Lu Dynasty

Chapter 436 Business
As soon as my words came out, Mi Zhu was dumbfounded, Huang Ming and Guo Jia were also dumbfounded, and even Ma Jun and Pu Yuan looked at me stupidly.Mi Zhu asked with some doubts: "My lord, I heard you right, do you want to do business with me?"

"You heard me right! I want to do business with you!" I looked at Mi Zhu and said, "Brother Zizhong, do you still remember how we met?"

"Of course I remember. I met the lord when I helped Tao Shijun go to Jiuyuan to buy horses! I remember that the lord surprised me at that time! I thought I couldn't buy a horse that time. I didn't want to not only buy it, but also made friends with the lord. !" Mi Zhu had a tendency to fall into memories.

I smiled and said, "Yes, brother Zizhong was a big businessman at that time. Since Tao Shijun died, brother Zizhong started to follow me, and I didn't let brother Zizhong's family property increase by a single bit. Brother Zizhong even did it for me. The policy gave up a lot of land. I am ashamed of Brother Zizhong!"

"My lord, you are serious! If there is no lord, how could I, Mi Zhu, stand above the imperial court..." Mi Zhu was a little excited when he heard my words, and he quickly expressed his loyalty to me.

I interrupted Mi Zhu and said, "Brother Zizhong, I have never doubted your loyalty! What I mean is, since you businessmen have followed me, as long as you abide by my regulations and laws, I will naturally not let you suffer. Since I can’t give you the land, I want you to be a rich man! The briquette business is the first sum I give you! Of course, you must ensure that most of the people under my rule can afford it! .In fact, the cost of this coal is very cheap!"

Mi Zhu was very moved. I never discriminated against him as a businessman since I knew him, and now I took the initiative to discuss business with him.Mi Zhu felt that my lordship was not in vain.Mi Zhu said: "It would be great if the lord had this heart, and this subordinate..." Mi Zhu was so excited that he couldn't speak.

"Listen to me first! The Zhen family moved to Luoyang and lost a lot of things! If they don't give them some benefits to make up for them, maybe they will think that I am not interesting as the master. In this way, the coal factory we run this time will be owned by Zhen The family is in charge and gives them one and a half floors of shares. You, Mi Zhu, take one floor, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei each have half a floor, and the remaining five floors are for Lu Bu! As for Ma Jun and Pu Yuan this time Don’t participate, next time I still have good things to share with you, don’t worry, your master has a lot of good things in his chest!” I will first distribute the benefits of the coal yard. , Supervisor Mi Zhu, as for Lu Bu, it is to check accounts, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun are my brothers, I must think of them first if there is a good thing.I don't think the Zhen family would object to being able to establish a relationship with a leading general like them.

Ma Jun said with a smile: "What did the lord say, these things are originally the idea of ​​the lord, we just made them by hand. Even if it is any other craftsman, it can be made. The lord told us to do it because we believe in us!"

"Don't talk about it. I just want to comfort you first. Don't say that the lord looks for you when he is working, but you don't have any share of the money. You will find some folk craftsmen when you go back and teach them the craft of making coal stoves. They, and then asked them to install it for each household in Luoyang, and the court paid for the materials and handwork for making the stove!" Now the money used by the court is basically my money!Although Luoyang has a large population, such a simple matter as installing a stove should be done quickly.

I turned my head and said to Mi Zhu: "I will leave the mold and formula for making briquettes to you. You can ask the Zhen family what they mean. If they are willing, let them be responsible. If not, your Mi family will be responsible. Others Let’s talk about it later!” Mi Zhu nodded and assured me that the task would be completed.

Guo Jia was a little embarrassed. I called him here just to make Jimin Restaurant use coal stoves, but I actually gave him half of the benefits in this way.Guo Jia said: "My lord, I don't get paid for nothing. I don't have any credit for this matter. Why do you divide me into half?"

"Your work is the most important thing. You have to let Cao, Yuan Shao and other princes in the north know the benefits of coal stoves. When our sales are good, they can't live without our coal. Do they dare to offend us so easily? Maybe coal can’t suppress them effectively, but we can do it step by step. One kind of coal won’t work, let’s think about something else!” In modern times, no matter what you sell, advertising is very important.Efficacy is more important than advertising, but only if everyone knows what it is.No matter how good the effect is, others don't know it, it's just empty talk, so Guo Jia's work is really important.

Now that everyone knows what to do, they go back and prepare to work.But I stopped Ma Jun and Pu Yuan and said: "Don't run away, you two, first build me two hundred coal stoves, I will be useful! It should be better!" I almost scared Ma Jun and Pu Yuan to the ground. Down!After some bargaining, Ma Jun and Pu Yuan decided to make me a hundred and use them first.In fact, making [-] is enough for each department and each senior official's home to install one. I just binged the sky and asked them to pay back the money on the spot.

Ma Jun's thinking is very simple, but Pu Yuan is different.After Ma Jun left, he found me again alone.I saw Pu Yuan going back and forth, and asked with some doubts: "Is there anything else Mr. Pu can do? If so, you might as well tell me about it."

"My lord, what I don't understand is that since you designed this stove to make people's lives better, why don't you supply them with carbon for free or let the government manage it, but hand it over to merchants. You must know that there is no business without profiteers!" Pu Yuan felt that I said one thing and acted another.Modern people all know the disadvantages of state-owned enterprises, because China has experienced such a period, but Pu Yuan doesn't understand, he thinks that everything should be controlled by the government!

"That's not what I said!" I looked at Pu Yuan and said sincerely: "Mr. Pu, if the coal is produced by the government, is it necessary to increase the department? At that time, the cost of official expenses and the cost of coal will be charged to the court. If we encounter a few more corrupt officials, our painstaking efforts will be in vain. Even if there are no corrupt officials, the money will still be spent on taxation, and it will still be the money of the common people. Why don’t we just let the businessmen do it, and they will make money? To pay taxes to the country, the tax rate should be set higher at that time. The common people get benefits, the businessmen earn money and gain fame. Although there may be some corrupt officials and profiteers, as long as the court strictly controls it, everything will be safe! "I really want to study the issue of macro-control with Pu Yuan, but unfortunately we didn't study economics back then, and even if I studied economics, Pu Yuan might not understand it. After all, he is a blacksmith rather than a professional in finance and economics!

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