"The freight company is on my radar. I would like to ask, have they raised their prices and asked for random prices?"
Zhu Youjian asked.
"Your Majesty, no."
"I'm asking you, has the freight company embezzled your goods?"
"Your Majesty, no."
"I'm asking you. The freight company, have you ever eaten anything for no reason?"
"Your Majesty, no."
"It has been six years since I ascended the throne, and the freight company has been established for three years. Have you ever seen the imperial court order the recruitment of freight companies?"
"Your Majesty, no."
"I know that when you were doing business in the past, you inevitably needed to do some management when you went to other places, so I opened a freight company. Why aren't you happy because you have less management expenses?
In other words, would you rather spend more money and go out to take care of things? Why don't you do something shameful? "
Zhu Youjian asked rhetorically.
"Your Majesty, no, I am just worried that if something happens to the court, it will affect Ming Dynasty's business, thus affecting Ming Dynasty's tax revenue." Businessman No. 2 representative hurriedly replied.
"You don't need to worry about this. The imperial court is free to think, and for freight companies, under normal circumstances, the imperial court will not recruit them randomly.
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To master freight is to master the lifeblood of the country.
Why do those businessmen dare to do so many outrageous things during natural disasters? What was a three-point natural disaster suddenly turned into a very man-made disaster.
In the final analysis, it is because they have mastered the three channels of acquisition, transportation and sales.藲忿尛螞网
When a certain place is hit by a disaster, what they want to do is not to rescue the victims, but to make money crazily and make food available to the point where the people cannot afford it.
The consequence of this is that they have transferred money, but they are driving the people and the country to death.
Zhu Youjian will send people to compete in acquisition and sales channels, but he will not choose monopoly.
Because Zhu Youjian knew in his heart that the consequence of monopoly would be to become a new evil dragon.
Institutions and individuals with a monopoly position will become extremely rampant over time, and they will think of ways to obtain greater benefits through their monopoly position.
Instead of choosing to improve your own services and research corresponding technologies.
Just like before, under the control of local powerful people and businessmen, the price of food could be seven or eight times different between a lean period and a bumper harvest.
During a famine year, local food prices may soar tenfold, even if they are serious. In severe cases, it is not impossible for local food prices to soar a hundredfold.
How can the life and death of the people be as important as the money in their hands?
Even the rise and fall of the country is not as important as the money in their hands!
Zhu Youjian knew this very well.
Therefore, with the support of Zhu Youjian, the Qiming Chamber of Commerce launched minimum food price protection in various places. and minimum grain selling prices.
Although the minimum grain protection price is not high, it at least prevents grain merchants from arbitrarily squeezing ordinary farmers.
Although the grain sold at the lowest price is mostly old grain that is more than 5 years old.
But it also effectively prevented those people from squeezing ordinary people to death, allowing the people below to breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, for ordinary people, having a full stomach is a problem. It’s good to have old food. What else do you want?
Through state intervention, the people at the bottom have basic protection. _o_m
But this does touch the interests of those involved.
Moving people's money is like killing his parents. Zhu Youjian caused those people's interests to be harmed. How could they be willing to do so? .
521Businessmen’s Public Opinion 04
