"Master, Patriarch Qian has written a letter to ask for forgiveness and said that he will no longer cooperate with Mo's!" Wu Meiniang came in worriedly and reported the bad news to Meton.
"Patriarch Qian!" Meton frowned. Patriarch Qian was one of the first partners of Mo's and had always had a large business relationship with Mo's. He did not expect that he would betray Mo's now.
"Patriarch Qian is one of the branches of the Qian family in Jiangnan. His choice is not surprising." Xu Jie sighed.
As the saying goes, blessings do not come in pairs and misfortunes do not come singly. After Patriarch Qian gave up the cooperation with Mo's, the businessmen in Jiangnan also cut ties with Mo's Village. After all, the famous businessmen in the Tang dynasty were dependent on the aristocratic families. Now all the aristocratic families in the world had turned against Mo Jiazi, so the businessmen naturally took sides.
And the small businessmen were even more timid. They did not have the courage to go against the aristocratic families, so they all avoided Mo's Village.
"The aristocratic families are really insidious. His Majesty has ordered that they should no longer target Mo's Village, but the aristocratic families use their influence to force the businessmen to take sides. How can Mo's Village sell its goods to the world alone?" Wu Meiniang said bitterly. As time went by, more and more businessmen chose to betray Mo's Village. The whole village became an isolated island, isolated and without help.
Meton frowned and asked, "How many people do you have in Mo's Village now?"
Wu Meiniang proudly said, "Now, the population of the Mo Family Village has reached six thousand, and the number of people who come here to work has reached forty thousand. In addition to the traveling merchants, the daily population is at least fifty thousand."
"50,000!" Meton nodded. 60,000 people seemed not to be a lot in Chang 'an, which had a population of millions, but it was more than 80% of the counties in Tang dynasty. Unconsciously, Mo's Village had reached such a scale.
"But now Mo's Village is in trouble. If we can't sell our goods, these 40,000 people will also lose their livelihood." Xu Jie said helplessly. As the External Affairs Manager of the Mo Family Village, he was under a lot of pressure from the Mo Family Village's repeated setbacks.
"Master, you promised in the imperial court that you would deal with the Mo family's problems before you set out for the battle. You must have a way to protect the Mo family's village. Why do you have to test me?" Wu Meiniang suddenly looked at Merton. As a master and disciple for many years, she naturally knew that her master must have many cards up his sleeve.
Meton rolled his eyes at Wu Meiniang and said, "You are right. I am sure that I can protect the wealth of the Mo Family. Even if the Mo Family is defeated by the aristocratic families, we will not go to the end of the road and become the tool of the aristocratic families."
"Disciple is stupid, please guide me, Master." Wu Meiniang asked seriously.
Looking at the expectant gazes of the Mo Family members, Meton nodded his head helplessly, "Then it's property."
"Property!" The crowd couldn't help frowning.
Meton nodded his head and said, "Since the brick road was opened, the house price in Chang 'an has more than doubled. It is everyone's dream to own a house in Chang' an. However, this problem can be easily solved by the Mo family."
"Ah! Boss, are you serious? "Xu Jie couldn't help but raise his head and ask in surprise.
Only Xu Jie could understand how difficult it was to buy a house in Chang 'an. When he lived in the Mo Family, the main reason was to guard against the revenge of the Wang family. Now so many years had passed. Although he was the External Affairs Manager of the Mo Family Village, and his monthly salary was the top in Chang' an, it took him several years to buy a decent house in Chang 'an. Even he could only afford it, let alone ordinary people. It was impossible for them to buy a house in Chang' an.
If the Mo family could really provide a large number of low-cost houses in Chang 'an, Xu Jie could guarantee that the Mo Family Village would be rich and would never have to worry about money again.
Meton nodded his head and said, "Yes, there are few houses and many people in Chang 'an. If we want to provide as many houses as possible in the limited space, we must build tall buildings, and this is exactly what the Mo family is good at."
Xu Jie's eyes lit up and said, "Boss, do you mean to build houses like the Women's and Children's Building?"
Wu Meiniang frowned and said, "The second floor of the Women's and Children's Building is okay, but the third and fourth floors are like birdcages. How can people live there?"
