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Chen Chu thought to himself, today's eldest grandson Wuji looks a little swollen.

Changsun Wuji said: "Now, the West Datang Company is developing very well. I heard that the West Datang Company is short of money. You see... my eldest grandson's family will invest tens of thousands of shares. You will give the shares to the eldest grandson's family to raise money." How about some?"

The focus is not on investing tens of thousands more shares, but on increasing the shareholding ratio.

When Chen Chu heard this, he immediately laughed.

"You're thinking about farting."

"West Datang Company, the current business is hundreds of thousands of dollars all the time."

"You actually want to use tens of thousands of coins to increase the proportion of shares?"

"Brother Changsun, I have never seen someone as shameless as you."

Chen Chu responded directly and bluntly.

As he became acquainted with Changsun Wuji, Chen Chu would not be polite when speaking.

Changsun Wuji laughed and said, "Don't be so absolute? I just saw that woman from the Western Regions treated you in every possible way, and she seemed to be one with you. If I'm not wrong, you two are already skin-to-skin. Right? And Princess Changle is the princess with the highest status in the Tang Dynasty, and she is the darling of His Majesty and the Empress. As a son-in-law, you should stick to it for the rest of your life. Are you worried that the Nanshan Mansion will be demolished?"

As he said that, he showed a wicked smile and looked at Chen Chu with a threatening look in his eyes.

puff.

Chen Chu sprayed out the tea he just drank in one gulp.

He pointed at Changsun Wuji with his finger and said, "Brother, brother, so, you are waiting for me... No wonder you look so swollen today, okay, just go to Lizhi and tell me, I want to blink your eyes." , my surname is not Chen..."

When Changsun Wuji saw this, he immediately understood that Chen Chu had something to rely on, perhaps the eldest princess already knew about it.

He made a big face for no reason, and couldn't help being a little embarrassed.

But who is Changsun Wuji? That is an old fox who has practiced for many years.

He flicked his sleeves indifferently, and the embarrassment disappeared from his face.

Chen Chu admired his thick skin.

Seriously, as long as I am not embarrassed, it is someone else who is embarrassed.

I saw Changsun Wuji sip his tea, and said happily: "Boy Chen, you really don't give me any face, that's all, I don't care about your age, this time... I came here with a I want to tell you good news. You have to thank me for this matter. You don’t know how much effort I have put in to make this happen. Without me, this matter would probably have gone to waste. You must thank me well... ..."

He talked a lot.

Chen Chu's eyes were dirty, and he said speechlessly: "Brother, I'm afraid you're not demented. You've been talking about it for a long time, so tell me anyway, what's going on?"

"Cough cough..."

Changsun Wuji was embarrassed again.

I was so excited just now that I forgot to talk about the business.

Changsun Wuji showed a mysterious smile, and said: "This matter is that the official sells cotton cloth, and the thing is like this..."

He briefly narrated what happened in Ganlu Temple today.

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Chapter 336

When Chen Chu heard this, he was startled at first, and then he fell into deep thought.

The official sells cotton cloth?

It means that in a short period of time, the government offices in various parts of the Tang Dynasty will be wage earners of the Western Datang Company.

Originally, Chen Chu had a mission, which was to control Datang's cloth business.

But this task is very difficult.

Chen Chu intends to use the fastest time to promote cotton cloth to the whole Datang, but the West Datang Company does not have enough manpower, so it is very difficult to achieve this goal, and it can only be promoted step by step.

Now, as long as the imperial court really has an edict to announce to the world, then everything will be easy to handle.

As long as the governments of various places cooperate, cotton cloth will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people within a few months.

Chen Chu took a look at Changsun Wuji, and thought to himself, Brother Changsun finally did something beautiful.

Changsun Wuji asked with a smile: "Why, shouldn't you thank the old man?"

Chen Chu rolled his eyes: "Brother, one family doesn't talk about two things. The West Datang Company is well-developed, and you, brother, also enjoy the dividends. This is your own business. How can you say thank you? Could it be you, brother?" Now it has swelled to the point where no dividends are needed? Okay, then I will refund you the money you invested in the shares, and I will eat the money you invested in the shares alone, how about it?"

Changsun Wuji was taken aback for a moment, grabbed Chen Chu's sleeve in fright, and said, "Oh boy, the old man was joking just now, how could you take it seriously? You're right about nothing. House talk..."

Chen Chu said again: "However, this is not enough!"

"What's not enough?"

Changsun Wuji was at a loss.

Chen Chu said: "Although the imperial court ordered officials to sell cotton cloth, this is far from enough, because the official sale of cotton cloth is only temporary. Once the limelight passes, a rich family like the Zheng family can't sit still and start selling linen. Now that the crisis is over, the local governments will naturally no longer help us sell cotton cloth. If we want to do business for a long time, we must take this opportunity to open the cloth shops of West Datang Company all over the world. More than [-]% of the counties have a cloth shop of the West Datang Company..."

Only in this way can the system task be completed as soon as possible and the steam engine technology reward can be obtained.

Ever since Chen Chu invented the method of blast furnace steelmaking, Datang's iron and steelmaking technology has been making rapid progress.

Once the steam engine technology is obtained, it can be put into production.

The steam engine was the beginning of the industrial revolution.

Chen Chu couldn't wait any longer.

And his words caused Changsun Wuji to think deeply.

After a long while, Changsun Wuji raised his head, shook his head, and said, "Chen Chu, it's not the old man who hit you. It's really too difficult... let alone the West Datang Company, even the Changsun's family can't do it. You Look at the Zheng family in Xingyang, they have been in business for hundreds of years, but they are not as powerful as you said..."

