Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 668
After a while, Gu Bingyou hurried over.

After paying respects to Li Jing, Gu Bingyou hurriedly asked, "What do you want to do, Marshal?"

Li Jing waved his hand, motioned for Gu Bingyou to sit down without courtesy, and then said: "That's it, I plan to build a foreign trade transfer station of the Ming Dynasty in Manchuria, that is, to transport some materials of the Ming Dynasty to Manchuria, so that foreigners can use it in Manchuria. Lajia can buy the supplies they need to buy in Daming. What do you think?"

"Well, with a lowly position and low status, how dare you talk about such a major national event." Gu Bingyou hurriedly said.

Li Jing smiled: "You come from a businessman background. What I want to do requires the help of a businessman to make up his mind. If you ask those officials from the imperial court... Hehe! Isn't that asking Yu Blind?"

"Master Shen is also a businessman, and the business of the Shen family spreads all over the world. If you talk about business, even if you have a humble job, you can't catch up with Master Shen." Gu Bingyou said hurriedly.

Li Jing shook his head: "My father-in-law is getting old, and as you said, the Shen family's business is all over Daming, I don't want the Shen family to get involved overseas, the water will overflow, it's too late!"

Gu Bingyou nodded silently when he heard the words.

After pondering for a while, Gu Bingyou got up and cupped his hands and said, "Marshal, there is a saying that I don't know if I should say it in a lowly position."

Li Jing smiled: "If you have something to say, it's okay to say it."

Gu Bingyou said: "Thank you, Marshal, that's the case. From the humble point of view, it is not only good for the business to grow bigger, but also good for the country."

"Oh? Let's hear it." Li Jing smiled.

Gu Bingyou arched his hands and said: "Commander, the benefits to the businessman are obvious when he grows bigger. I won't talk about the humble job. I only talk about the benefits to the country. First of all, the bigger the business is, it means that he earns more money." The more money he has, the more taxes he will pay for the country. Moreover, it is definitely easier for the court to manage a large business than to manage many small businesses. In addition, after the business grows bigger, the court can entrust many things to the business. Great savings."

"How do you say that?" Li Jing asked with interest.

Gu Bingyou said: "Let's use a humble job as an example. Just like last year when the commander-in-chief used troops against Liaodong, the logistics department was responsible for all the logistics, and the logistics department sent some troops and hired a large number of civilians to go Liaodong delivery. Right?"

Li Jing nodded: "Not bad."

Gu Bingyou said: "According to the calculation of the humble official, the imperial court will consume at least [-]% more grain just for the transportation of grain to Liaodong."

Li Jing nodded lightly when he heard the words: "You're right. The logistics troops and civilians have traveled thousands of miles to transport food to the front line. They must consume a large amount of food, but there is no way to do it."

"There is a way! The imperial court can let the grain merchants transport grain to the front line, and pay for the grain after the grain merchants deliver the grain." Gu Bingyou said.

"Let the grain merchants transport the grain?" Li Jing couldn't help thinking when he heard the words.

"Marshal, in fact, what I just counted is only the food consumed by the logistics troops and civilians during transportation, and the loss of stored food has not been included. If the loss is also included, it should reach [-]% or even more.

Let the grain merchants provide grain to the army, and there will be no loss, and the grain merchants will definitely use the most economical method to send the grain to the front line as quickly as possible.To tell you the truth, if the humble official transports food to the front line, it only needs to consume [-]% of the food at most, which means it can save at least [-]% of the food for the court. " Gu Bingyou said.

"Wait a minute, you just said that [-]% of the country's grain reserves can be lost? How could there be such a large loss? When I was in Pingyang Mansion, it didn't seem that there was such a high loss, right?" Li Jing asked suspiciously.

Gu Bingyou said with a smile: "Commander, this loss is normal, you must know that light insects eat rats and rats can remove half of it, and then the grain bag is damaged, moldy and rotted at least half of it.

As for the low food loss when you were in Pingyang Prefecture, it was because you paid more attention to food than other places. I heard that the floor of the grain depot is paved with cement, and mice cannot dig holes in the ground, and there are many cats in the grain depot. In this way, there are much fewer mice than other places.

In addition, as long as the concrete floor is well ventilated, it will not return to moisture, and without moisture, the grain will not rot, so the food loss in Binh Duong is light.

But the grain depots in other places are not paved with cement. It is good to use bluestone slabs. Some grain depots have loess floors, and the ground is full of rat holes.If these mouse holes were dug open, they would be full of food.You don't know, there are natural disasters in some places, and the victims are digging rat holes to find food. "

Li Jing sighed, "I've heard of it, but the grain dug from the waste hole cannot be eaten by people, and it will cause diseases."

Gu Bingyou sighed: "People are starving to death, how can we not control the epidemic."

Hearing this, Li Jing sighed lightly.

After a while, Li Jing then asked: "But the Ministry of Households stipulates that the loss of the grain depot can only be half at most, and when the local government reimburses the account, I think it is basically half the loss. What is the reason for this?"

