"Have all the necessary matters for Dajiang Shipping been taken care of?"
In the back office of the garrison mansion, Liu Ruogu and Jiang Fan came to Pang Yu's study for the first time. There were no paintings and calligraphy on the wall, just a knife hanging on it. There were only five or six books on the bookshelf, and the desk was quite empty.
After hearing this, Liu Ruogu raised his hands and replied to Pang Yu, "The ship's sailing place is on the pier, and it is currently used for dental work."
Pang Yu nodded and extended his hand to invite Liu Ruogu. Jiang Fan sat down and waited for Pang Ding to come over and make tea.
Now, two maids were bought in the back office of the Defense Mansion, but Pang Yu did not let them enter the study, they only did some cleaning work.
Usually the guards are busy making tea, but Pounding happened to be here today.
After Pang Ding finished his work, Pang Yu asked the two of them again, "Are the shops on the pier and in the city stable?"
Liu Ruogu hurriedly replied, "As my lord, no one is making trouble on the pier. Your lord has controlled the tooth shop and the porters in one fell swoop. If each shop does not pay taxes, no porters will dare to deliver goods.
After Chen Shifu came forward yesterday, all the small dental shops operating in the dock came to see me one after another. From now on, we will pay the tax as usual. Most of the docks also agreed to let us pay the deposit and start paying next month, except for a few gentry ones.
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Pang Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Who are those gentry?"
"Most of them are scholars, and there is also an aristocratic family that has not left. They have a lot of people in their shop and are close to the dock. They have been transporting goods by themselves in the past two days. They all claim that they have never paid anything to the Luo family before."
"You can deliver the goods yourself on the journey from the shop to the dock, but the grain from various places has to go into the city, so they may not be able to transport and load it by themselves. Jiang Fan, your porters are not allowed to help them transport it, which limits their trading volume.
If Ruogu talks to them again, even if they can't take it temporarily, it won't harm the overall situation and there is no need to make the chickens and dogs uneasy."
Jiang Fan responded, "I will remember it.
In addition to the people who own the shop, if there are other laborers to take over the work, the villain will ask the porters to disperse them."
Pang Yu nodded approvingly and tapped the handrail with his fingers, "Since the pier is stable, we will withdraw the battalions first and keep them on the other side of the pier. I'm afraid they won't be able to explain it to the officials at the Yamen if they ask."
Liu Ruogu bowed and said, "The camp troops can indeed be withdrawn. Your troops are different from those in other places, but outsiders don't know that.
In the past two days, some boats on the river saw soldiers on the river and left without daring to dock. This affected the business of various businesses to some extent. I am afraid that resentment will accumulate over time.
But once the camp troops are withdrawn, the Yamen forces will return to the dock..." Liu Ruogu stopped talking and raised his eyes to Pang Yu.
Pang Yu knew that he was talking about the subordinate officials in the Anqing and Huaining yamen. The wharf is a place where money and goods gather, and these people are always indispensable.
Pang Yu and Jiang Fan came from the yamen. Liu Ruogu has been dealing with these subordinate officials for half his life and knows these people very well. Although they have no say in politics, when doing things in the local area, it is easy to offend them.
inconvenient.
"For the clerks and clerks in the two-level yamen, you count them and give them a quota every year.
The scribes below and the three-class yamen servants will select some important ones and give them a quota.
Others will not be allowed to come to the shops affiliated to the Pier Guild to engage in or buy or extort money from now on."
"This money is really worth it. It's quite a lot. If the people below come again..." "Then write down the most troublesome people and hand the list over to me."
Pang Yu held each other's hands and tapped the back of his hands in turn, "There is a guild meeting on the dock, and people gave us the money. Since we have pawned the money, we have to give benefits to the shop. They think the money is worth the money.
There will be no resistance if the price rises higher in the future.”
Liu Ruogu didn't know what Pang Yu meant by "processing" and didn't continue to ask.
Pang Yu looked at Liu Ruogu and said, "In the past, dragons and snakes mixed together at the pier. Now we are here to control it and we must establish good rules.
Shops pay money, and we must protect their safety and let them do business with peace of mind.
It is also important that the merchants who do business from outside will be the gods of wealth who bring us money as long as they arrive in Anqing. Shops and dental shops dare to set up traps to deceive people. You have to make the decision for the merchants, so as to attract more merchants. In the end, everyone
Business is brisk, Ruogu, you need to inform each store first of the reason."
When Liu Ruogu agreed, Pang Yu turned to Jiang Fan again, "Except for the people from Baishuntang, all the three religions and nine people who were hanging around the dock, including the green-skinned gangsters, liars and thieves, are all out now. As long as it's official business, I will naturally take care of it. Cao Gang doesn't need it."
Afraid of causing trouble."
Jiang Fan took out a piece of submission paper and handed it over, "Your Excellency has sent the clerk to write down the regulations of the Caobang. Please take a look at it."
Pang Yu took it and laughed, "That's right. If you want to learn to use writing, you not only have to ask the book office more, but you also have to learn to write by yourself. At least you have to recognize it. Otherwise, you won't know whether the writing is good or not."
Jiang Fan smiled along with him and said tentatively, "According to your wishes, the gang is divided into four levels, divided according to the number of sticks. Those who join the gang are single sticks, those who are brave and responsible are double sticks, and those who are responsible and responsible are three sticks.
This is the source of all these expenses. What the villain thinks is that the porters at work buy the lots every day, so that it is easy to collect."
