The benefits of the Chamber of Commerce are needless to say, but they are not without their drawbacks. And yet will he tell them now? Of course not.

In order to control the price of grain, this chamber of commerce must be established as soon as possible.

"Master Gu, what you said about the benefits of establishing a chamber of commerce, but what about the disadvantages? Not for nothing, right? You can't just ignore the heavy! ”

Xia Hongji is not stupid, he only talks about the benefits of the Chamber of Commerce when he sees Gu Chengyu, and he thinks that Gu Chengyu must have concealed the drawbacks. And Gu Chengyu's purpose in establishing the Chamber of Commerce must be to control the rise in rice and grain prices.

He sneered, if the imperial court really had a ban to curb the rise in the price of rice and grain, how could Gu Chengyu not take it out? After going around in such a big circle, it can be regarded as exhausting the mechanism.

Gu Chengyu raised his eyebrows and looked over, and found that Xia Hongji was looking at him with a smug face, and he couldn't help but sneer.

"What Master Xia said is true, the establishment of a chamber of commerce will naturally have drawbacks. Because as long as you join the Chamber of Commerce, you can't arbitrarily raise the price of goods. Of course, it will not be okay to raise the imperial court appropriately. But if it is too outrageous, then the imperial court will inevitably intervene. The difference is that in the past, officials were sent to prohibit it, but after the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, there will be a Chamber of Commerce to warn in advance. If you really don't listen, then report it to the court. ”

"In fact, the Chamber of Commerce is still quite free, and the members are bound by the Chamber of Commerce on weekdays, and most of the imperial court will not care. This is all for the convenience of your actions, and you may consider it carefully, and think that for such a disadvantage, which is not a disadvantage, the official feels that the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. ”

Gu Chengyu felt a little sleepy, and he was actually a little tired.

And there is too much information today, and he is afraid that these people will not be able to stand it, so he plans to postpone this matter.

Because he still has to discuss this with the emperor in advance before he can start to implement it.

As for the drawbacks, there are far more than that. When there are more wealthy businessmen in the Chamber of Commerce, the officials of the imperial court will think of ways to win over the rich businessmen and make them their own forces.

Especially those princes who are far away in the fiefdom, although they are not in the capital, they can also be remotely controlled, because someone will do it for them!

At that time, the Chamber of Commerce will become another Vanity Fair, and it is absolutely impossible to prevent such incidents from happening.

I can only think of ideas, and try to control such things within the control of the Chamber of Commerce.

As for the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, according to the usual practice, the emperor will not leave this matter to himself.

He was the one who came up with the idea, and other officials would naturally do it.

Therefore, after Gu Chengyu plans to establish the Chamber of Commerce, he will have to retreat with his whole body, and this Chamber of Commerce is really not touched at all.

And Shinong industry and commerce, business ranked last. If the Chamber of Commerce is established, the status of this businessman in the DPRK has been invisibly improved a lot.

This is a threat to the status of the officials in the court, and a large number of members of the Chamber of Commerce is enough to shake the entire dynasty.

Gu Chengyu naturally couldn't let this happen, he had already thought of a countermeasure.

"The business of the Chamber of Commerce cannot be done overnight. However, the price of rice and grain remains high, and even keeps rising, and the official will never allow it. I would like to advise you, don't lose a big one because of a small one, and don't say that the official will turn his face and deny people at that time. Before the official came to Jiangnan, the emperor also gave Shang Fang a sword and a gold medal, if you don't listen to the official's advice, you can also make it first. ”

Gu Chengyu hooked the corners of his lips slightly, and a sneer appeared on his face.

As soon as they heard Shang Fang's sword and gold medal, the officials present all showed envious looks, but those rich businessmen were not so calm.

Among them, Master Ning was the most worried, he was restless, thinking in his heart, there is still so much grain in the granary, should it be sold at a low price now?

But if it's really sold, he won't have to die of distress?

Xia Hongji's face suddenly turned pale, he had received a lot of rice grain. Do you have to sell it at a low price? Not!

This matter had to be reported to the patriarch earlier, Gu Chengyu was a messenger, and he would inevitably be constrained in doing things. I can only ask the patriarch to write a letter to Lord Shoufu and ask him to transfer this Gu Chengyu back to the capital.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered Min Feng.

Min Feng is Xia Shoufu's little disciple, but why didn't he see Min Feng at the banquet this time? It's just so weird.

Even though he couldn't get used to this person with a foreign surname who had occupied the family's resources, the other party was Xia Qing's closed disciple.

Now that he didn't see anyone at the banquet, he had to ask a question.

Suddenly, he had an idea. Min Feng is in Jiangnan, why should he leave the opportunity to the patriarch?

It's better to befriend Min Feng yourself, and let Min Feng say a few kind words for him in front of Xia Shoufu after he goes back.

Li Yuhuan on the side didn't take the increase in rice and grain prices to heart at this time, but he was very tempted to join the Chamber of Commerce.

"Lord Gu, our Li family firm has not hoarded rice and grain, and will not raise the price of grain again, please rest assured. It's just that the grass people still don't know anything, what are the conditions for joining the Chamber of Commerce to become a member? ”

Li Yuhuan's voice attracted the hearts of everyone present.

They also want to know the conditions for entering the Chamber of Commerce, and in their opinion, there are many benefits of becoming a member, far more than what Gu Chengyu said.

Gu Chengyu cast an approving look, the son can be taught!

It's just that he just opened his mouth with these people today to ask for silver, and now he will mention the silver, wouldn't it be bad?

That's right, Gu Chengyu's ultimate goal is to better manage these businessmen, so as not to raise prices again.

The second is for the silver, of course, the income of the Chamber of Commerce will not be much at the beginning. But when more people join the chamber of commerce, the money will follow.

"You also know that if everyone is qualified to join the Chamber of Commerce, wouldn't the members of the Chamber of Commerce be uneven and mixed? To join the Chamber of Commerce, you must meet several conditions at the same time, and this matter must be explained to you only after it is drawn up. Don't worry, the Chamber of Commerce will not be able to stand up in a day or two, you just wait patiently. ”

The most important condition, of course, is to have silver.

Gu Chengyu's plan is that those who join the chamber of commerce must pay an annual membership fee of 2,000 taels of silver, which is still the lowest level, and secondly, they must pay a deposit of 5,000 taels of silver.

Twenty percent of the membership fee is used to maintain the expenses and operation of the chamber of commerce, and the rest is handed over to the imperial court, which becomes another income of the imperial court.

After all, although the Chamber of Commerce is almost all controlled by the merchants themselves, it also needs the constraints and deterrence of the imperial court, right?

The imperial court spent a lot of energy on the Chamber of Commerce, and this silver should be taken for granted.

As for whether these people were willing to give out the money, Gu Chengyu was not worried at all.

When the time comes, think of some gimmicks to fry the level of members, and I am not afraid that these people will not be willing to spend money.

If these two conditions are met, it will not be satisfied, and it will have to be inspected by the Chamber of Commerce.

If the credibility and reputation are not good, then the chamber of commerce will also refuse this person to join.

Anyway, Gu Chengyu gave a lot of examples in the previous two days, but now is not the time to take them out.