Gu Bingyou shook his head: "Isn't this for political achievements? You have to know that the food is all in the local area. Unless you send someone to inspect it, how can you know whether to report more or less?

And the people below have a lot of ways to deal with it.

In fact, the grain scattered on the ground in the grain depot should be included in the loss, because the grain is usually caused by rats, and these grains are actually inedible.

Even if it wasn't done by rats, it was difficult to separate the soil and sand from the food after the food landed, and the food could not be used as military rations.

But these grains will be refilled into bags. If you check them, you will find that there is a lot of sand mixed in them. If these grains are eaten by soldiers, the soldiers will definitely cause trouble, and the quartermaster must be charged with embezzlement of ink.

Even if you know the details and find out that it was the magistrate, what can you do to the magistrate?I'm afraid you have to praise the local officials for being so frugal.

If this can't cover the loss, there is another way, that is, if you send someone to check, the local official will directly tell you that the weather is humid and the food is moldy.What can you do with them?First, they are not greedy for ink, and second, they are not adulterated. They just concealed the degree of wear and tear in order to meet your requirements. Can you still dismiss them? "

"Then can this [-]% loss be reduced?" Li Jing asked.

Gu Bingyou said: "It is impossible to have no loss at all, but it is not a problem to reduce a part. Because the grain merchants' grain depots do not have such a high loss, we only need to follow the method of the grain merchants to reduce the loss."

Li Jing said with a smile: "It would be great to reduce some of the losses. Let me tell you how the grain merchants reduce the loss."

Gu Bingyou said: "The grain storehouses of the grain merchants are paved with bluestone, and the gaps are filled with mortar to prevent the mice from digging holes. Then they raise more cats, which is the same as what the Marshal did in Pingyang Mansion. In addition, the grain merchants The grain depots are all built in spacious, ventilated and sunny places to prevent the grain from getting damp and moldy."

Li Jing smiled and said, "It's also very simple to say."

Gu Bingyou sighed: "Marshal, it is not so simple to do it. How many prefectures does Daming have? Each prefecture has a lot of grain depots. To achieve this level requires a lot of money .”

Li Jing nodded silently upon hearing this.

"Marshal, the imperial court reserves grain for the purpose of preparing for famine and the use of the army. In this case, there is no need to build grain depots at the county level, which will only increase the cost. It is only necessary to prepare a certain amount of grain at the provincial level for It is enough to control the price of grain and prepare for emergencies. As long as the imperial court can control the price of grain, the grain merchants will be responsible for the grain needed." Gu Bingyou continued.

"That must leave a certain profit margin for the grain merchants." Li Jing pondered for a while and said.

Gu Bingyou said with a smile: "As long as [-]% of the profit of the grain merchants is enough, the grain merchants will get the profits from other places. And this [-]% of the profits are not obtained from the hands of the common people, but the grain merchants themselves. here."

"How?" Li Jing asked in surprise.

Gu Bingyou said with a smile: "Because the grain merchants sell rice in grades. After processing the rice, the grain merchants have to screen. The bad rice is brown rice, which is sold at a low price. The good rice is polished rice, which is sold at a high price. The profit will be reduced." In polished rice."

Li Jingwen was stunned: "So that's how it is."

Gu Bingyou continued with a smile: "The army of the imperial court doesn't need high-quality rice, and of course they can't eat brown rice. Ordinary rice is fine. It's reasonable to give grain merchants [-]% of the profit, and grain merchants are willing to earn this [-]%. profit."

Li Jingjing nodded: "If the grain merchants are satisfied with [-]% of the profit, and then remove [-]% of the cost, the imperial court can save at least [-]% of the consumption by letting the grain merchants deliver military rations."

Gu Bingyou said: "Exactly."

After a pause, Gu Bingyou continued: "But there is one thing here, non-big grain merchants who can supply military rations can't do it, just like Shen's grain shops, which are all over the provinces of Daming, only such big grain merchants have the ability to supply Army rations."

Li Jingwen said with a smile: "You say so much, in the final analysis, you want me not to restrict the development of the Shen family."

"The commander-in-chief does not restrict the development of the Shen family, and naturally he will not restrict other businesses." Gu Bingyou said.

Li Jing sighed lightly and said, "If Shen Zheng wasn't my father-in-law, of course I wouldn't restrict the Shen family, but Shen Zheng is my father-in-law after all, I have to pay attention to the influence, and don't let people say that I am using power for personal gain."

Gu Bingyou said: "Marshal, Mr. Shen himself does not do business. Not only does he not do business, the property under Mr. Shen's name was handed over to his younger brother and nephew. As for the property under the name of Master Jixian, it is basically a bare-handed business. If you come out, let Young Master Jixian manage overseas industries, who would dare to say that the commander-in-chief is using his power for personal gain?"

"You want to get involved too, don't you?" Li Jing suddenly smiled.

"Hehe, nothing can be hidden from the commander-in-chief's eyes. If the commander-in-chief can hand over the overseas business to Master Jixian, then our chamber of commerce will naturally get a share of the pie." Gu Bingyou said with a smile.

Li Jing nodded lightly upon hearing this.

(End of this chapter)