Xu Jie's face lit up with joy and said, "Why can't people live there? Young master Li Yun of the Xiangfu family now eats and lives on the fifth floor by the Wei River. As long as we can solve the problem of food and accommodation, I believe that those crazy people in Chang 'an who want to buy houses will not refuse. Moreover, if we want to build tall buildings, we must use cement and steel, which happens to be under the control of the Mo family. The Mo family has the materials and the technology, so this plan will definitely succeed. Heaven does not want the Mo family to die."
Once the Mo family got involved in real estate, there would be a steady stream of money. No matter how the aristocratic families in the world tried to encircle and suppress them, the Mo family would always be in an invincible position.
Wu Meiniang also figured out the key point and said happily, "Yes, now there is only one family living in an ordinary small courtyard in Chang 'an. If we can combine the Women's and Children's Building and Martial Uncle Li's accommodation to build a new building, the housing area will be increased by five times on the same land. At that time, Chang' an alone will be able to accommodate five million people. What a huge market it will be. At that time, the Mo family will not be afraid of the aristocratic families."
Suddenly, the dark clouds in their hearts were swept away. As long as they followed Meton's plan, the Mo family's village could gather endless wealth in a short time. Even if the five families and seven kings worked together, they might not be able to compete with it.
However, Meton shook his head and said, "This plan is the last life-saving plan of the Mo family. It seems to be rich and delicious like sugar frost, but for the Mo family, it is like arsenic wrapped in sugar frost. If the Mo family gets involved in real estate, although we can get a lot of wealth in a short time and survive the crisis, the Mo family will be destroyed in the end."
"Master, what do you mean? According to my speculation, there are fewer houses and more people in the city. Building high-rise buildings must be the final trend of Chang 'an. The Mo family's plan is just following the trend! "Wu Meiniang was puzzled.
Meton shook his head and said, "Building high-rise buildings can indeed build more houses with less space. However, the price of reinforced concrete, stones, sand, and bricks is not low. In general, the final price of the house will not be low. Even the upper class may have to spend all their money to buy the goods in the workshop. At that time, how much money will they have to buy the goods in the workshop?"
"If everyone knows that building new houses will make money and invest a lot of money, then who will invest money in the workshop?"
Wu Meiniang felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her. The workshop was the place where the School of Mo created their Ink Techniques. It was also a place where they experimented. If the goods in the workshop could not be sold, the workshop would definitely close down. If everyone wanted to earn big money, quick money, who would want to invest in a workshop that had a low return on investment?
Wu Meiniang knew that the development of the Mo skills required a lot of money, and the workshop was the foundation of the application and improvement of the Mo skills. Once the numerous workshops were gone, the foundation of the Mo family's survival would be lost. In the end, the Mo family would be the one to suffer.
Xu Jie nodded slowly and said, "Yes, once real estate is built in Chang 'an, the plan to attract talents in the Village of Mo family will be wasted. Although the Village of Mo family is good, if they can live in Chang' an, I am afraid that no one will want to come to the Village of Mo family."
Mo Dun nodded slowly. "Therefore, unless the Mo Family is in a life and death situation, we will definitely not invest in real estate. We are even thinking of ways to delay the arrival of real estate. Real estate is harmful to the country, and even more so to the Mo Family."
Wu Meiniang was puzzled and said, "But isn't the Mo family's life and death situation now?"
Modun smiled and said, "Do you think that Master has only been coaxing your Junior Sister at home for the past three years? Master has already rehearsed today's situation in the sand table. Naturally, I have already prepared a way to break it."
Wu Meiniang was suddenly refreshed and said respectfully, "Master, please enlighten me."
"Real estate!"
"Ah!" Wu Meiniang could not help but be stunned. Master just said that real estate was harmful to the country and the Mo family. In the blink of an eye, he used real estate to break the situation.
Meton explained, "Arsenic is poisonous, but a small amount of it can be fatal. The real estate I am talking about is not residential real estate, but commercial real estate. Now that all the businessmen in the world are avoiding the Mo family like snakes and scorpions, the Mo family has no way to sell. The Mo family cannot be choked by others again and again. It is time to build our own terminal channel."
"Terminal channel!" Wu Meiniang was puzzled.
Meton nodded and said, "I call it the supermarket, or the supermarket for short."
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