The city of Guangzhou is already in full swing, but for those who are closing, it is time to calculate the value of a day's hard work. The old shopkeeper of Zizhen Zhai Shen is also one of them, he is frowning at the moment, his face is not so natural when he looks at the account book, and he also lets out a long sigh from time to time. If others see this scene, they will definitely think that this old man is worried about Zizhenzhai's dismal livelihood and Zizhenzhai has been open for nearly half a month since the Lantern Festival. What the situation is, you can generally see it. However, the real situation is not what outsiders think.

Old Shen shopkeeper came to Zizhenzhai just to fulfill the contract. Although he saw Zizhenzhai's strength, he didn't think that Guo Yi, who had no background and no power, could immediately open up the situation in Guangzhou, where the business world was full of powerhouses. In the process of preparing for the opening, these owners have shown extraordinary abilities, and he is always worried, for fear that the owners will be greedy for more and bigger, and several stalls will be spread out together, and it is inevitable that they will lose one or the other. However, the changes in the month after the opening of Zizhen Zhai were completely unexpected to him.

Some numbers on the thin ledger spread out on the table are impressive: "On the twentieth day of the first month, a pair of Western crystal cups, fifty taels of silver, bookkeeping; Liu Fu Liu Yuanwai; A delicate self-striking bell, one hundred taels of silver, bookkeeping; Baixian Lou Wang Lao; Three strings of longan pearl necklace, 1,200 taels, Chen Ji grain stack Chen boss, bookkeeping; There are three colorful paintings of Nanban, six hundred taels of silver, and the total amount on the books of the chief soldier is as much as 12,112 taels ...... paid.

Shen Fan has been in the industry for 40 years, but it is not that he has never seen such a number of accounts. But this is only the sales of Zizhen Zhai in just a few days after its opening, even for Shen Fan, who has unparalleled experience, Zizhen Zhai's ability to make money is too terrifying. He just introduced some big families in Guangzhou that he was familiar with, and Guo Dongzhu was able to just put what he could do to show him what he was interested in, and his ability to observe words and people was simply amazing to him.

As for the other two proprietors, one soaked on the construction site of the workshop every day, supervising the workers to make sake, and the other was making jewelry with the craftsmen every day. He really didn't expect that this Yan Dongjia was born as a craftsman, and he had superb craftsmanship, even if he went to work in the largest jewelry store in the local area, he would have something to eat. This Guo Dongjia is from a rich and noble family at first glance, how can he partner with a craftsman to do business......

Come to think of it, I didn't show this feeling on my face at all. Every day, he received visiting dignitaries and dignitaries in the shop, and perfunctorily sent housekeepers and servants to select goods. He also has to send a capable guy to run around with samples and brochures, and he has his own way to open the way, Bao Hengxiang's guys are also veterans in the industry, and the business is also smooth.

The most strange thing for him was that Guo Dongzhu, who rarely interfered in business, actually carried out a new system before the opening: first of all, the whole store was divided into three categories according to the different work contents: business, miscellaneous labor, and craftsmen, and each category had different levels and enjoyed different treatment according to the nature of the work. For example, the income of the business is higher than that of the handyman, and the craftsman is paid according to the ability of each person. This system is completely new to Shen Fan.

In addition to the fixed monthly salary, the sales commission of each person per month is settled and paid after the end of the three sections of the annual collection. Shen Fan was shocked after making a preliminary estimate of himself, according to this new system, he only had more than 30 taels of achievements this month, and the highest before his retirement was only 240 taels a year. Shen Fan couldn't help but shake his head, thinking that he was a little dizzy and calculated it with an abacus, and this was still the result.

In this way, wouldn't he get a commission of more than 300 taels a year! Shen Fan was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped, his current monthly salary is already preferential, and he said that with 360 taels per year, the shopkeeper of the jewelry store in Guangzhou is the only one. To add a commission......

He shook his head again and again, this can't be helped, he is already in charge, how can he get a commission, or let the "running out" Guo Dong call the young boys who "run the business" to earn.

As for the miscellaneous servants, the proprietor is not disadvantaged. ジシュ is generous to give money well, too. The jeweler is the highest place in ジシュ. You can get nearly ten taels of land a month. You can also take five pieces of silver.

