Chapter 127 Do you want to be an official? (Second update)
One word to wake up the dreamer.
Luo Gan and others felt their minds buzzing.
Xia Zhibai’s words left them no longer able to argue.
I also understood Xia Zhibai’s true confidence.
They are just a businessman, but Xia Zhibai is an 'official'. Even if he is just a 'business official', he is still an official. The power he controls and the resources he can mobilize are far beyond what businessmen like them can compare with.
The two are in the sky and the other is in the earth.
Luo Gan and others sat back feebly with pale faces and slightly twitching lips.
How can a businessman defeat an official?
Xia Zhibai said calmly: "Can you calm down now?"
Luo Gan and others were absent-minded and did not say a word. They were still immersed in what Xia Zhibai said, and it was difficult to come back to their senses for a long time. If the imperial court insisted on implementing it, what could they, the salt merchants, do?
Do you really dare to confront the government?
They dare?
His Majesty’s methods are now known to the world.
Killing officials is like slaughtering chickens and dogs. Killing businessmen like them is like killing them without even bothering to blink an eye.
In the past, the only thing these merchants could bargain with the imperial court was the transportation convenience they had. However, this was a situation where the post station was not open to the outside world. If the post station was open to the outside world, the innate advantages of the post station would be enough to smooth out all the gaps.
They are just second-rate dealers at best.
Who is qualified to bargain with the government?
Xia Zhibai poured himself a cup of tea and tasted it quietly, waiting for Luo Gan and others to wake up.
The truth is so cruel.
The land of China has pursued the ‘official position’ since ancient times.
Officials control all the means of production in the world.
It’s just that when the power of the court is not concentrated enough, many means of production will be occupied by powerful people and merchants. But once the central court becomes strong, local powerful people and wealthy merchants can only rely on the central court. live.
This is even more true today.
Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, due to the loss of central power and serious collusion between government and businessmen, many businessmen really thought that they could compete with the court, and even thought of using their power to force the court to make concessions, but Times have changed.
Nowadays, the power of the central court is overwhelming.
Tell me the truth.
Especially today’s emperors still pursue power politics.
If these businessmen in the world don't wake up as soon as possible and realize that times have changed and they are still the same as in the past, they will only be greeted by butcher's knives.
Only killing.
It's just that because Zhu Yuanzhang looked down on businessmen and didn't realize how powerful he controlled, he naturally didn't use it rationally. Zhu Yuanzhang just regarded businessmen as fat pigs he raised, waiting to be fattened. Just sending people to kill them once, but neglecting the real management of businessmen.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not realize it.
But Xia Zhibai is clear about this.
Businessmen also need to talk about politics, and politics is more important than anything else.
Anyone who tries to put personal interests above politics will be destroyed.
a long time.
Luo Gan and others finally woke up.
They have lingering fears.
The eyes looking at Xia Zhibai were full of awe and fear.
It was only now that they realized how naive their thoughts were, actually trying to fight against the power of the court.
This is simply life and death.
Luo Gan had a bitter look on his face, stood up, and bowed respectfully to Xia Zhibai: "Master Xia, it was us who made the mistake in front of you."
"Please invite Master Xia, you will not forget it. I'm sorry, don't take those words to heart."
Zhang Yuan and others also stood up and saluted.
Although his face was green and red, his attitude was much more humble.
There is no longer the ferocity and anger before.
Xia Zhibai said lightly: "What happened to you is indeed caused by me. You have anger and resentment in your heart, I have no objection."
"But I will also tell you. To be honest, in the past, the industrial and commercial circles have been in a stage of barbaric growth and wanton behavior, relying on collusion between government and businessmen, or through some violence, to run rampant in the fish and meat towns. This situation must be completely eradicated. ”
"The era of barbaric growth in the industrial and commercial world is over."
"In the future, the industrial and commercial world must always be under the control of the imperial court."
"There are no exceptions."
"There is no room for accidents."
"There will be more and more shackles and nooses strangling merchants' necks."
" But I don’t think it’s a bad thing.”
“In the barbaric growth period, many businessmen took advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.”
"But this kind of businessmen cannot have much positive effect on the world. Many people even try to speculate and suppress latecomers after they rise. Moreover, the world's industrial and commercial circles have been scattered since ancient times and have never been able to be screwed together. A piece of rope cannot be twisted together. "
"This kind of businessman is useless to the world."
"They are just a bunch of blood-sucking insects lying on the people."< br>
Luo Gan and others looked at each other in confusion. They are businessmen.
If you don’t make money like this from the people, where else can you make money?
And isn’t Xia Zhibai also considered a businessman?
Despite their innermost thoughts, Luo Gan and others did not dare to speak out, but just listened quietly.
