When everyone heard this condition, they nodded and agreed without hesitation, because this condition was already within their expectations! The only thing they have doubts about is who this An* person is and whether he is easy to get along with!
In fact, the candidate Liu Haojia was initially selected by Liu Dahai, whom he met in Macau. Now he is helping the Santos family to establish a shipyard in Dengzhou! Liu Haojia has two shipyards in Dengzhou, which have now been merged into one, and he has invested another sum of money to expand it! Now the first warship that mixes Eastern and Western technology has appeared on the drawing board! Read the book
Seeing that they accepted the conditions, Liu Haojia continued: "The third thing is that you have to pay for people to gather the orphans you can see. There is no need to search for them deliberately, just bring them back when you meet them, and then hand them over to me. Officer, I will place them up and raise them slowly. In addition, for this matter, each of you will have to contribute two thousand taels of silver per year!"
When these people heard about this matter, they looked at each other solemnly, obviously hesitant! When they thought about it, Liu Haojia was training death warriors from an early age. Could it be that he wanted to rebel?
Liu Haojia knew what they were thinking when he saw their expressions. He couldn't help but smile and said: "You may have got it wrong! Don't worry, I am doing a good job as an official now and have no intention of rebellion! But I still let my father-in-law and Tell me!"
After hearing this, Zhang Shunping glared at them fiercely and said: "Don't think about plotting to kill soldiers or training craftsmen! Uncle Wu Ning is an honorable nobleman who lives with the country. Why is there any need to do this? It’s to cultivate our own foundation! It’s to have available manpower in the future!”
At that moment, Zhang Shunping told the story of Liu Haojia taking in orphans to raise and educate them in the capital, and then said: "You all saw the six servants behind my uncle just now. They were one of the orphans who were collected back then! Among those children, the ones who are suitable I will work for my uncle as an errand, and those who are not very good will go to work as accountants and assistants in the business. In a few years, these people will all be shopkeepers of all sizes! If there are really stupid people, then work as assistants. If you can't work as a coolie, you can still be an ordinary servant! My uncle did this so that when the family business becomes bigger in the future, he will have someone to help manage it. After all, only those who were raised since childhood are loyal! In addition, and the most important point, then Just do good deeds! You must know that God has the virtue of good life. Only by doing good deeds can you have profound blessings and benefit your descendants!"
After hearing Zhang Shunping's explanation, these people finally felt relieved and apologized to Liu Haojia together! And said that they will definitely continue to do this kind of good deeds seriously! Moreover, Zhao Yongxu also said: "Uncle, there are many orphans these days. We can not only donate silver, but also add a thousand taels of silver! I just ask uncle to relax and let the inferiors pick some useful people among them!" "
Liu Haojia naturally nodded in agreement to this point, but he didn't think they could pick the best person, because the future would be better if you followed an uncle or a businessman, everyone could tell the difference! Even if a small number of people are tempted away by money and women, it has nothing to do with the overall situation!
Then Liu Haojia said: "There is one more important thing that I want to make clear to you. You must not only remember it yourself, but also tell the people you know, and even your descendants! Because I will never forget it." I will continue to push this matter forward!"
Everyone knew that this was the last thing Liu Haojia had to say, so everyone looked serious. Just listen to Liu Haojia slowly say: "Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, businessmen are ranked last. Moreover, they are portrayed as greedy and mean, and are even squeezed by officials at all levels and looked down upon! But I think businessmen are It is very useful to this society and this country, so in the future I will work on improving the status of businessmen so that they have the same rights as ordinary people!"
Several people were stunned after hearing this, and then their eye circles turned red! Even Zhang Shunping's mood fluctuated greatly! Because it’s really difficult for businessmen in this era!
How low is their status? It’s so low that they are just pigs!
When running a small business, anyone can extort money from them! Like street vendors, they have to deal with gangsters and servants! If his business grows and he has his own store, he will have to deal with gangs and officials!
If the business gets bigger, they will have to deal with local officials.
The staff is completely in a passive state of having their blood drawn! And as their size increases, the level of blood-sucking people will get higher and higher! People with high status have big appetites because their families are big and need more money!
After hearing Liu Haojia's statement, several people stood up excitedly and bowed their hands in salute! Zhao Yongxu said with red eyes: "Uncle is the one who really understands us! In these years, no one has ever regarded us merchants as human beings! The officials only regard us as money bags, and they will come and go as soon as they are called. ! Once they squeeze us out, our entire clan will be destroyed! I’ll thank you uncle later!”
Zhang Xiwen also said: "My uncle can say these words, which shows that he understands our difficulties! We will serve you wholeheartedly in the future without any second thoughts!"
Liu Haojia waved for them to sit down, and then continued: "But improving the status of a businessman cannot be achieved overnight! So not only you, but also you must call on other businessmen to do what I say!"
Zhang Xiwen cupped his hands and said, "Please give me your orders, and we will obey them!"
Liu Haojia said: "First of all, you have to pay taxes, and they are heavy taxes! Don't just say that those officials are exploiting you, you also used their power to evade taxes, so you are also at fault! But let's not talk about that today, let's just talk about paying taxes. , you can tell anyone that if you operate here and pay taxes, I will protect you from being bullied!"
After hearing this, several people thought quickly. At this moment, their businessman nature was at its peak again! After several people looked at each other, Zhang Xiwen said cautiously: "Uncle, I wonder how much tax I have to pay? Is it according to the rules of the country?"
Liu Haojia laughed and said: "It is said that merchants must compare their penny and penny, and you are indeed like this! According to the rules of the country, thirty taxes per cent, when was that an old rule? I tell you clearly that the tax rates here are not the same. There is no uniformity! Goods shipped to sea with high profits are subject to heavy taxes, at least eight to one tax! Ordinary goods are 1 to 13 taxes to 1! Those with small profits are subject to 15 to 1 tax! And this is only tentative and will be adjusted according to the actual situation! As for normal transactions within the country, there is a tax of 13% to 1%!”
