Fengxian Jiangshan

() Liu Shucheng is also an old Jianghu. He said this clearly to Qiao Ruixuan, but he was actually setting Zhang Tinglan up to prevent him from grabbing the land. There is no guarantee that he will have other thoughts. The status of a businessman is not high, and he has no confidence in the face of these people who are playing with guns.

Zhang Tinglan didn't care about Liu Shucheng's small calculations. His vision could never be limited to business, so he just proposed a general development strategy. As for how to implement it, he had to leave it to agents like Liu Shucheng. Be an expert.

Zhang Tinglan smiled and said to Qiao Ruixuan: "Brother Qiao, I heard that among the Shanxi merchants, the Qiao family is a big family. I don't know what is your relationship with the Qiao family?"

From Liu Shucheng's introduction, Zhang Tinglan heard that he is from Shanxi, and his surname is Qiao, so he couldn't help but think of the famous Qiao family. I believe many people will know the Qiao family compound. Film and television works have pushed the Qiao family to the top. The position of the representative of Shanxi merchants, but in fact Shanxi merchants were a force that cannot be ignored in Chinese society in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The land in Shanxi was so barren. When farming could not support themselves, Shanxi people started doing business. During the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi Shanxi merchants controlled the salt industry and gained huge wealth. In the official circles of the Ming Dynasty, there was a strong influence. The Jin Party, who spoke for the interests of merchants, resolutely prevented the imperial court from collecting commercial taxes, which caused unprecedented financial distress in the Ming Dynasty.

At the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shanxi merchants wantonly made profits through smuggling, and a large amount of salt, iron and grain were transported outside the customs, which strengthened the power of the Manchu Qing and objectively assisted the Manchu Qing to enter the customs. After the Qing Dynasty, the power of Shanxi merchants continued unabated, and bank banks opened up all over the world.

Zhang Tinglan still has some understanding of the history of Shanxi merchants. In the early years of the Republic of China, it was an important period when Shanxi merchants turned from prosperity to decline. On the contrary, they even extorted money from them. Faced with the pressure of Western financial banks, Shanxi’s bank banks were powerless to resist, and eventually the Chinese business gangs that lasted the Ming and Qing dynasties began to disintegrate rapidly.

Of course, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. At present, Shanxi merchants still have rich heritage and strong management capabilities.

When Qiao Ruixuan heard Zhang Tinglan mention the Qiao family, he said with a wry smile: "Young Master Zhang, to tell you the truth, I am indeed a member of the Qiao family, but it is not a direct descendant, but the same clan. Starting from my father, I have painstakingly managed it for most of my life. I didn't accumulate much wealth, and I finally bought a piece of land, which I planned to use to buy specialties outside the customs, but it was taken over by Sheng Yun."

"The family heirloom is good, but it still depends on yourself." Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Brother Qiao, if you value that piece of land, it proves that you have a good vision. Now is an era of old and new, and there are countless opportunities. See if you can grasp it, if you grasp it, it is not impossible to create a family property that is richer than that of a Shanxi merchant family."

Qiao Ruixuan was still young, and it was when he was full of ambitions. Just eight years ago, Qiao Zhiyong, the fourth generation head of the Qiao family, known as the "Bright Rich Man", passed away. Qiao Ruixuan even attended his funeral in person. He was completely shocked by the big scene. Countless officials, friends and old friends from all over the world came to express their condolences, all of them were well-known figures. In fact, from that moment on, Qiao Ruixuan was determined to create a family business far surpassing that of Qiao Zhiyong.

After Qiao Ruixuan mastered the family business, he put the focus of his business on the outside of the customs. He knew that the black land outside the customs was rich in products and had great potential for development just now, but when he just started to act, the land was seized by Sheng Yun, making Qiao Ruixuan's Career took a serious hit.

"Young Master Zhang, brother Liu has long said that you have the ability to turn stones into gold, so please point me in the right direction?" Qiao Ruixuan had already understood the solicitation in Zhang Tinglan's words, so he bowed down to ask for advice.

Zhang Tinglan was not polite either, and turned around and took out a huge blueprint from the table: "Old Liu, Brother Qiao, you all have a look, this is a commercial development plan I drafted, and I plan to build it on the north side of Fengtian Shangfu Land." Build a north market, and if conditions permit, build a south market in the south, now I have put in a lot of effort, it can be said that I have some plans, and I am just waiting for people of insight to join me."

While Zhang Tinglan was speaking, he unfolded the blueprints, and Qiao Ruixuan and Liu Shucheng's eyes were immediately attracted. Zhang Tinglan's planning has been done for a long time, and various designs have been quite perfect, such as the design of the block, the planning of shops, the water and electricity roads, and even The placement of trams, on paper, is not much worse than that of Shanghai Beach, and it is even more tidy and standardized, especially the design of the green belt is unique.

Liu Shucheng looked at it for a long time, then slapped his thigh suddenly and cried out in pain: "I've been fooled!" It turned out that he suddenly found that his grain store was in the middle of the North Market in the whole drawing, and he immediately understood that at the beginning The reason why Zhang Tinglan took a fancy to his grain store.

