And officials and big businessmen themselves rarely come down to see specific affairs. That big motorcade is a place where people are waiting. How could those big businessmen and bureaucrats stoop down to look at these things? It is too demeaning! So Liu

Pei began to confidently and boldly equip his axles with pneumatic tires. As a result, pneumatic tires appeared more than two hundred years ahead of schedule.

At that moment, Liu Pei told Huashufeng in detail the structure and operation of department stores and carriage shops. Huashufeng was fascinated by what he heard! As long as a qualified businessman sees that there are a lot of

When money is flowing in front of your eyes, how can you not think of grabbing it? This is especially true for Huashufeng, as one of the well-established shopkeepers in Jinan City. Liu Pei is absolutely sure that Huashufeng’s pupils are

It has become a circle on the outside and square on the inside!

Huashufeng was excited for a long time. After listening to Liu Pei's words, he drank two glasses of wine before calming down. He then asked: "My dear brother just said that there is a way to avoid excessive exploitation by the government. What is the specific way?"

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Liu Pei said: "This problem lies in department stores! Department stores have many merchants. Which of those big merchants does not have the backing of the government? After we expand our business, we might as well make a set of rules and act according to official positions.

Allocate the amount of tribute. For example, we set a standard for how much the prefect should get, how much the co-prefect should get, and even how much the subordinate officers should get. And this standard is fixed in the local area, and you will get a share if you are an official in the local area.

It will be gone when you leave your job. In this way, businesses will not be exploited twice and can save a lot!"

The salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was very meager. The most important thing was the contribution of Mr. Zhu. He was born in a humble background and saw the greed of officials. So after he became the emperor, he especially hated the corruption of officials. So he made a fortune for the officials.

Account, this account is the amount of money that a commoner's family needs to live, and then add a little bit to get the official's salary! And this kind of salary is only enough for the official and his family to survive. As for doing anything else, don't think about it.

Oh! What was the result? The Ming Dynasty only had one Hai Rui.

Since the salary is so small, officials naturally have to find ways to manipulate them. The simplest and safest method is to exploit businessmen. Officials have real power.

If you don’t want to do business, you will choose a big local businessman to invest in it. As for whether you really take the money to invest in it, let’s think about it!

No one dares to touch Huashufeng's business in Shandong because the Shandong prefect is the major shareholder! So he opened branches all over Shandong, but the price is also very heavy. Half of the annual profits must be sent to the prefect's home. During the holidays, he also returns

There are gifts to be given. In addition, there are some actual staff to do the work. So the actual profit he makes is not much.

The most disgusting thing is what happens after an official leaves office. Some officials still want to show off their face. After leaving the local area, they will not go to the merchants to get money. Instead, they will turn around and find another merchant to re-invest in the stock. The shameless ones will still want the merchants.

Withdrawing shares. In other words, he did not take any money to buy shares, but when he left office, he asked businesses to use real money to buy back the shares. What is even more shameless, he refused to give up even after leaving office.

Shares. Regardless of whether the merchants will be exploited by subsequent officials.

This is the situation Huashufeng is facing. The prefect has resigned, and we don’t know whether he will just leave, withdraw his shares, or keep his shares? If it is like what Liu Pei said, everyone will work together.

Contributing money to the public can indeed save a lot of profits. At the same time, it also avoids corruption among officials.

In addition, don’t think that officials will definitely protect merchants after taking money from merchants. That is impossible! In their eyes, the status of merchants is humble, and everything is given by them. If an official and another

When officials fight, often the first group of unlucky people are the people who are dependent on these officials. Their opponents will first destroy the surrounding relationships of the hostile officials by reducing their opponents' wings. Therefore, the helpless businessmen are the first to be unlucky.

And the official who collects the money may not protect the businessman seriously. In their view, the businessman is unlucky. If he can survive, it will be the same. If he cannot survive, just find another one. If Liu Pei's method is followed, all the officials'

The interests are tied together. In this way, even if there is a fight between some officials, it will not affect the businessmen, because at that time, the interests of most people will be damaged.

That's why Huashufeng thought this was a good idea. He asked hopefully, "Will this method work?"

Liu Pei said confidently: "Why doesn't it work?"

?But the way of doing things must be different, and we must first find a way to do it from the petty officials! Those superior officials are full of fat, while the petty officials and servants below are hungry and full. With a fixed quota, those petty officials

After getting benefits from the policemen, they are naturally willing to uphold this rule."

What Liu Pei said is right. It should be noted that if the yamen wants to continue to operate, it cannot do without these petty officials and servants. In the eyes of officials, being an official requires romance, and as for those picky things, it is natural for those petty officials to take care of them.

, the servants can handle it! In fact, those minor officials are also scholars. But they often lack the guidance of famous teachers, or their talents are limited and cannot go to high school. They have to inherit their father's business and continue to be minor officials. And the same is true for those minor officials.

Therefore, these petty officials and servants have been entrenched in that position for generations, marrying and worshiping each other, forming a dense network. Those officials cannot manage the territory without them. When the time comes, things will become a mess and it will be unlucky.

It's them who are responsible. If officials want to live peacefully, they must either have extremely powerful abilities or have some degree of compromise with these petty officials and servants. If they offend these people severely

Well, it's not impossible for these people to unite to make the chief officer suffer. It just depends on whether they are willing to pay the price.

The two people at the dining table studied it carefully and discussed it in detail for a long time. The meal was not over until they had finished the meal. However, they were still not satisfied. The next day, they thought about it again at home before finally deciding.

Come up with a rough execution plan.

Hua Shufeng patted a thick pile of paper and said with a sigh: "If Brother Xian's plan is successful, including me, I don't know how many people will be grateful to Brother Xian!"

Liu Pei smiled and said: "It will succeed! Believe me!"

Huashufeng nodded and said: "Yes, it will be successful! I will start arranging contacts with those petty officials and servants tomorrow to understand their attitude and appetite first, and then our plan can be implemented! As for my dear brother,

I'll send three shopkeepers over there to sort it out for you first, and it's up to you whether you can keep them or not!"
Chapter completed!