Gu Jiu sat in the backyard of the butcher shop drinking tea
At this time, the goods in the butcher shop had already been sold out, and they were being cleaned.
Deng Cunli took care of the troublemaker, and hurried to meet Gu Jiu.
"The old slave pays his respects to Madam."
"Is the matter over?"
Deng Cunli nodded, "It has been dealt with. From now on, those few leading dealers will never want to buy an onion or a tael of meat from the butcher shop.
The peasants who were greedy for cheap, the old slaves also talked to them. We don't interfere with whom they want to do business with, but we can't make trouble at the door of our Four Seas Commercial Bank. Only this time, not the next time. Next time, our Four Seas Commercial butcher shop will not purchase their produce. "
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "You handled it well. There will be dealers who take shortcuts at any time, so don't worry too much about it.
What we rely on to win the market and trust is word of mouth and integrity. A few businessmen in the area can't make waves.
Village farmers who are greedy for small and cheap things are indispensable at any time, so don't take it to heart. What happened before is actually helping us screen suppliers and customers.
To sell high-quality meat dishes, butcher shops also need to manage high-quality customers and high-quality suppliers. Those messy people should be discarded.
You ask the butcher shop to record all the troublemakers and make a roster. I will hand it over to Er Zhuang. Er Zhuang spent every day in the countryside, and when he went to the village, he had his own way to deal with those peasants who were greedy for petty gain and teach them how to behave. "
Deng Cunli responded to the matter, "I will hand over the list in a while."
Gu Jiu continued: "About the plan of the butcher shop, I told you. In the entire Gyeonggi region, we want to attract as many rural farmers as possible to join our vegetable basket plan.
But because many places are really remote, it takes several days to come to the capital. I plan to set up a fixed delivery point in various places, and the meat and vegetable shop of Sihai Commercial Bank is ready to open a branch. "
Deng Cunli was surprised, "So fast? Winter is coming soon. Is it too hasty to open a branch at this time. It's better to wait until the beginning of spring to open a branch."
Gu Jiu said: "First open two branches to test the reaction of the market. I heard from Er Zhuang that many restaurants are willing to cooperate directly with our butcher shop."
"Exactly. There are already more than ten restaurants in the capital, and they go to the butcher shop to buy meat dishes every day."
Gu Jiu was very happy.
The food basket plan is an important part of her plan. Otherwise, she would not have sent Er Zhuang out to run this matter herself.
"Open the branch first, and spread our influence and word of mouth. It doesn't matter if you pay first."
"The old slave complies."
Then Gu Jiu talked about the relocation plan, "Before next summer, I don't care what method you use, whether it's violent demolition, emotionally motivated, or interest-free loans. In short, all the shantytowns must be demolished. All refugees, all moved into Xincunfang City. If there are people who refuse to cooperate, you know what to do."
"The old slave knows. Fire, expel, there is always a way to make those people submit."
Gu Jiu nodded, "The method of demolition must be both soft and hard. Don't let the refugees think that the owner is weak and easy to bully.
In addition, the mountain will be closed from next year. Coal stoves and briquettes, no matter what method you use, promote them as soon as possible. Honeycomb coal should also reduce the cost as much as possible and hit the market with the cheapest price. It is best to do it cheaper than the firewood in the market. "
Deng Cunli felt a lot of pressure, and it was not an easy task to make honeycomb cheaper than firewood.
He said: "According to Madam's instructions, the coal plant cannot make money when the quantity in the early stage is small."
Gu Jiu has always been courageous in his work, "I can subsidize the profits of the coal factory for a year. From next year, the coal factory will be responsible for its own profits and losses."
Deng Cunli breathed a sigh of relief, "One year is enough."
Over the years, he has learned all kinds of fancy marketing from Gu Jiu.
How to promote new coal stoves and briquettes, he already has a preliminary idea. Just wait for another day of cold weather, and you can work hard.
