The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

As soon as the store regulations were implemented, Su Jin announced the establishment of the Suji shopkeeper group, which surprised everyone. According to Su Jin, seven or eight big shopkeepers should form a Suji shopkeeper group to handle the matter. Su Ji makes daily decisions, big or small, except for major decisions, the group of shopkeepers has the power to make decisions with expenses below [-] guan.

One point of this discussion immediately attracted a voice of opposition from the crowd.

"Big Boss, you are going to be the boss. Su Ji has just made a comeback. You can't be greedy for ease and ignore things. Besides, Su Ji is the property of the Su family. I don't dare to take such a big power. It's not beautiful to have your hands and feet tied up." Hou Shanrong spoke quickly, his gray beard blowing high, and excitedly grabbed the shoulder of the shopkeeper Ma Da next to him.

Shopkeeper Ma Da held back the pain desperately, and echoed: "Da Dong, what Hou Da shopkeeper said is reasonable, everyone just got a little rushed, are you going to get rid of it? To be honest, the old man Su Ji only listens to you now." I'm not worried about the others."

Su Jin laughed dumbly and said: "Don't get excited, two shopkeepers, you have misunderstood me, I just set up a shopkeeper association to help me take care of Su Ji, one person's intelligence and energy are limited, so we can come up with ideas together There is a better way. You old shopkeepers are all masters in business. Although I am a fledgling boy, although I am not stupid or stupid, it is difficult to compare with you in terms of business details, but I have a big direction and a big idea; The establishment of the shopkeeper's association is just to complement each other's advantages and disadvantages and form a better synergy."

"Then... I'm afraid it won't work. You just said that the shopkeeper will have the decision-making power of less than [-] guan, and [-] guan is not a small amount. If the decision is wrong, it will cause Su Ji to suffer losses. Then why will the shopkeeper take it upon himself? Where?" Shopkeeper Min interjected.

Su Jin said seriously: "This statement is wrong. Profit and loss in business is a normal thing. What we do is to avoid losses and make profits without violating our promise. Since you are the big shopkeepers of my Su Ji, how can you not agree to it?" Take this responsibility; having said that, all shopkeepers and every old buddy and new buddy own the shares of my Su Ji, the loss is not Su Ji’s loss, but everyone’s loss; , how come and how to deal with it?"

Shopkeeper Min was tongue-tied, and he forgot about owning seven parts of the shop. The rules just made were a little uncomfortable.

"Of course, you don't need to worry. Important decisions can only be made by me. The responsibilities of the shopkeeper's meeting are limited to handling daily operations, personnel appointments, and store entry and exit. The shopkeeper's meeting also has a mechanism to balance each other. Decisions are made collectively. out, there will be no major mistakes."

At present, Su Jin explained the operation mode of the shopkeepers' association one by one. To put it simply, the eight big shopkeepers of Su Ji, together with Rou Niang and Yang Xiao appointed by Su Jin, formed a group of 40 shopkeepers, with Zhang Rongqin as the chief The big shopkeeper holds a morning meeting every morning to discuss and decide daily affairs.

When making a decision, six of the eight shopkeepers can approve it, and the chief shopkeeper has the right to veto, that is to say, even if the other seven agree, Zhang Rongqin can also veto it with one vote.

As for Rou Niang and Yang Xiaosi, they do not participate in the decision-making of affairs. Rou Niang is only responsible for summarizing the daily inflow and outflow of property, which is actually equivalent to the position of the general accountant. Change the decision of the shopkeeper's meeting; as for Yang Xiaosi, he is responsible for attending as a non-voting delegate, and he only needs to inform Su Jin of all the situation, without any actual responsibility.

Su Jin's structure is actually the embryonic form of the board of directors of later generations, but the decentralization of power is limited. Everyone present found it extremely novel. This is the first time this kind of practice has been encountered in today's businessmen. I don't know the brains of this small official How did you come up with it.

The old shopkeeper Zhang is the chief shopkeeper, after all, he has the oldest qualifications and the highest reputation; Rou Niang's entry is a bit strange, and the shopkeepers all realize that there must be an extraordinary relationship between Su Jin and Rou Niang.

Fortunately, Rouniang gets along very well with the old shopkeepers on weekdays. Back then, idlers and hooligans brought fake clothes to make troubles. It's hard to say anything, although Rouniang's status as a singer is a little low, but no one dares to underestimate the person that the big boss has a fancy to.

