Zhang Yu ate the pink fruit and said slowly:
"Let's count the imperial courts that established power in Guangzhou," Zhang Yu said while eating. "Of course there is no one that unified China; even those in the south of the Yangtze River. At best, they were isolated vassal towns in one corner. The Nanyue Kingdom It only lasts a hundred years, and the Southern Han Dynasty has been a country for more than fifty years. One crab is not as good as one crab. I think the theory of dragon veins in Guangzhou is unreliable." After that, he patted his belly and said slowly.
After he finished speaking, someone among the tea guests suddenly gave a thumbs up: "Brother Zhang is really full of knowledge!"
"Where is it?" Zhang Yu said modestly, but could not hide the pride on his face, "It's just a little bit of experience from reading history." He remembered the spirit conveyed at the public opinion officer meeting, and added: "Actually, these superficial things, Just read more basic Australian magazines. Compared with large history books, it is not only clear and clear, but also thorough."
"Everyone knows that Brother Zhang, you are a Kun...ah, you are very knowledgeable in Australian studies." The tea guests complimented one after another.
"There is no dragon vein in Guangzhou. If the Australians want to take over the world, won't there be huge variables?" Some people have begun to worry about the future of the Song Dynasty.
"The dragon veins of Australians are naturally in Australia. What does it have to do with Guangzhou?" asked a tea customer, "Besides, I haven't heard of any good Feng Shui in Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the Australians are still getting prosperous."
"Good Feng Shui? Fengyang Mansion, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty, has good Feng Shui! Emperor Zhu came out, and the people all went out to beg for food and escape famine!" There was a tea guest who was a tea vendor, and he traveled far and wide and saw a lot of things.
When Zhang Yu heard that this was the right thing to say, he quickly said: "Yes, the one who has conquered the world since ancient times is nothing more than the word 'people's hearts'."
Everyone nodded in agreement. The tea guest was still unsatisfied and said with emotion: "After traveling all over the country in the past few years, I think Guangdong and Jiangnan are the blessed places. Other places are actually showing signs of the end of the world!"
"Speaking of which, Guangzhou is really a Feng Shui treasure place! Hahaha."
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Zhang Yu saw that the lecture was almost done and he had other things to do, so he stood up and left. After taking a few steps away from his seat, the owner of the tea house waved to him again.
The owner of this tea house is an old acquaintance of Zhang Yu. It was he who "discovered" Zhang Yu and read all kinds of messy "Australian pamphlets" to tea guests in the tea house, attracting a lot of business. It also gave this small tea house a lot of fame.
But at that time, Zhang Yu was the one who "received the favor", but now it is completely different. The boss looked at the young man in front of him with complicated emotions. Not only had he grown a lot taller, but his aura and ecology were also different from the past, and he seemed to have the air of a "big shot" in his movements.
"This bone-changing dragon is really lucky!" the boss thought to himself, somehow hooking up with the Australian! Australians are really sick too! Spend money to support such a small tea shop! Nowadays, Zhang's tea shop is not only booming in business, but has also built a large workshop to supply goods to Australians. It uses large ships to import and ship out materials - it is already the number one tea shop in Guangzhou. Even if you want to buy goods from others, you have to sign a purchase and sales contract in advance, specifying the monthly consumption, and pay a deposit first, otherwise you won't be able to get the goods at all - which tea shop has done this in the past?
"Come, come, come here." The boss called him to go into the single room. Zhang Yu said hurriedly: "I still have something to do, I'm busy at home."
"It won't take long. "I have something here that I can't decide on. You know the Australians well, can you give me an idea? "
We had to listen to what he had to say. After all, the owner of the tea house had been "kind to him" back then. He immediately said readily: "Don't take your ideas seriously. As long as you can trust me, I can make plans for you."
"You must also know, Ayu, that the Australians are issuing new coins. The limit is limited." The boss looked outside and made sure that the clerks were performing their duties. The tea guests were talking loudly, and then lowered his voice, "Silver is exchanged for silver coins. This is a good idea." It’s nothing, the Hongmao and Franji people also use silver coins, but these silver dollar certificates and auxiliary currency certificates... I really feel a little worried. Isn’t this the Ming Dynasty treasure money that the old people said in the past!"
Just a month ago, on June 1, the Ministry of Finance and Finance officially started issuing new coins in the Guangdong region. Because a briefing meeting has been held in the business community in advance, and the exchange is silver for silver coins. In addition to paying different handling fees and production costs according to the quality during the exchange, what everyone takes out is silver, and what they get back is still silver. The feeling of being at a disadvantage. Except for the need to deduct some "premiums" due to quality issues, there is not much of a burden on merchants and ordinary people. What's more, in the past, the fineness and weight of the silver coins were different. Now, the silver coins exchanged are not only the same color and size, but also the weight is not the same. There is no concern about fake silver. It can be regarded as a public and private convenience. Therefore, the silver coin exchange work has not encountered much problems. Resistance, even enthusiasm.
