In the expectation of the merchants, Zhou Chong said: "If such a large project is only possible or a few people, it is not impossible, but difficult. In order to raise the silver, you have to end the existing transaction and sell the store. These stores are all your efforts for many years, and you have emotions and are reluctant to leave it."

This was in the eyes of the merchants, and they kept nodding and secretly admired.

"I suggest you unite to take on this job." Zhou Chong said his suggestion and explained, "If you unite to take on the job, it will be much easier for you to unite to take on the job. You can pay 10,000 taels, 100,000 taels, 500,000 taels, and a million taels. The specific amount is based on your actual situation, so there is no need to sell the shop anymore. This is a killing two birds with one stone. Please consider it."

In ancient times, the capital was insufficient, so it was already established to join hands with relatives and friends to do business, which was not novel. The strange thing was that it was road construction, and the scale was huge, and there were many people who joined forces.

The merchants immediately started to talk. After a while, a middle-aged businessman stood up and introduced himself: "Mr. Zhou, the people in the grass are brave enough to ask Master Zhou, uniting together is a good thing for raising money, but with more people, this is more trouble. The supervision of money and the distribution of profits are all problems. Can Master Zhou have a solution?"

He said this to the point. Merchants cannot afford to get up early without profit, and money is raised. If there is no supervision and the distribution of interests is unevenly, there will inevitably be disputes, and the merchants agree in unison.

Zhou Chong smiled and said, "If you do business, if you encounter a business that cannot be followed by one person, how will you deal with it?"

"Borrow silver." A businessman replied.

Zhou Chong nodded and said, "Borrowing is a way. If you borrow it, what if you can't meet the requirements?"

"There is only one who can join forces. Find an interested shopkeeper to do it together!" another businessman replied.

Zhou Chongqiu agreed and said, "That's right. This is the case now. You can come here, which means you are interested in this path. The only difference is that there are many people and more money. This supervision is easy to say. You can recommend a shopkeeper who is respected, upright, fair, and trusted, to take the lead and take charge of the supervision. Of course, in order to reassure you, he will show you the accounts every certain time."

This is similar to the financial statements of modern enterprises, and is very useful, and the merchants applaud.

"Supervision is one aspect. The most important thing is to use the silver to make the silver produce the silver." Zhou Chong then induced, saying: "You can recommend a big shopkeeper to dominate the use of the silver and the allocation of manpower. In order to better cooperate, you can also recommend a second shopkeeper and a third shopkeeper to assist the big shopkeeper. This project is too big, so the shopkeeper can be more moderately."

The old shopkeeper was equivalent to the boss of a modern enterprise, the second shopkeeper, and the third shopkeeper was equivalent to the vice president.

Modern enterprises developed from ancient shops and used this method in daily trading. After Zhou Chong reminded him, the merchants suddenly lit up and kept nodding, and were discussing a lot, preparing to elect candidates and stocks.

Guide businessmen to form a store similar to the modern enterprise management model and lay a foundation for future great development is Zhou Chong's goal today, but not all, Zhou Chong naturally won't give them too much time to discuss, saying: "Dear shopkeepers, as for shopkeepers, stocks, and bonuses, you can discuss it later. I will tell you the request of Daqin. If you have any opinions, please feel free to raise it."

Only by understanding the Qin State's requirements can we finally determine whether to take over or not. This is the most important thing. The merchant immediately stopped talking and listened to Zhou Chong's explanation. Zhou Chong said: "For your use of silver, Daqin also needs to send people to supervise it, because Daqin wants to collect taxes and collect 20% of the dividend tax silver."

Don’t think that 20% of the tax is very high. The tax rate of modern enterprises is almost 20%. In ancient times, it was already very light. Businessmen could not believe that such a good thing was so surprised: "Ten taxes and two?"

Zhou Chong planned to use this path as a breakthrough point to introduce modern economic ideas and revitalize the Qin economy, so he set the tax rate low in order to lay the foundation for the future. The King of Qin actually agreed. When Zhou Chong learned the news, he was a little unbelievable.

"The establishment of the checkpoint and the collection of silver will be sent to you." Zhou Chong continued: "You can rest assured that the officials of the Qin Dynasty will not ask for a penny of copper coins, nor will they point fingers at your normal affairs. If he accepts a penny of copper coins, he will accept bribes and will be severely punished by the laws of the Qin Dynasty."

The integrity of Qin officials was trusted by merchants and had no objection. If the government did not make regulations and allowed merchants to set up checkpoints and check in cash, it would be better.

Zhou Chong emphasized, "I also want to remind you that pedestrians and their luggage, the Qin army passes by, and you cannot collect money. You can only collect money from businessmen."

The Qin army gave the merchants ten courages, and they did not dare to accept the money. There was no objection to this. The people who passed by but could not accept the money was a considerable loss for the merchants. It was a pity. Then I thought, there were more merchants who went to Xianyang to do business through this road, which was also considerable, and said, "No problem, we accept this one."

Zhou Chong said the most important one, saying: "This road requires many civil servants. All civil servants, you must give wages. The wages must be fair and must not be lower than the market price. Whoever violates it, don't blame the ruthless laws of the Qin Dynasty." This is similar to the modern minimum wage. If the government does not restrict it, the people will not be exploited so much that they have no food to eat.

Even if you pay the most fair wage, you will only make money and not lose money. After a brief discussion, the merchants expressed their acceptance.

"There are many people in the Korean land now. They have no choice but to make money to support their families. Zhou Chong asked you to think more about them." Zhou Chong smiled and said, "This is just my personal advice, you can consider it."

Zhou Chong was eloquent and was clearly going to arrange the work of Korean refugees, but he gave him some advice. Although there was no explicit regulation or a tough indicator, he still had great power and businessmen dared not accept it.

The Battle of Destruction of South Korea produced a large number of refugees. If their work was not arranged and they had food and clothing were settled, it would inevitably lead to social instability and even wars. Arrangement of these refugees was Zhou Chong's top priority.

It takes a lot of manpower to build this road. Even if Zhou Chong doesn't say it, businessmen will think of recruiting husbands from refugees, and there is nothing to say.

There is always time to complete the road. When the road is completed, if these refugees are not handled properly, they will still be refugees. With this period of buffering, Zhou Chong is enough. He distributes the barren land to the refugees, gives certain amounts of money, farming and livestock, reduces taxes, and encourages them to work. The wages earned from building roads are like a dose of strong vitality, making Zhou Chong's reconstruction plan more smoothly.
Chapter completed!