Zuihou also announced the year-end dividend of Zizhenzhai: the annual profit is divided into thirteen shares. The proprietors hold ten shares. All business personnel account for half of the shares. Craftsmen and handymen occupy half of the shares. One share is "public money". Stored on the cabinet. The shopkeepers have land for birth, old age, sickness and death. All of this money will be spent on it.

Zuihou shares are called "pension money". Whoever works hard in the shop. zuihou incapacitated. The store used the money to provide for the elderly. System 1 announced. The whole shop is a sensation in the world, will there be such a kind owner? Shen Fan did not harbor the sincerity of the proprietors. He is very well-read. Until Guo Dongzhu showed kindness, it was not a disguise. It is really for the sake of the people who do the construction site, no matter where they go. The shop gives the craftsmen two meals a day. Guo Dongzhu said: "I want people to work." How can you only give two meals? "I changed it to three meals a day. Three meals a day. Shen Fan sighed

He has been working for more than 20 years to become a shopkeeper to enjoy this treatment. Even the apprentices enjoyed this Zizhen Zhai. It's really a good host.

As for the other bits and pieces benefits. I can't say enough about that. It's too hot in the house. Large windows were specially opened for ventilation; There were wooden barrels for herbal tea in the house; A well was specially drilled in the yard. I made a stone trough. Let the guys get off work and have a place to shower. It is still creating new houses on vacant land. It is said that it is a "dormitory" for the guys. In the future, everyone will not have to lay in the workshop, on the pavement, and in the corridor.

It's a lot of hard work. It's no wonder that Zizhen Zhai is full of energy up and down. Even the lowest-level gatekeeper Lao Wang is also very diligent in patrolling every night. The guys' faces are even more vibrant. This spirit. In the past, Shen Fan couldn't feel the ground. It's not a forced effort to make a living. It's an attitude of really doing things for yourself.

Seeing Zizhenzhai flourishing so quickly, he was really happy for his benefactor in his heart, but while he was happy, he couldn't help but feel a trace of indescribable worry. Shen Fan sighed and gently closed the account book.

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Yi is writing in a secluded safe house:

"Report to the Executive Board: ...... It has been nearly three months since we arrived in Guangzhou, and thanks to the concerted efforts of our personnel and colleagues in the Admiralty, we have overcome the initial difficulties and put the trade side on the right track. In order to avoid direct competition with Gaoju, we decided not to directly operate the goose egg mirror Gaoju reached an agreement: the goose egg mirror will continue to be represented by the Gao family, which has a good grasp of the control and regulation of the market, and the supply and demand price system is stable. In terms of speeding up the collection process, it is also appropriate to continue to hold up the agency product.

"At the moment, the main items we make a profit from are all kinds of craft glassware, which have a narrow margin of profit because of similar products imported by the Portuguese from Macao, which form a certain competition with us. Moreover, glassware is only a rare plaything in the local area, and most people are not interested. However, window glass is in great demand in the luxury market - we see a small amount of flat glass used in the building windows of the garden of a wealthy family, and it is said that the purchase price was extremely high at that time, but foreign merchant ships were reluctant to ship such goods because of too much damage on the way, and there was no price in the market.

"The results of the market probing of 'Guoshi Musou' as a gift were satisfactory, and most of the recipients were confused by the glass bottle of this wine. At present, 'Guoshi Wushuang' wine is the most fashionable gift in Guangzhou's business circles and officialdom, and there is a trend of developing to high-end gifts. However, the first batch of bottles has been used up and cannot continue to be shipped, and it is hoped that the Executive Committee will arrange the manufacture of bottles as soon as possible.

"The newly developed 'Tang Princess' in the European market has completed the sample day and will go to Macao for trial marketing, if the sales situation is satisfactory, I hope that the executive committee will allocate all the porcelain vases with stock number JC to the dispatch station for use.

"The 16-open AV album played an important role in some special sales channels, which greatly solved the initial cash crunch. In view of the special nature of such goods, which are not conducive to being a long-term commodity, it is proposed that the Executive Committee arrange for the production of tobacco and simple light industrial products as soon as possible, and that high-quality tobacco can be purchased on the ground in the state.

