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Tian Wan was in a good mood and readily agreed to help get a group of officials from the capital to participate in the Tiandi Hang Merchants Association that Tang Tong mentioned. The Tiandi Hang Merchants Association was a concept that Tang Tong had come up with before he came. To put it bluntly, it was a pyramid scheme organization in later generations. This kind of organization had a crazy vitality and made many people crazy about it in the 1990s.
Tang Tong's idea was to let Tian Wan be the vice president of the Tiandihang Chamber of Commerce. The organizational structure would be irregular. The selling price would be ten cents a box of matches. Anyone who bought two hundred boxes of matches would automatically become a member of the Tiandihang Chamber of Commerce. Anyone who recruited ten people to become members would become a team leader. The team leader could take 10% of the money earned by his subordinates. When he developed ten team leaders, he would become a big team leader. He could also take 10% of the money earned by his subordinates. And so on. The next level up was the supervisor. Above the supervisor was the manager. Above the manager was the department head. Above the department head was the director. The commission for these levels was also 10%.
Tang Tong painted a huge pie for Tian Wan, saying that as long as a person developed ten subordinates, the subordinates would automatically develop their own subordinates in the future, and this person would just sit at home and have countless silver rolling in. For example, if he became a director, he would have 200,000 taels of silver. Tian Wan's eyes almost turned into silver, and he promised Tang Tong that he would recruit a group of officials for him in the capital.
Tang Tong's idea was really evil. If a few people really became the so-called directors, the hundreds of taels of silver and matches would keep the people of the Ming Dynasty busy for a while. But then again, all the high-ranking officials in the capital would have a few smaller officials under them, and these smaller officials would naturally have even smaller officials under them. Finally, when it came to the staff under those smaller officials, they would definitely have a few relatives and friends. To be honest, Tang Tong's plan might not be impossible to realize. The person who invented this method in later generations was really a genius who was evil to the extreme.
After the two men finished talking about this, they drank again. After drinking too much, Tian Wan patted his chest and told Tang Tong that he would get Tang Tong the position of a general. Becoming a general among military officers means being a big shot in a region. However, becoming a general is not something that Tian Wan can do just by patting his chest. It requires a lot of money. Although Tang Tong has made some money now, he is still reluctant to spend it. After all, robbing the Menglong Gang is not something that can be done often. He was lucky this time and did not have too much trouble.
Just when Tang Tong thought he was lucky, Zhu Changxun, the Prince of Fu in Henan, was furious: "What did you say? Little Dragon was killed. This is outrageous. Who dared to kill my men?"
"Your Highness, I heard that it was Captain Tang Jing who did this. The entire Menglong Gang is now controlled by a man called Heipi." The servant of Prince Fu's Mansion said timidly.
"What about the other people stationed in Changzhou? Have they been killed as well?" Prince Fu Zhu Changxun was very fat, so when he was furious, the fat all over his body trembled. Fourteen years later, this fat was made into a pot of meat soup by the rebel Zicheng, which really satisfied the cravings of some people who had not eaten meat for a long time.
"Your Highness, those people are fine. They were the ones who sent the news. However, they have not developed any power in Changzhou so they can't help with this matter. In order to protect themselves, Guard Long's confidants didn't know about the relationship between Guard Long and Your Highness. This time, Guard Long's confidants betrayed them and killed Guard Long's family." The man lay on the ground, not daring to look up, and spoke carefully to Prince Fu.
"Hmph, this little dragon boy really doesn't know how to judge people. He deserves to die. It's just that I placed this ambush in the first place, and now it's all over. That captain of Changzhou is too bold. You can pass the word on and let our officials there arrest that captain, and then skin him alive to avenge the little dragon boy." After Prince Fu failed in his fight for the throne, he arranged for many of his trusted subordinates to lurk in various places. On the one hand, they extorted money and beauties for him, and on the other hand, they secretly accumulated military force for him in preparation for one day to seize the throne again.
