MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 1026 morning news
Chapter 1026 Morning News
Li Daqi was chatting with a middle-aged man in the main store of Baoyanzhai in Lin'an City. Li Daqi was once conferred the Duke of Wei by Zhao Gou, but was later deprived of his title by the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji, and finally Zhao Ji took the initiative to restore his title. However, under Li Yanqing's persuasion, Li Daqi did not accept the title of Duke of the State, but retreated to accept the title of Duke of Tangyin County.
The middle-aged man chatting with Li Daqi was surnamed Zhang, called Zhang Rong. His grandfather was the brother of Concubine Zhang Guifei in the Song Renzong era, and he was also a distant relative. But Zhang Rong had another identity. He was the proprietor of "Zaobao" and controlled This newspaper had a profound influence on the people of Song Dynasty.
The two met today to conduct final negotiations for Li Daqi to purchase 50% of the "Zaobao".
Speaking of which, the two have been dealing with each other for many years. When Bianliang retreated, Li Daqi bought the Shilou in Zhang Rong's hands at a price of 50,000 taels of silver. For the five acres of land, what he wanted was the Shilou brand.
So Li Daqi opened Xinshilou on Lin'an Yujie, and the business is still booming. Out of emotional reluctance, Zhang Rong bought half of Shilou, including Shilou, with 50,000 taels of silver. The lower half of the land.
The essence of this transaction is that Zhang Rong exchanged the land of Bianjing Shilou and half of the brand name for Li Daqi's four acres of prime land in Lin'an, and neither party suffered a loss.
It was on the basis of this good deal that when Li Daqi proposed to acquire five members of Zaobao, Zhang Rong did not refuse outright. After three contacts between the two parties, Zhang Rong finally agreed to sell half of Zaobao members to Li Daqi. All they need to talk about is the price.
Of course, Zhang Rong is also deliberate. He is very clear that it is not Li Daqi who actually bought "Zaobao", but Li Yanqing who is behind Li Daqi. Li Yanqing wants to control public opinion through "Zaobao". The two "Zaobao" came out to compete in the ring, if it was a little serious, Li Yanqing would not let himself go.
The power of the Zhang family has long since dissipated. They have some money and they used to be their old roots. They no longer have a spokesperson in the officialdom, and they are marginalized relatives. Besides, Li Yanqing and the civil official group now hold the power. The Zhao family is completely emptied. He didn't even have any power and status. In this situation, Li Daqi only asked for half of his share. How could Zhang Rong not agree, how dare he not agree.
The two chatted for a while, and Li Daqi finally turned the topic to the "Zaobao" members. He smiled and said: "How about I add another 20,000 taels of silver, 120,000 taels of silver, this sincerity is enough!"
Zhang Rong smiled and said: "I completely believe in Brother Li's sincerity, and I also accept the price of 120,000 taels of silver, but I am not short of money, and I also hope that Brother Li can use property to replace it."
"Don't hit Bao Yanzhai's idea!"
"Of course it's not Baoyanzhai, but Brother Li's other properties. I know that Brother Li has a lot of properties, and each of them is a hen that lays golden eggs."
"Then tell me, what property do you want from me?"
Zhang Rong pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, I want two properties. One is Shilou. This is the ancestral property of our Zhang family. It is equivalent to Brother Li's Baoyanzhai. Brother Li returned the other half of Shilou to me. Being able to fully own Shilou is also an explanation to the ancestors."
Li Daqi chuckled, "I can return Shilou to you, but half of Shilou is definitely more than 50,000 taels of silver. How much is this price, Brother Zhang Xian?"
"How about eighty thousand taels of silver?"
Li Daqi nodded and agreed, "This price is acceptable, and there are still 40,000 taels of silver. Brother Zhang should think about it."
Zhang Rong said slowly again: "For the second industry, I want 30% of the building!"
Seeing Li Daqi's face change, he quickly explained: "Of course it's not 40,000 taels of silver. I know that even 10% of this price can't be bought. What I mean is 200,000 taels of silver, which can be used to offset the 40,000 taels." After the taels of silver, I will give Brother Li another 160,000 taels of silver."
Li Daqi paced back and forth. Lulou was his most profitable business. He could earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, and 30% of the 200,000 taels of silver would be taken away. Frankly speaking, this price is still too low.
Actually, Li Daqi himself was not interested in Zaobao. If his son hadn't repeatedly asked him to take down half of the members of Zaobao, he would not have negotiated with Zhang Rong.
After pondering for a long time, Li Daqi said: "I can agree to your conditions, but I want two important positions in the "Zaobao"."
