Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 48
Gao Gong looked skeptical: "Let the common people earn more money? Where do you earn it?"

"In fact, there are many ways to increase people's income." Gao Yushi certainly has many ways in mind, but obviously it is impossible to pull them all out at once, because many income-increasing projects require other preconditions. According to his plan, these things All must be developed and implemented step by step, and it is completely unfeasible to directly launch a comprehensive project.

So he thought for a while, and said: "There is a key point in this issue that my nephew must first emphasize."

"Let's talk and listen." Gao Gong became interested.

"We must adapt measures to local conditions, and absolutely not follow the same model across the country." Gao Wushi said, and began to give examples: "Let's follow the idea just now, for example, I am the magistrate of Jinghai County, Hejian Prefecture, and Assuming I have enough authority, my first move is to move the county seat to Tianjin Wei."

"Move to Tianjin Wei?" Gao Gong frowned, thinking about Gao's pragmatic intentions, and subconsciously asked, "Why?"

Gao Wushi replied: "Although Tianjin Wei is now the garrison of the guard, it also belongs to Jinghai County. That place is actually much better than the current county seat of Jinghai. It is the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Haihe River. The location advantage is obvious. If I transfer the county government here, the west can take advantage of the canal to make our county a Linjing transit station for ships from the south to Beijing, and the east can build a port at or near Dagukou to develop coastal transportation trade.”

Gao Gong wondered: "Tianjin Wei can be regarded as a foothold for the South Ship to enter Beijing. Otherwise, what do you think the imperial court set up the Yangcun Inspection Department in the north of Tianjin Wei?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "Tianjin Wei is just a garrison station. Even if it actually becomes a transfer station, it doesn't make much sense, because the guard itself is a half-military, half-agricultural organization. In the past, it was quite Yu Juntun, so it does not have enough administrative functions, and what it can do is too limited. But if the county government of Jinghai County is transferred there, there will be many things that can be done, and it can definitely make the whole Jinghai rich.”

"Oh?" Gao Gong's curiosity was aroused, and he asked, "Tell me how to drive?"

"After transferring the county government to Tianjin Wei, I can build some warehouses near the canal wharf... Sanbo, do you know that it is often inconvenient for those merchants who travel from south to north to send all their goods to the capital at once. In this way, they must need a warehouse. The warehouse is too far away from the capital, but it is difficult to handle it too close. In the past, they could only place the goods on the ship on the spot, or they could find an inn in Tianjinwei to store some of them. , but in fact, no matter what, it is definitely not as convenient and safe as special warehouses. Therefore, if I am the magistrate of Jinghai County, I can carefully plan and build some special warehouses, and rent them to these merchants in different sizes and grades to collect rent , as long as the canal is still there, this business can be said to be profitable forever.”

Although Gao Gong has a great talent, he has been working in the center, and his thinking obviously does not consider a specific county, so he was stunned for a while, and asked after a while: "But who will build this warehouse? "

"It's easy to handle. As the county magistrate, I can publicly announce that a certain piece of land has been planned to be built as a warehouse, and then explain to everyone the business opportunities after building this piece of land into a warehouse, and then we can start bidding. .”

"Bidding?" Gao Gong didn't understand again: "What is bidding?"

"Uh... To put it simply, I will take out these plots, divide them into several pieces, or a dozen pieces, or dozens of pieces, and then let businessmen who are interested in building warehouses here bid with each other, and whoever bids the most will sell it to whomever... ...Of course, after he bought the land, he must build the warehouse and put it into use within the stipulated time, otherwise, I reserve the right to reclaim the land.”

Gao Gong suddenly realized, stroked his beard and said, "Oh! In other words, you drew a big cake for them, and then sold the land to make money?"

"Of course selling land will make money, but that's only part of it. After all, selling land is just a one-shot deal, and it won't last long, so I must have other ways to make money."

"The land is sold, what other ways to make money?" Of course Gao Gong's business thinking cannot be compared with Gao's pragmatism, so he immediately expressed his puzzlement.

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "The land is sold, but our county government can still charge a management fee!"

