Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 240 Jiuquan's Guild

Yunniang paused and said, "Yes, location. The land in Jiuquan is not as rich as Zhangye, nor is there iron mine in Guazhou. If you want to develop, you need to find the right location."

Zeng Mu nodded, what Yunniang said is correct, each city in Longyou has its own characteristics.

Zhangye, Ganzhou has fertile land and lush pastures. Guazhou is the earliest area ruled by King Jianning, and it also has the Dashuixia Iron Mine.

Dunhuang in Shazhou is a big city, and it is also the first place to implement the player-in-chief system. There are a large number of workshops in and outside the city, and it is on par with Guazhou. It is the two major industrial cities under King Jianning.

The location of these two cities is not good, but because they were first ruled by King Jianning, coupled with the advantages of mineral resources, they developed first.

Gaochang City in Xizhou has developed trade and is now a window city to the Western Regions. A large number of goods are traded in Gaochang.

Tingzhou in Beiting is a military city, but now it is gradually developing steadily relying on the trade with the grassland.

Compared with these places, Jiuquan City in Suzhou is an ordinary city.

But Zeng Mu didn't think so, he came to Jiuquan naturally to make an achievement.

Yun Niang said: "I think the biggest regional advantage of Jiuquan is naturally to connect the north and the south, and connect the east and west."

Zeng Mu also nodded at this point. Later generations built Jiayuguan in Jiuquan because of its great location.

In addition to its defensive purpose of resisting the attacks of nomadic peoples, the ancient Great Wall was also a trade border and a trade center when the Central Plains dynasty was able to suppress grassland civilization.

After the completion of Jiayuguan in the Ming Dynasty, it was once an important town for western trade, and it was prosperous for a while.

Yunniang said: "The north of our Jiuquan is the gap of Helan Mountain, which is an important channel for trade going north. To the west, we enter Shazhou and Guazhou, and to the east, we can pass through the Hexi Corridor. With such a good geographical location, we only need to retain some businesses. Then it can grow!"

Zeng Mu nodded. He already had a development plan, and it was obvious that Yunniang saw the problem.

Zeng Mu said: "Yes, the location of our Jiuquan is very important, but merchants often use Jiuquan City as a transit point, and some merchants even bypass Jiuquan and rest in Zhangye."

Yun Niang looked at Zeng Mu and said, "Then Chief Zeng, how can we keep the merchants?"

Zeng Mu nodded and said, "This is my old line of business. How did the post houses retain merchants back then? Now Jiuquan will retain merchants."

Then Zeng Mu said: "In addition, if we want to keep businessmen in Jiuquan, we also need one or two special industries. mobilized enthusiasm.”

Soon all the people in Jiuquan City received a notice from the Governor's Mansion that the Governor's Mansion would assist various industries to set up guilds, for example, inn owners and clerks should set up inn guilds together, shop owners and clerks should set up shop guilds.

All the people in the city have to join the guild, and the guild will work with the assistance of the officials of the governor's mansion to formulate the regulations of the industry.

Guilds, there have been loose guilds in many places, such as the Lifu Guild in Gaochang, this kind of loose gang is more like a gang organization.

But obviously the guild that Zeng Mu wants to set up is a federation of various industries.

Chao Silang is the largest innkeeper in Jiuquan City, and he also received a request from the female official named Yun Niang in the Governor's Mansion to go to the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion to hold the first meeting of the inn guild.

In the previous preparatory meeting, Chao Silang was elected as the chairman. Today he specially changed into a new dress, and accompanied by his assistant, he went to the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion.

Chao Silang also never thought that he, the owner of the inn, could enter the Governor's Mansion through the main entrance in a grand manner.

Chao Silang also had mixed feelings about the guild that the government urged them to set up.

On the one hand, his inn was originally the largest inn in Jiuquan, so it was logical for him to become the president of the guild, which would also expand his influence in Jiuquan.

The disadvantage is that it seems that the government wants to intervene in the development of the inn?If that's the case, Chao Silang will definitely oppose it at today's meeting, and the government cannot be allowed to extend its hand into the inn industry.

With such a mood, the innkeepers came to the governor's mansion, and the governor's mansion specially cleaned up a side hall for the guild to hold a meeting.

Chao Silang was arranged by Yun Niang to sit at the head, and after everyone arrived, Yun Niang said in a green voice:

"Everyone is engaged in inn business in Jiuquan City. You should be familiar with each other, so I don't need to introduce you. The conference representatives have been selected in advance. There are five innkeepers, five innkeepers, and me, the governor. There are 11 people in total, and the inn guild will hold a regular meeting every month in the future to discuss the industry's problems this month."

