Chapter 183: Discounting business and benefiting the people
Mu Yan returned to the mansion from outside. He glanced at the few palace guards who were watching in the dark and raised the corner of his mouth.
Mu Zhan wanted to send people to follow him and find Jiao Zan's whereabouts, so he sent only these people. I don't know whether he was confident or underestimated him. He was afraid that the news he would get was that he had not left the house for a day.
Shi Shiran returned to Cuihuang Courtyard.
"Are you back? Jiao Zan was released?"
Mu Yan nodded, walked to her and touched her belly, "Why don't you move more these days?" He was a little worried.
"He's just as lazy as me. He doesn't like to move in the hot weather." He sat him down and asked about Jiao Zan, "Aren't you going to send him to the capital? Aren't you afraid that he will bite you back?"
"He doesn't dare, and he doesn't have the ability."
"Didn't you collect his criminal evidence before and send it to the Ministry of War? Then he can go back and continue to serve?"
"The things are with my father-in-law. I will send an express letter later. When my father-in-law receives the letter, he will know what to do. Although I spared Jiao Zan's life, I asked him to go to the capital to resign and be relieved of all his positions."
"Ah, is he willing?"
"This is the only way he can go." After saying that, he remembered Jiao Zan kowtow to beg him...
Afraid of knowing that there was no way out, Jiao Zan kowtowed and begged, "Please allow me to go to the border guard station, regardless of which family, please allow me to be a pawn in the guard station. I am determined to be in the army and want to kill all the foreign enemies. This is the only way."
One wish. If the prince refuses, my life will be like a wither...'
Huo Xi sighed after hearing this, "This Jiao Zan is a man, capable of bending and stretching."
Mu Yan nodded, "Yes. I have thought about how to deal with him before. He is brave and good at fighting, and has repeatedly made military exploits. He has been in the position of commanding the fourth rank in just ten years. If I had not asked him to be transferred, he would have been able to do it in just one or two years.
With meritorious service, you can be promoted to the rank of Third-Rank Commander and Associate Professor."
This man has his faults and merits. Mu Yan is a man who loves talents.
Huo Xi sighed: "With his skill and ability, even if he starts as a pawn, it can't stop him from being promoted. With his previous connections, it won't take too long. You can rest assured to put him back into the army."
Are you not afraid that he will become a help to the Jun family again?"
"I respected him as a man before I released him into the army. And he knew that I held the handle and his future depended on me, so he would never get involved with the Jun family again. I dealt with Jiao Zan
, is to cut off Jun's arm. And once Jun's financial path is cut off, it is to cut off Mu Zhan's wings."
"Okay, as long as you have an idea."
The couple started talking about something else. After a while, after being informed by their servants, shopkeeper Yu and Gen Qi were here. Huo Xi stood up.
Seeing Mu Yan following him, he glanced at him sideways and said, "You don't have to go to the study room to be a director?"
Mu Yan looked at her belly, holding her hand and refusing to let go, "I'm afraid you're working too hard, so I have to keep an eye on you."
Okay. If you like, just follow.
The couple arrived at the study, and Yu Lu and Gen Qi came in.
Hearing that the credit payment had been recovered, Yu Lu was overjoyed. He took the box and looked at it, holding it tightly in his arms with joy.
Huo Xi ordered: "Take this payment to the North and South Commodity Store and hand it over to the accounting office for entry into the account." Yu Lu responded.
"In addition, the original time limit for credit sales to merchants in the city has been extended from quarterly to annual. Short-term credit sales to merchants in Yunnan can be extended to two quarters at most. For merchants in the city, as long as their identities are verified to be ordinary people in the city
, you can increase your credit to release the goods.”
Mu Yan and Gen Qi were stunned, but did not speak.
Yu Lu disagreed a little, "Can we increase the credit limit for merchants in the city? Give them annual quotas? Madam, I'm afraid this will increase the amount of bad debts."
