If Wang Xian had his way, he would not easily let go of these big business owners. However, those who are officials outside have written letters to Wei Zhixian and the provincial government to intercede. Although Wei Zhixian also
He didn't want to give them an advantage, but what Zheng Fangbo meant was to just teach them a lesson. Don't kill them all so that they can meet again in the future.
Wei Zhixian had to listen to the governor's words, but he didn't want to take advantage of the big households, so he gave this task to Wang Xian and asked him to come up with a strategy that was both affordable and could make the big households bleed.
So Wang Xian re-signed the contract with the big households and priced the two thousand acres of terraced fields at 17,000 shi of rice. Even based on the purchase price of the big households, they would not suffer a loss. This was mainly to give an explanation to Uncle Zheng Fang.
But he was not allowed to bleed a lot. Wei Zhixian was angry, and he was also angry. So in addition to the land sale, Wang Xian forced the big family to donate 21,000 taels of silver, and then he was finally relieved.
But the losses of the big households were far more than that. They sold iron and steel to get 200,000 taels of silver. In the end, they only recovered less than 100,000 taels plus 2,000 acres of land. Even if one acre of land was calculated at 30 taels, the net loss would be nearly
Fifty thousand taels!
The big business owners were already at odds with each other because of the failure of the "Purchase Fuyang Plan". How to share the 50,000 taels of silver, a quarter of the loss, became an irresolvable conflict among them.
Li Yuanwai and a small group of people led by Yu Yuanwai insisted that it should be shared equally, but more people believed that it should be divided according to the proportion of capital contribution. Hou Yuanwai and others even more radically demanded that Li Yuanwai, the instigator, bear the main losses!
The conflict could not be resolved, and obvious cracks finally appeared in the monolithic Fuyang big family. Wang Xian kept in mind Mao Taizu's teachings that "it is better to chase the poor bandits with the remaining brave men, and not to be the overlords in the name of the academic", and used the soul-chasing attack to completely tear them apart!
At the end of April, a new notice was posted on the eight-character wall of the county government office - the inventory of yellow records, which had been postponed due to the famine, would be officially launched after the Silkworm Moon. The chiefs of each village were ordered to report the statistical results first, and the government would then
There will be spot checks.
On the other hand, the household houses were exposed because the big households did not keep their promises to appease the people, but instead instigated them to go against the government. Therefore, the lord was determined not to spare them lightly. This time, he would focus on spot checks on the big households and be sure to remove their household registrations.
Land inventory to the end...
The big households have already suffered heavy losses. If they are designated as Shang Shang households again, life will be impossible. In order to avoid the danger of random inspections, a group of people outside the Hou Yuan surrendered to the government one after another and took the initiative to expose and criticize Li, Yu, Wang, and Yang
Not to be outdone, Li Yuanwai and others exposed the evil deeds of several Yuanwai Hou and others. As a result, the hatred between the two parties became deeper and deeper, and they could never return to their original unity.
In order to prevent the other party from joining forces with the government to punish them, both sides can only carefully curry favor with the government. Therefore, this situation is most beneficial to the government and Wang Xian...Wang Xian also did not expect that he is not only good at settling accounts, but also quite talented in calculating people's hearts.
.Although he doesn't like this kind of calculation, he has no choice but to prevent the big businessmen from antagonizing each other. Otherwise, they will antagonize him. As time goes by, there is no telling when a stumbling block or a knife will be enough for him to drink.
Of the pot.
Only a thousand days to be a thief, not a thousand days to guard against thieves, so for future safety, he had to make plans.
Fortunately, apart from scheming people, Wang Xian focused more on business matters.
According to the plan agreed between Wang Xian and Weizhi County, he had to complete four preparatory tasks before Weizhi County returned to Fuyang.
The first is to prepare for the establishment of the "Fuyang County Grain Company". As the saying goes, "The superiors only talk, and the subordinates break their legs." Weizhi County announced to the people of Fuyang that this grain company would be established, and the rest of the work was left to Wang Xian. Okay.
In Wang Xian, you can even leave it to Little Fatty Wu.
This grain company, which had made great achievements even before it was established, received a heavy reward from the province. Zheng Fangbo authorized Fuyang County to establish a grain company and act as the sole agent for the Zhejiang provincial treasury to purchase grain from Huguang. Therefore, this grain company will definitely become a leader.
It has developed into a behemoth. In addition to the three grain merchants and landmen who each hold 10% of the shares in the grain account, they will also become prosperous as a result.
There was also 10% of the shares, which Wang Xian gave to Sima Qiu, which was regarded as repaying Master Sima for his support.
However, Wang Xian was thinking more about how to benefit the people of Fuyang. In addition to the county taking the other half of the shares, he also formulated a grain price pricing mechanism to strictly control the profits of grain accounts within a reasonable range.
. Although several grain merchants and members of the mainland felt uncomfortable, they became grain purchasers in the province and could earn huge profits just by selling volume... not to mention the improvement of their status. How could they have the nerve to object?
In addition to the grain account, he is also preparing to establish a Fuyang County salt account.
Wang Xian obtained the power to buy leads with silver from his cheap brother Yang Tongzhi. This is actually ridiculous, because although Fuyang County is indeed a mountainous area, it is only thirty miles away from the provincial capital and is connected by the Fuchun River, so it cannot be counted.
