Chapter 122: Relief and Welfare

Secretly returning to the mansion, Shi Bin didn't even take off the professional uniform of the fortune teller, so he went straight to the study, closed the door when he entered, sat on the rattan chair in front of the desk, and thought while resting.

Some people praised him for his good governance, of course, he was very happy, although he did not do anything big today, but it is also a good thing to be able to check and fill in the gaps, and the old man's words are even more enlightening to him.

At the beginning, everyone only saw that various forces in the territory also began to help refugees, and the help to Shi Bin was huge, but they never thought that this lack of unified relief would be easy to cause disputes and contradictions, so that some people who don't know how to be grateful can pick things out.

So what to do? As the old man said, everyone has to save face, but this bottom line is different for everyone. Especially people are selfish, other county orders to give 1,000 taels of silver for disaster relief He Shi Bin may feel that it is too little, but the local county order may feel that he must be Guanyin who rescues the suffering, and the allocation is enough.

Therefore, although the old man's words are correct, things can't really be done so casually, maybe it will exacerbate the contradiction and do bad things with good intentions.

After thinking about it clearly, regardless of the cold winter, he took a sip of herbal tea and changed his clothes back, and instructed Xu Feng outside the door to bring Wang San and Liu Xiancheng to discuss the matter.

In Shi Bin's view, his strength is on the rise, and it is very easy to get those people to pay in order to tie himself up, but it is a technical job to make them not only willing to pay without contradictions. He definitely doesn't have this diamond, so it's better to find a few people who can do this job to discuss.

Because everything has been going well recently, especially the completion of the two major events of independent coal mining and the reduction and exemption of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes by the Ministry of Water Resources, all of Shi Bin's subordinates are full of energy, and they want to take Shi Bin's power to the top again, and get a good year-end evaluation, and then Jia Yidao will take him out of the small ravine of Xiangtan, and at least become the governor of Tanzhou.

Hearing Xu Feng's words, although the two of them had the official document in hand, they decisively put down the work in their hands and went straight to Shi Bin's study. Especially Liu Xiancheng, although he was in his early forties, he rushed into the study like a scud.

When the two entered the door, Shi Bin didn't say much, went straight to the point, told what he had seen and heard outside the city, and expressed his desire to hear the opinions of Wang San and Liu Xiancheng.

From Shi Bin's tone, Wang San and the others obviously heard Shi Bin's dissatisfaction, thinking that they already had some tendency to report good news but not bad news, but they just didn't want to worry about it for the time being.

Both of them are smart people, they don't need to be reprimanded by Shi Bin, and they don't defend themselves, they just apologize and say that they will definitely do their best in the future and will not slack off. Of course, he understood that what the two said was half-true, but he didn't invite the two to come and reprimand, but still humbly asked them to come together.

"My lord, the old man's words and your worries are correct, but his subordinates don't think that much change is needed." Liu Xiancheng stroked his beautiful hair and said slowly.

Don't change too much? Why? Shi Bin immediately frowned, expressing confusion and dissatisfaction.

"My lord, I have served as a county governor for more than 20 years, and I know that these merchants have their own set of rules of conduct, and if they are forced to merge, it will indeed be a good thing to do bad things. Especially if you are worried about adults, how much to allocate is suitable for their respective standards will be very different. ”

This is not the same, Shi Bin can think of it, but how it is different, Shi Bin still doesn't understand, so he motioned to Liu Xiancheng to talk carefully.

"Each industry has different profits, and the money paid is different. We may be able to stipulate the amount of donations according to the industry, but in short, it must not be mixed into a pot of porridge. Knowing that Wang San must also have his own opinions, Liu Xiancheng, an old man, will not steal all the limelight, and immediately stood aside after saying this.

Wang San agreed with these opinions very much, so he nodded and smiled at Shi Bin and Liu Xiancheng and said, "What Liu Xiancheng said is very true. I also have some opinions, which are only for the advice of adults. Our Han people have too much face-saving, and I'm afraid that it is not enough to take the regulations of the industry, because the strength of the industry is also uneven. So if we could have allowed them to take the initiative to give relief instead of complete speculation, it is estimated that there would not be so much criticism. ”

Not exactly speculative? It's a good idea, but it's not profitable, and anyone has to do it for their own personal gain, let alone a businessman?

"My lord, if you want to do business with these merchants, you must follow their rules." Wang San said slowly.

Of course, Shi Bin understands that the rules of businessmen are two words "interests", and it seems that Wang San means to guide them with profits, so that they will take the initiative to come over like cats that smell fishy.

Doesn't that mean that you have to sacrifice some of your own interests? The foundation is not thick, Wang San's iron rooster cries poor not once or twice, and now he is going to be a boy of scattered wealth? So Shi Bin looked at him with a hint of contempt.

"Big brother, don't get me wrong, I'm not asking you to pay. Instead, take money from them in a different way. Wang San said with a smile. As soon as these words came out, Shi Bin was relieved.

Now Shi Bin's water army has made great progress, most of the merchants have taken his water transportation, although the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes are gone, but he still has a lot of dart money to give him, so Wang San plans to make a fuss about this, so he made a "profit" policy.

Anyone who participates in the Shibin disaster relief project can get a reduction or exemption from the dart fee according to the amount of disaster relief contribution.

Isn't that just a promotion? What buy one get one free, recharge 2,000 and get 100 off, it's all this routine. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that Wang San was really powerful, he was going to say such a routine, but now he was said by Wang San in advance, it seems that the business acumen of the ancients is still very powerful. Liu Xiancheng's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said that he completely agreed with Wang San's opinion.

However, as an old official who has been struggling on the front line all year round, he also proposed a powerful method: in order not to make the county's finances tight, he is ready to let the dart fee rise first, and then come out with this policy, as long as the cost of water transportation is lower than that of land transportation.

