Chapter 89: Crisis (2)
The greatness of the businessman and the greatness of the scholar are invisible, and the greatness of the sages is not seen. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info peasants and workers want to be independent, but have to be dominated by businessmen. The businessman wants to be the master of the autonomy, but has to be the master of the soldiers. The businessmen and scholars are so big that they can't be seen. So that the greatness of the sages is like that of businessmen and scholars, and they are not allowed to be independent of their masters, and they are not willing to rely on them?
Between Hongzheng, the development of Shangjia has gradually exceeded imagination, the development of Shangjia depends on scholars, many scholars are also born in Shangjia's ancestors, such as Fei Hong of Lead Mountain, is the representative of Yin Jia, before Chen Yu did not appear, Fei Hong is the youngest champion (20 years old), until the eighteenth year of Hongzhi Chen Yu squeezed out Fei Hong at the age of nineteen, becoming the youngest champion so far.
The power of the merchants gradually grew, and there was a group of scholars and doctors in the imperial court to run it, and now, the two largest merchant groups are the Hui and Jin merchants.
In addition to these two major business schools, there is a merchant group that is also quietly growing, and has even faintly caught up with these two major merchant groups.
That is the southeast Fujian merchant group, Hangzhou Chen's textiles, Songjiang's cotton weaving, etc., most of the sales are relying on Fujian merchants, as for how these people sell overseas, this is not the Chen family and many machine owners to consider, they consider the silk weaving is good.
Now the Fujian merchants refuse to buy all the textiles of the Chen family on the grounds of the sea ban, their reasons are very good, even the Chen family does not dare to say anything, if this kind of thing is sold overseas, it will be dead if it is caught, it doesn't matter if you are the champion or not, not to mention that there are a large number of scholars and doctors in the court who are eyeing Chen Yu.
Chen Dafu was too anxious for quick success, and after only signing a verbal treaty with Fujian merchants, he invested a lot of manpower and material resources to make silk fabrics.
If you let go of the past, there is no problem, after all, businessmen pay attention to integrity, although they did not sign a contract, but the oral agreement is basically counted, but Chen Dafu never thought that this Fujian man would come with him.
If it is placed on weekdays, Chen Dafu is not worried, because on weekdays, it is sold to Hangzhou, Suzhou, Song, Zhili and other places, and the demand is much smaller than that of Fujian merchants. But now he has produced too much, and the capital chain has been fully invested, and he can't find excess funds to fill the labor costs, but at this time, the labor costs can't be broken.
As the Chen family's textile industry is getting bigger and bigger, the number of machine owners has been as high as several thousand, most of these people are homeless small farmers, if it is really troublesome, the consequences are immeasurable, the real impact on the Chen family is not big, I am afraid of the invisible impact, such as the reputation of the Chen family, the future career of Chen Yu, etc., of course, and most importantly, debt!
In general, Chen Dafu is of course most worried about the impact of this incident on Chen Yu after it is not handled well, but at this time Chen Yu is going to enter Beijing again, so Chen Dafu doesn't want Chen Yu to be troubled.
Sometimes a father's love for his children is like this, moisturizing things silently, not vigorous, and some just permeate the bits and pieces of life.
On the second day, the Chen family was still able to stabilize the mechanics, but on the third day, I don't know who walked among the mechanics and spread the rumor that the Chen family's capital chain was broken and could no longer continue to maintain production, and the mechanics became turbulent.
The matter is getting bigger and bigger, and it has even alarmed the Qiantang County officials, this matter can't be hidden, and Chen Yu was also shocked when he learned about it.
He hurriedly found Chen Dafu and Chen Dongsheng, and hurriedly asked the reason for the matter.
At this time, Chen Dafu was about to go to the pawn shop to borrow money, but fortunately he was blocked by Chen Yu, Chen Yu knew that this pawn was powerful, and after understanding the matter, Chen Yu said in his heart, this series is an interlocking conspiracy, if Chen Dafu really goes to the pawn shop to borrow, the Chen family will really be doomed.
The interest of ninety out of thirteen returns, even if your family property is large, can be completely hollowed out for you.
Chen Dafu sat on the vermilion solid wood chair and said dejectedly: "It's all my father's fault." ”
Chen Yu comforted: "Dad, don't be frustrated, all this is a conspiracy, someone wants to bring down the Chen family!" ”
Chen Yu then asked: "Although this workshop is the largest shareholder of my Chen family, but the businessmen the size of Qiantang also have shares, what do they say?" ”
When Chen Dafu mentioned this, he was angry, and he said angrily: "Don't mention those bastards, damn it, you know that you will get dividends at the end of the year, and you will withdraw your capital when you are in trouble, what do you say to withdraw the disaster relief money of the year, and you have to withdraw the dividends of these months in advance, and let Lao Tzu give them an IOU, you say these ****, conscience was eaten by dogs?" ”
Chen Yu also knew that there would be such a result, originally the cohesion of these people was screwed together by interests, but now that the sweetness has not been tasted, the Chen family is about to face the crisis of bankruptcy, and it is strange that these people do not take advantage of the fire to rob.
