My son, how could you be Lü Bu?!

Chapter 57 Attracting Investment

Chapter 59 Attracting Investment (Seeking First Subscription!)

"Brother, do you think... this is really a good idea?"

"Shouldn't we inform Uncle Lü? After all, keeping watch over the soldiers, maintaining order in the city, and preventing them from causing trouble are all tasks that Wu Meng should be responsible for..."

Cheng Lian, who was standing to Lü Bu's side and taking in everything, had a worried look on his face.

"Is it inappropriate for us to take direct control?"

Lu Bu simply shook his head and spoke quite seriously.

"What's wrong with that?!"

"Firstly, my father has been very busy with trivial matters lately. He has to take over five hundred soldiers on his own initiative as the acting commander of Qujun, and he also has to improve Cai Lun's paper. Where would he find the time to supervise the soldiers in the city?"

"As the eldest son, and possessing considerable strength, shouldn't I be expected to toil for my father?"

"Secondly, so many shops used to pay us monthly fees just to ensure our safety for a while, but now so many soldiers are scattered throughout the city and the countryside, disturbing the villagers."

"As leaders of the wandering knights, shouldn't we take money and do our jobs to protect our fellow villagers?!"

"Brother Lian, let me tell you, even if word gets out that what we've done, outsiders will only praise us, saying: 'Lu Bu is doing things for his father, showing great filial piety; Cheng Lian is taking money to do things, showing great chivalry!'"

"It'll only promote our reputation! Who cares what we say?!"

Seeing that his brother Lü could spout so many seemingly reasonable words just to beat someone up, Cheng Lian was stunned.

He couldn't help but look up and glance at his elder brother a few more times. Although he felt that there was something wrong with what his elder brother was saying, he still nodded slowly.

"What you say makes sense, elder brother."

"It seems...that's really the case."

Wei Xu, who had also come along without saying a word, understood Lü Bu's very reasonable words and nodded thoughtfully.

In a short time.

One person spoke eloquently, while the other two nodded repeatedly.

This only highlights how high Lü Bu's intelligence level is.

Just as the group was talking...

On the other side, the old man who had just been bullied finally came to his senses. Hearing Lu Bu's words, he was overjoyed and rushed forward to grab Lu Bu's arm.

This sudden action startled Lü Bu, who instinctively wanted to throw a punch, but he recognized the man's face and managed to suppress the urge to attack.

"That brat from the Lü family!"

"I just heard you say that Uncle Lü got promoted again?!"

"It's only been a few days! Didn't Uncle Lü just become some kind of clerk? How come he's getting promoted again?"

"I haven't seen Uncle Lü much lately, so I didn't know about this. Young Master Lü, please give him my congratulations!"

Judging from the man's words, he seemed to be very familiar with the Lü family father and son, but Lü Bu stared at his face and looked at it again and again, but he still couldn't recognize the man's identity.

It wasn't until Cheng Lian heard the voice and turned around that he recognized the person's identity.

"It's Uncle Li!"

As luck would have it, the old man who had just been rescued by Lü Bu was none other than Uncle Li, who had come to the city to work some time ago and had helped Lü Ping promote his reputation when Lü Ping was recruiting soldiers!

Before Lü Bu and Cheng Lian could reply.

Li Bo seemed to have thought of something again. He pulled Lü Bu and started to walk in one direction. As he walked, he kept his voice down, as if he was afraid that outsiders would hear him.

"Young Master Lü, life in Jiuyuan City is not easy."

"I've met some influential people in the city these past few days and heard about a few ways to make money, but they require the cooperation of high-ranking officials. Now that your father has been promoted again, are you interested in trying it out?!"

How to make money?

Lu Bu's eyes suddenly lit up. He knew that his father had recently been trying to improve Cai Lun's paper, which was quite expensive.

He recognized Uncle Li immediately.

"Uncle Li, please speak!"

Then, Li Bo didn't even need to lift a finger.

Lü Bu then turned his head and called out to Cheng Lian and Wei Xu repeatedly before hurriedly following Li Bo away.

They saw the group of people leave quickly.

The soldier who had been punched by Lü Bu and couldn't stand up for a long time was now staring at the group with resentment in his eyes.

He cursed in a low voice.

"That young man surnamed Lü?"

