Daming 1805

Chapter 292 The root of the problem of smuggling and reselling

Zhu Jingyuan lived with his grandfather Zhu Zhongliang in Bishuiyuan for many days, and it was troublesome for officials and shopkeepers of Meng County to report frequently.

Zhu Jingyuan considered returning to live in the castle next to the county government.

Zhu Zhongliang didn't have much interest in ordinary gardens like Bishui Garden, so he simply followed his grandson to the castle.

This morning, after Zhu Jingyuan chatted and walked with the old emperor, he wrote some thoughts of his own.

In the afternoon, two staff members were called to discuss the recently discovered problems.

Zhu Jingyuan held Lin Zexu's report. In fact, he had roughly read it before. Now when he read the information he summarized again, Zhu Jingyuan still couldn't help feeling complicated.

Chu Yuqiang's product promotion in Taixi is very good.

Although rayon and elastic silk were invented by Zhu Jingyuan, pantyhose was created by Chu Yuqiang.

Based on his understanding of the Taixi clothing system, Chu Yuqiang directly solved the pain points that have plagued Taixi men's clothing for hundreds of years.

Then, taking advantage of the time when rayon and elastic silk were still completely monopolized by Dashiguo, they launched a comprehensive and high-intensity luxury promotion aimed at the entire upper-middle-class society in Western Europe.

"The seams and ties between the tights and the stockings may become symbols of a family in decline, as other nobles, like His Royal Highness the Prince of Shire, have begun to enjoy the complete fusion of shorts and stockings," said the newspaper aimed at the nobility. The ultimate luxury in one piece!"

Said in a newspaper aimed at businessmen, "If you are still wearing traditional stockings and tight shorts, you may not be suitable for investing. You don't see a huge market full of incomparable potential, and you don't have contacts who can always remind you of fashion and investment trends." lock up."

A newspaper aimed at civil servants and shopkeepers said, "A man who does not wear pantyhose now may soon cease to be middle-class, and may lose out to his competitors in business negotiations by not dressing properly. "

Said in a newspaper for the working class, "Pantyhose is the best ladder for you to integrate into the upper-middle class, and the best bridge and link to connect all social classes. To put it bluntly, it can prevent you from being Rich people reject."

Said in a newspaper for intellectuals, "Compared to crude cotton and linen fabrics, rayon and elastic silk are the future clothing materials of human beings representing technology. Pantyhose is the splendid civilization of China and the latest technology is in perfect harmony with Europa tradition The crystallization of fusion."

Said in a newspaper for conservatives, "American cotton is harvested by the most filthy and lowly humanoid beasts, the ink slaves; rayon is the latest invention of the most noble prince of Ming Dynasty in the world, His Royal Highness Prince Dashi, and is the most civilized With the wisdom and painstaking efforts of famous Ming craftsmen, rayon pantyhose makes your posture perfect, and life without it will be full of regrets."

Said in a newspaper for new women, "Rayon is an invention of His Royal Highness Prince Dashi. Pantyhose includes pants and is also socks. Pants are exclusive clothing for conservative Thai and Western men, but socks are for women. This piece All-in-one clothing can be used as a tool and symbol for sisters to gradually pursue equal rights, so let's go out in pantyhose together!"

Except for the last one, the others are basically propaganda aimed at men.

This is a natural choice and state and a natural result in this era.

Zhu Jingyuan's pantyhose craze in his previous life was of course aimed at women.

Because the long stockings invented during World War II appeared more than 100 years after Thai and Western men did not wear long stockings.

The Chu Yuqiang pantyhose of this world was invented when Thai and Western men wore tight shorts and stockings.

So of course this trend started in the men's circle, and it just tested the needs of women by the way.

Men's consumption may not be as rich and diverse as women's in many cases.

However, there are many approximate rigid demands in the male consumption range.

Dresses, pocket watches, belts, boots, hats, pens, all cost a fortune if you want to be classy.

