The next day, Shi Bufan continued to come to Shangshu Province to start work, but he first went to Zhongshu Province before starting work. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He met a person in Zhongshu Province.

"Gao Ge Lao, don't come to harm?" Shi Bufan asked.

The person surnamed Gao turned around and immediately asked the same: "It's Shi Caochang, what are you looking for me?" ”

This Gao Ge Lao is also Gao Jifu, who is a member of the Zhongshu House, and Gao Jifu was the supervisor of the imperial history before, but because at that time, Gao Shilian exchanged the future of the younger generation of the Gao family by using his position as prime minister, that is, this Gao Jifu. Gao Jifu was directly promoted from the Eight Grades Supervision Imperial History to become the Zhongshu Sheren of Zhongshu Province, and he was directly promoted to many levels, and entered Zhongshu Province in the center of Datang and became a Zhongshu Sheren. Although the power of this position is not too huge, it is working in the core department, and the things he comes into contact with are all comprehensive national affairs, and even the scope of influence is very broad, and the actual power is not small.

The Zhongshu people in Zhongshu Province and the people in Menxia Province call each other "Pavilion Elder" in the matter, which is a kind of honorific title. This originated in Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province will let a senior person be responsible for the specific management of the affairs of the province, and that person is called Ge Lao. However, like many bad habits in officialdom, it didn't take long for each other to spend a sedan chair and be a Taiwanese person, and they directly respected each other as elder pavilion elders regardless of whether they were senior or junior in their qualifications. In fact, this is also normal, because being senior means that you have been here for too long and your future is uncertain. And those with low qualifications show that they are young, and being young in the civil service means that they have a bright future, even those with deep qualifications do not dare to offend rashly. This also creates another strange phenomenon, so both sides dare not offend each other, which instead achieves this bad habit.

As for many officials of later generations deliberately removing the word "deputy", it is the same reason, because who knows when they will be able to remove the word "deputy".

In Shi Bufan, one of the six Cao Langs, he is called Cao Chang, so this Gao Jifu is also honored as Cao Chang.

"Elder Gao Ge, how are you doing?" Shi Bufan asked.

Gao Jifu had a mixed expression, because he directly became a scholar in the fifth rank from the eight-rank superintendent of the imperial history, which was an absolute huge progress. However, this progress was made in exchange for the self-sacrifice of the family elders, so it was a mixed blessing. And the elders of the family left, making him feel that there was no backer, and everything had to be solved by himself, this is a huge test and exercise, if he passed this test and exercise, he would naturally have a bright future, and he would be the spokesperson of course for the Gao family at that time.

But there is nothing wrong with him being promoted so quickly. That is, his official position was not earned by himself, but by his elders. This means that he has not made any tangible achievements, and there are no achievements to prove himself, and he will inevitably have no prestige. Official positions are easy to obtain, but prestige is not so easy to build. Without some real achievements, even if he barely stood in this position, he would not be able to obtain the power and prestige that this position deserves.

Seeing that Gao Jifu didn't speak, Shi Bufan said again: "Gao Ge Lao, I plan to discuss business with you today, what do you think?" ”

"Business?" Gao Jifu felt even more inexplicable.

Shi Bufan directly ignored Gao Jifu's feelings, and said directly: "Gao Ge Lao, I once heard that there are two roads, and these two roads can lead to the same place. They all travel at the same time, and they all carry the same capacity. They were originally water from wells, not from rivers. And they also compete with each other, and those merchants can choose their own way to go. The owners and managers of those two paths in this case in order to win over the merchants to go from their side, because in this way they can collect all kinds of fees to make money. ”

"In other words, the businessman has two choices, and they will also choose for themselves, to the detriment of the owners of those roads to make huge profits."

