Chapter 138: Hiring

Ouyang visited Hangzhou Zhizhou Tongju, and the two were very friendly. The point at the wine table is to hope that Hangzhou will have a lot of money to enter, and Zhizhou patted his chest and said that he would definitely ensure a good environment. The imperial court watched closely, and the road inspection envoy and the economic envoy seemed to be desperate for inspection, and it was difficult to even touch a small amount of money. They have seen through that as long as the people are rich, the officials will definitely be rich. Looking at Ouyang Yizhi County, more than one million people have redeemed a woman, and her brows are not wrinkled. Everyone knows that the largest part of tax revenue is commerce, and only relying on agriculture to sell rice is gross. And the political achievements are also ruthless. Looking at Hangzhou New Town, Ouyang's 100,000 yuan was smashed to build a large tea planting base, and the tax profits of the local county tripled, and the population increased rapidly, and it was prosperous. A state is not as good as a county.

Ouyang said: "Two adults, this Hangzhou is the first of the four major wharves of my Great Song Dynasty. You see, the tea from this new city has to be transported to the north, and the cost of the journey is huge, and the number of people used is really quite helpless. Why don't you start shipping with the two adults? For example, Yangping's goods should be sold to the southeast, which Hangzhou can be a transit place, Hangzhou ships to receive goods, unload goods, and then open a wholesale market. Aren't merchants from all over the southeast rolling in? North Shanghai Road has Yangzhou, Haizhou, Mizhou, Dengzhou and Hejian Fu. To the south of Taizhou, Mingzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Chaozhou, Qiongzhou. Setting up a shipyard in Hong Kong is a major industry. ”

Zhizhou nodded happily while listening: "Yes, yes, but I'm afraid this start-up capital is not a decimal." ”

"That's no problem, as long as the Hangzhou government comes up with a charter." Ouyang waved his hand, Wang Wu handed over the bag, Ouyang took out a stack of paper and said: "This is a sample content of a state's charter, two adults take a look." The main thing is that Hangzhou can guarantee what it does and will not give up halfway. For example, if you can't build half of the shipyard, you will stop work for various reasons, and so on. After the two adults screwed it up, they handed it over to the royal newspaper for a release, and the lower officials assured that the spring trade fair would definitely be full of merchants. "Ouyang was not optimistic about the Hangzhou Trade Fair before, and he didn't even take out the project, nor did he publicize it, where did the merchants come from.

"Yes, that makes sense." The two officials nodded, took the wine glass and said, "Thank you, Lord Ou, do it!" ”

This time, Hangzhou's actions were very fast, and before Ouyang received the result of Song Huizong's consideration, he sent the charter to the inn where Ouyang was temporarily staying. Ouyang also went to the road, read it and felt that there was no problem, so he asked Wang Wu to take the charter and go back to Yangping to publish the royal newspaper first. The trade fair is scheduled for the first day of February, but it cannot be delayed any longer. Ouyang privately explained to the two officials, and under the same conditions, he gave priority to letting the registered merchants of the Yangping Chamber of Commerce take over first. The two officials understood the influence of the Yangping Chamber of Commerce, and they both agreed.

And the day after Wang Wu left, Zhang San came over and said that Song Huizong had invited Ouyang.

After being polite left and right, Queen Wang finally asked people to make tea for Ouyang Fang, and in the past few days, Diao Min not only surrounded the palace, but also shouted slogans, asking Song Huizong to compensate for family property, children, and wife. This Song Huizong doesn't care, just get angry and angry. But Queen Wang felt sorry and went out in person to make amends to everyone. But everyone didn't deal with her, they all pointed the finger at Song Huizong, and shouted out what faint the king was better than Shang.

So, Empress Wang and Song Huizong discussed and agreed to accept the offer from Yangping University. Queen Wang's requirements are not high: "Lord Ou, I just ask that you don't let people do the Lord again." ”

Ouyang was overjoyed when he heard this: "Weichen went back and immediately let people arrange it, and he came to pick up the emperor and queen in the spring, although the living conditions were a little harder, and the land was helpless." However, the position of Mr. has a very high status in Yangping, and the Emperor Taishang is the principal, and he is also the gentleman among the gentlemen, and the merits are immeasurable, and the queen and the emperor can rest assured. I just don't know how many people are traveling and what to carry. Wechen is also good at dispatching carriages and horses. ”

Then Song Huizong took out a piece of paper, and Ouyang almost fainted when he saw it. It's outrageous. This Song Huizong wants to bring a bunch of royal things. Unexpectedly, he wanted to take away all the twenty concubines, plus Liu Sinu. How big a house it has to be. Plus ten queens, as well as the internal guards who watched them, and the servants, the six hundred square meters of house he allocated to him was too small.

