Liu Zhang smiled and said: "You are all scholars and are not familiar with the rules of business operations. If business wants to prosper for a long time, it is impossible to just give profits to the wealthy families. This will instead develop the privileged mentality of the wealthy families and form a family chaebol. We must
There is a good market environment that allows wealthy families to actively participate. The establishment of the bank is to create a good market environment.
The parity mechanism prevents businessmen from hoarding and driving up prices, and uses this to oppress small traders. As long as the market environment is good, private commerce will inevitably rise, and the bank's loan mechanism can cultivate a large number of small businesses. As long as there is a business atmosphere, those wealthy families will see profits.
Picture, you must be involved.”
Fazheng nodded slightly and said: "Chengdu has its own business foundation. As long as the Mufu government induces it, it will definitely prosper. My lord, what is the second measure?"
"Second, Yizhou implements a public land system, taking land as public property and renting it to poor peasants who have no land..."
Before Liu Zhang finished speaking, several people's eyes widened. Even the two generals Zhang Ren and Yan Yan raised their heads. Fa Zheng immediately said: "Lord, this is absolutely not allowed. This order will be beneficial to you."
The wealthy families in the state have no choice but to rebel. Those lands have been occupied by the wealthy families for dozens of hundreds of years. How can it be possible that they will be taken back to the Mufu just because they say it will be taken back to the Mufu? This move by my lord is tantamount to perverse behavior. Please think twice, lord."
Huang Quan and others bowed together: "My lord, please think again."
"Think twice, think twice, can you wait until I finish speaking?" Liu Zhang rolled his eyes at a few people and said to Fa Zheng: "You think I don't know that those wealthy people regard land as life, and if they want to take their land, it's better to just take it away
They arrested and killed some small landowners who had worked hard all their lives to save their fortunes. I went to take advantage of them. Aren't I afraid of thunder and lightning?
There is a process of returning land to public ownership. We can offer a relatively high price to purchase the land that the common people have no choice but to sell, and then rent it to poor peasants who have no land at a low price. This will not infringe on the interests of the wealthy families, but also curb the mergers and acquisitions of the wealthy families.
, and at the same time alleviate the land crisis of poor peasants, why not?
Let me explain to you, the purchase of land from poor peasants at high prices has two purposes. One is to stabilize public security. Think about it, who are the people selling the land? Who is not hungry for food, weddings, funerals, and epidemics? We pay high prices
By buying their land, they will have money to alleviate the crisis, and then rent it to them at a low price. They will still have land to farm, so they will not be desperate and take risks.
The second is to resist land annexation by wealthy families. Since wealthy families cannot buy land, their money will naturally be saved. What will they do with the saved money? Apart from being misers, what will they do if they don’t use it for business? This is to cut out the last resort and acquire land.
It will cost a lot of money, but the business can help in return. It depends on whether our official business can take a good lead. Wang Fu, are you confident?"
Wang Fu looked at Liu Zhang, hesitated and said: "My lord, I forgive you, my subordinate. I don't have much confidence, but I will do my best to complete what my lord has delegated."
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "It's not your fault. You have never been engaged in commercial activities. Let me give you a way. You hire the shopkeepers of those private companies at high prices and let them guide you. As for the manual assembly line workshops, you slowly explore.
Let me just tell you that the so-called assembly line is to divide the manufacturing process of a product into many single steps. Each person is responsible for one step, and then they work together to complete it."
"Oh." Wang Fu had some understanding, "Repeated movements will inevitably speed up the movements and make it easier to master."
"You're not stupid. If you still don't have confidence, I'll give you some products besides Shu brocade tomorrow." Liu Zhang said, patting Wang Fu on the shoulder and said softly: "I'll make you money."
Wang Fu smiled bitterly.
"Okay." Liu Zhang made a concluding speech: "Zhang Ren and Yan Yan are responsible for the expansion of the army. Wang Fu's most important work is the examination of the four civil servants and the establishment of government-run businesses and assembly lines. Huang Quan also learned from the experience and promoted it to all of Xichuan in the future.
In addition, after the price of land purchase has been determined, notices can be posted, especially the land left by the Jiangzhou family. Dong He was ordered to sell the land for more than five times the market price, and the rent leased to poor peasants should not exceed the market price.
