Chapter 243: The Future of the Mi Family
At the dinner that day, the two Mizhu brothers were ceremoniously received by Pei Qing as guests, and the two of them were naturally flattered, plus they also relied on Pei Qing, so they were naturally extraordinarily enthusiastic, energetic, and loyal to Pei Qing.
Of course, Pei Qing could feel their enthusiasm, and the next day he announced that Bai Mizhu was the commander of Chang'an City, responsible for the management of the nine cities of Chang'an.
When the news came, it was immediately shocking, although the treatment of the Chang'an City Commander was equal to that of the first county Order, and the rank was a thousand stones, but he was in charge of the Nine Cities of Chang'an! Although the current Chang'an is far less prosperous than the Western Han Dynasty, under Pei Qing's continuous efforts to develop, the scale of the nine cities of Chang'an is constantly expanding, and it has a bit of the prosperity of the past.
Although due to the secession of Han Sui and Li Dao and others, it is impossible to trade with the Western Regions, but now the trade between the Han and the Xiongnu and the Qiang people is constantly developing, although some fields are fixed, but as the most prosperous commercial Chang'an in the west, it is also the current capital of the imperial court, the trade here is still very prosperous, leather, wine, cattle and horses, silk and other transactions are often large, in addition to the trade of strategic products such as salt under the auspices of the official, there are statistics, The trading volume of the nine cities of Chang'an in one day is almost equivalent to the trading volume of a year when Li Dao was entrenched before.
With such a huge trading volume, the income brought by it is definitely considerable, not to mention anything else, the amount of taxes alone is very amazing, so the current Chang'an City Order is definitely a fat shortage, and it can't be fattened.
Mi Zhu didn't expect that he would be entrusted with such an important task, and he was immediately grateful to Pei Qing, and at the same time secretly thanked Lu Su, if it wasn't for Lu Su's persuasion, where would he be today?
"Please rest assured that Pei Gong, Xia Guan will definitely work hard to find a way to make the nine cities of Chang'an more prosperous, and never disappoint Pei Gong's expectations!" Mi Zhu's tears of emotion were almost left, and he naturally expressed his loyalty to Pei Qing.
Pei Qing had a satisfied smile on his face, and said to Mi Zhu: "In fact, with Zizhong's talent, what is it to be a small Chang'an City Order?" It's just that I am currently short of specialized business management talents, so I can only temporarily wronged you, for the development of industry and commerce, my attitude towards the dynasty is actually not too good, especially after Emperor Xiaowu, businessmen are not only limited in status, even the scale of wealth expansion has been limited, but this also facilitates the people's livelihood, so it can not be said that it is all wrong, but no agriculture is not stable, no business is not alive, now the Guanzhong region has been repeatedly traumatized by war, the economy is withering, encouraging business development, just at the right time, I know that Mi Zizhong is a business wizard, I think I have my own set of business management, and I also know how to attract businessmen, so I dare to entrust this matter to you, Zizhong, you can rest assured that if you have any ideas for business development in the future, you can tell me directly, and I will find a way to help you solve it. ”
"No, thank you Pei Gong for trusting him so much, Pei Gong's kindness is hard to repay!" Mi Zhu heard this, saluted respectfully to Pei Qing, and secretly swore in his heart that he must give full play to his skills and find ways to activate business as much as possible, so that the nine cities of Chang'an will become more prosperous, and return to the lively and prosperous situation of the past, even far beyond before.
Pei Qing waved his hand, so that Mi Zhu did not have to be polite, and then put forward some of his own opinions on the development of business, such as reducing taxes, merging complex and repetitive tax agencies, etc., these measures made Mi Zhu secretly admire, it seems that this master has already thought deeply about this, and he actually hit the nail on the head, which made Mi Zhu's expression more and more happy, even he couldn't say so many such detailed things.
"No wonder the nine cities of Chang'an can move from ruin to recovery, it turns out that these whimsical and exquisite ideas in Pei Gong's mind are at work."
Mi Zhu's admiration for Pei Qing now is simply a five-body throw, this young man's genius-like ideas have given him a lot of inspiration, if he continues to do business, according to these suggestions and policies put forward by Pei Qing, he will definitely make a lot of money.
It's just that now that he has decided to become an official, the family's business naturally can't be done anymore, otherwise it will obviously cause a misunderstanding that the family relies on his official position to make a lot of profits.
Therefore, Mi Zhu decided to suspend the family's trade, and at the same time accept Pei Qing's suggestion, and cooperate with Pei Qing's government, and the government will purchase raw materials in a unified manner, and then unify production, and Mi Zhu and his family only need to be responsible for transporting a sufficient amount of products out and then selling them. Since then, the Mi family has been able to directly carry the banner of government and businessmen in the process of doing business, swaggering business, and the products can even involve the right to sell wine, silk, and especially salt.
"In this way, the scope of the family's business trade will be greatly expanded, and the profit sharing alone will be much more abundant than the wealth earned by the entire family operation in the past!"
Mi Zhu quickly calculated the account in his heart, and felt that this was indeed a good thing for both parties, so of course he agreed decisively without thinking about it.
Mi Zhu didn't know that because of one of his decisions, the Mi family would become a veteran official and businessman, and made very dazzling achievements, becoming a benchmark family for businessmen all over the world.
Of course, now Mi Zhu is already the Chang'an City Commander who manages business, and he can no longer manage the family's business, so he has to retreat to the background to command, and the matter of charging into battle is handed over to his younger brother Mi Fang.
Although Mi Fang's business talent is far from being compared with Pei Qing, after all, he has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he also has some means to restrain people, so he is called the helmsman of Mi on the surface.
In fact, Mi Zhu originally intended Mi Zhen to take over the family business, but she didn't expect Mi Zhen to go to the princess's mansion to ask to be a female official, and she was kept by the princess, so Mi Zhen couldn't count on it, and the only hope could only fall on Mi Fang's head.
It's a pity that Mi Fang was originally ambitious and wanted to be an official, but inexplicably became the ostensible helmsman of the Mi family, and since then he has held the power of the family, and his status has not been reduced.
Fortunately, all of this is a familiar road, and it is not difficult for Mi Fang at all, and Mi Fang doesn't know that because Pei Qing's arrangement changed his fate and made him change from a famous Erwuzai in history to a famous official and businessman representative in history.