Chapter 146 Setting Rules

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When Mu Shun arrived, Shi Chuan had already patrolled Jinxiu Street with Huanniang and Duan Xiaopiao. The merchants were all well-informed people. In the past few days, Jinmao hurriedly evacuated the dock area and temporarily avoided Shi Chuan's sharpness. The owner of the store had already obtained the news and was looking forward to Shi Chuan's arrival. As a result, Shi Chuan's inspection was warmly welcomed, which made Huanniang very cheap.

When Huan Niang saw her beloved little thing, she always bit her fingers with covetous eyes, then covered her wallet tightly, and then turned around and left. Now she just stayed on the stall and stayed on a certain item of goods for more than five seconds. Immediately someone picked up the goods and said, "Little lady, if you like it, just use it for a few days... Well, I wonder how much money the general plans to charge?"

Huanniang's answer was always the same. She put down her biting fingers and said crisply: "My brother didn't expect to make profits by collecting protection fees. I have a shop in my family and come to the dock to collect money. However, it was entrusted by the county government, so the shopkeeper didn't have to worry. My brother wouldn't break the rules."

The shopkeeper often asks: "I wonder what your brother's rules are?"

At this time, when I was looking around, I would often come over and answer casually: "I see that this street is very unclean, and it is thrown around, which is not good for hurting flowers and plants... Let's do this, I plan to charge cleaning fees on the ruler. Whose shop occupies the street road surface along the street, which is the ruler. We will charge power according to the standard of several cleaning fees per foot - well, adding two copper plates per foot is my blessing fee."

In the past, Liqian was Liqian, and the sanitation along the street was the shop responsible for cleaning the sanitation themselves - the store's store's doors were not dared to waste them. Now Shi Chuan said that he was planning to charge a cleaning fee according to the store... In fact, the store did not pay extra for this cleaning fee. His own guy got his salary and asked him to clean the street where his store was located. Will he still need additional payment?

The owner of the store felt confused and panic when he said that wearing time. The things he didn't know were the most frightening.

Just then, Mu Shun arrived. Mr. Hai’s old housekeeper and the boss of the dock area knew him. After all, he had been following Mr. Hai for six or seven years. So when the shop owner saw him follow him again, he often turned his back and gave Mu Shun a wink.

Mu Shun understood the meaning of the shop owner, but it was not his chance to speak now. He bowed to Shi Chuan and reported on the unloading progress of the flying scissors and the large cargo ship. Then, Shi Chuan asked him: "Boss Mu, you have been in the dock area for six or seven years. We are now in the dock area, so how many people can use it."

Duan Xiaopiao next to him was a chatterbox. He immediately explained to Mushun the situation of Shi Xin's two streets: "I'll just say that Meng County Wei killed Shi Dalang. This street is on Tonghai Road and is fifteen miles apart, which means that each street needs to hire a group of people to take care of. Originally, if the two streets were next to each other, we would take care of two streets. How great is it to take care of two streets. Now isn't this increasing the cost for no reason..."

"No loss", Mushun cut off Duan Xiaopiao's words: "Zuoxie Street is a wharf area, and the wharf area is a management method; Jinxiu Street is a shop area, and it is another type of street. Two streets originally needed two teams.

The boss, the old man has been in the dock area for many years and knows a few flirting people. In addition, we can mobilize the Navy (Yanjun) through Shi Yanei. If the situation is urgent, we can also mobilize the Tiger Wing Navy (Imperial Army) - we don’t have to worry about the fighters. If the boss is determined to rectify, what should we do? "

Shi Chuan straightened his chest and replied: "Market access I mean, I didn't expect to rely on the protection fee to enjoy the happiness, let alone share one or two copper coins from the hard money I had to carry my bag. I can't charge them or spend the collected money on them, but if they want to work in the area under my jurisdiction, they must get my permission. This is called 'market access'

You go and say a few groups of people who are familiar with you, I plan to set up a guild. All those who work on Zuoxie Street Wharf must join this guild, and the guild will allocate the personnel to work to avoid looting and vicious competition..."

Shi Chuan briefly described his idea. Boss Mu thought about it and asked carefully: "Do you want those fans to pay a few money to join the club?"

Shi Chuan replied quickly: "Then let's have two copper plates per person a month. After collecting these two copper plates, I will make a small bronze plate to hang them around my neck. If there is no brand in the future, it is prohibited to come to Zuoxi Lane to work."

Mu Shun replied carefully: "Two copper coins are not expensive. But now there are more and more farmers who have lost their land, and the work on the dock is not easy to find. The owner organized them. If they don't earn enough money to support their families every day, they will inevitably complain after a long time."

Shi Chuan shook his head gently: "You haven't said that - carrying bags on this pier is a seasonal job, and only in the trade wind season every year is more work. Other times, the widows are always idle and have nothing to do, and they have trouble and fight on the pier...

But Boss Mu, what we lack now is manpower. The bunch of flirting on the dock is strong. Since they can carry bags and other things, huh?"

