After selecting the Jin merchants, they looked for objects from some Jin merchants in Guangzhou, and the best group of people were the ticket number managers at the top of the pyramid of the Jin merchants' commercial system. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhu Jinglun invited to the palace for an interview was Hao Kejiu, the shopkeeper of Shanxi's most famous Rishengchang ticket number in Guangzhou.

This is the most favorite one Zhu Jinglun has ever seen.

First of all, he got up from the bottom, and he has been in contact with all levels of the business field, from running the street to soliciting business to releasing and collecting accounts. Second, this person is very aggressive. Rishengchang Guangzhou branch is basically he brought up, when Rishengchang began to set up a village in Guangzhou, Hao Kejiu brought a stamp, two guys and bills of exchange, weights to Guangzhou to open up business, a few years later Guangzhou business in the Rishengchang branch among the best. Third, this person is very loyal, one year, Hao Kejiu took a huge amount of money from the sea to return to the Shanxi Headquarters, encountered a typhoon on the way, drifted to the Philippines, and returned to the Principals three months later, and the money was not lost.

Such talents are all talents there, and they are also a treasure in Rishengchang, so it is not easy to poach.

And Hao Kejiu is no longer an ordinary semicolon shopkeeper, he has already because of his merits in Guangzhou, back to the head office, as a result of the Taiping Rebellion a few years ago, Rishengchang fully contracted, and most of the ports across the country closed the business, but at that time, the Guangzhou branch shopkeeper saw the unprecedented exchange market caused by the war, not only was he unwilling to close the business in accordance with the requirements of the general number, but a large number of cashiers issued bills of exchange, and other places such as Hankou, Shanghai and other places continued to have Guangzhou silver bills exchanged. As a result, the account cannot be closed for a while.

As a result, the chief shopkeeper Cheng Qingpan had to rush to Guangzhou in person, directly take back the stamp, dismiss the shopkeeper and employees, and personally close the semicolon.

Zhu Jinglun later opposed the Qing Dynasty, so that Rishengchang still did not dare to reopen the ticket number in Guangzhou, this delay was only last year, seeing that the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty did maintain peace after the signing of the armistice treaty, and the Guangzhou market is getting bigger and bigger, and other Jin merchants make a lot of money in the Guangzhou port, Rishengchang decided to reopen the Guangzhou branch, and the one who sent was Hao Kejiu, the general.

You must know that Hao Kejiu is now a high-level figure in Rishengchang, and after Cheng Qingpan's death, it was Hao Kejiu who took over the position of the big treasurer, so it can be said that he is Cheng Qingpan's successor. Let such a backbone come to Guangzhou, which shows that Rishengchang has a fancy for Guangzhou, and at the same time, because the Guangzhou branch was opened by Hao Kejiu back then, he is familiar here.

In the past year since the reopening of the branch, Hao Kejiu has lived up to expectations and once again made the business of the Guangzhou branch to the forefront, exchanging more than one million taels of silver every year.

Such a person, Zhu Jinglun wants to poach it, it is not so easy, he has talked about it twice, Hao Kejiu has shirked it, if it doesn't work this time, Zhu Jinglun is going to give up.

"I heard that you Jin merchants are not allowed to take concubines?"

didn't ask directly, but Corporal Lixian's general shh

Hao Kejiu has seen Zhu Jinglun three times, and he still looks restrained, it can't be that he is really nervous, it can only be said that he is used to his professional habits, and he is used to keeping a low profile when he sees people, so he saw that Zhu Jinglun still insisted on kowtowing, gave him a seat and didn't sit down, so he stood in front of Zhu Jinglun and answered.

"It's not all, the rules of this number are big, and you can't take concubines."

The rules of the Rishengchang ticket number are basically the rules of the entire ticket number industry, but some of them are strictly implemented and some are lax.

Zhu Jinglun sighed: "Can't you bring your wife to work? That's not kind. ”

I don't know what those Shanxi rich people think, the ticket number shopkeeper sent to the field is not allowed to bring a wife, nor is it allowed to take a concubine or ticket Chang in the local area, and in this era, often go to the field for many years, the husband and wife have been separated from each other for a long time, and they have already run away with people in the next generation, fortunately, there are strict feudal cultural constraints, but it is really unkind in human nature.

