"Jia Rui, since you have a body, don't work too hard. Some things can be handed over to the employees below, and as the owner, you can just seize the personnel and financial rights. Wasn't Zhuge Liang so tired back then? As an owner, the important thing is not to do it yourself, but to use good people and the right people, so as to ensure that you have the right personnel and financial rights, and you don't have to think so much. You're not a genius, and you're not a machine that can run forever, so you don't have to work so hard! ”

In the carriage, Shi Bufan explained to Qin Jiarui about the management of business. Especially about business administration, I want to explain it to Qin Jiarui. At present, Qin Jiarui is Shi Bufan's treasury, and what he wants to do depends on Qin Jiarui to make money, otherwise Shi Bufan has no money to do things. As the old saying goes, money is not everything, but no money is everything. At present, Datang's finances are simply empty, and money is needed everywhere. Especially when a country has just unified the world, this time is often the most difficult. Not only is there no wealth in the treasury, but the people have just settled down, and they can't exploit it too much, and they even have to take the initiative to reduce taxes to recuperate.

At present, Datang's finances are obviously not good, and Shi Bufan also wants to make money. Shi Bufan wants to do things, so it is naturally impossible to ask the court for money. Because Shi Bufan knew that the imperial court didn't have much money at present, he could only raise expenses by himself. His second wife, Qin Jiarui, is rich and already has a lot of properties. Not only did she master the tea business, but almost all of the tea business in the upper class of Datang was in her name, and even the money village was mostly in her name.

This tea and money village will be an important means of exploiting the Turks in the future. In two years, maybe a lot of wealth will flow into Qin Jiarui's hands. But if it flows into her hands, doesn't it flow into Shi Bufan's hands? That is, the difference between left hand and right hand.

Of course, the bigger the industry, the busier Qin Jiarui is. Even if you have an extraordinary child in your belly now, you will inevitably be busy. Shi Bufan naturally wanted to tell him how to manage the industry, especially in business administration.

"As a proprietor, the most important power is the power of employment and financial power. As long as you have the power to employ people, you can avoid the shopkeeper below from becoming a gluttonous monster. And to grasp the financial power, that means to clamp the power of affairs. Whether it is the court or a shop, the power must be guaranteed by financial power. If you don't have enough financial power, no matter how big the power is, it will be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. As long as you can really use people's power and financial power, then they won't be able to turn the sky upside down. In this way, you can work exactly less than one-tenth of what you used to do, understand? Shi Bufan said.

Qin Jiarui nodded and said, "I understand!" ”

Shi Bufan took Qin Jiarui to Chang'an Pastoral Supervisor, this Chang'an Pastoral Supervisor is a horse farm set up by the Tang Dynasty Taifu Temple in Chang'an, and the horse farm in the Tang Dynasty is actually similar to the state-owned enterprises of later generations. However, this is more excessive than that of state-owned enterprises in later generations, directly indicating the grade, and then it can be exchanged with ordinary official positions. There are many similar ones, including smelting supervisors, garden supervisors, warm soup supervisors and other "supervisors", which are actually state-owned factories in the Tang Dynasty.

However, Shi Bufan never had much hope for these state-run "factories" and their operation and management capabilities. However, now there is something really asked of them, and they have to come.

"Supervisor Zhu, this meeting, it's a pleasure!" Shi Bufan took the initiative to greet this Chang'an pastoral supervisor.

Zhu Mujian's name is Zhu Linchun, which is considered to be from a poor family, but he did not pass the imperial examination. For example, the position of pastoral supervisor belongs to the "turbidity" in the eyes of the scholars, and they disdain to be the official position of this "turbidity", so this kind of position is often held by people from poor families or relatively low backgrounds.

"Why did the county man come to me?" Zhu Linchun said.

The title in this officialdom is more special, if Shi Bufan is in that Wannian County, then as the county magistrate, Zhang Hong naturally calls Shi Bufan "Shi County Cheng", and it is clear that he is the genuine county magistrate. As a common person, they all call him "Shi County Cheng", because his position is County Cheng.

