In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 610: Money Can Help You Climb Up
Zhao Yurui had no control over the affairs of the imperial court, but he had to deal with the affairs of his own small flag.

In addition to the debt owed to the bank, the institute still owes a lot of overtime pay and bonuses, and many temporary workers have not received any bonuses for two years.

All overtime pay was only paid half.

The first thing to do when taking office is to make money.

He found out the whole details of the institute from Lao Liu and returned to the meeting room with a gloomy face.

Everyone looked at him.

Some people actually looked a little gloating.

Zhou Guomin was suddenly transferred away, and Zhao Yurui, who used to be a fool, was promoted, but some people were still dissatisfied.

Before Zhao Yurui even sat down, Qiang Xiaowei suddenly said, "Zhao Xiaoqi, the institute has only paid half of the overtime pay from last year to now. When will the rest be paid? Life is not easy for the brothers."

That’s right, there was a commotion at the scene and many people took the opportunity to ask for money.

Qiang Xiaowei continued, "Also, the brothers haven't received their bonuses for two years. If this continues, how can everyone be motivated to work?"

"You can't expect a horse to run without giving it grass to eat."

He also asked for money for the temporary workers, which led the temporary workers on the scene to nod their heads.

However, Zhao Yurui had fired several people at once, so the temporary workers did not dare to speak up for a while.

"Stop making noise." Bang! Zhao Yurui slammed the table heavily, shocking the whole audience in an instant.

"I will pay off all the money the institute owes to you before the end of this year."

Ah, there was a cry of surprise at the scene, and everyone had an expression of disbelief.

"If I can't clear it, I won't have the face to continue as a small flag bearer. Are you satisfied?"

Xie Min immediately said: "Satisfied, satisfied, it's good to have Xiaoqi's words."

Qiang Xiaowei said nothing, obviously having nothing to say.

"Old Liu," Zhao Yurui suddenly said loudly.

"Here." Old Liu stood up.

"How much money is left in the account?"

"Reply to Xiaoqi, there are still 23,600."

Zhao Yurui looked at the scene and found that there were 25 people including himself. He took out 400 yuan from his pocket and threw it to Lao Liu: "Now it's 24,000, right?"

"Yes, Zhao Xiaoqi, what is this?" Old Liu was puzzled.

"There are 24 people in the institute. Each of them will be given 1,000 yuan first to make up for the money they owed."

Old Liu was stunned at first, then he was overjoyed: "Thank you, Xiaoqi."

"Thank you, Xiaoqi." There was joy all around.

Qiang Xiaowei watched coldly. Zhao Yurui was using money to buy people's hearts. But one thousand yuan was useless. If you have the guts, take one thousand yuan every day.

Zhao Yurui asked Lao Liu to distribute money on the spot. There was cheering in the meeting. Both the Jinyiwei and the temporary workers were very happy.

While distributing the money, Zhao Yurui asked Lao Liu to take out another pile of information.

"Today and tomorrow, keep Qiang Xiaowei, Xie Min, and Lao Liu in the station to handle other matters. Everyone else, go to the streets."

"First, give each household two copies of this promotional material, one to the store owner, and the other to have them sign and take home."

Zhao Yurui distributed the information to everyone and read out the list of names. Most of them were in groups of two, including Chang Yuchun, Zhang Youcheng, and Lin Bin, and Zhao Yurui, who were in a group of four.

Qiang Xiaowei snatched a piece of information from someone else's hand, took a look at it, and his face changed drastically.

This is a fee notice, informing all shops that starting from next month, Jinyiwei will collect security fees, fire fees and other fees. The charge is ten yuan per square meter per month, collected on an annual basis.

In addition, if the shop sells valuable items or luxury goods, they will charge a valuable item protection fee.

If Zhao Yurui continues to collect fees like this, shops and warehouses that used to collect dozens of yuan per month will have to pay thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan per month in the future.

"Zhao Xiaoqi, if you charge so much, something big will happen." Qiang Xiaowei sneered.

Most of the shops on this pier are run by the city's dignitaries, wealthy people, even officials and gentry, and large families. You will offend all the wealthy people in the city by doing this.

"Don't worry about that. I'll make a list this afternoon, and I'll collect the most difficult ones myself."

It’s good to have Zhao Yurui say this, and everyone will have no objection.

That afternoon, Zhao Yurui, Lao Liu and several other veteran comrades made a list and asked their subordinates to collect the ordinary ones, while Zhao Yurui would go to collect the important dozen or so households personally.

Among them, there are three that are the most important and the most difficult to collect.

This was a headache for all the previous flag officers. They couldn't collect the money before, and later they stopped collecting it. Then other shops also asked, why don't you collect theirs? If you don't collect theirs, we won't pay either. This is also the reason why the money collected later became less and less.

The three companies are Daqin Trading, Sihai Bank and Hutchison Group.

Not to mention the Daqin Trade, it was the Qin family back then.

The Qin family first helped Zhao Yurui to get started, and later helped Zhao Yi to seize the throne. They succeeded twice in a row and originally became the number one wealthy family in the Song Dynasty.

