Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 79 Invite a giant Buddha to come out

The sun was shining brightly in the yard of Zhao Guangmei's new home.

"Brother, we are our own family. The eldest brother said that you should divide the shares. You can't favor one over the other. You don't know. Sister You, I am poor and I am about to die of poverty. Besides, he still has so much money. Where are the soldiers?"

As he spoke, Zhao Guanglan put his arm around Zhao Guangmei's neck, and the rolling pin in the other hand flew up and down, playing with beautiful stick flowers.

In other words, once a woman gets married, she becomes a member of the family. After all, she, the eldest sister, will live with Gao Huaide in the future.

"Sister, this... a dozen generals are divided into [-]% of the shares. Haven't you seen the details of the shares? The six generals of the Forbidden Army will be divided into [-]% in total. They are all divided equally. It is impossible to favor one over the other. Gao Huaide He's my brother-in-law, but you said Zhang Lingduo is still my father-in-law. Which of these Forbidden Army generals who retired this time is not a real relative? I can't favor one over the other!"

"Oh brother, of course I know that the shares must be equally divided, but you said that with your brother-in-law who retired together, and there are so many personal soldiers, you can't help arrange the arrangements? We don't want it either. Not much, just the mine supervisors of those saltpeter mines in Guanzhong, who want you to use our own family more, tell me, is this father-in-law closer than my brother-in-law?"

Zhao Guangmei was shocked: "Sister, do you want to listen to what you are saying? Do you mean father-in-law or brother-in-law?"

"Hmph, I remembered. Big brother asked me to test your martial arts. I've been so busy lately that I almost forgot. Come on, let me see if you've made any progress lately."

"Don't worry, sister, I will definitely consider this issue carefully. We are all real family members. Even if I lose myself, I can't lose my brother-in-law, right?"

Only then did Zhao Guanglan leave with satisfaction.

When they were having dinner in the evening, Zhang Ling'er also said intentionally or unintentionally: "By the way, husband, my father said that he is not willing to live in the capital anymore and wants to go to Guanzhong to make saltpeter. I heard that the official family is going to build an ice cellar this year. This should be true, right? You don’t know, my father, I have been an official for so many years and fought in wars for so many years, but really, I haven’t enjoyed any blessings at all. Every time I think about it, I feel like , it’s uncomfortable.”

"........."

"Husband, we are a real family."

"Yes, yes, this... well, don't worry, I can't tell the difference between far and near, can I still turn my elbows outward?"

Zhang Ling'er smiled when he heard this, and then poured Zhao Guangmei a glass of orange juice with a smile.

Then the next morning when he was about to go out, his two nieces blocked him.

"Third uncle, third uncle, I want to go to Guanzhong. Can you please give me the saltpeter mine?"

"Leave it to me, leave it to me, I'm going to Guanzhong too."

Zhao Guangmei had a dark look on her face: "You two, please stop causing trouble! What do you know?"

"Uuuuuuuuah, I want to tell grandma that you bullied me."

"I'm also going to tell my grandmother that you bullied me."

"........."

My two nieces, my eldest brother's two daughters, are now engaged. One is going to marry Shi Shouxin's son, and the other is going to marry Wang Shenqi's son.

So, none of the Forbidden Army generals who retired this time is not a real relative of their old Zhao family!None of them dared to do this. They were all upright and upright, saying that they could do anything and go anywhere without being picky.

Then he was besieged by his sister, wife, and niece.

Nowadays, although the commercial bank is not on the right track, the early business planning has been completed. If their commercial bank does not engage in monopoly in this background, it will be mentally ill. It’s just that salt and iron have already had a system. Even if he intervenes, the situation will be complicated, and it will affect the annual income of the three companies. The resistance will be great, so Zhao Guangmei's first sight was on the saltpeter mine.

Saltpeter is almost exclusively concentrated in the Guanzhong area. It is not available in other places outside Guanzhong. The imperial court did not pay enough attention to this thing in the past. Therefore, it is naturally easier to monopolize this thing. Zhao Guangmei naturally has to pay for it as soon as possible. Send people to buy all these things into your own hands, and no longer allow private mining.

For saltpeter alone, Zhao Guangmei allocated a full 300 million yuan, not only to buy existing saltpeter mines, but also to explore new and other saltpeter mines, and to increase the scale of saltpeter mining.

This thing is the main raw material for making gunpowder, and it is naturally the top priority after the establishment of Zhao Guangmei's trading company. In addition to military use, this thing also has a large civilian market. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was already a saltpeter ice making method on the market. Zhao Kuangyin came to another wave of help and wanted to build an ice cellar in the palace.

