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Volume 4 Leviathan 87m Shangzhong

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    "I am willing to share the worries of the imperial court!" Everyone responded in unison.  "Okay, okay! Everyone, please take a seat!" Hu Keqin said with a smile: "For the sake of convenience, there is no distinction between superiors and subordinates here, and there is no distinction between officials and civilians. After all, the court is not just the court for me, Mr. Hu, but also the court for everyone.  This is the entire court in Shanghai. Please speak freely. I will put it here. Anyone who speaks is not guilty. "After hearing what Hu Keqin said, everyone at the wine table felt like it.  They all screamed inwardly that they were all human beings. What Hu Keqin said in a high-sounding way was actually just two words: "I want money!". The biggest trouble for the court now is that it has no money, and businessmen like them have money.  So what the court asked them to do was to pay.  But when people have arrived in this place, it is impossible to run away. The only way is to be coy and coy. Delay as much as you can, rely on you as much as you can, and just send it away with less blood. Anyway, it has been impossible to deal with the government for hundreds of years.  It¡¯s nothing more than these means.  Hu Keqin glanced at everyone, as if he could read everyone's thoughts. He said straight to the point: "Everyone should know what happened in the past few days. Hundreds of people were killed and injured, dozens of shops were smashed, robbed and burned, and factories were shut down.  , the store is closed. Her Majesty the Queen Mother was also shocked when she heard about it. The situation is still very tense. You are either a big factory owner or a rice shop owner. What do you think is the top priority to alleviate the situation? "  At this point, everyone understood what Hu Keqin meant. The factory owner's table just paid it back, while the rice shop owner's table couldn't help but curse in their hearts. This was obviously asking them to lower the price of rice, and they couldn't help but  The small amount of working capital comes from bank loans, and the interest rate is not low. If you cannot earn high profits, let alone make money, you may lose money. Hu Keqin's request is like cutting off the flesh from your body.  How to do it.  "Ms. Hu, I think the top priority is to get the factory started." At this point, Fatty Huang glanced at the people at the table proudly: "At the same time, let the price of rice drop a little. As long as the workers have something to do and food to eat,  No one will make trouble, and even if someone makes trouble, it won't cause any trouble!" "Okay, okay, okay!" Hu Keqin praised loudly. He thought it would take some effort to bring the conversation to this point, but he didn't expect it.  This person had spoken out for himself from the beginning. Even though Fatty Huang was short and fat in stature and had a vulgar description, he was now a lot more friendly in Hu Keqin's eyes.  "I wonder what this person's surname is? Where is he from? What is his business?" Fatty Huang quickly bowed and replied: "My surname is Huang, and my first name is Zhonglian. I am from Ningbo. I opened a yarn factory called Yuxing yarn."  Factory!" Hu Keqin praised the other party's name: "Zhong Lian, good, good, this is a good name! He is a righteous man who helps the court solve problems! He is no worse than Lu Lianzi!" "Thank you for the compliment!  ! The villain deserves it!" Fatty Huang quickly bowed and thanked him: "I'm willing to start work when I go back tomorrow, but I just want to ask your permission for something!" "Sir, I'm sorry!  In factories, both cotton and yarn are flammable, and factory equipment can easily catch fire, so we are most afraid of fire. But now that the riots have just subsided and people are still uncertain, if a mob gets involved and sets fire to the factory, the consequences will be disastrous!  The reason why the villain temporarily closed the factory!" "That makes sense!" Hu Keqin nodded and asked, "What do you want?" "The villain wants to set up a factory protection team!"  : "The number of patrol police is too small, and they don't understand the situation in the factory. They will not fight to the death when encountering thugs. The villain wants to select some brave and loyal workers from among the workers to form a factory protection team to protect the factory.  The machines and warehouses inside are not allowed to be invaded. " "Very good!" Hu Keqin nodded: "This is a good thing for the country!" "Thank you, Mr. Hu!" Hearing this, Huang Zhonglian was overjoyed.  Having such a factory protection team is extremely useful in suppressing internal workers' resistance and attacking competitors. With Hu Keqin's words, he can let go and do something big.  After Hu Keqin saw Huang Zhonglian sit down, he turned his eyes to the other table and said with a smile: "I wonder if the boss of Mihang has any suggestions?" Zhong Zhengchun at the other table was cursing Huang Zhonglian who just spoke.  He stood up and replied: "Sir, our colleagues at the table just discussed it and decided that in order to understand the worries of the court, all rice shops in Shanghai will reduce the price by 10% starting tomorrow!" When he said this, the muscles on his face twitched, and his heart  Severe pain.  "10%?" Hu Keqin frowned. He was very dissatisfied with the other party's answer, but he also knew that this kind of thing cannot be forced. Otherwise, no matter how low you lower the price of rice, they can simply close down and stop selling.  On the contrary, it will make the situation worse.  "This director, as far as I know, the price of rice in Shanghai is very low."?The amount over there is at least one and a half times more, maybe 10% less!  "Shen Hongmao sneered. Zhong Zhengchun shuddered slightly. He didn't expect that Mr. Shen, who had been silent all this time, actually knew the price of rice in Zhenjiang. He hurriedly smiled and said: "Sir, you don't know something. The price is not calculated like this. Do you want to  I think the rice from Zhenjiang is shipped to Jinling, and the rice from Shanghai is mostly shipped from Zhejiang and Zhejiang. The rice from Zhejiang and Zhejiang is much more expensive.  Moreover, the freight, losses, risks, loading and unloading, inventory, capital and interest, and various miscellaneous expenses on the road are already at a loss for us to give up this achievement. If adults want us to give up again, then we rice shops will have to close down.  !  " "Yes, a villain is just a small business, and he really can't afford to lose money!  " "I didn't make much money to begin with. Two of my shops were burned down a few days ago. All the money and rice were robbed. Several workers were wounded and killed. The compensation for injuries and injuries alone was a large sum of money.  If the price of rice is lowered again, the villain will have no choice but to hang himself!  " "Sir, you saw it too!  "Zhong Zhengchun smiled bitterly and cupped his hand to Hu Keqin who was looking up: "It's not that the villain doesn't do his best, it's really beyond his power.  To be honest, even this 10% is just a small person who dares to agree to the two adults here. After returning home, I don¡¯t know how much effort it will take to talk to my colleagues.  Let's do this, if the villain gives in one more step, if he gives up another half of the rice line in his name, no matter how much more he has, it will be gone!  " Hu Keqin and Shen Hongmao looked at each other, and they could see the worry in each other's eyes. Unexpectedly, what they were most worried about had happened. These businessmen were all stubborn and forced themselves to use force. But this kind of  Can the price of rice be lowered by force? A question arose in the minds of both Hu Keqin and Shen Hongmao: "Sir, if the colleagues here are really unwilling to lower the price, I have an idea!  " At this time, a voice came from the table next to him, and all eyes turned around. It was Huang Zhonglian who spoke. He saw a proud look on his face, and he was completely unaware of the more than ten direct comments on the table next door.  A devouring gaze. ¡°Oh?  Do you have any idea?  Hu Keqin looked at Huang Zhonglian and asked, "You run a cotton mill, how can you lower the price of rice?"  " "Exactly, the villain has a batch of rice on hand, about 3,500 tons.  If the Lord agrees, the villain is willing to sell it at half of the current price, that is, 50%. I wonder if the Lord will agree?  " "Fifty percent?  Hu Keqin almost didn't believe his ears. He stood up and asked tremblingly: "Where did you get so much rice? How can you sell it at such a low price?"  " "My lord, you don't know. These are Burmese rice imported this year. I originally planned to sell them to the workers of our factory, so as to save some rice."  But unexpectedly, as soon as the rice entered the warehouse, the court issued a ban on the import of foreign rice. The villain did not dare to touch the rice, so he could only pile it in the warehouse.  "Speaking of this, Huang Zhonglian paused for a moment: "Actually, after deducting the storage fee of the warehouse, this 50% price villain still made a profit of one or two cents!  ¡± Everyone¡¯s eyes suddenly focused on Huang Zhonglian. Even Hu Keqin, who was sitting at the top, couldn¡¯t help but exclaimed in surprise. He naturally didn¡¯t believe Huang Zhonglian¡¯s statement that the rice was sold to the workers of the factory.  , after all, even if there are thousands of workers in Yuxing Cotton Mill, 3,500 tons of rice will be enough for them to feed them for several years. A factory owner will not spend so much working capital on hoarding food. But the important thing now is not Huang Zhonglian.  Whether the words are true or not, the important thing is that the sudden appearance of this batch of low-priced rice is an extremely favorable opportunity for those who ask the rice industry association to reduce the price. ¡°Director Zhong, how much are you willing to reduce the price now?  "Suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, Hu Keqin turned around and asked. "This, this -" At this time, Zhong Zhengchun was already in a state of confusion. He instinctively turned his eyes to Huang Zhonglian at the next table, who was looking at him with a playful look.  Anger suddenly rushed to his forehead, and in desperation he shouted loudly: "My lords, Huang Zhonglian violated the imperial ban and secretly imported grain from Burma. Please punish him severely!  " Huang Zhonglian sneered and replied: "Zhong Zhengchun, didn't you hear clearly just now?  My dear, this rice comes from Burma, but it was all decided before the imperial ban was promulgated. It is all piled up in the warehouse without being touched at all. How can you say that I violated the ban?  If you two adults don't believe it, you can check the documents. There will be no problem.  " "Stay here!  Hu Keqin stretched out his hand to stop the quarrel between the two, and said in a deep voice: "You two, the court has already issued a decree. Considering the people's livelihood in Shanghai, the decree has been temporarily suspended. Director Zhong should not dwell on this issue."  "This news from Hu Keqin is like the last straw that breaks the camel's back, completely overwhelming the nerves of the people on the rice row table. They know very well that this means that the food channels they control will become worthless, even if that damn thing  The 3,500 tons of rice mentioned by Fatty Huang are all false, and the cost is only the current price of rice.One-third or even less of Burmese rice will soon pour into Shanghai, and all the stockpiles in their hands will be lost, and banks will not be kind to them because the grain bank's funds cannot be withdrawn.
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