"Lord Ou, but something is wrong?" Queen Wang asked.

Ouyang smiled bitterly: "If you go back to the queen, it is also simple to send ten times the number of people to Yangping." But so many people live outside the power of the ministers. ”

"The royal always has the royal system." Queen Wang said: "You can't let the Lord be like an ordinary grass people. ”

"The queen's words are reasonable, it is like this. The university has been planned and most of its construction has been completed. And the principal's mansion has been completed, and it is probably a mu and a half, even if Weichen tries to find a way, it will be a mu and a half. Ouyang said: "Of course it's no problem to live in, Weichen is just worried...... Squeezed some. ”

Song Huizong was dissatisfied: "These are all people who have been following me, how can I abandon them." ”

Ouyang Khan, I really can't be the principal by myself, I am the champion anyway, I can deal with it, and my reputation will not be worse than yours.

However, Queen Wang said reasonably: "Lord Ou, you still have to bring this belt." Do you think there's any other way? ”

"The only way to bring it is to ...... In addition, they were given a place to live. ”

"Rent?" Song Huizong said: "It's better to buy it." ”

Ouyang Khan said: "Back to the Emperor, Yangping is now an inch of land, and the land value of the principal's mansion is thousands of yuan, not to mention the land of the county seat. ”

Queen Wang clapped: "Let's rent." I don't wronged them anyway. If you want to go, let them go, alas...... Rats leave a sinking ship. ”

"That's it! Wechen went to prepare. Before the year, the queen and the emperor must have been brought to Yangping. "This has to be sent to Ouchi, and Zhao Yu's side is just a verbal agreement, this matter can't play with fire, it's not good to burn yourself, Song Huizong is at best a thing that is not red or green in the red flowers and green leaves, and it looks like a flower bone.

It's like playing SimCity, agriculture, commerce, farms, ...... Population growth, economic growth, demand growth. If everything goes up, the number of civil servants is limited. Yangping's current staffing is outrageous, but it can't be managed so comprehensively without so many people. Ouyang does not believe that at the beginning of human beings, nature is good. It is not only profiteers and corrupt officials who steal and cheat, but even the old lady who can only exchange eggs for two dollars has a dark side.

Laziness, hatred of the rich, selfishness, etc. are not uncommon at all. It is not uncommon to be abducted, robbed, burned, and killed, and the mind can be dark, but if the darkness is put into action, it will be very wrong. Therefore, the number of servants had to be expanded. This was the first thing Gan Xin said after Ouyang returned, and Gan Xin had studied that one official for every thousand people was the minimum guarantee. Yangping has a population of more than 400,000 people, and at least more than 400 people are needed. And now there are more than 150 Yangping.

Ouyang solved it in one sentence: "Draw 300 people from the Xiang army, one old and two new." "The wages are low, and they don't occupy the establishment.

"Still smoking?" Zhan Ming shook his head and said: "I have already sent hundreds of people to the royal newspaper as a courier, and then three hundred people, and the military factory has to recruit workers." ”

"Don't be so rigid and 'borrow' from the state. Borrow a thousand people, and when will you say more. It can be said that the name is to repair the city wall, and it can be said that there is a shortage of manpower. The state's establishment is not yet full, let them recruit again. This is called hiding from the top and not hiding it, turning around and preparing the next gift, sending it to the state, this matter is a trivial matter, and it is a formality. There are a lot of Xiangjun in this state, and the expenses are still large, and there are more than this person, and the gathering place of the Xiangjun outside the military factory has been changed to a village, and it is called Xiangcun. Not only the Xiang Army, but also people from other places can also stay. ”

Gan Xin said: "Well, also, the year-end count." From December last year to January and October this year, four million yuan of tax revenue, including tax revenues from the state treasury......"

Ouyang was shocked: "So much." ”

Gan Xin said with a smile: "It's not much, the year before last, the annual tax profit of the whole Song Dynasty was 120 million guan, and Tokyo had 3 million guan of tax profit." Our Yangping's four million is really not much. ”

Ouyang Xi said: "This year's bonus can be more. ”

Gan Xin said: "Money is a trivial matter now, mainly because the people have more needs. Last month, more than a dozen wealthy people went to Tokyo en masse to find prostitutes. Those who once served the emperor smashed out 300 times in one night. Don't seek to be beautiful, just to be famous. There is also a gambling in a Tokyo casino, and I went out for 3,000 times a day and a night. Nowadays, seeing the people of Yangping in these places in Tokyo is like seeing the God of Wealth. ”

MD, beware of Lao Tzu's personal income tax. Ouyang is very helpless, this rich family has nowhere to spend, if the money is earned and not spent, why make money? Ouyang thought about it and said, "It seems that it's going to be a luxury." ”

"How?"

