Chapter 108 Transport Company

At the meeting, everyone was almost talking, and Yang Jing, who attended the meeting for the first time, said: "Mr. Zhang, leaders. Can you leave the organization of this transportation to me? The other brothers of Yaogang traveled from south to north and made a lot of contributions. Give me a chance this time. ”

"I agree with Yang Jing to do this. Yang Jing's martial arts are good again, and now his body is almost recovering. After such changes in the family, people are much more stable. With his abilities, I believe he can do the job. These are the few times I have sent grain and goods to Niutou Mountain. He handled a lot of troubles well. In addition, he has the signboard of the son of Yang Dangjia of the Huwei Dart Bureau, which is more convenient for him to do this job. Zhang Zhimu was the first to agree.

Everyone also felt that there was no more suitable job than Yang Jing.

Li Zhi summed up the opinions that everyone had just discussed, and read them out one by one:

1. Set up a kiln transportation company, mainly to undertake the transportation of goods, personnel and the delivery of letters.

2. Yang Jing served as the manager of the transportation company.

3. The content of transportation includes personnel, goods and letters.

Cargo transportation is divided into express and slow. The express is guaranteed to arrive with the personnel and vehicles; Slow items should be transported together after a certain number of goods have been gathered. Letters arrived with personnel vehicles.

4. On the transportation route, an inn should be set up every day to receive individual customers for business. When a company vehicle arrives, it is responsible for receiving guests and arranging accommodation.

In the event of a problem with the transport vehicle, it is responsible for helping the rescue. In some places where you don't need to set up a location, you should also contact the cooperative store.

5. In order to solve the problem of communication contact, each station should raise carrier pigeons. In this way, every time you leave a station, you will take the carrier pigeon with you at that station, and if there is a problem on the road, you will immediately put the carrier pigeon back to report the message, and if you arrive successfully, you will also put back the carrier pigeon to report the message. There should also be communication pigeons between the front and rear stations, and if there is a problem with the transport vehicle, they can be rescued together.

6. The vehicle is escorted by musketeers during transportation. In this way, the musketeers can exercise their ability to deal with problems independently outside, and the musketeers must be led by cadres. This is also a good way to train cadres.

7. Li Yunhe was responsible for making a new type of carriage

1) The passenger car transporting personnel adopts a four-wheel steel spring carriage, which can carry 20 people, so the steel spring axle and wheel wheel should be strengthened. All carriages should be made of wood, and the carriages should have glass windows and leather seats. For fast transportation, a five-horse cart is used. In winter, the car should be able to bring a stove to heat the car. The interior of the car is divided into soft seats and hard seats. It is also possible to add a sleeper.

2) Cargo transport vehicles should be made into enclosed trucks. In this way, the road is safe, and the goods are not afraid of wind and rain.

3) Luxury chartered car, special car with seats, tables, beds and other facilities, can be equipped with a special alcohol stove, for boiling water for guests on the road.

8. Ordinary buses can also provide charter services.

9. First opened to the two lines of Kill Tiger Pass and Zhangjiakou, and then then to the whole territory of Shanxi. Now it is also possible to arrange the transportation of guests to Tongguan. The farthest can reach Jiangnan, but the task should be booked in advance, and the company will arrange it according to the situation. In the future, we will strive to operate on a regular basis.

10 The two lines opened this time will first depart once every half month, then once every 10 days, and then once every 5 days. Strive to have a shuttle bus every day. It is necessary to spare a few more cars, and when one car is not enough, two or even multiple cars can be issued.

11. Each guest can carry ten pounds of free luggage. Passengers and goods are transported by optional insurance. The sum insured is 10% of the ticket price. In the event of casualties and cargo losses, the maximum compensation shall be 100 times the fare; If you don't have insurance, you will only be compensated up to 10 times the ticket price.

12 The preliminary set is between the kiln gang and the killing of Hukou, and the fare for one person is one or two silver; Between Yaogang and Zhangjiakou, the fare for one person is three taels of silver. The company is responsible for the food and accommodation of the guests on the way. A 100-pound cargo express is the same as the fare for one person. Slow shipments are one-third of express shipments. Each letter was a penny. Valuables such as gold and silver are counted separately.

You will definitely lose money at the beginning, but you are not afraid. In the future, there will be more trains, and it will soon be earned back.

