"Pu Shougeng, I am Mr. Huyan in the shopping mall. Just understand in your heart and don't speak nonsense."
"Sir, the common people understand."
"Well, you are a smart person and know what to say and what not to say."
After a while, Xiao Tian followed Xiao Qi upstairs and said, "Sir, are you looking for me?"
"Xiao Tian, sit down. Let me introduce to you. Mr. Pu Shougeng Pu is the owner of Pu's Trading Company in Quanzhou. Mr. Pu, this is Xiao Tian. He is the boss of Shifeng Trading Company. Please stay close to me."
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"Mr. Pu?" Pu Shougeng said dumbly to himself, trying to figure out what I just called him. You must know that it is a great honor to be called sir by the emperor.
For those who are doing business, Pu Shougeng's name is like thunder. Of course Xiao Tian has heard of it. It turns out that the person who came here to visit the young master is a legendary figure. Xiao Tian hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, and said excitedly: "The latecomer Xiao Tian, Mr. Jiuyan
Daimyo."
Pu Shougeng came back to his senses and saw that the young man leading him upstairs was the big shopkeeper of Shifeng Trading Company. He did not dare to neglect him. He stood up and returned the courtesy and said: "Pu has met shopkeeper Xiao. I didn't expect that shopkeeper Xiao is so young. He is really formidable.
ah."
"Xiao Qi, make another pot of tea." I smiled, "Xiao Tian, from today on, I account for 90% of Pu's Trading Company, so Mr. Pu is also one of my own. In the future, Shifeng will mainly focus on domestic customers, and Pu will specialize in overseas customers.
In the market, you two will cooperate well and make a lot of money for me."
Xiao Tian was slightly surprised. Mr. Hu Yan was so capable that he became the owner of Pu's Trading Company, the leader in the business world without showing off his talents. However, Xiao Tian has been with me for a long time, and he is no longer just a newcomer.
Since Mr. Lou is now in the family, he naturally knows that if he doesn’t dare to ask, he shouldn’t ask any more questions. He just responds: “Yes, Young Master.”
"Mr. Pu, after you return, you will start preparing to move the headquarters of the trading company to Lin'an. Firstly, it will facilitate the selection of new items, and secondly, it will also facilitate frequent communication between you and me."
"Yes, sir, we will start immediately after the common people return." Pu Shougeng certainly understands the meaning of the second point I said, but as of now, he can only act according to my arrangements whether he likes it or not.
"With the current strength and future development trend of Shifeng and Pu's family, they will definitely become the best in the business world of the Song Dynasty. You all know that I have always believed that businessmen should take things from the people and use them for the people. Therefore,
I plan to set up a charity institution in Lin'an."
"Charity?" Xiao Tian and Pu Shougeng looked at each other and asked in unison.
China's charity has its own long tradition. Temples in the Han and Tang dynasties continued to thrive in poverty relief, disaster relief, medical treatment, and abstinence from murder; the boom in providing care for the elderly and children during the Song Dynasty; the rise of medical aid in the Yuan Dynasty; and the rise of private charity groups in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
It is second to none in the history of charity. However, the meaning of the word "charity" in ancient times is slightly different from today's. The ancients' understanding of charity was an act of compassion, which was basically an act of charity performed by individuals, temples, etc., so it did not form a
Such a certain social atmosphere was that in later generations, even large-scale classics such as "Cihai" did not include the word charity.
After World War II, philanthropy in Western countries flourished. Rich people were enthusiastic about charity and formed a relatively complete charity mechanism. Today's richest American Bill Gates has invested nearly 26 billion US dollars in charity, accounting for all of it.
He even made a will early on: after his death, 99% of his wealth will be donated to charity.
I borrowed the definition of the "Charitable Foundation" entry from the Encyclopedia Britannica and explained: "The charity I am talking about is a non-profit organization formed spontaneously by the people, with property provided by donors and funded by its own
Employees manage and use their income to serve socially beneficial purposes. This is similar to temple disaster relief, but there are essential differences. Temple disaster relief comes from donations from others, and its good deeds end when the donations are used up.
, so it is not a long-term ongoing matter, and the charity I am talking about will invest the donated wealth into some stable business activities after receiving donations, and the profits obtained will do long-term good deeds, such as
Establishing compulsory education, opening free medical clinics, etc. Of course, I will make suggestions to the court, hoping that as a charitable organization, it can receive many tax concessions to ensure the basic profit of the organization. In many cases, the court may for various reasons
cannot be taken into account, so charities need to complete these charitable deeds. For example, there is a patient in a certain place who needs a lot of money for treatment, and he has no money. The court will not pay for his medicine, so we
Charities can help him."
