The good news doesn’t stop there. Zhang Siwei told Gao Pragmatic that his current monthly salary is calculated based on the close relatives of the Zhang family, which is twenty-five taels per month. In other words, next month he will receive
Save up a thousand taels of silver.
Gao Pinggong said sincerely that the Zhang family was indeed a wealthy family of salt merchants, and the monthly amount of silver he received was more than three times what he had in the Gao family - he also had a monthly amount of silver in the Gao family, eight taels per month.
Now adding up the two sides, his monthly salary is thirty-three taels, which is almost half of the official salary of the "Prince and Grand Master".
In fact, he is an eight-year-old child, and now he is with Gao Gong. He usually doesn't need to spend money at all, but the atmosphere in Ming Dynasty is like this now. Most of the children of wealthy families have money, so naturally he will not be an exception. And Gao Gong
Although from the perspective of a family of officials, Gao Gong's family is quite contented with poverty, and Gao Gong has not purchased even an acre of land in his hometown in recent years. However, after all, the Gao family has been officials for several generations, and after decades of accumulation, they can be regarded as a wealthy family in the local area.
How could a wealthy family miss his share of the money?
But after all, in terms of wealth, the Gao family is far from comparable to the Zhang family, who was born as a wealthy salt merchant. Therefore, it is reasonable for the Zhang family to give an extra high monthly salary. You must know that the Zhang family’s status in the business world
But it is quite high, and it almost monopolizes the famous Changlu Saltworks. Moreover, the Zhang family does not fight independently in the shopping mall, but works together. It is the "three coalitions" of Zhang, Wang and Ma - the Zhang Siwei family, the Wang Chonggu family and the Ma family.
The business cooperation alliance of the Ziqiang family. The combination of these three families almost monopolized the salt market in the northern border of Ming Dynasty, and even occupied a huge share of the salt market in the entire north.
From the point of view of Gao Pragmatic, a "latecomer", he is not particularly opposed to monopoly, because according to historical experience, "state monopoly capitalism" is a good way to make the country rich and powerful quickly, although it does have some minor flaws.
But until he traveled through it, he had never seen any road without problems. Therefore, monopoly in a certain degree and in a certain way, high pragmatism is acceptable and even willing to promote it.
However, this does not mean that the current Zhang Wangma Alliance is in line with the pragmatic thinking - the highly pragmatic view is actually very utilitarian in the final analysis: I don't care if you have a monopoly or not, I only care whether the country benefits from it. p>
If the result of your monopoly is that you are richest in the world but the country gets nothing, then Gao Pragmatism will definitely think that this kind of monopoly is not necessary. On the contrary, the result of your monopoly is that although you are rich in wealth, the country also benefits a lot.
Then Gao Pragmatic will think that this monopoly is not bad.
After all, it is impossible for a businessman to work in vain for the country without any income. Gao Pragmatic believes that there is an unknown one in ten thousand chance of an official who "serves the people wholeheartedly". After all, Hai Rui and Hai Qingtian are currently in Yingtian Mansion with Xu
What is Huating doing? But he will never believe that there are businessmen who "serve the people wholeheartedly".
Businessmen will always pursue profits. Businessmen who do not pursue profits do not exist and cannot survive - unless they have other agendas.
The Zhang Wangma Alliance, in Gao Pragmatic's opinion, is a typical "self-enrichment" business alliance, in which the country can hardly gain any benefits - at least it should be said that the benefits obtained are not in the same league as the price paid.
At the level of interests.
The so-called monopoly of salt fields in the Ming Dynasty actually mainly focused on the monopoly of salt imports. This issue involved a system that lasted for almost 150 years. In short, merchants transported grain to the frontiers, and the government provided salt imports to merchants.
If it can ensure the food needs of the border troops and even part of the food storage, the greater the chance of obtaining a large amount of salt. According to the principle of wealth concentration, over time, these salts will gradually gather in the hands of a very small number of people, forming a monopoly.
This method seems to have benefited the country a lot. At least the food supply for the border troops seems to have been well solved. However, from a highly pragmatic perspective, the salt merchants have made huge profits, while the country's profits are relatively small.
It's just too much less, and it really can't be said to be a fair deal.
The Zhang family is a wealthy man in Puzhou, and is naturally a member of Shanxi merchants. Gao Pragmatic was very wary of Shanxi merchants in the late Ming Dynasty, because historically they actually became a traitorous business group - so after the Qing army seized the world, they
Several major representatives in China became the so-called imperial merchants.
Therefore, in Gao Pragmatic's view, the big problem of Shanxi merchants is not domestic monopoly, but smuggling. In this regard, what Shanxi merchants are doing can be said to be digging the grave of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, he also knows that this problem is actually
It's very complicated - for example, the border army is in dire straits, and they have to rely on smuggling to make profits, which can be said to be drinking poison to quench their thirst. And this also involves many generals of the border army seeking personal gain, etc.
All in all, just looking for reasons and accusing certain people is not comprehensive. In the final analysis, Gao Pragmatic believes that the current policies of the Ming Dynasty are completely backward and outdated. Only by changing the policies can a better solution be solved. However, this point
, Gao Pragmatic is definitely powerless at the moment.
He decided to act slowly according to the plan he had set a few years ago.
As for the Zhang family's extraordinary money, it is basically a windfall for Gao Pragmatic. This windfall makes his plan seem to be slightly ahead of schedule. So the first thing to do now is to generate income and collect money.<
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Of course, as a time-traveler who wants to make a difference, his method of making money is definitely not to take bribes in the name of being a high-profile person - this is too low-end, too suicidal, and simply insults the reputation of a time-traveler.
Well!
At least he was also the person who presided over the government affairs of a town back then... Well, the layout of a town is a bit small, but as the saying goes, a sparrow is small but has all the internal organs. Even if it is just the government affairs of a town, under the general premise of modern society
, enough to cover all aspects. After all, whether it is agriculture, industry or the development of various tertiary industries, as well as the coordination of relationships between various departments, enterprises and villages, etc., he is needed.
Arrange, handle and even supervise.
As for making money specifically, as a modern person, there are actually many methods that can be used, but when something is launched, it needs to be decided according to one's own situation. For example, Gao Pragmatic knows several important aspects of the development of firearms.
At this stage, he also knew several key issues in the development of firearms in the Ming Dynasty, and even roughly knew where to start with the improvement and innovation of certain firearms. However, it is definitely impossible for him to do it now. The reason is very simple -
If you, an eight-year-old child, do this, you will not only find it difficult to get support, but you may even be treated as a monster. Worse, you may lose the opportunity to promote the development of firearms. Therefore, good things must be developed at the right time.
Launched.
Age, for now, is a constraint on his plans to make money, which determines that he cannot produce products that are too "high-tech". But the trouble is that if simple products are only creative, they are too difficult to produce and
Without the blessing of a monopoly effect, it is difficult to make a lot of money, because it will soon be imitated. Once a more powerful businessman or business gang takes a fancy to this business and intervenes strongly, he, the Yangtze River frontier, will have to be shot to death.