Chapter 351. Xuzhou Hall
To say that this Su Shuang is really a character! If it is placed in the next generation, it is estimated that he will be one of the real estate tycoons or Internet tycoons, look at his investment vision! Early horse sales, and then Zhang Shiping jointly invested in Liu Bei, Liu Bei in Pingyuan County to raise troops and horses equipment is mostly funded by two people, followed Liu Bei to Xuzhou, Liu Bei was beaten away, he stayed, now Xuzhou to Qingzhou sea trade, the Chen family is the first grain, he Su Shuangjia is the first import and export of all kinds of groceries!
To the south of Jingzhou Bashu, and to the north of the Liaodong ginseng mink skin deer antler medicine market, he has dabbled!
Especially now that Lu Ji is in charge, Wang Hou's own business house is also doing a big deal with him, the sugar tea business! With the sugar and wine produced in the island city, go to Jiangnan to exchange for high-quality tea.
Tea is too important, how did the British conquer the world in later generations? One hand black tea and one hand rifle fight the world! Although this thing is not full, it is rich in several vitamins, and drinking tea often can prevent multiple diseases and epidemic diseases, and it is equivalent to an insurance sticker for the army on the march.
In later generations, why did Li Zicheng capture Jingshi City so quickly, and why was he beaten by the Manchus so quickly? It was because of the epidemic of the Great Plague in North China at that time, whether it was the Ming army or the Shun army, the combat effectiveness declined rapidly after infection, and the Qing army picked up a bargain, and the disease weakened when it entered the customs, and the main force of the Qing army did not enter the Beijing division in the severely affected area, but chased Li Zicheng's buttocks and cut his head and escaped the epidemic.
It can be seen that the epidemic threatens the army even more than tens of thousands of enemies.
But even if he is such a capable businessman, he is still not a fart in front of Wang Hou, it can be seen that the status of businessmen in this era is really too low and too low, and he was called to a single room in the college cafeteria by Wang Hou.
"I don't know what instructions the state pastor has for recruiting villains? But do you want the villain to sponsor the quartermaster? ”
In the eyes of the warlords, the businessmen were all raised as pigs, and now they are talking to you about cutting your pork, if you don't know how to lift, then the whole pig will be killed! Su Shuang was mentally prepared for this.
However, Wang Hou's words made him can't help but eat a pound, and he was also confused, Wang Hou also shouted a little unhappily: "Does this official look like a poor man who can't afford to raise a soldier?" ”
Before Su Shuang was frightened, Wang Hou quickly said the purpose.
"The Honzhou Mu wants to recruit you to be an official in Qingzhou!"
The most successful businessman in this year is none other than the Mi family, for Liu Bei, he asked people to give money to his sister to his sister, and the whole family followed him to ask for it, and finally got a head out and worshiped the general, and now, the Mi family has not recovered the cost!
In contrast, Su Shuang didn't look at doing business with Qingzhou quite a lot, he really didn't make any special contributions to Wang Hou, this Wang Hou actually wanted to give him an official position and recruit him into the office, so that he really felt like pie in the sky.
But this old guy really deserves to be a successful businessman, and after a moment of excitement, he asked with a solemn fist.
"I wonder what the state pastor has sent?"
"There is a city of Cao Rafter under the command of Qingzhou Mufu, with a rank ratio of four hundred stones, and the number of people is not quantitative! I plan to levy you as the city of Cao Rafter, but you are not the only one, among the merchants from Xuzhou, I want to set up three city Cao Rafter general merchants, in charge of the import and export trade tax rate of the island city port! ”
"Your duty is to organize all the import and export merchants in Xuzhou into a guild, you also have to organize special manpower, investigate the market, specify the import and export prices, and the taxes will also be collected by you, from now on, my tax department only cares about you asking for money, for tax evasion, shoddy profiteers, I also grant you the right to punish, you can be fined or expelled from the guild, as long as it is my Wang Hou's port, Xuzhou non-guild merchant ships, no one can dock to operate!"