"Management fee?" Gao Gong was completely stunned: "The land was also sold, and the warehouse was also built by others. Why do you have to charge this... what kind of management fee?"

"Sanbo, if you think so... uh, a gentleman can be deceived." Gao Wushi showed a sly smile: "You think, with so many warehouses being built, some people want to stock up, and some people want to pick up the goods, come here They are usually people. These people are under the jurisdiction of our county. If something happens, I should deal with it as a rule? Then am I just managing them? But I didn’t need to manage these businessmen from other places. Now that my workload has increased, the county government will naturally allocate manpower to manage it, so of course I have a reason to charge an appropriate fee!"

After Gao Wushi said this, Gao Gong's expression became a little hesitant, and he criticized: "As a local parent, it is your responsibility to keep one safe and peaceful, so why charge extra money?"

What kind of thinking is this?Are your officials of the Ming Dynasty so talkative?
Gao Wushi was stunned for a moment: "Protecting the safety and security of one side also needs people. If the original yamen servants are not enough, they have to hire another one. Doesn't it cost money? This is for their own good, and of course we have to get it back from them. Moreover, Do you know how much the merchants can earn by selling the goods they transport from south to north? Even if my nephew doesn’t investigate, he knows that the profit is at least 5.00% or more, some even double, and very few times more than double. It is not too expensive to charge a management fee. According to the "percentage" mentioned earlier, I plan to charge [-]% or [-]%, and the maximum is no more than [-]%. Is it expensive?"

Gao Gong looked better when he heard that he only charged such a small amount, and thought for a while: "But those warehouses themselves have to charge rent, so the cost of those out-of-town merchants will go up?"

Gee, how am I going to explain to you the black hand of the market economy—oh no, the big hand?

"You don't have to worry about that." Gao Wushi waved his hand and said, "If they charge too much for rent, no one will want to rent it. What money will they make if no one rents it? So after a while, the rent will definitely stabilize. , to achieve a situation acceptable to both parties. As for the cost of the merchant, even if the cost of the merchant is increased a little, are you afraid that they will not get it back from the buyer? But the buyer is not stupid. If it is raised too much, the buyer If you don’t want to buy it, it will definitely form a price that everyone can accept as a balance point.”

Gao Gong thought for a while, and finally nodded, agreeing with this statement, but he asked again: "But even if all these things are as you wish, the only ones who make money are those few businessmen who built warehouses. Your county government has a little more income, so how can it have the effect of making the people of the county rich as you said?"

Hey, Mr. Gao Ge is really a good minister who sincerely seeks the welfare of the people. The government has made money and it is not enough. He only wants to make the people rich.Well, it's really high arch, though.

But Gao Yushi was prepared after all, and he smiled immediately: "Those businessmen from other places regard our county as both a warehouse and a transit point, so should they settle here? Do they want to eat or sleep? Since they all Yes, people in our county can do business with them! Any inn, hotel, food stall, grocery store, pharmacy, fabric store, tailor shop...even the burden of shaving your hair. Sanbo, as long as there are more people, you can Afraid that no one will do business? As long as there are enough people, there must be business opportunities here."

Gao Gong's eyes lit up: "That makes sense! If that's the case, your way of thinking can indeed give many people another way to make money."

Gao Wushi grinned: "Not only do they make money, but I can also—oh, I mean the county government can make money too..."

Gao Gong was stunned, and before he had time to speak, Gao Wushi said again: "They need land for building a new inn, right? Even if they put up food stalls, there must be a place for them, right? For those who build houses for business, Our county government can plan some unowned wasteland in advance and sell them to them, and for those who set up stalls, we can also designate one or several areas for them to gather together to set up stalls. There are many advantages to doing this: it can form a scale Benefits, the county government is also easy to manage, and it won't let them block the road... But no matter what, our county government is an old rule. Our county government first earns money to sell the land for building houses, but as long as When you do business, regardless of whether it is a store or a stall, you have to add a management fee—well, in fact, this management fee can also be called another name, for example: business tax. "

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