Then Cao Yi asked Hong Xiu with a smile: "Since everyone knows that transporting the goods they have to sell them where others don't have them and need them, they will definitely get a good price. Why don't everyone do it? Even if he doesn't have some precision,

The news, but transporting some rare items from the South to the North, or transporting all the rare and rare items from the Western Regions to the East for sale can fetch very high prices, so why doesn’t everyone choose to do it?”

"Because the journey is too far and too dangerous, right?" Hong Xiu replied uncertainly. It seems that there are indeed very few such business people. Even if there are, high risks and high returns coexist, not every time.

All goes well.

"Yes, before the unification of the Yan Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were war-torn, and survival was difficult, not to mention doing business. But now that the Yan Dynasty has unified the world, and people live and work in peace and contentment, why is there still no large-scale merchant movement?

Where are the merchants?" Cao Yi took over the topic from Hongxiu and continued. "Because in the Yan Dynasty, in the barren mountains and rivers, there were still many bandits, robbers and bandits. These people caused a lot of trouble for the merchants.

The big danger is that it would be okay if it is just a robbery of money, but if you just lose the goods, if you encounter an extremely cruel bandit, you will lose your life, and that is the real loss of both people and money. But then again, because

With this kind of danger, not many people are willing to do this business, even if they know that it is highly profitable."

From ancient times, even to the present-day Yan Dynasty, it was impossible for the government to establish relevant public departments to protect private traders. In addition to safeguarding national security and the authority of the emperor, the public services provided by officers and soldiers to domestic society were almost zero.

Once a businessman encounters a robber on the road, he has no hope of being captured by the government officials. Once he is robbed, it will be very difficult to recover the stolen goods. If an enemy takes revenge and burns the goods, there will be no physical evidence, let alone the government.

Maybe ask.

Secondly, ancient officials were often most afraid of taking responsibility, and they would push and offload whenever they could. In this case, private businessmen certainly could not rely on the government, but the cost of organizing a self-protection team was too high, so business could not develop.

stand up.

"But what if our Taibai Chamber of Commerce is responsible for protecting the safety of their business?" Cao Yi said suddenly.

Liu Baiqing was the first to figure it out, and asked with bright eyes: "Sir, are you saying that we set up a special escort team to provide them with protection?"

Cao Yi nodded and said: "Yes, I plan to set up an organization under the Taibai Chamber of Commerce, in addition to Zuixian Tower, to protect merchants while doing business, and at the same time, it can also undertake part of the security guard work. Of course.

At the beginning, this part of the work was still placed in the Zuixian Building in the name of the Taibai Chamber of Commerce. We let the merchants make their own choices. If they hand over the goods to us, we can be responsible for transporting them to the designated location. We can determine the distance of the goods according to the distance.

We will get different remuneration according to the value proportion. Of course, we will sign the escort order after negotiating the conditions. On the escort order, we will indicate the departure place, trade name, name of the goods, quantity, remuneration, etc. After both parties sign, stamp and seal, we will first

Charge half of the fee, and then send someone to escort you to the designated place and designate the person, then charge the remaining half. If you are escorting with a caravan, you will also need to calculate the cost of personal safety protection, which is also based on the number of people, the mileage, and whether there are

The enemy is here to figure it out."

Wang Zhiyuan stroked his long beard and said with emotion: "This is a way to make money, and it also allows our troops who usually stay in the secret camp to train fully."

Cao Yi nodded and continued: "Of course, at first we will only be responsible for the business of our own Taibai Chamber of Commerce. If our reputation grows, we can take over other private property and take care of it, such as students going to Beijing to take exams.

, it usually takes several months to bring property that will be used for at least several years. If you also bring clothes, books, four treasures of the study, etc., then there are even more things. We can provide protection, this kind of personal protection

Safety and property are actually a type of protection."

Cao Yi stopped, took a sip of water, and gave them some time to digest and think. He cleared his throat and continued, "If we break it down by type, it can be roughly divided into two categories. One is transporting money and goods;

That is, walking darts; one type is home guarding and guarding, that is, sitting darts. The former is divided into message darts, which deliver messages along the way, according to the escort items; silver darts, which deliver cash; grain darts, which are used to guard goods; and personal darts, which protect passengers.

There are six categories of personal safety; the latter is divided into guardians according to different purposes of protection: guarding the house, shopkeepers: protecting shop operations from being harassed, and vigil: protecting the safety of shops at night. These can all become the goals of our Taibai Chamber of Commerce in the future.

Business. Of course, if we do really well, the government may let us escort some tax collectors' money and the like. Then we won't be afraid that we will have no business. Even the government recognizes your escort ability, then

Ordinary people will choose one after another!”

When it was said here, Hongxiu listened the most seriously, because in the future it would be under the Taibai Chamber of Commerce, and she would be responsible for the management, so of course she had to understand in advance how to operate and develop. At this time

There was something Hongxiu didn't quite understand, so she asked: "Sir, according to what you said, this requires a lot of people, whether it's walking escorts or sitting escorts, even if we all send the Taibai Five Tigers from the Xinghuo secret camp.

, it seems that the number of people is not enough... and even if there are enough people, it seems that it is not appropriate to put things like discussing business with others and handling business in Zuixian Tower."

"Well, yes, in the early stage, because we lack funds and there may not be business, so we will temporarily put them in Zuixian Tower for the time being. When our Taibai Chamber of Commerce merchant guards are sought after by everyone, we will

A separate venue is needed. As long as there is a Zuixian Tower, there should be one... uh, let's call it Qinglian Escort Bureau!" Cao Yi said after that, after thinking about it for a while, he decided to give it to the Taibai Chamber of Commerce, which is currently under discussion.

The department name has been given.

"After a separate venue is established, the organizational structure of each 'Qinglian Bodyguard Agency' scattered in various cities will be based on the bodyguard's chief bodyguard, the bodyguard chief and bodyguards engaged in bodyguard work, the chief shopkeeper, and the clerks and handymen who manage chores.

To form. Although the Taibai Five Tigers from the Spark Secret Camp can come to the escort agency to experience training, according to my original idea, I don’t want people from the secret camp to join in. At most, they can only experience the training for a short period of time."

Cao Yi looked at Hong Xiu and said: "I want to find long-term personnel from two aspects. One is to look for people from martial arts families. Most of these people are related by blood, have life and death together, the heroic spirit and blood family relationship of lip and teeth, and they often have martial arts skills.

They are strong and have a wide network of contacts in the world, which will help them become escorts in the future. The second type is what I told you before, Bai Qing, those soldiers who were disarmed for various reasons, old soldiers. Because people in the army generally respect morality and observe ethics.

Morality and abiding by military ethics and military regulations, the cohesion of the members of the escort agency is the word "righteousness". They live and die together on the battlefield, and of course they will share weal and woe on the escort journey. It also solves their life problems after retirement in disguise."

Later, Cao Yi turned to Liu Baiqing and gave him instructions.

"In addition, our escort agency is also very particular when selecting clients. However, the Qinglian Escort Agency under the Taibai Chamber of Commerce cannot accept employment from casinos because they have a poor reputation and are full of various illegal activities. In case they are involved in the internal affairs of these industries

Disputes often lead to endless troubles that outweigh the losses. Therefore, we firmly cannot accept such employment." Cao Yi added.
Chapter completed!