kvmb Chapter 124 "Westward"
Chapter 124 "Westward"
"I don't have any instructions."
"It's just that we reached an agreement with the owners of these markets before."
"I can sell my stuff here in North Market and East Market."
Lin Yi slowly said, "How about it, do you want to join?"
Hearing this, the bun shop owner immediately agreed.
"If Boss Lin wants my shop, three hundred taels, just three hundred taels and the whole shop will belong to Boss Lin!"
He spoke immediately, eager to sell the store and recoup his investment.
Who doesn't know that the comprehensive post station in the east of the city is packed with people? Even those who are not passing by as business travelers will go there to sit and have fun?
"I don't want to buy your store."
"I just want to cooperate with you. All your ingredients will be purchased from me."
Lin Yi said, "I can give you the processed ingredients directly, saving you the trouble of making the ingredients. Of course, you can make the bun skins yourself."
"This……"
"I wonder how much money Boss Lin wants?"
There was a hint of hesitation on the face of the bun shop owner.
"How much are these ingredients? I'll give you a replacement after you throw them away."
"Then, I'll give you a price. I promise, it won't be expensive."
After hearing Lin Yi's words, the bun shop owner was still a little nervous.
After all, it is empty talk.
If he asked me to throw away these expired ingredients and didn't give me new ones... I'm afraid...
"I...I can collect them, but I will only throw away the old ones when Boss Lin's ingredients arrive."
The bun shop owner stated his final bottom line.
"no problem."
Lin Yi, however, looked relaxed and then signed a written agreement with him.
As Lin Yi negotiated the deal for this store, Xu Chuan, Yang Jian and Huang Chang also negotiated a lot of business deals in the entire East Market.
When the market closed in the evening, Lin Yi and his companions returned to the Lin Mansion to gather.
"Boss Lin, we've basically discussed everything that can be discussed in the East Market, and we've also signed some documents and are just waiting for the production."
"but……"
Xu Chuan took out the document they had signed, and a look of worry appeared on his face. "I'm afraid the workshop can't support such a large production..."
"Then expand it."
Lin Yi solved the problem at hand with just four words, "First, let those people increase their working hours. After we expand the scale of production, they will return to their previous state."
"As for the design, just cut a hole in the wall to make a door and build the back part as well. The people in the Ministry of Engineering should be able to handle the design."
Under his guidance, the assistant ministers of the Ministry of Works who started as his apprentices in Liangzhou were all able to complete their designs independently.
Moreover, they have been taught how to use cement, so building a house is not a problem.
If we were to discuss the ownership of this land... Lin Yi would have already bought all the surrounding land!
Once we had a solution, the whole thing became easier.
The workshop began to speed up production, and in the following days, goods continued to flow into the East Market.
People can buy good things without walking ten miles, so they will naturally choose to buy them nearby.
With the diversion, the "customer pressure" at the post station has been greatly reduced.
The subsequent expansion of production allowed Lin Yi to take over Taipei City.
Out of envy, West Market and South Market also began to secretly look for Lin Yi to do business and import goods.
After all, Xiao Changyun was busy with court affairs at that time, while Chen Chong devoted himself to the construction of the post station west of the capital.
The way he arranged to build a house was not like Lin Yi's, which was a large-scale construction.
The post was completely unusable during construction.
Therefore, Chen Chong could only spend more energy directing the construction.
After a few rounds of efforts, within a month, Lin Yi had openly taken over the East Market and the North Market, and secretly connected the South Market and the West Market.
It was by slowly "moving westward" that the entire capital market was gradually controlled.
In addition to controlling the market and monopolizing their supply, Lin Yi also began some subtle "transformations".
Chess and card rooms that were popular in Liangzhou City in the past began to appear.
Although Lin Yi did not spend a lot of money to build, renovate and decorate everything at once, he relied on the shops vacated in the East City and North City markets and took steady steps.
In the first month of autumn, the East Market has transformed from an ordinary market into a comprehensive market.
Supermarkets connected to each other gradually appeared along with chess and card rooms and milk tea shops open to the public.
Various entertainment facilities begin to appear in Taipei during the second month of autumn.
Although Lin Yi did not move all the things in the entertainment city in at once, he built it secretly and imperceptibly, and Xiao Changyun did not notice it at all.
Relying on the "fund-raising" of the past two months, Lin Yi began to tamper with the restaurants in the capital.
We gradually began to acquire restaurants near East City and North City, and converted them into bars in batches.
The reason why Lin Yi was able to do so smoothly was because Huangfu Qingling knew all these things under Bao Bu Tong's secret surveillance.
She knew that Lin Yi wanted to take over the entire capital by secretly taking over the city while Xiao Changyun and Chen Chong were focusing on the western post station!
But she didn't know how Lin Yi would do it.
Now that I know these changes, I naturally have to assist Lin Yi.
The construction progress on Chen Chong's side was slow to begin with, so Huangfu Qingling didn't have much additional work to do.
But in the court, she could think of many solutions.
During the period of Lin Yi's expansion, Huangfu Qingling gave Xiao Changyun various tedious tasks.
Either he was asked to check the recent situation of the Ministry of Revenue, or the personnel management of the Ministry of Personnel.
Or to see if there are any possible deficits in the Ministry of Industry or cases of greed for money.
In short, during this period of time, Xiao Changyun was confused by Huangfu Qingling's arrangements.
It seems that Xiao Changyun is in power and wants to control everything, but in fact, these unnecessary things are deliberately made up by Huangfu Qingling.
Winter is coming.
Although the winter in the capital is not as cold as that in Liangzhou City, people can still feel a slight chill.
Xiao Changyun finally finished his "busy" work throughout the autumn and planned to take a closer look at the "progress" on Chen Chong's side.
On the evening of the Beginning of Winter, he left the Prime Minister's Mansion and came to the suburbs west of the capital.
After getting off the carriage, he saw a comprehensive post station that was expanded on the basis of the original post station.
On the other side of the road, Chen Chong also followed suit and built a place that looked like a workshop.
Although most of them are built with wood and do not look as solid as Lin Yi's, at least Chen Chong did a good job of "copying homework".
Xiao Changyun walked forward and saw that construction was still going on behind the post station.
Chen Chong has been watching with all his heart.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Changyun nodded slightly and planned to take out a portion of the business profits to give Chen Chong some rewards.
"Chen Chong."
Xiao Changyun said this and walked forward.
"Prime Minister Xiao!"
Hearing the voice, Chen Chong turned around and immediately went to greet him respectfully.