Now Chu Yuqiang's propaganda binds pantyhose with the identity of the upper middle class, with the middle class and civil servants.

Into those new Ming-style formal clothes designed by Zhu Jingyuan, it is stuffed into the just-needed list of Thai and Western nobles and office workers.

Driven by the nobles and the middle and upper classes, wearing pantyhose has become a trend, and the middle and lower classes instinctively continue to follow suit.

Women also fell quickly, which made Chu Yuqiang a little surprised, but Zhu Jingyuan felt that it was normal.

Silk stockings are not only able to attract men, but also women. They were women's clothes in the previous life.

Now in many big cities in Europe and America, no matter whether they are rich or not, men, women and children are all looking for pantyhose.

Zhu Jingyuan can only say that Chu Yuqiang is a fucking talent.

Using Western public opinion propaganda tools, kidnapped the thinking of most of Western society.

Let an invention that is not very important in itself gradually become an indispensable prop to reflect the identity, and become a clothing style pursued by most of the society.

This of course created considerable profits for itself, but it also created some management problems.

Workers in their own factories can earn a few silver bills, or even tens of silver bills, as long as they move their hands and walk a few steps.

Therefore, there are endless incidents of reselling welfare goods, smuggling and reselling goods and raw materials.

With the continuous expansion and development of industrial areas, the number and frequency are also continuously rising.

Now it has reached the point where Lin Zexu dare not make up his own mind and has to ask his own opinion.

Zhu Jingyuan took a look at Lin Zexu's statistics on reselling, reselling, and smuggling incidents:

"So, the situation is already very serious, can the factory area be out of control?"

Lin Zexu nodded solemnly and said:
"The price of benefits His Highness gave to employees is too low, especially the special product of rayon pantyhose.

"In Taixi, more than 100 silver bills are equivalent to a pair of pantyhose, worth [-] grams of gold.

"Workers buy it back at the welfare price, and resell it for several times the income. Few people can resist this temptation.

"The key point is that the vast majority of workers buy them in the product store in the park in a manner that complies with the regulations.

"There are various places where they are sold, and any orchid or businessman may be a buyer.

"And too many workers are involved, if you really want to strictly arrest and punish, the scope of influence is too large.

"Many production lines may have to stop production, and it is very uneconomical to convert the gains and losses.

"Pantyhose is the most typical product with the largest price difference, and other welfare products exist in the same trade.

"At the same time, we have found a total of [-] cases of stealing and reselling stretch silk raw materials, various rayon blended fabrics, and even bundles and boxes of finished garments containing stretch silk, including pantyhose.

"Based on the sales price of the corresponding finished product, the amount involved has exceeded [-] silver bills.

"Even if it is calculated according to our production cost, it has already caused the loss of thousands of silver notes.

"This kind of reselling of raw materials inside the factory area, and reselling fabrics and finished products from warehouses and workshops in batches, we can still investigate and arrest them relatively accurately, and we can also impose severe penalties decisively. Although the situation is serious, it is barely enough. It's pretty manageable.

"But if you want to stop the rank and file worker from reselling employee benefits, that's unless you stop the benefit provision altogether."

Zhu Jingyuan's mood was rather complicated.

In the final analysis, the profit of elastic silk products is too scary.

Even for ordinary elastic silk fabrics and products, there are at least ten or even twenty times the profit between the manufacturer and the sales market.

Even if there are two hands in the middle, each businessman still has more than three times the profit, which can make people risk their lives.

After four hands in the middle, each businessman still has double the profit, which is still at the level of lawlessness.

The pantyhose that Chu Yuqiang seized the pain point and promoted it has nearly a hundred times the profit.

Even if you go from the factory to Taixi six times, each merchant still has double the profit.

Now this thing is probably the legal commodity with the most terrifying profit margins.