Mu Shun understood the hint in his words, and he quickly bowed and turned the topic to the front: "Since the owner has made plans for Zuoxie Street, the old man will not talk about it anymore. It's just this Jinxiu Street... All have always been cleaned up the snow in front of the door, and the hygiene of the store cleaning store is natural, and there is no need to pay extra. The owner said that the cleaning fee should be collected."

Shi Zhiyi pointed to Jinxiu Street and replied: "I just measured it. The whole street is about two miles (about 800 meters). The cleaning fee is charged at three to five cents per foot. Each shop should pay. After collecting this money, I will hire a few elderly, weak, sick and disabled people to clean the street every morning and evening. In addition, I will also hire people to pave these two streets into bluestone pavements, add street lights, lay stone tables and chairs, and strive to turn Jinxiu Street into the most lively night market outside the east gate.

However, since I have paid for the repair of this street, I ask: In the future, no matter who wants to sell the shops along the street, I have the right of first refusal; in addition, no matter the size of the shops along the street, I will have to occupy half of the (5%) of the shares - it will always cost money to repair the road and add street lights. The money is distributed to each store, and the investment ratio is about half of the (5%) of the money, so each store will not lose money if it pays this money."

What Shi Chuan said is not about discussing with the owners of each store, but a notice - if the owners of each store feel that they can't continue to do it, then Shi Chuan is willing to buy their shops.

In this way, what else do the bosses say?

The Song Dynasty was a business era. He was able to do business in Haizhou, one of the six major tea markets in the country, and was not a fool. After hearing Shi Chuan’s plan, these bosses knew that Shi Chuan’s three apprentices were newly emerging well-known architects in Haizhou, and they couldn’t help but have expectations for the future... If the streets are really built and the monthly income is increased by 20% to 30%, then paying 5% of the income is not considered a loss.

Think about it, can you lose money? Jinxiu Street is just under the gate of Dongcheng. There was no curfew in the Song Dynasty. When entering and leaving the dock at night, you must pass by the Dongmen City. If Jinxiu Street becomes a well-known night market in Haizhou City, it will be equivalent to adding 20 to 30% of the business hours to the shops along the street. People entering and leaving the dock always have to pass here... With the help of the bad reputation of Shihua, I believe that there will be fewer extortions on this street. In this way, the operating costs of the bosses have been reduced a lot, and the new customers... This deal is worth it.

Several bosses who first heard the news said that they would never move away from Jinxiu Street. Shi Chuan took the opportunity to ask these shops to sponsor a partner, form an "accounting firm", charge corresponding fees, and participate in the management of the street... Then he took the newly established accounting staff to Zuoxie Street.

Now that the Dragon Boat Festival is just over, it is the season for large-scale tea transactions. Many maritime merchants are busy preparing stocks and preparing to sail south when autumn comes. The porters are carrying baskets of tea ingots wrapped in tin foil, flowing in and out of various stores. The tea ingots that look like square bricks are placed in long crates by tea shops. These long crates will eventually be sent to the left and right crates and warehouses to be stored, waiting to be loaded and shipped.

The tea from the Song Dynasty was transported to the whole world in this way, and then exchanged for pieces of real gold and silver, precipitated in sea merchants, and then dispersed to the homes of ordinary people in the Song Dynasty through the enjoyment of sea merchants. This gold and silver, which account for 70% of the world's wealth, will eventually be plundered by Mongolian invaders, eating and drinking like locusts, leaving behind a desert of wealth and civilization - of course, it is a "glorious" desert.

The tea leaves passing by faintly wafted out a faint tea fragrance. Although in order to prevent seawater erosion and miscellaneous pollution, each tea ingot is wrapped in thick tin foil, the natural fragrance of the tea leaves is still so intoxicating even if it is hidden under the thick tin foil.

The docks are not only tea, but also silk and porcelain. These three goods are the flagship products of the Chinese nation's exports and foreign exchange earnings for thousands of years. At the same time, sailboats entering the port will unload the spices of ships, as well as rhino horns, ivory, tortoiseshells, pearls and other products.

When people in Song Dynasty like to add various spices to tea, they are not afraid of mixing with spices. Tea and spices have the same characteristics: they are both afraid of moisture and odor. Therefore, the warehouses that store the two are often together.

What is transported out is the fragrance of tea, and what is welcomed are benign spices, star anise, cumin, roses, etc. So this season, Haizhou is a city of fragrance, and the air is filled with a strong fragrance. Of course, because of its busyness, this season is also the season of jingling coins. Everyone in the city has a good income, including the fringes on the dock.

Shi Chuan was in a vast crowd. Huan Niang and two little black servants walked in front of her carriage. There were more than a dozen blacksmiths around her carriage. The tall Shi Chuan was behind her, and the one who fell off her tail was more than 30 new accountants... It was difficult not to attract attention.

The flower-armor on the dock was talking in a low voice. Someone vaguely mentioned the name "Brand Rat". Of course, there were also mentions the name "Shi Huan". At this time, Shi was wearing a general and an official uniform. Although he had no grade or salary, he had the right to arrest - who dared to make trouble and sent you to the prison for a few days, and then said a "misunderstanding", you really have no temper.

Chapter 146 Set rules,
Chapter completed!