Jiang Hexing was busy in Zhangwu for another half a month, until the grass turned yellow and the leaves began to fall, and then he returned to Xianwu with Zhang Jie and Li Xiaowen. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Because Xianbei basically has nothing to do, Li Xiaowen manages the municipal administration very well, and all aspects are well organized, Jiang Hexing feels that he sometimes manages too much, so he invited him to be mainly responsible for the entire Pingzhou financial and tax affairs. Zhangwu City was taken over by King Kong sent by Li Xiaoquan to serve as a backup base for Lianghu City and Chengwu City.

Now Xianwu City is very lively, all kinds of merchants come and go, sailing ships on the Liao River, grain, medicinal materials, cloth, parchment, wood, in and out. There are more and more taxes, and all aspects of management also need to be raised to a higher level, and the previous extensive management is a bit unable to keep up with the needs of the situation.

Jiang Hexing thought about it for a long time and wrote a letter to Fan Jia, asking him to visit Xianwu City in the near future. Fan Jiao, who drafted the letter next to her, was very puzzled, Jiang Hexing smiled and didn't say much.

Fan Jia, who is in Anwu, has not yet built the boat, and now he knows that this sailboat is not so easy to build, and it will take more than half a year to prepare timber, but fortunately, there are many trees on both sides of the big river here, and they are cut from the upstream, tied into wooden rows, and go downstream. You also have to dry the wood, and you have to burn the kiln, which is really troublesome.

Fortunately, his fleet is taken care of, and he has made a lot of money this year. Jiang Hexing's guidance allowed him to make a compass, and at first he didn't understand its usefulness, but then he had to be guided by Xu Lang and empowered to understand how beneficial this was to navigation. He immediately applied this thing to his fleet, combined it with Xu Lang's stargazing technique, and it was truly a sea and a sky, let me sail. The fleet has really realized night sailing, and now from Xianwu to Luoyang, it only takes 8 days to arrive, and there is money back and forth, and the sooner it comes, the more it comes.

At this time, Jiang Hexing's sudden letter made him scratch his head, he was really a little busy, and he couldn't get out of it. But Jiang Hexing asked him to go, but he didn't dare to resist, a little worried in his heart, and a little eager to hurry, so he rode on a horse and hurried to Xianwu.

When he arrived at Xianwu, he came directly to the office and saw Jiang Hexing, and just met and exchanged pleasantries, before he had time to ask anything, he was pulled by Jiang Hexing to the conference room.

The conference room was noisy, and when the two of them walked into the house, the crowd suddenly fell silent, and their eyes converged on Jiang Hexing and Fan Jia. Jiang Hexing said: "Why don't you say it, it's very lively." ”

As he spoke, Jiang Hexing pointed at Fan Jia and said: "I won't introduce this, I think most people know him, today I will invite him to participate in the discussion, you can talk, I'll go." ”

After speaking, Jiang Hexing didn't look much at it, and turned his head back.

Fan Jia looked at the people in the room, oops, most of them all knew each other, and almost all the martial business giants were there. Yang Hong is definitely there as the president of the Chamber of Commerce, the Kong brothers who do the iron business, Sun Zhong who built a house, Du Pont from Chang'an, and Qin Meng, a silk merchant from Luoyang, etc., almost all the huge riches in Xianwu City have arrived, and there is a circle of people who are not so gorgeously dressed next to them, one of them looks familiar, and when I think of it, it is the shopkeeper of the grocery store at the door of his Xianwu house, Lao Zhang. It seems that not all of them are super-rich, they are all businessmen for sure.

Fan Jia's brain reacted really quickly at this time, and he had already thought of several possibilities: First, there was a disaster, and if you asked the businessman to donate, let you say it yourself. Jiang Hexing solved the problem without coming forward, and it was really beautiful. But it was immediately denied again, the most his fleet did was grain, and there was so much grain in Pingzhou, he knew that no matter how big the disaster in Pingzhou was, there would never be the possibility of starvation.

The second is to ask businessmen to pay for the construction of the city. But it's not right, every time a city is built, these merchants make a lot of money, and the habits of Pingzhou are different.

Third, it is necessary to raise taxes. Let the merchant speak for himself, and appear to be benevolent, and if this is the case, it seems that he will have to take the lead.

Fan Jia was a little scared in his heart, and was thinking of various ways to deal with it. Qin Meng walked over, pulled him and said, "Come in and don't say a word, what do you think, Lao Fan, do you still want your fleet?" Come, come, come in and sit down and talk. ”

As he spoke, Qin Mengla pushed the chair in front of Fan Jia, and he sat opposite Fan Jia and said, "This matter is a bit troublesome, we have been discussing it for two days, and nothing has been discussed. Besides, a few of them from Pingzhou also have opinions about our Chang'an Luoyang, you are rich, people don't even want to talk to you, fortunately, your brother is here, and our businessmen in Chang'an Luoyang have the backbone. ”

Fan Jiaxin said: After all, it is money, and where is it divided, these people are really good.

