li Dongdong didn't tell you the truth. The reason why he didn't want to open a teahouse was because he invested the money he had accumulated over the years in the black market of bootleg liquor, and the bootleg liquor was seized by the government. It was confiscated, several parties involved in a lawsuit, Li Dongdong lost everything, and the tea shop was sold off. He was desperate to become a dentist. I was afraid that he would take my money to pay off the debt, so I didn’t agree to lend him money. .”

   "Is he still in debt?" Li Yanqing was also slightly surprised.

   "I don't know if I'm in debt or not. I just don't like him very much, but Qing'er thinks he can do it, so I can give it a try."

  Li Yanqing pondered for a while and said, "I'm worried whether he has a way out in the capital?"

Li Wenyou smiled slightly, "Don't worry about that. His father-in-law is a dentist and has many ways. This time he went back to his hometown to buy medicine, which was entrusted by his father-in-law. It's just that his father-in-law hated him for being useless and refused to lend him a penny. I I have sent people to the capital to find out about him before, and he did not lie, but he was afraid of being laughed at, so he refused to mention his father-in-law."

  Li Yanqing knew it well, it seemed that the patriarch coincided with him, and wanted to use Li Dongdong's line, so he sent someone to find out about him.

  Li Yanqing remembered that during the clan sacrifice that night, the clan leader deliberately ignored Li Dongdong, just to hang him! It seems that the patriarch is also a cunning and cunning person.

  Thinking of this, Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "Patriarch, I have another suggestion."

   "Speak, I'll listen."

Li Yanqing said slowly: "Why don't we open a business firm for this matter, and the patriarch and I pay the capital, Li Dongdong converts the capital according to his method, and the three companies each take a share. Even if they lose money, the capital is the upper limit. Share the profit, and hire a few more tribesmen to handle affairs, and their expenses will be deducted as expenses, and when the business grows bigger, a part of the profits will be used to help the tribesmen study and relief, what does the patriarch think?"

   What Li Yanqing was talking about was the company system, and he just described it in a common language. Li Wenyou understood, nodded and smiled and asked, "How much money does Qing'er have?"

  Li Yanqing took out the handover roll and put it on the table, "This is the handout roll from the Hong Registered Bank of Daming Prefecture. There are two hundred taels of silver in it, which is the capital I invested."

  Li Wenyou was very surprised, two hundred taels of silver, this is a lot of money! Even in Xiaohe Township, there are not many families who can afford it.

  Li Wenyou thought for a while and said: "Let's do it! We use one thousand guan as the capital, and I will make up another 800 guan. I will take 50% of the share, Qing'er 30%, and Li Dongdong 20%."

  Li Yanqing thought for a while and said: "Li Dongdong's 20% is too little, and I can't mobilize his enthusiasm. I simply give him half of it."

   "You don't have to give way!"

  Li Wenyou said decisively: "I will give him another 10%, I will give 40%, Qinger 30%, and Li Dongdong 30%. That's it."

  Although the framework and shares of the commercial bank have been finalized, there are still many details that need to be considered, such as financial management, material circulation, business scope, supply and marketing authority, etc. These things have been inherited from ancient times to the present, but the terms are different.

  Especially this involves Li Dongdong's father-in-law. Li Dongdong intends to use his father-in-law's network to do business, so how does his father-in-law calculate the benefits here?

  Li Wenyou is an extremely shrewd person, how could he let his and Li Yanqing's money go to waste, there are some things he must confirm with Li Dongdong clearly, and there must be no ambiguity at all.

  That night he sent someone to deliver a letter to Li Dongdong, asking Li Dongdong to come to see him the next day.

   But there is one thing that Li Wenyou ignored intentionally or unintentionally. He didn't tell Li Wengui about it. The Li family's property is controlled by Li Wengui, and he didn't want his brothers to get involved in this business.

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Ever since Li Daqi took his son to visit his dead wife's grave, one of his worries has settled down, but he still wants to move his wife's tomb back. In the past, the Ding family was too powerful, so he couldn't help it. Now he is gradually turning around, no matter what. , he could not accept the reality that his wife was buried in her natal cemetery.

