Although there are not many scenery in Lianzhou, there is no strong affection of the water towns of Suzhou and Hangzhou, nor the atmosphere of the capital. It is better than the bustle and the atmosphere is relatively open, so most of the gatherings here are young people, which is a city that comes out of thin air, so It seemed more lively. Early the morning after arriving in Lianzhou, Liu Chengfeng took his family out for a stroll. Naturally, he went to Lirenfang in Lianzhou, but the size of Lirenfang in Lianzhou is ten times larger than that in the capital. Not only does it occupy half of the inner east city, and not only does it contain various women's shops, high-quality and inferior rouge, headdress, and clothing, but it even has nunnies.
Lianzhou is not as good as the capital. Most women here work in workshops. When women have financial ability, their status will naturally increase a lot, so their consumption capacity has also increased significantly. In the capital, Lirenfang's main customers are some wealthy daughters or It's a wife, but here there are many familiar female workers, so although there is no richness of the capital's Lirenfang, the goods sold in the shops are not as high-quality as the capital's. Good goods and bad goods are all filled with them, but because of the huge crowds. Many, Liu Chengfeng was under the archway of Lirenfang, and he couldn't help but be amazed when he saw the endless stream of people.
When the family entered the yard, Liu Chengfeng could only wait outside. The rule of Lirenfang was to avoid men appearing, even if he was a prince, he would not be able to do so.
Liu Chengfeng and a group of guards were wandering the street in casual clothes, and they were in high spirits. At noon, they set off to have tea in a Ruyi Teahouse not far from Lirenfang.
The reason why I got here was already agreed that the shopkeeper of Jubao Trading Company had been here for a long time, and Liu Chengfeng needed to negotiate with him about the business here.
Although Jubao Trading Company is also a tool for making money in the palace, the whole shop is also extremely respectful to Liu Chengfeng, the major shareholder. Liu Chengfeng has a great influence and can even control the resolutions of the shareholders' bureau, so the shopkeeper met. Liu Chengfeng was naturally humble.
Liu Chengfeng came here to discuss three things with the business bank. This was what he had already thought about before. The first thing was to ask the business bank to give all the rights to rent land and overseas ports to the name of Chu. From then on, these lands will be divided into the territory of Chu.
The second thing is to transfer the loan from Annan and Zhenla to the name of Chu, and Chu will repay the debts of these two countries. This means that the debts of these two countries will be packaged to Chu, and the Chu will be sent in the future. Debt collection.
The third thing is the most important thing. Liu Chengfeng asked the commerce bank to hand over the escort of the commerce bank. The State of Chu was responsible for its trade security.
The first thing is a bit tricky. This shopkeeper seemed a little difficult. After all, although His Highness offered a price for transferring land, the price was a bit low. This matter must be decided by the shareholders' bureau. However, the second thing is The business bank strongly agrees with it. What the business bank wants is to make money. It is best if someone pays off the debts of Annan and Zhenla for them. It is naturally not a bad thing to transfer the debts.
The third one is a bit deadly, and the escort rights of Jubao Trading Company are all lost. This means that 100,000 warehouse guards and hundreds of frigates of all sizes will be stripped from the trading company. The so-called Chu State is responsible for the security of the trading company. In fact, these people were all assigned to the name of Chu State, and the guards became the king's army and the military horses of Chu State.
However, since Liu Chengfeng made this request, he was naturally not afraid that the shopkeeper would not agree, especially the third request made by Liu Chengfeng, which is the 100,000 guards. Most of them were inserted into Liu Chengfeng, among which were Half of the backbone of the escorts were Liu Chengfeng's confidants, and from recruitment to construction, the escorts started, so within the escort team, as long as Liu Chengfeng was willing to accept them, these people would never have any criticism. After all, for them, whether in a business or in Chu State, they are all subordinates of Liu Chengfeng. The former is obedient to the shareholders' bureau with huge influence. The latter is directly obedient to the King's Court of Chu State. , it was just that his identity had changed. The King of Chu had always taken good care of them. Now he was considered a mercenary and became a royal army. His future was terrible.
The second is the shareholders' bureau. Liu Chengfeng has sent a letter to the Zhang brothers and Duke Cheng. These people and Liu Chengfeng are wearing pairs of pants. Without Liu Chengfeng's support, would they want to make money?
And Liu Chengfeng controls the important places for import and export. If he really disobeys Liu Chengfeng's intention, Liu Chengfeng can write down an edict and compete with Jubao Trading Company in Chu State.
The State of Chu has a good territory, and all ships have to leave here. As long as everyone wants to earn money and want to live a life of drunkenness and dream of death, they cannot live without him Liu Chengfeng.
