Chapter 538

In a flash, it was early November.

Balipu, located in the mountain, has already had two snowfalls.

When the snow stops, the toll station will organize the bandit road bullies to clean the road.

Balipu toll station, which manages the road surface of 25 Li in front and behind, adds up to 50 Li.

They have to make sure that the snow on the concrete road is cleaned up as soon as possible, so as not to delay the travel of merchants.

If the road surface collapses, or cracks appear, it should be reported in time.

When the weather improves next year, engineering teams will come to repair the pavement.

The head of the toll station, Mr. Niu, is not here. He has been to Fucheng for four days for a meeting and study.

In his absence, two deputy station masters are in charge of the toll station.

One is in charge of money and the other is in charge of accounts.

"The snow stopped yesterday. It's time for the stationmaster to come back."

"Maybe. For fear of delay on the way. "

"Back, back."

A toll collector called outside.

The donkey cart at the toll station came to them in a rickety way. On it was the ox who went to Fucheng for a meeting.

Behind him were two carriages.

"Here comes the cashier. Get the books ready."

Both Deputy Station masters were busy.

Two of them, one in charge of the books, the other in charge of the money.

If the money doesn't match up, both of them will have to pay for it.

Boss Niu got off the donkey cart and asked the cashier to come into the toll station for tea.

The cashier said, "check the account first, and then drink tea. It's almost the end of the year. The owner is waiting for us to hand in the account book and estimate the profit situation of next year. We have no choice but to urge you. The books are recorded in accordance with the format. "

"Yes, yes, it's all done according to the training methods." Old cow said in a hurry.

A few of the teller's clerks took the account books and money, and sat in the check room and began to calculate the accounts.

Cattle boss with two deputy stationmaster, waiting outside, in case the accounting room to cross examine the situation.

The old cow was impatient and could not leave. He sat on the bamboo chair, and the room was warm. He soon went to sleep.

He had a dream, in which he went back to the northwest, back to the Sirius army.

At the age of eighteen, he served in the army for twelve years.

In the Sirius army alone, he has worked for nearly five years and made a lot of contributions.

Until the age of 30, an ambush injured the left arm.

The left arm is saved, but it can't use strength. It's half disabled.

Add these years, the body's large and small injuries innumerable, a winter on the disease.

However, the Sirius army fought more in winter than in summer, and they were all vicious and bitter.

There's no choice but to retire.

General Pei handed over 20 liang of silver to him.

It was hard.

General Pei asked him, "what are you going back to do?"

He laughs, "eat and die."

"Asshole!" General Pei was about his age, but he was called a grandson.

After scolding him, general Pei drank water and said, "there's a job here. There's a salary of three or two a month. There are rewards for doing well. The premise is to pass the exam. You go to the training class and prepare for the exam. "

He prepared a lot of objections, but without a word to say, he was escorted to the training class.

Together with the training class, there are hundreds of Sirius brothers who retired from the army.

It was last September. It was cold in Northwest Jinzhou.

They are a group of big and crude people who have never taken a pen, but they want to learn literacy and arithmetic with the master. One exam every month.

There is no reward after passing the exam, but they can directly deduct food rations, money, and play the board.

How hard it is to read! It's more tiring than fighting.

It was a miserable day.

A group of thugs, trying to make Mr.

As a result, general Pei fell from the sky, hundreds of people were engaged in military law, and almost were not killed.

Since then, they have been honest.

It's not easy to read and do arithmetic.

It took nearly a year for Niu Lao university to pass the post examination. He was hired to be the station master of Balipu toll station.

This is his black history, no matter who asked, he would not say.

He would not tell the people below that he had studied for a whole year before he passed the exam.

If he wants to keep a dignified image in front of others, he can't expose his shortcomings.

And he came to Balipu with several robes, naturally will not expose his shortcomings.

If they dare to expose his shortcomings, he will dare to expose everyone's.

There are 13 people in this Balipu toll station. One stationmaster, two deputy stationmaster.

The other ten are toll collectors.

Half veterans, half locally recruited.

Even the two deputy stationmaster are from different places, different training classes.Thinking of the happy things, the old cow laughed in his sleep.

"Boss Niu, boss Niu, wake up..."

Someone pushed him.

"Who? Grandma's who pushes Laozi. "

The old cow opened his eyes and blinked before he could see clearly that it was Mr. cashier.

He chuckled and scratched his head. "I'm sorry, sir. I overslept. These bastards don't know how to wake me up. "

All the rabbits in the old cow's mouth were laughing.

It's rare to see the joke of boss Niu. Of course, you can't miss it.

The accountant said, "the accounts have been checked, and the accounts and money are all right. We'll take the money and the cashier's signature at the bottom

"Oh

Since Mr. Niu has read, he has been very careful about all kinds of documents. During the meeting above, they repeatedly stressed that they should read the contents clearly before signing.

Sure the content is OK, he just picked up the pen, signed and sealed.

Then there are two deputy stationmaster.

After the handover and tea, the tellers took the account books and a box of silver, as well as two baskets of copper coins into the carriage, ready to go to the next toll station.

After seeing off the cashier's room, the toll station was relieved.

"I'm so nervous! I'm afraid there's something wrong with the accounts. "

"As long as we do things according to the rules and record every transaction truthfully, there will be no problem with the accounts."

"The stationmaster said so."

……

A few days later, the capital city 300 miles away.

Xinmin County, located outside the South Gate of the city, is next to the county government office. A magnificent house has been built.

This house is the headquarters of Sihai commercial bank.

It's very busy in the courtyard.