He set up a special ice-making place in the palace, and then sold the ice to the people of Kaifeng, so that the people of Kaifeng could use cheap ice in the summer. This was one of his benevolent policies.

So even if we don't consider the issue of gunpowder and just use saltpeter to make ice and sell ice, once the company achieves a monopoly on saltpeter, this thing will be a huge profit. Moreover, the initial investment of 300 million yuan will have a huge impact. Oil and water?
According to the rules of the commercial bank, directors who are divided into shares are not responsible for specific business execution, but they are responsible for business supervision. This is also the dual-track system of the commercial bank, so these real relatives all want to go to Guanzhong to supervise the mine.

Whether Gao Huaide or Zhang Lingduo, these things don't matter to them. No one will care if the money is more or less. But the problem is that when they retreat, each of them brings hundreds or even thousands of people with them. As for the people's personal soldiers, although the trading company promised to arrange them, what can these veterans who have been fighting all their lives do after they leave the army?
After leaving the military camp, none of them knew anything except killing. Even if they entered the trading house, they could only rely on their respective generals.

If Gao Huaide and others can't get real power, but only have dividends and money, how can they take care of these brothers who have followed them for decades?
The saltpeter business is very good. They can throw all these cronies into the mining area to work as small mine supervisors. This thing can be done by one person, and the soldiers can trust it. It is easy and can be domineering. Fortunately, the harvest will be guaranteed despite droughts and floods, and there will still be oil and water on hand.

This job is really good. Although the company has many other businesses, they don't understand other businesses. Mining is the one that gives everyone the most peace of mind.

Zhao Guangmei was in a dilemma, so she went to see Queen Du.

"Mom, they are all real relatives of our family. They all want to go to Guanzhong to dig saltpeter. Who should I let go? It's too difficult for me." "This is a national event. How can I, a woman, do it?" Interfering?"

"If this was really a national matter, wouldn't it be easier to handle? Now it has become a purely family matter."

"In terms of merit and seniority, Murong Yanzhao and Han Lingkun are undoubtedly the most senior. However, one of them is in Shannan and the other is in Yangzhou. Essentially, they can only be considered semi-retired at most. They still hold part of the military power in their hands, and they have just changed from the generals of the Forbidden Army to the generals of the border towns. It is definitely not suitable for them to give this job."

"The remaining ones, my brother-in-law, my father-in-law, as well as Shi Shouxin and Wang Shenqi, their merits and qualifications are among the same, but they are all playing emotional cards with me. Oh, I'm so worried."

Empress Dowager Du said with a half-smile: "If we are just talking about family ties, don't you want Zhang Lingduo to go? After all, he is your father-in-law."

"That's true, but if I let my father-in-law go, I'm afraid that my eldest sister will beat me up. You also know that my eldest sister is a tough guy, but if you say let my brother-in-law go, isn't that destroying our relationship as a couple?"

The old lady laughed loudly when she heard this: "You kid, you have more hair on your body than a monkey. I don't believe that you will really be in a dilemma because of this matter, and even ask me, this old lady, to make the decision for you. What about your sister?" Although people are indeed not very virtuous sometimes, she is just joking with you about such serious matters. How could she really beat you up? How could our Zhao family be so careless? You are clearly using your sister as an excuse. You prevaricated your daughter-in-law and father-in-law, and you deliberately put yourself in the dilemma you are in now, right?"

Hearing this, Zhao Guangmei chuckled and scratched the back of her head: "Mom, you are really a sword that never grows old. I really can't hide my son's little thoughts from you, hehehe."

"You are not satisfied with your father-in-law and your brother-in-law, so who do you want to give this job to? What do you think?"

"What about this... Mom, please tell me, they together only account for [-]%, don't we, the Zhao family, account for [-]%? The second brother and Zhao'er are also shareholders, aren't they directors?"

Queen Mother Du was stunned when she heard this, and then she smiled and tapped his forehead with her finger: "You idiot, after talking for so long, you really want your second brother to go? Are you so anxious to send him away? Your mother I'm not dead yet, and your eldest brother is in very poor health. Are you so anxious? What are you anxious about? Now that you have three jobs, you have no military morale. Both the government and the public call you a wise king. , Although your second brother has a good reputation among civil servants, when will it be the turn of civil servants to make the decision in this world?"

"It's unfair, mother, I didn't mean it like that. Of course, if the second brother is Kaifeng Prefecture and Yuhou in front of the palace doesn't want to be, then I will definitely warmly welcome him to be my deputy."

"Then what do you mean?"

"Mom, Zhao'er has [-]% in his hands, doesn't he?"

"You want Zhao'er to go to Guanzhong? How old is Zhao'er? Are you crazy? What can he do? And it's impossible for your elder brother to agree."