"But if one day one of the roads collapses, and the other remains intact. The merchants had to go from the road that did not collapse, and at this time the goods of the two roads were concentrated on one of them, what do you think would have been the result of this? ”

Although Gao Jifu was inexplicable, what did Shi Bufan want to express, Gao Jifu could only count Shi Bufan's thoughts. Because Gao Jifu obviously felt that Shi Bufan's was definitely not a "targetless", but definitely had his destination. However, this purpose is not suitable for explicit, so I can only play dumb riddles here.

Of course, Gao Jifu thinks that this is harmless to him, because if Shi Bufan harms him, he doesn't use this method. Shi Bufan and the Gao family have no direct grudges, so Shi Bufan is reminding them of something. But what it is, it depends on whether Gao Jifu can understand it.

"If one of the roads collapses, then all the goods carried by these two roads are pressed on one road. There will inevitably be a consequence, and that is the lack of transportation capacity. The width of a road is limited and the transportation capacity is insufficient, so some people will definitely be able to deliver it as soon as possible, while some people will not be able to deliver it in time, which will inevitably delay the commercial income, and maybe even seriously lose money! Gao Jifu said.

Shi Bufan nodded and said, "Very good, since Gao Ge Lao understands, then I want to ask again." Since some people are destined to lose money, then you say that as the owner of the road, who should be let make money and who should lose money? Gao Ge Lao, if you are the owner of this road, who do you plan to let lose money and who will make money? ”

Gao Jifu replied: "If I am the owner of the road, then I will first take care of the businessmen who have a good relationship with me and let them make money." ”

"Well, Gao Ge Lao, after all, there are a few businessmen who have a good relationship with you, but there is still a lot of transportation capacity that can be redundant. But this superfluous is very much desired for you, but for others. So who should we give to, and how are you going to distribute this capacity to those who are not very close to you, but who have no hatred for the month? Shi Bufan asked again.

Gao Jifu could only say in the end: "That is the one with the highest price!" ”

"Very good, the one with the highest price will have it, and you Gao Ge Lao also understand this truth. But do you feel the difference? There used to be two roads, and the owners of those roads begged the merchants to follow their own path. They will try to offer less and better service to win the support of those businessmen and choose to go their way. Because no matter which of their two paths, the various difficulties and conditions are almost the same, and there is no one who is better and who is worse. ”

"So, once there are two roads, those are the road owners who ask the merchants, not the merchants who ask the road owners. But on the other side, if one of the roads is damaged. If the business of those merchants is seriously affected, then they will inevitably fight to go the other way, because the shopping mall is like a battlefield, and once the time is delayed, the consequences will be equally unimaginable. In order to obtain the right of way as soon as possible, they will in turn seek the owner of the road, take the initiative to pull the relationship, and even take the initiative to curry favor with him. And they can all take the opportunity to demand a higher price and make those merchants pay a higher price. ”

"Isn't that just the other way around, you say? And this process, in fact, is a monopoly, and a monopoly has caused such a reversal. In the past, there were two paths, not completely monopolistic, but competitive. But when they come, they become a monopoly, and there are two roads, so they are begging the owner of the road, not the owner of the road. If it's reversed like this, that's the power of monopoly, and people have to accept them. ”

Gao Jifu thought about it, as if he didn't feel anything special here. However, Gao Jifu scratched his brain, and he couldn't imagine what the profound meaning of this was. Therefore, Gao Jifu's mind was also a little confused, but he thought that Shi Bufan would not be untargeted, so he began to grasp his brain and think. What is the profound meaning of this, so that Gao Jifu also began to ponder.

"Gao Ge Lao, do you understand what I mean?" Shi Bufan asked.

Gao Jifu still shook his head and said, "I don't really understand!" ”

"Well, then I'll make a visual analogy again, that means that this road is the owner, that is, your Gao family. If the owner of this path is your family, then someone will add a path to you, a path that is as good as yours. Then this is also breaking the monopoly of your Gao family, so what are you going to do with the Gao family? Shi Bufan asked.

"Did them!" Gao Jifu replied.

