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

Skillful!

Liu Bai took out a contract from the drawer.

This is the 'loot sharing' agreement signed with Li Yuan just now.

"have a look!"

Liu Bai directly handed over the contract to Changle.

"Brother Liu, what do you mean, let me help Grandpa Huang take care of the business of the winery?"

"How can such a trivial matter deserve Princess Lao's attention?" Liu Bai joked.

Chang Le blinked his big eyes, his eyes were full of questions.

Liu Bai smiled and said, "Do you still remember the concept of futures that I told you?"

Chang Le tilted his head and thought for a while, not knowing how to answer Liu Bai.

Before Liu Bai handed over the management of the stock market to Li Chengqian, he gave a few lessons to the juniors.

In the last class, the concept of futures was mentioned a little bit.

It seems that the memory is a bit long, Chang Le said with some uncertainty: "It seems to be buying and selling future goods."

After finishing speaking, Changle seemed to have a flash of inspiration, and said, "You mean, food?"

Liu Bai nodded approvingly.

The Goddess of Stocks is the Goddess of Stocks, and she can figure out what's going on without being asked.

Futures trading is an investment in the future.

The reason is very simple, if the winery buys grain in large quantities, no matter how low the grain price is, the grain price will definitely rise because there is less grain on the market!

And futures, to put it bluntly, is to buy those grains that have not yet been harvested, and lock the price of grains in advance.

Putting it in later generations is a common means of saving costs in large transactions.

The same method can not only be used on food.

Everything that can be produced continuously can be traded in futures.

Although no one in Datang has proposed the concept of 'futures', merchants have already practiced it.

Especially in the linen and silk business.

No one would be foolish enough to go to the village to buy hemp thread and silkworm chrysalis when work is about to start.

Under normal circumstances, raw materials for seven or eight years, or even more than ten years, are bought at one time.

However, no one really fried food.

Food prices are low, and in the eyes of others, no matter how much you struggle, you can't make much money.

But Liu Bai is clear that once grain is included in the concept of futures, the profits during it are far from what other industries can compare.

Even if a catty of grain can earn a penny, what about a bucket?

What about a stone?

After the rise of the beverage industry, the food needed may need to be measured in hundreds of thousands, or even millions of stones!

In addition to sorghum, rice, corn, and wheat are all raw materials that can be used to make wine!

This is an industry that wins by quantity. As long as it is done well, it may even become the pillar industry of the Liu family in the future!

Obviously, Chang Le, who came to ask for a job, is the best candidate!

She has a natural sensitivity to market changes.

If it were someone else, I'm afraid Liu Bai's mouth will be worn out, and he still hasn't figured out what futures are!

At least, when he was giving lectures to the juniors, only Chang Le understood, while the others still had their eyes darkened.

After listening to Liu Bai's brief introduction for a while, the little girl's face flushed with excitement and her eyes shone brightly.

It seems that I can't wait to arrange manpower immediately to set up the framework of the futures market.

"There is no rush for this kind of thing. Although the Liu family is the largest landlord in Guanzhong, the farmland in Guanzhong is less than [-]% of the whole territory of Tang Dynasty. It needs to arrange a lot of manpower to negotiate with other state capitals, and there are many other problems. It takes a lot of planning”

Liu Bai felt that it was time to pour a basin of cold water on the little girl.

It is not uncommon for examples of people who have learned the theory to be terrific, but have done nothing in practice.

Chang Le twirled the braid Liu Rong'er made for her, thought for a while, and said, "Brother Liu, can I bring all the sisters and aunts from the palace with me? They all have fiefdoms, let's talk about it with the local government. , should be easier"

Chapter 659 I Think He's Stupid

Changle seems impatient to realize his value.

With a team of guards, they will return to Chang'an City overnight.

Liu Bai didn't stop her, and sent Hongying to her as her bodyguard.

Although the road from Jingyang to Chang'an is official, but if the guarantee is not complete, it will cost money or life.

Before returning to Jingyang, I heard that there was a group of unknown bandits coming from Guanzhong, who specially picked out the single merchants.

The reputation of this group of robbers is not bad, as long as the money is paid, there has never been any news of tearing up the ticket.

The guards brought by Changle are all from the Xuanjia Army, plus Hongying, if Changle's safety cannot be guaranteed, then the bandits can go directly to the palace to assassinate Li Er.

I can finally sleep!

Back in his room, Liu Bai slept very soundly that night.

Living in an old house is much more secure than living in Chang'an City.

In fact, in the past six months in Chang'an City, Liu Bai has hardly let down his vigilance.

This is also the reason why he has set up countless organs in the Daoxingfang mansion.

But in the old house, you don't have to worry about this.