The cement road from Beijing to Luozhou will be completed at the end of September.

In October, 20 toll booths were fully opened, and toll items were launched at the same time.

The accounts of 20 toll stations for ten months are the most intuitive survey of the value of this cement road.

Look at the account book and see the future.

Whether this cement road is in trouble or not, we have to look at the account books in October before we can draw a conclusion.

The reason why there are 20 toll gates is that not all toll stations are set strictly according to the distance of 50 Li.

A toll station must be set up on the main traffic road or near the freight terminal.

These places, between the two toll stations, may be only 30 or 40 miles away.

In the round table room, all the shareholders who can make it are here.

Those who couldn't make it were also sent to attend.

Gu Jiu is sitting on the throne, reading the account book in silence.

The meeting room was noisy.

Cheng en Bo Zhu CI attended the shareholders' meeting in person.

He just wanted to see if his original judgment was right. This road is not the hen that lays golden eggs in his mind.

"Madame Zhao, when will the accounts be published?"

Someone ventured to ask.

Gu Jiu gently tap the table, "I do not know how many expectations you have for the accounts in October?"

"In October, you have to earn 3000 Liang. Twenty toll stations, so many people. If you don't get so much revenue, it's a pretty easy road. "

"What do you mean. There are only a few people at the toll gate. How much does it cost to raise these people? "

"It's not cheap to keep those toll collectors. Twenty toll stations, one month's labor, food, charcoal, and so on. Also need to take out part of the money from the income as road maintenance fees. I have calculated a sum of money. If it is less than 3000 Liang a month, it will be a great loss to build this road. "

Many people nodded in succession.

3000 Liang is the bottom line.

If the profit in October is less than 3000 Liang, we have to reevaluate the value of the road.

The crowd is noisy, Gu Jiu did not refute everyone's words.

Cheng en Bo Zhu CI secretly hummed and murmured to himself: "a group of ignorant fools."

Even if the profit in October is less than 3000 Liang, this road is also the Golden Avenue.

In October, it snowed in many places. The weather is very cold, and there are few business trips on the road, so it's understandable that the toll station has little income.

When the next spring, the weather is warm, the business trip on the cement road will certainly double.

"Madame Zhao, it's useless for us to guess and guess. It's better to publish the results directly."

Gu Jiu nods and signals Deng Cunli to preside over the meeting.

Deng Cunli bowed down and cleared his throat.

"Twenty toll stations, starting from Los Angeles, one by one."

"It's good. It's clear at a glance."

Deng Cunli picked up the account book and began to report.

As he reported the numbers, the shareholders present frowned, shocked, frowned and surprised.The expression is very rich.

The accounts of the twenty toll stations were quickly reported.

"The highest income toll stations are the capital toll stations outside the capital and the Luozhou toll stations on the other side of Luozhou. In October alone, the income of these two toll stations was 37212. "

Boom!

The atmosphere in the conference room was very lively.

Deng Cunli continued: "the lowest income toll station is WULIBA toll station in the mountain area, with a total income of 9822 yuan in October.

There are eight toll stations, the income is between 100 and 200 Liang, including Balipu toll station There are six toll booths with incomes between 200 and 300 Liang.

There are two toll stations with income between 300 and 400 Liang. There is also a toll gate, whose income in October can exceed 500 Liang.

The total income of all toll booths in October, unexpectedly, exceeded 7000 taels, which amounted to 7122727 yuan. "

Boom!

The meeting room was boiling again.

"More than 7000 taels in October?"

"Why are the incomes of the two toll stations in Beijing and Luozhou so high in October? Is this account OK? "

"The capital toll station is only 30 miles away from the South Gate of the capital. All goods going north to Beijing must pass through here. Can the income be low? "

"It's the same in Los Angeles."

"At these two toll stations, the toll collectors are three times more than those in other places, and their income is high and normal."

"In October, the income was 7000 taels. In that year, it would have to be 100000 Liang."

"I'm afraid it's more than 100000 Liang."

"After deducting the costs and road maintenance fees, the rest does not need to be invested in other projects. Can't all of them be used as dividends. After a year, I can also share a lot of money. It won't take a few years to earn the capital back. "

"It takes years. Don't forget, it was October last month. There was snow in many places, and the caravan on the road was less than half. And many people don't know that the concrete road has been through. Next year, I'm afraid it will bring in tens of thousands of taels a month. "

"Ha ha, that's nice."

Shareholders are excited.

I thought it would be good to raise money to build a road, but I didn't expect to get a dividend.

For many people, this is definitely a surprise.

Seeing everyone's discussion almost finished, Gu Jiu winked at Deng Cunli.

Deng Cunli nodded and distributed the copied account books to each shareholder.

The above not only records the accounts of each toll station in detail, but also makes data analysis.

The cement road from Beijing to Luozhou, more than 400 Li, is located in the mountainous area.

Fortunately, it was built along the official road, which could be completed in a year.

These toll stations in mountainous areas have a common feature, that is, they are very far away from the wharf, and they have to walk more than 100 miles in the shortest distance.

This means that, in order to avoid checkpoints, the merchant caravans will not get off the ship in these places and change to land transportation.

This also limits the development of these toll stations.

One or two hundred Liang a month is excellent.

The other toll stations with income of 200 Liang are relatively flat and less mountainous.

In these places, people's livelihood and economy are relatively good. Some toll stations are relatively close to the wharf, and there are often caravans passing through to avoid the water transportation barrier, so the income of toll stations is naturally higher.

Gu Jiu knocks on the table.

The noisy conference room suddenly quieted down.

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