Chapter 10 Tickets and Leads
"Teacher," Huang Zicheng said, "Is there any problem here?"
He Xi said: "Currency is the medium of transaction. Nowadays, people in Liaodong often use grain when buying and selling. Therefore, there is still the possibility of tapping the potential of Liaodong's grain."
Ye Wang coughed twice and said: "Sir, it is not an easy task to get food from the hands of the people below. If you are not careful, big trouble will happen."
He Xi smiled bitterly. How come he doesn't know. The surplus grain collection system is such a famous system. Anyone who has studied history knows this. He Xi knew better because this incident caused a series of situations. We understand more clearly how obsessed ordinary people are with food. I really want to find a way to collect the surplus food from the people below. If you are not careful, you will really cause a big mess.
At this moment, He Xi also has some understanding of the intentions of the founders of this system. Drink poison to quench thirst. You have to survive first, and then talk about other things.
He Xi said: "Forcibly requisitioning food cannot be done. However, it is possible to use other means to replace food. First of all, all officials and soldiers in Liaodong will no longer be given food as pay. And all food will be imported next autumn. Official warehouse. Used uniformly."
Ye Wang said: "This can't be done. If this happens, something will happen."
He Xi said: "Give out food stamps. The old and the weak, men and women, mainly have three meals a day. Give out food stamps. If the number is further calculated, it is about three stones per person. Put it in the imperial granary, and everyone will receive it with the food stamps. Food. From then on, various bills were issued to all soldiers."
"What bill?" Ye Wang asked somewhat confused.
He Xi said: "Food stamps, coal stamps, wood stamps, water stamps, farm tools stamps, whatever the people need, just give them. Directly convert the work, calculate everyone's labor. Directly convert the work into various stamps."
After much deliberation, He Xi could only find this solution.
There are bills to connect the production side with the demand side. Directly connect the products from the production side to the people and distribute them as rewards for the people. Because He Xi has improved production efficiency. Therefore, there is not much shortage in this aspect.
He Xi’s ability to pay will be greatly increased.
Now when investing in industrial construction, the most important thing is manpower. It's artificial. Cash out the product directly from the production side.
The so-called work directly corresponds to the work points in the planned economy era. It is a very ancient unit of measurement. Generally speaking, it refers to the amount of earthwork. How many square meters of earth are dug out counts as one job. Or how many square meters of earth are transported to another place is considered a job.
roughly equal.
In this way, the cycle of production, sales, and reproduction is completed.
Of course, there is a hidden method. He Xi didn't want to use this method. But sometimes it may have to be used. These bills have the characteristics of banknotes. Therefore, they can issue additional shares. Will give him extra wiggle room.
It's just that in this case, if you can't do it, don't do it. After all, Bao Chao has learned from the past. He Xi has been hanging out in Ming Dynasty for such a long time. One thing I understand most is that there are naturally stupid people in the world. Even in absolute terms. People from modern times are smarter than people from ancient times. But if we talk about a group of people who are really at the top of the crowd. Pretty similar in terms of IQ. No one is stupid, but everyone is in overdrive. He Xi didn't think he was any better than them.
I would rather be stupid. Don't be too smart.
"It seems to have some similarities with the citation method of the Song Dynasty." Huang Zicheng thought to himself.
He Xi's method is actually not very clever. Essentially, it’s like the factory can’t pay wages and directly gives the workers what they produce. Just on a larger scale. And the scale is not big enough. Even bigger is the so-called planned economy.
It can be transferred into industrial investment with the lowest cost and lowest consumption.
Of course. These alone are not enough to build and maintain Liaodong's industrial system. We need to find more capital and profits from outside.
The quotation method of the Song Dynasty is actually different from the voting method proposed by He Xi. The former is a special monopoly system. There are two types: direct monopoly and licensing. In short, even the Song Dynasty's tax revenue in this area directly exceeded the regular tax.