13. Expand the area of the square in front of the Cultural Palace and build a three-story passenger hall opposite the Cultural Palace. Upstairs is the office of the transport company and the inn. The first floor is the waiting room. Behind the building is the carriage and horse farm.

14 Adopt Huang Yukun's suggestion and allow family members who come to Yaogang together to open some snack bars. Because now there are more and more guests passing by the kiln, and now, businessmen who can go or not take this road are willing to go from here. There are many people who come to ask for water every day. Therefore, Huang Yukun suggested that opening a teahouse, a restaurant, and a blacksmith shop nailing horseshoe can also sell some kiln products.

As soon as Li Zhi finished reading these contents, Lu Chengxiang's round white face turned a little red with excitement, stared at a pair of round eyes, and gestured with his hands: "This is the best deal in the world." Soon, the people of Shanxi will fill the kiln hills. Let's get a lot of cashiers. ”

Yan Boju twisted his goatee and said, "Shanxi people want to go out to do business, and too many of them die outside." In particular, there are not a few people who have been robbed on the road to earn a little money. We can save a lot of people by doing this business. This silver is earned, and there is a great virtue. ”

Zhang Zhimu is even more optimistic about this business. I thought that when we developed it again, we could get a ticket number in these places. In this way, the kiln will soon be a place where people are distributed, and it will soon prosper. The experience of his previous life told him that the land along the street here would be very valuable in the future, so he said to Lu Chengxiang: "Mr. Lu, you strive to buy the land on both sides of the road from here to Xiurong." ”

Lu Chengxiang's eyes became even rounder when he heard this, and he asked, "You mean to buy the land on both sides of Xiurong Road from here?" ”

Zhang Zhimu nodded, "That's right, if you can buy it, you can buy it." In the future, all sides of this road will be turned into shops. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "It's eight miles to Xiurong!" ”

"Do you remember how many restaurants there are on both sides of the Huai'an Canal?" Zhang Zhimu asked. "That's as far as the eye can see, and I think the restaurants on both sides of the canal can drain at least twenty or thirty miles. In the future, we will be a commodity distribution center in Shanxi and even the whole Ming Dynasty. The shops on both sides of this road will stretch from Xiurong and Yaogang to each other. ”

Speaking of Xiurong, Chen Yufeng thought of the victims there, "This year is another year of drought and locust disaster. There will be more and more victims, so don't all bring them to the kiln. Needless to say, one or two thousand is enough for us. These people are so hungry that they can do anything. ”

Sister-in-law Xu said: "I know what it feels like to be hungry." can kill people in exchange for food, and then you can do it again. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "We must not open our mouths here to feed the victims. That will attract countless people at once. ”

Zhang Zhimu sighed and said, "Yes, our ship is still too small. If you save too many people at once, you won't be able to save any of them, and even we will be buried in it. But we can't just ignore the victims. ”

Yan Boju stood up with these little eyes and said: "We have put a lot of grain in Xiurong, and the price of grain in Xiurong is the lowest in Shanxi. That's why the most people will come. They all thought there was food here. ”

Huang Yukun sighed and said, "No one can do anything about starvation, and when the disaster victims come, they will not care about anything." Why don't we donate some food to Xiurong Zhixian County and let him come forward to open a porridge shed in Xiurong. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "This is a good way. ”

Zhang Zhimu pondered for a while, he thought of the cash-for-work in his previous life, and said, "Mr. Huang's idea is a good idea. It can help the victims without leading them to the kiln. But now I have a better way. ”

Everyone's attention was focused on Zhang Zhimu. Zhang Zhimu said: "We have always had to engage in transportation, but we have walked this road, and many places are very difficult to walk. In particular, the bull head is now preparing to mine coal. It was also considering the transportation problem that I didn't dare to do it. And our smelter needs a lot of coal. We're going to need a lot of coal in the future. ”

Li Dong interjected: "The transportation pressure of our smelter in and out every day is very high. This coal is consumed a lot every day. ”

Zhang Zhimu said decisively: "Let's just build the road." From these victims, those who can work are selected, and they are given food and shelter every day, and then half a catty of food. I want to save a lot of people. Our roads have been repaired. ”

Lu Bingyi said: "In this case, every labor we use is equivalent to saving a family." Good thing. ”

"Yes, that's it. But when recruiting, don't recruit in the kiln. After Xiurong finished recruiting, he was brought to the construction site. Otherwise, we will not be able to live in peace. Lu Chengxiang said.

