"Let's count the imperial courts that established power in Guangzhou," Zhang Yu said while eating. "Of course there is no one that unified China; there is no one in the south of the Yangtze River. At best, they are isolated vassal towns in one corner. Nanyue Kingdom Zuo Zuo
It's only a hundred years, and the Southern Han Dynasty has been a country for more than fifty years. One crab is not as good as one crab. I think the theory that Guangzhou has dragon veins is unreliable." After that, he patted his belly and said slowly.
After he said this, someone among the tea guests suddenly gave a thumbs up: "Brother Zhang is really full of knowledge!"
"Where is it?" Zhang Yu said modestly, but could not hide the pride on his face, "It's just a little bit of experience from reading history." He remembered the spirit conveyed at the public opinion officer meeting, and added: "Actually, these superficial things,
Just read more basic Australian magazines. Compared with large history books, it is not only explained clearly and clearly, but also thoroughly."
"Everyone knows that Brother Zhang, you are a Kun and you have a profound knowledge of Australian studies." The tea guests complimented one after another.
"There is no dragon vein in Guangzhou. If the Australians want to take over the world, won't there be huge variables?" Some people have begun to worry about the future of the Song Dynasty.
"The dragon veins of Australians are naturally in Australia. What does it have to do with Guangzhou?" A tea guest asked, "Besides, I haven't heard of any good Feng Shui in Qiongzhou Prefecture, so the Australians still do it."
"Good Feng Shui? Fengyang Mansion, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty, has good Feng Shui! Emperor Zhu came out, and the people all went out to beg for food and escape famine!" There was a tea guest who was a tea vendor, and he traveled all over the country and saw a lot.
When Zhang Yu heard that this was the right thing to say, he hurriedly said: "Yes, the only thing that has conquered the world since ancient times is the word 'people's hearts'."
Everyone nodded in agreement. The tea guest was still not satisfied and said with emotion: "After traveling all over the country in the past few years, I think Guangdong and Jiangnan are the blessed places. Other places are actually looking like the end of the world!"
"Speaking of which, Guangzhou is really a treasured place for Feng Shui! Hahaha."
Zhang Yu saw that the lecture was almost over and he had other things to do, so he stood up and left. After walking a few steps from his seat, the owner of the tea house waved to him again.
The owner of this tea house is an old acquaintance of Zhang Yu. It was he who "discovered" Zhang Yu and read all kinds of messy "Australian pamphlets" to the tea guests in the tea house, attracting a lot of business.
This small tea house has gained quite a reputation.
However, Zhang Yu was the one who "received the favor" at that time, but now it is completely different. The boss looked at the young man in front of him with complicated emotions. Not only had he grown a lot taller, but his aura and ecology were also different from the past, and he seemed to have the look of a "big shot" in his movements.
smell.
"This Huagulong is really lucky!" the boss thought, somehow he hooked up with the Australians! The Australians are really sick! Spend money to support such a small tea shop! Now Zhangjia Tea Shop
Not only is the store's business booming, but it has also built a large workshop to supply goods to Australians. It uses large ships to import materials and ship out goods. It is now the number one tea shop in Guangzhou. Even its own goods have to be imported into his store.
Sign a purchase and sales contract in advance, specify the monthly usage, and pay a deposit first, otherwise you will never get the goods. Which tea and food shop has this in the past?
Come here." The boss asked him to go into the single room. Zhang Yu said hurriedly: "I have something else to do, I'm busy at home."
"It won't take long. "I have something here that I can't decide on. You are familiar with Australians, can you give me an idea?"
We had to listen to what he had to say. After all, the owner of the tea house had been "kind to him" back then. He immediately said readily: "Don't take your ideas seriously. As long as you can trust me, I can make plans for you."
"You must also know, Ayu, that Australians are selling new coins." The boss looked outside and made sure that the clerks were performing their duties. The tea guests were talking loudly, and then lowered his voice, "Exchanging silver for silver coins, this is nothing. , Hongmao and Franji people also use silver coins, but I’m really worried about these silver dollar certificates and auxiliary currency certificates. Isn’t this what the old people said in the past?”
Just a month ago, on June 1, the Ministry of Finance and Finance officially started to issue new currency in the Guangdong region. This was because a briefing meeting had been held in the business community in advance, and the exchange was silver for silver coins. In addition to the different fines, different fees had to be paid during the exchange. In addition to the handling fee and cost of production, what everyone took out was silver, and what they got back was still silver, and they did not feel like they were at a disadvantage. Except for the need to deduct some "premiums" due to quality issues, the merchants and ordinary people could not say how big they were. Burden. What’s more, in the past, the fineness and weight of silver coins were different. Now, the silver coins exchanged are not only fine, uniform in size, but also in weight. There is no concern about fake silver. It can be regarded as a public and private convenience. Therefore, there is no problem in exchanging silver coins. There was so much resistance and even enthusiasm.
However, as the exchange work progressed, copper coin bank auxiliary notes and half-dollar notes began to be fully redeemed, and two-cent silver coin circulation notes began to appear on the market. This immediately aroused concern among the general public, especially small and medium-sized businessmen.