Rishengchang has a young man who goes to the dock outside, and there is a young man who has a marriage and plans to get married after returning from work in three years.

As a result, the young man had just walked on his front foot, and his father suddenly suffered a stroke and was half paralyzed. The young man has no brother or brother, the two sisters have been married, and no one else in the family can help except the old two.

In a helpless situation, through the matchmaker and the in-laws, it is possible to let the daughter-in-law pass through the door in advance and fulfill her filial piety on behalf of the son, so as to relieve the eyebrows. The woman's parents were more open, so they let their daughter pass the door first, and after passing the door, the woman was docile and diligent, serving decoction and medicine, taking care of housework, and was very dedicated and virtuous, and her parents were satisfied and praised by the neighbors.

At the end of the three-year period, the young man went home and saw his wife, who he didn't even know, and after the cave house at night, he really became a relative.

Hao Kejiu said: "If you are in a foreign country, if you bring a wife's room, you will inevitably be distracted, but it is not as good as one person." ”

Zhu Jinglun shook his head and said, "What if you can't stand it?" ”

Hao Kejiu said: "The rules are strict and cannot be violated. ”

Zhu Jinglun said again: "The rules are for the young man to keep, and you must also abide by the big shopkeeper." ”

Hao Kejiu said: "Don't dare to offend." ”

Zhu Jinglun asked, "What if you offend?" ”

Hao Kejiu said: "All of them will be opened." ”

Zhu Jinglun said with a smile: "I'm afraid that a big shopkeeper like you won't worry about the next family, even if you come out of your own self-reliance, I'm afraid you can also lay down a piece of the world." ”

Hao Kejiu smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty said that it was funny, there are rules for numbers, there are rules for the line, and for those who have been dismissed for fouls, which ticket number dares to use it?" ”

There is a story in later generations, Rishengchang was a shopkeeper in Tianjin, couldn't stand the loneliness, and there was a customer who stammered with this shopkeeper and bought a woman to give to him, who was privately accepted as a concubine and raised in Tianjin. I thought people didn't know about ghosts, but a few years later, the general number found out about it during the inspection. In order to strictly enforce discipline and rectify the rules, Rishengchang categorically decided to expel the shopkeeper.

This shopkeeper can achieve such a position as the shopkeeper in Tianjin, it should be said that the ability and experience are definitely not bad, and he has a great impact on the business. The shopkeeper didn't expect to suffer such a heavy punishment, so he had no choice but to take the concubine home. Unexpectedly, his father closed the door and announced that he would break off the relationship between father and son forever, and the shopkeeper had to rent a house and live with the concubine. At the beginning, with a little savings when I was a shopkeeper, I could barely get by. After a long time, the people who were expelled from the ticket number, other businesses will never renew it, the shopkeeper can not find a suitable livelihood, the family is poor, and the concubine can not bear people's white eyes and miserable life, swallowing gold and committing suicide.

This kind of thing happens in the modern business society, and it is obviously surprising. When future generations hear this, they must definitely sigh that the Chinese talked about rules in ancient times, but in modern times there are no rules.

In fact, this is a kind of culture, Jin merchants have risen in China since the Ming Dynasty, becoming the most prominent merchant gang, accumulated for 500 years, and has its own set of mature business culture.

The first person who was expelled by a ticket number, even if it was a talent like the big shopkeeper, other ticket numbers and business names were also blocked, this kind of rule obviously could not be mandatory, and the government would not care, but they spontaneously formed this kind of rule, and everyone abided by it, in addition, because his son was expelled for taking a concubine in violation of regulations, the father refused to recognize it, which is obviously also a culture, which is really the reason why I think this kind of thing is too embarrassing.

It is not unreasonable that Jin Shang has been brilliant so far.

But Zhu Jinglun still felt bad: "If you want me to say, I have to reunite my husband and wife, not only my father, but if I want to, my family can also take them all." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Hao Kejiu and said: "If the shopkeeper Hao goes to the Daming Arsenal to be a shopkeeper, I promise to bring your family to you, and the arsenal will give you a special mansion." ”

Hao Kejiu sighed, leaned over and slowly knelt down, knocking his head on the ground.