Chen Yufeng said: "We can't directly build the road to Niutou Mountain, so that the government knows about it, and it will cause us trouble." We will build along the official road, and let Niutou Mountain repair the road from Niutou Mountain to the official road. So that we are not implicated. ”

Li Yunhe said: "If the road is flattened. If our carriage can run, it will be much faster to carry guests. Guests will also suffer less sin. ”

In the end, it was decided that the road construction would start when Zhang Zhimu came back from the north, and this time he went north, and Lu Bingyi's two disciples took a few people to walk together, and first understood the general situation of the road. When I come back, I will build the road while designing. At that time, Lu Bingyi will come to guide in person.

Seeing that the meeting was almost over, Lu Chengxiang said: "Mr. Zhang, our primary school classroom can be used now. The classroom in the middle school is waiting for the ash in the classroom to dry for a few days, and then it can be used. Can we use a secondary school classroom? ”

"Absolutely. It is not possible to have students in secondary schools now. It is to be used to give cultural tutorials to workers, so why can't you use it? Zhang Zhimu replied.

"Well, I have recently recruited a hundred sixteen or seventeen-year-old cadets, and more than a hundred fellows who have been apprentices in shops. I want to concentrate on training, we must prepare talents early, otherwise it will be difficult to use no one. Lu Chengxiang said.

Shanxi people have the habit of going out to do business, and the only way for the children of poor families to go out to do business is to go to the shops as apprentices after being guaranteed and recommended by others. Apprentices have no wages except for cooking, and many shops use apprentices as cheap labor. Some unscrupulous merchants, when the apprentices are almost full and want to make money, will find all kinds of reasons to fire them. And then recruit new apprentices who don't pay for it. These merchants have saved money, but the fired guys are miserable. Years of their efforts have been in vain. And other employers are generally reluctant to use people who are fired. Because people don't know why you were fired, you can't ask for trouble. And those guys who go home are used to doing it outside, and they are naturally reluctant to do the work in the fields when they return home. What's even more embarrassing is that they can't hold their heads up in the neighborhood and are often laughed at.

Of course, Lu Chengxiang is very aware of these things. He suddenly remembered that these laid-off apprentices were also part of the ready-made talent resources. So he recruited a group of literate young cadets, and recruited some laid-off guys. In fact, these guys who are re-employed will cherish the new job opportunities more. Because they already know what it's like to be laid off and go home.

After the meeting, Li Zhi and Fan Chengkun came to find Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng. Fan Chengkun said that just now the flying pigeons on the Lingshui wharf came to report that Li Zicheng's intelligence on the wharf had been in the past two days

There was an anomaly, and more than a dozen people came in several groups to enter the intelligence point. Every time someone goes in, pigeons fly out. It is estimated that the reporter has arrived without any problems. From a distance, these people are not very clear. But judging from their gait, many of them are martial arts. The people watching on the dock felt that something was wrong, so they hurried to report it.

Zhang Zhimu said: "It must be some big shot." We ourselves have to be careful. We ruined Li Zicheng's big deal, and he wouldn't just forget it. Although Li Zicheng can't attack us directly, we must be careful of their black hands. ”

Li Zhi's thin eyes stretched longer, and he said solemnly: "What worries me most is that they sent assassins to attack you. Don't be careless. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "I will explain to Li Jing here in Yaogang, don't worry." Don't be careless at Commander Fan's Wharf, that's the gateway for us to get in and out. ”

"Rest assured, I'm not going to relax for a moment on the docks. Besides, we have a lot of talent right now. Mr. Zhang's transfer of the naval officers from the smelting plant has played a big role. Fan Chengkun said.

Zhang Zhimu said with a smile: "We are all relieved to have our Commander Fan at the dock. Go back and tell the brethren that I will come back from this trip north. I'm going to do my best to build a steamboat. At that time, we will be able to gallop on the rivers and seas at will, regardless of the direction of the wind. ”

Li Zhi finally said in Zhang Zhimu's ear: "The people brought by Meng Si'er have been off for a few days. It is estimated that he will return to the outside of Beijing in a few days. ”

This time, Meng Si'er and the others, who were at the front station, also brought two people on the head of the bull. Niu Tou did have his own informant outside the city of Beijing. This time, I wanted to reintegrate the original informant and the new person sent out and build an inn by myself. The choice of being outside the city was due to the fact that it was troublesome to enter and exit Beijing, and as soon as the city gate was closed sooner or later, the movement was very restricted.

