When Lu Bu thought of Yan Mu's participation in business management, he would stimulate his enthusiasm and give him some management shares: "My father-in-law, you need to know that this share is not only principal shares, but also operating shares. In the future, you will recruit some talents who are capable of managing and doing business. No matter whether they have funds to invest, you should also give him certain management shares. The measurement standard is how much profit he can bring to us. If we can make 10 million more money because of his existence, we have to give him at least one million management shares. I calculated it and mobilize the generals in Luoyang City to invest. We can invest 1 billion yuan in stocks now. If you manage this billion yuan for us, you will also give you at least one million yuan in operating shares."

Then he turned around and asked the other generals: "How good is this?"

As Lu Bu's father-in-law, Yan Mu had such a son-in-law, and many elderly people were afraid that they would walk sideways, but Yan Mu was very cautious. He was afraid that Lu Bu's subordinates would be dissatisfied and would be detrimental to Lu Bu, so he refused firmly.

But the generals wanted him to manage this dedication group more carefully, and they did not object to managing the shares for him.

Yan Mu thought for a moment: "I will combine my grain store and carriage store into this dedication group. The assets of these two commercial banks are less than 100 million yuan. I will take advantage of you." The generals hurriedly said that they did not dare.

Seeing that the prototype of the joint-stock group had been prepared and the sky turned white, Lu Bu said to Yan Mu: "Father-in-law, this dedication group will be established by you in the future. Thank you for your hard work. However, when you recruit people, you must strictly train them and strictly require them. Treat those guests better, be more enthusiastic and take the initiative. I expected that my idea would definitely be copied and used by other forces. At that time, I don't know how many money houses will be under the rule of the entire Han Dynasty. You must walk ahead, and you cannot be overtaken by later generations."

Yan Mu solemnly wrote down Lu Bu's words.

Lu Bu knew that next year would be a battle between the heroes of Kanto and Dong Zhuo, and then there would be an internal strife between the heroes of Kanto. From then on, wars were frequent. If Lu Bu had not stopped them strongly, it would be estimated that the melee of the Three Kingdoms would last for a hundred years.

With the war and the lives were tragic, countless refugees were unable to farm normally, so they had to abandon the wasteland to escape the war. Large areas of wasteland were not cultivated, and a large number of refugees were unable to feed and starved to death on the roadside. At the same time, due to the lack of farmers' farming, many warlords were short of military rations, and some even disbanded because of the food exhaustion.

When Lu Bu read the Three Kingdoms books before, he noticed keenly that when military strategists and strategists of the Three Kingdoms era planned and planned the gains and losses of wars and analyzed favorable and unfavorable factors, they always put a large part of their attention on food and logistics supplies, and made a big deal about the food and supply line. It can be said that the wars in the Three Kingdoms era fought a large and small grain war to a large extent. Whether there is food or the amount of food can not only determine the depth and outcome of the war, but also affect the course and direction of the war.

In history, Lu Bu and Cao Cao often failed due to food. Cao Cao began to cultivate farms, and his troops were good and his food was sufficient. However, Lu Bu lacked internal talents and did not cultivate farms. As a result, he was short of food. He had to withdraw his troops when he was about to win several times because of the food being exhausted. In the Battle of Guandu, Cao's army almost lost its hunger, but the only two active attacks burned all Yuan Shao's food. It was better to say that Yuan's army was defeated by the courage of Cao's army, but it was better to say that he had hunger and ran away.

Just when seeing the importance of food, Lu Bu decided to start the Daxing military farming as soon as possible after returning to his base Bingzhou.

Of course, it will take one or two years to see the benefits of military farming. The current military ration reserves must be well prepared.

Lu Bu ordered Xue Lan to take charge of 10,000 kilograms of gold. With the assistance of Lu Bu's father-in-law Yan Mu, he spread to Luoyang City and surrounding counties to buy grain. He must buy it as soon as possible, otherwise the major grain merchants will quickly increase the price of grain.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, grain prices fluctuated greatly. When the weather was good and the harvest was good, you could buy one stone of yellow rice for five yuan. In the year of a disaster, it could soar to ten thousand yuan per stone of rice for ten thousand yuan.

In this year, the situation in the world has awakened from the tranquility of pacifying the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and disasters have begun to appear everywhere. The food price has begun to rise again. At this time, the average price was 200 qian per stone. After Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang to take over the power to issue coins indiscriminately, the food price instantly soared to tens of thousands of qian per stone, and even if he had money, he could not buy food.

