Upon hearing the news, Zhu Houzhao's first reaction was to ask in disbelief.
In his impression, although his father doted on him, he had always urged him to study, but now, he actually asked him to train in the army.
Zhu Houzhao didn't know what kind of soldier this soldier was or where he came from, but the news was enough to surprise him.
"Master is not lying to me, right? Father, do you really mean that?"
Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly and said slowly: "Of course that's what I said. I'm afraid there will be a decree today, but this decree is probably a secret decree. Although His Highness the Crown Prince is training troops, this matter cannot be leaked to anyone.
No matter who asked, they would only say that they were training for security."
After getting the affirmative answer, Zhu Houzhao still had great trust in Liu Chengfeng. He nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, unable to hide the joy on his face, and said: "Yes, yes, of course I know that military information must not be leaked, otherwise...
He will be subject to military law."
Then Liu Chengfeng sat down and told Zhu Houzhao the whole thing. Zhu Houzhao listened very seriously and understood what was going on. He couldn't help but said gratefully: "If it weren't for Master's recommendation, I'm afraid my father would agree. Father has always
I listened to the master, now it’s fine, I’m going to train my troops..." Zhu Houzhao couldn’t help but clenched his fists, and said fiercely: "I will definitely train an elite soldier who can fight in a hundred battles, and I will show it to my father."
Liu Chengfeng said: "That being said, I would like to ask you, how do you plan to train this soldier?"
Zhu Houzhao was confused at once. Although he loved marching and fighting, if you really asked him about the specific details, Zhu Houzhao could only be dumbfounded.
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but smile bitterly. Everyone in the world thought that he was a fool, but in fact, the prince was the real fool. I'm afraid he was the one who really had to worry about military training. Liu Chengfeng said: "Your Highness, the prince
, To train the army, we must first recruit strong men. Let’s recruit eight hundred people first. These eight hundred people must be carefully selected. Your Highness, please tell us what kind of talents we should recruit.”
Zhu Houzhao said: "Of course he is a strong man."
He still wants to say this?
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but was speechless. He raised his fingers and analyzed it for him: "Actually, this time it is said to be training troops, but it is actually training generals. To put it bluntly, we are building a military preparation school. However, there are many difficulties in building a military preparation school. The government and the opposition will definitely oppose it.
so
This compromise method was adopted. Recruiting rough men alone is not enough. Your Highness, it is easy to train an army of elite soldiers, but it is extremely difficult to train a general to lead the army. Prince
Your Highness doesn’t think about commanding millions of troops all day long?
Going out of Yangguan? If there are not these eight hundred generals, who can saddle the horses and command the battalions for His Highness? Therefore, when recruiting people, the first thing is not to see whether they are strong or not. Those who are in poor health can be trained.
Entered the prince
Are His Highness's subordinates afraid that they will not be able to strengthen their physical strength? The most important thing is to recruit people who can read and write. Only when they can write and read can they understand the principles. Only when they understand the principles can they teach students in accordance with their aptitude and teach them a lot of knowledge about leading troops."
If anyone dared to point fingers at General Zhu's military training, Zhu Houzhao would most likely slap him in the face. But it was Liu Chengfeng who made the comments. Zhu Houzhao had no temper at all. This young man obviously had a blind belief in Liu Chengfeng.
In his heart, if he is second in the world, then the number one in the world must be Liu Chengfeng.
He seemed to understand what Liu Chengfeng said, but he didn't have any doubts. He just said: "Students? Those scholars are willing to become soldiers?"
Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly and said: "They are willing to do this. If we don't use some means to do this, how can we get them here?"
Now that Liu Chengfeng had patted his chest and promised, Zhu Houzhao naturally had nothing to say, and then he became very interested: "How about this, I will write a military training charter today, and ask the master to read it tomorrow, hehe..."
The palace is now the mighty general, and the master is the mighty lieutenant general. You and I, master and disciple, join hands to train troops together."
Liu Chengfeng originally had plans for military training in his mind, but seeing Zhu Houzhao's high interest, he swallowed all these opinions and thought to himself, let's see what he has in mind. The most urgent task now is to solve the problem of recruiting soldiers first.
Besides, there is also the issue of military attachés that needs to be finalized.
After thinking for a while, he stood up and said: "Your Highness has thought about it carefully. As a teacher, I will go to recruit troops first and come back in a few days."
Zhu Houzhao was an impatient man. When he said that he wanted to organize military training, he really started thinking about it. He hesitated and said: "Master will take care of it himself."
When Liu Chengfeng came out of the East Palace, he couldn't help but sigh. The prince was not very reliable. He had to do the military training himself. He had to make an overall plan. He thought about it, jumped on the carriage after leaving the East Palace, and gave instructions to the driver:
: "Go to Jubao Trading Company."
Jubao Trading Co., Ltd. is located next to Jubao Building. It has a large facade and covers an area of ten acres. In order to obtain this land, Jubao Building spent a lot of money. Originally, the land here had been bought by wealthy businessmen.