Zhang Zhimu asked: "So far, there are no flying pigeons to report, nothing will happen, right?" ”

"No, if they can't even protect themselves. Then damn it. Li Zhi said with careful eyes.

Zhang Zhimu and these people robbed the grain of the merchants in Zhangjiakou and came back to continue to engage in production and construction. I thought things were done seamlessly. However, there was a saying in my previous life: "There is no impermeable wall in the world." "It's just as effective in this life.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in the Imperial Palace of Beijing City, had already been avenged for what he had done.

It turned out that there were secret agents from Dongchang in the caravan that transported the volume to the merchants of Zhangjiakou. When it happened, the spy was also confused. He didn't know who could have such an earth-shattering skill and do things seamlessly.

Of course, the matter was soon reported to Grandpa Li. When Gonggong Li heard the news, he praised repeatedly: "Good means, good means." Zhang Zhimu is really not a mortal. This Gonggong Li immediately judged that Zhang Zhimu had done this. I thought to myself, "This guy said in front of me that he didn't dare to take action." I went back and performed this earth-shattering trick. I want to show my husband. ”

As soon as Zhang Zhimu left last time, Gonggong Li reported to Emperor Chongzhen how Zhang Zhimu was loyal to the imperial court, and now he came to report the enemy of Zhangjiakou merchants. After Zhang Zhimu robbed the grain this time, Gonggong Li reported the matter to Emperor Chongzhen again. and judged that Zhang Zhimu was the one who could have such means to do this.

Since Zhang Zhimu relieved the siege of Kaifeng, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to summon Zhang Zhimu. However, the ministers said that Zhang Zhimu was a businessman, and it was difficult to determine his whereabouts when he wandered around. It's better to hand over the holy decree that rewarded him to the king of Zhou to pass it on. In fact, Emperor Chongzhen knew that this was because the ministers were dissatisfied because they were robbed of the limelight by Zhang Zhimu, a businessman, and did not want Zhang Zhimu to enter Beijing. At this time of crisis, Emperor Chongzhen was unwilling to get along with these ministers, so he did not insist anymore. However, Emperor Chongzhen's impression of Zhang Zhimu is already quite good. Originally, businessmen were profit-seeking, but this Zhang Zhimu actually spent his own money to buy grain, and sent it to Kaifeng desperately in the army of ten thousand horses. Let those officers and generals who have many soldiers in their hands be ashamed. It's a pity that there are too few people like this in the Ming Dynasty. But someone reported that Zhang Zhimu had the intention of rebellion. However, Li Gongbao came with information saying that this person has been buying land and factories, and it is not at all like he wants to rebel, and those who want to rebel will not buy any factories and land. According to Gonggong Li's report, Zhang Zhimu's food for one Games was enough to raise many soldiers, and if he had rebelled, he would have rebelled a long time ago. In the year of the great calamity, there are as many soldiers as there is food. But he didn't recruit soldiers, but donated a lot of food to help the victims, how could such a person rebel. However, Zhang Zhimu raised some musketeers and was a little uneasy, but fortunately, he was loyal to the imperial court and used this power where it should be used. If there were more people like Zhang Zhimu in the Ming Dynasty, there would be no need for me to work hard here. Gonggong Li came to report again that this Zhang Zhimu would soon go north, and said that according to Zhang Zhimu's gritted hatred for those traitor businessmen, he would definitely take action against them. But the power of these people is too great. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen also ordered Jinyiwei to pay close attention to the movements of Zhangjiakou and strictly investigate the evidence of these merchants' collaborators. When necessary, a certain amount of support can be given to cooperate with Zhang Zhimu's actions.

What Zhang Zhimu didn't expect was that it was not only Emperor Chongzhen who paid attention to Zhang Zhimu at the same time, but also the king Li Zicheng who had never forgotten this businessman Zhang Zhimu who ruined his big business. Every time he thinks of Zhang Zhimu, King Li Chuang is like a fish in his throat. Originally, a small businessman could not be placed in Li Zicheng's eyes. But he vaguely felt that this person was likely to be a big hidden danger. It's better to take advantage of his failure to become a climate and solve him early. Therefore, the small detachment he sent did not have the kindness of Emperor Chongzhen.

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