"Very well, since that is the case, since you understand this truth, then I will not say more. The so-called cutting off people's financial routes is like killing your parents, and your peers are enemies, someone wants to cut off your financial path and break your monopoly, so what are your Gao family going to do? What are you going to do with the Gao family? Therefore, I hope that your Gao family will not do stupid things, don't do the kind of thing that has been sold by others, but is still counting the money for others! Shi Bufan said.

Gao Jifu woke up suddenly, and then asked, "You mean Zheng ......?"

"Hehe, this matter, God knows that you know and I know, don't go around to publicize it. Also, this matter is not suitable to be said publicly, so when the time comes, let's go and meet Concubine Gao secretly together, what do you think? Shi Bufan said.

Gao Jifu's face was really a little abnormal, what Shi Bufan said made Gao Jifu think of something. The metaphor of Shi Bufan is also in line with the current situation. The Gao family is the owner of a monopoly road, so if someone wants to pave another road to the same destination, it is definitely stealing business. Can the Gao family watch their business being robbed?

As Shi Bufan said, if it is a monopoly business, no matter how dissatisfied the "consumers" are, it must please the owner of the road and the person who has the right to use the road. Because the owner of that road has the right to decide who to give it to, and can take the opportunity to claim more benefits.

On the contrary, if there is a competitor, then not only can they not take the opportunity to extort benefits. On the contrary, they will have to better serve those "consumers", so that they will lower the price as much as possible, and then strive to let more "consumers" go their own way. But the profit gap here is simply too big. The huge profits brought by monopolies are not only based on high prices, but also on those that cut the cost of services. Once there is competition, the profit is much lower, and the cost of service is also increasing.

But without competition, the cost of the service can be cut and the quality of the service can be reduced, and on the contrary, they can increase the passive price much higher. Those consumers have to accept that they have to accept that they have paid many times more and have received worse service than in the past. As a result, it is only the "consumer" who suffers, but for the road owner, it is the opportunity to claim more benefits and make a lot of money.

"Chief Shi Cao, thank you for reminding me, otherwise our Gao family would really be going to do a stupid thing. Now Gao Shizhong has arrived in Yizhou, and in Chang'an, it is my Gao Jifu, a real Gao family, at most plus my aunt. This time, it seems that our Gao family can't continue to give up, otherwise our Bohai Gao family will have no hope. ”

Shi Bufan asked, "Concubine Gao is your aunt?" ”

"Yes, according to seniority!" Gao Jifu replied.

This kind of big family has a large population, and there are even some people who are old enough to have children, so the age gap between brothers may be about the same as the age gap between regular fathers and sons, and even some are the age gap between grandchildren. And once several generations come down, maybe the age gap will be even greater, so many generations cannot be judged by age alone. Although Gao Huitong may be about the same age as Gao Jifu, she is his aunt. However, there is a specific difference of several generations, and this is not known. Even people within the family may not be able to figure it out if they don't go through the family tree layer by layer.

"I think this matter is the most unfavorable for Concubine Gao Shufei, so we might as well go and meet with Concubine Gao and let her prepare in advance!" Shi Bufan said.

Gao Jifu agreed, and said, "Tonight, I went to see my aunt as a nephew, I don't think this will make people suspicious, I will take you to see my aunt." Last time, our Bohai Gao family had already given up on Gao Shizhong, and this time we will definitely not be able to give up on my aunt again. These bastards actually let our Gao family pay all day long, but what did our Gao family get? ”

Gao Jifu is obviously a little dissatisfied with the group of Shandong Shi clan, the Gao family has paid so much, but they still let them continue to pay, it is really unreasonable. Gao Jifu was also not satisfied, hoping to fight for some benefits for his Gao family.

Shi Bufan nodded, it seemed that he had initially made some rifts within this Shandong Shi clan. The Bohai Gao family has paid a lot for the Shandong Shi clan, but they have not received enough compensation, and of course they will be dissatisfied.

(To be continued.) )