Yu Lu was not very clear about the inside story of Li Daitao's dispute. When he thought that the goods sold on credit through his hands, which amounted to one million taels, were actually cheated, he felt so distressed that he almost pouted. He went to Huo Xi and the prince to ask him.
After several crimes, he had to resign from his position as shopkeeper.
Now that he has finally recovered the payment for the goods, his heart has not yet returned to his stomach. Why does he not tighten credit sales and increase credit to release goods?
Not even a mortgage?
"Lending goods on credit is only for merchants in the city. And not every vendor is like this. Only those special ones who can't even use half of their wealth as collateral and have very good character and ability can lend goods on credit. Because
The merchants who live in the city have their families here, so they can be checked and controlled, so they are encouraged to sell on credit, and they can sell their goods long distances, so they can be given long bids."
Yu Lu was still thinking about the pros and cons, but Gen Qi had already figured out the key.
"Is Madam encouraging everyone to go out because of the current depression in business in the city?"
Huo Xi nodded, "Yes, in today's business environment in the city, the original daily grocery stores are almost closed down, and it is indeed caused by the opening of the North and South Goods Stores. I am responsible. I will change some business ideas in the future. For the current traders
People flock here to make bulk purchases. We must encourage this behavior and revitalize the local business atmosphere. We must support the merchants in the city and revitalize the business in the entire Yunnan region."
With its series of business-friendly policies, and if the local business tax is reduced, local business can be active and prosperous. There is no need to worry about the loss of merchants, and more people from other places will be attracted to do business here. Finally, choose to live in Dianchi Lake.
land.
It's just that we are not in a hurry to reduce the local business tax. We have to wait until the Jun family is settled before discussing it with the Duke.
Huo Xi glanced at Mu Yan. Mu Yan understood and nodded slightly towards her. Huo Xi smiled at him.
Nowadays, the North-South Merchant Store sells on credit almost exclusively to merchants in the province, and provides goods on credit only to local merchants living in the city.
Now that she has received so much money from the Jun family, it is not easy to use it for projects benefiting the people, but to put it in a goods store to encourage vendors to sell on credit. It doesn't matter even if there are a few bad debts.
"In the few months since we opened our business, we have had a great impact on the merchants in the city. We should take some measures to benefit the people and business, so as to achieve long-term development. If we can make some small contribution to the prosperity of local business, it will be my business
The duty of a person.”
Huo Xi analyzed it, and Yu Lu admired it very much, "I don't have a madam to think long-term. After hearing what madam said, I suddenly understood. With madam sitting in charge, all I have to do is listen to madam's orders. Madam, don't worry, I know what to do."
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After Yu Lu left with the money, Gen Qi saw that he stayed and asked, "Does Madam have some ideas about the bank?"
Huo Xi nodded, "Yes. As for the bank, you have managed it well. It has spread much more in recent years and has made a lot of profits every year. Now, thanks to the support of the bank, the people raised by your young master can live a decent life."
Mu Yan raised his eyebrows, and Gen Qi couldn't help but smile.
"Madam, I don't know that the late Marquis and the Marquis left so many people to the young master, a bunch of veterans and remnants, all waiting to reach out to the young master for honor and support. Although the two masters left behind a lot of property, their respective
There is more money for daily expenses. Madam, you don't know that in the early years, the young master was not even willing to give us monthly silver. He only gave us a picture and said that he would make up for it generously in the future. He withheld our silver and used it to support those in the village.
"
Li Yikan and the second class followed the young master in the capital, and they also had the monthly payment from the Duke's wife. They didn't even see a hair of it in Yunnan. They didn't dare to keep a small amount privately. They said they were in charge, not even as good as a clerk.
It's so miserable.
Huo Xi couldn't stop laughing when she thought about the past.
"Your young master was quite stingy when he was young. He bargained with me to buy a bottle of crab butter. He bought a gift for his aunt. It was so expensive that he couldn't bear to part with it. He bought a velvet flower worth ten taels of silver and was so distressed that he couldn't help but accuse me of tricking him.
money."
Seeing the young master turning his face away, Gen Qi burst out laughing.