The next day, the imperial decree came down. As speculated outside, the imperial court rewarded the ministers involved in the Myanmar campaign. Wu Hanmin granted special promotions, promoted the junior guard of the procuratorate, and promoted the Xiaoguoquan to General Quan. Others were more or less promoted. But what is interesting is that only Zaoguoquan was transferred to Guangdong and Guangxi. Although the rest were promoted, the local area was not moved. After the transfer of Zaoguoquan, Chen Zaixing, who was promoted to the chief of the Burmese lieutenant's office, was actually the highest representative of Dashun's power in Myanmar. The imperial decree was very clear that the affairs of Myanmar should be kept quiet and ensured the stability of this vassal state. Only a few people who had seen the memorials knew that the cabinet initially wanted to transfer Chen Zaixing back to Hanjing. In the eyes of most people at that time, this was an end, but if they stood thirty years later, it was just a beginning.

Lu Mingting, this place that is quite quiet on weekdays becomes a little noisy at this time. Although Lu Mingting has many Beijing officials on weekdays, they usually have light cars and wear blue clothes, and they don’t show any official airs. However, outside Lu Mingting today, there are various carriages with luxurious decorations. The coachmen also have a high chest and abdomen, looking proud and arrogant, which makes guests who come in and out occasionally look at each other.

"Where are all ignorant guys who come from? Don't you know where this Lu Mingting is?" a young Beijing official sneered,

"It must be some Bangmai who just entered Beijing. The Queen Mother recently charged heavy taxes from the powder shop and jewelry shop, and wanted to raise simplicity and stop the luxury. If the Censor saw that a rebuke would be light, he would have to be fined at least three months!"

"Price fine? Do you remember Mr. Chen of the Ministry of Personnel? Two months ago, the censor reported that he was a birthday party for his wife and spent 3,000 taels to buy jewelry as gifts. As a result, he was transferred to the Honglu Temple the next day. Do you think this is a matter of fine for salary fines?"

"Take it?" The young Beijing official widened his eyes. It was no wonder that he was so surprised. The Ministry of Personnel was a first-class and one-rate red official in the six ministries. Even the fifth and sixth rank officials had their nostrils facing the sky. The Honglu Temple was the Ministry of Rites, and its main job was to receive envoys from the vassal states. The problem was that the vassal states, which were so generous these days, could count them by fingering them. They could not come once every few years. They had nothing to do but had no power or oil. It would be meaningless even if they were promoted to be an official in such a cold yamen. Of course, this punishment was much heavier than a three-month fine.

"Swish, if you don't believe it, go and inquire! Anyway, you know that the place in Honglu Temple is deserted on weekdays, and few people come to you in ten days and half a month. You can find an old official to guard the door and tell you everything you have to do!"

"I believe, I don't believe your words, Lord Xu?" The young Beijing official said with a hurried smile. He turned his head and looked at the carriage beside him, and sneered: "I don't know which unlucky guy is this time!"

The living room is crowded with people. If you are familiar with the business community in Jiangnan, you will definitely be very surprised. Almost the richest and most influential merchants in Jiangnan and even the entire southern China are gathered here. These merchants occupy the first few seats in important industries such as Dashun cotton textiles, silk, tea, and pottery making. Especially Liu Zhiping and an old man wearing silk coat beside him, they represent the financial world of Shanghai. With the opening of Shanghai, the largest trading center in China and the West has been transferred from Guangzhou to Shanghai, which is a larger economic hinterland. A large amount of gold and silver brought by a large amount of import and export trade, whether it is currency exchange, short-term lending, remittance, risk financing, insurance and other related industries have also emerged. Countless Chinese merchants are purchasing products, export trade, and building factories.

At this time, more and more huge amounts of money are needed to turn over. In order to win in the increasingly fierce competition, they need the support of the bank. In order to achieve this goal, they not only have to pay high interest to the bank, but also have to give up some control of their own enterprises. While accumulating huge wealth, the banks in Shanghai gradually controlled the large number of merchants in the richest and most economically active area of ​​Dashun, the richest and most economically active area of ​​the Yangtze River. In the mid-1880s, a loose commercial group centered on the bank had gradually formed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River centered on Shanghai. This group had a hazy self-awareness, just like a newly born baby, stretching his hands and feet and making crisp crying from time to time.

"Oh, Mr. Liu! Mr. Chen!" A businessman who had just entered the door saw Liu Zhiping and the old man surnamed Chen in Longxingxing. His eyes lit up. He hurriedly ran over and bowed and said, "It turns out that this time it was a post by the two. The villain was Xu Wanshan from the Taizhou Chamber of Commerce. I didn't expect to meet two people in Hanjing this time, and it was really-"

"Haha, Wanshan! You guessed wrong this time!" Liu Zhiping was a little familiar with Xu Wanshan, and interrupted the other party with a smile: "This post was not posted by us. We are like you. This time we are all guests who received the post! The host hasn't arrived yet?"

"What?" Xu Wanshan was slightly stunned, and then said angrily: "What kind of person is so great that he actually left the two of them here. The emperor of Hanjing is amazing. If we hadn't bought the debts of Shanghai every year, the emperor would not be able to sit steadily!"