After hearing this, Shi Bin admired the ancients even more, isn't this still the same set? It's just a little darker, and in order to ensure the profits, the merchants must take the initiative to get into this hole.

After that, the three stinkers all smiled wickedly, and Shi Bin signed an official document, saying that he would immediately issue a notice indicating that the dart fee would increase by five cents from now on.

As soon as the notice came out, it immediately caused a strong reaction from all the merchants who took the Xiangjiang waterway, and Shi Bin never competed with the people for profit, this is the first time that the price has been raised, and it has come to compete with the people for profit. Although it is not much, it is only five points, but no one will be happy if they pay more, so the merchants are somewhat frustrated.

Some even began to encourage Chairman Deng and the coal bosses, who had a close relationship with Shi Bin, to become lobbyists to see if they could waive the price increase, or lower it.

has been in the mall for a long time, and he has long been stunned, let alone Chairman Deng and these coal bosses? Shi Bin naturally has his reasons for doing this, not to mention that this is not a corrupt official, and he is quite strong, so it is definitely not right to act rashly. Naturally, the old monks were in the same place, ignoring it, just as if it didn't happen.

The notice has been issued for half a month, but no merchant has come to the door to intercede, which made Shi Bin very surprised, I thought that the uproar caused by this five cents of profit would definitely spread to his home, but he didn't expect that the door of the house was as calm as water. He couldn't help admiring the composure of those merchants, and secretly laughed at his own immaturity and self-righteousness.

Shi Bin saw that there was no movement on the surface, and he was also happy. After all, collecting money in this way is really overcharging food, and there is no need to discount it. Although it did not solve that problem, at least it was not idle to increase fiscal revenue.

A month and a half after the incident, Wang San and Liu Xiancheng brought up the matter again, saying that another strategy should be announced: participate in disaster relief and enjoy dart fee reduction.

This time, Shi Bin didn't agree to simply send a notice for so long, but wanted to invite those big merchants to have a meal before this, so that they could fully understand themselves and not have any misunderstandings.

Of course, people like Wang San and Liu Xiancheng who think first of year can't understand Shi Bin's thoughts, they are willing to help those merchants do things, and those merchants are virtuous people, where do they need to explain to those lowly businessmen?

Understanding how deep-rooted these ideas were, Shi Bin had no choice but to persuade the two of them with the famous remark that "the people are the sky, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light".

Although they were somewhat unconvinced, they still sent out invitations informing the merchants to invite them to a banquet in Shi Bin's mansion five days later.

I was worried that there was no one to persuade Shi Bin to reduce the dart fee, but now that he has a treat, things are much easier, even if some people propose it, it will not seem so abrupt.

Everyone formed a small interest group, and discussed the reasons for persuading Shi Bin to reduce the dart fee at home, and they all just wanted to pass the five days quickly, so that they could successfully persuade Shi Bin at the banquet so that they could have less "losses".

Before the fifth day, people kept coming to the door of Shifu to get close to the doorman and servants of Shifu, wanting to probe Shi Bin's tone. It's a pity that Shi Bin's royal majesty is extremely strict, and no one in the house dares to reveal a word. Naturally, those merchants were busy in vain.

Finally, on the fifth day, Shi Bin, who was waiting for the merchants in the living room, was very happy, and in less than a month, he increased the treasury by five hundred taels of silver. As for the smiles on the faces of those merchants who entered the house, it was obviously squeezed out, and the monthly expenditure was twenty or thirty taels more, although it was not much, but the fly meat was also meat, and no one was happy when the money was paid.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Shi Bin immediately apologized, saying that it was a bit unkind to raise the price without informing everyone. The merchants naturally did not dare to accept Shi Bin's "apology", and only said that all this he did was for the benefit of the people, which should have been.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Shi Bin began to praise President Deng and other merchants who opened their own porridge shops for their benevolence and righteousness. And said that although he also wanted to contribute, but the strength was insufficient, this feeling of powerlessness made him very ashamed. . .

As soon as these words came out, these shrewd businessmen immediately understood the purpose of Shi Bin's invitation to come. It seems that the apology is fake, but the oil extraction is real.

Some merchants who are good at drilling immediately expressed their willingness to help Shi Bin, and they will give as much as Shi Bin wants them to give, and there is no ambiguity. Knowing that these merchants had misunderstood, Shi Bin did not plan to correct their misunderstanding immediately, after all, it would be interesting to see their reactions.

"You are all righteous people, and you are all righteous businessmen. Even if Shi asks for something, it won't be too much, as long as he helps a little. Shi Bin said implicitly.

A little help? These words relieved everyone present, Shi Bin's official voice was not bad, and he said that it would not be too much if he helped a little. Therefore, in order to prevent others from despising him, everyone immediately expressed their support for Shi Bin.

"Ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow I am going to offer a mutual aid project to the merchants with whom I have economic dealings. It is called participating in disaster relief and enjoying dart fee reduction. Shi Bin said with a smile.

It turned out that the price increase was to make them merchants participate in disaster relief willingly, and everyone in the scene felt that Shi Bin's gang was so powerful that they had nothing to say about paying money, and they had to actively participate in disaster relief in order to get more profits.

In the end, Shi Bin said that he would compile the donations of these 'volunteer businessmen' into a book for the record, and tell the beneficiaries who donated, but would not let them know the specific amount of donations from the merchants, so as to save unnecessary trouble.

This method makes most merchants happy, so that they will not be scolded for doing good things. The dinner was also a successful end, and everyone expressed their gratitude to Shi Bin for reducing their expenses in this way. And some visionaries even said that they could donate anonymously...