Pang Yu shook his head while looking at it and said, "Issuing the lot is a favor from you. If you buy the lot, it becomes a business. On the contrary, it seems that you are exploiting the porters, and there is no cohesion between the whole team.
The feeling you give the porter should be that he has put in the effort and you are giving him money, so you must modify this article.
As for where the money comes from, if you have people and a gang of nearly a thousand people, don't just focus on the docks. The benefits of a place are determined and must be taken from others."
After browsing through it, Pang Yu put away the submission paper, "The most important things are money and people. Although the regulations are simple, most of them are written down. It's just that how to gather the crowd is still a bit unclear. I will discuss it with you in detail.
Say, don’t be afraid to put in more effort.
On this great river, there are millions of porters, carmen, and boatmen. As long as they are properly organized, no one dares to look down upon them.
All the money floating on the river is money. One of you is in charge of the dental shop and the other is in charge of the canal gang. I want Tangdu to become the safest and most prosperous pier on the river."
...After the two people left, Pang Yu took out a booklet, which showed the latest number of personnel. The six hundred general bureaus had been fully staffed, and the garrison office had separately established a hundred people, making the total number seven hundred.
Pang Yu looked carefully and saw that the corps commander had more than a hundred people. Although he had a good memory, there were a lot of things that had disturbed him recently, and some names were a bit vague. At this time, he took out some to strengthen them when he had time.
Pang Ding came over to put away the tea cups. Pang Yu glanced at him and said, "Is there no business for the Chinese army today?"
"Of course I do, but I have something important to tell the young master."
"What are you saying, Miss Zhou is looking for me?"
Pang Ding rolled his eyes, put down the tea cup and sat down next to him, "The army will run out of money again."
"The seven thousand taels allocated last time were all used up?"
Pang Yu touched his chin. In fact, he often looked at the account books, and it seemed that there were really not many left. The army was a gold-swallowing beast, especially a strictly trained army. The daily meals of these 700 people were not a small sum.
Equipment, uniforms, and barracks all need to be improved. At present, they are all infantry. To achieve Pang Yu's plan to advance on land and water, we need to add cavalry and ships, which will cost even more. The price of an ordinary horse is around 20 taels.
The horse reaches thirty taels, and the age-appropriate military horse exceeds forty taels. Just thinking about it gives me a headache.
Pang Ding pursed his lips, "Other people who work as military attachés earn money, but you, young master, are losing money.
The monthly salary is more than a thousand taels, the clothes and clothes are all new, the weapons and equipment are also new, can’t the old ones be used, and there is also meat every day, I have never heard of anyone raising soldiers like this."
"No one trains like this, and he will never suffer losses in the future."
Pang Yu smiled and said, "The bandits have just passed away for five months. We only have time to train before they come next time. It is better to spend more money now than to be beheaded then."
"When the rogues come, let's go up to Shuiying's boat and cross the river to see if the rogues can survive."
Pang Ding said heartbrokenly, "The young master received 26,700 taels of silver from Yunji Temple that day, and later opened Baishun Hall. They were all good ways to make money, but he didn't see the money falling.
Now I only have a little over 10,000 taels left after using it. I use more every month than I bring in. If I use it for another two to three months, I'm afraid it won't be enough."
"It's really not enough."
Pang Yu collected the book and rubbed his forehead, "Prince Gongbi's military salary has been paid for two months. The governor's office and the military preparation office have been organized. Each soldier only has seven coins in our hands. If we continue to pay it like this, when
Everyone is dissatisfied with the soldiers, and there will be no soldiers to use in the war. It is better to take the free pay and give dozens of coins to survive in the war.
This was the reason why Pan Keda and the others had to raise servants in the past.
Our shortfall is larger than that of Pan Ke, because I have more than two hundred soldiers, but we also have more ways to make money than Pan Ke, and the dock can make money for us now."
Pang Ding stood up and said, "Let me help you figure it out, young master. Anqing's grain supply is 80,000 shi per year, and the maximum amount of grain sold to Jiangnan is more than 200,000 shi. This is still in previous years. With such a scourge caused by rogue bandits this year, can we have this number?"
Still not sure, we drew one out of ten and got more than 10,000 taels of silver, but each wharf, dental shop, and government officials got a share, and after paying for Liu Ruogu's people in charge of the dental shop, we also
That's three to five thousand taels of silver, which is only enough for you to support two or three months of soldiers."
"Grain from the land is the largest item, and other items must be collected as well. The wharf and shipyard are just the first step."
Pang Yu closed his eyes and thought for a moment, "There will soon be more places to use money. There is some money that I really want to use, but it's a pity that I can't use it."
Just as he said this, Guo Fengyou's voice said outside, "Sir, He Xianya is back and waiting outside the door."
Pang Yu clapped her hands to Pang Ding and said, "He's here just now. Let him come in quickly."
Pang Yu walked out of the study and waited for He Xianya in the back courtyard.
A moment later, He Xianya walked in behind Guo Fengyou. His face was a little unhappy. He used to see his second brother whenever he wanted, and he had never been stopped outside the gate, especially when Guo Fengyou knew his relationship with Pang Yu.
As soon as he saw Pang Yu, he quickly quickened his pace and passed Guo Fengyou, bowed to Pang Yu and said, "I have met you, sir."
Pang Yu laughed loudly and went over to raise his arm, looked him up and down and said, "I haven't seen my third brother for a long time. I'm really not used to it. I'm finally back. Things went smoothly."
He Xianya looked up at Pang Yu and said, "The matter of restoring the society's journal has been settled."