However, as the exchange work progressed, copper coins began to be fully redeemed, auxiliary currency notes were issued, and half-yuan and 2-cent silver coin circulation notes began to appear on the market. This immediately aroused concern among the general public, especially small and medium-sized businessmen.
For a small businessman like the owner of Chaju, this is a matter of life and death. Small businessmen like them mainly come into contact with small amounts of currency in their daily business life. Although there are some lavish guests who come to drink tea, most of them only spend a few hundred Wen to one or two coins. When he goes out to buy ingredients, the transaction amount is also very small. Except for a small amount of bulk goods, fresh ingredients are purchased at zero every day, and he mainly uses small amounts of currency.
Before Guangzhou was restored, he used various kinds of copper coins of varying quality. Because local copper coins were insufficient, he also used small silver beans privately minted by merchants and wealthy households. The weights varied and the quality could only be roughly examined. , there is no way to care about whether it is good or bad - after all, this thing is too small. Fortunately, if it's "silver", as long as it's not of a completely poor quality, you can always spend it, but it will take some effort. Because of the lack of small currency, I even issued "tea chips" myself when I had no choice but to use them to make change for regular tea customers and purchase goods from familiar merchants. Naturally, this also requires a lot of words and some favors.
When it comes to Australians minting new coins, he has nothing against it. The shiny silver dollars are not only heavy in the hand, but also comfortable to look at.
Now Australians have to completely exchange loose silver and copper coins and replace them with auxiliary coins of banknotes. This is a bolt from the blue for small businessmen.
"...A'yu, think about it, how much turnover can one of my customers here make? It's a business of several hundred pennies. How many dimes can I collect in a day? Needless to say, it's all paid for with the coin coupons. Not to mention that the Australians have to issue silver dime coupons, which are said to be circulated in equal amounts with the silver dimes. When customers use them to pay the bill, I don’t necessarily have to say no! I, a young man, a clerk and an apprentice, work for a day, and exchange a lot of big coins. Song Baochao is back - it is said to be circulated in equal amounts, but in the end it is just a piece of paper... I really don't trust this." The boss said with an expression of "I trust you with your life and fortune", "You are familiar with Australians, and you are taken care of by the elders. , is there any clue to this matter?"
Speaking of this, Zhang Yu himself was filled with emotion - why? Because what the owner of the tea house said was almost the same as what his father said.
The Zhangjia tea shop has now been reorganized into "Zhangji Food Co., Ltd." in the hands of veteran Zhang Yikun. As for the details of the reorganization, no one in the Zhang family understands it. It is all Zhang Yikun's fault - anyway, I can't write two words in one sentence. Zhang.
It was for this reason that Zhang Yu's cousin was sent to "learn Australian bookkeeping" - Zhang's tea shop originally had no accounting clerk - the similarities and differences between this Australian bookkeeping and Ming Dynasty's bookkeeping are the key. Accounting emphasizes that "cash should not be left overnight, and money should be transferred to the account."
The cash does not stay overnight, which means that after the accounting is completed every night, the cash will be released to Zhang Ji's company account in Delong Bank. In the past, Zhang Yu's mother would personally move the cash box to the back room, close the door, carefully count it, and then put it away in categories.
The Zhang family has also thought about depositing money on the counter of a big shop to earn interest, but their shop is small and has low turnover, and there is a place for spending money as soon as the shop opens. They can't save much money, and business has not been good these years. , every year they use their savings to repay. There's no point in thinking about this kind of thing.
Nowadays, the business is good, but the money does not come into my door: I sent it directly to the bank and got back a booklet. How much money my shop has is just a few figures on the booklet. Can't see or touch. People who run small businesses will inevitably feel a little flustered. This is another time. The most important thing is, don’t spend money casually!
In the past, the finances of the Zhang family's tea and food shop were not divided into different stores. Zhang Yu wanted to buy a sesame seed cake, the Zhang family's father went to the tea house to drink tea and eat glutinous rice chicken, and Zhang Yu's mother went to buy vegetables... They all took the money directly from the counter and recorded it in the running account. It's a good idea to remember it once, but forget it and forget about it. Although we have a general idea of how the business is doing, the specific profit and loss figures cannot be known until we have obtained three sections, paid off the accounts, collected the debts, offset the two, and then added up various bits and pieces of income and expenditure accounts. Because family and personal expenses are mixed in, the actual operation of the store is a mess.
But it's different now. The company's accounts are completely separate from the family's expenses. The Zhang family and his son, like the clerks and apprentices in the store, receive a monthly "salary" from the store. In addition, you can no longer spend money on the account at will. The most important thing is that all company expenses, as long as they exceed a certain amount, must be paid by "check". And the seller must also provide an "invoice".
This system is not only promoted in Zhangji Food Company, but also Australians are enforcing it throughout Guangzhou. All commercial and handicraft enterprises above designated size must switch to this financial system.
As a result, Zhang Yu and his son soon discovered that their business was getting bigger and bigger, but the number of shiny silver coins became less and less. (To be continued.)
