System: I let you have children, not fight for hegemony

Chapter 185 Confession and leniency, resistance and strictness

Regarding Liu's arrangements, many fish have not yet thought about it.

But regarding the Chamber of Commerce, many fish decided to hold a meeting to make a summary after sending people to conduct a brief investigation.

On this day, the sun was shining brightly. In front of a brick courtyard with a plaque of "Bashu Chamber of Commerce", a group of businessmen of all kinds were queuing up, waiting for inspection by two lines of soldiers at the door before entering.

The small businessmen who had invested in the company at the beginning were already standing outside the hall door. Looking at their clothes, they thought they were just servants. They never imagined that each of them was a wealthy businessman with a family worth hundreds of gold.

Rustling, a row of luxurious donkey carts stopped at the intersection a hundred steps away from the courtyard. The powerful people from aristocratic families got out of the carts and greeted everyone with smiles.

Although there is a big gap between them in terms of wealth and network strength, they are both members of the chamber of commerce and will still greet each other in a friendly manner.

After exchanging greetings, everyone also discussed topics of common concern: "Today's meeting, the queen ordered everyone to prepare a work summary report. How to write this?"

"Brothers, can you give me a look? I'm not afraid of my brothers' jokes. I haven't been to school and can only speak a few simple words. I might offend the lady." The vendors frowned.

"Oh, of course, the information is confidential, and I don't dare to leave it in other people's hands! I'm so worried." This is a son of an aristocratic family who is used to letting others go.

An old man with gray hair said firmly: "The female monarch has made it clear that the report must be concise in language and contain multiple data, so everyone should study more carefully. It takes a hundred years for Guan Zhong to have a talent, so we must cherish it!"

Everyone agreed that no matter which country they were in, the situation of businessmen was not very good, and their biggest enemy was usually the government.

In particular, the Legalist rulers of the Qin Dynasty, especially Shang Yang, believed that one merchant harmed ten farmers, so they hated merchants extremely.

In the Qin State, salt, iron and other things related to the national destiny were all owned by the government, and heavy taxes were imposed on wine, meat, etc., making it unprofitable for practitioners.

At the same time, in the laws and regulations, the status of merchants was reduced to the same as that of a son-in-law, which was the lowest status among the seven kingdoms.

Not only that, when there was corvee labor or war, merchants were always the first to be expropriated.The Qin army clearly stipulates that there is no need to pity the lives of merchants and their descendants. The dirty work is all done by merchants.

Fortunately, Bashu belongs to the border area and has a big leader like Nujun. Seeing that everyone's life is getting better day by day, we must cherish it.

"Well, when I went to Qi, the prosperity of its commerce and the respect of merchants made people yearn for it." A merchant who traveled to Qi whispered.

Due to the geographical location of Qi State, the soil was saline and alkaline, which was not conducive to farming. Therefore, Guan Zhong proposed that scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were the pillars of the country, and established a hometown of industry and commerce. He also encouraged merchants to transport fish and salt to Liang and Chu to earn extra money for Qi State.

Qi became the land of fish and salt.

The merchant glanced at the speaker and reminded lightly: "Sooner or later, Qi will be swallowed up by Qin."

After a short silence, everyone silently changed the subject: "I will make twice as much profit this year!"

"Haha, I will sell well salt to the Xiongnu, and I will make five times the profit!"

"Brother, you are really powerful! You dare to go to the Huns!"

……

When many fish came in, everyone wanted to kneel down and bow down, but they were stopped by many fish: "Today, I am not the captain of Bashu County, but the president of the Chamber of Commerce."

"President!"

Many fish brought twenty accountants who were proficient in arithmetic and property to calculate the accounts of the chamber of commerce.

The accounting office is located in the empty room next door, but the crackling sound of the plan is like a small hammer, hitting everyone's hearts.

This abacus is a new arithmetic tool, which was created by the Mozi people ordered by the female emperor.After learning abacus, the efficiency of calculating accounts will be twice as high!
Duoyu: "You guys are free to do it. The establishment of the Chamber of Commerce is worthy of its first anniversary. Only by letting everyone see real money can we arrange the next step of the work. Those who have made merit will be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes will be punished. Thank you for your hard work." Don’t worry, just serve the Chamber of Commerce!” Everyone responded in unison.

Many Yu Ming people collected everyone's work summary and said: "You have written down your merits and demerits in your work report. However, in the past year, you have been running around and busy with things, so there may be mistakes and omissions. Tomorrow, I will handle this matter at the County Sheriff’s Mansion the day after tomorrow!”

"Thank you, President!" Everyone looked at each other in shock. What did the lady discover?Could it be that someone in the Chamber of Commerce crossed the line?

Even if there are twenty accountants, it will still take three days to sort out all the accounts. This is also the time for many fish to surrender to the members of the chamber of commerce.

There were many fish sitting on the top, wearing simple clothes, but they exuded a strong aura from the inside out, which made everyone present dare not look down upon them.

Many fish seemed to be chatting about homely things, and they said something that seemed to have profound meaning: "I once heard that there is a proverb in Qidi, to change from poor to rich, farming is not as good as work, work is not as good as business, and women's handicrafts are not as good as showing off."

The crowd laughed lightly.

Many fish sighed: "I know you had a hard time in the past, but so did the craftsmen and farmers."

Everyone stopped laughing. What did the lady mean?Is it possible that everyone should donate money to them?

Many Fish said sincerely: "For officials like us, it is very easy to make money. I believe you have experienced it before. But I am a person who likes you when doing things. I am good and everyone is good. Only this kind of cooperation can last long. Are you right?"

"Yes, the president is absolutely right!"

"I support the president. However, I am not talented and can only rush forward. Wherever the president points, I will hit."

Everyone expressed their loyalty.

Many fishes then laughed: "I haven't seen you for a long time, so I couldn't help myself, so I said a few words from my heart. Don't be surprised."

"It is our honor to be able to listen to the president's true feelings!" Everyone complimented.

Many Fish: "The accounts have not yet been clarified. After the calculation is clear, we will distribute the dividends. Let's talk about the main direction of next year. After the autumn harvest, everyone has seen the results of the field output. Next, we will expand planting. .”

"Here!"

"We continue to drill well salt and expand production scale."

"Here!"

"We will try to plant sugar cane and medicinal materials this year to prepare for the opening of a sugar factory and a pharmaceutical factory."

"!!!"

"Pharmaceutical factory?" Everyone has known about the woman's cane syrup for a long time.Businessman Xi even started to build momentum for sugarcane glutinous rice early.

Unexpectedly, I would open a pharmaceutical factory!

"Niu Buhui has an ancestral method for making golden sore medicine. He uses his technology to become a shareholder and holds [-]% of the pharmaceutical factory." Many fish discussed it with Niu Buhui.

"Isn't it Bian Que Niu Buhui? As expected of a queen, she can even persuade Niu Buhui!" People from the Chamber of Commerce also tried to find Niu Buhui for cooperation, but they were all kicked out.

After some work was arranged, the sun set in the west, and everyone reluctantly dispersed.However, at night, some people toss and turn and find it difficult to fall asleep.

On the second day, Duoyu welcomed a familiar person at the Sheriff's Mansion.

(End of this chapter)