Fan Jia said: "Is there too much?" ”

Qin Mengyi frowned and said: "Some people want to judge by the amount of money, some people want to talk about the merchants, everyone is the same." ”

Fan Jia guessed correctly, it seems that he has just won the battle and is going to repair the city. But according to the merchants, each family pays the same money, isn't this bullying those small merchants, big businessmen like themselves are insignificant, they are going bankrupt.

Fan Jia smiled and asked, "What do those small merchants say?" ”

Qin Meng said: "Of course they want to be the same for every family." ”

Fan Jia said: "Haha, aren't they afraid of bankruptcy?" ”

Qin Meng looked at Fan Jia with wide eyes, scratched his head with his hand and said, "Will this be bankrupt?" It's only good for them. ”

As he spoke, Qin Meng lowered his voice and whispered in Fan Jia's ear: "Did Mr. Fan hear something?" ”

Fan Jia shook his head and said, "I don't know anything, I immediately rushed here when I received the letter from Hewang." To tell you the truth, I don't even know where the city is being built, and I don't even know where the city is. ”

Qin Meng was even more strange, took Fan Jia's hand and said, "Mr. Fan, what kind of city are you going to build, why haven't I heard of it?" ”

"Aren't you talking about repairing the city?" Fan Jia was also surprised by Qin Meng's question.

"I only know about the repair of the city of the two lakes, but there is no talk of repairing the city here."

Fan Jia was also puzzled, and asked with doubts: "Then what are you talking about?" ”

Qin Meng patted his head and said, "It seems that what we are talking about is not one thing. Let me start with the situation here......"

Qin Mengcai will tell the story, it turned out that a few days ago, they were all summoned here, and Jiang Hexing told them that now there are more and more businessmen, and there are more and more messy things. Jiang Hexing proposed that one would be autonomous for the merchants, and the other would be to establish a commercial law, which would be used to protect commercial transactions and also to protect merchants. At present, there is no chapter in the commercial law, and there is a lot of competition about the chamber of commerce, and the big businessmen basically want to control it, and the small businessmen also want to control it according to the head. Don't look at those small businessmen, but they are all the merits of Xianwu City, and they were all here when Xianwu City was built, and they spoke very hard. Many of these merchants in Luoyang, Chang'an, are considered big businessmen here, but even the small merchants who show martial arts are unwilling to pay attention, and basically no one pays attention to anything.

Fan Jia realized that he was completely wrong, and immediately understood his importance, although he had moved here, everyone would not look at him as his own person, at most he was Ma Yuan's father-in-law, but this status was enough. Besides, he was invited by Jiang Hexing, and his eldest daughter worked beside Jiang Hexing, so many people were mysterious to him.

Fan Jia's brain thought quickly, since it is difficult for the Chamber of Commerce to succeed, let's do things together. He came up with a plan, a president of the chamber of commerce, and several chairmen, such as building houses such as bricks, cement, sand and gravel, etc. into a branch, not by region, but by industry. At that time, it will not seem that these outsiders in Luoyang, Chang'an will be abrupt, and they will be able to improve their right to speak.

He summed up his thoughts with Qin Mengyi, and Qin Mengyi felt very good. Fan Jia brought Yang Hong, Yang Hong was upset by a group of people, after listening to Fan Jia's suggestion, he patted his thigh and said: "Okay, this method is good, there will be not so much controversy." ”

After a while, Yang Hong preached this suggestion, and everyone's eyes looked at Fan Jia, knowing that Fan Jia had many ideas and was bold, and this time could be regarded as a big problem. Because no matter how big or small a businessman will have a position, Fan Jia's method is nothing more than decentralization, but everyone feels that they have gained a lot.

The plan is certain, the next is soon, the new chamber of commerce was established, Yang Hong continued to be the president, and the directors were basically won by the businessmen of Pingzhou, among which there were several small businessmen, Fan Jia was the chairman of the board of directors in the shipping industry, as the only foreign chairman who could be the chairman, he was also very satisfied, and the businessmen of Luoyang, Chang'an, could basically recognize.

The Chamber of Commerce was established, and the following is to discuss commercial law, they just make suggestions, and they do not have the final decision, but this is unprecedented for these businessmen, and they didn't dare to think about it before. After everyone was excited, they didn't know how to legislate, and after thinking about it, it was better to follow the usual business customs, classify them, and formulate clear rules, which can maintain fair transactions and basically ensure the fairness of both parties.

Everyone deliberated repeatedly for a few days, and felt that it was basically okay, so they invited Jiang Hexing to the conference room to report the results of the talks.

