Zhu Hao came home that day, and Zhu Niang took a bunch of invitations and handed them to him.
"Xiao Hao, you haven't come back these two days. Many people came here to send invitations, saying that they wanted to invite you to attend the cultural gathering, sit down and discuss knowledge together, and my mother asked Xiao Bai to tell them that you are in the palace and may not be able to fulfill the contract, but they
Insist on leaving the invitation...see when you are free and go and participate."
Zhu Niang was very happy.
Zhu Hao passed the government examination and was immediately looking for candidates. It is said that he was directly recommended to pass, which is equivalent to saying that he wanted more talented masters as his sons.
In her opinion, these invitations are an affirmation of her son. It is a great honor to be unanimously recognized by local students in Anlu at such a young age.
Zhu Hao said: "Mom, what do you think is a good thing? They don't know what my talents are, and they want to invite me over and embarrass me face to face."
"Your case is made with real materials, why are you afraid of getting into trouble?"
Madam Zhu didn’t think so.
Since you are under suspicion, you should bravely prove yourself. What do you mean by always hiding?
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Mom, why do I have to prove my talents to the local scholars? The more mysterious and unpredictable it is, the more doubtful they are, and the less they dare to act rashly. Instead, I eagerly ran to prove myself... One time they competed
However, there will be a second and third time, so will I still have time to study?"
Zhu Niang sighed softly: "I don't know much about scholars, so you can just think it's appropriate... By the way, Xiaohao, didn't you say you want to return the business to your family? Is there any news?"
Zhu Niang didn't know Zhu Hao's plan, so she actually started urging him.
Zhu Hao spread his hands and said: "I don't know how it happened. The Zhu family was very cautious this time. Maybe they were afraid that I would dig a trap for them, or maybe the old lady didn't go out often recently and her eyes and ears were blocked? Could it be that we were allowed to take care of the business ourselves?
Handed to the door? Oh, it’s really annoying.”
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It seemed very difficult to send a business out now, and Zhu Hao became suspicious.
In fact, the Zhu family has really received the news, but recently the second eldest son of the Zhu family, Zhu Wanjian, went north to the capital to find his eldest brother. The real person in charge of the Zhu family is Zhu Jia, who acts more cautiously and is not as reckless as Zhu Wanjian.
On this day, Butler Liu informed the old lady of the information he had collected.
"...It is true that the Third Madam's business has encountered difficulties. It is said that the shopkeepers have been unable to pay their wages and are now gathering to discuss rebellion. The owners of the shops and warehouses plan to take back the houses and sublet them to others...
… None of the merchants in the Dukou Market were willing to sign a guarantee with the third lady. She had made a lot of money from her business before, and they were all jealous… Now the third lady has become a target of public criticism…”
What Butler Liu said was all based on on-the-spot investigation.
Of course, what he could see and hear was all carefully designed by Zhu Hao and allowed for him to discover.
No matter how shrewd Butler Liu is, he would never have thought that Zhu Hao had planned a big flood. The area of the Dukou market would eventually become Zeguo, and the goods stored there would eventually be destroyed. The difficulty of guessing it was unbelievable.
Zhu Jiashi pondered for a while and asked: "Then the third family just accepted the status quo and didn't make any reaction?"
"They are working around, and they haven't said anything about borrowing money, but it seems that they are indeed encountering difficulties in business. Anlu has recently come to do business with many merchants from various places. The newly arrived local Zhang Zhizhou saw that Anlu's business is prosperous, and the exploitation of merchants is getting increasingly serious.
, they are even more ruthless when encountering orphans and widowers like the third lady. I also heard that Zhang Zhizhou’s brother-in-law is already making a living in Zhangluo..."
Butler Liu gave another piece of news and went on to introduce it in detail: "The man's name is Xu Han. He is vicious and unscrupulous in his actions. It is said that he has a close relationship with a certain father-in-law in Dongchang. He may be an adopted son or something. When he comes to the local area, he relies on Zhang Zhizhou's help.
