Chapter 621: gate valve
Chapter 621 Gate valve
In Anhua City, Diezhou in early autumn, Qin Lang was invited to the county government office by the county officials. After a brief meeting, and after casually listening to some reports, Qin Lang rejected their proposal to hold a reception banquet.
Brought by the chief steward of the Qin family in Anhua City, he returned to the other courtyard of the Qin family in the city. This courtyard is quite large and magnificent, especially with a sense of low-key luxury. The steward was very careful, and there was a hidden mystery in the construction. This house, which covers an area of only a few tens of acres, is directly adjacent to the East City. The house has both underground secret rooms and secret passages between walls, not to mention a small watchtower, which is just a small version. Wubao.
Qin Lang asked the pro-army to leave only one team on duty, and gave them a holiday for the rest, letting them go to the streets to exchange rewards, receive the ordered things, and go to the streets to have a good time.
After looking at it in the compound, Qin Lang thought it was good. This manager is a good person. This house is not built in the style of a mansion in Chang'an and Luoyang. On the contrary, it fully integrates the characteristics of the Northwest. The designer is very stylish. The details are very skillful, which is Qin Lang's favorite style.
What Qin Lang especially liked was when they chose the site, they purposely included a glimpse of the hot spring, and then specially built a hot spring pool, lying in it and soaking in the hot spring, it really made people completely relax.
Rejecting the beauty's offer to serve her, Qin Lang lay alone in the pool to soak, and would lie on the edge of the pool after soaking, and fell asleep comfortably.
When he woke up and summoned the steward, he realized that he had been sleeping here for an hour.
The steward has been standing by the side and guarding, not disturbing him.
After re-soaking for a while, I took a hot bath again, and changed into crisp and comfortable clothes, a cotton jacket, no brocade half-arms, and a silk crotchless robe directly on the outside, tied around the waist. A piggy dragon belt, a pair of wooden clogs on the feet, and the hair is loose and loose.
Come to the front hall, the stewards have prepared tea and snacks.
A steamed red bean cake, which melts in the mouth, is most suitable for tea snacks. It is small and simple, but it will not steal the taste of drinking tea.
Take a bite, very familiar taste.
"This is the cook specially sent by Yu Niangzi from Chang'an, she is an old man in Pingkangfang Mansion."
Qin Lang was slightly surprised when he heard this, but since it was sent by Yu Xuanji, it's hard to say whether this person is just a cook, or Baiqisi's secret agent.
But Qin Lang didn't care too much. If he wanted to put an end to the emperor's random suspicion, the best way was to satisfy some of his voyeuristic desires and maintain a proper openness and transparency, so that the emperor could feel at ease.
"This pastry is not bad." Qin Lang ate a piece and praised, "If I remember correctly, this cook should be Aunt Gongsun, right? Her tea is really good, I like it, and I will give you two coins. "
After eating some tea, you can enjoy the tea with peace of mind.
The steward asked Qin Lang what kind of tea he drank.
"The tea house has recently released a new tea, which is a new product in Jiangnan West Road. It is called Gougunao Tea, which is produced in Gougunao Mountain. Soft and tender pekoe, five to seven pieces of tea leaves, the tea is clear and slightly golden, the taste of the tea is cool, mellow, sweet, refreshing, and the sweetness in the mouth lasts for a long time." The steward recommended new teas to Qin Lang, "These are very popular in the south of the Yangtze River now , especially among the gentry, the price has skyrocketed and remains high, and there is no market for the price.”
Qin Lang smiled slightly. After all, tea is just a drink, similar to wine. There must be some good or bad quality. Tea leaves from different origins have different tastes, and even teas made by different tea houses have different tastes, but in the end it is just a tea.
A new tea can be so popular, no doubt there must be hype and marketing by the stewards of the Qin Family Tea House, especially the hunger marketing. After all, the production of new tea must not be large.
Qin Lang found that all his housekeepers now feel that they are better than blue, and they have become masters of marketing. Fortunately, Qin Lang has always emphasized quality, so there is no one who dares to be bold. Marketing, strong marketing skills coupled with steady quality and good customer experience, have made the Qin family's products really have a good reputation today.
"Then have a pot of Gou Gu Nao tea." Qin Lang refused the tea waiter.
Beautiful tea maids perform tea art performances, which is a special service in many tea houses and teahouses, but Qin Lang sometimes feels that it is a bit over-packaged, so he doesn't like it very much.
Drink a cup of tea quietly, it’s good to return to the essence.
"Call the manager here, have a tea party, and report to work while drinking tea."
Qin Lang is not the kind of person who has a particularly strong desire to control. He will let go, but he will not let it go completely. When he is free, he will still grab it and take care of it. What he has to do is to grasp the direction of the overall situation , the execution of the upper body details should be handed over to the people below.
A dozen or so stewards soon came, all of whom were in charge of various aspects of the Qin family in Anhua.
The current Qin family is like a large-scale group company. Qin Lang, the boss, actually doesn't have much energy to take care of specific affairs, so the Qin family has a large and powerful team of managers, managers and shopkeepers, with layers of command, and supervisors. , clear responsibilities.
