Chapter 253 The future of the Mi family
At the dinner that day, the two of Mi Zhu brothers were grandly received by Pei Qing as guests. They were naturally flattered. In addition, they also relied on Pei Qing, so they were naturally extremely enthusiastic, cheered up and expressed their loyalty to Pei Qing.
Pei Qing could certainly feel their enthusiasm, and the next day he announced that he would be appointed as the Chang'an City Order, responsible for managing the nine cities in Chang'an.
The news came, which was shocking. Although the treatment of the Chang'an city magistrate was equal to that of a county magistrate, and his salary was 1,000 stones, he was in charge of the nine cities in Chang'an! Although Chang'an is far less prosperous than the Western Han Dynasty, with Pei Qing's continuous efforts and development, the scale of the nine cities in Chang'an is constantly expanding and has a somewhat prosperous atmosphere as before.
Although due to the separatist rule of Han Sui and Li Jue and others, trade with the Western Regions was not possible, the trade between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu and Qiang people is constantly developing. Although some fixed markets have been set up, Chang'an, where the most prosperous business in the western region, is also the current accompanying capital of the imperial court. The trade here is still very prosperous. Leather, winemaking, cattle, horses, silk and other transactions are often bulky. In addition, there are transactions of strategic products such as salt under the official auspices. Since some people have counted, the daily transaction volume of the nine cities in Chang'an is almost equivalent to the transaction volume of the year when Li Jue was entrenched.
Such a huge transaction volume brings absolutely considerable income. Not to mention anything else, the amount of tax revenue alone is amazing, so the current Chang'an City is definitely a fat and slim, so it is not as fat as it can be.
Mi Zhu didn't expect that he would be entrusted with such an important task. He was immediately grateful to Pei Qing, and at the same time he also secretly thanked Lu Su. If Lu Su hadn't advised him, how could he have been today?
"Please rest assured, Mr. Pei, the subordinates must work hard and find ways to make the nine cities in Chang'an more prosperous, and never let down Mr. Pei's expectations!" Mi Zhu almost kept tears of emotion, so he naturally expressed his loyalty to Pei Qing.
Pei Qing said to Mi Zhu with a satisfied smile, "Actually, with Zi Zhong's talent, what is it worth to be a small Chang'an City Order? But I currently lack specialized business management talents, so I can only apologize for the time being. Our attitude towards the development of industry and commerce is actually not very good, especially after Emperor Xiaowu, not only was the status of merchants limited, but even the scale of wealth expansion was limited. However, this also facilitates the people's livelihood, so it cannot be said that it is completely wrong. However, no agriculture is stable and no business can survive. Now the Guanzhong area has been repeatedly traumatized by war, the economy is in decline, and business development is encouraged. At the right time, I know Mi Zi Zhong is a business genius. I believe that Mi Zi Zhong has his own business genius. I also know that commercial management is more of his own and know how to attract businessmen. So I dare to entrust this matter to you completely. Zi Zhong, don't worry, if you have any ideas about business development in the future, you can tell me directly and I will find a way to help you solve it."
"Oh, thank you Mr. Pei for his trust. Mr. Pei's kindness of his understanding is so hard to repay!" After hearing this, Mi Zhu saluted respectfully at Pei Qing, and secretly swore in his heart that he must display his abilities well and try his best to activate business, so that the nine cities in Chang'an become more prosperous, and return to the bustling and prosperous situation in the past, even far beyond the previous one.
Pei Qing waved his hand, so that Mi Zhu didn't have to be too polite. Then he put forward some of his own opinions on the development of business, such as reducing taxation, merging complex and repetitive tax institutions, etc. These measures made Mi Zhu secretly admire him. It seemed that this master had long thought about it, but he actually hit the nail on the head, making Mi Zhu's expression more happy. Even he could not say so many such detailed things.
"No wonder the nine cities in Chang'an were able to move from destruction to recovery. It turns out that these whimsical and exquisite ideas in Pei Gong's mind were playing a role."
Mi Zhu's admiration for Pei Qing is now so full of thoughts. The young man's genius thoughts gave him a lot of inspiration. If he continued to do business, he would definitely make a fortune according to these suggestions and policies put forward by Pei Qing.
But since I have decided to become an official, the family's business will naturally not be able to do it anymore, otherwise it will obviously lead to a misunderstanding that the family will rely on their own official position to make a lot of profit.
Therefore, Mi Zhu decided to suspend the family's trade, and at the same time accepted Pei Qing's suggestion, cooperate with Pei Qing's government, and the government purchased raw materials uniformly and then produced them uniformly. Mi Zhu and his family only need to be responsible for transporting a sufficient amount of products out and then selling them. During the operation of Mi Zhu's family business, the family's property remained unchanged, and profits were also shared in the transportation and sales links. In this way, the Mi family was no longer a private businessman, but an official businessman with status. From then on, the Mi family could directly do business under the banner of the official businessman and businessman during the business process, and the products could even involve the sales rights of brewing, silk, and especially salt.
"In this way, the family's business and trade scope will be greatly expanded, and the profit sharing will be much richer than the wealth earned by the entire family's operation in the past!"
Mi Zhu quickly calculated the accounts in his heart, thinking that this was indeed a great thing that would benefit both sides. Of course, he agreed decisively without thinking.
Mi Zhu didn't know that because of his decision, the Mi family became an official and businessman in the past generations, and achieved very dazzling achievements, becoming a benchmark family for businessmen all over the world to fight for.
Of course, Mi Zhu is now the Chang'an City Order, who manages business, and can no longer manage the family's business, so he has to retreat behind the scenes to command, and the charge is left to his younger brother Mi Fang.
Although Mi Fang's business talent is far from comparable to Pei Qing, she has been influenced by her since childhood, and has some means of restraining people, so she is called the helmman on the surface of Mi's.
In fact, Mi Zhu originally wanted Mi Zhen to take over the family business, but he didn't expect Mi Zhen to go to the princess's mansion to ask to be a female official, and he was also kept by the princess. In this way, Mi Zhen could not count on him, and the only hope could only fall on Mi Fang.
It’s a pity that Mi Fang was ambitious and wanted to be an official, but inexplicably became the helmman of the Mi family on the surface. From then on, she took over the power of the family and her status was still high even if she did not decline.
Chapter completed!