Fight the Giants

  Chapter 270 Guild Invitation

   "What, Jiangnan Trading Company, you want to see me?" Huo Xi was a little confused.

  Yang Fu nodded: "Yes. Shopkeeper Shen said that three days later, Jiangnan Commercial Bank summoned the manager of the head and face of the firm's owner. Shopkeeper Shen said that it's best to go with you this time."

   "I've been going too?"

"Yes. Shopkeeper Shen has inquired. This time the firm seems to have some important matters to discuss. He is afraid that he will not be able to make a decision. Anyway, the owner of Guangfeng Shui is mysterious. This time, the owner still did not show up. Let the shopkeeper Shen go, you Just pretend to be a servant and follow in. When there is something that needs to be decided, you give him a reminder."

  Huo Xi frowned.

  They, Guangfengshui, don't have any reputation in the eyes of the firm, so they are specially invited this time?

  Rich merchants and great merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, with many business names, and those with an annual income of one million taels, are only called Zhongjia.

   Those with an annual income of two to three hundred thousand taels are only worthy of being called Xiao Jia. Guangfengshui, which has only two shops in the capital, is not considered by others.

   Usually it’s just paying the membership fee, but shopkeeper Shen can enter the guild hall once to discuss major issues. How can there be a seat in Guangfengshui? Shopkeeper Shen didn't even step through the threshold of the guild hall.

  Guangfengshui was invited this time? Tsk tsk, strange hey.

This guild, firstly because of the Tang and Song Dynasties, vendors selling the same commodities were all concentrated in one place to do business, so there were cloth shops, jewelry shops, silk brocade shops, etc., just like Huo Xina's food street, Electronic Street.

  In order to facilitate management and tax collection, there are various spontaneously organized guilds.

   Luoyang in the Song Dynasty is said to have 120 lines. This guild was originally a non-governmental organization, but later because the government collected taxes through the guild, it had a bit of an official background.

  This guild is different from the merchant gang.

  The guild is limited to one place, and it is a non-governmental organization spontaneously organized by local businesses.

  In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and merchants did business everywhere without forming a large scale. It was not until the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when the buds of capitalism began to emerge, that many famous merchant groups emerged, such as Shanxi merchants, Huizhou merchants, Fujian merchants, Chaozhou merchants, Zhejiang merchants, Lu merchants and so on.

  Because these merchants carried out trading activities everywhere, from their hometown to other people's territory to buy and sell, they were afraid of being oppressed by local snakes, so they united with the merchants in their hometown, spontaneously organized a chamber of commerce, built a guild hall in a certain place, and gradually became a business gang.

  For example, the Chamber of Commerce in this province of Huo Xina, the Chamber of Commerce in that province. In some countries there are still this guild hall and that guild hall. It is of positive significance for overseas guild halls to unite Chinese businessmen.

  Going to the Chamber of Commerce to seek refuge in the guild hall to seek resource sharing is naturally the original intention of the establishment.

  In today's Wei Dynasty, these large merchant gangs have not yet reached a large scale, but there are commercial firms in various places, and there are different guilds in the commercial firms according to different operations, such as jewelry stores, silk stores, and timber stores.

  Huo Xi is the type who picks up the loopholes and makes a fortune silently. She originally didn't want to join any business firm.

  This firm was originally established with the low status of merchants. In order to avoid suppression, it unites merchants in the industry to get together to help each other, cope with difficulties, and coordinate conflicts.

  But in the end, there are fewer and fewer people who uphold the original intention of the establishment.

  It is human beings who have selfishness. It is quite normal for people with high status to look down on those with low status.

   Those with big businesses naturally look down on those with small businesses. Isn't it normal for big firms to look down on small firms and bully them?

Slowly, the guild formed a monopoly, eating up 70% to 80% of the business. The rules and regulations were formulated by the guild. Even the opening of a shop had to be reported to the guild. Only with the permission of the guild could one enter a certain line for business activities .

   Not to mention paying membership fees every year, it still depends on the face of the guild.

  Small firms survive in the cracks, trembling.

  The guild was originally meant to solve difficulties and coordinate difficulties, but it gradually became a service for several big companies in the head.

  Huo Xi doesn't like to join this kind of guild. Her free soul is used to freedom.

  I will report to you what kind of goods I buy, how much I buy, and what price I sell. I catch my fish, plant my land, and collect my rent. Isn’t it good?

  But shopkeeper Shen insisted on going in, and talked to her a lot. Their shop is small, and they have to pay a membership fee of one hundred taels every year.

   It's just that the guild is discussing some important matter, and Guangfengshui has never had a seat. Huo Xi never went.

   She just goes about her business in a muffled voice. Over the years, I have insisted on looking for thigh hugs, and I have also given a lot of gifts during the New Year's Day. She was so distressed that she twitched.

  She doesn't like to stand out. Over the years, she has kept the mystery of Guangfeng Shuidong's family, and never shows up.

   You must know that Guangfengshui's owner is her, so big, it is estimated that many people will suppress it. Fortunately, keep a mystery, and everyone has some scruples about suppressing it.

  The store she opened has never had a big face, and maintains the style of a small mouth and a big belly. The store has a small face and a large warehouse. Unobtrusive, develop quietly. If you don't stand out or stand out, you will pick up the leaks.

   These years have been stable.

   Never had any dealings with guilds. I didn't see the guild doing anything about these small businesses for the protection fee they paid.

  No one paid attention to whether Guangfengshui went to the meeting organized by the guild.

   What's the matter, the guild's special name is going to Guangfengshui?

  Huo Xi couldn't help thinking about it. After all, I didn't come up with any results, so I had to press the matter. Anyway, there are still three days left, let's get busy with her sugar practice business first.

  The wooden yellow mud shed is ventilated on all sides, and the technical difficulty is ridiculously low.

   Zhuangzi’s ten or so young and strong men were all used, and Zhuangzi’s tenants called twenty or thirty people to cut trees, mix mud, build, and build stoves. It took only one day to do all the work.

  Even the drying racks that Huo Xi wanted were finished, and a hundred wooden molds were also made.

   Ji Laozhuang came to report to her: "Noble man, let this stove hang out tonight, and the big pot can be set up in the afternoon tomorrow."

   "Thank you Zhuangtou for your trouble. According to the previous salary, each person will be rewarded with 20 Wen." Huo Xi was very satisfied with Ji Laozhuang's handling ability.

   Ji Laozhuang was a little surprised: "I thank you for everyone."

   "You guys did a good job and didn't procrastinate at all. I'm very satisfied."

  Ji Laozhuang smiled: "The nobleman, no matter what you need, please order. Everyone in the village is the master's person, and they are all loyal. If you need it, please order."

  Huo Xi nodded, and seeing that she had no other orders, Ji Laozhuang also left.

  Thinking about ten big pots, I have to boil, shower, move to dry, cut sugar, and put altars, I am afraid that I will be too busy. Huo Xi thought about whether to ask Ji Laozhuang's family for help.

   When I told my parents and uncle, everyone disagreed.

   "We don't need to boil sugarcane juice now, we just dissolve the sugar. We don't need help from others. The four of us can do this. No one else is needed."

  Yang Fu also disagreed: "This matter is of great importance, whether we can use others or not."

   "But I'm afraid I'm too busy."

   "I'm too busy to talk about it."

  Huo Xi had no choice but to nod in response.

  That night, after dinner, the family changed the pot again, put the sugar that was not white in color yesterday into the pot to melt, and then repeated the shower.

  I was busy until the moon was in the sky.

  (end of this chapter)