Deng Cunli has personally experienced coal stoves and briquettes, which are convenient, simple, and really cheap.
Using cost-free cinders and compacting them to make briquettes, even if each one costs a penny, the profit will be nearly doubled. It is possible to lower the price a little bit.
Save a little, three or four briquettes a day are enough.
It's only a hundred pennies a month.
If it was half a year ago, when the refugees were so poor that they couldn't even afford a penny, honeycomb coal would be so good, so don't even think about promoting it.
It's different now, the refugees have some money in their hands.
Honeycomb briquettes worth a few pennies a day are acceptable to many families.
Because when winter comes, firewood also needs money to buy.
Firewood is not necessarily cheaper than briquettes, and it cannot be used to heat the house.
Next, Gu Jiu went to the second phase of the project for a tour, and finally went to the textile workshop.
The textile workshop with thousands of people is full of people at first glance.
The textile workshop is divided into three workshops, one for spinning cotton, one for spinning wool, and one for making garments.
The cotton piled up in the warehouse is all this year's new cotton.
It looks really accomplished.
Outside the textile workshop, an artificial canal passes through. The gurgling water is very gratifying.
Beside the artificial canal, craftsmen are trying to erect waterwheels.
Gu Jiu mentioned Deng Cunli, "Fire prevention is the top priority in textile workshops. Other workshops should be far away from here. In addition, we should do everything possible to provide convenience for craftsmen and modify textile machines. If this artificial canal If the flow of water in the river is not enough to drive the waterwheel, then water will be diverted from the Wei River."
Deng Cunli was taken aback, "Diverting water from the Wei River is a big project."
Gu Jiu looked at the towering waterwheel with a look of excitement, "No matter how big the project is, it's not worth mentioning in front of this waterwheel."
Is this a waterwheel
yes!
No!
This is productivity!
As long as the experiment at the textile workshop is successful, the waterwheel will be used in most industries. Textile workshops spin and weave cloth, grain and oil workshops pound rice, coal plants press coal, farmland irrigation, and even steelmaking and ironmaking.
Any place that requires a lot of manpower can be replaced by waterwheels.
This is an advancement in productivity.
It is also the most solid step for Gu Jiu's huge business empire.
What is it like to be a developer.
Liberating productivity is really awesome.
It's a pity that she only knows a concept about these things, and how to realize them depends entirely on the craftsmen themselves.
Fortunately, she has the top craftsmen of this era.
She opened a window for the craftsmen, and the craftsmen gave her a dream.
Is there anything more beautiful in the world than this
Not anymore.
Gu Jiu made a decision, "At the end of the year, we can start to evaluate the craftsmen. From the first-level worker to the twelfth-level worker, and above the twelfth-level worker is a master craftsman. The higher the level, the higher the salary. Encourage more people to learn skills, Inheriting skills."
Deng Cunli asked: "After the craftsman class is established, how should the salary be divided?"
Gu Jiu looked at the big water truck in front of him and said, "A first-level worker must study for at least two years. The salary is at least three to five times that of a coolie.
Every time the level of craftsman is raised, the salary will be doubled accordingly. Master craftsmen are not included in this list, and the treatment of master craftsmen is calculated separately.
As for the assessment standards, you should contact the general supervisor of the Shaofu and ask them to set the standards for you. You can even spend money to ask them to help with assessment and assessment. "
Deng Cunli nodded, "This old slave will hurry up and do it."
Gu Jiu reminded him, "In the future, we will need more and more craftsmen, and the training of craftsmen must start now. Whether this place can grow up and support hundreds of thousands of people depends on whether your craftsman training can keep up.
In addition, the craftsman assessment is not limited to gender, and female workers in textile workshops can also participate in the craftsman assessment. As long as you pass the test, you can increase the treatment. "
Deng Cunli frowned, "Women workers take part in the assessment, which is a big disgrace to the world. Madam, I'm afraid this matter should be postponed for a while, the old slave is worried that it will attract criticism from the world."