"For example, a gold necklace, how much is the fineness of this gold, there is already a price on the market. But there is another one that is priceless, and that is face. Ouyang said: "For example, a necklace made by a famous artist can be ten times different from the price of the necklace in the field." There is also wine, a bottle of wine can be sold for 500 yuan, or it can be sold for 5 cents. The key is to talk about it, and when the wine table is so placed, it is a matter of face. Clothes, inns, restaurants, etc. should develop from low to low, medium and high grades. And the same yamen tax collection is also divided into three grades. There are also very secret crafts among the people, such as incense that can repel insects, such as herbal tea that clears fire and detoxifies, etc., which can be developed. Of course, this grade needs to be improved, not how much wen is a catty, but how many pieces are in a box. For example, when we usually go to the restaurant, we greet the second child and order food. Change, a special beautiful girl greets, is responsible for ordering, and then helps pour wine and serve, and can also help divide the dishes. If there is something, the guest beckons, immediately to the side, hot towels in winter, well water towels in summer. The dishes are all the same, and the wine is the same, but the grade is immediately raised. The original dish of one dish and one penny is now sold consistently. Don't doubt that there are really people who are willing to be the culprit. ”

"This is a reversal." Gan Xinxi said: "When I go back, I will let the Wang family restaurant change it." ”

Ouyang said: "Don't call it Wang's Restaurant anymore, it's not graded." Changed it, changed it to ...... Golden Hotel. All are divided into boxes, you can get some flowers and plants, elegant and chic. You can use a full set of silver tableware, luxurious and rich. Don't be wood on the table, cover it with a white cloth, it looks clean and tidy, and everything on the plate should be of high grade, the more expensive the better. Get some celebrity calligraphy and painting on the wall and paste it, and fakes are OK. Employees uniform, female employees are not fully exposed, but they should also show a little, young men should be handsome and spirited, and girls should be beautiful and clean. There is also a restaurant behind the inn, single, double, the pursuit of one word, clean. White sheets, a dedicated night pot toilet, carpets on the floor, cleaned every day, and tidied every day. Don't be stingy with silk and cotton, you can get it all. ”

Gan Xin Khan said: "This ...... This place may not be spacious enough. ”

"Big investment, big return, go for loans. When Yangping is done here, you can also go to Tokyo to get it. In the future, a small casino can also be opened in the hotel for the entertainment of guests. For example, we can put billiards and darts in it, and some song and dance troupe performances can be arranged regularly. The hotel is integrated into a comfortable environment integrating accommodation, catering and entertainment. Ouyang smiled and asked, "Don't you have that guts?" ”

Gan Xin gritted his teeth and said: "What Yangping people have is courage. ”

"Don't lose your job."

"Don't worry, my lord, I know it."

The New Year is approaching, and the Song court should have had a holiday on the 10th of December, but this year it was a little different, such as the Privy Council, the Cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Household all postponed the holiday. The nearby Xiang troops were all mobilized and continuously transported grain and grass towards Qinfeng Road in cold weather.

Although the Song Dynasty suppressed martial arts and promoted literature, it was still relatively generous to war. According to statistics, the average cost of battles of the Northern Song Dynasty was about 30 million yuan. As soon as the national policy is formulated, the people below can no longer think about whether peace is better or not, but how to fight. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, most of the monarchs have realized that fighting a war is logistics.

The royal newspaper also happened to mention Yongle Prefecture and Lingzhou at this time, describing their occupation in great detail, and focusing on the extremely miserable life of the people of both places under the rule of Western Xia. The royal newspaper was very inflammatory, and the newspaper soon became a topic of discussion in the street teahouses, and the storytellers also advanced with the times and began to write and compile the recovery of Lingzhou and Yongle. Don't doubt that the commentaries of the Southern Song Dynasty destroyed the Jin Dynasty to Yue Fei. YY has no limits, and it is not a truth that only modern people understand. This is not a cool word for listening to the book.

At the same time, the Yangping Chamber of Commerce announced that as long as Wang Shi wanted to get back the lost land, they would reward the meritorious soldiers who killed the enemy, totaling 500,000 yuan. At the same time, the Yangping Chamber of Commerce also promised to set up a horse express in the frontier, which was specially responsible for transmitting the communication between the frontier sergeants and relatives in the mainland. The loose Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, which is made up of Tokyo businessmen, also offered to pay 100,000 yen as a pension for the dead and wounded.