Shangpianyi! But after Yang Tongzhi took care of it, the transportation department of the capital turned a blind eye and reluctantly assumed that Fuyang was also a "remote town in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, where officials and merchants couldn't do anything" and allowed "mountain merchants to pay eight cents of silver for every hundred catties and give them tickets"
row salt'.
This concession is very valuable, especially for a county like Fuyang with extremely convenient transportation. It is enough to reduce the price of salt by half!
In addition to the two businesses, Wang Xian is also preparing to establish three chambers of commerce, namely the Silk Industry Chamber of Commerce, the Paper Industry Chamber of Commerce, and the Tea Industry Chamber of Commerce. He plans to have the chambers of commerce integrate the production resources of Fuyang County, contact external sales, and solve the worries of the people.
In Fuyang County, the preparation of two business houses only caused a heated discussion. The preparation of three chambers of commerce, however, greatly excited businessmen and gentry in related industries. They all tried to find ways to work together and seek to hold important positions in the chambers of commerce, which made Wang Xian overwhelmed.
bother.
But he still had to carefully observe this group of people in order to decide on the candidates for the business, so he had to be patient, participate in one drinking party after another, and go home late at night every day.
Fortunately, Lin Qing'er stayed in Suzhou and did not come back...firstly for safety reasons, and secondly for her to fulfill her filial duty and take care of her sick mother...so Wang Xian didn't worry that Sister Lin would be worried if he came home late.
But this situation did not last long, because there was a little Jasmine at home, and every night she waited for him to come back, fetched water to wash his feet, and refused to turn on the light and go out to sleep until he got into bed and fell asleep. The next day, every day
When it was dark, Jade Musk got up again to clean the yard, fetch water for cooking, and then asked Wang Xian to get up to wash his face and eat.
Wang Xian had never been served so attentively in his life, and She Yue's mouthful of "gongzi" made his bones weigh several taels. It was inevitable that he was overflowing with love, and he couldn't bear to let the little maid suffer, so he went home as early as possible every day.
At that time of the day, it was just getting dark, and Wang Xian returned home. Before he entered the door, he saw little Jasmine standing at the door and looking around. Wang Xian couldn't help but feel proud in his heart. It seems that this young master also has some charm, so he coughed lightly and said, "Jade
Musk, I’m back.”
"Scared, the young master is back!" Yu Shek jumped up to Wang Xian, looked at the courtyard, and bit his ears and said: "There is a scoundrel at home, and he says he is your son! I think he is about the same age as the young master.
"How could the young master be his father?" He said with a nervous look on his face: "My servant didn't dare to stay in the same room with him, and I was afraid that he would steal our things, so I kept guarding the gate and didn't even eat dinner.
.”
These words made the young man who came out of the room feel quite embarrassed, but as soon as he saw Wang Xian, he put on a smile and kowtowed to Wang Xian: "Son pays homage to his father!" He said slowly towards the king.
Xian knelt down, hoping that I would be able to say "forget it".
Wang Xian, however, took the time to look at him. It wasn't until the boy kowtowed helplessly that he smiled and said, "Get up, good son."
Yu She covered her mouth and stared with a pair of big surprised eyes. Her heart was full of questions, how old is the young master when he becomes a father?
.
This young man is naturally Wang Xian's cheap son Wang Jin. After the New Year, Wang Jin came back to see his father for the first time.
The two entered the house. Wang Xian took off his official towel, handed it to Yu She, and asked Wang Jin with a smile: "Have you eaten?"
"What do you think?" Wang Jinbu smiled and asked.
"I guess you ate it." Wang Xian smiled and sat down, taking the tea from Yu She.
"Guess again." Wang Jin said with a shy face.
"I can't guess anymore." He wanted to talk to Wang Xian, but his son was a bit too young.
"Didn't eat..." Wang Jin could only say with a grimace.
Wang Xianfang laughed loudly and said, "Yu She, you haven't eaten either. Go and cook some rice for the young master."
"Yes, sir." Yu Shek is quite clever. He also knows how to cooperate with Wang Xian.
Wang Jin helplessly allowed him to tease her, and when Yu She went down, he said with envy: "Father, our maid is so handsome."
"No matter how handsome you are, it has nothing to do with you." Wang Xian felt proud and scolded with a smile: "If you don't study hard at home, why do you come here to me?"
"I miss you father." Wang Jin shouted more and more smoothly: "I heard that my mother is not at home, and my son will come to stay with his father for a few days."
"No need." Wang Xian thanked him and said: "My place is small, you have no place to sleep." He put down the tea cup and said with a smile: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you fart, hurry up!"
"Hey, it turns out that I know my son better than my father." Wang Jin said with a smile: "My third uncle asked me to stop by and say something to my father. If the wealth is not going to others, the Chamber of Commerce can leave a seat for our family."
"Let's be honest, who has set his sights on such and such position?" Wang Xian knew that the tribesmen would definitely be tempted when they heard about this.
"The third uncle means that it would be best if my father could be the vice president of the Tea Chamber of Commerce. And my sixth uncle, if possible, I would also give him the vice president of the Silk Chamber of Commerce." Wang Jinxiao
road.
'Pfft...' Wang Xian almost spat him in the face without a sip of tea, and scolded him with a smile: "You bastard, is this business owned by our old Wang family?"
"Aren't you afraid of embarrassing your father? We don't want to be the president. It doesn't matter if we have one or two more vice-presidents." Wang Jinjian smiled. "If it doesn't work, just leave Uncle Liu alone..."
"You are facing your father." Wang Xian rolled his eyes and said, "You are not afraid of being jealous for your father."