"Brother Li, please tell me!"
"One is the general reviewer of "Zaobao", and the other is the general accountant of "Zaobao". How about it? I will appoint these two positions."
Li Daqi wanted the audit right of "Zaobao", which was expected by Zhang Rong, but Li Daqi also wanted financial power, which is actually the lifeblood of "Zaobao", which was a bit beyond Zhang Rong's expectations, but Zhang Rong was eager for the building. For a long time, he knew that it was not a question of money at all to get 30% of the share in the building, not to mention the price of two hundred thousand taels of silver was a big advantage for himself.
I have already taken advantage of it, so I can't go too far, so he smiled happily: "Then we will make a deal!"
In this transaction, Zhang Rong exchanged half of the "Zaobao" share plus 160,000 taels of silver in exchange for half of Shilou's share and 30% of Fanlou's share. In the eyes of ordinary people, he has gained a huge advantage, but Li Yanqing has gained the power of public opinion through this transaction. This is a political resource that the whole building cannot exchange.
Soon, the two signed the contract in black and white. The other contracts were signed by Li Daqi, but the contract of "Zaobao" was signed by Li Daqi's wife Yang. Lord, one is Zhang Rong, and the other is Yangmei. I'm afraid no one would have guessed that this Yangmei is Li Daqi's wife.
Immediately afterwards, Li Daqi and Zhang Rong made an agreement that the two would contribute one hundred thousand taels of silver each to expand the circulation of "Zaobao" in every state in the world, and strive to expand "Zaobao" from the current 300,000 copies per day to one million per day in the shortest possible time. share.
Of course, the benefits of forming an alliance with Li Daqi are also obvious. In the early hours of the night, a well-informed person provided the "Zaobao" with shocking news. The Song Army recovered Bianliang in Tokyo this morning, and the false king Liu Yu set himself on fire and died. .
The court did not get the news until the next morning, but just after dawn, a newsboy shouted loudly on Lin'an Street: "The latest news, the Song army has conquered Bianliang and regained the old capital of Tokyo!"
The officials who were heading to the palace stopped and bought a copy of "Zaobao" for ten cents. Fan Zhixu, who was heading to the palace, was also stunned, and hurriedly asked his men to go buy a copy of "Zaobao" and come back.
Fan Zhixu read the news of the Northern Expedition eagerly. The headline on the front page stated that the main force of the Song Army, led by the Prince Regent, captured Bianliang in Tokyo yesterday morning, and the false king Liu Yu set himself on fire with his whole family.
In the following, it is also written that the Song army held a grand entry ceremony, which was warmly welcomed by the people in the city. Of course, some things that are not good for Li Yanqing are naturally not mentioned.
Fan Zhixu was very surprised, the news had not been sent to Lin'an, even the imperial court didn't know about it, but the Zaobao was the first to know about it.
At this time, the sound of firecrackers in the city began to go off, and the surrounding cheers continued to ring out. Half of the people in Lin'an moved from Bianliang, Tokyo. Emotionally more exciting.
Fan Zhixu quickly ordered to speed up, and soon he arrived at the official office of Zhizheng Hall. At this time, the sound of firecrackers in Lin'an City was already ringing, and many officials came out of the official office one after another. The officials who did not know the situation were full of surprise. , I do not know what happy event happened.
"Fan Xianggong, what happened?"
Gao Shen quickly walked out of the official office and asked, he came a little early today and didn't see the "Zaobao", so Fan Zhixu handed the "Zaobao" to him, "You can read it yourself!"
Gao Shen browsed in a hurry, his eyes widened immediately, and his mouth couldn't close his mouth in surprise, "Tokyo Bianliang has been recovered, what a great event!"
Fan Zhixu gave a wry smile, "It's really funny that we dignified Prime Ministers want to get the latest news from the Morning Post!"
Gao Shen chuckled, "Actually, it's nothing. We knew earlier that we would know later that there would be no loss, but "Zaobao" is different. This is their core interest. If it is published three days later, who would want to buy this newspaper? "
"Exactly!"
Fan Zhixu smiled and nodded, "A lot of people's livelihood issues are very timely, and they are very important to our court's decision-making. I have to look at it every morning, otherwise I don't know what the price of rice is today. Compared with our The ineffectiveness of the "Chaobao" is far worse."
"This is not what we read in "Zhaobao", and we don't need to be interesting, and our news is more accurate and richer. "Zaobao" is also looking for news!"
The two walked while talking, and soon entered the inner hall. Today they also have an important agenda in Zhizheng Hall, which is to discuss whether to allow the Zhao royal family to conduct business.
(end of this chapter)