"Today is the first meeting. According to Zeng Sima's rules, today is an enlarged meeting. In addition to the eleven representatives, there are also twenty reputable reserve representatives attending the meeting."

"As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. Today's meeting is the most important, but as long as the rules are established, the guild will be on the right track."

At this time, a reserve representative stood up and said, "Is there something wrong with this guild representative? A guy with mud legs can also be a representative? And he is also the same as our innkeeper?"

The boss lost the seat of the representative, and his stand-up speech was supported by many people. Obviously, he had already connected in series before the meeting.

The representative elected by the inn clerk hissed, and the atmosphere in the whole venue became tense.

Chao Silang looked at the young Yunniang, wanting to see how she would solve this problem.

Yun Niang coughed and said, "The number of representatives is determined by Zeng Sima."

Chao Silang was a little disappointed, bringing out Zeng Mu could indeed make everyone shut up, but most of them must still be unconvinced.

Yun Niang said again: "But I also have an idea, in the inn industry, are there more waiters or more innkeepers?"

Chao Silang was stunned for a moment, the number of innkeepers was naturally far more than that of the innkeeper.

Yun Niang said again: "If everyone is willing, we players can set up an innkeeper's guild and an innkeeper's guild. What do you think?"

At this moment, Chao Silang was stunned, his forehead was dripping with sweat, it must not be done!

If a guild of innkeepers is established and these innkeepers unite, wouldn't the bosses be passive?

The female official Yun Niang looks young, but she is so powerful?

Chao Silang immediately stood up and said: "I think the supervisor is right. The guys in our inn guild are also very important. Everyone hopes that the inn industry will flourish. I think the number of representatives is reasonable. I want an inn in Jiuquan. Everyone can give their opinions on development.”

Suppressing the opposing voices now, Yun Niang looked at the representatives attending the meeting and said:
"Since everyone has no other opinions, today's meeting will begin."

"Let me talk about the rules of the meeting first. This time it is an enlarged meeting. All participants can propose proposals, but only eleven representatives can vote."

"The rule is that if more than half of the votes are passed, the plan will become the guild's charter, and everyone must act in accordance with the charter in the future."

"Those who do not follow the rules will be expelled from the guild."

After saying this, Yunniang said: "Okay, let's start making proposals now."

Chao Silang froze, and quietly took out his proposal, only to see a representative of the innkeeper stand up first, so he had no choice but to put away the proposal and listen seriously.

The day passed quickly, and by the time the basic charter was discussed, it was already evening.

Chao Silang just felt that today was more tiring than ever, but after a day of discussion today, the basic regulations of the inn guild were formulated.

The first thing passed was the salary proposal of the guys. These guys even asked for a monthly salary statement and proposed a minimum salary standard.

Although this proposal made Chao Silang very unhappy, it was passed in the end under the supervision of Yun Niang during the vote.

With the guarantee of a minimum wage, the guys were motivated.

The next proposal was actually put forward by a representative of the staff, to unify the standard of inns in the whole Jiuquan and delineate the three types of inns.

There are three grades of inns, A, B, and C. From the comprehensive evaluation of sanitary conditions, accommodation environment and food standards, this level is clear at a glance. This is equivalent to letting guests know the standard of the inn directly, so that they can choose the inn more intuitively.

There were mixed opinions on this proposal. Some representatives strongly opposed it, while others strongly supported it. Finally, it passed with six votes to five votes.

In this rating system, all the alternate representatives of this enlarged meeting will inspect all the inns in Jiuquan one by one, and then put a grade sign on each inn.

This makes the representatives participating in the meeting more motivated, which represents power!

Chao Silang never thought that a representative of a guild would have so much power, and that he, the president of the guild, could hold such power in his own hands.

This taste fascinated Chao Silang, and he was less resistant to King Jianning's rule.

Such guilds were established one after another, and Zeng Mu's officials personally participated in the formulation of the guild's charter, and all walks of life in Jiuquan City were brought into the management of each guild.

But to develop Jiuquan, these guilds alone are not enough.

Zeng Mu stood on the city wall and looked at the industrial park not far away. This is the industrial area he planned.

In order to attract Baigong players to come and invest, Zeng Mu promised to level the land and build a standardized factory building for free. After posting the generous treatment in Jiuquan Industrial Zone on the forum, it attracted the interest of many Baigong players who wanted to start a business.

Jiuquan City is gradually rejuvenating. When Hubayi arrived in Jiuquan with his caravan, he was surprised by the new appearance of Jiuquan City.

(End of this chapter)