"How dare you hit your father?! You just wait! I'll go back right now and fetch Uncle Zhi!"

"I'll beat you so badly your own parents won't recognize you!!"

The sun gradually thickened in the sky.

They gathered into a golden mass.

After agreeing with the artisans who were subtly surrounding him that they would distribute monthly wages in the middle of each month.

Finally, Lü Ping, carrying the white cat, ran out of the courtyard as if fleeing. After thinking it over, he went straight to the government office to find Shen Pei and Shen Zhengnan.

at this time.

Inside the government office.

Shen Pei and Shen Zhengnan's voices, which were so shocked that they distorted, suddenly burst out.

"etc!"

"Zizhi, you mean..."

"You want to set up a chamber of commerce to produce and sell the improved Cai Lun paper on a large scale? And then recruit me as a partner?"

"You provide the technology, I provide the capital? What else... to grow bigger and stronger, and create new glories?!"

Holding this shameless raccoon that only knew how to steal salted fish from Shen Pei's table, Lü Ping's skin also thickened up, and he spoke without any shame.

"If possible... it would be good to bring in the Shen family of Wei County as well."

After settling accounts this morning, Lü Ping finally understood.

These days, without money, you can't do anything, not even rebel. Food, drink, and shelter all cost money! Without money, how can you win people's hearts? Without money, who will follow you?!

And make money.

In Lü Ping's view, it's actually not that difficult.

After all... he had a whole bunch of things in his head that his predecessors, who had been transmigrated, had verified that could be converted into cash: things like soap, refined salt, cooking oil, and glassmaking.

Even setting aside these far-fetched matters, the simple act of improving Cai Lun's paper, if done well, could also be extremely profitable!

As for the movable type printing that Cai Yong had boasted about before.

Lü Ping thought that after Cai Lun's paper was improved, he would print dozens of copies in a secret room to deceive Cai Yong.

Recruiting famous scholars is certainly an option.

As for large-scale printing and reselling, let's forget about that.

After all, the world is not yet in chaos, and his power has not yet taken shape. It would be premature to bring out something that has little technical content but is enough to enlighten the people.

Who knows what kind of trouble this might cause?

What if we end up helping that tyrant Liu Hong, thus extending the life of the Han Dynasty by several decades for nothing?

If we really want to use this kind of thing, we have to wait until Lü Ping becomes the chief official of a prefecture, a rank of two thousand shi, and has a certain reputation and foundation.

Either it was used to enlighten the people, promote fame, recruit scholars, and dismantle the intellectual monopoly of aristocratic families after the Yellow Turban Rebellion when the Han Dynasty was unstable.

Of course, that's a story for another time.

Let's return to the present.

Currently, what troubles Lü Ping is still making money, and how fast he can make money.

These methods are all good.

However, for Lü Ping, who was focused on giving away money, spreading his fame, and also on gathering dozens of wandering knights, it was still too financially demanding.

After all, he was penniless and didn't even have any start-up capital.

and so.

He chose to... seek out a partner, and then attract a batch of angel investors!

Seeing Shen Pei's hesitant expression, Lü Ping grabbed "Da Bai" by the neck, telling it not to steal Shen Pei's salted fish anymore, and then tried to coax it.

"Right now, Ping's Chamber of Commerce is still in its early stages. Zheng Nan only needs to give Ping another 100,000 coins, which will be enough for my expenses for three or four months!"

"Once my trading company opens, I'll be able to share 10% of the profits with Zheng Nan!"

"At that time, Zheng Nan will only need to sit in the government office, and a large amount of money and goods will flow directly into your pockets like water."

Shen Pei looked up, a bitter smile appearing on his face.

"But, Zizhi..."

"Leaving aside the courtyard where the craftsmen were temporarily staying, I've already spent over 30,000 yuan in just two or three days."

"To this day, I have hardly seen even a few scraps of Cai Lun paper, let alone the improved version."

"And you still want me to invest another 100,000? It's true my family is wealthy... but honestly, I'm really short of money!"

Hearing Shen Pei's question, he recalled the courtyard, where, although he was quite confident, it was ultimately just a few lumps of sticky substance that hadn't even taken shape yet.

Lu Ping chuckled awkwardly, feeling rather embarrassed.

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