One-third of it, okay, let’s disperse.”
"Uh, lord..." Zhang Song suddenly spoke. Seeing Liu Zhang hesitate to speak, he said cautiously: "My lord, has there been something you have forgotten?"
Several other people looked at Zhang Song's expression and burst into laughter. Zhang Song glanced at them. Liu Zhang looked at Zhang Song, slapped his forehead and said: "Oh, I almost forgot, your appointment is very important. You
He is the first president of the Central Bank of Chengdu and the establishment and operation of the Governor's Bank. It is a bit troublesome to open the bank. We will pilot it in Chengdu and surrounding counties first and give you three months."
"Bank president?" After the others dispersed, Zhang Song stood there blankly, not turning around yet. Even though he was so smart, he didn't know what the bank president meant.
In the dead of night, the lights in Huang Quan's room were still bright. Huang Yue came out with a cup of tea and said with concern: "Brother, you should have a rest. You just came back from the expedition yesterday and you stayed up late today. Your body will not be able to bear it."
Huang Quan glanced at his sister with a smile, and said while writing something: "It's nothing. Now Yizhou is in a critical period of development. I have been entrusted with important tasks. How can I live up to the kindness of my lord? The lord will gather the refugees and create a prosperous future."
The matters of mulberry farming and land acquisition have been entrusted to me, and I must handle them well."
Huang Yue put the steaming tea on the coffee table, squatted down, and said to Huang Quan a little shyly: "Brother, this Master Zhou Mu seems to be different from what we heard in Langzhong."
Huang Quan said casually: "That's natural. My lord is the wise master of the world. He cares about the sufferings of the people and has great ambitions. Alas, he is just too upright in character and does not rub sand and mud. We ministers need to think more about these.
I am the one who formulated the land acquisition strategy and must submit it to the lord tomorrow morning..."
"Tomorrow morning?" Huang Yue asked in surprise: "This Master Zhou Mu is too inconsiderate to my subordinates. He just returned to the city yesterday. He stayed up late tonight to write the strategy, and he still has to submit it early tomorrow morning?"
"How do you speak?" Huang Quan scolded Huang Yue, and then sighed: "Land acquisition offends the interests of the wealthy family, so we must be cautious, but I know what the lord is thinking. In half a month, the Ghost Festival will be held to worship the heaven, and the lord will gather with the family, so it must be
I hope these policies can be implemented before then so that we can see the reaction of the wealthy families. Time is running out..."
Having said this, Huang Quan suddenly frowned, looked at Huang Yue and said, "Sister, why are you suddenly concerned about Mr. Zhou Mu's affairs?"
Huang Yue's face turned slightly red. Fortunately, the lights were dim, hiding her inner uneasiness. Huang Quan shook his head and said, "If you have nothing to do, just go to bed. Girls who stay up late will become ugly. Let's see how you get married in the future."
"Brother, you should go to bed early." Huang Yue also felt a little cramped and went back to the room.
When the moon went down and the rooster crowed, Huang Yue came out of the room and saw Huang Quan still in the study. He fell asleep with his head on the desk and the pen fell to the ground. Huang Yue couldn't help but feel distressed and walked over to pick up the pen.
When I saw the slips on the desk, I had finished writing the strategy, but the last few words were a little scrawled. It seemed that my brother's physical strength was indeed exhausted.
Huang Yue suddenly remembered what Huang Quan said. These books were briefly presented to the Zhou Mu today. However, Huang Quan was in such a state that Huang Yue couldn't bear to wake him up. As soon as the brother and sister arrived in Chengdu, Huang Quan was transferred to rectify the Dongzhou soldiers.
, and then led the army to war, there was no time to buy a house, not to mention servants, the house was rented, what should I do?
How about delivering it yourself?
As soon as Huang Yue came up with this idea, for some reason, she suddenly blushed and her heart beat. She felt indescribably nervous and seemed to be a little excited. She held the bamboo slip tightly in her hand and asked herself, should I go? Is this good?
The scene of meeting Liu Zhang on the street came to mind. Huang Yue finally plucked up the courage, gathered the bamboo slips, covered his brother with a quilt, and went out with the bamboo slips.