He is powerful and wants to get involved in local business."
Zhu Jiashi nodded: "So, the business of the third family will be taken away by him, right?"
Liu Guanjia shook his head: "I heard that this person doesn't like running a collapsed house. Maybe he thinks it's too hard. You can't make much money by buying low and selling high, but you're annoying people to death. If we can expand our business, we can cooperate with him.
If so, we may be able to completely monopolize the import and export channels of local goods... It's just the business with Prince Xing's Mansion..."
Butler Liu is very "sensible". He understands that the Zhu family cannot touch Zhu Niang now. The biggest reason is that Zhu Niang has mastered the goods procurement and sales channels of Xingwangfu. Even if he takes over the collapsed house business, Xingwangfu will not choose to fight with the Zhu family.
When working together, both parties naturally stand on opposite sides.
Zhu Jiashi said: "The third child's family is doing business with Prince Xing's Mansion, so let her continue doing it. It's just to run errands for the Su boss... The local house collapse business will be taken over by the Zhu family.
It’s safe, no matter what, we are a family of thousands of Jinyiwei families, and the local state capital does not dare to offend us easily.”
Butler Liu nodded and asked for instructions again: "Old madam, what should we do now?"
"Continue to put pressure on, buy off the shopkeepers of Lao San's family, guys, and let them cause trouble. As long as Lao San's family can't make money, cannot make ends meet, and are boycotted by their peers, they will naturally hand over the business, unless they want to embarrass the government... The government will do whatever they want.
If you exploit me a little, I'm afraid you won't even be able to save your house!"
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Tang Yin has been busy contacting people from Prince Xiang's Mansion these past two days.
Once he arrived, he kept the other party in the dark for a few days, and then Tang Yin showed up to receive him. The other party didn't know that he was the famous Tang Bohu, so he just regarded him as an ordinary staff member of the palace and refused to cooperate in any way.
This kind of negotiation will not lead to any results at all. After all, no one is willing to spit out the fat in their mouths, and the negotiation has reached a deadlock for a while.
At this time, Tang Yin wanted to ask Zhu Hao for help, but he was a little embarrassed.
The new teacher in the palace still has not been found. Yuan Zonggao did find a candidate before, but later he failed to fulfill the contract either to avoid suspicion or because something happened at home. As a result, the teaching work of the school is now mainly completed by Zhu Hao.
Since Tang Yin was responsible for the external publicity affairs of the palace, he only appeared in class less than half the time before.
Zhu Hao also had to take care of business matters, and was very busy for a while.
Shopkeeper Ma took advantage of his lunch break to come to the west gate of the palace to wait for Zhu Hao to come out and explain to him the implementation of the plan.
"...Little boss, it's strange to say that the old lady of the Zhu family did not go to the court immediately this time. Instead, she sent someone to contact the shopkeeper and clerk in the Dukou Residence shop, and frequently incited the people below to rebel.
I killed you...this is not a good sign."
Shopkeeper Ma is the executor of the plan and is aware of Zhu Hao's overall considerations, but the Zhu family's actions are also unconventional, leaving him a little confused.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "My grandmother is still smart. She knows that even if we take away all our business, it will not help. It is just a few stores and warehouses. They are just acting as middlemen to make profit. It doesn't matter whether we have a warehouse over the ferry or not."
Come on, if we don’t rent from Dong’s, we can rent from West’s. Networking and sales channels are more important... They are taking action in a targeted manner, which is really clever.”
Shopkeeper Ma asked: "Then how should we deal with it?"
Zhu Hao said: "Those shopkeepers and clerks, not everyone is of the same mind as us. There are always some who are not good enough and think they are omnipotent, and there are also those who always fail to meet the standards in performance assessment, so let them rebel! We pretend not to know.
Love is good..."
