When the late spring rain and snow ended, Shen Lie used the public account and spent tens of thousands of taels in fines to buy a warehouse next to the official road three miles away from the dock and Shuiguan in the name of Dongji Work Factory.
There are hundreds of acres of land.
The warehouse is available.
Shen Lie hurriedly began to use the veterans of the Zhejiang Army and the young adults transferred from Tianjin Zuowei to start a warehousing and logistics business.
What he had been planning for a long time was finally put on the agenda.
Late February.
Early March.
Under the warm sunshine of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the ice that needs to be dug every day in winter begins to melt, making water transportation much more convenient.
After a winter's delay in bringing grain, merchants flocked to the port, and the demand for coolies and porters increased sharply throughout Tongzhou Wharf.
morning.
The warm sun is shining.
In the hustle and bustle.
Father and daughter Shen Lie and Bai Guangen walked slowly in the renovated warehouse.
The warehouse is huge.
Very crude.
As far as the eye can see, young men wearing red waistcoats, or waning veterans of the Zhejiang Army, are walking in and out of the warehouse.
The red waistcoat has a big word "goods" printed on it.
Both before and after.
The signboard hanging at the entrance of the warehouse has also been made, with three large golden characters "Shun Feng Xing" engraved on it.
"Good name!"
Wang Hu, the boss, complimented from the side: "Good luck, good luck, good luck to the God of Wealth... What a good meaning!"
That look.
It was as if his admiration for the masters of thousands of households was as continuous as the surging river, and it was as if the Yellow River was flooding out of control.
Our Lord Qianhu is really very capable.
It has only been a few days since you came here, but Baihusuo, who was so poor that he was about to lose his pants, was suddenly saved by our Qianhushuo!
Nowadays, Tongzhou Baihu Office can be said to be rich and powerful!
The salary owed in the past few years has been paid out, and the welfare benefits have also been increased. Now everyone in the health center is enjoying the good things and drinking spicy food with us.
Morale is at an all-time high.
All the rabbits howled excitedly.
For the flattery and flattery of his subordinates.
Shen Lie smiled slightly. Anyway, these more than ten thousand years of money were scraped from the hands of the emperor's relatives, so he would not feel bad if he spread it out.
At this time, Shen Lie was thinking a lot.
As long as the later Emperor Chongzhen knew how to reuse factory guards and come out every now and then to crack down on pornography and illegal activities, if he had known how to use the Ming Dynasty's laws and the commanding heights of morality to control these iron-rooster-like powerful people.
Take advantage of the clear flow!
So much so that there was no money to repair the big hole in the roof of the palace, so much so that he couldn't even pay the army and was wiped out by a mere Li Zicheng?
It’s impossible!
rigid.
Too rigid!
aside.
The veteran Bai Guangen was a little puzzled, so he mused: "My dear nephew, please forgive me for speaking frankly, this warehouse business... is not very profitable."
He was puzzled.
With Shen Lie's current identity, status, connections, and holy family, it would be easy for him to start a hugely profitable business like salt, iron, and tea horses.
even.
Even if Shen Lie wanted to open a new bank account, it wouldn't be a problem.
In Bai Guangen's view.
Shen Lie has such a strong background, it would be great to open a bank account.
With the power of Dongchang and the direct privilege of the emperor, if one is willing to lend money, charge interest, and compound interest, one can become rich overnight.
But Shen Lie wants to run a restaurant and warehouse business, and eats in the same pot as a miserable servant. No matter how you look at it, it is a stupid act.
Why bother.
Shen Lie smiled and said: "No matter how unprofitable the business is, someone has to do it. If everyone in the world goes to lend money and compound interest, no one will farm or work anymore, then will the Ming Dynasty still have a way to survive?"
"This is the Ming Dynasty..."
Shen Lie's eyes narrowed.
If there is any pointer.
Why did the Ming Dynasty turn from great prosperity to extreme decline in just a few decades? As a witness, Shen Lie gradually became clear in his mind.
After Zhang Juzheng's New Deal implemented a whipping law, due to Wanli's inaction, he connived at the loss of control of various capitals in disguise.
What is a whip method?
Shen Lie has been reading a lot of books and notes these days...
A whip is actually equivalent to the prototype of the silver standard.
Zhang Juzheng's reform and his intention to implement the silver standard in the Ming Dynasty were good. With the beginning of the Age of Discovery, more and more silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty from overseas.
By the early year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty's finances had reached a stage where they had to reform in the face of a large influx of overseas silver.
If we continue to improve according to Zhang Juzheng's ideas, with the intelligence and wisdom of the first prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely lead the Ming Dynasty to complete financial reforms in the Wanli Dynasty.
This made the Ming Dynasty the first powerful empire in the world to implement the silver standard.
However, Zhang Juzheng's ambition was not fulfilled.
Died suddenly!
Without Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty, there was no successor. No one could understand the plan of this most intelligent man in the world, so this reform naturally reached a dead end.
Emperor Wanli was angry with his ministers again and did not go to court for twenty-eight years, handing over the reform achievements of his teacher Zhang Juzheng.
Because the Ming Dynasty did not have a central bank.
Ever since.
The entire empire's currency issuance rights are in the hands of large local conglomerates such as Shanxi merchants, Zhejiang merchants, and Hui merchants. Can this be done without causing trouble?
The place is strong.
The power of kings has fallen by the wayside.
The local government colludes with the big chaebols.
In the end, the imperial court was financially bankrupt and the people were in dire straits. This scene was so familiar that it reminded Shen Lie of...
Later generations of Korean chaebols were able to dominate national policies.
"Why."
Shen Lie sighed.
This is history.
It's just mirror reincarnation again and again.
aside.
Bai Guangen and his daughter were thoughtful.
Although it is unclear.
But he nodded very openly.
The fate of the entire Tianjin Zuowei team was given by Shen Lie. This veteran of the third grade who had suffered many hardships made sure that he would not suffer any loss if he followed nephew Shen Xian.
Shen Lie suddenly felt a mountain of pressure on his shoulders.
at this time.
Wang Hu said softly from the side: "The villain has something he doesn't know whether to say or not."
Shen Lie said: "Say."
Wang Hu pouted at the big truck with the flag on the official road not far away, and said softly: "Sir... our warehouse is not easy to handle compared to the standard bureau!"
Look at the apricot yellow flag.
Shen Lie nodded.
Escort agencies in this era were indeed called standard agencies.
What Wang Hu means is that this Shunfeng Warehouse has no advantages compared with the current standard bureaus in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. This is a big problem.
"The Standard Bureau..."
Shen Lie was thoughtful.
Speaking of the business of bidding, it is an emerging industry that only developed after the commercial boom in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. This industry did not exist before the Ming Dynasty.
The profession of mark master originated from the mark customers in ancient times. It is very interesting to investigate this profession. It can even be traced back to the retainers of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
There was no bidding bureau in those days. In order to protect themselves, wealthy businessmen and powerful people would spend money to cultivate a group of private bidders or hire partisans.
These people are the bidders.
By the middle of Ming Dynasty.
Merchants had more and more demands for the safety of themselves or their goods, so many bidding bureaus appeared, and later they were gradually changed into escort bureaus.
nowadays.
There are six major factions in the bodyguard bureau in this world, namely letter bodyguards, ticket bodyguards, silver bodyguards, food bodyguards, material bodyguards, and personal bodyguards.
The business scope covers logistics and bodyguards.