For small businessmen like the owner of the tea house, this is a matter of life and death. Small businessmen like them mainly deal with small amounts of currency in their daily business life. Although there are many guests who come to drink tea who spend a lot of money, However, most of the guests only spent a few hundred Wen to one or two taels of silver. When he went out to buy ingredients, the transaction amount was also very small. Except for a small amount of bulk supplies, the fresh ingredients were purchased at small amounts every day. It is mainly small-denomination currency.
Before Guangzhou was restored, he used various kinds of copper coins of varying quality. Because the local copper coins were insufficient, he also used a kind of small silver beans privately minted by merchants and large households. The weights varied, and the quality could only be roughly examined. , there is no way to care about whether it is good or bad. After all, this thing is too small. Fortunately, it has the word "silver" on it. As long as the quality is not a mess, you can always spend it, but it will take some effort. Because of the lack of currency for small amounts, I have no choice but to At that time, I even made a "tea chip" by myself, which I used to make change for regular tea customers and purchase goods from familiar merchants. Of course, this also required a lot of effort and some favors.
When it comes to Australians minting new coins, he has nothing against it. The shiny silver dollars are not only heavy in the hand, but also comfortable to look at.
Now Australians have to completely exchange loose silver and copper coins and replace them with auxiliary coins of banknotes. This is a bolt from the blue for small businessmen.
"A'yu, think about it, how much turnover can one of my customers here make? It's a business of several hundred cents. How many dimes can I collect in a day? Needless to say, it's all paid with the coin coupons. Not to mention
It is said that Australians want silver coins again, and they are said to be circulated in equal amounts with silver coins. If the customer wants to use them to pay the bill, I don't necessarily say not to accept them! I am a young man, a clerk and an apprentice, working for a day to exchange a pile of Song Dynasty treasure notes
It is said that it is circulated in equal amounts, but after all it is just a piece of paper. I really don’t trust it.” The boss said with an expression of “I trust you with your life and fortune”, “You are familiar with Australians and are taken care of by the elders. Is there any truth in this matter?
Spectrum?"
Speaking of this, Zhang Yu himself was filled with emotions, because the words of the tea house boss were almost the same as what his father said.
The Zhangjia tea shop has now been reorganized into "Zhangji Food Co., Ltd." in the hands of veteran Zhang Yikun. As for the details of the reorganization, no one in the Zhangjia family understands it. It is all Zhang Yikun who can't write two Zhangs in one sentence.
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It was for this reason that Zhang Yu’s cousin was sent to “learn Australian bookkeeping.” Zhang’s tea shop originally had no accountant. The similarities and differences between Australian bookkeeping and Ming Dynasty’s bookkeeping are the key. The key to Australian bookkeeping is
"Cash does not stay overnight and money is transferred from account to account".
Cash does not stay overnight, which means that after accounting every night, the cash will be transferred to Zhang Ji's company account in Delong Bank. In the past, Zhang Yu's mother would personally move the cash box to the back room and close the door.
Let’s take a careful inventory and put them into categories.
The Zhang family has also thought about depositing money on the counter of a big shop to earn interest, but their shop is small and has low turnover, and there is a place for spending money as soon as the shop opens, so they can't save much money, and business has not been good these years.
, I spend my savings every year. I have no idea about this kind of thing.
Nowadays, the business is good, but the money does not come into my house: I go directly to the bank and get a brochure. How much money my shop has is just a few numbers on the brochure. I can't see or touch it. I'm running a small business.
It is inevitable that people will feel a little flustered. This is another time. The most important thing is that you can’t spend money casually!
In the past, the finances of the Zhang family's tea and food shop were not divided into different stores. When Zhang Yu wanted to buy a sesame seed cake, Zhang's father went to the tea house to drink tea and eat glutinous rice chicken, and Zhang Yu's mother went to buy a dish, she would just take the money directly from the counter, and record it in the running account.
Even if the pen is good, if you forget it, just forget about it. Although you have a general idea of how the business is doing, the specific profit and loss must be obtained in three sections. The accounts are paid, the debts are collected, the two are offset, and then all kinds of odds and ends are charged.
Only through detailed income and expenditure accounts can we know the profit and loss figures. Because family and personal expenses are mixed in, the actual operating situation of the store is a confusing account.
But it is different now. The company's accounts are completely separate from the family's expenses. The Zhang family and his son, like the clerks and apprentices in the store, receive a "salary" from the store on a monthly basis. In addition, they can no longer pay arbitrarily to
Account expenses. The most important thing is that all company expenses, as long as they exceed a certain amount, must be paid with "checks". And the seller must also provide "tickets".
This system is not only promoted in Zhangji Food Company, but the Australians are also promoting it in the entire city of Guangzhou. All commercial and handicraft enterprises above designated size must switch to this financial system.
As a result, Zhang Yu and his son soon discovered that their business was getting bigger and bigger, but the number of shiny silver coins was getting less and less. (To be continued.)
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