Chapter 80: The Great Family Divested
"Due to transportation problems, state-owned units can only sell to the Central Plains. Shipping costs are high in remote areas, and local stores can't compete in terms of price. ”
Sui Qing still shook his head, "Even if the shops in the Central Plains are affected, it's not a good thing. ”
Chen Mu continued: "Even if there is no state-owned unit, there will be no other stores to compete? As long as the local store guarantees the matching of quality and price, it will naturally not be defeated by the state-run units. ”
Next, Sui Qing found many reasons to oppose it, but no one supported him.
From the time Chen Mu pointed out that only the Central Plains region would be affected, there were many people who didn't want to oppose Chen Mu anymore. If you oppose it, you won't get any benefits, and you will offend Chen Mu, so why bother?
As soon as Chen Xingtian saw that there were very few people who opposed it, he directly made a decision.
In this way, the state-owned units of Daxia began to operate, including cotton clothing workshops, chili pepper workshops, curry factories, ice factories and so on.
Depending on the product, the range of transportation is also different, such as ice, which can only be supplied in the capital.
Chen Mu is busy teaching skills and controlling quality these days, and he has lived a very fulfilling life.
On this day, Chen Xingtian sent someone to find Chen Mu and let him enter the palace to discuss matters.
When Chen Mu came to the palace, he found that the governor of the Central Plains region was also there. The governor of the Central Plains region, unlike other places, does not have so much authority, and mainly plays the role of supervising the county orders.
Chen Mu didn't have to guess anything, he asked Chen Xingtian directly.
Chen Xingtian replied: "Mu'er, your state-owned unit is very successful, its sales are very good, and it has raised a lot of taxes. However, the major families in the Central Plains were very dissatisfied and wanted to withdraw from the Central Plains. ”
Then, Chen Xingtian asked the governor of the Central Plains region to speak carefully, and Chen Mu was clear.
It turned out that it was the Sui family where Sui Qing was located who took the lead and united the twenty major families in the Central Plains region to spread the news that Chen Mu's new policy had robbed them of their jobs.
Their land has been repossessed, and now they are robbing business, and they have no way to survive and want to withdraw from the Central Plains.
Chen Mu smiled after hearing this, "What's this?" They wanted to withdraw from the Central Plains, so let them retreat. In the past, Great Xia needed a big family, and it needed talents from a big family to govern the country. ”
"But now with the imperial examination, we can recruit talents directly from the people, no worse than those cultivated by big families. Moreover, civilian candidates go deeper into life, understand the people's suffering, and can be more satisfied with the people. ”
"Without those big families, there are still many rich businessmen and rich peasants in the Central Plains, and they also have a lot of spending power, so they don't have to worry about taxes."
Chen Xingtian nodded again and again when he heard this, "Okay!" Reasonable! ”
Chen Xingtian agreed very much with what Chen Mu said, but he thought about it for a while and asked: "But now that the scale of state-owned units is limited, and those big families leave with their shops, where do the people go to buy those daily necessities?" ”
Chen Mu said with a smile: "This is also simple, we can engage in a public-private partnership, let the people out of the house, we out of the technology and tools, and then divide the accounts according to the proportion." In this way, you can quickly open a lot of stores. ”
Chen Mu's novel idea stunned Chen Xingtian.
"Public-private partnerships? Is that okay too? ”
Chen Mu: "Of course, you just need to make the paperwork at the beginning of the cooperation." ”
Chen Xingtian asked again: "But in this way, will there be a conflict with the state-owned units?" ”
Chen Mu shook his head, "No, on the one hand, the quality of state-owned units is absolutely guaranteed, while civilians have no cost for finishing, what they produce is only the general quality for civilians." And the state units can sell their products to the rich. ”
"On the other hand, this public-private partnership model will only turn commoners into rich, but it will not turn them into big families."
Chen Mu, who is familiar with the Three Kingdoms, understands that in Great Xia, there is no need for big families like Lu, Gu, Zhu, and Zhang.
He didn't want to become like Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, and put all his energy on mediating the big families in the territory.
Chen Xingtian also heard this meaning, and nodded slowly.
"Makes sense, but how can you sell all your products to the rich? What if they don't want a higher-priced state-run product? ”
Chen Mu smiled slightly, "This needs to be hyped." ”
Chen Xingtian was confused by Chen Mu's new words, "What is the hype?" ”
Chen Mu didn't explain, "When my father-in-law's birthday banquet comes, you will understand." ”
Three days later, it was the birthday of Chen Mu's father-in-law, Liu Susu's father, Liu Chengxiang, and many officials came to attend and offer precious gifts.
As the emperor, Chen Xingtian is of course inconvenient to come to congratulate his birthday, and Chen Mu is very suitable as the prince and son-in-law.
As soon as Chen Mu entered the door, dignitaries from all walks of life saluted and greeted. Chen Mu also returned the salute one by one.
Of course, Chen Mu didn't come alone, but also brought 50 guards, and the guards carried ten large boxes to the courtyard.
Chen Mu said to Prime Minister Liu Cheng: "Today's father-in-law's birthday, this is a little bit of the son-in-law's heart, please smile." ”
Prime Minister Liu hurriedly returned the salute, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is polite, how can he be old and decayed, let His Highness bring such a generous gift?" ”
One of the customs of Great Xia is to be humble, but today Chen Mu does not.
Chen Mu smiled and said, "It's indeed a generous gift, let me introduce it to you." ”
Everyone was also very curious about Chen Mu's attitude, and they all gathered around to see something new.
Chen Mu first asked someone to open the first big box.
"This is a Persian tribute curry with a unique flavor that can only be enjoyed by the Persian kings and the most powerful people on the Persian side. Today, I dedicate it to my father-in-law. ”
How smart Prime Minister Liu Cheng was, he immediately knew that Chen Mu was here to promote the products of state-owned units.
"Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Prince, I can't imagine that the old man has the same enjoyment as the King of Persia."
When Prime Minister Liu Cheng said this, the people around him suddenly felt very envious.
Although Persia is only a vassal state, the king of Persia can be regarded as powerful. It is indeed a great pleasure to be able to eat such a noble ingredient as curry in the great summer.
Chen Mu asked someone to open the second box again.
"This table was built by a state-run woodsmithing workshop, using Persian rosewood, the finest wood, which was paid by Persia this year, and only state-owned units have it. Give it to your father-in-law today. ”
Prime Minister Liu Cheng was very cooperative, and there was another burst of praise.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Mu opened eight large boxes one after another, each of which was a specialty of the state-owned unit, and the quality was very exquisite.
Prime Minister Liu Cheng and Chen Mu sang and harmonized, and praised these things as the most high-grade luxury goods in Daxia, and the use of these things is the style of high society.
With these things of the state-run units, it becomes a kind of culture.
A lot of guests are thinking that they have to buy these things themselves.