Although they are all managed by a team of professional managers, because Qin Lang has implemented the body share system, whether it is the steward, the shopkeeper, the boss, or the subordinates, each position has a body share set up according to the position, seniority, etc. That is to say, post-cadre shares can get year-end dividends, and even set up a performance award. If you perform outstandingly and do a good job, then the reward will be generous.
Driven by this interest, although they are not from the Qin family, they will work hard and work hard. The higher the position, the better the performance, and the more bonus rewards you can get. The Qin family has a total of twenty-nine grades from chief steward to buddy, which is actually the imitation of the twenty-nine grades of the imperial court.
The official ranks of the imperial court are below the third rank, and each rank is divided into upper and lower ranks, while the second and third ranks are only divided into subordinates, and the first rank is only subordinate to the first rank. Therefore, the ninth rank is actually the twenty-ninth rank.
Qin Lang also simply copied it. It is also at the 29th level. In addition, there are apprentices and non-staff temporary workers at the 18th level. Below the apprentices, there is no stock.
The Qin family did not simply eat a big pot of rice. They worked in different workshops, companies, and farms. Although the basic salary of the position in the same industry is the same, but according to different regions, the performance and profits made are different. There will also be differences. Various subsidies, rewards, dividends, etc.
To put it bluntly, the competition is very fierce, and it all depends on ability. Within the Qin family group, everyone has to rely on their own ability and divide into teams. If the team does well, everyone will get more points.
Some teams with good benefits, basic salary plus body share bonus plus performance rewards plus subsidies, etc., are definitely higher than the superficial salaries of court officials of the corresponding level.
In the past few years, not only have many experienced old managers been recruited, but many people have even started to change jobs on their own initiative.
In addition to merchants, shopkeepers, workshop craftsmen, etc., there are even now many scholars from poor families, or former government officials, and some scholars who are not satisfied, some people have begun to join the Qin family and become stewards. The status is not high, but the benefits are real.
Although Anhua City in Diezhou is only a small city, it was originally insignificant in the Qin family's entire business layout, but because Qin Lang served as the governor of Diezhou, the Qin family naturally paid special attention to this place and began to allocate resources here. To make good use of the rules and rely on Qin Lang's protection for good development, at the same time, it is also necessary to support Qin Lang's appointment as an official here and provide Qin Lang with political achievements.
The Qin family doesn't need to engage in power-money transactions, and doesn't need to use power to bully others, but as the governor, at least the Qin family can get a fair and just development opportunity. Based on this, the Qin family can actually develop rapidly.
Die-Ming, Wei, Qin-Changan,
Die-Wu, Li-Chengdu,
Die-Wu-Hanzhong,
Die-Wu, Li-Yuzhou, Jingzhou.
The Qin family has opened up four important commercial routes around Diezhou. On the other hand, Diezhou-Tuguhunfucheng, Diezhou-Dangxiang River Estuary, Diezhou-Hexi Liangzhou, these routes are also being developed.
Although Diezhou is located in the Longyou Fortress, after the Tang Dynasty successively defeated Subduing Dangxiang and Tuyuhun, the frontier troubles in Diezhou were eliminated, and the opportunities for the border market increased.
Dangxiang horses, Qinghai horses, and fur and medicinal materials have all become high-quality imported goods, while Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, and even further Bailan, Subi, Tubo, Nipolan, etc., are an important export market with a population of more than one million. Due to war and other reasons, it has not been developed much.
Now, with the improvement of the border situation and the surge in demand, this market is opening up, and whoever can seize the opportunity will undoubtedly make a lot of money.
Although Diezhou is far inferior to Chengdu, Liangzhou, and Lanzhou, it is located in the front and has its own advantages.
The top management of the Qin family set up an idea of relying on Diezhou to build an important border commercial port. With Qin Lang as the governor of Diezhou, the development of the Qin family does not have to worry about being suppressed, restricted, or embarrassing. Build a commercial port, carry out import and export trade, and open some important handicraft workshops directly in Diezhou to reduce the time and cost of transportation and other links.
Engage in foreign trade processing, import and export trade, I have to say, the idea is very bold.
After hearing this, Qin Lang was quite interested in it. There are still many benefits to engaging in foreign trade processing at the border, such as saving transportation costs and even reducing labor costs.
After the goods needed for foreign trade are processed and produced in Diezhou, they can be directly sold in the commercial port of Diezhou, or they can be transported by the Qin family's own caravan to Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, or even the Western Mountains, Bailan, Tubo, Go to places like Xiang Zhung, Ni Bo Luo and Tianzhu.
Long-distance trade is very profitable. Although it is indeed dangerous and hard, the profit is quite amazing.
Of course, in addition to this, the Qin family also develops agricultural planting in Diezhou, mainly in commercial villages, and buys slaves to grow cotton, rapeseed, wheat millet, and the grain and oil produced, or processed into clothes or oil, are all sold directly In exchange for good things such as salt, tea and sugar, they can be given to the frontier soldiers in Longyou, and they can also be supplied to merchants, and they can also obtain far higher profits than grain cultivation in the Central Plains.
However, such a farm needs a large number of slaves, cattle and horses. The steward asked Qin Lang to get more slaves, or to give them more money, so that they could purchase slaves locally or in nearby markets. Nowadays, because of the remoteness of Diezhou, the land price is very low. To buy land for commercial plantation, the government even has a lot of preferential conditions, which is very cost-effective.
(end of this chapter)