Zhu Jingyuan thought about it for a long time, looked at the report and frowned slightly and said:
"Now, a large number of workers already know the difference between internal and external prices of these commodities, and the gap between the cost and the market price.

"If... I completely cancel the relevant welfare products, will it intensify the reselling and smuggling of silk and cloth?"

Lin Zexu couldn't help but frown upon hearing this:

"This...it's very possible, His Highness thought it through, but the situation is really serious now, and the students think it's necessary to take action..."

Niu Jian next to him thought for a while, and then tried to express his thoughts:
"Your Highness, illegal smuggling and illegal reselling must be driven by excessive profits.

"Once the profit decreases and the risk increases, related activities will definitely weaken.

"We might as well reduce the market price and expand the sales scale, so that the income will not decrease, and may even increase.

"The production of rayon and elastic is growing very fast, and the production cost of the entire product line is constantly decreasing.

"If there are no accidents, the cost of pantyhose with [-]% elastic silk will soon be reduced to less than [-] copper notes.

"At the same time, increase the selling price of employee welfare stores to narrow the gap between market prices and welfare prices.

"I am in favor of canceling this welfare product, women from the Ming Dynasty and women from the surrounding feudal states are not interested in this kind of clothes.

"Most of them were taken to resell. Many workers even found out that they could easily make a fortune after being contacted by businessmen who had been resold.

"On the basis of such control, we will continue to increase the intensity of investigation and punishment actions, arrest and severely crack down on a group of illegal resellers from time to time, and repeatedly publicize them as a demonstration model for punishment.

"Though such a comprehensive implementation, although it is impossible to completely stop reselling and smuggling, it will definitely reduce the scale.

"In general, it is a two-pronged approach to channeling market demand while controlling flow channels."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded slowly.

As long as there are profits and excess profits, it is impossible to prevent smuggling and reselling.

Even if the things themselves are not profitable, some people will resell raw materials and products by means of theft and embezzlement.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't imagine that everyone would do their duty and be selfless, even he couldn't do it himself.

Even the two staff members in front of him didn't care whether they were completely clean or not.

Using the convenience of their own positions to create some extra income for themselves and their relatives within the scope of not violating the rules, this is a gray area that cannot be eliminated.

Zhu Jingyuan is very calm and only pursues controllability.

Lin Zexu took the initiative to single out this kind of matter, which shows that he did not completely let go of making money, and did not take the opportunity to make money.

Gray is fine, black is not.

This is almost Zhu Jingyuan's bottom line.

Zhu Jingyuan also believed in them, such a young and good young man followed his promising prince.

It is impossible to ruin a good future just to make money like crazy.

Zhu Jingyuan also has a similar attitude towards the current situation in the factory.

Keep the situation under control.

Start from both the market and smuggling channels, try to control the scale of smuggling and reselling as much as possible, and maintain the profits of normal channels.

While Zhu Jingyuan was thinking about it, Lin Zexu's secretary knocked on the door and entered the conference room.

Walking up to Lin Zexu, whispered a few words in his ear.

Lin Zexu was obviously surprised when he heard this:
"Is there such a thing?"

Zhu Jingyuan also asked curiously:
"what happened?"

Lin Zexu immediately conveyed:

"A female worker came to report that a clerk in the Dashi Clothing Firm was actively buying welfare products in the factory area.

"However... she also surrendered at the same time, she has already sold the things to that clerk.

"And...she has spent almost all the money she made from selling things."

Zhu Jingyuan smiled in surprise and said:
"Has no one reported and surrendered before? Is this kind of thing still specially notified to you, the shopkeeper?"

Lin Zexu immediately explained:

"There are quite a few workers who report, so we have collected a lot of information.

"But she turned herself in after she sold it, and today this female worker is really the first one.

"And this female worker is quite special, she is a gentle woman, but she is wearing the new Ming-style formal attire designed by Your Highness.

"The money from the sale is not only for buying a bicycle, but also for two sets of clothes from a big food business."

