Not long after Liu Pei returned to Fushan Village, the three shopkeepers promised by Hua Shufeng arrived. The three shopkeepers are not very old, they are all in their 30s. The self-reported family members have just been promoted from the big guys. But Liu Pei is short of people now, no matter what the old and new, it's a good thing that someone can help. That night, Liu Pei hosted a banquet to entertain them and explained his requirements in detail. After a discussion, the three of them made a request, saying that they would go around in detail. Liu Pei naturally agreed.

These three people are really capable characters. It's just that after Qi Qitao walked for a day, the three of them came up with a solution. They first made a separate account of the expenses of the households. Then several workshops were made into separate account books. In the end, an account book was made of the land cleared by the displaced people.

Straightened out clearly, the first two of them to attack were the homeless. They spent a few days and took a few farmers to run through Liu Pei's land. Residential and cultivated areas have been demarcated. Among the homeless people are also veterans of farming. There are also wise old men. Under their guidance, the displaced people have reclaimed the wasteland area. They also set aside homesteads. Even a woodland of firewood and grass was carved out in advance. Therefore, with a little planning of the three shopkeepers, three Zhuangzi were planned. and from the three Zhuangzi. Each elected a village chief and three elders as managers. Another hired a family of blacksmiths and led them to build a blacksmith's workshop. Within a few days, the blacksmith shop was booming. Then the first farm tools came out.

However, Liu Peike didn't let them out of the matter of private salt. It is still directly managed by Wang Chuanhao. However, through the three shopkeepers, Mr. Account was hired to help keep the accounts. Even Liu Jiang's Bloody Hand Gang has a bookkeeper in it.

From the time Liu Pei started to run Fushan Village, Liu Pei finally had a clear feeling about his industry. Liu Pei couldn't help but sigh that he had learned another trick, that is, things had to be handled by professional people. Commanding indiscriminately can only make a mess.

After the matter was sorted out, the three shopkeepers came to report. Liu Pei was overjoyed. The banquet that night invited three shopkeepers, and promised to keep them with a lot of money. Naturally, these three people readily agreed. However, Liu Pei still emphasized one point, that is, to establish a system and publicize it, and it must be revised from time to time according to the passage of time.

After Liu Pei's education in later generations, he deeply knows the importance of the system! The rule of man is only temporary. There are too many stories in history of people dying in government. Moreover, there are too many drawbacks to the rule of man. Only by using systems to manage personnel is the way to achieve long-term peace and stability. As soon as he told him what he thought, all three of them felt unimpressed. They all think in their hearts that with a system, they will not be able to show their abilities. However, under Liu Pei's strong request, it was still implemented. After all, Liu Pei is the boss.

After being busy with these things, Liu Pei finally had the mood to pay attention to more important things. After getting free time, Liu Pei gathered several of his people together for a meeting. Because the one-month time limit for Liu Pei to give orders to other salt lords is almost up, he wants to see how the execution is now.

Liu Pei sat on the top and listened to the reports of several people. Liu Jiang first reported the situation of the Bloody Hand Gang and said: "Family master, now the two counties of Jiaozhou and Jimo, including the villages below, we have completely mastered it. All the splashes were either driven away or went home to farm. There have not been even petty thefts on the streets in recent days. The common people are full of praise for the Bloody Hand Gang! The government is also very satisfied! ”

Liu Pei said with great satisfaction: "How many people do you have now?" ”

Liu Jiang said: "Now there are about 40 gang children in the core of our two counties. There are about 80 or 90 gang members on the periphery. ”

Liu Pei felt that these people should be enough to ensure control, but they were a little short of grasping the news. Then he said: "You can increase the number of people moderately, not only to control people, but also to be able to collect information!" Are there any other challenges? ”

Liu Jiang said: "The problem is in the money. I have nearly 100 people here, and I spend a lot of money every day. I used to be busy rectifying discipline and didn't make any progress. It's easy to lose money in the long run. ”

Liu Pei said: "When it comes to shortfalls, it's easy to solve here. I will give you a separate sum of silver every month for you to spend, but only for three months. In the future, you will have to collect your own money. ”

Liu Jiang said cautiously: "Family master, if you collect money, you will have to do your old job!" Didn't you say not to harass the people? ”

Liu Pei said: "In the past, those gangs still harassed the people when they collected money. When you have received the money, you have to protect the people and make decisions for them, can it be the same? There is a world of difference between the two! Moreover, in the past, the gang members bullied the small people, but those who were rich and powerful did not dare to touch it. This time, I don't want you to bully the small people, the money of the small traders and vendors must be collected, and the money of the big families must be collected! The government can't collect their taxes, but I want to collect them! ”

Liu Jiang was startled when he heard the word tax collection, and said: "Family master, let's not talk about the word tax collection, right?" That's something that only the government can do. When the court found out, it was a crime of rebellion. ”

Liu Pei sighed and said: "Since you can't say that you can collect taxes, let's collect them according to the name of the previous protection fee." Daming's commercial tax is 30 tax one, and we will collect it according to this standard. ”

Let's be honest. The commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty, 30 tax 1, was already too low to be lower. But even in this situation, those gentry and wealthy businessmen are still evading taxes. And the officials who represent their interests do not collect taxes on them. There are even strange things like officials putting tax boxes on the market and letting people pay their own taxes! As a result, he only received a few taels of silver, and this official was rated as "outstanding" during the assessment! You say that the state can't even collect taxes, how can it maintain the army? How are officials paid? How to provide disaster relief? How to maintain the stability of the country? It's an incredible thing!

Liu Jiang said: "The protection fees for those small people are easy to collect. But the protection fees of those wealthy businessmen are not easy to collect! You know, there's people standing behind those shops. They've never been charged protection money before! ”

Liu Fei smiled and said, "Then find a way to clean up their people and mess up their business." Things like intimidation and arson can be tried, but we're gangsters anyway! Besides, we don't want much, as long as we make them disgusting, maybe we can take it away. ”

Liu Jiang said: "What if the government comes to clean us up? ”

Liu Pei said: "You are a gangster, you ask me?" You won't buy off the officials and servants below, if there is something for them to ventilate in advance, and then the people who show their feet will change to work in another county. If you really can't do it, come to me and squat for a while to avoid the limelight. Besides, you should be careful, as long as it annoys them, they will definitely pay it, and you can also make a banner and say that this protection fee is to protect the safety of the place. I don't think those people want to be a mess in the county. ”