In addition, the progress of the paving in Leizhou has been completed. At present, a branch of the Weidart Bureau has been opened in Haikang County, with mules and horses. Three mills were acquired, one of which was water-powered and the other was animal-powered. The five sugarcane fields of the sugarcane village have a standard of 1200 acres. In Xuwen County, a warehouse was opened, two mills were acquired, four sugarcane farms were acquired, and the sugarcane fields were 400 acres per standard. The local sugarcane harvest has already begun, and the Executive Committee quickly sent professionals to Leizhou to preside over the sugar business. ”

He sighed, and glanced at the hot Zhang Yuchen who was chatting with Zhang Yu on the radio, an otaku who has now become a real "ham" (radio enthusiast), although he has no QO, he has learned to chat with MM in Morse code. He didn't want to get off the radio, so he had to find a strong guy to ride his bike outside every day to recharge.

"It's so hot, it's strange to see if Li Chiqi doesn't cut it." He muttered, looked at his notebook, and continued:

"Personnel recruitment, in addition to recruiting craftsmen for the dispatch station, also recruited about 30 craftsmen from different jishu through the local treasurer, who have promised to be willing to work in Lingao, but are not willing to bring their families, and declare that they will work for a year first, and whether they will continue to work for a long time depends on the specific situation. If you can confirm the conditions and sign a contract with them, please send a boat to pick them up as soon as possible.

"Regarding the purchase of people in Guangzhou, we have reached a cooperative relationship with the local gentry Liang Cunhou, and we recruited farmers who fled the famine in the name of cultivating land, and he was responsible for dredging between us and the government. As a sincere gesture of cooperation, the dispatch station donated 1,000 taels of silver to the charity hall he presided over in the name of Zichengji. At present, there are tens of thousands of hungry people in and around the city of Guangzhou, and I wonder how much reception capacity Lingao has?

"In terms of finance, the cumulative sales have reached 12,000 taels of silver so far, because the trading environment here is different from what we are familiar with, and the large retail customers are all adopting the account system, and it is difficult to realize sales and profits quickly, and the book figures are high.

After opening a base store and recruiting personnel, the dispatch station has already consumed a lot of money, and we ask for 10,000 taels of silver to be withdrawn from the exalted receivables for the next step of activities and maintenance expenses.

"I ask the Financial Commission to formulate regulations for the dispatch station as soon as possible on the procedures for the use of funds, reimbursement procedures, etc., so that we can standardize the financial system."

When Guo Yi wrote here, he thought of the large book of running accounts and many handwritten notes in the safe, spending money like running water in the past few months, and there were no invoices in this time and space, and using money was to make notes. He asked himself that there was not a penny in it to spend for himself, including other people at the dispatch station, and he could also vouch for it, but it was not a way for a long time, or the financial department had to come up with a system, and it would be better for everyone to do things according to the rules, otherwise it would be inexplicable trouble if there was something to deal with the scene in the future.

“…… In terms of base construction, in addition to the large-scale commercial bank Zicheng Ji, there is also a jewelry store Zizhen Zhai (a local shopkeeper, reliable), and a high-end Fengyue place Ziming Building, and the normal income and expenditure of the above three are currently flat. According to the overall accounting, the revenue in the next three months should be around 20,000 taels without replenishing new goods......"

Guo Yi rubbed his sore shoulders and continued: "In terms of intelligence construction. The market intelligence collection network headed by Gao Di has begun to be launched. The senior brother is available, but his father has an ambiguous attitude. If possible, it is best to send their parents to Lingao for use. so as not to shake it

"The list of officials and gentry in the whole country and Guangdong has been obtained, and they will be sent back with the ship, and the channel for obtaining a copy of the newspaper has also been opened.

"The dispatch station has spent 2,000 taels of silver to renovate a three-story attic on Gaodi Street in the prosperous area of Guangzhou, tentatively named Ziming Building, for the activities of Intelligence Commissioner PEPII. Commissioner PEPII has caused a lot of sensation among the dignitaries and nobles in Guangzhou, and it is said that he is quite close to the son of He Rubin, the general soldier of Guangzhou, and frequently goes in and out of the general army's mansion. When the pseudonym Pei Lixiu appeared in front of the public for the first time in Ziming Building, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is shocking, but the lighting effects that have been painstakingly arranged are not in vain. It's just that I didn't expect the star chasers of the Ming Dynasty to be so crazy, but if they knew that PEPII was...... Guo Yi suddenly had the urge to throw away the pen and laugh at the daxiao.