Every inch of land is precious. Even though it is only ten acres, the asking price is 110,000 taels of silver. Just this... and there is no discount. In fact,
It's not that the lion is talking too much. Let alone ten acres of land, even if it is only one acre, as long as you build an inn here, you can earn thousands of taels of silver a year. To the merchants, this is like laying eggs.
If Liu Chengfeng hadn't promised that he would sell the land in Lianzhou Prefecture to them first, they might not have been willing to part with it.
Now that the Jubao Trading Company's sign has been put up, its reputation is certainly not small, but it is not yet officially opened. Although it has taken over some business in Annan, many things are still in the preparation stage, so compared to the close
The shops seemed a bit deserted.
Liu Chengfeng walked straight into the Jubao Trading Company, and a clerk came out to greet him. When he saw Liu Chengfeng, he naturally smiled and was extremely attentive. Liu Chengfeng didn't have anything to do, and said directly: "Go and invite the big shopkeeper.
.”
The so-called big shopkeeper is the boss of Jubao Trading Company. According to the rules, the big shopkeeper is elected by the major shareholders. This person is called Liu Peng. He is from Yangzhou. He has done some small and medium-sized businesses, but in the business world
Very reputable and personable
He is righteous, honest, and promises a lot of money, so he was invited by his boss. Liu Peng is not a fool. Of course he knows what it means to be the boss of Jubao Trading Company, so he didn't even do his own business and came here without saying a word.
here.
Liu Peng was a skinny old man. He knew that regardless of the number of shareholders in Jubao Trading Company, the one who had the most truth was the Marquis of Lianzhou. When he saw Liu Chengfeng, of course he couldn't neglect him. He quickly called for tea and invited Liu.
Chengfeng went to sit in the ear room, and said after greetings: "Master Hou, now Jubao Trading Company is in ruins and waiting for development, so it is a bit shabby. Please don't blame me. I wonder if you have any orders when you come?"
Liu Chengfeng asked: "For a store as big as Jubao Tower, manpower is the most important thing. How is the manpower recruitment going now?"
Liu Peng couldn't help but take a deep look at Liu Chengfeng. He had been doing business for a long time. When he heard Liu Chengfeng's words, he knew that Liu Chengfeng was a great expert in business. Many people thought that doing business depends on his ability.
Money relies on connections, which is actually wrong. These things are actually all
It is the icing on the cake. Although these two conditions are also indispensable, if you want to expand your business, the most important thing is manpower. Only with manpower can the business run smoothly. Liu Chengfeng got straight to the point and directly asked about manpower.
It can be seen that Liu Chengfeng's reputation is not in vain.
He smiled slightly and said: "The charter has been drawn up, but there are too many people to be hired, so the company has begun to send people to recruit all kinds of people from all over the world, including shopkeepers, clerks, lawyers, porters, sailors, and clerks.
With escort and interpreter
People are still slowly being recruited, just ordinary clerks and guards, but the shopkeepers, lawyers, and translators must be selected very carefully. The villain feels that it is better to have a shortage of these people than to overfill them, and I am afraid that they have to be recruited.
It’s over, it will take some days.”
Liu Chengfeng nodded. The amount of principal and the scale of business involved in a large trading firm like Jubaolou are unprecedented. The manpower they will recruit this time will probably exceed tens of thousands. Just like this
Liu Peng said that the rest of the people are fine, but the small shopkeepers, interpreters, lawyers, etc. who sell goods must be carefully monitored. After all, these talents are the core of the entire business and maintain the operation of the entire business.
Lawyers, a new thing that has emerged from Jubao Tower, are now popular throughout the Ming Dynasty. Many scholars failed to pass the exams, so they simply studied the laws of the Ming Dynasty and were hired by merchants. With such a person
Come, merchants can avoid a lot of trouble.
Therefore, any business firm must have one or two people around, but the ones they keep are called criminal lawyers. In addition, there is also a contract lawyer. The contract lawyer specializes in studying contracts to prevent problems when drafting the contract.
Unfortunately, in Jubao Tower, there are quite a number of full-time contract lawyers responsible for guiding merchants to sign contracts.
After listening to Liu Peng's words, Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but look at Liu Peng encouragingly. Taking care of so many things, Liu Peng was afraid that he would be tired. However, his purpose of coming today was not to inspect the work, but to inspect the work.
He had something serious to do, so he said to Liu Peng: "In addition to the manpower needed by the business, how can you help me?"
Let me recruit some people. I want to recruit a thousand clerks. They are required to be familiar with poetry and books. It would be better to have a scholar's reputation. My age is around ten. I don't want anyone over twenty-two, and I don't want anyone with a wife and children.
, Don’t have any physical disabilities. To the outside world, it’s just a recruitment document, and the monthly salary is ten taels of silver.”