Gu Jiu laughed, not caring at all.
She said: "Over the years, all the things my wife has done, which one is not against the world? Isn't it just a female worker to be a craftsman, do you think it's serious
You go ask those refugees, is the world's criticism important, or money is more important? Earn money with your hands, no shame.
As long as you are willing to save face and obtain the craftsman rank, you can increase your income by three to five times. For such a good thing, do you believe that more than 80% of the female workers here will lose face and choose to take the craftsman grade exam? The remaining 20% were all due to lack of skills and were ashamed to participate. "
Deng Cunli still couldn't accept it.
Gu Jiu smiled and said something to him, "You have to be prepared, there are more and more female workers here. Maybe one day, the number of female workers will far exceed that of men."
Deng Cunli didn't believe it.
The male dominates the outside and the female dominates the inside, which has not changed through the ages.
How could there be more female workers than male workers
Gu Jiu smiled mysteriously, without further explanation.
After a busy day, she should go back to the capital.
The road is not easy to walk.
Many roads are still dirt roads, and the carriage shakes badly.
Gu Jiu asked Deng Cunli, "Why didn't you pave the bluestone?"
Deng Cunli hurriedly said: "This old slave is just about to talk to his wife about this matter. There is no stone production near the capital, and the bluestone slabs for paving the surface have to be transported from other places, and the shipping cost is extremely high. Even the cost of the bluestone slabs has also risen with the tide.
If according to Madam's request, all roads are paved with bluestone slabs, it will be a huge expense. So the old slave wanted to ask his wife for instructions to only lay bluestone slabs on the main street in order to save money. "
Gu Jiu asked him: "How much does the bluestone slab cost? How much did it cost to pave the street in the market?"
All the accounts were recorded in Deng Cunli's mind, and he reported two numbers with his mouth.
Gu Jiu heard the words, calculated carefully, and calculated the cost of the road into the house, the house price has to go up gradually.
Sure enough, laying bluestone slabs is not cost-effective, it is simply a money-burning weapon.
But what does a good city look like with dirt roads left.
She pondered for a while and asked: "The capital does not produce stone, so does it produce clay?"
"Produce!"
Gu Jiu laughed immediately.
She thought of modern cities, where sidewalks are paved with bricks, which is quick and convenient.
There are no cars these days, and there are only horse-drawn carts, donkey carts, and ox carts on the road, and the paving of bricks on the ground can fully withstand the rolling of these vehicles.
She said to Deng Cunli: "Bricks must be cheaper than stone. Find a way to build a kiln, or find a brick-burning company to cooperate with. Ask them to help us burn green bricks for paving the road."
Deng Cunli frowned, "Is it appropriate to use bricks to pave the road?"
Gu Jiu laughed, "There is nothing inappropriate. But the bricks used to pave the road are definitely different from the bricks used to build a house. How to burn bricks, you need to ask the craftsmen who fired the bricks, and ask them to help figure out a way to burn out the most suitable paving surface As long as it can be fired, we will cooperate for a long time in the future. It is best to find two more, so as not to be manipulated by others.”
Deng Cunli wrote down this matter, "I hope it can really be burned."
"It must be burnt out."
The craftsmen of this era are actually very powerful.
In the past, they just lacked the opportunity to show their talents.
Now, Gu Jiu helped them open their minds. As long as these old craftsmen are willing to seize the opportunity, they will definitely burst out with creativity and execution beyond imagination.
Haha, she has found a new business point.
Once the paving bricks are fired, there will be a model street, and it will soon be popularized from the capital to the whole world.
At that time, this will be another huge industrial chain.
The carriage swayed and entered the capital through the south gate.
She was not in a hurry to go back to the palace, but went to the pharmacy to have a look.
After several years of precipitation, Xinglintang has gained its own fame and reputation.
Especially the prescriptions that Gu Jiu handed over to Xinglintang in the four town stores were well-known.
