It's not straight!

It's not straight at all!

Chen Shifteen's mouth opened and closed, and all kinds of strange sounds came out of his mouth.

He wanted to be hard, but he couldn't.

We're just salt merchants, so are you going to bombard us with cannons?

This is really a tiger's head to cut ants.

"What the hell do you want?"

After this shot, Chu Nanpu was completely depressed, and he looked at Guo Dan pitifully.

The rest of the salt merchants also looked at Guo Dan dumbfounded.

They finally understood that in front of Guo Dan, they were like ants, pure commercial competition, they couldn't compete with Guo Dan at all, if they wanted to use the next three indiscriminate means, Guo Dan would be much more ruthless than them.

Shoot directly.

You're ruthless!

Since you can't beat it, let's talk about it first.

Guo Dan went up the steps directly, stood in front of the chairman's seat, and asked Chu Nanpu with a smile: "Don't mind if I sit." ”

Chu Nanpu stretched out his hand and said, "Please take a seat." ”

But Guo Dan was not in a hurry to sit down, his people directly moved Chen Shifteen's chair up and put it on the side.

Guo stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Old Chu, please take a seat." ”

Chu Nanpu almost didn't cry.

It was so impressive.

"Please."

The two sat down almost at the same time.

Guo Dan glanced left and right, and said with a smile: "Everyone, please take a seat." ”

The salt merchants looked left and right, Liu Hui also glanced at his friend Chen Shifteen, and after being entangled for a while, he still chose to sit down.

When the catastrophe comes, they fly separately.

Chen Shifu couldn't help but glance at everyone angrily, and immediately brushed his sleeves away.

In fact, it was not only Chen 15 who attacked Yinuo Qianzhuang at the beginning, but Liu Hui also participated in it, but Guo Dan only targeted Chen 15, the reason was just because Chen 15 was the first to jump out, and Guo Dan used him to kill chickens and monkeys by the way.

One has to die anyway.

He just wants to let the other salt merchants understand that if anyone dares to target me for a money bank, I will make him unable to get involved in this business.

I definitely have the strength.

After Chen 15 left in a gloomy manner, Guo Dan spoke: "Actually, the reason why I came here today to apply for the position of president is not because I want to compete with you for this salt profit, I am not interested in this salt profit, but now that I am your biggest customer, I think I am qualified to sit here." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was confused.

How did you become a customer again?

Zhang Binghuai asked, "Consultant Guo, aren't you my No. 1 salt merchant in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "That's just based on the fact that you can't get it, I can only produce it myself, but if you do well, then I will be your biggest customer, after all, we have to purchase a lot of salt every year, and at the same time, I will also close the big salt farms overseas, after all, the cost of transporting salt from overseas to the inland will increase a lot." ”

You say we're incompetent, we admit it.

Everyone didn't have a temper at all, but there was a glimmer of hope in their hearts.

After all, Guo Dan himself said that he would close those big salt farms.

Guo Dan said: "Chu Lao thinks that I, as the biggest customer, sit here, is it deserved?" ”

Chu Nanpu smiled and nodded.

He feels better in his heart, the customer is God, Guo Dan is sitting here in this capacity, and he will not lose face.

Guo Dan said: "As a big customer, I am very disappointed with the current salt market, the whole salt market is disorderly, and the quality of salt is also uneven, there are smugglers everywhere, this kind of internal friction, resulting in little profit for the salt merchants, all the salt merchants combined, even a million taels a year can not afford to lose, this situation is really worrying." ”

Little to gain?

You're right!

That's it.

Can you make us lose a million taels?

A salt merchant asked with a blank eye, "I wonder what Advisor Guo suggests?" ”

Guo Dan said: "I think we should give salt merchants more freedom, more profits, how can they produce good salt without money, so from salt production to sales, salt merchants should be involved, this good quality and cheap people get the market, survival of the fittest, so it is fair, so it is healthy competition, we must not let those who are not right-minded, opportunistic people, control all this, this will only make the salt market smoky, so that everyone has no money to make." ”

Salt production is also handed over to us?

You're right.

The salt merchants nodded in unison.

The devil instantly becomes a savior.

Chu Nanpu said: "Will the imperial court agree?" ”

"Why didn't the court agree?"

Guo Dan said: "I just said that there are two things that the imperial court cares about the most, one is the salt tax; Second, the people. Let's start with the salt tax, which is now full of smugglers, which not only leads to a sharp reduction in the national salt tax, but also makes it difficult for us legitimate salt traders to survive. If the imperial court formulates a reasonable salt tax, vigorously supports the development of legitimate salt merchants, and makes the competition fair, we will work with the imperial court to crack down on those smugglers, and this tax revenue will inevitably increase.

As for the people, reasonable taxation allows salt merchants to set reasonable prices, and this healthy competition can promote the development of salt production, so that salt merchants can produce better salt, and the people will benefit from it.