"Well... yes, Your Highness, I will go and convey the imperial edict." The man hesitated for a moment, but still responded. The reason for his hesitation was that although Prince Fu was a prince, because of the current struggle for the throne, Emperor Chongzhen was very wary of him. Therefore, Prince Fu had great influence in Henan, but when he arrived in Jiangnan, no officials would buy his business.
The little dragon that Prince Fu mentioned was none other than Lord Long, the leader of the Menglong Gang. He was also his trusted subordinate at the time. Later, he lurked in Changzhou and founded the Menglong Gang here. He plundered a lot of money and beauties for Prince Fu. Tang Tong's move cut off Prince Fu's source of income and also deprived him of a capable subordinate who could provide Prince Fu with beauties. How could Prince Fu not be angry?
Let's not talk about how Prince Fu was going to deal with Tang Tong. After Tang Tong broke up with Tian Wan, he returned to the military camp in Changzhou. He did not immediately go to open the Tiandihang Chamber of Commerce, but decided to reorganize the Menglong Gang first and make it completely under his command.
Tang Tong also knew in his heart that Hei Pi and those people were unreliable guys, but Tang Tong did not expect these people to become his confidants. Without relevant interests, it was wishful thinking to expect others to be loyal to him.
Heipi looked at Tang Tong cautiously, waiting for Tang Tong to speak. Although he, Heipi, was now the general manager of Nanyang Development Company, he had arranged for Tang Chaosan and Liu Yiming to serve as the security minister and finance minister in this company.
This Nanyang Development Company is the reorganized member of the Menglong Gang. To put it bluntly, the members of the Menglong Gang are all gangsters. It is almost impossible for gangsters to become good people. Tang Tong does not want these people to harm the people here, so he found a way out for them. In order to control this force, Tang Tong arranged Tang Chaosan and Liu Yiming to come in.
"It will be hard at the beginning of this business, but don't worry, the most profitable thing in this world is not usury, nor is it relying on you to kidnap a few poor women. The most profitable thing in this world is smuggling. I think you all know about the trafficking of illegal salt. This overseas smuggling is more profitable than trafficking illegal salt. You may not believe it now, but we are not in a hurry. What we need most at the moment is a ship that can sail on the sea. With a ship, we can send about a hundred people to explore the way. You will know it after one time." Tang Tong glanced at the bitter faces of the crowd and began to paint a big picture for these things.
"Sir, you mean that we will do the same business as Hai Ke in the future, right?" Heipi asked carefully.
"No, the way we do business is different from those seafarers. What I want is that if you go to some place with guns to do business with the local people, you must remember to control the local people wherever you go and make them take out those valuable spices, gold, etc. If there are those who are disobedient, you will shoot them. As for those obedient locals, you must treat them well and arrange for them to become local officials and give them generous treatment. Only in this way can our business continue for a long time. Do you understand?" Tang Tong smiled slightly, but he looked ferocious, and this smile also looked very ferocious.
"Little one, I understand. What the master means is that we should be like those Japanese pirates and rob the locals..." Hei Pi nodded and bowed. He still liked to rob and bully people.
Tang Tong raised his hand and patted the dark-skinned man, then said with a mixture of anger and amusement, "You understand nothing. I want you to occupy that place and then collect taxes from the locals like the government, understand? You don't know? You must know about collecting protection fees from the locals, but you won't collect money, but valuable things like local spices and gold... understand? Kill those who refuse to obey, and treat those who obey well. You can arrange for them to become officials and manage the local people for you. You can reward these obedient people with our porcelain, our wine, our tea and other things. You must remember this, don't just think about fighting and killing."
"Yes, sir, we boys will definitely remember it. But sir, where can we get this ship? It will cost a lot of money." After hearing Tang Tong's explanation, Hei Pi was even happier. It turned out that he wanted to let these people become local emperors in the future. This thing can be done.
"I will find a way to deal with the ship's affairs. Let's end today's meeting here. From today on, all team members must receive training. Chao San and Yi Ming will lead you. Train well, otherwise the local people will kill you." After Tang Tong finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to leave. At this time, someone came in.
The man smiled at Tang Yitong, but his smile was a little strange.
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