"What...what? We don't do anything?" Shopkeeper Ma wanted to say, knowing clearly that his subordinates were rebelling, but just waiting to see what happened, isn't this too unkind?
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "It's just a pretense. It's best to let the Zhu family think it's their own plan and take away our shop, warehouse and traitors all at once, including the connections and business controlled by the traitors, and then come to my mother again."
Forced into a uterus... When the time comes, we will borrow Poxiadonkey and hand over some business to them..."
What could Shopkeeper Ma think? "It's okay to leave the small business, the store and the warehouse to them. Why should we also leave our connections and business channels to them?"
Zhu Hao said: "The business of buying low and selling high is not profitable to begin with. When a flood comes, even if the goods are piled up in the city, there is no guarantee that there will be no problems. Recently, my focus is on disaster relief supplies.
, stock up in advance, and as for daily necessities, cultural supplies, production materials and other businesses, they are ready to be resold... It's just a show and a complete set."
Shopkeeper Ma looked aggrieved.
Are you handing over all my business to the Zhu family and making me a polished commander?
There are also disaster relief supplies. If the floods don't come, all the businesses I'm responsible for here will go bankrupt...
"Dongzhu Su, there has been no news recently. For example, what kind of military supplies are needed in the northwest? If there are any, we can take the opportunity to send out a batch of goods and clear out the warehouse." Zhu Hao asked with a smile.
Shopkeeper Ma thought for a while and shook his head.
He is no longer under Su Xigui. If something happens to his former employer, he will definitely not inform him first. But if anything happens, he will be aware of it later.
Zhu Hao said: "Then follow my instructions. If there are not many people below who rebel, then find someone to jump up and down and fan the flames everywhere to see how many people can withstand the test!"
Shopkeeper Ma was very anxious after hearing this.
Is there any reason to push the shopkeeper and waiters outside?
It would be fine if there were problems with the business, but now that the business is going smoothly, even if some shopkeepers and clerks are incompetent, we cannot give them the opportunity to change jobs.
"Lao Ma, let's take advantage of this incident to see who among the shopkeepers and clerks is loyal to us, and make a choice based on our heart... In short, those who betrayed this time will no longer be employed in the future, and they will have to pay a certain amount.
At the price, those who are loyal will be vigorously promoted and reused... Is it difficult to train a few people in the tooth business these days?"
Zhu Hao gave the reason.
Most of the shopkeepers and clerks under him are inherited from Su Xigui. These people have no loyalty to Zhu Hao himself, and they all join Zhu Hao for profit.
The assessment system caused those who were not good enough to complain. Some were expelled, while others were struggling near the passing line and miserable. They had no choice but to comply because they could make money working under Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao is now creating an illusion to make them think that Zhu Niang and her son are doomed, and they can choose whether to stay or accept the Zhu family's instigation...
When the floods pass, Zhu Hao will reorganize the ferry business and integrate it into a modern business model.
This is considered a reshuffle.
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Zhu Hao's plan was implemented step by step.
The Zhu family was indeed tricked.
Six or seven disloyal shopkeepers under Shopkeeper Ma united to cooperate with the Zhu family. In order to buy them off, the Zhu family promised to give them a certain proportion of shares and dividends in new business, and they would be given commissions for every business completed, which was better than Zhu Hao's.
This generous owner is two points higher.
For a time, not only Zhu Hao's subordinates, but also the shopkeepers and clerks of the dilapidated houses run by other merchants in the ferry wanted to change jobs.
"Let me tell you, this time we are cooperating with Mr. Xu from the state government...does Mr. Xu know who it is? He is the brother-in-law of Xinzhizhou. He has a lot of business. If he wants to transport goods into the city in the future, without Xu
I’m afraid it won’t work if the master speaks. You all should think about it carefully. If you want to follow suit, hand over the business channels you control... You will never treat anyone badly. "
Butler Liu personally brainwashed this group of people, and for a while people were restless and undercurrents surged.