After eating, Ma Feng and the four of them went out to collect rags.
Zhao Yanran and her two sisters also went to the kitchen to clean up.
Li Le took the letter and opened it. Sure enough, it was Lou Bancheng who was looking for him.
After thinking about it, Li Le planned to go to Loubancheng at night, at least to maximize the benefits.
To be honest, since cooperating with Lou Bancheng, Li Le can be said to have made a lot of money.
Although the three-axis machine tools sold by Lou's Steel Rolling Mill are very cheap, that is relative. Compared with foreign countries, they are very cheap, even extremely cheap.
Also, the domestic demand is too great. Lou's Steel Rolling Mill is working overtime and the machine tools it produces are not enough to buy.
Public-private partnership is the general trend, and Li Le has nothing to do, and he even says that no one can change it.
Anyway, you have almost earned what you should earn, so there is no use keeping it.
Li Le would not keep any shares or anything like that. As a person who knew what was going on, he would only keep the shares unless he was kicked in the head by a donkey.
Besides, he didn't have any shares, he just signed an agreement for Lou Bancheng.
As long as he gets the agreement back, it will have nothing to do with him from now on.
However, after working together for such a long time, Li Le still had to remind him. As for what Lou Bancheng would do, it had nothing to do with him.
After reading the letter, Li Le came out of the room and said to the two sisters Zhao Yanran in the kitchen: "I went out to collect the rags."
"Okay Brother Le, come back soon."
"knew."
Li Le pushed the tricycle out, rode it and left home.
Coming out to collect rags was just an excuse. Li Le mainly wanted to see what was going on outside.
First, Li Le went to Chaoyang Market. As the saying goes, it depends on whether there are fish in the river, and Chaoyang Market can reflect the current situation of the imperial capital.
Chaoyang Market is not very far from Li Le's home. Li Le arrived here more than 20 minutes later.
Of course, this is the time it takes to ride a tricycle. If you walk, it probably won’t take more than an hour.
After arriving at the market, Li Le frowned, because the market seemed very lively, and it didn't seem like there was a shortage of things.
Wait, no, there doesn't seem to be a shortage of other things at this time, it's just that food is rationed.
After looking around, Li Le left the market.
"Collect scraps."
"Sell the junk?"
Li Le yelled and ducked into various alleys, because Li Le still had some understanding of this era.
The reason why he went into the alley was to find out if there was a pigeon market.
Unfortunately, after wandering around all morning, I didn’t see a single pigeon market.
Li Le patted his forehead and then remembered that there seemed to be no pigeon market at this time.
Because now the land is divided into households, there seems to be no shortage of food and drink in rural areas, but the real shortage is in the cities.
And there is still a market in the city, so the pigeon market cannot exist.
Li Le did not go home at noon, but rode a tricycle to Master Liu's house.
When I arrived at Master Liu's house, the door was closed, but not locked. In other words, Master Liu was at home at this time.
He stopped the tricycle at the gate, locked it, and then went over to squeeze the door knocker and click it a few times.
"Who?"
"Master Liu, it's me."
As soon as Li Le finished speaking, the door opened, and Master Liu's face appeared in front of Li Le.
"You kid, you haven't been here for a while."
Li Le scratched his head and said, "There are a lot of things going on these days, so I didn't come over."
"Yes." Mr. Liu nodded and said, "Come in quickly!"
"Um!"
After Li Le entered, Mr. Liu looked around and quickly closed the door.
At this time, if there is no fan, the room will be hotter than outside. Outside, at least there will be wind blowing.
Moreover, there is a big tree in Mr. Liu's yard, and half of the yard is covered by the big tree.
Obviously, Mr. Liu's house didn't have a fan. To be honest, Li Le didn't know what Mr. Liu was thinking.
A fan doesn't cost much, so it's nothing to Mr. Liu.
But Mr. Liu just didn't buy it, and not only was it not available in the living room, it was not even available in the bedroom.
Mr. Liu brought Li Le to Shizhui, poured Li Le a cup of tea and said, "You have come so far, let's drink some tea!"
"Um!"
Li Le picked up the cup and took a sip. He immediately felt much better, mainly because he was really thirsty.