The Zheng family controls [-]% of the cloth business in the world, but one only controls a large amount of production.

It is far from reaching the point where more than [-]% of the counties have cloth shops.

Therefore, Changsun Wuji felt that Chen Chu's plan was a bit fanciful.

Chen Chu laughed, and said: "Why can't I do it when others can't do it? Zheng's is indeed very powerful...but it's just a centipede that dies but doesn't freeze."

Changsun Wuji said kindly: "Don't be too arrogant. After all, the Zheng family is a noble family that has stood for hundreds of years. Is it possible that they can make this cotton cloth by themselves?"

Chen Chu thought about it.

In fact, cotton is made into cotton cloth in the same way that silkworm cocoons are made into silk, and hemp is made into linen.

The Zheng family has countless skilled craftsmen who can make cotton cloth as long as they spend some time.

But Chen Chu smiled contemptuously: "Of course the Zheng family can make it, and it won't take long... But what's the use of that, now, the entire cotton in Tubo has been reserved by the West Datang Company for five years later , and the cotton in Shanzhou is all grown by our West Datang Company, and Zheng’s has no cotton, so can it be possible to conjure cotton cloth out of thin air?"

Changsun Wuji: "..."

Chen Chu waved his hand and continued: "When Zheng's can find cotton and produce cotton cloth by himself, the cloth business of our West Datang Company has already spread all over the world and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. How can Zheng's cotton be sold?"

Changsun Wuji: "..."

This is simply eating Zheng Shi to death.

Changsun Wuji thought for a while and said, "The key here is to spread the cloth line everywhere in the fastest time, but how can it be done?"

Chen Chu said, "Join."

Just two words.

Changsun Wuji was stunned.

Join, these two words seem to be familiar.

Can be put together, what does it mean?

Chen Chu explained: "The so-called franchising means that everyone in the world can open a cloth shop and hang the signboard of the Western Datang Company, but each county is only allowed to have one franchise store. The decoration and pricing of the franchise store must be According to the rules of the Western Datang Company... Moreover, in order to attract people, franchise stores can also give priority to joining other goods of the Western Datang Company, such as matches, coal, etc.."

Zhangsun Wuji's eyes lit up.

The first article alone, joining in selling cotton cloth, is enough to attract people.

And the latter one makes it impossible for many people to refuse.

Because, as the West Datang Company has been expanding westward, many novelty things have been continuously transferred through Shanzhou, and these goods are all that Datang did not have.

At that time, if you can become a franchise store, you will have the right to sell first.

To open a Buxingjia franchise store, West Datang Company does not need to pay a penny, but one person can receive a sum of money instead.

It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Oh, why didn't the old man think of such a treacherous method before?

Changsun Wuji looked at Chen Chu blankly, wishing he could smash Chen Chu's head open to see what was inside.

Chen Chu said: "This matter needs to be done as soon as possible. How about letting elder brother Changsun lead the eldest grandson's family?"

"It's your duty."

Of course Changsun Wuji was happy.

After all, this is a sure-fire deal.

And his eldest grandson's family was the first to know about it, so they could reserve most of the places in Guanzhong in advance.

Because only one cloth shop is allowed to join in a county, the cotton cloth in this area will have the final say in the future.

How could Changsun Wuji not be excited.

He stood up and said, "Your Majesty attaches great importance to this matter. I estimate that the edict will come down in two days. I'll go back and make preparations..."

With that said, he hurried away.

Angsi came out and said doubtfully: "Master, I just heard you talk about joining with the eldest grandson, but didn't you say a few days ago that you should beware of the nobles like the Zheng family? This time, will they also join us?" Come to join, when the time comes, won’t you be controlled by others?”

Ansi's Central Plains dialect is not standard, but she is quite familiar with and understands Central Plains culture.

The question she raised was also what Chen Chu had been thinking about before.

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Chapter 337 Take the initiative to take out the secret recipe of cotton cloth

Once the Western Datang Company is open to join Buxing, a noble family like the Zheng family in Xingyang will definitely not be able to sit still for the first time, and it is very likely that they will frantically join the Western Datang Company.

Because, a noble family like the Zheng family had cloth shops all over the Tang Dynasty, but now, it is just a signboard of the West Datang Company.

Even though the West Datang Company didn't suffer any losses, they were all collecting money anyway.

However, Chen Chu didn't want to see such a situation.

The reason is that a noble family like the Zheng family has deep roots and a profound heritage. After joining the Western Datang Company, the Western Datang Company cannot effectively manage it.

The most important thing is that Chen Chu's purpose is to snatch food from the gentry like the Zheng family.

How can the franchise store be given to these people.

In fact, Chen Chu thought of this question when he talked with Changsun Wuji just now.

How can we avoid the big families like the Zheng family interfering in the franchise?

Chen Chu decided not to announce the news of joining until the matter was resolved.

He turned to Ang Si and said, "Ang Si, in the name of the West Datang Company's shareholders' meeting, you sent people to invite all the shareholders to discuss important matters."

"Yes, Master."

Ansi has now become Chen Chu's personal secretary.

To Chen Chu, she was a very capable woman, no matter how she looked at it.

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at dusk.

Cotton factory gate.

Several carriages arrived one after another.

There is Gao Chen, the emperor's close servant.

There are Niu Jinda, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, and Li Jing.

Several people got out of the carriage.