"Young Master Zhang, your scheming is deep enough. I thought I was taking advantage of the grain store when I gave it to you, but now I see that my feelings have already fallen into your schemes."

Zhang Tinglan smiled and said nothing, Qiao Ruixuan and Liu Shucheng had seen it almost, so he asked: "Both of you are experts in business, if there are any deficiencies in this blueprint, please bring it up, after all, it is something I built behind closed doors. , there are deficiencies for sure.”

Liu Shucheng shook his head: "Young Master Zhang, I didn't see any loopholes. If it is built according to your design, I guess the people of Fengtian will rush to buy things here, and it will soon become a commercial center. Just look at the street. As long as it is high-grade and has status, it is not a problem even if it is a ten-mile foreign market in Shanghai."

Qiao Ruixuan on the side also praised repeatedly, but he obviously thought more: "Young Master Zhang, in order to develop business, it is not enough to have a good location and a good design. The key is to have a good management system."

Of course, Zhang Tinglan knows that what he is doing now is similar to attracting investment in later generations. To attract capital and popularity, one must not only have good hardware conditions, but also have an excellent soft environment. Otherwise, no matter how beautiful the city is, it will be useless .

Qiao Ruixuan's ability to think of this also shows that he has a quick brain and is a man of talent.

"Mr. Zhang, as far as I know, many businessmen in Fengtian have moved their shops and workshops to the Manchuria Railway Subsidiary. Although most people don't want to make a living under the eyes of the Japanese, they have to pay a lot under the Beiyang rule. More. Excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes are plentiful, and they are completely free to collect whatever they want. Moreover, those officials also try to make money by changing the law. They have to give gifts to marry a concubine, and to give gifts to have a child. As long as they are close, they will Because of their concern, how many small-cap businessmen were forced to ruin their families, and had no choice but to move their property to Manchurian Railway Suburbs controlled by Ri himself. Although Ri himself was also greedy and had heavy taxes, Ri himself at least said Rules, no blackmail for no reason, and they charge a lot of money, but they can still do things, such as when gangsters are blackmailing, they can really take care of it, as for our patrol master, it’s not bad if we don’t cooperate with gangsters.”

Qiao Ruixuan had personal experience of these things, and his eyes were full of bitter tears when he said it. Although Zhang Tinglan was very contemptuous of the Japanese himself, he had to admit that the Beiyang government had indeed exploited too much, forcing the businessman into desperation.The most prosperous area in modern China was the concession, which was able to attract a large amount of capital and popularity largely because the concession was managed by foreigners, and the Western police system was implemented, and the social environment was relatively good.

In the area controlled by China, gangsters are rampant, the government is exploiting excessively, and wars are frequent, so in this bad environment, businessmen cannot survive at all, and they have to move their family business to the area controlled by foreigners Down.

A good zheng fu can promote social development, and an incompetent zheng fu can also destroy the national economy. The secret that the great powers can continue to extract wealth from China is that they can rely on their powerful strength to build a management system that is barely passable. Then attract China's capital, and finally use China's wealth to continue to invest and extract more benefits. China is getting poorer and weaker, while the great powers are getting stronger and stronger.

In fact, what Zhang Tinglan has to do is the same as that of the great powers, except that the great powers want to extract wealth, while Zhang Tinglan wants to build a system to protect Chinese businessmen so that they can achieve better development.

"Brother Qiao, you are not wrong at all. Only a good business order can really attract more businessmen. This is what I will do next. Master Zhang asked me to continue to be in charge of Fengtian's security rectification work. I am going to establish An exclusive security brigade of about 500 people patrols the blocks separately to ensure security. At the same time, I will also formulate detailed tax management methods. The taxation of large and medium-sized shops is directly completed through the banking system, and the police officers at the bottom cannot intervene at all. And the tax is also To establish a publicity system, the amount of tax should be clear, whoever dares to charge an extra penny, businessmen can complain, I will deal with it strictly, and will not tolerate it.”

Zhang Tinglan's statement made Qiao Ruixuan and Liu Shucheng look happy. If Zhang Tinglan could really manage public security and taxation, not to mention eliminating extortion, at least it would alleviate a lot. They still have confidence in Zhang Tinglan's methods.

"Young Master Zhang, if you can really make this decision, I want to follow you. I would also like to be an errand runner." Qiao Ruixuan knew that Zhang Tinglan meant to recruit himself by saying this to him, and he also needs one now. With a strong backing, he took effect without hesitation.

"Brother Qiao came from a family of Jin merchants, and his vision and knowledge are first-class. With your help, my plan will be more than half successful. At present, only a few people, including Mr. Zhang, know about this matter. Others don't know. Do you know what that means?"

Liu Shucheng was scheming, he guessed the reason from Zhang Tinglan's meddling in the Four Seas Grain Company, so he said with a smile: "Young Master Zhang, you are not going to get the land in advance, and then wait for the appreciation, this is full of fat, old Liu Yi Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.”