As a person who is good at making cakes and dividing cakes, Liu Bei has many ways to meet the needs of these people.
Salt production is only one of the means.
But just as a Liangzhou fine salt, he has already taken care of the interests and needs of almost everyone under his command.
On a personal level, his subordinates may care more about power, reputation, integrity, etc. They have no personal needs for money and are not very materialistic.
But zooming into the family level, there is no family that does not care about money and self-interest.
It is absolutely impossible for a family to develop, grow and continue to be glorious without money. To put it in perspective, even if it is for personal luxury life, money is still needed.
So after everything that needed to be done was almost done, Liu Bei took the opportunity of the governors from each county coming to report on their work, and called the core team together to have a meeting.
Let’s discuss how to divide the spoils...ah!
Discuss how to divide the cake.
Before this meeting, Liu Bei held a small meeting with old brothers and poor brothers such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, Jijian, etc. to express their importance to them. They all kept in touch, drank, and recalled the days of working together.
While drinking, Liu Bei took them to recall the passionate youth of getting together with the elders in their hometown, and the beautiful past when everyone was beaten into pig-headed three and pig-headed four. They mocked and boasted to each other, temporarily forgetting the distinction between superior and inferior.
Liu Bei's attitude towards these people is different from that towards other people, and the feeling is completely different.
Although they could not provide Liu Bei with any wealth, manpower, etc., their existence was a positive incentive for Liu Bei. The relationship they had maintained since the beginning of their hard work, and the emotional connection for several years, came later. His subordinates cannot compare.
What they gave Liu Bei was loyalty, emotion and a life, and what Liu Bei gave back to them was everything he could give.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong and Ji Jian's sons have already reserved seats as Liu Bei's disciples. Liu Bei will give them what he can best and form the deepest bond with them.
At the moment, that's all they need, and they don't have that big of an appetite, so in a sense, their loyalty is the purest.
They will always occupy an important position in Liu Bei's first-line team and are Liu Bei's unshakable loyalists.
After this small internal private meeting, Liu Bei invited some other subordinates who did not have much family support.
Dong Huang, Pang De, Xu Huang, Ma Teng, Yan Xing, Han Dang, Cheng Pu, etc., as well as some young people who have performed well in the military recently, are all included in Liu Bei's invitation.
Liu Bei entertained them with wine and meat, praised their achievements, gave them extra rewards, encouraged them, hugged them, and hoped that they would continue their efforts.
Then it is to paint a big picture for them and let them work harder to establish meritorious deeds, so that in the future, they will be further valued by Liu Bei.
It is even unknown that he was accepted by Liu Bei into the Liu family's academic system in Zhuo County, Zhuo County~
Their merits, abilities, and power are not enough to bring any direct benefits to Liu Bei. There is no obvious growth visible to the naked eye. They themselves also need Liu Bei to provide them with a platform for development and Liu Bei's appointment to grow. They give Liu Bei They are not as many and important as what Liu Bei gave them.
If they want Liu Bei to give them more things, they need to work harder and fight with their lives to ensure their loyalty and competence.
They themselves are quite aware of this.
Therefore, Liu Bei's willingness to paint a big picture for them is worthy of gratitude in their eyes.
Drawing a pie can allow them to see the future. If they can see the future, they will have enough motivation to make achievements and remain loyal.
In fact, every close contact with Liu Bei is a reward for them.
And with Dong Huang as an example, Pang De and Xu Huang, the two seniors, would directly target Dong Huang and want to follow his path.
Even rising stars will aim at Dong Huang's path, hoping to make contributions and serve as school captains, and have the opportunity to serve as prefects of two thousand stones to bring glory to their families.
These days, being able to serve as the two thousand stone prefect means that your family has initially obtained a stepping stone into the upper class and can make a name for itself in the upper class.
Otherwise, you will still be a commoner.
Therefore, being able to serve as the two thousand stone prefect is their biggest pursuit at present.
These subordinates with relatively low backgrounds are basically concentrated in the military system, and they can gain a foothold by daring to fight and fight hard.
The military system has almost been dealt with. After that, it is the core part of Liu Bei's forces, the representatives of the large and small family forces.
Liu Bei called them together and held a meeting to share the spoils.
At the meeting, Liu Bei revealed to them his plan to sell salt and iron to the Land of Sanfu and the Land of Sanhe, and told them that this was a cooperation intention reached between him and Emperor Liu Hong as a clan member of the Han Dynasty. It has now been Begin to fully roll out.
Liangzhou is our private land. I will leave this piece of revenue to the Liangzhou government for official business. Please don’t reach out. As for the land of three auxiliaries and the land of three rivers, we still have a 40% profit share.
In terms of specific operations, everyone can negotiate with each other to see how each can contribute.
In terms of sales, there will be a dedicated person in charge of each place, and the sales channel is through the government-run salt shop. In terms of production, I, Liu, used the power of the Liangzhou government to contract it, so the specific part of profit sharing is transportation. superior.
This is hard money, not easy to earn, and it requires a lot of costs to organize manpower and material resources for transportation. But as long as you are willing to pay this cost, the more you spend, the more you will earn within our share.
If everyone has ideas, they can join in and contribute their own efforts to transport Liangzhou fine salt to various government-run salt shops in Sanhe Land and Sanfu Land. Dividends will be distributed every six months, and you will definitely make some money.
This is not something ordinary people can get involved in.
Everyone here is smart and understanding, and they soon realized Liu Bei's purpose in telling everyone frankly about this matter.
Obviously, Liu Bei was in Versailles.
His relationship with the emperor is definitely more than just this little thing that can be summed up.
The relationship between the emperor Liu Hong and Liu Bei may be far beyond everyone's imagination. The identity of the Han clan clan is Liu Bei's most important card.
Relying on this card, he could even join forces with the emperor to do business, divide the interests of salt, and spread this business throughout the land of Sanhe Sanfu.
Indeed, only the emperor and the demons and monsters around him were able to share with Liu Bei the backlash that would follow from this wave of profits.
Just like what Liu Bei did in Liangzhou, he swept out the old group of rentiers and accumulated a lot of grievances. These grievances were temporarily suppressed by his powerful force, but they will still exist unless the physical body is eliminated. .
Obviously, the current situation is not suitable for physical destruction yet, and Liu Bei still needs to talk about some basic game rules.
Liu Bei thought that he couldn't eat such a big piece of meat by himself. He needed another group of people to help him and become his moat, share the risks with him, and digest the strong resentment together.
Let the new age completely overwhelm the old.
Not just Liangzhou, Liangzhou is the beginning, the land of Sanhe and Sanfu is the main meal, and Liangzhou is just an appetizer.
But it is really not that easy to eat this meal.
There are benefits and risks, and risks and benefits always coexist.
So Liu Bei expressed his stance here.
Are you willing to form a closer substantive alliance with me?
Are you willing to be deeply bound to me?
Are you willing to share the pressure and risks with me, and then run towards a better future together?
Liu Bei extended an invitation to them.
