After the lively Lantern Festival, this year will be completely over.
Although the New Year has passed, the weather is still very cold, but the heavy snowfall is not as continuous as it was a year ago, and the frequency is obviously much lower.
Taking over the salt shop was very smooth, and it didn’t take much effort. Because of the relationship with the General’s Office, the formalities for the salt shop and the government were completed quickly. The salt shop also became Zhu Shenzui’s property from the Liu family’s property. Property, but on the surface the owner is happy.
Originally, the shopkeeper and clerks of the salt shop were all members of the Liu family. After taking over the salt shop, Kang Youfu followed Zhu Shenzui's wishes and left only the accountant and two clerks, while all the others resigned.
Then, Kang Youfu officially took over as the shopkeeper and started preparations for reopening.
It was a bit troublesome to open the business, because the salt shop was almost an empty shelf when it was acquired. Merchants in Shanxi sell salt, and the salt shop on the outside is just a cover-up. The real big deal is not the daily sales of the salt shop, but the smuggling of private salt.
For this reason, there is not much inventory in the salt shop's warehouse at all. The real salt is hidden elsewhere in the Liu family. As soon as the Liu family collapsed, these goods had long been divided up, and the inventory in the library could not be sold for long.
"Master Liu, this is a small account book that has been compiled. Take a look." The backyard of the salt shop is similar to that of Kang's Tofu Shop. In addition to the shop facing the street, the salt shop also has a small courtyard. Most of this backyard is used as a It is used as a warehouse, and a small part is used as the office of the big shopkeeper. This pattern is very common.
In the room, Zhu Shenzui was sitting drinking tea, and sitting opposite him was Kang Youfu. Kang Youfu took out a ledger from his sleeve and handed it over. This was compiled after he took stock of the salt shop's inventory and assets in the past few days. Today when Zhu Shenzui came over, Kang Youfu took it out directly.
After taking the account book, Zhu Shenzui opened it and looked at it carefully.
The accounting methods of the Ming Dynasty have been quite perfect, especially since the time of Zhu Yuanzhang and Lao Zhu, the accounting system has been changed, especially the use of counting units has been strictly stipulated, which avoided many loopholes in the past.
Moreover, starting from the early years of Wanli and Zhang Juzheng's reforms, the Ming Dynasty further improved the accounting methods. Coupled with actual needs, the initial single-entry accounting method began to change to the retest accounting method.
Some people say that ancient Chinese bookkeeping methods and accounting systems were very extensive. This is a completely wrong concept. If it was an extensive or unreasonable system, how could it have always existed? Many problems lie with the people, not the methods. Compared with the rest of the world, Ming Dynasty’s bookkeeping and accounting systems were quite complete, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe them as advanced.
Although the capital numbers on the account books are a bit difficult to read, they are not as easy to read as the Arabic numerals. But it is undeniable that such accounting also has many benefits.
Zhu Shenzui did not take the initiative to give the account book to him because Kang Youfu took the initiative. He waved his hand and said that he trusted the other party and let him handle it by himself without looking at anything. As a qualified boss, if you have such an attitude, then it would be strange if this company doesn't screw people up to the bottom.
Trust and system are completely different things. Only a fool would say such a thing. For subordinates, it is best to use both kindness and power, and many times, hearing is false and seeing is believing. Zhu Shenzui will not be a hands-off boss and let the people below feel that there are loopholes to exploit.
He looked at the account book carefully and occasionally asked questions about some of the records in the account book. Kang Youfu explained and answered them one by one without thinking.
After more than half an hour, I finished reading all the ledgers. This is because I just took over the store and there are not many things reflected in the ledgers. When the business starts gradually, it will not be that simple.
"Well done, you're thoughtful." With a smile on his face, he handed the account book back to Kang Youfu, and Zhu Shenzui praised him.
"Go back to Mr. Liu, this is what a young man should do." Kang Youfu replied respectfully.
Waving his hand, Zhu Shenzui said: "You are now the big shopkeeper. From now on, you will have to take care of everything in this shop. Your identity now is also different from before. There are some things you need to remember."
"When you are with me from now on, you don't have to call yourself "little" anymore, and the dignified shopkeeper will call you "little" again. What kind of words will this sound like?"
"Haha, little... I understand, thanks to Mr. Liu for your advice." Kang Youfu is indeed a smart man. As soon as Zhu Shenzui said this, he came back to his senses and quickly changed his tune and laughed.
When starting a salt shop business, the source of salt is naturally the key. Now the salt in the shop cannot be sold for many days, not to mention that the real profit from selling salt does not lie in the official salt. Kang Youfu knows this very well.