Zhao Guangmei said: "Mom, listen to me, I really have good intentions, and I really do it out of a public heart. What I want is... to let you take Zhao'er to Guanzhong."

"Ah? Me? Taking Zhao'er with you?"

The old lady was confused for a moment and even wondered if she had heard wrongly.

"Look, mother, in the future this throne will either be mine or Zhaoer's, right? If it is mine, I will give [-]% of my [-]% shares to Zhaoer, and Zhaoer will He will become the largest shareholder of the trading company, and this trading company will eventually be handed over to Zhao'er, so what do you think, do I have to train him as my heir?"

"If Zhao'er will become emperor in the future, then he will have to come to the trading company to do some things and learn something, because then the trading company will still be mine. To be honest, I am still afraid that he will hate me. He should know better. Will it be easier for me to work under him in the future regarding the business of the trading company?"

"Although Zhao'er is young, he is still in his teens. The matter of saltpeter is the simplest. Just buy ore and mine. Otherwise, my father-in-law and the others wouldn't be so interested in using it to train Zhao'er. It's the most suitable thing for him to practice. With you watching over him, he doesn't have to worry about being cheated."

"It's not like I sent him to Guanzhong and he won't come back. Wouldn't it be nice to come back after a year or two when the place has stabilized and made great contributions? To put it another way, let him get in touch with some trading firms since he was a child. The things he learns now are better than the Tao of Confucius and Mencius. Mother, you should know that what I am doing now is totally different from Confucianism."

"Moreover, Mom, I am serious about saying that saltpeter is not just for making fireworks and firecrackers or making some ice cubes. This thing will be of great use to me in the future, and I won't let anything go wrong." I can’t stand it, I don’t know what my father-in-law and the others are thinking, they just want to use saltpeter to arrange their soldiers to make money and show their dominance, this is not okay.”

"The commercial bank is indeed a place for them to retire. However, I also want to tell them that it is okay for them to retire. Even if they go home and lie down doing nothing, I will give them a lot of the annual dividends. As for their willingness to I have no control over how much of these dividends are distributed to their soldiers.”

"However, if you don't want to lie at home and want to do things, especially if you want to arrange for your own soldiers to do things, then you must follow my rules. In the business, there are no positions that are free of charge, and there are no so-called fat jobs. I don't care about them. The few people who arranged for the mine supervisor to be installed, however, I think this trend must not be allowed, otherwise, it won’t be long before the whole business is filled with related households, and it may not even be possible to find anyone to work.”

"I've been holding these words in my heart for probably many days. However, I don't dare to say anything about Zhao'er publicly. After all, I'm too sensitive. I'm afraid that someone with good intentions will seize the opportunity to make up for a good thing. Bad thing. As for my father-in-law and brother-in-law, they have just handed over military power, and there are some harsh words that are not suitable for me to say. After thinking about it, it is best for you to say these words. "

Empress Dowager Du heard this and said, "But I am a female generation after all. I am the Empress Dowager in the palace. Isn't it inappropriate to take care of these business matters outside the palace?"

"Mom, when I first took charge of important matters, my eldest brother kicked out so many veteran generals and came to me. Not only the Forbidden Army and these are relatives, but also the retired Jiedushi envoys are not very economical. Not to mention others, Wang Yanchao , are dad’s sworn brothers, right? I’m not very familiar with them, to be honest, I’m a little afraid that I won’t be able to suppress them.”

"So, mother, I must be the shopkeeper of this business, but the big boss behind the shopkeeper is the position of chairman established by me... I would like to ask you, mother, to be the boss."

"Chairman? Me, an old lady?"

"Besides you, there is really no more suitable person. Within our Zhao family, we are all real relatives. My words are in a dilemma. You are the one who keeps your word. Within our Zhao family, your seniority is on display. I can push all the things that offend people to you, so it will be useless for them to go to Big Brother. Tell me, are you the most suitable?"

"Oh... you mean, I'll be the bad guy, and you'll be the good guy?"

"Mom, just think of it as helping me. Isn't this all for our Song Dynasty? Besides, you are Zhao'er's grandmother and the head of our Zhao family. It's okay for you to take Zhao'er and train Zhao'er. People will gossip and say something unpleasant. If you come forward, Zhao'er and I can get along. If you don't come forward, I'm afraid there will be some random people around Zhao'er who will say things that he shouldn't say. I have good intentions towards him. , maybe you will still be blamed."

"You brat, you actually set your sights on me, an old lady. But to be honest, it's boring to stay in the palace all day now, Chairman? If you don't dislike me as an old lady, My wife is in the way, so let me do this."

(End of this chapter)