Chapter Eighty-Five: Pulling Sponsorship
Chen Fei soon decided to personally supervise this vegetable basket project during this time. Chen Fei knew that if the people could really afford to eat meat and eat meat often, this would be a great cause of the creation of the century. At that time, I am afraid that Chen Fei will create a shocking political achievement, and at that time, Chen Fei will be able to return to Chang'an in a beautiful manner. This credit alone is enough to become a big man who will go down in history. So of course Chen Fei attaches great importance to it, Chen Fei's eyes are no longer limited to here, his eyes have been set on the great cause of being able to make the people afford to eat meat, this is the real great cause!
"Damn, these three guys have controlled the county's finances, and I can't use money if I want to!" Chen Fei muttered.
The county chief secretary and the county lieutenant did not support Chen Fei's vegetable basket project, and held a meeting to oppose Chen Fei's use of the county's finances to carry out his work, because they all thought that Chen Fei's move was a waste of money for the people. Of course, Chen Fei could force himself to use his status as a county magistrate to forcibly transfer money, but if he really did this, it would be a tear with the three of them. Originally, Chen Fei and them agreed to share the decision-making power, so since the three of them were unanimously opposed, it was not easy for Chen Fei to directly force it to pass. Once it is forced, it will break the rules of the game, and the consequence will be that the previous tacit understanding will fall apart, and the three local snakes will not continue to support Chen Fei. So Chen Fei can't turn his face with them, at least when he spends money for this.
"Yang Jiaxiang, you go and give me a copy of the list of merchants with certain strength in our Shuozhou City!" Chen Fei said.
Yang Jiaxiang, the secretary of the office, immediately asked: "Chen County Order, what do you want this list for?" There are businessmen with a certain strength in the county, what industry are you asking? There is also the so-called powerful, should they have an official background, or should they have strong financial resources? β
"Give preference to those with strong financial resources, and then give me a copy of both!" Chen Fei said.
And Yang Jiaxiang immediately said: "Chen County Order, may I ask, whose information do you want?" I keep it all in my head. β
"You should start with the most financially powerful people according to the ranking of those with the most financial resources!" Chen Fei said.
Yang Jiaxiang recalled and said: "If you want to say that the financial resources are the most abundant, it is Zeng Qing, our silk cloth merchant in Shuozhou, who is the brother-in-law of our Shuozhou Thorn History." According to the rules of my Datang rent, one of the taxes is to be paid with silk cloth. And the people's homes do not produce silk cloth, everything is for the people to exchange for food. And this Zeng Qing can be said to have monopolized all the silk cloth business in Shuozhou, and the people have to exchange grain for silk cloth with Zeng Qing's faΓ§ade, and then take it to pay taxes. And they can get a lot of money by reselling the grain directly. β
Chen Fei listened to this Zeng Qing and knew that he was the product of a power-for-money transaction. He is the brother-in-law of Zhang Qiang, the assassin of Shuozhou, and Zhang Qiang used his power to help him develop, which is also a normal situation. However, this is not what Chen Fei wants to choose, this kind of wealthy businessman is the brother-in-law of the state assassin, and he has strong financial resources, so he may not be able to look down on Chen Fei as the county magistrate. So if Chen Fei goes to him at that time, I'm afraid it will be boring for himself. So Chen Fei immediately excluded this Zeng Qing, because he was not the best choice.
"What about the second one?" Chen Fei asked.
Yang Jiaxiang immediately continued: "The second one is Wu Mingding, our old vinegar merchant in Shuozhou. He has been in the business for several generations, and his ancestors relied on an excellent secret recipe for brewing aged vinegar, and then developed from a small shop to a famous vinegar merchant in Shuozhou. And he is not only famous in our Shuozhou, but also in several nearby state capitals. β
"Aged vinegar merchant? Shanxi old vinegar? It's not related to my plans, and it's a guy for generations, an ancestral business. It's not that easy to get them into an unfamiliar industry. This kind of businessman for several generations, I am afraid that they are all based on keeping the master, rather than thinking about pioneering. And what I'm trying to get out is a new industry, and he may not have the courage to invest a lot of money in development, but I can rule it out! Chen Fei whispered.
Next, Yang Jiaxiang introduced several people, but Chen Fei was not satisfied. Either the industry and Chen Fei's plan are not right, or their identity background is not suitable, or according to their usual behavior, their courage is not enough. The plan that Chen Fei wants to implement will not succeed if there is no person with sufficient courage to cooperate. Not only must there be a certain amount of financial resources, but also have sufficient courage, of course, the best industry should also be the right one, so that it is good.
"Well, since Chen County is not satisfied with you, then I have another candidate. That is the owner of our largest restaurant in Shuozhou, Wu Yun. Don't look at Miss Wu Yun as just a woman, and she is actually the eldest daughter of the second-ranked businessman Wu Mingding, but according to the rules of the Wu family, this secret recipe of aged vinegar is still passed on to men and not to women, so she is not qualified to learn the secret recipe of the Wu family. Later, Wu Mingding wanted to marry her to an official as a concubine, but this little lady was really fierce enough, and she actually went out with her jewelry. The little lady pawned the jewelry and then opened a small restaurant. In the next few years, it was actually thriving, and two years later, the largest wine building in Shuozhou was brought down. Now if you want to talk about wealth, she can rank tenth in Shuozhou! And this Miss Wu Yun is very popular, she is not only beautiful, but also worth a lot of money. As long as you can marry her, you will not only get a beautiful woman as your wife, but also get a large amount of family property to dowry, which is really a double harvest of money! If I were a few years younger, I would pursue it! Yang Jiaxiang said still dreaming.
Chen Fei did not pay attention to Yang Jiaxiang's words, but paid attention to this Miss Wu Yun's industry. The largest restaurant in Chang'an, that is, the inn industry. And this industry should have a lot of dealings with agricultural products, and she can also have a lot of financial resources, which is good. And this Miss Wu Yun was able to give up the privileged life in her family and go out to start a business with some jewelry, which is enough to show that she is very courageous. Therefore, on the whole, this Miss Wu should be a suitable partner to work with.
"Yang Jiaxiang, help me draft a letter of worship as the county magistrate of Shuo County and send it to Miss Wu Yun! I'm going to pay a visit to Miss Wu this evening. Chen Fei said.
And Yang Jiaxiang immediately asked curiously: "Could it be that Chen County's order is also tempted, this opportunity to gain both wealth and ......?"
"Don't fucking bullshit, I'm here to pull sponsorship!" Chen Fei explained.
"Pull sponsorship? What do you mean? Yang Jiaxiang was confused.