"What! Two hundred thousand people! This...this...this...what should we do!"
“Although all walks of life in our Yunzhou County have flourished in the past five years, the population that a city like Yunzhou City can accommodate is limited to that.
Two hundred thousand people are suddenly coming. Let alone the workshops in our city that can't handle them, even Yunzhou City alone can't accommodate so many people!
What if these people cannot be resettled and have evil intentions? ! "
"Yes! Yes! What should I do?"
A group of workshop owners were worried. Their family property was in Yunzhou City. Once 200,000 refugees turned into thieves, the consequences would frighten them.
But based on their family property, it is impossible to give these 200,000 refugees a job to settle down. There is simply not that much work for them, and they cannot afford to support so many people even if they die.
"Ahem!"
Just as the heads of the banquets were discussing, Yun Li, who was sitting at the top on the right, coughed twice on purpose, instantly attracting the attention of the heads of the banquets.
They had already discussed it when they came. Among them, Feiyun Trading Company was the largest. No matter what the reason for coming to Prince Yun's Mansion today, they would follow Feiyun Trading Company's lead and move forward and retreat together in order to protect themselves and their own interests. .
After attracting the attention of all the workshop leaders, Yun Li immediately stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, you must also know that with the capabilities of the workshop leaders like us in Yunzhou City, even if it is tens of millions or eight dozen people, we will compress it." As soon as you make a profit, you can recruit workers and arrange them.
But this is a total of 200,000, and we simply have no ability to accommodate it based on our size. "
As soon as Yun Li said these words, all the workshop leaders nodded in agreement:
"Yes, Your Majesty, what Shopkeeper Yun said is that it's not that we are unwilling to cooperate with the Yamen's work, it's really powerless!
Just like what Shopkeeper Yun said, if there are tens of millions of people, we can reduce the profits and hire more people to work as assistants.
We really can’t accommodate these 200,000 people! "
"Yes, Your Majesty..."
All the shop owners thought that Zhao Jun had called them here because he wanted them to take on the responsibility of resettling the 200,000 refugees, so they all started complaining.
Yun Li didn't think so. As an old man under Prince Yun, he knew very well that his prince would not behave so irrationally.
Even if the prince doesn't pay much attention to this, he can still know that the number of 200,000 people is not something they can handle.
So I just raised my hand and asked again: "Your Majesty, I believe you have a solution in mind, so you called us over.
If you have any arrangements, please make it clear and we will definitely cooperate with you! "
After Yun Li finished speaking, all the workshop leaders immediately reacted.
That's right, King Yun probably didn't ask them to resettle these refugees. They don't have the ability. They should have other things to do!
He immediately agreed with Yun Li's words.
Zhao Jun did not show off, but directly waved his hand and said: "Oh, you misunderstood. I have no intention of letting you resettle these refugees. This is the responsibility of the imperial court.
Secondly, you do not have this ability. Although calling you here today has something to do with this matter, it is different from what you think. "
As he spoke, Zhao Jun took a sip of tea, pursed his lips and suddenly asked: "You must have heard about the actions of Yunzhou County at the turn of next spring and summer, right?"
Everyone looked at each other, and finally Yunli was pushed out and said with his hands in his hands: "I heard occasionally that a new land has been developed over there, and the prince is planning to send troops to attack it?"
Zhao Jun nodded: "Yes, the reason why the Guards are recruiting troops is to prepare for this. You should know that the Yamen has been preparing various supplies on the market these days."
"Then I don't know what this has to do with us. Feiyun Trading Company is fine, but the other shopkeepers are in the construction industry, so they have little to do with this, right?" Yunli asked.
Zhao Jun waved his hand, "You don't need to intervene in the reserve of strategic materials. The yamen will prepare it by itself.
I'm looking for you today to build roads! "
"Building roads?"
Everyone was a little shocked and looked at each other wondering if they had heard wrong.
Why do we need so many people to build a road?
How big a project is this?
Zhao Jun then said:
"Due to the difficulty of marching in the Yunling Mountains, and even if we capture the new land behind the Yunling Mountains, it will be a huge problem for us in Yunzhou County with the Yunling Mountains lying across it.
Therefore, in order to march and to effectively rule after conquering the new land in the future, I decided after thinking about it to open up the Yunling Mountains and build a road from my Yunzhou County to the new land. "
Having said this, Zhao Jun paused before continuing: "There is also an advantage to this. Such a huge project is not enough to be realized based on the current population of Yunzhou County, and the newly arrived 200,000 people, this It just makes up for the difficulty of this plan.
Building roads requires a huge amount of materials, not to mention a road that spans the entire Yunling Mountains, which requires an even larger amount of materials!
Therefore, today the king specially asked all the shopkeepers who are well-known in the construction industry of Yunzhou City to come here in order to discuss with you the massive amount of materials needed to build this road. . "
"Does Your Majesty mean that all the materials for road construction will be provided by us?"
Immediately, some people with quick brains discovered the huge business opportunities and profits contained in it, and immediately raised their own questions.
Zhao Jun nodded: "Yes, I intend to ask you to provide these materials. Of course, I know that no one of you can meet the materials required for this road based on your individual size.
Therefore, I hope that everyone can work together to establish a chamber of commerce that will specifically deal with this matter. Then, through respective channels, a large amount of materials will be sent to Yunzhou City to complete this king's commission. What do you think? "
"Prepare to establish a chamber of commerce and merge channels?"
The heads of the workshops looked at each other and no one dared to speak first. Although they were on the same line because they were both businessmen, they seemed to be in the same class, but in fact they were still competitors. How could you be willing to do business with your competitors?
But what His Highness King Yun said is also true. Based on their individual abilities, they simply cannot provide the various materials needed for road construction alone.
Not to mention building this road, the profit that can be earned from these materials alone is probably an astronomical figure. If they were really asked to give up like this, they would not be able to bear it.
This immediately put the heads of the workshops into a dilemma.
Should you agree or not?
If you agree, you have to watch your competitors make money with you, but if you disagree but you can't win the order, how should you choose?
Everyone gradually made a decision.
Someone once said that capital is crazy.
If there are five levels of profit, businessmen will take desperate risks;
If there is double the profit, businessmen would dare to trample all human laws;
If there were three times the profit, these businessmen would dare to commit any crime.
Now a huge cake is placed in front of them, and although the profit is not three times, it is enough for them to put down all their worries!
In the end, all the workshop owners agreed to Zhao Jun's proposal and jointly funded the establishment of a new chamber of commerce.
The name of the Chamber of Commerce was also decided on the spot.
(Yunzhou Construction Firm)
It is said that the name was decided by Prince Yun himself, and he also wrote the subtitles in his own handwriting as a plaque.
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