Lao Tangtou looked at the businessmen gathered around him, shook his head, and said, "I don't know why the prince came to us."
When everyone heard what Lao Tangtou said, their hearts beat up.
Lao Tangtou was the first businessman to actively seek refuge with the government after the suspension of production. It is said that Lao Tangtou's "righteous deeds" won strong praise from the government. Gao Ligong, the acting governor of Tianjin Town, personally met with Lao Tangtou and treated Lao Tangtou with great courtesy.
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Lao Tangtou didn't even know what he was doing today, and the situation seemed to be a little bad.
Today, the government sent personnel to call all the large private businessmen in Tianjin Town to the Fanjiazhuang City Hall. They did not say what they were going to do. After entering the city hall, the staff set up chairs in the large conference room that could accommodate 200 people and asked the businessmen to
They were sitting on chairs waiting, saying they were going to have a meeting.
However, the staff did not bring tea to the businessmen, and there were no snacks and refreshments on the conference table.
Seeing this posture, the businessmen who came to the meeting all murmured. It's not that Li Zhi deliberately frightened these businessmen, but it was because Li Zhi's recent methods against Hua Kefang, Hou Dingping and Yan Yishan were too shocking. The largest of the three Tianjin towns
A private businessman, because he tried to challenge Li Zhi, was defeated by Li Zhi without even leaving a round.
Hou Dingping and Yan Yishan's factories went bankrupt, but they still had some savings left and could do other businesses. The instigator, Hua Kefang, was the worst. Two factories and more than a dozen properties were confiscated and auctioned, leaving him penniless.
.It is said that Hua Kefang finally sold the maid's jewelry, rented half a house next to the vegetable market with her pregnant maid, and started selling oil in the vegetable market.
Li Zhi's thunderous tactics completely frightened the merchants in Tianjin Town. Now, even if someone puts a knife to their neck, these merchants probably don't dare to attack King Qi again, and they don't dare to talk about their status or official status.
What everyone is worried about now is that Li Zhi still cares about how everyone responded to Hua Kefang's call to stop production, and is worried that Li Zhi will retaliate against him.
Everyone was not convinced when they saw Lao Tangtou, and everyone was very disappointed and scared.
A middle-aged dye factory director with a mustache said: "King Qi...King Qi brought us together. Could it be that he is going to announce that we will suspend production for a month and a half?"
A cement factory director wearing a dongpo scarf shook his body and said: "King Qi has summoned us all today. He is not going to buy all our private factories at a low price and nationalize all Fanjiazhuang's industries.
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Upon hearing the words of the cement factory director, the businessmen's eyes widened and they were speechless.
The businessmen were running the industry, and instead of using their property to benefit Fanjiazhuang, they used it to deal with the King of Qi. Everyone felt that the King of Qi would definitely react.
It is hard to believe that, as the cement factory owner said, the King of Qi would buy all the factories at low prices and turn them into state-owned factories.
A fat businessman to the right of the cement factory owner swallowed his saliva and suddenly danced and said: "Hahaha, I knew this day would come."
"Yesterday I was quick and sold my waterwheel factory to eleven small traders. The eleven small traders pooled together 70,000 taels of silver to buy my factory. I threw all the plates to them and signed the agreement.
Okay. Now even if His Highness wants to buy my water mill, it is none of my business."
Everyone was secretly surprised when they heard the fat man's words.
To everyone's surprise, it turned out that Li Zhi's handling of Hua Kefang, Hou Dingping and Yan Yishan was so terrifying that it scared the fat man so much that he even sold his factory.
Everyone sighed and shook their heads, not knowing what to say.
While everyone was speculating, Li Zhi suddenly walked into the venue with Gao Ligong and Cai Huaishui.
The government servant at the door shouted: "The King of Qi is here!"
Hearing this clear roar and seeing the four-clawed golden dragon robe on Li Zhi, the businessmen in the venue shivered with fright. They did not dare to neglect, and one by one they jumped up from their chairs and knelt on the ground.
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"King Qi is a thousand years old!"
"Long live the king!"
"Your Highness, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"
Li Zhi walked to the front of the conference room, took two of his subordinates and sat down on the podium in the middle. He picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said slowly:
"Everyone get up!"
Everyone got up from the ground and stood in front of the chairs.
Seeing that no one dared to sit down, Gao Ligong looked at Li Zhi.
Li Zhi just sat there blowing tea leaves and said nothing.
Gao Ligong frowned and said loudly: "Sit down! Sit down!"
The merchants looked at each other and wondered what was going on? Are "sinners" like themselves qualified to sit and obey in front of King Qi?
They sat down gingerly, each of them only dared to put half of their buttocks on the chair.
Li Zhi still said nothing and took another sip of tea.
Gao Ligong, acting governor of Tianjin Town, stood up and coughed.
He looked at the businessmen below and said: "The scale of the suspension of production at the factory in Tianjin Town was very large, and the social reaction was very bad, which had a negative impact on the economic order of Tianjin Town. Because of this suspension of production, we
We have to make some adjustments to the existing economic structure."
"Here, let me give you a briefing."
When the businessmen below heard this, they felt as if they were struck by lightning.
What does it mean to make some adjustments to the "economic structure"? Are we really going to buy factories from private enterprises at low prices?
Gao Ligong said slowly: "We will adjust the bank credit policy and vigorously encourage the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. In the future, the credit support your large factories can get will gradually decrease. The small factories in Fanjiazhuang will be able to get more credit resources.
, we plan to reduce the industrial concentration in Fanjiazhuang by half."
"According to our survey, 11 agricultural machinery factories in Fanjiazhuang control 70% of the agricultural machinery output in one town and nine provinces. We hope that within five years, this number will become 22. In other words, we will
On the existing basis, we will support the establishment of 11 new agricultural machinery factories."
After a pause, Gao Ligong continued, "The same goes for other industries."
"We will use credit policies to reduce the industrial concentration in one town and nine provinces and prevent a few companies from controlling the market in series."
Hearing Gao Ligong's words, the businessmen below were surprised and happy. What was surprising was that Li Zhi's reaction was so direct and thorough, and he wanted to reduce the market share of the big businessmen. What was happy was that Li Zhi only operated through credit tilt, and the time was more
Five years. Based on the experience of the previous five years, the total market volume of one town and nine provinces may double in the next five years.
In other words, the business of the big businessmen here may not become smaller in the next five years.
The businessmen below couldn't help but be excited and looked at each other happily, with happy faces on their faces.
Gao Ligong coughed, drew the attention of the businessmen, and said sternly: "During this production suspension crisis, Fanjiazhuang businessmen showed strong influence. Our government cannot allow this kind of influence to exert its influence in the market at will.
.So, the King of Qi decided to set up a political consultative conference in one town and nine provinces to establish a communication platform between businessmen and the government."