Pu Shougeng thought about it carefully and praised: "Young Master really has the heart of a Bodhisattva."
"Mr. Pu, this is one of the reasons why I asked you to move the business to Lin'an. For this charity organization, my idea is that you and Xiao Tianlai will take the lead. You will be the president of the organization, and Xiao Tian will be the vice president.
, of course, the specific executor will have to be found by someone else, otherwise you two will be busy. Mr. Pu, Xiao Tian, what do you think?"
Although my tone was almost consultative, Pu Shougeng, who knew my identity, would not dare to violate it, and Xiao Tian, who had great trust in me, would not object either.
Xiao Tian said: "This is a good thing, Xiao Tian is naturally willing to do it."
Pu Shougeng also nodded and said: "Sir, the common people obey your wishes. This can be regarded as the ultimate state of businessmen as mentioned by you."
"Exactly, maybe you two will feel like this in the future. Helping others is even happier than making money yourself. Xiao Tian, you can start thinking about the preliminary affairs of this charity now, and get rid of what you can do first."
Xiao Tiandao: "Yes, sir, what is the name of this charity?"
I smiled and said, "Let's call it the Red Cross."
"Red Cross?" Both of them were confused, what did this mean?
Xiao Tian has become accustomed to my unheard-of terms and ideas, and he seems to be at ease with them, but Pu Shougeng is surprised again and again, and he feels more and more that there are really no words to describe him except "god-man".
Two days later, Zhang Shijie, escorted by one hundred young guards and fifty imperial guards, quietly left the youth guard camp in the early morning with 300 Yun's muskets. For safety reasons, I asked Shen Mo to accompany him.
.In recent days, the Young Guards have been training in the field, training for long distances, or suppressing bandits everywhere. It is not inconspicuous for the Young Guards to serve as escorts. Although no outsiders know the power of muskets, these three hundred muskets are after all.
For the first batch of firearms that could be used in actual combat, I also carefully arranged Zhang Shijie's return trip, and the ammunition for the firearms had been transported in advance by Yun Zhongfei the day before. According to the plan, after arriving at Qiuquan Villa, Zhang Shijie and others
The people will go north to Yangzhou in batches and be incorporated into the military tax army. Together with the soldiers selected by Li Tingzhi, they will form a musketry battalion. The members of the Youth Guard who were trained in the villa will return to Lin'an and become the future musketry instructors of the Youth Guard, and the sharpshooter Li Long
Then he will return with the young guard.
On the night of July 15th in the first year of Xianchun, the full moon hung high in the sky, and the many stars on weekdays disappeared one after another under the bright moonlight. Only a few stars could occasionally emit faint starlight.
The moon and stars are sparse, and the sky this night belongs only to this bright moon. But the moon tonight seems a bit strange to some experts.
On Longhu Mountain, Daofa looked at the sky with a puzzled look on his face, and said to himself: "What day is it today? Such a celestial phenomenon could occur. Perhaps only the gods in the inner palace of the Valley of the Emperors know the reason.
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With the abilities of the Taoist masters and the people in the palace martial arts hall outside the Emperor Valley, they can only deduce natural celestial phenomena, and they are helpless against abnormal movements.
It was approaching midnight, and Yin Tianya's sedan chair had stopped in the big room outside Sijue Formation House.
"Welcome to the Lord God." Liu Bingzhong said loudly in the back room.
"Well, Bingzhong, you've worked hard these past few days, please open the door."
"Yes, sir."
The sedan still stopped in place, and the curtain of the sedan was not opened, nor did Yin Tianya's body move. He just appeared in the back room.
Under the candlelight flames at the base of the pagoda, the smoke surrounding the pagoda has solidified. In the middle of the four pagodas, a rotating transparent pagoda suddenly appeared. This transparent pagoda is suspended in mid-air. Its shape is exactly the same as the four Fengyun Leiden pagodas.
The same, just much smaller.
The pillar messenger and the gray-clothed sedan bearer stood on the eight pillars next to the transparent pagoda respectively, with their hands intertwined, motionless. Liu Bingzhong fell under the transparent pagoda, with his palms facing up, and clapped his hands from time to time to stabilize the pagoda.
Float and rev.
"Yes, that's right." Yin Tianya looked at the rotating transparent tower and said lightly, "The Four Jue Towers are ready. Halfway through, I will inject the birth date of Zhao Yu from the Southern Dynasty into the tower, which will definitely make his life better.
Star damaged."
Liu Bingzhong said with full confidence: "Lord God, as long as the Four Ultimate Formations are successfully activated, we will be able to achieve our wish. It will not be long before the Great Khan sends his troops to destroy the Song Dynasty!"