Kang Youfu told Zhu Shenzui that he planned to visit Jiezhou these days. The Liu family imported salt from Jiezhou back then. Kang Youfu, who often dealt with the Liu family, knew this very well.
But how to get salt and how to deal with it, this is the first time for Kang Youfu that a big girl has got on the sedan chair, so he has been thinking about this matter in the past few days, preparing to go to Jiezhou as soon as possible to get a feel for the situation, and then Determine next steps.
Listening to what Kang Youfu said, Zhu Shenzui nodded slightly in his heart. He could see that Kang Youfu had put his heart into it, and he also had some ideas about what to do after getting to know the state, although some aspects were a bit natural. , but after all, this was Kang Youfu's first contact with this business. Don't forget that he had only been selling tofu before.
"The matter in Jiezhou is not urgent." Zhu Shenzhui waved his hand. He had already made arrangements for this matter. He had connections in Jiezhou, otherwise he would not have been selling private salt for so long.
Now that they have legitimate salt import qualifications, and with the Liu family's demise, the Liu family's original plan to monopolize the remaining salt in Jiezhou has been abandoned. At this time, Jiezhou's side may be more anxious than themselves. Without the salt purchased by the Liu family, it would not be so easy to sell the remaining salt. Zhu Shenzhui had been thinking about this issue these days, thinking about taking advantage of this opportunity.
"But Mr. Liu, there isn't much salt in the store. If we don't go to Jiezhou right away, we won't be able to survive for half a month with what we have." Kang Youfu saw that Zhu Shenzui was not in a hurry at all, and said Thinking that Zhu Shenzui didn't understand the situation in the store, he couldn't help but explain.
Seeing his anxious look, Zhu Shenzui couldn't help but laugh: "It doesn't matter, just sell it like this for now. You will understand in a few days..."
"Sixth Master..."
Seeing that Kang Youfu wanted to explain, Zhu Shenzui waved his hand again, and Kang Youfu swallowed back the words that came to his lips.
Until Zhu Shenzui left, Kang Youfu was still wondering what Zhu Shenzui's intentions were. What if Zhu Shenzui didn't know anything about business? I absolutely don’t believe this Kang Youfu.
Let’s not talk about the previous contacts, let’s just take over this salt shop and become the shopkeeper. He and Zhu Shenzui have communicated several times about how to run the business next. Although Zhu Shenzui is just the owner, there are times when It also gave Kang Youfu a feeling that he was more familiar with management than himself.
But now Zhu Shenzui didn't care at all about the shortage of inventory in the shop, which Kang Youfu couldn't understand. Because the store will be officially opened next. If the store selling goods opens without ready supply of goods, how can this business be done?
But the problem is that Zhu Shenzui is the boss, he is just the shopkeeper. When the boss speaks, he, the shopkeeper, has to listen. Thinking of this, Kang Youfu couldn't help but laugh and cry, shaking his head. He didn't have any confidence in his heart, and he didn't know whether it was right or wrong to agree to Zhu Shenzui to be the shopkeeper.
Zhu Shenzui didn't speculate on Kang Youfu's thoughts, not to mention that even if he knew what Kang Youfu was thinking, he wouldn't care.
Zhu Shenzui had already made plans for the operation of this salt shop, and he was also fully aware of the current shortage of inventory in the store.
But what seemed like a problem to Kang Youfu was not a problem at all to Zhu Shenzui. Because Kang Youfu didn't even know that others didn't have salt, but he had a lot of it. Not to mention the salt hoard that is mostly hidden in the sheep's head, the salt hoard in Wangjiacun alone is enough for this salt shop to sell for more than half a year.
Instead of rushing to Jiezhou to find a way to import salt, it would be better to transport some salt directly from Wangjiacun, so the inventory issue is not a thing at all, which is something Kang Youfu doesn't understand.
The next key is to use the previous channels and the privilege of salt introduction in hand, and take advantage of the gap between the Liu family's collapse to get as much of the remaining salt share from Jiezhou as possible. As long as this is done, the day-to-day operations of the salt shop in Pingyang City will be nothing at all. The bulk of the real money is in Yu Yan. This is Zhu Shenzui's real purpose.
Kang Youfu didn't know this yet, and Zhu Shenzui actually didn't want to hide it from him. After all, the operation of this transaction would be handed over to him. For Zhu Shenzui, Kang Youfu is of great use.
However, this requires Zhu Shenzhui to go to Wangjiacun first and deal with the follow-up arrangements before explaining this to Kang Youfu. Anyway, this matter is not urgent. Let Kang Youfu open the shop first and let the normal business run first. The rest will not be too late after he comes back from Wangjiacun.