Seeing Li Le put down the cup, Mr. Liu said: "Thank you!"
"Uh! Mr. Liu, what are you..."
Li Le was really confused by Master Liu's confusing words and didn't understand why Master Liu wanted to thank him.
"You kid, I'm just thanking you for letting me store food."
Hearing Master Liu say this, Li Le reacted and said quickly: "You are so polite. When I asked you for help, you never refused!"
What he said was correct. Li Le used to go to Liulichang, and every time he told Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu would help without saying a word, and he never asked for payment.
Master Liu shook his head and said, "This is different, this is life-saving."
Li Le quickly waved his hand and said, "Master Liu, please don't say that, it's not that serious."
What he said is right. Although the limit is now limited, no one will be hungry, but they will only barely eat.
And as long as you have money, you don’t even need to eat poorly. It’s the same as before.
Because Li Le knew that the next three years would be the real seriousness. If he said it was life-saving at that time, it would not be an exaggeration.
But at this time, it's really not that serious. At least you can still buy whatever you want.
Master Liu shook his head and said, "No, yes, it is definitely that serious."
"Uh! Isn't there a quota now?" Li Le looked at Mr. Liu doubtfully and asked.
"You are right, but there are more and less rations. For heavy manual laborers, the rations are more. For ordinary citizens like me who have nothing to do, the rations are not very large."
Hearing Mr. Liu say this, Li Le remembered that this seemed to be the case, and there were fewer women and children.
Especially for children, the ration is really small, but children do not eat less, and even eat more than adults.
As the saying goes, a half-grown man eats a poor man. He has a lot of activity and is prone to hunger. A steamed bun for three mouths is like playing.
"Master Liu, are many people buying food now?"
Mr. Liu nodded and said, "Yes, there are quite a lot of people buying food. It can be said that there is a shortage of all kinds of food."
Li Le thought about it and realized that it was really possible. Not everyone in the Imperial Capital had a quota.
For example, if a city man marries a rural wife, not only will the wife not have a quota, she will not even have children.
Of course, this refers to those who have not transferred their registered residence to the city, and there are many such people.
Because the registered permanent residence is in the countryside, you have land. If you transfer to the city, the land will be taken back.
Therefore, many people who marry from rural areas to cities leave their hukou in the countryside. After the grain rationing, it was calculated based on household registration. Without household registration, there would be no rationing.
So what do these people do? They can only buy food, like buying food stamps, and then go to the food store to buy food.
"Master Liu, do you know anyone who goes out to buy snacks?"
"Of course there are, and there are quite a lot of them. I have always eaten well before, but suddenly many people are not used to eating whole grains."
"Uh! Okay!"
Li Le was speechless, but it was understandable. After all, he was an old man and a young man, and he was not short of money. How about something good to eat?
Besides, they are not robbing them, they are buying them with real money.
Mr. Liu took a sip of tea at this time and said, "In order to deceive others, even I followed them out several times."
"Well!"
Li Le understood that Mr. Liu didn't want people to think that he had food. Also, everyone was short of food.
If you go out to change, it means you are also short of food. If you don't go out even once, you will definitely attract the attention of others.
"Master Liu, where do you buy food?"
Mr. Liu thought for a while and said, "There are many, there are many alleys, or some shabby courtyards, but one thing is that you have to go to the black market after twelve o'clock at night."
"All right!"
Many people regard the black market and the pigeon market as having the same nature, but they are not.
Pigeon Market is a place where farmers from nearby rural areas raise some chickens and ducks at home, or some eggs laid by chickens and ducks, and bring them to the Pigeon Market to exchange for some items.
Barter.
Of course, there are also people who sell money or exchange tickets, but in any case, this is not speculation.
Some tickets that are not used at home can be exchanged with others for tickets that are used by oneself.
Of course, you can also exchange money. This is allowed. You can’t not use it, you must use it!
Isn’t this a waste? Therefore, trading in the pigeon market is basically allowed.
Of course, there are also things that are not allowed in Pigeon Market, that is, those who collect tickets, food, or other things in Pigeon Market.
After collecting the money, then selling it at a higher price is not allowed and is also speculative.
What does speculation mean? Hoarding goods, buying and selling, this is speculation.