When Jiang Hexing saw the draft, he read it several times, looked at Yang Hong and said with a smile: "It seems that Fan Jia's method is still good, the chairman has a few more, so everyone doesn't have to fight?" ”

Everyone laughed, and Jiang Hexing continued, "I don't know much about commercial law, and I have to send this draft to Liu Qing as soon as possible." He is the only one who has ever been a judge in Pingzhou, and there may be some changes at that time, so you have to be prepared. Also, I see that there are some things that you didn't mention, so I'll talk about it. Regarding rulers, catties, buckets, and stones, there must be standards for these. These are either provided by your Chamber of Commerce or by us. It's not about how big or how small you offer today, it's about how big or small this standard is set up and then it's the standard. ”

Yang Hong hurriedly said: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate for our Chamber of Commerce to provide these, or Pingzhou to provide them, and we will do it according to this standard when the time comes." ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and said, what Yang Hong said makes sense, autonomy is not nothing.

Du Pont looked at Jiang Hexing, as if he wanted to say something, he was a little restless, Jiang Hexing just swept his eyes to him, so he asked, "Mr. Dupont, is there anything to add?" ”

DuPont stood up and said, "And Wang, I have nothing to add, the draft is what we have discussed repeatedly. I just don't understand, I do business in the Luoyang area of Chang'an, and the imperial court also restricts this and that, why is the land of Pingzhou not only not restricted, but on the contrary, it encourages business behavior so much. ”

Fan Jia and other businessmen from Luoyang, Chang'an, looked at Du Pont together, although the weather was autumn, some were already sweating, and said secretly in their hearts: Lao Du, isn't this very good? Why do you have to expose it, make yourself and others uncomfortable.

Jiang Hexing looked at everyone, raised his hand and motioned to Du Pont: "Mr. Du sit down, don't be polite." ”

DuPont was not polite and sat down directly.

Jiang Hexing continued: "There are some things that I haven't explained to you, just while everyone is here, I will share my opinion. Lest some people have no bottom in their hearts, and they have been anxious and worried about doing business here. I have had military law in Pingzhou for a long time, and now we are discussing commercial law, and in fact, there are still some people discussing civil law. In this way, I have a foundation for the law of Pingzhou, although it is still very insufficient, but I finally have a foundation.

Let me talk about commercial law, which is not for businessmen, but for business practices. In fact, everyone has to buy and sell, and the merchant just does it more often than others. We have to buy everything for food, clothing, shelter and transportation, which means that everyone has to participate in buying and selling. You are merchants, and farmers and herdsmen are not merchants, and they also have to sell their cattle and horses to make a living. It's just that their trading cycle is relatively long, unlike you who can trade every day.

Why do businessmen, herdsmen, and farmers work hard? For a better life. What is this? It is this that everyone can have a better life. Agriculture should not be the foundation, business should not be the foundation, life is the foundation, or people's livelihood. If you detach from life to talk about the basics, you will abandon the basics and go to the end. ”

Jiang Hexing said this, looked at everyone's confused eyes, smiled and continued: "In my Pingzhou land, there is no distinction between the original and the end, and every line is equally important. Did Mr. Du understand what I said? ”

Dupont smiled bitterly and said, "I still don't understand, but in the end, I remember what you said here." Is it true that in the future, there are no restrictions on how to dress and do things like everyone else? ”

"Of course, our merchants here are the same as farmers, herdsmen and soldiers, and there are no restrictions on clothing and building houses, but you'd better not build a palace and come out, wearing imperial robes, when the time comes, it's not that you're in trouble, it's me who is in trouble."

Everyone laughed, Dupont's red face turned even redder, and he hurriedly said: "No, I'm not so bold, and I don't have so much money, I think Fan Jia has this money." ”

Fan Jia immediately said: "Lao Du, why do you want to harm me, this joke can't be made, I still have a lot of relatives and friends in Chang'an." ”

As soon as Chang'an was mentioned, everyone's expressions tightened, knowing that this joke could not be made, so they all shut up.

Jiang Hexing knew what they were afraid of, and he didn't want to dwell on this issue, so he continued to explain: "What I mean is that the establishment of commercial law is for the sake of people's livelihood. Of course, there is also civil law, which also means the same thing. I won't explain much why there is a law, in a word, there must be rules. If you follow the rules, you can do well, and if you don't follow the rules, you will be punished. ”

Fan Jia asked: "Isn't there a contradiction between the autonomy of our chamber of commerce and commercial law?" After all, the Chamber of Commerce can't enforce the law, right? ”

Jiang Hexingdao: "The autonomy of the Chamber of Commerce does not contradict the commercial law, and the commercial law will be enforced by the Pingzhou government in the future." However, if the Pingzhou government manages the big and small matters, it will increase the cost of buying and selling too much. You are all businessmen, increase the cost, no one wants it, so the little thing is your autonomy. In the future, after the commercial law comes out, you can make a charter of the chamber of commerce, and you can handle it in accordance with the charter. ”

The merchants were a little confused, but they were ignorant and went back. It seems that only after the introduction of the commercial law can everyone really understand a passage that everyone is really familiar with.