The daily life of the bandits in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 151 A Small Meeting
These people were very happy to be able to join Mingyue Village. Thinking back on their hard work over the past few months, some hypocrites even wiped the corners of their eyes with their sleeves.

He had to deal with official business during the day, listened to Qin Gui's class in the evening, and lit the lamp to recite what he had learned in the middle of the night.

This knowledge is mainly economics, talking about currency, talking about market economy and so on.

Now it's finally rewarding, how can they not be excited.

Chu Yang was very satisfied looking at the expressions of these people, which showed that Mingyue Village was very attractive.

"Everyone, let's have a formal meeting now."

"You have also seen that I brought back a lot of wool and sheepskin. Winter is coming soon, and the people's warmth is a big problem."

"Qin Gui, you are the general affairs manager of Jingzhou, please express your opinion on the handling of this batch of goods?"

Chu Yang crossed his fingers and looked at Qin Gui.

Hearing Chu Yang's question, he immediately sat up straight.

"Master, Liu Fu's textile and garment factories have been built and are being equipped with relevant facilities."

"But even if they are all put into use, with the current production capacity, it is impossible to process your batch of goods before the cold winter."

After Qin Gui finished speaking, he stopped talking and waited for Chu Yang's instructions.

What he means is very simple. Now the production capacity can't keep up, and it can't be distributed to the people at all.

In other words, he didn't know what to do with the shipment.

Chu Yang supported his chin with one hand and his elbow with the other, frowning in thought.

For him, it is easy to increase productivity. For example, the main equipment of a garment factory is a sewing machine, which can be bought through the system supermarket.

The problem he is thinking about now is the lack of managers. With the development of society, it seems that there is no manager in the manufacturing industry.

This has seriously affected the logistics supply and must be resolved immediately. It seems that a general meeting must be held.

"Jia Mao, immediately send an order for all senior managers to come here for a meeting."

Chu Yang suddenly turned his head to look at Mang Wazi.

"Yes, Captain."

Mangwazi stood up with a 'snap', and replied with a military salute.

A solemn air permeated.

This scene startled the Jingzhou officials, and sat up straight unconsciously.

Chu Yang looked at Mang Wazi's back as he left, and wanted to laugh in his heart.

This brat is quite good at loading coins.

He just thought it was not good to call Mang Wazi in formal occasions, so he called Jia Mao, but he did not expect Mang Wazi to do this to him.

In fact, Mangwazi didn't think much about Ben, but just heard the conditioned response of 'Jia Mao'.

But this is also good, let Jingzhou officials see his military strength, otherwise some people will be half-hearted.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the conference room was still somewhat serious, Chu Yang said:

"Relax, everyone. Jia Mao is a soldier and has blood on his hands. It is inevitable that some habits cannot be changed."

"Everyone should be the same as before, just be casual."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Everyone said yes again and again, some of them were timid, and took a sip of the tea in front of them, it was considered shocking.

The high-level officials that Chu Yang wanted to invite were not in Jingzhou City, like Zhao Quan and Zheng Jide were in Chang'an.

It will take a while for them to come, but they are all escorted by special forces on paragliders, so it's pretty fast.

Waiting for some time to come is free, but Chu Yang will definitely not waste time.

He looked at the crowd and said: "They still have a while, and we can't be idle, let's have a small meeting in Jingzhou."

"Qin Gui, have you encountered any difficulties these days?"

"Village Master, there are difficulties, and there are more difficult ones right now."

"Tell me." Chu Yang took a sip from his teacup.

"Village Master, we are implementing commercial tax now, and the resistance is not small. Many people are unwilling to pay."

"Unwilling to pay? Then establish a credit system, actively pay taxes to award honest merchants, and encourage people to shop at honest merchants."

"Those who don't pay taxes, close their shops and stop doing business. Those who pay taxes late, don't worry too much, as long as they pay the taxes at the end."

In this era, there is no new commercial tax. The main collection is agricultural tax and commodity circulation tariff.

Commodity circulation tariff is to put one place in another place to collect customs clearance tax, which also curbs the development of commercial economy.

Everything has two sides. Excessive emphasis on agriculture over commerce is not a good thing, and excessive commercial development is also not a good thing. This will form a strong capital and it will be easy to control the lifeline of the court.

Economic warfare is very scary, and Chu Yang is well aware of this.

Just like the current five surnames and Qiwang, who have mastered powerful means of production, even the imperial power is a little afraid.