These messages came out ten days ago, and Zhao Yu was very pleased to see them. Zhao Yu said to Cai Jing: "Previously, many people came to the table to ask the imperial court to suppress these businessmen, but Cai Xiang strongly opposed it, but it was prescient. ”

Cai Jing shook his head: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thought differently at that time. Not prescient. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Yu said: "Tell me! ”

"Your Majesty, my Great Song Dynasty has always been a conscription system, and most of the recruits are people who have lost their land. But has Your Majesty ever thought about why it was lost? One thing is most important, and that is usury. Cai Jing said: "The minister thinks that this usury is tantamount to killing chickens and taking eggs." Seeing that Song Liguo came to riot against the people more than 100 times, the damage was very great. First, there are people who are doing strange things, and secondly, because they have no land and no land, and they can't live because they are in debt. Yangping Money is very good, borrowing thousands of dollars, and the interest is consistent every day. Borrowing is consistent, and the interest is no more than a penny per day. If the old practice in Tokyo is to borrow consistently, you will have to repay half of the same loan after one month, two months after two months, and four times after March. And within ten runs of Yangping Qianzhuang, it is a one-year period. Two years within 100 and three years within 1,000. There is a well-founded text, and it does contribute to social stability. ”

"Also, last year's Dongting Lake flooded, and this year's Taihu Lake flooded, with more than 100,000 refugees. Industries in Yangping recruited 40,000 refugee workers. It is undoubtedly a big worry for the imperial court. Moreover, His Majesty reduced taxes in the southeast, and now he said that he would fight a war, and it was not because the treasury had money? This also has a lot to do with the opening of Yangping people in other places. ”

"Yes!" Zhao Yu nodded.

However, there are pros and cons. In the original era, agriculture has always been the mainstay, and after heavy business, it will inevitably light agriculture, and there are not a few local farms that occupy fertile land. Many of the land was left uncultivated and barren for several years. In the past few years, it can be regarded as a smooth weather, but in a catastrophe year, the imperial court has no rice for disaster relief, that is a joke. Secondly, many businesses naturally attract many people to engage in business and work, and ten years of hard study is not as good as a sub-foreman, which makes the world's scholars feel cold. ”

"There are many advantages and disadvantages." Zhao Yu sighed, she remembered what Ouyang said to cut off his head, Ouyang said, reading those books are all waste books. Those who don't read those books are not necessarily invalids. Ouyang also said that no matter which Jinshi comes, no matter which line of management it is, those who do not read the books of sages are definitely better than those who read the books of sages. Zhao Yu was a little angry at the time, but after thinking about it carefully, it did make some sense. But her roots are in the landlords of the Shi clan, and she will not compromise easily. Zhao Yu said: "This Yangping University will start classes in the spring. There is also a special person in charge of the teaching of arts and sciences, and I heard that I also asked for the special hiring of two bachelors who returned to their hometowns to do so...... Professor. It seems that Ouyang also understands where this joint is. ”

"Oh?" Cai Jing said: "This minister doesn't know. ”

"I only found out yesterday. He also said that he hired the Emperor Taishang as the principal. ”

"Ah, that's a three-bird solution." Cai Jing said: "First, the Emperor Taishang can have a place to have a pastime and say less." Second, it can encourage the emperor. Thirdly, under the teaching of Emperor Taishang, the scribes of the Great Song Dynasty will be outstanding. Lord Ou really wants to do this. ”

"I think so, too, but the fee seems to be a bit higher. I looked at the lesson. The three lessons of poetry, calligraphy, and painting taught by the Emperor Taishang are fifteen lessons per month, and each lesson is one hour. Limited to one year, the fee is 300 yuan. ”

"Money is not a problem...... Cai Jing said: "Your Majesty, it's better to ...... The imperial court also held classes at Yangping University? ”

"What class?"

"The way of being an official. The people's livelihood, the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, the courses of local officials such as building water conservancy, damming and flood control, etc. The imperial court sent people on its own or found people from Yangping University. Every year, officials who are in short supply are selected to teach for several months. Isn't that good? ”

"Cai Xiangzhi's talent really impresses me." Zhao Yu said: "This faction official, one is afraid of greed, the second is afraid of incompetence, and the third is afraid of laziness. Cai Xiangke sent someone to take charge of this matter. ”

"Commandment."