Now Xinglintang's bruise plaster is already a must-have plaster for Xiuyiwei, Wucheng Bingmasi, Jinwuwei, and government servants.
If there is any loss due to a fall, you can definitely go to Xinglintang.
The plasters for bruises from other pharmacies in the capital are not enough to use at all.
After three or five rounds, the defeat has already been a complete mess.
Relieving cough and reducing phlegm, relieving rheumatism and relieving pain, and nourishing qi and blood, these three township prescriptions are also well-known and not inferior.
When Gu Jiu came to Xinglin Hall, the Xinglin Hall was full of people.
The waiting room in one corner of the pharmacy was full of ordinary people queuing up, there were as many as twenty or thirty people.
Compared with the sparsely populated people at the beginning, it is simply a world.
The number of pharmacy clerks has also increased from the initial two to six. Tian Ku, the son of Doctor Tian, became the shopkeeper.
In addition to Dr. Tian, another old doctor was invited for the consultation.
The two took turns sitting in the clinic, so it wasn't that hard.
Gu Jiu sat in the carriage and watched for a while, the six men were still too busy.
As the shopkeeper, Tian Ku not only has to settle the accounts, but also helps to grab the medicine.
Seeing that everyone was so busy, Gu Jiu didn't go in to disturb them.
"Go back to the palace!"
The carriage wobbled and returned to the palace.
Gu Jiu got off the carriage at the second door.
The mother-in-law warmly greeted her, "The eldest lady is back. Princess Huyang came to look for the eldest lady. Seeing that the eldest lady was not there, she went to Chunhe Hall to talk to the princess."
"Oh, is Aunt Huyang here? How long have you been here?"
"Reporting to Mrs. Huyang, Princess Huyang has been here for half an hour."
Gu Jiu said: "I'm covered in dust, so I'll go back and wash first. After a while, Nanny Fang will invite Aunt Huyang to the east courtyard for me."
"The servant obeys."
…
Pei's sister-in-law and Huyang have always hated each other. If you can't say a few words, you have to quarrel.
Mrs. Pei annoyed her to death.
When she heard that Gu Jiu was returning home, she hurriedly waved her hand like chasing away flies, "Hurry up, hurry up, I don't welcome you here."
"Sister-in-law is really cruel."
Pei's brows and eyes twitched, "Don't do this with this princess. Didn't you talk to the eldest daughter-in-law, she is back now, you hurry over."
"Sister-in-law doesn't want to see me as always. Huh, it's rare for me to come to sister-in-law's place."
Mrs. Pei couldn't wish for it, "Then don't come next time. My princess doesn't care about your coming."
Hu Yang sneered, "If the eldest nephew and daughter-in-law weren't here today, you think I would be happy to come to you."
"My princess didn't ask you to come, so you leave immediately."
"Leave and leave."
Hu Yang got up, turned around and left.
She brought people to the east courtyard.
Before entering the door, there was a burst of howling, "Eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, my life is suffering!"
As soon as Gu Jiu finished washing and sat down, she heard Hu Yang screaming for her life, and almost threw the brush in her hand.
She has a headache!
Princess Huyang rushed to Gu Jiu's side like a gust of wind, "Eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, you have to help me. My life is miserable!"
"Don't cry, Auntie, drink a cup of tea and talk slowly."
Gu Jiu was very patient, coaxing Hu Yang like a child.
Needless to say, Princess Huyang only takes this set.
So she was particularly pleasing to Gu Jiu's eyes, and she was convinced no matter what Gu Jiu said.
Qing Mei served the tea, and retreated to the side.
Gu Jiu coaxed Hu Yang, "Auntie drinks tea first, let's run and roar."
The temperature of the tea was just right, Hu Yang picked up the teacup and took a sip, then took a handkerchief to wipe away the non-existent tears. One bite, one life.
"Auntie, can you tell me first what happened?"
Hu Yang sobbed and said, "Young monk, he is leaving the capital. Wow... My heart is dying of pain."