第二三二章 公开拒毒
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“林则徐以刚严著称。他来广州,局势必然更严。”易知足说了半句,就打住了。
什么意思?鸦片价格还会持续上涨!严启昌心里一跳。试探着道:“贤侄的意思,是囤积鸦片?”
看了他一眼。易知足才道:“我若说,鸦片能涨到二千五至三千一箱,世伯可信?”
“三千!”严启昌失声道,若是从伶仃洋上进货,那可是六倍利润都不止!他一阵心跳耳热,这实在是太吸引人了,他很清楚,易知足不会害他。而且对于易知足的话,他现在已是盲目的相信,不仅是他,如今十三行一众行商对易知足都佩服的五体投地,对于他的话,没人敢轻易质疑。
急速思忖了半晌,严启昌才道:“可现在官府查的很严,大批囤积根本不可能。”
“世伯总算还没到利令智昏的地步。”易知足笑着道:“哪里不能囤积,非要在广州?”
微微一顿,他敛了笑容沉声道:林则徐前来广州禁烟非同小可。世伯必须收手!否则谁也救不了严家!”
“贤侄放心。”严启昌连连点头道:“保证收手!”
易知足却是不放心的道:“世宽现在可是元奇分号掌柜,世伯可别打他的主意。”
“贤侄一万个放心。”严启昌笑道:“千方百计将他摘出去,哪能让他再沾上这生意?”
林则徐启程南下的消息没过几天就在广州慢慢的传开了。同时传开的还有林则徐禁烟的主张——严惩吸食鸦片者,过期不戒,处以死刑。不少吸食鸦片成瘾的士绅商贾都惶惶不可终日,谁都清楚,烟瘾岂是那么容易戒除的?富有豪阔的瘾君子自然是八仙过海各显神通,或是采买足够的鸦片储存,或是在家中宅院修建密室,还有的干脆寻找借口离开广州,惹不起还躲不起?
与之相对应的——家境一般。或是因为吸食鸦片已将家底败光的瘾君子的家属亲友们则是欢欣鼓舞,热切的期盼着林则徐抵达广州后能够强行让他们的家人戒除烟瘾。
当然。对于这个消息最为敏感的还是大大小小的鸦片贩子,在邓廷桢的严厉的打击之下。原本半明半暗的鸦片销售已经完全的转为地下,一个个犹如生活在黑暗中的老鼠一样,日子本就十分难熬,如今又来了一个更狠的,以后这日子岂非更加难过?
元奇总号,大议事厅,整整齐齐的坐满了人,都是广州及附近大小分号的大掌柜二掌柜们,一众掌柜们难得有机会聚集在一起,纷纷低声议论着,不知道召集他们前来会议要商议什么事情,规模如此大,显然不是小事。
易知足在孔建安、解修元、梁介敏、唐敬元等一众掌柜们的鏃拥下缓步走上前台,扫了众人一眼,待的大厅里安静下来,他才扬声道:“今日召集诸位前来,只说一件事。”
略微一顿,他才缓声道:“诸位应该都听说了,朝廷派湖广总督林则徐林大人为钦差前来广州主持禁烟大局,林钦差是严禁派代表,主张严惩吸食鸦片者,一年为期,过期不戒,处以死刑。
在座诸位也都是小有身家,算得上殷实富足,有没有吸食鸦片的?早在去年十月,皇上急召林大人进京之后,我就开始逐家分号进行摸底,经统计,有两成左右的掌柜吸食鸦片成瘾。”
听的这话,在座的吸食鸦片上瘾的一众掌柜脸色都是一变,谁也没想到去年开始,易知足就开始调查摸底,一个个登时都眼巴巴的望向他,不知道他是何章程?
“怎么办?”易知足提高声音道:“本着元奇的声誉着想,也为你们自身的安危着想,我希望你们主动请辞!回家戒烟!什么时候将烟瘾戒除了,元奇依然欢迎你们回来,原有的职位待遇保持不变。
另外,从今日起,元奇银行加一条铁律,所有广东元奇银行职员,不论职位高低,但凡吸食鸦片者,一律除名,用不叙用,检举揭发者,赏以身股一厘!”
大厅里登时响起一片嗡嗡的议论声,元奇的身股是上不封顶的,不论是掌柜还是伙计,没有嫌弃身股多的,一众伙计更是对身股渴盼到了极点,不论总号分号,要想吸食鸦片不为人所察觉,这根本就是不可能的事情。
这条规矩和悬赏一定,可以说元奇绝对容不下一个吸食鸦片的,也就是说,元奇现有的瘾君子主动辞柜还有返回的元奇的机会,若是心存侥幸,那就是永远没有再进元奇的机会,而且对于瘾君子们来说,元奇已经足够宽容和大度,一旦戒除烟瘾,原有的职位待遇都保持不变,这让他们无话可说。
也有瘾君子留意到了,易知足强调的是广东,很显然,外省的职员不在这个之列,不由的暗自后悔,早知如此,当初就应该去外省。
易知足其实早就有心推行这条规矩,只是考虑到吸食鸦片的掌柜着实不少,怕引起人心不稳,是以才特意拖延,等到林则徐前来禁烟之时,借着势头顺水推舟,让所有人都无话可说。
待的议论的声音渐渐平息,他才压了压,道:“孔掌柜、梁掌柜,将这条规矩加进元奇考核制度条例,并将这条规矩制成木牌悬挂在各个总号分号大堂,让所有客户一起监督,另外,再加一条标语,‘拒绝鸦片,珍爱生命,从我做起。’一并悬挂。”
不只是元奇银行,接下来,西关报馆、印刷厂、天宝表厂、长乐机器厂,元奇义学、元奇安置村,易知足一个接一个的跑,召集开会,宣布这条规矩,他给元奇名下的所有职员开给高薪,可不是让他们吸食鸦片的,乘着这次难得的机会,他要来一次彻底的大清洗,将所有瘾君子扫出元奇。
元奇银行这条规矩和标语很快就悬挂在了总号和各个大小分号的大堂醒目的地方,立时在广州引起了极大的轰动和热议,元奇如今可不只是银行,名下还有缫丝厂、报馆、印刷厂、机器厂,义学。
元奇不仅职员多,而且都是高薪——缫丝女工,长乐工匠、义学先生、报馆编辑、印刷学徒等等都是高薪,这在广州已是家喻户晓,即便是中等人家也都以能进元奇为荣,寻常人家就更不用说了,削尖了脑袋也想进元奇。
元奇公开拒绝吸食鸦片者,所造成的影响可不小,不仅是极大的触动了中下两个阶层的士绅商贾百姓,对各个行业的公所会馆也造成极大的震动,可以说是极大的配合了朝廷禁烟的行动。
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