However, after Emperor Wu came to power, he also intended to guard against these aristocratic families and began to suppress them over the years. The Qin family is no longer as strong as before.

The Qin family had shops all over the Yuan Dynasty. The Daqin Trading in Dinghai was founded by Zhao and Rui back then. It specialized in overseas business and did quite a big business.

They have more than a dozen warehouses at the dock, covering an area of ​​more than 10,000 square meters. When many merchants' goods are unloaded from the ship, if they cannot be shipped out on the same day, they have to rent their warehouses to store them first.

At present, the Qin family has no high-ranking officials in the local area, but there are some important figures in the court and other places.

The key point is that there is a man named Qin Lianghua in Zhao Yurui’s Xiaoqi station, who is from the Qin family.

Qin Lianghua just takes the money and doesn't work, and lives a very carefree life.

Qin Lianghua's father donated 100,000 yuan to the schools in Dinghai County last year, and the magistrate of Dinghai County has a very good relationship with him.

Sihai Bank was also founded when Zhao Yurui started his business. The boss’s surname was Yan. Later, it became one of the four largest private banks in Dayuan.

After Emperor Wu came to power, he began to suppress private enterprises. Currently, the imperial court owns 20% of the shares in Sihai Bank.

Although the Yan family is still the major shareholder, it has gradually shifted to state ownership.

Zhao Yurui's small firm owed Sihai Bank a small amount of money.

Hutchison Group is mainly engaged in shipping. They do not resell goods, but rely on shipping.

The group has many ocean-going ships spread across all the developed coastal cities in the Yuan Dynasty, and makes huge profits every year from shipping.

The boss’s surname is Zhong, and the headquarters is in the temporary capital Lin’an. The boss’s younger brother is the captain of the Lin’an Jinyiwei.

Although Lin'an had no control over Dinghai, the former Dinghai Jinyiwei would never dare to collect money.

After seeing the information of these three companies, Zhao Yurui also frowned, and none of them was willing to move.

But he insisted on moving.

If he can't collect money from these three companies, he won't have the face to collect money from other companies. The other companies will say the same thing then: If you can't collect money from them, we won't give anything to those who come to collect money from us.

At noon, Zhao Yurui, Chang Yuchun, Zhang Youcheng, and Lin Bin had a quick bite to eat on the street, and then headed straight to the Qin family compound.

The Qin family is currently a super family in the Yuan Dynasty, and has branched out into many branches, and the one in Dinghai is one of them.

Knock, knock, knock! Chang Yuchun knocked on the door loudly when he arrived at Qin's house.

This guy has a bit of a violent personality and is very violent. He likes to fight at any time.

Zhao Yurui didn't understand how he could become a general.

However, after being beaten by him last time, Chang Yuchun treated him with respect. It can be seen that little Chang is still quite smart.

"Who is it?" After a while, a voice came from inside. After opening the door, it turned out to be an old servant. He was stunned when he saw the four people in Jinyiwei uniforms in front of him.

"Is Qin Lianghua here? I'm Zhao Yurui, the new flag bearer in his office."

"Zhao Xiaoqi, right? Please wait a moment." The Qin family is the Qin family. They would not let Zhao Yurui in and asked him to wait a moment.

He turned around and went in to report, and after a long while, he came out and opened the door.

The servant led Zhao, Rui and the other three in, and as they walked in he said that the young master was not feeling well and was resting in bed.

This was an excuse for Qin Lianghua not to go to work. He probably thought that Zhao Yurui was here to get Qin Lianghua to go to work.

"Is your master here?" Zhao Yurui changed his tone.

The servant was stunned for a moment, then said yes.

"Let's go and meet your master first."

Not long after, Qin Zhongan heard that the new Jinyiwei flag officer was coming to pay him a visit.

Qin Zhongan thought about it in the room and felt that Zhou Guomin used to be quite greedy.

Originally, the Qin family had to pay tens of thousands of yuan every month. Zhou Guomin and the previous small flag officers all took private money and paid less, and everyone benefited.

For example, when Zhou Guomin was in power, Qin Zhongan sent people to transfer 2,000 yuan to Zhou Guomin's bank account every month, and they handed over 500 yuan to Xiaoqi Office.

This way everyone is satisfied.

The new arrival Zhao Yurui might have come for this matter as well.

"Show them into the living room."

When Qin Zhongan came to the living room, he found three people standing outside the door, and the one inside was Zhao Yurui.

"Zhao Xiaoqi?" Qin Zhongan went in, closed the door with his backhand, and smiled.

"Hello, Mr. Qin." Zhao Yurui also smiled.

"Why is Zhao Xiaoqi here today?" Qin Zhongan asked tentatively.

"It's mainly for the safety fees and fire protection fees."

Qin Zhongan smiled. It was indeed the case, but it was the first time he heard of fire fighting fees.

He then said, "When Zhou Xiaoqi was here, our Qin family gave him 2,000 yuan a month."

"Hand over five hundred dollars."

"Zhao Xiaoqi is young and promising. We are willing to pay him 2,500 yuan per month."

