Ning Hongwu knocked on the armrest for a moment, then looked at Liu Shen and said with a smile, "They all eat from the Qingsha Gang. If you have any opinions, feel free to raise them."
"It's just my humble opinion..."
Liu Shen stood up and bowed his hands to the group of people in the living room, and then asked: "I would like to take the liberty to ask, are the two personal wishes that the gang leader just said serious?"
"Of course it's serious..."
Ning Hongwu also knew that he grew up under the oppression of the Chishui Gang. Now he had just integrated into the Qingsha Gang and did not understand his nature and the morality of the Qingsha Gang, so he smiled and comforted: "Although the Qingsha Gang is reckless, The rules in the gang are very strict and they always pay attention to the morality of the world."
His voice paused, and then he said: "Although I, Ning Hongwu, cannot be called a gentleman, as the leader of the Qingsha Gang, I can still speak my mind like a fool!"
"The gang leader is righteous!"
Liu Shen felt relieved when he heard this, and then he cupped his hands and said seriously: "The two personal wishes mentioned by the gang leader just now can be easily solved."
"During the period when the Chishui Gang controlled the dock, they allowed their subordinates to collect all kinds of random taxes from the merchants on the dock. It can be said that they squeezed the merchants every now and then."
"What's more, the same tax was collected today by someone else, and someone else will collect it again tomorrow. The merchants who make a living at the dock are miserable."
"This is called tax collection, but in fact it is no different from robbing money. It is a method of killing the chicken to get the egg."
"In the eyes of those dock shop owners, our Qingsha Gang and Chishui Gang are both Jianghu gangs, and there is no essential difference."
"Now our Qingsha Gang controls the wharf. If the gang leader wants to clean up the atmosphere at the wharf, he only needs to coordinate the shops on the wharf, set an example, set fixed tax types and amounts in front of them, restrain his subordinates, and let the shops on the wharf see that The difference between our Qingsha Gang and Chishui Gang."
"You will definitely return home within March or May!"
Liu Shen pondered for a while and said, "As for the issue of dock workers, that's simpler."
"All they are thinking about is what to eat today? Is there meat? How much money can they get this month? Can they have a stable New Year when they go home?"
"I don't mean to look down on anyone, because I have worked as a porter at the dock for five years, so I know that the workers below are all bitches. If you treat them too well, they will be lazy; if you treat them too badly, they will complain. , the people are in dire straits.”
"The Chishui Gang forced the dock workers to sign a deed of sale and become slaves, and the price was clearly marked at thirty taels of silver before they could redeem it. Now that the Chishui Gang no longer exists, those deeds of sale are all in the hands of our Qingsha Gang. I personally suggest that the gang leader should not sell his body. The deeds will be returned directly to the workers below."
"oh?"
Ning Hongwu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and asked with a half-smile: "I can return your deed of betrayal to you directly, but why don't you want me to return the deed of betrayal to you directly when it's the other workers' turn?"
"It's not that I'm selfish about this..."
Liu Shen pondered for a while and sighed: "It's just because of human nature."
"The redemption price of thirty taels of silver. If the laborer is alone, he will have to work at the dock for five or six years to redeem himself even if he does not eat or drink. If the laborer has a family, he may save ten, twenty, or even thirty years. You may not be able to save the thirty taels of redemption money every year."
"So for most workers, this contract of sale is something that is difficult to redeem in their lifetime and is dispensable."
"If the gang leader is kind and returns the deeds of slavery to free them from slavery, the workers may be happy, but they may not accept the favor."
"After all, no one will cherish something that is too easy to obtain. Everyone has returned to a good place. They will not remember the weight of the deed of betrayal, nor will they think how rare the opportunity to return to a good place is."
"Everyone has something that they don't have!"
"This is human nature, the bad nature of people!"
"..."
When Ning Hongwu heard his remarks about human nature, his thick eyebrows furrowed and he asked: "According to what you say, our Qingsha Gang should continue to treat the workers below in the same way as the Chishui Gang?"
"No no no..."
Liu Shen shook his head and said: "I know that the gang leader is a person who does big things, and I don't want to be criticized by people for this, so my suggestion is to lower the price of the ransom."
"In the Chishui Gang, it takes thirty taels of silver to redeem yourself. In our Qingsha Gang, you only need fifteen taels, ten taels, or even five taels of silver to redeem yourself."