The current situation in Jingzhou is facing this problem. Although commerce is underdeveloped, the means of production are highly concentrated.

This made it difficult for Qin Gui to carry out his work. It wasn't that Qin Gui couldn't deal with these people, but that he had to ask Chu Yang already. If something went wrong, he couldn't help it.

"Villager, what you said about not letting merchants sell things will not work. They are relatively rich people. If you don't let them sell, the people will not be able to buy anything if they want to sell."

Qin Gui said helplessly.

Chu Yang heard Qin Gui talk about rich people, and it reminded him of something that he had no time to do.

He looked at Qin Gui and said, "By the way, if you don't tell me, I almost forgot. When I got married in July, didn't I invite some people who didn't come? The list is still there."

Qin Gui didn't know why Chu Yang mentioned this matter, he was obviously talking about business taxes, but he still said respectfully:

"Yes, Director Zhao handed it over to me on purpose."

Chu Yang looked at him, pointed out his index finger, "Well, you go back tonight, compare this list with those who are unwilling to pay taxes, and report it to me tomorrow."

He didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Chuyang's gourd, so he nodded blankly: "Good village master."

Chu Yang looked at the Jingzhou officials again, "Do you have any difficulties?"

"No, our difficulties are what Manager Qin said."

Everyone shook their heads. They were not used to getting along with this big leader. They looked at Chu Yang and felt their hearts would stop at any time.

The main reason was that Chu Yang was so unusual that they were afraid from the bottom of their hearts.

Chu Yang knew what these people were thinking. In his previous life, he was also such a bastard manager. Anyway, he was just messing around. He didn't ask questions in meetings and just dealt with the boss.

This kind of management attitude cannot be said to be bad, just manage your own affairs well and obey the arrangements of your superiors.

As long as there are no problems, you can play as you like. If there is no problem, get out of class and give up your seat.

Seeing that no one asked any questions, Chu Yang started to ask the next question.

"Now let's talk about the currency we issued. How is it going? It's been more than a month."

When he asked about this, everyone hesitated, obviously the effect was not good.

But there has to be someone who has to say something about it.

In the end, it was Qin Gui who resisted everything.

His old face was a little red, he glanced at Chu Yang, then looked down at the table, and said anxiously:
"This, this, village master, the people don't believe in our currency."

After finishing speaking, he looked up at Chu Yang again, and saw that Chu Yang's face was blue, and there was some anger in his eyes.

It made him, who is in his tens of years, feel terrible. Speaking of which, he hadn't seen Chu Yang like this for a long time, and he remembered that the last time was a year and a half ago.

At that time, the cottage had been remodeled, and the food and clothing were acceptable. The corridor used by Mingyue Lake was made of bamboo. Chu Yang often ran, and found that the railing was loose. He told Zhao Quan to change it, but Zhao Quan forgot about it. Well, someone fell into the water the next day. Although he didn't drown, it made Chu Yang very angry.

He held Zhao Quan in his mouth for half an hour, in front of several of their little housekeepers.

Now Qin Gui is still fresh in his memory.

Just when he thought Chu Yang would pick him up, he only heard Chu Yang say lightly:
"If the people don't believe it, let them believe it."

"You are the top official of the government affairs government. You have to think about how to unite the people, get along with them, and make them trust our government affairs government."

"You, and everyone sitting here, are not a single individual, you represent the image of the government."

"How to create a good image of our government, everyone sitting here should be more thoughtful."

"Yes, yes, what the village master said is true." Everyone nodded repeatedly.

Seeing that Chu Yang was not as angry as he imagined, Qin Gui hurriedly stated:
"Master, I will definitely come up with the best plan to shape the image of our government."

It would be easy to solve it if Chu Yang came forward, but he is a mythical figure. If it is revealed that he is the actual manager of Jingzhou, it is equivalent to admitting that he is inferior to Li Er. Isn't this just support in disguise? Did it damage Li Er's reputation?

With Li Er's level of shamelessness, he will definitely publicize it. When the time comes, an edict will be made to make Chu Yang the king of Jingzhou. If he announces it to the world, it will be a hammer.

This made Chu Yang lose face, and how could he be the emperor at that time.

Therefore, Chu Yang's purpose was to make Mingyue Village deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and through Mingyue Village to dispatch personnel to manage them, these personnel were one level lower than Li Er, and also the first level than Chu Yang, so he and Li Er were on the same level.

At that time, when he becomes emperor, he will be orthodox only if he has the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.