"Haha!" Liu Zhiping smiled slightly and looked at Chen Lao from Longxingxing on the side. Both of them saw a hint of ridicule in each other's eyes. It turned out that after several major banks in Shanghai reached an agreement to provide compensation to the Myanmar government, they decided to let the two of them come to Hanjing as representatives to discuss the details with Chen Zaixing. Now they have learned that everything goes well. Chen Zaixing stays in Myanmar and convenes these business representatives. Although these posts do not have their names, they are actually handled by their people. If the master is the two of them, there is nothing wrong with it.

"Mr. Chen is here!"

At this time, a sound suddenly came from outside, and the people chatting inside the room quickly turned around. Xu Wanshan snorted coldly and turned around. He saw a young man in a green robe standing at the door with a radiant look, smiling at everyone, followed by two people, one fat and the other thin, which was Kong Zhang and Liu Qingyang.

"Isn't that Brother Liu Shi?" Xu Wanshan was stunned, but saw that Liu Zhiping and the old man surnamed Chen had already stepped forward and bowed to Chen Zaixing and hurriedly followed. Everyone in the room bowed and greeted him in a mess. For a moment, the room was a little messy.

"Mr. Liu, please get up, Mr. Chen!" Chen Zaixing reached out to Liu. Chen and the other two helped him with a silence and laughed loudly: "Everyone, Chen is not here as an official today, so there is no need to be polite. Everyone just talks with a flat seat!"

Everyone responded in unison. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River where these merchants are located have been a place of economic prosperity and education since ancient times. They have achieved their business to their level. Although they dare not say that there are Jinshis in each human race, it is not surprising that they can become officials of prefectures and counties. Therefore, they do not attach great importance to this young "Mr. Chen". Most of them have seen Liu and Chen so respectfully follow. Several sharp-eyed people recognized Kong Zhang and Liu Qingyang, and then vaguely guessed the identity of Mr. Chen.

Everyone sat down in two corners. Chen Zaixing glanced at everyone and smiled and said, "Everyone is the leader in the business community in Jiangnan. Brother, I invite you to come this time for a business, and I want to ask you to do it together!" At this point, Chen Zaixing smiled slightly: "Of course, this business brother must also share one or two!"

When everyone heard this, they were stunned. Dashun had been founded for more than two hundred years, and the administration was no longer as calm as the founding of the country. It is not that everyone had seen officials asking for money, but generally speaking, they would be somewhat concealed, and they had already had various ready-made unspoken rules. It is rare to think that the adult in front of him openly seeking money like this.

Seeing this, Liu Qingyang, who was sitting next to Chen Zaixing, knew what everyone was thinking at this time, and stood up and bowed: "You don't know. This is Lord Chen Zaixing, who quelled the Myanmar rebellion not long ago. Have you ever heard of Shunhua Company?" Liu Qingyang glanced over the people with a confused expression on his face and explained: "Last year, the imperial court used the trade franchise in Myanmar as collateral to issue bonds. Shunhua Company enjoyed the right to trade with Myanmar, and this Lord Chen is one of the directors of Shunhua Company!"

These businessmen are all cunning. After hearing Liu Qingyang mention a few words, they immediately understood what they had not yet expressed. Obviously, the one who paid for these debts must be Houde Bank, and this Lord Chen was brought out by them. The business they invited to discuss today must be related to Myanmar. When everyone thought of this, they all felt hot. They all knew that such a country that had just finished the war was often the best opportunity to make money. Moreover, Myanmar loved all kinds of groceries produced in China. If they could open up this market, they would make more than billions of profits.

Xu Wanshan reacted very quickly and stood up the first time: "It turned out to be Lord Chen who pacified Myanmar. The villain is ignorant and hopes that he will forgive his crimes if he is rude. Let's do this, the adults will make a digit. The villain will never say anything, and it will definitely be rewarded!" His mind was how much money can you take if Chen Zaixing is greedy? Even if you give you 100,000 taels of silver a year, compared to such a large market in Myanmar, it will be a drop in the bucket.

The others also reacted and said, "Yes, Lord Chen, please tell me a number, we are absolutely right!"

Chen Zaixing smiled and gave a look at Liu Qingyang beside him. Liu Qingyang stood up and pressed his hands to signal everyone to silence: "Everyone, Lord Chen said just now. He wants to do business with everyone and make money together, not to ask for any reward. So that you can know that before the Myanmar Rebellion, Lord Chen operated mineral and jewelry in Myanmar, and only had millions of family assets, and he was very proficient in business!" At the end, Liu Qingyang strengthened his tone. The current meaning is very clear. Lord Chen is also used to doing business. Don't think about spending a few money to get away with it.

"Haha, when I was doing business in Myanmar in the past, I saw that Chinese merchants lowered prices to each other in order to make money and did not lose money, so they had to sell defective products. As a result, they ruined their good business, which made the British and Indians cheaper. After repelling the British this time, I planned to unify the merchants of Dashun first, and everyone worked together to compete with the British and Indians to turn Myanmar into my Dashun market!"
Chapter completed!