"First of all, for those who want to redeem their lives, the redemption capital of five taels or ten taels of silver is the threshold that can be touched after gritting their teeth and saving for one or two years. Compared with the thirty taels of redemption capital of the Chishui Gang, Although the difference is only three or four times, it is already a huge difference, and they must remember this love clearly."
"Secondly, for people who have nothing to do with redemption, although they don't care whether they redeem themselves, they still understand the difference between five taels of silver, ten taels of silver, and thirty taels of silver..."
"In this way, whether those workers want to redeem themselves or have no desire for redemption, they will subconsciously compare our Qingsha Gang with the Chishui Gang. Once comparisons are made with many things, the taste will change. This It’s also human nature.”
"..."
Ning Hongwu was silent for a long time while listening to his 'Theory of Human Nature'. After regaining consciousness, he clapped his hands and praised: "What a Liu Shen! What a Theory of Human Nature!!"
Everyone else in the living room also looked at Liu Shen with strange expressions, as if this 'Jiu Mengzi' and 'Reckless Man' saw something else...
"The gang leader has given me a reward..."
Liu Shen politely cupped his hands and said, "It's just my humble opinion. It can't be put on the table. The choice has to be made by the gang leader."
"You told me what I thought about the dock store."
Ning Hongwu exclaimed: "As for the dock workers, your opinion is more comprehensive and more appropriate than I thought."
His voice paused, then he asked with a smile: "Do you have any other comments or suggestions? As long as it is beneficial to our Qingsha Gang, feel free to speak out."
"this……"
Liu Shen's eyes moved slightly when he heard this, thinking about the survival mode of Jianghu gangs today, but he didn't know whether to say anything or not.
Ning Hongwu saw that he was about to speak but hesitated, and asked: "But what is there that is difficult to say?"
"There's nothing unspeakable."
Liu Shen pondered for a while and said: "There are a few points that I really can't figure out. Since our Qingsha Gang has full control of the docks in Heyang County, we have the ability to affect many prices in Heyang County to a certain extent."
"We have this ability, so why do we only think about fighting for territory and plundering those low-level losers instead of learning to do business?"
"Those wealthy merchants make a lot of money from their ships. How much money can we make just by collecting dock tax?"
"Take our Qingsha Gang as an example. There are at least two to three hundred people in the gang. How can we do anything by guarding those gates?"
"..."
As soon as these words came out, the living room fell into silence...
Ning Hongwu sighed and said, "Why don't I know that I can earn more by doing business?"
"To put it bluntly, most of the brothers in the gang are rough guys who don't know much about literacy. How can they do business?"
"When I wake up every day, what I think about is that there are hundreds of brothers waiting for food. If those hundreds of brothers have families, they have to take care of their families. These are not expenses."
"Furthermore, the key to doing business is to have both losses and profits. We don't know how to do business, so we rushed in rashly. If the business suffers losses, how can we maintain the operation of the Qingsha Gang? If the gang can't get rid of the blame, those brothers How can you still follow us if you run out of food?”
"As for the brothers in the gang guarding the entrance, that's because we collect security taxes from other people's brothels, gambling stalls, shops, etc., and we are responsible for their safety."
"..."
Liu Shen was a little helpless when he heard this and said, "It doesn't matter if we don't know how to do business, as long as others can."
Ning Hongwu was slightly stunned and asked, "What do you mean?"
"It's so simple..."
Liu Shen explained: "After those wealthy gentry have accumulated a certain amount of wealth, most of them will train their shopkeepers. They will only be responsible for providing money and people, and then retreat behind the scenes and become the boss, leaving the business to those shopkeepers to take care of. As long as they can proofread Good accounts and no worries.”
"If you want to do business, you can definitely copy this model. Our Qingsha Gang has the convenience of a dock, and we can even do some fun on this basis."
"For example, the gang leader can organize those stores to invest in shares, or recruit some local wealthy businessmen and gentry to cooperate and form a chamber of commerce, and use the convenience of the dock to integrate the price short market, buy at low prices and sell at high prices, and tie them together with profits. On board.”
"To put it simply, we contribute money and effort, but we do not interfere with other people's business. When other people's business is profitable, we will take our own share of the dividends."
"..."
Ning Hongwu blinked blankly...