If the people have no trust in the government, how can he rule the world.

At this time Qin Gui was still standing, and Chu Yang pointed to the seat facing him.

"You sit down first."

"Tell me, why don't the people trust our government?"

"Thank you, Zhaizhu."

Qin Gui helped the chair and sat down quickly, but he seemed a little bit on pins and needles.

Hastily continued: "It's not that the people don't trust us, but the group of people who don't pay business taxes."

"Our government has discovered some currency, but these merchants do not support it, and even spread rumors, saying that it is used by the Jingzhou government to defraud money."

At this moment, Chu Yang clasped his hands in his arms, "So the reason why this currency cannot be promoted is still because of this group of merchants."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, the village master." Qin Gui nodded.

"All right, I'll deal with these merchants." Chu Yang was not embarrassing Qin Gui.

This matter really needs to be resolved by Chu Yang. These merchants have money, food, and power. Qin Gui would not dare to do it without Chu Yang's permission.

It will be even worse if a tyranny spreads at that time.

"Villager, what do we want?" Qin Gui asked, enduring the risk of being scolded.

"Of course, you will issue an announcement tomorrow, saying that merchants who have paid taxes will enjoy government protection."

"Then what about the ones that haven't been handed in?" Qin Gui asked out of nowhere, and only after he asked this sentence did he realize that something happened.

This is the wrong question.

Chu Yang glared at him, and asked back, "Are you going to protect those who haven't paid the tax?"

"No, no, no protection." From Chu Yang's eyes, Qin Gui read that he stopped scolding Chu Yang, scolding him like a pig.

This small meeting lasted for nearly half an hour.

After Qin Gui finished speaking, there was a soft knock on the door of the conference room.

"Come in." Chu Yang looked at the doorway.

When the door was opened and Mangwazi walked in, Chu Yang thought that Zhao Quan and others had arrived.

"Why have you been there for so long?" Chu Yang looked at Mang Wazi and asked.

"Captain, I think it's time for lunch, so I went to order the kitchen to cook."

After hearing Mangwa's words, Chu Yang took out his pocket watch and looked at it, exclaiming:
"Yo, it's four quarters in the afternoon!"

"Let the kitchen deliver the meals to the conference room."

"Yes, Captain."

"By the way, are the meals ready for the ladies?"

"Captain, I have already arranged."

"Very well, go get the food."

After Mang Wazi left again, Chu Yang dismissed the meeting and asked everyone to go to the bathroom.

Chu Yang also urinated, and a group of people walked towards the toilet.

The administrative area has three floors in total, each floor has toilets, the first floor is the grassroots government office, the second floor is the conference building, there are several conference rooms of different sizes, and the third floor is the office of the senior management.

At this time, in the toilet next to the conference room on the second floor, a group of people stood in a row, all peeing in unison.

At present, urinals are used in toilets, not the beautiful urinals of later generations.

At this moment, Chu Yang was peeing, and on his left and right were two officials from Jingzhou.

The two officials were under a lot of pressure, and there was a boss next to them, so they were really uncomfortable peeing.

He could only urinate intermittently, without squinting, pretending to be serious.

Seeing the officials on both sides, Chu Yang stopped urinating for a while.

He said, "Are you two in poor health?"

"No, no, thank you for your concern, the village master. We are just used to make up for this hut."

"Yes, yes, this hut is so good, it doesn't smell at all, and there is a scent, we can't pee."

Chu Yang nodded, "Okay, you pee, I'll go out first."

After he finished speaking, he walked to the sink of the toilet and scooped up a ladle of water to wash his hands.

When he walked out of the toilet, the two officials let out a long sigh of relief.

The water also splashed out.

Both of them patted their chests with one free hand at the same time.

"Master Zhang, I was really scared to death just now."

"Me too...Master Li, you don't know, I'm almost suffocating, intermittently, it's really tormenting."

This is Chu Yang's aura. Standing beside him, an ordinary official can't even pee.

"Who says it's not, but the strength of the village master's urine is really scary, and it all splashed on my hands."

"I also have it in my hand. Judging from this strength, this village master is indeed a bit unusual."

The two of them chattered and urinated for 2 minutes before finishing urinating.

At this time, meals have been set up in the meeting room, with three dishes and one soup for each person.

Use small bowls to avoid waste.

It was the first time for these Jingzhou officials to smell such delicious food.

Dishes and flavors are superb.

It's really hard to swallow.

(End of this chapter)