Chapter 196 The break between He Yan and the aristocratic family (1)
As the year draws to a close, those who engage in war are still engaged in war, those engaged in politics are still engaged in politics, and of course those engaged in making money are still engaged in making money.
He Yan was sitting in He Wu's hall. Below him, He Kui and Yin Lang were sitting in front of several thick stacks of huge account books.
"It's all settled. Every one of Hewu's waiters must be right."
What is recorded in the ledger is not He Wu's expenses for the year, but the wages of He Wu's waiters.
Because most of the waiters in Hewu have undetermined levels, unknown salaries, and unclear numbers, the salary is also extremely sloppy. Everyone can only be paid at a rate that is 30% higher than what is paid in the market.
The amount of the project was extremely huge, but it was still good for the waiters. Even He Kui sighed with emotion after finishing the calculation: "This move by the head of the family can be regarded as the ultimate benevolence and righteousness."
He Yan:???
He looked at He Kui with disdain: "Everyone sells their labor to me, and I distribute wages to everyone. This is obviously a normal thing, but why do you think I am benevolent and righteous?"
He Kui's flattery was afraid of touching the horse's legs, which made He Kui's eyes drift to other places unconsciously.
"You have a share too!"
He Yan threw out another ledger: "The He and Yin clan members you brought will be calculated as twice the salary of the others."
Yin Lang swallowed, tears almost falling from his eyes: "What does the head of the family mean by this? Could it be that he treats us as outsiders?"
He Yan narrowed his eyes: "You guys have been kicked in the head by Cao Jie? I don't even want to give you any money? Are you thinking of embezzling and getting the big head?"
These words made Yin Min frightened and quickly knelt down to He Yan: "Master! We have absolutely no intention of doing this! Every money and food in the account book of the master is clearly recorded. There is absolutely no way that I can do anything to deceive the master!"
He Yan sighed.
It stands to reason that He Kui and Yin Min are both real "educated people", but why are they more stubborn than some illiterate peasants?
Do something - give money.
It’s such a simple employment relationship, why do we have to add something else to it?
Could it be that they are unhappy because someone voted for their feelings in vain and others don't vote for them?
"Take it! If you don't want to take it, get out!"
He Yan was really depressed.
If possible, he would rather hope that people like He Kui would come to him with benches and sticks to ask for wages, instead of asking them to take the money like begging grandpa to sue grandma.
"Also, from now on, the wages of Hewu's waiters will be paid once a month! Don't delay it until the Chinese New Year every time, otherwise what will other aristocratic families think if you tell us?"
Yin Min was a little confused: "Other aristocratic families?"
Don't make trouble, He Yan is the only one responsible for paying the waiters. How can anyone dare to mock He Yan?
"They will give it to them sooner or later...besides, what's the difference between this and giving wages to the common people in the workshop?"
Speaking of workshops, He Yan thought of the two factories he ran.
Textiles, furniture.
The profits of these two factories may not be that high now, but they almost set an example for the Xuchang family, letting them know how the workshop needs to go in the two basic directions.
"I haven't paid attention to the activities of these two workshops for a year."
For workshop owners, this is undoubtedly unqualified.
"You have nothing to do, so bring over the account books of the two factories and let me take a look."
But when He Kui brought the two ledgers to He Yan, He Yan almost spit out his saliva.
"Why...just such a small amount of money?"
Ever since He Yan took a stake in Zhongyuan Grain Store, he actually no longer cared about the little money from the workshop.
However, He Yan can roughly estimate the profits of other workshops from the income scale of his own workshop.
If the profits of all workshop owners are so low, then do you think those guys with little knowledge will return to the farmland and enslave the people?
"Come to the workshop with me."
He Kui and Yin Lang saw that He Yan didn't look good, so they ignored the account books in their hands and followed He Yan to the workshop near Hewu.
Now the layout of the entire city of Xuchang has basically formed a dual core of Xuchang main city and Hewu.
The main city of Xuchang has garrisoned elite military camps and a large amount of farmland, which is basically no different from other large agricultural cities.
On the Hewu side, apart from Hewu and Hewu Seventh Courtyard in the center, there are a large number of workshops scattered throughout.
Textile, papermaking, and countless light industrial workshops together create an unprecedented but vibrant scene.
"its not right!"
This scene should have made He Yan happy, but it made He Yan even more confused.
"According to the income from my workshop, shouldn't it be that the current workshop is almost dead? How come the current workshop is still so prosperous?"
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
He Yan turned around and looked at He Kui and Yin Lang suspiciously: "I said, are you really corrupt?"
These words frightened the two of them and they started arguing on a sunny day: "No! Absolutely not!"
