Chapter 9 Arrangements for Business Five

Shang Wu announced and promulgated a series of matters and arrangements in the family council, and finally left a separate doorpost and stone.

"The next thing will be the most important thing in the family, a major event related to the rise and fall of the family, and you can't spread it without my permission." Shang Wu said solemnly.

"We will not dare to spread the word, and if outsiders hear it, they will be spurned by their ancestors."

"We will not dare to spread the word, and if outsiders hear it, they will be spurned by their ancestors."

The doorpost and the stone duo swore solemnly.

"Stone, I want you to step up the training of soldiers, and choose people who are loyal to the family's orders and prohibitions, even if the force is lower, it doesn't matter, the key is that reliable and trustworthy people are the most important." Shang Wu demanded.

"Stone obeys, but in this way there are a few naughty boys who have good strength and good work, but lack discipline and honestly cause trouble, so I am afraid that they will not obey." Stone said with some concerns.

"You can have them come to me, and tell them that if they still want to be an errand under you, or a guard or a scout, if they can't take it away, I'll send them to do the laundry. If you want to have something to do and achieve in the business, you can not understand the rules, but you can't abide by the law and abide by the system. Shang Wu said seriously.

"The doorpost, you help the stone to sort out the rules under him, his most important order is to prohibit it, and the guards and soldiers must also maintain the order of our Dayi merchants and require the people of Dayi merchants to keep order according to the system, so the guards and soldiers must lead by example." Shang Wu looked at the doorpost and said.

"The doorpost has written down, and it will help the stone to straighten things out and help the stone to carry it forward." Said the doorpost.

"In addition, the doorpost selects credible people, and puts a good hand on the main road to the outside world, and must not let anyone go out of the Dayi business, nor let people enter the Dayi merchant at will, if anyone is close, the person who holds the key road can hide nearby, if they are close enough to see the smoke, the house and the people, try to intercept them, invite them to me, if there are many people, then quickly send a signal to notify everyone to rush over, and you must remember the stone." Shang Wu looked at the stone and said.

"Shi Ding'an's family master asked to act, and Shi understood the intention of the family master, which is to let us hide here, be isolated from the world, never be disturbed by the outside world, develop independently, and avoid strong enemy invasion and external interference." The stone replied.

"The stone is right, we have to hide, this part of the hidden will be handed over to the stone to be responsible, we must do a good job of the gateway of the Dayi merchants, and when my Dayi merchants are strong, we will accumulate and soar to let outsiders know the power of our Shang Dynasty descendants." Shang Wu said and became high-spirited.

"By the way, there are some preparations to be made on the side of the doorpost, there is a skilled person at home, burning ceramics, making furniture and salt, and some leather goods and other easy goods, and after the Dayi merchants are properly settled here, they will send caravans to trade, and they will be the same as the stone side, and they must trust the people who are tight-lipped, this matter is not in a hurry, but they must start to prepare, and after the Dayi merchants settle down, they will send caravans abroad." Shang Wu looked at the doorpost and said.

"The main tasks of sending caravans are as follows: first, to communicate with the outside world whether goods are available or not, and to enrich the material life and some necessities in Dayi; second, to collect information from the outside world, so that we can walk outside and understand the movements of the outside world; Thirdly, if there are talents available to us or people who have no dependence to return, as long as they are not spies or impure people, they can bring Dayi merchants to help us develop. Shang Wu looked at the doorpost and said.

"The doorpost has been written, and the head of the house will not be disappointed." The doorpost replied.

"When the stone comes, you will train reliable soldiers, and send some caravans to the gateposts as guards to protect the caravan." Shang Wu said.

"Don't worry, the head of the family, this matter is on me, and the goalpost will be satisfied." Stone said with a smile.

"Stone has kept you paying attention to that wild road before, I just want to use this wild road to open up the trade route of the two cities, and then establish a trading station on this commercial road, as a place for Dayi merchants to communicate with the outside world, Dayi merchants all pass through this trading station, which can help Dayi merchants hide well, and when our caravan is about to leave, I want you to help me prevent the mountain bandits on the trade road, and see the machine to subdue or leave, and build a simple camp before the caravan departs, so that the caravan has a place to stay, It is convenient for caravans to expand their caravans on this basis. Shang Wu said this idea that he had been pondering in his heart for a long time.

"Don't worry, the head of the family, I can't do other things too much, I'm good at these stones, and I'll do it myself when the time comes," the stone patted his chest and said confidently.

"The head of the house has a very good arrangement, I am still thinking that we live alone in the depths of this, if there is any shortage of life is extremely difficult, and I want to find a time to tell the head of the house, the head of the house wants to be in front of me, and the doorpost admires the master of the house." The doorpost lowered his head and thought about Shang Wu's series of arrangements, admiring.

"Okay, next, the doorpost should formulate the system inside the Dayi merchant so that it is no longer as chaotic as on the road, and hand it over to the stone after it is set, let the stone arrange someone to supervise, and those who make mistakes and violations will be punished accordingly. For the goalposts who behave well and abide by the rules, you should also formulate a reward charter, so that there are rewards and punishments for right and wrong, and they will do it in accordance with the system. Shang Wu explained.

"What the head of the family said is that I have recently made a record of all the problems that have occurred and encountered during this time, and after I have compiled these into a system and reported them to the head of the family, I will hand them over to the stone." The doorpost did not dare to specialize, or reported to Shang Wu, and Shang Wu read it and then gave the stone.

"Yes, there is also the need to prepare for the family sacrifice, we didn't do it on the way to the spring festival, this time we have to do it well, tell the ancestors to explain the situation, and also report our recent situation to the ancestors, so that the ancestors will not be angry and bless us with peace and security this year." Shang Wu said seriously.

Shang Wu does this sacrifice has his deep meaning, the spring sacrifice did not do to the ancestors to confess, the sacrifice is an important means to unite the family has to do, but also through this sacrifice to the people who belong to the merchant awe and yearning, of course, the ancestral faith is not enough, with the help of the crow this witch to spread the faith, so that the merchant in the ancestor worship and witchcraft worship under the dual belief firmly tied to the hearts of the people.

"By the way, you can discuss the matter with the crow, the crow is a witch and knows witchcraft, our Great Shang Dynasty was originally presided over by the witch, and after having her, our sacrifice will be more solemn and the ancestors will be more satisfied." Shang Wu thought of the key person of the future merchant sacrifice of the crow, and hurriedly added it.

"The head of the house, the crow, is not a clansman, so it's not good." The doorpost thought that in the past, the clansmen participated in the sacrifice, and the crows were not clansmen, even according to the new rules said by the head of the family, the crows were not outsiders and were not clansmen.

"I know your concerns, there are no outsiders in the merchant villages, and the people who participate in the sacrifice are all clansmen, and in the Great Shang Dynasty, there are special people to be responsible for the sacrifices, not the clansmen." The five Shang statues the doorposts talk about the things in the books about the sacrifices of the Great Shang Dynasty.

"I see, the doorpost is clear, and I'll go to the crow girl to discuss the sacrifice later." Said the doorpost.