  Li Daqi's heart is like a mirror. He knows that the Ding family's attitude has begun to change. The fundamental reason is because of his son. If he wants to move his dead wife's tomb back, he has to rely on his son.

  Although Li Daqi knew that this matter would not be done in a short while, he felt as uncomfortable as a cat's paw if he didn't discuss it with his son, so Li Daqi came to his son's room.

Li Yanqing was doing homework at his desk. They had an eleven-day holiday, and they had classes on the seventh day of the first lunar month. Master Yao Ding arranged a lot of calligraphy for them. A few days ago, Li Yanqing was busy writing books and delayed his homework. School will start in two days, and he has to work hard to catch up with his homework.

   "Qing'er, Daddy wants to discuss something with you, so I will waste your time."

   "It's okay, come in, Daddy!"

Li Daqi opened the door and came in. He saw his son writing at his desk. Yao Ding attached great importance to the calligraphy of his students, and he paid close attention to calligraphy. It is absolutely impossible to write dozens of articles to fool people.

  Li Daqi stood beside his son and looked at it for a while, and he couldn't help nodding secretly. Compared with when he first entered school, his son's calligraphy has made great progress, and there is no problem in the examination.

  Looking at the written content again, it turned out to be "Lushi Chunqiu", Li Daqi couldn't help being taken aback, "Lushi Chunqiu" is very strange, even he is not familiar with it, how could his son think of Mo, this is Yao Ding's request?

Li Yanqing didn't look up, but he knew his father's doubts, so he wrote while explaining: "This is not the master's request. When other students write "The Analects of Confucius" or "Mencius", the master thinks I have no problem, so I can write whatever I want." , we almost missed the "Lushi Chunqiu" last time, so I want to make up this lesson."

   "So that's the case, then you can continue to write! Let's talk about it another day."

   "What's the matter, Daddy?" Li Yanqing put down his pen and asked with a smile.

"I was thinking, we have to move your mother's tomb back. Our family has three acres of ancestral land, and one acre of land has good Fengshui. I want to bury your mother there. I can also be buried with your mother in a hundred years. .”

   "In this case, Dad will go talk to the Ding family about this matter!"

  Li Daqi hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that if I say it, the Ding family won't buy it."

   "Daddy is afraid of seeing my aunt!" Li Yanqing said with a smile.

  Li Daqi blushed, and gave his son a hard look, "Stop talking nonsense, Daddy only has your mother in his heart, and he will never marry again."

  Seeing that his father was a little annoyed, Li Yanqing put away his jokes, thought for a while and said, "In marching and fighting, we should pay attention to the top, middle and bottom strategies. Let's move the mother's coffin back, and we must also talk about countermeasures."

  Li Daqi lifted his spirits, "Which three strategies?"

   "The best strategy is to ask for it according to reason. If it is useless to ask the patriarch to ask for it, generally speaking, it should not be a big problem, but if even the patriarch can't do it, then we can only use the middle strategy."

   "What about the middle policy?" Li Daqi asked again hastily.

   "The middle policy is to sue the officials, and the magistrate will judge. Liu Zhixian is a man of etiquette. He will not ignore such things that violate human relations."

   "If Ding's Sapo refuses to carry out the official order and refuses to agree, what will the county magistrate do in the end?" Li Daqi was a little worried, what would they do if the middle strategy also failed.

   "Then we can only use a bad strategy, using extraordinary means to lure or force the Ding family to agree, but I believe that this is not a big deal, there is no need to use a bad strategy, and the owner can do it."

  Li Daqi nodded, and he also made up his mind to find a suitable time to have a good talk with the patriarch these few days.

  At this time, Li Yanqing wanted to talk to his father about starting a business with Li Dongdong. Although his father had no experience, but with the patriarch making up his mind, it was always okay for his father to run errands.

   "Daddy, there is one more important matter. Although it hasn't been negotiated yet, the boy wants Daddy to understand it first. We will go to Li Dongdong's house together the day after tomorrow."

   Ask for tickets tonight!

  (end of this chapter)