At the same time, Lin Zexu asked his secretary to come over and hand over two simple instructions to Zhu Jingyuan.

It contained Aoxue's basic personal and family information, as well as the events that were registered after arriving in Meng County.

What was your identity before you came, who was in your family, when did you arrive in Meng County, and where did you live.

What work was arranged, what punishment was received, what rewards were received, and so on.

Hearing Lin Zexu's introduction, Zhu Jingyuan was obviously taken aback when he saw the woman's message.

Although Lin Zexu didn't say it directly, the underlying meaning has already been hinted.

Kazuya who take the initiative to buy and wear clothes designed by themselves may interest themselves.

For Lin Zexu's secretary, he felt that this may be more worthy of a special report than the "only surrender" feature.

Zhu Jingyuan was really curious about this woman, and even became serious:

"Bring her here, I'm going to ask her something."

Lin Zexu and his secretary immediately agreed, and at the same time, they kept repeating in their hearts:

"Sure enough..."

However, Zhu Jingyuan's own thinking was not in the same direction as his two staff members.

Zhu Jingyuan thought of his special identity.

Now this Henv Aoxue took the initiative to buy the typical modern clothes designed by herself, which made people feel puzzled.

This Kazuya named Aoxue is not a time traveler.

Other local and surrounding women in China have always been insensitive to the clothes they design.

Almost no one can accept those clothes directly, let alone wear them directly to go out.

In addition, this world already had the ancestor emperor Zhu Cihong before him, and now he has himself.

At this time, there will be a third time traveler, and I dare not say that it is completely impossible.

Both Emperor Shizu and himself have invented so many things, changed so much history, and are extremely well-known.

If this Aoxue is also a time traveler, she must already know her identity as a time traveler.

Now that he came to the yamen to surrender himself, he might even want to see himself, get care or communicate with him.

The content of her registration information is very simple, the most obvious one is that she has been locked up.

On the morning of the second day when I arrived in Lin County, because I was crying with my mother in the dormitory, the dormitory manager locked me in a small dark room for a day and a night.

Then there is the evaluation in study and work.

It is said that people are very smart, their hands and feet are flexible, and they can learn things quickly.

The relationship with managers, masters, and colleagues is also very harmonious, and it is considered suitable for training as grassroots managers.

In short, I got a very high evaluation, and I got a salary of 20 yuan in silver bills in the first month.

Looking at it this way, she seems to be a very smart and sensible girl. Why was she locked in a small dark room because she was arguing with her mother?
Didn't figure out the situation after being timed, so you got into a fight with your mother?
Or was he time-traveled when Guan Xiaohei was shut down, so his personality changed drastically afterwards?

In any case, the influence of the time traveler is huge, even if it is just a suspected time traveler, it must be treated with as much caution as possible.

Now that she has arrived at my hand, I must call over to check and confirm.

The only question is how to confirm it.

Simple codes may be inaccurate, too many swear words have been used by Emperor Shizu, and people in this world may be full of codes.

The key is that the other party is still a woman, and the passwords of a man and a woman may not match.

At the same time, Lin Zexu's secretary went back to call Aoxue. After Lin Zexu and Niu Jian looked at each other, they got up and said goodbye together:
"Your Highness, there are still some matters in the Yamen and the park, let's deal with them first."

"Your Highness, I still have some data here that needs to be recalculated and evaluated."

Zhu Jingyuan was a little surprised, and didn't realize why the two of them had to leave.

However, if that woman is really a time traveler, I have to talk to her alone, and it is best that there are no outsiders at the scene.

Don't worry about your own safety, Chunxiang and Dongmei must be searched before women come in.

I have a physique that has participated in military training since I was a child, and I always wear available firearms next to my body, so it is impossible for a weak woman with bare hands to get hurt.

So Zhu Jingyuan didn't say anything, just nodded to indicate that the two of them could go to work.

(End of this chapter)