Xia Zhibai continued: "I know you have doubts in your hearts. Isn't that what doing business is like? That is, being a second-rate dealer, transporting things from here to the other side for sale. This is true. It was the way we did business in the past.”
“But it doesn’t work anymore.”
"Business and trade involving people's livelihood will gradually be controlled by the court."
"The situation of just being a second-tier dealer, forcibly creating demand, and deliberately raising prices to make huge profits will gradually be eliminated. Instead, if you want to engage in business related to people's livelihood, you can only adopt one attitude in the future. "
"Small profits but quick turnover"
"It is impossible to make money by taking advantage of this trend."
"Of course, you have long been accustomed to making money with big hands, and I let you come in slowly. I'm afraid you won't say it with your mouth, but you will curse in your heart. I will also show you a clear way, which is to build on the basis of people's livelihood commodities. ”
"Just like the salt in Kyoto Salt Shop, it is divided into fine salt, refined salt and special salt."
"If you want to make huge profits, you can only seek from the latter two. As for the people's livelihood, they depend on it for survival. Anyone who dares to forcibly raise the price of commodities for people's livelihood will be severely punished by the government in the future."
"You can continue to be second-rate dealers, but you can only make some small and hard-earned money from it."
" If you want to make big money, you have to use your brain and take money from people who have extra money."
Luo Gan and others' eyelids jumped.
Xia Zhibai said it was simple, but was it easier said than done?
And most of these people who have extra money are powerful. So what if these people don’t give money? What can they do? Really stable money can only be obtained from the people at the bottom. This is the way to make a fortune, and only this money can truly be put into one's pocket.
What Xia Zhibai said is too false.
Flashy.
It sounds nice, but it’s not practical.
Xia Zhibai ignored the disdain and contempt of several people.
Things with low added value should not have such high profits. I don’t want to get something with high added value. I just want to suck the blood of the people at the bottom all day long. The people at the bottom will be sucked by the court again. If you want to be sucked in by these profiteers again, how can you bear it?
This situation must be reversed.
Xia Zhibai said: "Now the imperial court will slowly take back the management rights of people's livelihood products. This will indeed cause a large number of merchants to cut off their way of making a living, but this is not a path of transformation for merchants."
< br>"If we can complete the transformation at this time, from sucking blood from the people in the past, to become a real 'entrepreneur', we can not only benefit the world, but also benefit the people, and even make profits from it, even if How could the imperial court not look at it differently? ”
"Of course it's difficult."
"Most of you have no clue."
"But I will provide you with directions for you to choose."
"And also We will provide you with certain technical support. Of course, if you don’t want to take risks, you can also invest your money in other people and let these people do these things, and you will benefit from it.”
"The imperial court also supports it."
Luo Gan and others shook their heads quickly.
It’s not easy to make money, so how can you give away your own money to others?
Xia Zhibai knew that it was not the time yet.
Just a reminder.
Xia Zhibai said: "I came to you this time not just to inform you that I will get involved in the Shouzhou and Chuzhou salt industry, but also to find another way for you to make a living."
"After all, everything you are experiencing now is actually caused by me."
"The escape route I give you is to join the Kyoto Salt Shop."
"Now in Kyoto The salt shop has gradually gotten back on track. Compared with the past, where kitchen households made salt and servants transported salt, etc., the overall employment system adopted by Kyoto salt shops has been initially determined. The monthly salary for each person in the kitchen household is two hundred mon. The salary for transporting salt is three hundred cents, and for some managers, the monthly salary is even higher.”
“This money is indeed much less than what you earned in the past.”
“But we can barely make ends meet. It’s enough.”
"I can absorb all the people in your hands."
"The management of salt shops in Shouzhou and Chuzhou can also be handed over to you."
"Even"
< br>"If you run your business well, you have the opportunity to get rid of the humble status of 'merchant' and become an 'official'. If you are really lucky, there is still a certain chance of becoming an 'official'. Although for now, the chance is slim. But there may not be a chance in the future.”
“What do you think?”
They sneered at Xia Zhibai's previous words.
With a monthly salary of two to three hundred yuan, it would be a bit too self-righteous to want to take away everything they had worked so hard to build. But after hearing the next words, they all fell silent again.
Official, official.
This is an insurmountable threshold for doing business.
They have been in business for so many years and have had countless dealings with local officials. However, they know that their status is low and they can only swallow their anger. Even if they are eaten, drank and taken away again and again, they dare not lose their temper at all and can only be good. Complimented angrily.
As for being an official or a local official, if there was a choice, why wouldn't they want to?
However, they were born with low status, and there was nothing they could do about it.
But now, Xia Zhibai actually said that working as a servant in a salt shop in Kyoto can become an official and get rid of his humble status?
This made them shaken.
(End of this chapter)