This right is said to be small, and it is only about some businessmen, but it can be said that it is big and big! Almost all the businessmen who did business in Qingxu were under his control, and Su Shuang's old face couldn't help but become extremely dignified when he listened.
He also heard the wind a while ago, next to the black harbor near the island city, and there was tax evasion and tax evasion, which made Jia Xu very annoyed, it seems that Wang Hou came back and began to deal with the port affairs.
To tell the truth, this official position is really a double-edged sword, as this chief businessman, his family's status is stable, but if you do it seriously and conscientiously, you will offend your peers, especially the higher-status scholars in Qingzhou. Wang Qingzhou is not a benevolent church! When the time comes, it will be difficult to get out of the way.
Actually, no, if you don't say yes! Wang Hou came to the door in person! If you don't agree, you still want to mix in this area? But the stakes are very high, and for a while, Su Shuang was really entangled and embarrassed there.
Seeing his hesitant appearance, Wang Hou had to throw the bait again.
"If Su Weng does this errand well, I will ask for a knight for you in the imperial court, and the county men and county sons are all negotiable!"
"Thank you for your support! The villain ......, the next official will go on an errand! ”
Why are the people willing to join the army and fight in these years? Meritorious service on the battlefield is the fastest way to improve your family's social status! Now it's okay to do business! From a humble merchant to a noble knight! Who can say yes? Almost without a moment's hesitation, Su Shuang clenched his fists and agreed.
Seeing that the old boy was in pain and happy, and his old face was like suffering from Parkinson's, and he went out while trembling, Wang Hou couldn't help but snort heavily with relief.
Or the British, what drove them to be ambitious and conquer most of the world? Commerce! If these businessmen are raised, their ambition and enterprising spirit are much stronger than the landlords who guard their own one-third of an acre of land and become rich and peaceful, since they have made a plan to develop in Liaodong in the future, they must create a class to support their war machine! Then it is urgent to improve the status of these merchants and let them follow them to Liaodong to open up and march to the grassland.
As for sorting out the current chaotic import and export order of the island city port, it is still secondary!
The Xuzhou businessman, starting from Su Shuang, can be regarded as a start, and when he puts up the Xuzhou Hall brand, the policy is tilted towards him, and those exiled families or local families in Qidi should not be able to sit still! When the time comes, who will you look for as your spokesperson?
Tian's? No, Tian Rang, that old guy is too treacherous and tricky! You need to choose someone who has the ability but needs to rely on your own power!
When Wang Hou pinched his chin and thought about it, he was next to the newly built Laoshan College, and on the hillside, his own little farewell was also busy.
"School bag! Luggage! Lunch box! Tableware! It's all gone! Look at how much effort your father spent to build such a big academy for you in order to play with you! ”
Changle is also going to school here, and he has pushed off all his work, it is rare for Cao Hongjie to be like a good wife and mother, while helping her pack up her things, and coaxing her, but unfortunately, she is really worthy of Wang Hou's daughter, rolling her cute big eyes, Changle hummed with disdain as a very small adult.
"It's not that you and Daddy have big things to do and leave me here!"
"Eh~ I can't say that, don't you have your Aunt Zhen with you!"
The smile froze there, and Cao Hongjie, the irresponsible mother, smiled and quibbled sadly, and Changle rolled his eyes again.
On the other end, Zhen Mi, who was packing up her things, was humming a small tune in a brisk mood, this time to let Wang Hou add wax and oil to the hemp rope and leather whip, and thought that he would have to be locked up by him when she arrived in Qingzhou, but she never expected that Wang Hou actually gave her a job as a teacher and went to Laoshan College to teach poetry, and this little farewell was also where she and Changle lived.
Female teacher! She really has a sense of freedom like a caged bird flying out of the cage!!
"Aunt Zhen! Someone is looking for it outside! ”
But just as Zhen Mi was packing her luggage, Mu Mu Nene's little Deng Ai ran up!