Ten thousand pounds of gold are equivalent to 10 million coins, and you can buy 500,000 stones. Each soldier has to eat about twenty stones of grain a year. So much food is only enough for nearly 40,000 soldiers under Lu Bu's command to eat for eight months.

Seeing that Lu Bu was about to buy food on a large scale, Yan Mu was puzzled and asked Lu Bu why he wanted to buy so much food.

Lu Bu then expressed his predictions about the current situation and speculated on natural disasters in the next few years.

After listening to Lu Bu's analysis, Yan Mu had to admit that although Lu Bu's analysis sounded horrible and worrying, every sentence was right. Troubled times are coming, and the prices of gold, silver, silk, and rare treasures will definitely plummet, and the prices of grain will definitely skyrocket. How can you miss the business that makes huge profits in this way?

Selling gold, silver, silk, and rare treasures, and buying grain, which seems very simple business will become very complicated once it increases in scale. Yan Mu carefully measured it and found that his strength alone was not enough to complete the purchase of grain in the world to achieve the scale of military ration reserves needed by Lu Bu, so he had to ask Lu Bu for advice.

Bingzhou was the Shanxi in later generations, also known as Jin. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, a thousand years later, the Jin merchants and financed the momentum of the heavens, Lu Bu still remembered it vividly. Lu Bu also knew that the success of the Shan merchants was due to integrity and unity, so he suggested that Yan Mu contact all the merchants in Bingzhou, establish a Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and seek common development.

Yan Mu was very happy to hear the plan that Lu Bu used the success of the Shanxi merchants in later generations as a prospect, so he set out to Luoyang overnight to contact the merchants of Bingzhou in Luoyang, and sent people to various counties in Bingzhou to contact local tycoons. Within a few days, Yan Mu relied on his years of prestige in the business world of Bingzhou and the support of his son-in-law Guangluxun Lu Bu, he brought together thirty-six Bingzhou merchants to form the Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce and recognized himself as the president.

Under Yan Mu's persuasion, the Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce gathered 1.5 billion yuan to invest in the Fengxian Group. Because Lu Bu represented the state-owned military controlling party, the Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce spent 2.2 billion yuan to acquire the rare treasures under Lu Bu's name. Adding the original money, Lu Bu then obtained 2.5 billion yuan to invest in the Fengxian Group, accounting for 50% of the shares. The Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce occupied 30%, Yan Mu personally accounted for 4%, and the other 16% were divided equally by the soldiers under the Bingzhou Army.

The first big business after the establishment of the Fengxian Group was to use all silver and treasures (gold is reserved as a reserve for the future gold standard financial system), equivalent to about 4 billion yuan to buy grain, including millet, wheat, rice, beans, and millet. It was originally expected that 20 million stones of grain could be bought, but the aristocratic families who controlled grain merchants in various places saw someone buying grain crazily, some raised prices and raised the prices of grains vigorously, and some had visionary hoarding and not selling to watch the current situation. In addition, there was not much food, but in the end they could only buy five million stones of grain, which only cost 1.5 billion yuan.

Yan Mu had no choice but to report the unfavorable situation of the grain purchase to Lu Bu. Lu Bu knew that the knowledgeable people in the world were not Lu Bu alone. It is estimated that many people had a premonition that food was crucial in troubled times. Although five million stones were not satisfactory, they were enough to use it. The remaining 2.5 billion yuan was left to build weapons to buy food.

Yan Mu spent more than 100 million yuan to buy thousands of horses, carriages, and ships to transport grain to Bingzhou. He was robbed by thieves and refugees along the way. In addition, he was naturally consumed during transportation. When he arrived at the Bingzhou granary, he only had four million stones left.

Lu Bu used 2 million stones of it as military rations, and people ate it, which could probably support the consumption of 40,000 people and horses in one year.

Another million stones were used to recruit refugees to farm. Each refugee ate ten stones a year, which was enough to support 100,000 refugees for a year, and another million stones of grain was used as seeds.

A year later, the military farming harvest was good. A refugee cultivated ten acres of land, and harvested an average of three stones per mu of land. Two seasons of land, and a total of six million stones were harvested. Officials and citizens divided the 55% share. Lu Bu could get three million stones, and the refugee had to repay the original one million stones, which would have a total of four million stones. In this way, the refugee would continue to recruit refugees to cultivate farming and gather soldiers to conduct military farming. The harvest would be more abundant, and more than 10 million stones should be harvested in three years.

Three years later, the grain price in Chang'an soared to 10,000 yuan per stone. After transporting five million stones, you can get 30 billion yuan if you don't have 50 billion yuan. You can get more than twenty times the profit in just three years. Who doesn't want to do such a business?
Chapter completed!