"Do you know who has negotiated the cooperation?" Lin Su asked.
Although this area looks a bit deserted, it is a sparsely populated place. If the environment is well maintained, it will be very good. It is normal for someone to want to build a Western-style building nearby.
"It seems to be the Lu family." Bai Jingtang pondered, "I heard a little bit, and it seems that the Lu family is making plans for Young Master Lu to get married in the future, but it seems that the matter has not been finalized. I don't know anything else."
If it was the Lu family, it was no wonder they met. Lin Su pondered, "Which faction is the Bai family attached to now?"
Bai Jingtang lifted his skirt and sat on a rockery nearby, looking out at the courtyard scenery. "It's Boss Liu from Chang'an Street. With the fall of the imperial court, Boss Liu is the most powerful figure on Chang'an Street, aside from those foreigners. His gang has at least a thousand members, all armed with guns."
In this era, the forces are the most chaotic. Once the backer of one side falls, it is very likely to bring disaster to oneself. If Lin Su's original body is here, he can still find a way to build up power and ensure his safety throughout his life. But he is now just a soul that may leave at any time. If you want him to avoid his original fate, you can only let him be a fence-sitter.
"Are there any other forces?" Lin Su asked.
"There's a gang in Suihe," Bai Jingtang said. "Actually, my father doesn't like associating with those gangs. He thinks they're like wolves that can never be fed."
Lin Su chuckled: "That makes some sense."
"But there's no way. The situation is too chaotic now. If the Bai family didn't rely on Boss Liu, I'm afraid any gangster would dare to come to their door." Bai Jinglang said.
In fact, many of Boss Liu's men are well-off ruffians. As long as the Bai family can pay the protection fee, they are still a sheep that can produce wool. If one day they can no longer produce wool, they can be slaughtered at will.
Bai Jingjian understood this more clearly than anyone else, but he had no better solution. The only thing he could do was to make the Bai family play a greater role.
"I don't know if you've ever heard the saying 'don't put all your eggs in one basket.'" Lin Su said as he sat next to him.
"Is it to prevent being wiped out all at once? That's a very fitting statement." Bai Jingtang laughed and said, "I wonder how long this chaotic world will last."
At least for several decades. Bai Jingjian has just reached adulthood. If peace comes in a few decades, I am afraid he will become an old man.
In this era, everyone is struggling to survive, and no one knows what will happen tomorrow.
"It will last for decades." Lin Su said.
Other things can be hidden from him, but for this kind of thing, he must realize the seriousness of the problem himself.
Bai Jingtang's fingers tightened slightly: "Decades?"
"In a few decades, people will enter a peaceful era where people won't pick up things on the streets or lock their doors at night." Lin Su looked at his heavy expression and said, "Jing Yan, if you want to live well, you need to make more preparations."
"What should I do?" Bai Jingtang asked.
"Gold won't depreciate. Convert your extra money into gold and bury it in several secluded places," Lin Su said. "Money is very important. This way, even if the Bai family's shop is taken over by someone in the future, they won't be left penniless and with nowhere else to go."
"I'll do as you say." Bai Jingtang said seriously, "Anything else?"
The current gangs will eventually be destroyed, and the warlords established everywhere will gradually decline. With the rise of various revolutions, a new national system will be established, but the establishment of the party that can finally win is still a few years away. Now, the one he can rely on most is the current army.
"Have you ever had contact with the military?" Lin Su asked.
Bai Jingtang shook his head and said, "My father is a bit conservative and dislikes those emerging forces. Do you mean to contact them? Will they bring about the final peace?"
"They are just protective shields now. Later I will slowly tell you how to choose the forces to rely on." Lin Su said.
"Well, it sounds a bit like a fence-sitter." Bai Jingtang said.
Lin Su smiled and said, "That's true, but if you walk down a dark road that leads to your death, even if you insist on justice in your heart, it will make those around you suffer as well. Jing Yan, sometimes you have to learn to cut tofu with a knife so that both sides are smooth."
"I understand." Bai Jingtang said.
He understood that the god following him was doing it for his own good. As long as everyone in the Bai family was doing well, sometimes saving a little face wouldn't matter.
He calculated the Bai family's assets and sighed, "But I'm afraid the army won't take our small fortune seriously."
"Then make more money." Lin Su said, "I'll teach you."
Although he only made a small profit from his investments in modern times, as a person from another era, he must know what is the most profitable in this era.
This is a chaotic era, and it is also an era where new and old cultures are intertwined. If you can accept new ideas before some people are unable to accept them, you will be at the forefront of the times.
"Okay." Bai Jingtang said.
"You actually trust me." Lin Su said with a smile, "Aren't you really afraid that I'll lie to you?"
"I don't really trust other people, but you give people a very trustworthy feeling." Bai Jinglang said.
Other people are either enjoying themselves or feeling confused at the moment, fearing that they will live without tomorrow after today, but they have no solution and will not speak out about such things. Only this person tells him to prepare for the future.
He must know something to remind him like this.
If someone is really after money, no one can hear or see him, and he can get money from anywhere. Apart from money, he has nothing else worth others' coveting.
"Since you trust me, I can't let you down." Lin Su reached out and touched his head lightly. "But are you still in charge of the Bai family's shop?"
"I'm in charge, but I have to report anything to my father." Bai Jinglang said, "Those shops can't be moved, but I've saved a lot of money from singing opera, so I can open a few shops without any problem. I can do this secretly without telling my father."
He was like a good kid who was being led to do something bad, his eyes filled with unconcealable excitement.
"Then let's hang up the sign first." Lin Su said.
"Hmm?" Bai Jingtang was a little confused.
Lin Su explained to him the most basic procedures for setting up a factory, such as purchasing a site, purchasing machinery, and recruiting employees.
Lin Su himself might not be proficient in all the procedures, but Bai Jingjian was quite familiar with them, and even hid his identity smoothly when he was on the line.
Lin Su originally thought that the venue issue would take a few days, but he arranged it perfectly in just one afternoon.
"You have quick eyes and quick hands." Lin Su praised.
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