"Your Majesty thought that he had three invitations, but Hao Ke refused for a long time, and he really didn't know how to lift it. The villain is willing to work with filial piety, and His Majesty does not need to promise, the villain should do this and will do his best. ”

I finally agreed, but it was not easy.

But Zhu Jinglun still insisted: "Renlun can't be reunited, it's really a tragic thing in the world, Hao Da shopkeeper rest assured, I will definitely bring you your family, I believe that Guibao still has to give face, even if the Qing government does not allow it, it also has its own government to say, Hao Da shopkeeper is not allowed to worry." ”

Hao Kejiu kowtowed again, showing gratitude, he was in the prime of life, and he was in a foreign country, so there was no reason to miss home.

"Well, since you've done this, go ahead and prepare. It's hard for you to be strong, I'm really sorry, but this matter has a lot to do with it, and I really can't find a talent like Mr. ”

Hao Ke was busy kowtowing politely for a long time, and Zhu Jinglun personally helped him up, the color of gratitude on his face was even stronger, and he had a feeling of dying for his confidant.

Hao Kejiu quickly retired and left.

Zhu Jinglun sighed in his heart, such an important department as the arsenal was handed over to a Jin merchant shopkeeper, if he didn't take over his family and let them stay in the territory of the Manchu Dynasty, how could he rest assured. He also sighed that this trick of Corporal Lixian is good to die, and it will be beneficial but not costly, and it will be used often in the future.

Hao Kejiu left the palace, and a minor official of Menxia Province took him to the Sixth Ministry to find the Ministry of Industry to hand him over.

Out of the Ministry of Industry, Hao Kejiu is still the title of an arsenal assistant, which is a five-product position and belongs to the Ministry of Industry.

I heard that for the sake of the arsenal, the Ministry of Industry also argued with the Ministry of War at that time, and they both wanted this factory.

Back at home, sitting alone in an empty house, Hao Kejiu touched the brand-new official uniform issued by the Ministry of Industry, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, such a country, such an emperor, how can it be strong! I'm afraid that sooner or later there will be a day in this world, and it will all be Ming.

He entered the palace today, he was ready to agree, and the head of the day rising chang has already said good, the head of the number hesitated, and then understood that this arsenal is very important to the Ming Dynasty, is a key government factory, and even the emperor came forward to invite, the day rise chang felt that if he did not agree, I am afraid that the future of the day rise in the Ming business will not be good, now the rise of the sun in Fujian, Guangdong, millions of business, is really reluctant.

On the other hand, if the people of Rishengchang can get the respect of the Ming Emperor, it will naturally be a great guarantee for their future business. As for the Qing court, they also considered that the imperial court would oppose it, but there were people above the Jin merchants, and they communicated with several Beiqi officials, and the other party thought that it was no harm for Rishengchang's shopkeeper to do things for the Ming Dynasty, especially the Westernists like Yixin, and they felt that there were still benefits, I heard that even Li Hongzhang heard about it, and it was a strong support, Li Hongzhang especially looked at the situation of the Ming Arsenal.

So today, Hao Kejiu agreed, but he got permission from all parties.

But he didn't think of himself as a spy or a spy or anything like that, he really thought so, but he didn't dare to do it, it was a matter of losing his head, and it was impossible to be so calm in front of Emperor Ming.

He agreed, he really decided to do things for Daming, and now the only thing he is worried about is the problem of this factory. It's not that he hasn't done a job, through various channels, he already knows something about this factory, he knows that this factory can make all kinds of machines, and now Daming's machine business is good, and he feels that there is a lot to do.

But what worries him is that this machine factory is too big, and it has already recruited the eighth batch of apprentices, and every year it will recruit a batch, one or two thousand people, and there are currently more than 15,000 people in the factory. The salaries of these people are very high, with an average monthly salary of eight taels, and one person is close to one hundred taels a year, and the salary alone is more than one million taels a year.

When he was in the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu explained to him that the Ministry of Industry originally wanted to sell the factory, and now it will be handed over to Hao Kejiu's general office, and the Ministry of Industry has only one request, not to ask the factory to make money, but not to ask the government for money, next year can give the arsenal a maximum of 300,000 taels of silver, and no more can be allocated.

This means that Hao Kejiu must make the factory make a profit of at least one million taels of silver next year.