But here, Shi Bufan and Zhu Mufan have no direct subordinate relationship, so according to the rule that the high is not low, Zhu Linchun should call Shi Bufan "Shi County Man", because Shi Bufan's title is Dingxiang County Man, and according to the grade, it is the fifth grade, which is higher than Zhu Linchun, the lower pastoral supervisor.

Shi Bufan replied: "Last time, I bought a few horses through the relationship between Uchiko, and I haven't thanked you yet, didn't I thank you this time?" ”

Shi Bufan had previously purchased a few horses with the help of Dugu Daxue and used them as carriages. Of course, this horse was not only expensive in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, but also did not have enough status to be used. Horses are all strategic materials, except for the cavalry of the army, and some important signal troops, not everyone can use them casually. Shi Bufan still contacted Dugu Daxue through the help of Dugu Daxue, and then he contacted this Zhu Mujian and asked him to get a few horses out.

Of course, this horse is not a good horse, just an ordinary horse. The real good horses are all war horses, even if Dugu Daxue doesn't have this face.

"Gee, what's this? Do you still need the county man to come in person? Isn't it just a few horses, what is it? Zhu Linchun said.

Shi Bufan then said directly: "Pastor Zhu, in fact, I came this time, not only to thank you, but also to ask for something. I also have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and you are really the only one who can help me with this matter. ”

"What else is there that you asked for from the county man? If you want power, Dugu Shanggong can help you get it. If you want to talk about using money, who in Chang'an officialdom doesn't know that you are a power, money, and beautiful woman who receive it together, and envy others! Zhu Chunlin said teasingly.

Zhu Chunlin is indeed ridiculing, to say that Shi Bufan is really the envy of those guys. His two wives Dugu Daxue are Shang Gong, although the direct power is not large, but the indirect influence is not small, and he still has the right to marry a wife. And Qin Jiarui is rich, plus both of them are very beautiful, haven't they all gained power, money, and beauty? A man doesn't just want to be like this, when people are enviable.

"Pasture Supervisor Zhu, I really want your help this time. I'm going to use horses, and I hope you can put some horses out. I don't want any war horses, just ordinary horses. Shi Bufan said.

Zhu Mujian frowned and said, "Although I have horses in the Tang Dynasty now, the horses are all controlled by the imperial court. Not to mention war horses, even if they are horses, they are all registered by the imperial court and may be requisitioned at any time. All the horses in our shepherd's house are recorded, and they can't be taken out at will. Even if you want to sell, you have to sell it to those who have status. Even those who don't have status can't afford it! ”

Zhu Mujian is also true when he said this, horses were extremely expensive in the early Tang Dynasty, and they were not so easy to buy. If you want to buy, not to mention your identity, even if you want to buy, it will cost a lot. An ordinary horse is equivalent to the value of a brand-name car of hundreds of thousands in later generations. If anyone fights a horse, the price is definitely a top famous car of Rolls-Royce in later generations.

However, the common Engel coefficient of the people in the Tang Dynasty was above 60%, so how could they afford to buy horses?

"Eunuch Zhu, you don't have to talk to me, all the horses here are sick like seedlings, how bad you say you are to treat them?" Shi Bufan complained.

Of course, Shi Bufan knew a little about the situation of the horses of the subordinate priests of the Tang Taifu Temple, these horses were actually the same as sick seedlings, and they couldn't eat enough at all. One by one, the hunger is very serious, that is, the war horse is good. War horses are still well fed because they are going to fight at any time. But ordinary horses that can't go to the battlefield are naturally greatly neglected, and there is not much fodder, just to keep starving to death.

"Hey, isn't this the court out of money? Now the head of the household book Pei Ju is also miserable, and now the gray-haired old guy of the head of the household department is here and there is no money to spare at all. The little money I had in Datang was distributed to different departments, and it was simply sprinkling, and in the end it was not enough at all. We are the same, we can only ensure that the war horses first, and the other horses will not starve to death. But I don't dare to really kill them, and if these colts don't get right, then we won't be able to explain it! That's why I'm embarrassed too! I also don't know how to make money? The court has no money now, and we horses can't eat enough! Zhu Linchun said.

