Mu Yan's words made everyone in the meeting hall stunned and in disbelief.
Donating 10% of profits every year to the people of Yunnan? Is this really not just a casual talk?
Considering how prosperous the North and South Goods Store is now, even if you say it is making a fortune every day, you underestimate it.
According to the city gate official's report, goods shipped from all over the country by the North and South Cargo Companies enter the city through the six city gates almost every day. Calculated based on this steady flow of goods, how many goods can be sold in a day? How much can be sold in a month?
How many were sold!
What a huge profit there is!
Everyone here, who has never been to the North and South Goods Store? Now not only the common people like to go there, but also the vendors who sell the same goods go there to pick goods. I heard that before closing the shop every day, the guards of the North and South Goods Stores drive several vehicles
The carriage went to the bank to deposit money.
How much is a 10% profit every year? Is this really worth it?
"Your Majesty, does the North-South Merchant Company really promise to donate 10% of its profits every year for the use of the people of Yunnan?"
Mu Yan nodded, "I said there is no need to do this, but my wife insists on doing it. She said it should be taken from the people and used for the people. I can't stop it."
The look on his face that showed him pride in his wife made Mu Zhan get angry.
I originally wanted to beat Mu Yan to death for competing with the people, so that he would lose the support of his officials and staff, but if he instigated it again, outside merchants would attack him in groups, and Mu Yan would completely lose the support of the people.
Even if he wanted to take power in the future, he would be constrained everywhere. Unexpectedly, he suddenly turned around and reversed the situation.
Sure enough, I heard officials and staff praising Mu Yan and his wife one after another, "The prince and his wife have great righteousness. 'Take it from the people and use it for the people' is a good saying! If I, an official and a businessman in Yunnan, always think about the people, how can I
Are you worried that this place will not be prosperous and stable?”
The official who had originally asked Mu Yan about his unfilial piety and unrighteousness stopped talking. He lowered his head and pursed his lips.
Mu Yan glanced sideways at Mu Xi, "The business tax is not less, and it is only much more than before. It also appeases the people. Do you think the emperor will reprimand me? 'Yi Shang' was given to my wife by the emperor himself. North and South Goods Company
There is this plaque hanging high on the door of our house, didn’t my third brother see it?”
Uh... Mu Xi was so angry that he glared at him. He's not blind!
"Then write it down in black and white, so you can have a proof!"
"Why should I write it down?"
"I'm afraid you will regret it!"
"If you regret it, then regret it. So what? If the business is good, it doesn't matter if you donate a little. If the business is not good, should my wife donate some money?" This doesn't make sense. Besides, he regretted it, and who can do anything to him?
"You! Look, everyone, he is just talking about it and has no intention of donating it!"
Mu Zhan looked at him like a fool. With so many people watching in the meeting hall, could Mu Yan regret it?
Mu Yan ignored the brothers and only glanced at the hall: "Is there anything else to discuss?"
If there are important and major matters, they should be discussed quickly. If there is nothing to discuss, don't waste his time with unimportant things. If you also embarrass others with the matter of women's business, I'm afraid they will be too busy. You have to find something for them to do.
The official who had just opened his mouth was caught by Mu Yan's eyes, and he lowered his head again.
Duke Qian glanced at Mu Yan and saw that no one in the hall spoke again, and said, "Then let's leave today."
Mu Yan stood up after hearing this. Just as Duke Qian had spoken to Mu Ang and wanted to call Mu Yan, he saw that he had already left and disappeared.
Hearing that his eldest grandson failed to suppress Mu Yan in the meeting hall today, Jun Xiangjie felt his anger burning in his chest and looked at Aunt Jun with a look of hatred.
Although Aunt Jun knew that Mu Yan and Huo Xi were difficult to deal with, she never expected that the couple would be willing to give up 10% of their profits every year!
As soon as this promise came out, not only the Duke of Guizhou and a group of officials could not force the couple to stop, but even the people in the city did not agree.
This 10% profit, calculated roughly, would be hundreds of thousands taels or more a year. However, the total population of Yunnan is only over one million, of which the garrison and military dependents account for hundreds of thousands. If the money is divided into the hands of the people,
Everyone can get one or two taels, right?
With the support of the common people, how can the North-South Commodity Store be closed down?
Aunt Jun thought a lot at the moment, and the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became.
But Jun Xiangjie was like a trapped animal.
The business at home has never been relieved before. Now that the North and South Goods Store has opened, many businesses have not had customers for more than a month, and many of the clerks and managers have been laid off. If this continues, and the shopkeepers and accountants are fired, the shop will really suffer.
Closed.
If I don't lay off my staff, I'll be raising so many people in vain. I can only get out but can't get in, and my body is throbbing with pain.
What's even more despicable is that when everyone was discussing countermeasures in the chamber of commerce, all the merchants came out to criticize him, but when they came to question them, they all backed down.
What a bunch of cowards!
Jun has previously closed many shops in various states and counties. If the stores are closed again this time, there will not be much business left.
"She is in the first grade of junior high school, so don't blame us for being in the fifteenth grade! If she can open a North-South store, we can open two stores, four stores, and eight stores. The layout of all states and counties has blocked her path. Look,
Can she still have a business?"
Aunt Jun looked at her old father and wondered if he was mad. Or was he too old to turn his head around?
Jun's business is big in one place in Yunnan, but she has no foundation in other places. She has no purchasing and channel advantages over Zhang, and she also has sufficient manpower.
If Mr. Jun fights hard with her, he will open a store like hers in the North and South. The more he opens, the bigger the stall will be, and the bigger the loss will be. If it drags down other businesses, there will really be no chance to turn around.
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"I don't believe I can't beat her!" Jun Xiangjie refused to admit defeat.
Aunt Jun stretched out her hand and pressed her forehead, feeling a little weak: "Dad, we can't sell her at the price."
Zhang's centralized purchasing business is settled in cash from suppliers, and buyers who make large purchases are given monthly and quarterly settlements. In this way, she wins the hearts of the people.
The two ends firmly tied the suppliers and distribution buyers to her North and South Cargo Store.
Small traders who resell goods from the North and South Merchant Stores do not need to pay in cash. They only pay the money owed before after receiving payment for the goods sold. In this way, small traders with insufficient capital are given enough breathing time.
Bulk transactions at the North and South Commodity Houses were extremely prosperous.
If other businesses want to imitate her business model, they may not be able to do so.
Without her status, she could not suppress the small traders who owed money for goods on credit. Whenever small traders dared to deceive her from paying for goods, she had enough manpower to go all over the world to recover the money.
Second, she has the "Yi Shang" calligraphy gift from the emperor as an endorsement, so that the merchants who supply and produce the goods can give priority to sell to her among a number of merchants.
Other businesses want to imitate her business model and open similar stores, but they're afraid they won't be able to do it.
Even if they, the Jun clan, gather all their strength, they cannot defeat her.
Nowadays, when Jun makes purchases, he does not pay the supplier in cash, but owes an account period, and pays the merchant in cash. It is the other way around with Zhang.
So the Jun family has no advantage.
The one named Zhang had an advantage in getting goods first, and she was friendly to the small traders who distributed them. She was willing to let them borrow money. Moreover, she had a fleet, a caravan, and an escort. The Jun family couldn't do it. The more shops she opened, the more she opened.
You will lose more and more.
I don’t know where she got such abundant money. Aunt Jun was so angry that she was itching her teeth.