He Yan also began to waver in his heart, but in order to avoid the two of them, he still made a special trip to his workshop.
Um.
People are still the same people.
But basically no one is working!
"what happened?"
He Yan did not lose his temper in a hurry, but called several people in charge in the workshop to inquire about the situation.
These people were all members of the Deng clan whom He Yan abducted from near Xinye with Cao Ren. They were quite familiar with He Yan. After seeing He Yan, they directly complained to He Yan——
"Marquis Shen! It's not that I don't work hard! I really can't sell anything!"
If something cannot be sold, there is no need to reproduce it. This principle couldn't be simpler. Even Yang Xiu came to see him because of this matter, which eventually led to the birth of the trading house and Cao Pi Bank.
"I see."
He Yan suddenly lost his urgency.
"When the trading houses are opened and circulation is established, things will naturally be sold."
Just when He Yan thought everything was solved, the person in charge of the workshop smiled bitterly again——
"Marquis Shen, it's not because we produce too much and can't sell it, but because the price we sell it for is too high!"
He Yan:???
Don't talk nonsense!
I set the prices for the goods in the workshop myself!
Excluding the cost, He Yan opened the workshop purely for charity! How could there be a problem that the price is too high?
Fortunately, someone beside him asked He Yan to explain: "It's not that our price is too expensive, it's that those turtle grandsons are selling it for too low a price!"
Turtle grandson?
After He Yan inquired, he learned that the so-called "Tie Sun" was a workshop opened by other aristocratic families.
"its not right!"
He Yan asked again in surprise: "I almost always buy takeout at cost price. How much cheaper can they get?"
"Why can't it be cheaper?"
The person in charge of the workshop seemed to be resentful when he said this: "Marquis Shen, our workshop pays a person a minimum salary of 200 yuan a month, but they don't need to pay salary at all. This time, money is saved."
Yet?"
Nest grass?
Everyone in He Yan was dumbfounded.
"No wages? Do those people want to starve the people to death?"
When people used to live in the fields, no matter how much they were exploited, they could still have some food left in their hands to survive.
But now that the common people have come to the workshops, what they produce is no longer food, but commodities. If we continue to cheat at this time, isn't this going to push the common people to death?
"They don't care about any of this!"
The person in charge of the workshop has long seen through those gangsters.
"Anyway, in the end, the government is in charge, and they don't need to be responsible for those people!"
He Yan:???
At this moment, He Yan himself felt dizzy.
After He Yan recovered, He Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Don't those people know that they come to us? Do we pay them lower wages than others?"
But as soon as he asked, He Yan regretted it.
The people kidnapped by their clans and bloodlines have not yet evolved to the point where they "only care about money".
Sometimes, just because of the words of their elders, they have to give up their two hundred yuan salary and choose to find a salary of one hundred yuan or even no money.
Just like He Kui and Yin Lang.
When He Yan wanted to pay them wages, the two acted as if He Yan was going to kill them, as if He Yan was hurting the feelings of both clans by paying them wages...
"That's not good!"
He Yan touched his chin and said to himself: "If this continues, there will be big trouble!"
Although He Yan had known for a long time that the family had no moral integrity, he didn't know that they had no moral integrity to this extent!
What about the "benevolence" that was promised? Where was the "love for the people" that was promised? In the end, all the benevolence ended up in the dog's belly?
"In my name, I am sending invitations to several important families in Xuchang, asking them to come to Hewu."
Because they all share a common interest, everyone basically didn't lose face to He Yan, and they all came to He Wu according to the agreed time.
He Yan was not polite to them. After a few simple greetings, he directly revealed the problems in the workshop.
"Everyone."
He Yan knocked on the table: "A workshop is not a farmland! The previous method is no longer applicable!"
In the era of big landlords, there were certainly no landlords who distributed money to their tenants. Because in their philosophy, the owner of the farmland itself was themselves, and allowing tenants to plant on their own farmland was a great gift. Taking away the tenants’ property
It is only natural to go out.
For thousands of years, this kind of relationship has maintained the lives of the big landowners, which also made them think that they could graft this kind of relationship into their workshops.
But He Yan told them - no!
"First! If you don't eat, you will starve to death! This is a truth that everyone understands! Don't expect anyone to wipe your butt!"
"Second! Since everyone's goal is to pull down the person sitting on top, we must bear the consequences of pulling him down!"
The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
Everyone wants to eat the cake of imperial power, but while eating the cake, we must also shoulder the responsibility.
This so-called "responsibility" is to support the people's most basic survival.
"However, Marquis Shen must not be so willful again in the future."