You just took out the unused tickets at home and exchanged them for other tickets or some money. Can this be called speculation? Of course not.
However, it is also illegal if you sell your tickets to speculators. If you are caught, you will not only be criticized and educated, but your tickets will also be confiscated.
The black market is a speculator, because the people who sell things on the black market are either speculators or have unknown origins.
So the black market is also a place that is severely cracked down on.
Whether it is speculation or unknown origin, it is an illegal crime.
This is why the black market is held at night, basically from twelve o'clock at night to four o'clock in the morning.
The pigeon market is different. The pigeon market is during the day, and some pigeon markets even have people all day long.
Of course, the pigeon market is different from the pigeon market. For example, the pigeon market in the alley in the city will crack down from time to time.
Because there are many people buying and selling pigeons in this pigeon market, which is completely different from the pigeon market outside the city.
But for now, there is no Pigeon Market, because the ticket era has just begun, and there are only a few things that require tickets.
When more and more things require tickets in the future, the Pigeon Market will emerge.
Li Le did not leave at noon, but ate directly at Master Liu's meal, a plate of bacon and a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
The staple food is steamed buns, and they are white flour steamed buns. It is probably only Mr. Liu who eats them this way, and others are really reluctant to part with them.
In the afternoon, he walked around outside and then went to the scrap collection station to sell the collected things. Li Le went home directly.
At about nine o'clock that night, Li Le came out of his home and went to Lou's house.
The Lou family is still a wealthy family in the imperial capital. Among other things, they live in small western-style houses.
Lou Bancheng was very excited about Li Le's arrival. To be honest, Lou Bancheng also made a lot of money by cooperating with Li Le.
After following Lou Bancheng to the study, Li Le took off his disguise.
Before Li Le could speak, Lou Bancheng sounded anxious: "Sir, what do you think we should do now?"
Li Le shrugged and said, "What else can we do? Let's just join forces."
"Ah! Sir, if we join forces, the losses will be huge." Lou Bancheng said with a wry smile.
"Mr. Lou, you haven't made less money during this time, right?"
"Well!"
Lou Bancheng didn't know what to say. He did make a lot of money, and he made much more than Li Le.
But who thinks you can earn too much! When it comes to money, of course the more the better.
"Mr. Lou, listen to my advice. If you can, sell the property in your hands. If you really can't, donate it all to the country."
"Ah! Why?"
Li Le glanced at Lou Bancheng and said, "I hope you will forget what I said to you today, and we will no longer know each other after walking out of this door."
Li Le's words made Lou Bancheng instantly turn pale.
"Sir, please tell me."
"Leave as soon as you can now, otherwise you will be miserable in the future."
Lou Bancheng looked at Li Le and asked, "Sir, how long do I have?"
It is now more than ten years before June 6th, but a few people know how Lou Bancheng has lived for more than ten years.
You must know that after the public-private partnership, until he was arrested, he donated more than 90% of his wealth.
Otherwise, how could he have been safe for more than ten years?
"Three years, three years at most."
The reason why Li Le said three years is because the public-private partnership has not ended yet. When the public-private partnership ends, there will still be a transition period. At this time, it is still very harmonious.
"Where can I go?"
"Hong Kong."
"Understood." Lou Bancheng nodded.
Then he pulled out two suitcases from under a cabinet. These two suitcases were genuine leather suitcases.
"Sir, this is the dividend for this period. Please click on it." After speaking, Lou Bancheng opened the two suitcases.
One of the suitcases contained cash, all with a face value of fifty thousand.
There were large yellow croakers in the other suitcase, and there were quite a lot of them. No wonder Lou Bancheng had such difficulty carrying them just now.
Li Le closed the two suitcases and said, "No, I believe you, and please come up with our agreement!"
"Sir, what are you..."
"From today on, the agreement between us is invalid. From now on, all the shares will be yours, and I will no longer want dividends."
After hearing what Li Le said, Lou Bancheng made a decision, a decision that would affect his life.
Anyway, Li Le has never heard of Lou Bancheng's name since that day.
Including Lou Zi.
Li Le knew that Lou Bancheng made a right decision. (End of chapter)