Mythical Three Kingdoms

The chamber of commerce can fund this themselves, and to reassure Liu Zhang, naturally, Chen Xi’s guarantee is indispensable for what is known as the Money Exchange, but is actually a bank.

After all, there are many wealthy big merchants in the chamber, and with good time management for flows back and forth, basically, no one needs to spend too much money to accomplish this, and in the end, they earn a golden trade route for free, which is worth it even if they have to share half of the profits!

If this route is truly opened, it will be smooth sailing from here on, and once out of the Southwest, silk, Shu Brocade, and porcelain will practically be like raiding money.

”It’s not impossible,” Chen Xi thought for a moment and said. The chamber’s intentions are hard to hide from him, after all, the techniques they’re using now were taught by him back in the day. To take, one must first give; if it can’t grow, taking it is useless.

”Then I ask Marquis Chen to evaluate our qualifications,” Wu Yuan smiled as she stepped forward, seizing the initiative this time. The secret letter from her brother, Wu Yi, plus their family’s foundation being in Southwest Sichuan, ensured she had the upper hand.

”You get thirty percent,” Chen Xi pulled a booklet on Sichuan and Shu planning from a pile of plans beside him. This route was already decided to be constructed; it just needed to be discussed with Liu Zhang, but now that he’s brought it up, it can go directly on the agenda.

Wu Yuan and the others were stunned. Thirty percent, and Chen Zichuan could say that out loud. He hasn’t done anything yet, but he’s taking the majority, how will they explain this to everyone else?

”Don’t look at me like that, this is a basic requirement. I know even if I give you nothing, you can still build this road. After five years of construction everywhere, you’ve tasted the benefits; the Feng Shui Geomancy has basically been fully explored,” Chen Xi spoke calmly, ”but the significance of this road is far greater than you think.”

According to Liu Zhang’s plan, though there’s no mention of the Central South plan later, seeing the alignment of the front part of their plan with his, Chen Xi knows that once Central South develops, Liu Zhang will definitely push this road to the sea, then turn towards India!

In this light, the importance of this road matches the main artery of Russia in future generations. Giving you thirty percent mainly considers the weight of your sponsors, do you really think you can take thirty percent? Are you dreaming?

”Thirty percent is absolutely unacceptable; all the expenses for road construction come from us!” Zhen Mi said through gritted teeth. Thirty percent, what the hell do they get out of it? It’s too expensive, it’s killing them!

Zhen Mi knows how excessive Chen Xi can be. At that time, the money will circulate to Chen Xi’s side, and he might not spend a single cent but will use their money to complete the road. This kind of industrial thing generates money itself, and Chen Xi has ways to build it without spending!

”Then don’t build it, I’ll build it myself,” Chen Xi shrugged indifferently. Anyway, building this road definitely doesn’t require much money, and in such desolate areas there’s nowhere to spend money. With the current credibility of the government, it’s all on credit, to be settled together once completed.

It can even be subcontracted layer by layer, paying some to the workers, with payment methods getting simpler as you move up, and the final level can even use shell companies for billing.

There’s a settlement time, and by settling layer by layer, starting with the workers, and delaying further as you go up, the final account period can be thirty-six months!

One might even create shell companies to delay payment periods, and since the bank is under Chen Xi’s control, dragging out the time and collecting the money before settling it becomes his business; basically, it’s just moving money from one hand to the other!

As for suing me, don’t you know that prosecutorial power, judicial power, and execution power are all in my hands? Besides, attacking me needs a reason, is it because I didn’t pay? What a joke, can’t you see I’m circulating money here? It’s not like there’s no money, the state is still alive!

Chen Xi has plenty of ways to build the road without spending a dime, and in the end, even profit. If it weren’t for the fact that taking it all would be poor form and the need to share profits with the middle level or future countries as part of a coalition of interests, he wouldn’t even bother handing out thirty percent.

”You, you, you, we’ll build it ourselves!” Wu Yuan said angrily and directly.

”Try it, without me backing you, even if everyone behind you joins forces, you won’t get it done,” Chen Xi glanced at Wu Yuan.

”Zichuan, isn’t this too much, giving them only thirty percent?” Lu Su communicated with Chen Xi through voice transmission.

”Thirty percent is already a lot; this road isn’t just a small project, it’s a main artery, with significant meaning for national governance,” Chen Xi sighed and said, ”so I’m not bullying the three of them, it’s just that they don’t understand the significance here.”

”But they’re putting in money and effort, they could indeed build it there, and you’re obviously having them build it to Shendu, which is more than four times the current investment. You’ve done nothing, yet you demand so much,” Lu Su said, clearly finding Chen Xi’s demand excessive.

”It’s not that I’m being greedy, but thirty percent is the most I can give. Although the chamber of commerce is investing money and effort in construction, if they don’t do it, we can still do it ourselves without losing. This project is guaranteed to be profitable,” Chen Xi scoffed, ”Just by looking at you, I know you haven’t finished reading the plan.”

”I’m so busy working overtime every day, where would I find time to handle your paperwork,” Lu Su said helplessly, ”but you are indeed quite hard-hearted.”

”Can we take this back to discuss with them? With this, we have a good chance,” Zhen Mi and the others spent an hour reviewing it, then looked up to inquire from Chen Xi, realizing the road’s actual situation.

”No, too much is involved here, and you can’t spread it,” Chen Xi took back the plan and said.

”But we can’t convince that many people!” Mi Zhen said through clenched teeth, ”Without detailed materials, just the three of us speaking without evidence, although each of us holds part of the chamber of commerce’s power, it is, after all, just a loose alliance.”