The guards did not object, and the shareholders' bureau was probably not a stumbling block. Then the next question was the title, and the palace must agree. Liu Chengfeng had already thought about this. Fortunately, the late emperor had not died before he died.
There has been an edict, ordering Liu Chengfeng to guard Nanyang, which means that all military, political and foreign affairs in Nanyang are handed over to Liu Chengfeng. There is no reason not to hand over to Liu Chengfeng for jurisdiction.
The emperor must have taken good care of himself and would definitely not interfere.
Liu Chengfeng proposed these conditions with great confidence, but the shopkeeper was a little hesitant for a moment, but in the end he smiled at Liu Chengfeng and said, "The villain must report to the shareholders' office quickly, as long as the shareholders' office
There is no objection there, so of course there is no problem."
Liu Chengfeng nodded and smiled and said, "The main business of the business is in Chu State, so after a while, the Chu State will establish a customs bureau to be in charge of entry and exit of sea trade. If there is any difficulty in the business in the future, just contact them directly.
Just deal with it.”
Liu Chengfeng's words surprised the shopkeeper again. What kind of customs bureau is clearly used to supervise the commercial bank. The commercial bank was built by His Highness the King of Chu, but now it is holding another one.
Lasso seems to have the intention to completely control it.
Liu Chengfeng had already grown up and said, "I just informed you about this matter. I also know that you can't make the decision. You go and say hello to the shareholders' bureau."
Then Liu Chengfeng went downstairs. The weather here in Lianzhou was humid and hot, so Liu Chengfeng was walking around the street in a cool long gown. Seeing that the wife had not come out, he sent the girl in and called. Who knew
The girl came out, but replied that the wife was afraid that it would be delayed for a while. If she had something to do, she could go back first.
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking in his heart that this must be Duoduo's little girl's idea, only this girl is the most playful. After thinking about it, Liu Chengfeng refused and waited until the moon set and saw a few people coming out.
Go back with them.
Lianzhou has been very lively these days. The news of the official examination being approved has caused an uproar. Major newspapers are now promoting it, just saying that the officials in Chu State are different from those in the Ming Dynasty. To put it bluntly, Chu State is not only saying that the officials in Chu State are different from those in the Ming Dynasty.
The officials not only have salary, but also have a low salary, so the standards naturally require high standards. Not only that, the officials of the Chu State have an advantage that the minor officials of the Ming Dynasty cannot match, that is, the officials who started the exam belong to the reserve for future officials.
As long as the team is willing to endure it, it is impossible to be a clerk in the next step, or even a chief clerk, or even a magistrate, even a magistrate, even a central government official in Chu.
In fact, many things, after the newspapers have created momentum, many people understand that there are actually not many real scholars in Lianzhou, but there are still many people who can read and write. After all, this place is rich, and the school is also
Many people have read some books, and some even read while working. Moreover, those who read literate can increase their income here, which further increases their enthusiasm for reading. Therefore, if we rely solely on our knowledge, the Ming Dynasty was a juren.
I'm afraid it's enough to kill all the scholars in Chu State in seconds, but in terms of literacy, the Ming Dynasty was far inferior to Lianzhou.
People who can read are not considered scholars, but now with the opportunity to take the exam, many people have also become interested. According to the newspaper's meaning, as long as they can be hired, they will earn two or three taels of silver every year, and with their qualifications
As for the increase in positions, it can continue to rise. In this way, this place is really a good place to go.
The general content of the exam was also announced in the newspaper, so for a moment, the newly formulated "Chu Rule" and math books were sold out. This Chu Rule evolved based on the Ming Rule and then based on Lianzhou.
The facts of the situation have been revised. In fact, in recent years, there have been some unspoken rules in Lianzhou and its own set of management methods. It was just that after the establishment of the State of Chu, these things were written into the law openly.
The booksellers obviously cooperated and quickly printed many books. Many people from all over the Chu State who had read books and were not satisfied with their current work actually picked up the law and mathematics, and even the
The Four Books and Five Classics fought fiercely. This time, the exam did not give them much time to prepare. The exam will start in half a month. It is divided into liberal arts and martial arts. It is said that the government has begun to build civil servant apprentices and martial arts schools.
As long as you pass the exam, you do not arrange to listen to the doctor immediately. Instead, you will be trained in these two schools for three months and then officially enter the job. The liberal arts students will do some documents in each yamen, copy or register.
After training in Wuke, it is responsible for patrol and arresting criminals, or port inspections.
However, some people sneer at this. After all, the official has been despised for thousands of years. Now even a minor official has to start an exam. It is really a bit like a farce. It is said that the news has also been published in the capital's newspapers.
It became interesting talk, which caused the gentry to make fun of it.