Su Jin looked at everyone's mixed reactions, and knew in her heart that this is normal. After all, some things need to be directly instilled into this era, and it takes a process of adaptation, and we can't ask everyone to accept it immediately, but people are extremely adaptable. Strong animals, Su Jin firmly believed that they would adapt to this arrangement within a month.

"Aren't I also anxious when I come to this era that doesn't belong to me?" Su Jin bit a piece of dried yak with a thoughtful smile: "What about now? Isn't the Lord resigned to his fate? And it's not too messy." Oops."

"Boss, I think it's better for you to think about it. After all, it's not in line with the ancestral system. If I say it, other merchants will think that I waited for Yuezu to do the boss's errands, and it won't sound good." Zhang Rongqin was still a little worried.

Su Jin clasped his hands and said, "Why does Shopkeeper Zhang suddenly care about other people's thoughts? Do I, Su Ji, still care about the opinions of other merchants in Luzhou? Write a letter of appointment, so that the shopkeeper will be justified, and it will not make it difficult for you, and you will understand the benefits in a few days."

When Su Rongqin saw that this matter was mentioned, he was afraid that it would be difficult to regain Su Jin's determination, so he cupped his hands and said, "In this case, it is better to be respectful than to obey, thank you for your trust."

Su Jin chuckled and said: "That's right, I will trouble you all more in the future, it's not that I, Su Jin, are lazy, this move may help Su Ji, and there is another reason for me to do this."

Everyone quietly waited for the next sentence, Da Dong's behavior was unpredictable, and he didn't know why he made such a move and pulled himself out.

"Everyone should have heard about what happened today. This place is my own, and I don't hide it. The death of Qin Dalang almost put me in prison. It's not that I, Su Jin, were disrespectful. Your eyes are discerning. In addition to the crime, there is no reason to blame, no matter how well my Su Ji develops, even if the business spreads all over the Song Dynasty, the collapse of the mansion may only be within a few seconds, because we are businessmen, businessmen who are despised and despised by the mainstream. "

Su Jin was a little emotional, clenched his fist and hammered the table twice, and continued: "You should know my status as a businessman in the Song Dynasty. You should be well aware of the status of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants. I won't say anything else. If you want to be unpopular Discrimination, in addition to your own efforts to do good deeds, you also need a backer to save yourself from danger in a critical moment."

Everyone was silent, what Su Jin said was the truth.

"If I hadn't been lucky enough to meet Mr. Bao this time to clear up my grievances, Su Ji would have taken his surname at this moment; in view of this, after careful consideration and the opinions of many people, I decided to spend more time studying and taking the imperial examination. Su Ji has no backer, so I create a backer by myself to support myself."

Everyone was dumbfounded again. This young master's ambition is not small, and he actually plans to take the imperial examination and follow the path of government and business. It has to be said that this is the way, but the imperial examination is so difficult, how can it be easy to succeed; Thoughts dismissed.

"The imperial examination is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. Although Dadong's family is a man of great wisdom, it may not be a one-day achievement." The shopkeeper Zhao said vaguely, which saved Su Jin's face. The implication is that Su Jin is a bit whimsical up.

Su Jin said in his heart: I can't tell you, when I was in college, you were still emitting yellow smoke, no!You've lost even the scum.

"I know it's not easy, but I'm afraid of being serious in everything, and I'm afraid of studying everything, so I have to spare time to study. I have no other advantages in this person, but I dare to think and do it. If you manage Su Ji well, you are treating me very well. Great support, as for the result, why think too much about it? It is up to people to plan things and heaven to make things happen. If I don't plan, how can heaven fulfill my wishes?" Su Jin said seriously.

Everyone was silent for a long time, thinking about Su Jin's words, Zhang Rongqin said: "You can do what you want, the sky will do what you want, and I will support you."

Shopkeeper Zhang took the lead, and everyone naturally expressed their support; Su Jin thought in his heart: Can you not support it?It's not your turn to make decisions about me.

The party didn't rest until noon, and everyone dispersed after having lunch in the Su residence.

Su Jin felt relieved when he sent everyone away, and finally he could relax a bit. Once the shopkeeper association is established, he can basically free up a lot of time and don't have to get bogged down in trivial matters every day and have a headache.

However, at the thought of having to study and take the exam again, Su Jin felt nauseated for a while; damn it, people who read books for more than ten years in later generations will die, and finally came here, and going to study again, he is really fucking life is bitter.

Facing the flowers and trees everywhere, Su Jin uttered a Peking opera line: "Bitter... wow...", under the sideways glances of the maids and the cooks and boys who cleaned up the dishes and seats, they shook their heads and returned. Go inside the house.