But there are still essential differences between the two.
"Teacher, this method is indeed exquisite. But the disciple has three worries." Huang Zicheng said.
He Xi attaches great importance to Huang Zicheng's opinions because Huang Zicheng has been a close official for many years. In terms of experience, he is even more experienced than He Xi, and he has the right opinions. It must be on purpose.
He Xi said: "Say it. I also want to hear your opinions."
Huang Zicheng said: "Teacher established a new system in Liaodong, does Nanjing really have no idea?"
The person who answered him was not He Xi, but Yao Guangxiao.
Yao Guangxiao's talent lies in his power and strategy, but when it comes to the matter in front of him, he can only stare blankly. In such an important meeting, it is more like just observing. However, Huang Zicheng's words touch on Yao Guangxiao's core area. Yao Guangxiao said: "Don't worry about this. There is no problem with our determination. Today, the storm is raging, and the Qingzhang case in Nanjing is in full swing. Within a year or two, I won't be surprised if there will be a change of officials in Nanjing. At this time, no one Do you care what happens in Liaodong? As long as you do things well. No problem is a problem."
Although Yao Guangxiao didn't say everything clearly. But these people all know the following words. That's if things don't go right. He Xi was punished with Tai's crime. I don't care if there is one more.
Huang Zicheng said: "The second problem is that the people need a lot of things. Seven things to open the door, firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea. Needles, thread, and brains. It is impossible to cover all the various bits and pieces."
He Xi was stunned, silent for a moment, and said: "We don't need to provide everything. Liaodong is a remote place, and it is normal for some things to be in short supply. We only need to provide most of the daily necessities. The demand for those things is too high For the few things, just let them buy them privately. I just asked them to use receipts, and I didn't say they were not allowed to buy things. Let's do it this way. We can set up two main stores in Niuzhuang and Lushun to sell various things. Exclusively sold to the various guards in Liaodong."
"No, that's fine."
Huang Zicheng said: "The key to this matter lies in the price comparison between the ticket and the real thing. For example, grain, one stone of rice, and one stone of rice tickets need to correspond one to one."
Huang Zicheng is actually telling the truth. What he is worried about is the problem of over-hairing.
He Xi said: "I will definitely let them deal with it. There will definitely be no problem."
Huang Zicheng's knowledge in this area is still somewhat superficial. He didn't know that even in the case of overshooting, the two could be balanced. However, if Huang Zicheng has this intention, he has surpassed many officials.
Minimum risk awareness is sufficient.
Huang Zicheng hesitated and did not continue talking about this topic.
He actually has another consciousness, which is corruption. In other words, they manipulate prices to make huge profits.
Huang Zicheng is at a loss about the future. But I am very familiar with past history. The history of the Song Dynasty told him that this system was difficult to last long. In fact, the Song Dynasty inherited the Five Dynasties. Everything that can be sold exclusively at the beginning will be sold exclusively. But finally came to a conclusion. The court will handle some matters on its own. He wanted all the profits to go to the court, but in the end the result was no one, but the monopoly rights were sold to businessmen. The court and merchants split the money 50-50, but they could get it.
Why?
Although there are officials who are not very familiar with the battles in the market. But essentially, it is still a matter of corruption. Many people ruin good things in order to gain benefits for themselves.
In a fifty-fifty split. Businessmen in order to maintain their own interests unchanged. The benefits allocated to the court may not be truly 50/50. But the overall numbers will definitely not change. At least you won't lose the court's money. But officials are different.
For many officials, the court's money is not my money.
But saying these words to He Xi now would not solve the problem in the first place. Secondly, it almost completely refuted He Xi's plan. Most importantly, he had no solution to the problem at hand. That's a poor plan. Nope either.
The only way to put Huang Zicheng in He Xi's position is to take everything for the time being and recuperate. Wait until you have enough savings. Start again.
That was many years later.
Huang Zicheng himself felt it was too slow.