Shi Bufan hurriedly said: "You are holding a golden rice bowl and asking for rice!" Look at these horses, they are not war horses, but they are horses! How much is a horse now, that's priceless! Even if ordinary people want to buy it, it is still carrying a pig's head and can't find the temple gate, where to buy? Although there are many poor people in Datang, not all of them are completely poor. What kind of middle and low-level officials, they have money, and they don't have a chance to ride a horse if they want to! ”

But Zhu Chunlin immediately said: "Shi County man, you can't say that." According to the current rules of my Datang, you can't take a carriage below the sixth grade, so I can't give them if I want to! The county man can do this, thanks to your county barony, otherwise it would be difficult for you to take a carriage. What's more, to put it mildly, do you think everyone is like you in Shixian County, and you will receive both wealth and wealth! With the little money of those low-level officials, they may not buy a horse in a year. ”

"So, I'm not in a rut! There is no money in the court, and we can't support too many horses, so we can only guarantee the war horses first. The other ordinary colts also made them hungry. ”

Shi Bufan then asked: "Just let these horses starve and starve to death?" These are all laborers, if they are allowed to use their labor normally, how much income will it bring? I said that you are asking for rice with a golden rice bowl, and there is nothing wrong with it! ”

"No, no, no, the court rules, not to mention that they can't afford it!" Zhu Chunlin said.

Shi Bufan took a deep breath, and finally thought helplessly: "It's really bureaucracy that kills people, and taking this kind of golden rice bowl to ask for rice is simply useless." No wonder these state-run pastures, horse farms, farms, and various salt and iron factories in ancient times were also in a mess, and these guys used the method of being officials to manage these industries, so it was no wonder that there was no problem! Anyway, it's the country that loses, not your own, so why do you want to work so hard? Well, being able to do some is kind of something! ”

"Pastor Zhu, we just want some horses, there are quite a few of them! We're probably going to have a few hundred horses, maybe more in the future, what do you think? Shi Bufan asked.

"Hundreds?" The figure was clearly frightened.

Zhu Chunlin immediately refused: "No, no, no, I can't sell hundreds of horses at a time." You must know that it doesn't hurt if one or two horses are sold, not to mention that the buyers all have identities, and the court will not track them down. But if it's a few hundred horses at a time, it's really killing me. If I dare to sell a few hundred horses at a time, it will be enough to cut off my head. You must know that even if it is just a horse, not a war horse, it is all registered by the imperial court, and it cannot be sold casually. If I don't have the permission of the imperial court, then I will sell hundreds of horses, and my head will not be protected! ”

"What's more, take 10,000 steps back and say, Shi Xiaoshulang, do you have so much money? Can you afford a few hundred horses? Even if it's only 200 horses, although Miss Qin's net worth may be able to afford them, but they can only afford to buy them after selling all the properties, right? Are you concerned? Zhu Chunlin asked.

At present, Shi Bufan and Qin Jiarui's net worth can't afford to buy a few hundred horses, although two hundred horses can afford it, but at that time, they built all their properties and sold them. The real liquidity cannot be so much, the liquidity of any enterprise is not much, except for a small number of financial enterprises, the liquidity of other entities is not much. Of course, it is impossible for Shi Bufan to sell all his property for the sake of this horse matter.

"Supervisor Zhu, who said I was going to buy a horse? I just wanted a few hundred horses, but I didn't say I wanted to buy them! Shi Bufan said.

Zhu Chunlin asked suspiciously: "If you don't buy it, how can you use it?" ”

"Hey, I said Lao Zhu, your brain is really not very bright. Do you have to buy something if you want to use it? We can rent it! It's better to buy than to rent, we just want to use horses, not buy horses! We can rent some horses from you! Shi Bufan said.

"Rent a horse?" Zhu Chunlin obviously didn't expect that there was still this way to play, and there was actually a saying that it was better to buy than to rent, and it was the first time he had heard that horses could be used for rent.

(To be continued.) )