Chen Yu took a cup of tea, sat on the desk in the hall, and blew a mouthful of hot air from the teacup, as if thinking about something, the spring sun refracted on his face, showing a maturity and sophistication that did not match his age.
Chen Dafu secretly sighed, this kid is the one who can do great things, now that such a big difficulty is in front of him, he is not a little frustrated and worried, the first thing is to think about how to solve the problem, Lao Tzu is really not as good as his son!
After a long time, Chen Yu opened his mouth and asked, "Dad, who is the person you verbally signed the contract?" Can you still be reached? ”
"Yes, the Lin family of Min County, there was a Jinshi named Lin Ting in the family during the Hongzhi period?, the current deputy envoy of Hu Guangbu is the right senator, and he is also relying on this talent to gradually grow up in the southeast, I really can't imagine that the reputation of these people will be so poor!" Chen Dafu said.
There is a reason why the Fujian merchants can gradually grow stronger, the Lin family is only a part of these groups, and by no means the most powerful part, thinking of this, Chen Yu said: "Dad, you contact the Lin family as soon as possible, we still need to meet with them." ”
After that, he said to Chen Dongsheng: "Uncle Dong, you will gather all the shareholders of the machine factory now, and say that I, Chen Tingyu, have an invitation, I believe they will not refuse!" ”
Chen Dongsheng and Chen Dafu each nodded and left.
For no reason, Min Shang must have an intention to target my Chen family like this, and he must also want to achieve some purpose through this matter, I believe that Min Shang is more nervous than the Chen family now, so he can't say that he is observing the Chen family's every move in the dark.
Thinking of this, Chen Yu took a few family members and strode towards the machine factory.
The factory is very messy, there are messy cotton silk everywhere, and the workers sit in all corners of the courtyard one by one, very lazy.
Chen Yu walked in with his hands behind his back and frowned under the embrace of the two small families, with a momentum of not being angry and arrogant, which made those homeless small farmers feel terrified.
"Don't you want to do it?" Chen Yu said lightly: "Don't you think that the Chen family will have no one without you?" ”
Chen Yu is now the Hanlin of the current dynasty, and he has a few small officials equipped by the court beside him, and as soon as the words came out, those small civil mechanics were scared and did not dare to raise their heads.
These are very simple peasants, and the requirements are very simple, to earn a little money while filling their stomachs.
Some of the requirements are even more low, as long as they fill their stomachs, the Chen family pities these people, and will give some pocket salaries in addition to food management.
Originally, those who only asked for three meals a day, after receiving the salary, they began to take it for granted, once the Chen family didn't send them out, they felt that the Chen family was sorry for them.
They all said **************, but these people didn't have a little awareness, once the Chen family was in trouble, these people were the first to jump out.
Chen Yu has been a person for two lifetimes, what are the ideals of these people's hearts, he can basically see it at a glance, so he said in a low voice: "Back then, eating and lodging were all problems, the Chen family did not dislike you, you didn't want to repay your kindness, and you didn't want to repay the favor and get through the difficulties with the Chen family, but fell into the well when the Chen family was in trouble, this is the truth of your life?" ”
"Now the Chen family is not doing well, you are like this, if you really encounter strong winds and waves in the future, can you still expect you to take the helm? Since you don't want to stay in Chen's house, I don't ask for anything, if you want to go, go now, I, Chen Yu, make it clear, if you want to go, one person or two silver, I will leave after receiving it, I will never stay longer! ”
"You touch your conscience and say, why does my Chen family treat you poorly?"
Someone in the crowd came out and said: "Hmph, my Li Wuzu has been farming for generations, and now the land is gone, it has been annexed, fortunately the Chen family is a tenant, and when the harvest is not good, I came to the Chen family to work as a mechanic, and the income is not much more than in the past. ”
"And I, Li Liu, and my Li ......" Li Jiawei's people all stood up, and they said: "Just you outsiders, are you embarrassed to continue to eat rice and receive salaries?" I am ashamed of you, the snow disaster of the year, if the Chen family hadn't taken you in, you don't know where to feed the dogs now? Oh? Could it be that you will die at that time? Do you know why you died? The conscience was eaten by dogs! ”
Li Jiawei's people work very hard, and now no one dares to refute this, those heads are so low that they are about to stick to their chests, I don't know who said: "The sixth brother of the Li family is right, I am wrong!" ”
This took the lead, there were hundreds of people behind him bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes, Chen Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hit a stick, must give some sweetness, Chen Yu said with relief: "Okay, my Chen Yu is the most respected person in his life is the person who knows his mistakes and can change, I promise to wait, if the Chen family's situation improves, it will definitely double the salary, even if the Chen family is not good, you will not starve you, of course, if the Chen family collapses, you have to fend for yourself, so whether you can collapse depends on you!" ”
Chen Yu's words were like a reassuring shot, and the results were immediate!