Qin Zhongan felt that he was doing pretty well, so he added an extra 500 yuan, and Zhao Yurui should be quite satisfied.

"Zhou Guomin actually embezzled the money?" Zhao Yurui's face turned serious, his expression righteous.

"..." Qin Zhongan suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Boss Qin just said that Zhou Guomin gets 2,000 yuan a month?"

"No, no, I'm just kidding." Qin Zhongan said quickly.

"That's good. I'm going to report this to the court and have Zhou Guomin investigated strictly."

"..." Qin Zhongan.

Zhao Yurui took out a piece of paper from his bosom and handed it to Qin Zhongan: "From now on, our small flag station will collect according to this."

When Qin Zhongan took it and looked at it, his face changed drastically.

It is clearly written above that the shop charges ten yuan per square meter per month based on the area, and it is even more expensive for shops selling precious items and luxury goods.

His Qin family has three or four shops at the pier, covering an area of ​​nearly 600 square meters, which means more than 6,000 yuan per month.

The key is their warehouse.

Their warehouse covers tens of thousands of square meters.

The warehouse charges two yuan per square meter per month, which means more than 20,000 yuan per month.

Adding up, it’s nearly 30,000 a month. Isn’t this just robbing money?
When Zhou Guomin was in power, he only paid 500 yuan per month.

This gap is too big.

Qin Zhongan's face turned pale, and he said calmly: "The court has changed its policy. I don't know if Zhao Xiaoqi has any documents related to the court's charges."

This was completely different from the court's previous charging standards. Qin Zhongan knew that it was Zhao Yurui who came up with it, so he definitely could not agree to it.

Zhao Yurui shook his head and said, "I'll tell you a few things, Boss Qin, please listen carefully."

Qin Zhongan nodded with a serious expression.

"1. I have no grudge against Boss Qin, and the Qin family is a big family in our Dayuan. I don't want to offend the Qin family."

Qin Zhongan looked very proud. In the Yuan Dynasty, there were few people willing to be like us.

"2 I know that the current emperor, Emperor Wu, is very wary of the Qin family and has suppressed them many times."

Qin Zhongan's smug face suddenly felt like it was slapped in the face.

He looked at Zhao Yurui in disbelief. He never expected that a low-level Jinyiwei could be so aware of state affairs.

"3 I have just been promoted to a small flag firm, and I need to make some achievements, at least to ensure that the salary and bonuses in the small flag firm can be paid out."

"Whoever helps me out here is like sending me a helping hand. I, Zhao Yurui, will never forget it."

"But if you hold me back and make it difficult for me to continue my work as a flag bearer, I will definitely take revenge. A barefoot person is not afraid of those who wear shoes."

Qin Zhongan's face became even uglier.

"4 I've thought about it. We can't let the Qin family suffer. I've come up with a solution for Boss Qin. Starting from next month, the warehouse rent will increase by % every month. This way, the extra money will be paid by the customers."

"5 Qin Lianghua has not been working for so many years, and the brothers in the institute are very dissatisfied, but the Qin family took the lead in paying, and the brothers must be very grateful. No one will dare to say anything to him in the future."

"I'm done, Boss Qin, what do you think?"

Qin Zhongan's face changed from time to time. After a moment, he slowly said, "It's easy for you to say that the rent should be increased by 10%. We are not the only one on the dock. If others don't increase the rent but I do, then my warehouse will have no business in the future."

Zhao Yurui smiled and said, "I charge for all warehouses. Do you think others will raise their prices?"

"I just plan to make an agreement with all warehouse owners to raise the price by 10% so that the wool can be sold outside."

Qin Zhongan looked at Zhao Yurui in disbelief. How could this little Jinyiwei flagman be so smart?
If Zhao Yurui could convince all warehouse owners to raise the rent by 10%, that would indeed be a solution.

Of course, the increased rent may not be as much as what he paid, but it is also good to bleed less. Moreover, for some warehouses with small or medium areas, it is definitely worthwhile. The increased rent will be more than what he did not pay.

He thought about it for a while and immediately said, "If Zhao Xiaoqi can get all the warehouse owners at the dock to raise their wages by 10%, I will accept the money."

"Okay." Zhao Yurui was overjoyed: "I was just waiting for Boss Qin to say this. Boss Qin is helping me in my time of need. When I become rich in the future, I will definitely not forget you."

"What do you want?" Qin Zhongan smiled bitterly: "The money collected by Zhao Xiaoqi was collected for Xiaoqi, what do you want?"

In the past, Zhou Guomin and the previous Xiaoqi were making money for themselves. What are you trying to do? If you want to climb up the ladder, but there is no one behind you, no matter how great your achievements are, they will be useless.

"Climb up." Zhao Yurui said in a deep voice.

"That requires someone." Qin Zhongan also said in a deep voice: "It's easy to be an official if you have someone in the court."

"You can use money to attack me." Zhao Yurui said, "As long as I have money, I can climb up."

Qin Zhongan remained silent, finally realizing that the young man in front of him was actually very ambitious.

(End of this chapter)