If he wanted to attack the Liu family at night, he had to at least pass the hurdle of the folks.

It is impossible for the Cui family to send dead soldiers to assassinate Liu Bai back then.

One night, everything was calm.

When he got up for breakfast the next day, Liu Bai heard a piece of bad news.

Naturally, there will be no accidents in Changle. Before dawn, someone brought back news that Changle had returned to the palace.

Today I plan to go to the house of her aunts to discuss cooperation.

The bad news came from the new magistrate of Jingyang.

"The county magistrate and the six yamen servants were all tied up?"

Liu Bai was holding the little pickle's hand, hanging in the air, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

He was a little dumbfounded.

This is the first time I heard that officials from the DPRK and China were kidnapped

This matter has something to do with the Liu family.

"They were kidnapped on the way to Liujiazhuangzi. There were at least 20 robbers. The fat man didn't resist at all. He just knelt on the ground and said nonsense like the king spared his life."

Shen Wei didn't think there was anything to be sad about being tied up by the county magistrate, instead his face was full of gloating expressions.

In his opinion, if a dignified official of the imperial court is kidnapped by robbers, he can die directly, and living is a waste of food.

Liu Bai glared at Shen Wei.

Since he knew such details, it means that Jin Yiwei must have witnessed the kidnapping of the county magistrate on the spot.

This is indeed Jin Yiwei's style of doing things, and he never makes trouble for himself.

Yesterday Liu Bai was wondering.

Since the new county magistrate of Jingyang County heard that Liu Bai was back, he must have come to visit the pier.

You know, Jingyang county magistrate has become the most sought-after position among low-level officials below the sixth rank.

Since that idiot surnamed Cui died, Han Tong, who took over, has now become the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and if he takes one step forward, he can be called the boss of the court.

Di Zhixun, the second county magistrate, was also on the rise.

Although the position of law doctor in the Ministry of Punishment is only from the fifth rank, the power in his hand is frighteningly great.

Among the officials of the six ministries, apart from the Shangshu, the only character who can go up to Tian Ting.

It can be described as the noble among the nobles, and the close ministers among the close ministers.

Before Chu Suiliang became the servant of the Huangmen, he served as the law doctor in the Ministry of Punishment.

This is a shortcut to enter the three provinces.

In other words, the position of Jingyang county magistrate is a ladder to climb the clouds!

As long as you have a good relationship with Liu Bai, you will be promoted sooner or later!

Depending on the situation, the county magistrate was robbed on his way to visit Liu Bai.

It doesn't matter whether you save him or not, a bigger official is not worth thinking about.

Han Tong and Di Zhixun would not have had such a good life if it wasn't for the Liu family's lack of foundation in the court!

However, Liu Bai became interested in those bandits.

Datang's laws against robbers are relatively looser than other dynasties.

During the former Sui Dynasty, after the robber was caught, he couldn't help but have his arms and legs amputated first, and then he was sent to the prison for trial.

Datang, on the other hand, has strict regulations. For robbery cases involving less than [-] Wen, at most they will be shut down for a few days.

Those who are worse in nature will at most be exiled into the army, or sentenced to exile.

This is not an exaggeration. After all, among the generals under Li Er's command, many of them were bandits.

The only thing is that the consequences are extremely serious.

That's when officials are involved!

It's impossible for those bandits who dared to hang around in Jingyang not to know what the county magistrate looks like.

Knowing who to mess with and who not to mess with is an essential quality for a robber.

If someone with a high status is tied up and their heads are lost, their eight generations of ancestors will be dug out.

What is the reason that made them dare to attack the imperial court officials?

Liu Bai put the pickles into his mouth, took a sip of porridge, and said, "Who is the leader?"

Shen Wei scratched his head and said: "Master, they are just a group of robbers, so they won't be tempted?"

It would be a shame to ask Jin Yiwei to investigate a group of robbers.

"Go and find out, what is the name of their leader, and what is his background."

Liu Bai waved Shen Wei down.

Shen Wei cupped his hands helplessly, and went outside to give instructions.

Before Liu Bai finished his bowl of porridge, Shen Wei came back again.

His face was full of confusion, he seemed to want to laugh, and at the same time was a little angry.

"Master, those robbers sent the blackmail letter to our house."

puff!

Liu Bai took a mouthful of white rice porridge and sprayed Shen Wei all over his face.

"What did you say?"

Depressed, Shen Wei pulled off the porridge from his face, and put the blackmail letter on the table.

Liu Bai coughed a few times, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and opened the blackmail letter.

After reading the blackmail letter, Liu Bai's expression was more troubled than Shen Wei's.

Are the brains of these bandits broken?