Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 14 Soap Again (Part [-])
The good news is more than that. Zhang Siwei told Gao Wushi that his monthly allowance is calculated according to Zhang’s close family members, and there are 25 taels a month, that is to say, next month he will save up to 1000 taels two silver.

Gao Wu said honestly, Zhang's family is indeed the family of the richest salt merchants, and the amount of this monthly loan is more than three times that of his own in Gao's house - he also has a monthly loan in Gao's house, which is eight taels a month.Adding the two sides together now, his monthly allowance is 33 taels, which is almost half of the regular salary of a "prince and grand teacher".

In fact, he is an eight-year-old child, and now he is by Gao Gong's side, so he usually doesn't need to spend money at all, but now the atmosphere in Daming is like this, most of the children of aristocratic families have regular money, and he is naturally no exception.And although Gao's family is quite poor and happy from the perspective of an official family, Gao Gong hasn't bought even an acre of land in his hometown these years.However, after all, the Gao family has been officials for several generations, accumulated little by little over the decades, and they are considered a wealthy family in the local area, so how could he lose a share of his regular money?
But no matter what, in terms of wealth, the Gao family is far from comparable to the Zhang family, who was born as a wealthy salt merchant, so it is reasonable for the Zhang family to give a higher monthly rate.You know, the Zhang family's status in the business world is quite high, almost monopolizing the famous Changlu Salt Field.Moreover, the Zhang family does not fight independently in the mall, but cooperates. It is a business cooperation alliance of Zhang, Wang, and Ma's "three alliances"——Zhang Siwei's family, Wang Chonggu's family, and Ma Ziqiang's family.The combination of these three companies has almost monopolized the salt industry market in the northern frontier of Daming, and even occupies a huge share of the salt industry market in the entire north.

From the point of view of a "latecomer" who is highly pragmatic, he is not particularly opposed to monopoly, because according to historical experience, "state monopoly capitalism" is a good way to make the country rich and powerful quickly, although there are some minor problems, But until he crossed over, he hadn't seen any road without problems.Therefore, a certain degree of monopoly and high pragmatism are acceptable and even willing to promote.

However, this does not mean that the current Zhangwangma Alliance is in line with high-level pragmatic ideas-highly pragmatic views are actually very utilitarian in the final analysis: I don’t care if you have a monopoly or not, I only care about whether the country benefits from it.

If the result of your monopoly is that your family is rich and the country gets nothing, then high pragmatism will definitely think that this kind of monopoly is undesirable.On the contrary, the result of your monopoly is that although your own financial resources are abundant, the country also benefits a lot from it. If you are highly pragmatic, you will think that this monopoly is not bad.

After all, it is impossible for a businessman to work for the country without any income. Gao Yushi believes that there is a one in ten thousand chance that there will be officials who "serve the people wholeheartedly". What is Huating doing?But he would never believe that there are businessmen who "serve the people wholeheartedly".

A businessman always pursues profits, and a businessman who does not pursue profits does not exist and cannot survive—unless he has other plans.

The Zhangwangma Alliance, in Gao Pragmatic's view, is a typical "self-enriching" business alliance, and the country can hardly get any benefits from it-at least it should be said that the benefits obtained are completely different from the prices paid. level of interest.

The so-called monopoly of salt farms in the Ming Dynasty was actually mainly about the monopoly of salt imports. This problem involves a system that has lasted for almost 50 years.In short, the merchants transported the grain to the frontier, and the government gave the merchants salt. The more the merchants could guarantee the frontier troops to eat and even partially store the grain, the more likely they would be able to obtain a large amount of salt.According to the principle of wealth concentration, over time, these salts will gradually gather in the hands of a very small number of people, forming a monopoly.

This method seems to have benefited the country a lot. At least the food supply of the frontier army seems to have been well resolved. It's too much less, it's really not a fair deal.

The Zhang family is a wealthy family in Puzhou, so they are naturally members of the Shanxi Merchants.Gao Yushi was very wary of Shanxi merchants in the late Ming Dynasty, because they actually became traitorous business groups in history—so after the Qing army seized the world, several of their representatives became the so-called imperial merchants.

Therefore, from Gao Pragmatic's point of view, the biggest problem of Shanxi merchants is not domestic monopoly, but smuggling. In this regard, what Shanxi merchants have done can be called gravedigging for Ming Dynasty.Of course, he also knows that this issue is actually very complicated - for example, the frontier army is in poverty, and they have to rely on smuggling to make a profit, which can be described as drinking poison to quench their thirst.And here, many generals of the frontier army were involved in seeking personal gain and so on.

All in all, it is not comprehensive to find the reason and accuse a certain group of people. In the final analysis, Gao Yushi believes that the current policy of the Ming Dynasty is completely backward and outdated, and only by changing the policy can it be better solved. However, this point , Gao Pragmatism is definitely powerless right now.

He decided to act slowly according to the plan he had set in the past few years.

As for the appearance of the Zhang family's extra money, it is basically equivalent to a windfall for Gao Yushi, and this windfall makes his plan seem to be slightly ahead of schedule.So the first thing to do now is to generate income and collect money.

Of course, as a time traveler who wants to make a difference, his method of making money and making money is definitely not accepting bribes in the name of high profile—this is too low-end and too deadly, and it is an insult to the name of a time traveler Well!
At any rate, he was also the person who presided over the government affairs of a town... Well, the layout of a town is a little small, but as the saying goes, although a sparrow is small, it has all internal organs.Even if it is just a town's government affairs, it is enough to involve all aspects under the premise of modern society.After all, whether it is the development of agriculture, industry, or various tertiary industries, as well as the coordination of the relationship between various departments, enterprises, and villages, etc., he needs to arrange, handle, and even supervise.

As for earning money specifically, as a modern person, there are actually many means that can be used, but when some things will be launched, it needs to be decided according to one's own situation.For example, Gao Yushi knew several important stages in the development of firearms, he also knew several key issues in the development of firearms in the Ming Dynasty, and even roughly knew where to start the improvement and innovation of certain firearms, but he It is definitely impossible to do it now, and the reason is very simple-if you do this as an eight-year-old child, you may not only find it difficult to get support, but you may even be treated as a monster. What's worse, you may lose the opportunity to promote the development of firearms.Therefore, good things must also be launched at the right time.

Age, at present, is a shackle in his plan to make money, which determines that he cannot produce products that are too "high-tech".But the trouble is that if a simple product is just a little creative, if the production difficulty is too low and there is no monopoly effect, it will be difficult to make a lot of money, because it will be imitated soon.Once a more powerful businessman or business gang takes a fancy to this business and intervenes forcefully, he, the former wave of the Yangtze River, will have to be shot to death on the beach.

(End of this chapter)