Of course, there is nothing that benefits more than the salt merchants, and reasonable competition can allow those who are capable to stand out, rather than relying on relationships to win. A reasonable and clear salt tax system will also allow salt merchants to have a clear budget for revenue, and no longer have to think about who has a birthday and how much money to give. ”

This last sentence is obviously a point.

The salt merchants present all knew in their hearts what Guo Dan was referring to.

To put it simply, the salt merchants will share the salt profits belonging to the interest groups with the imperial court.

The salt merchants, of course, benefited.

Because today's big salt merchants have to spend a lot of money every year to honor those old men, and even some big salt merchants are the house slaves of those old men.

But how is this possible?

Chu Nanpu said: "This... It can't be, right? ”

"Who knows."

Guo smiled lightly: "The imperial court is now implementing a new policy, and the new policy includes salt tax reform. ”

Chu Nanpu was stunned and said, "Why haven't I heard of this?" ”

The rest of the salt merchants were also confused.

There was no mention of salt politics in the New Deal.

Guo smiled lightly: "Then have you heard that the imperial court will abolish the old household registration system and unify the whole country with a household registration system?" ”

Chu Nanpu nodded and said, "I've heard about this, but what does this have to do with the salt tax?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Since the whole country uses a unified household registration, how should the stove household be calculated?" ”

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.

Yes!

What should I do with this stove household?

This stove household is a craftsman who makes salt, and it is similar to a craftsman household, and they all have to make salt from generation to generation, and they cannot engage in any industry, but the wages are pitiful, which has caused many stove households to flee one after another, but no matter what, this stove household is the key to the current salt policy.

If the stove is abolished, then the whole system will be in trouble.

Guo Dan continued: "Then in the future, there will only be to hire people to make salt, if the imperial court does it itself, then why cancel the stove household, isn't this a deliberate increase in its own costs?" Many problems have been exposed to key stove households, and the quality of this official salt is far inferior to that of private salt, resulting in people being more willing to buy private salt.

Therefore, the imperial court will be more inclined to hand over the production of the salt merchants themselves, because it has been proved that the goods produced by the merchants are better than the goods produced by the imperial court itself, and the reasons for this must be better known to you than I am. As for why the imperial court did not issue explicit regulations, it was only because things had priorities and had to be done step by step, but based on the history of the stove household, the salt tax would inevitably face reform. ”

The salt merchants couldn't help but look at each other.

They had opposed the New Deal because they believed it would hurt their rights.

But if the new policy will abolish the stove households, hand over the salt production rights to them, and formulate a reasonable salt tax and system, then it will actually be very beneficial to them, the big salt merchants.

Then they will be able to grow bigger and stronger.

This is actually the purpose of Guo Dan's trip, which is to get them to support the new policy.

But the salt merchants are very entangled, you say step by step, but the problem is that this has not yet come, in the end the imperial court has not issued relevant policies.

I'll talk about it when it's introduced.

But if the imperial court really issued a policy, does Guo Dan still need to seek their support?

As for the salt tax reform, it is actually hidden in the new deal, and the exemption from the old household registration system involves all aspects, but it is not a matter of one sentence.

The reason why Wanli did not explicitly propose the reform of the salt tax was, of course, because it was afraid of arousing more opposition and creating great chaos in the salt market, which would lead to social turmoil, and the key salt tax was also an important tax revenue for the national treasury.

If we could get the support of the salt merchants first, it would be much easier.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

If you want to get more benefits, you have to fight for it on your own.

If my brother can handle everything, then why should my brother cheapen you people.

Everyone's reaction, Guo Dan had already expected, said: "But one thing is certain, that is, I, Guo Dan, am a non-pure businessman, I have always been thinking about businessmen, if you want to go further, you need to seek change." Moreover, I have a lot of big salt farms overseas, and I don't bother to run them myself, so if you are interested, ...... ”

The implication is that I have even thought about the way back for you, and if we can't get along in the hinterland, we can go overseas.

At that time, salt produced from overseas can be smuggled into China.

I'm excited!

The salt merchants have some heartbeats.

But after all, they have been in this industry for so long, and they all have complex interests behind them.

At this point, there is no turning back.

Guo Dan suddenly stood up and said, "You guys think about it yourself, I still have some things, so I'll leave first." ”

As if they had been pardoned, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and got up one after another, promising that they would definitely consider it.

They were afraid that Guo Dan would force them to make a choice immediately.

It's terrible.

For Guo Dan, they don't need to choose a side right away, they just need to waver in the middle, because as long as they don't oppose the New Deal and choose to wait and see how the situation develops, they are actually supporting the New Deal.

Get out of the altar and get back to the carriage.

Aunt Xu, who had been waiting in the carriage, immediately asked, "How is it?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Madam, are you so unconfident in me? ”

Aunt Xu said angrily: "You didn't have anything, so you bought 1,000 taels of smuggled salt, can I not worry about this?" ”

Guo Dan laughed and said: "Madame is a layman, this merchant is not a craftsman, he has to have a hammer, for a businessman, 'I can have' and 'I already have' is not much different." ”