"I don't see any of the officials, big or small!" Xiao Chen is not in the mood to see those messy people right now.
"Master, you'd better take a look at this post. What kind of book does it seem to be written on?" The young man was still literate and handed over the greeting card with both hands.
"This guy only cares about making noise!" Xiao Chen cursed and took it, glanced at the name on it and stood up immediately. Damn it, he is really a high official.
Ma Wuming, Minister of Industry, isn’t this true?
"I'm not familiar with him, what's he doing here?" Xiao Chen wondered.
"Everyone in the world is here for profit. I think most of them are coveting your heating system." However, Chen Jisheng has seen through everything.
"Can it be done?" Xiao Chen was stunned, he couldn't.
"Bet one tael of silver." Chen Jisheng pointed to the boy with a smile, "No matter who loses, give it to this boy."
Da Sikong, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, personally condescended to pay a visit. Xiao Chen did not dare to neglect and immediately ordered people to open the middle door immediately. He arranged his clothes and strode out to welcome him.
Seeing Ma Wuming waiting outside the door, he quickly jogged a few steps and bowed down directly.
But he was hugged by Ma Wuming, "Brother Xiao, if you worship me, I must worship you. Although our brothers have never met, we have been close friends for a long time. I guess we can avoid these vulgar etiquettes? You see, I am also in casual clothes." , it is inconvenient to salute.”
Ma Wuming is about fifty years old, tall and thin, with a dark complexion. Although he may not be outstanding in appearance, he has a good beard that blows in the wind, giving him a somewhat fairy-like air.
Without waiting for Xiao Chen to speak, he turned around and waved his hand, asking someone to carry a sedan into the courtyard. Then he said softly, "Brother Xiao, the prince is here too."
ah? Prince? Which prince?
As soon as his mind turned around, he realized that there was currently only one prince in Fengyang City, King Li Shi of Jiangdong.
After the sedan was parked, someone took a wooden pier with a slope and laid it in front of the sedan. Then another person got on and pushed the wheelchair out.
Sitting in the wheelchair was a young man wearing a brocade robe with delicate features and beautiful features, smiling at Xiao Chen.
"Slave, I went to see the prince, but I didn't know that the prince was coming... This is really a capital crime." Xiao Chen got down with sweat.
It's already too much for a minister of the Ministry of Industry to visit him in person, and now there's another prince here. Why the hell can't you send someone to greet me if something happens?
How passive I am to do this.
"You, Xiao Chen, are a famous person in our Zhou Dynasty. If you don't come to see me, I will have to come to see you." Li Shi smiled and motioned for him to stand down without courtesy, and his tone was very kind.
"Your Majesty, it is unreasonable to blame you. Last time I went to the Prince's Mansion, Your Majesty, you were not at home, weren't you?" Xiao Chen went to give gifts last time, but the disciples of the Prince's Mansion accepted the gifts, but said that the Prince was not there. Xiao Chen thought it might be someone else. Li Shi didn't want to see him, but unexpectedly he came to his door today.
"You kid, you still blame me for talking about you? You just went there once, and I happened to be away, so you never came again?" Li Shi said with a smile.
"My lord, to be honest, I thought you didn't want to see me." Xiao Chen knew Li Shi's temperament, so he dared to talk to him like this.
"Well, I was just joking. As a eunuch in the palace, you really can't come to my door casually." Li Shi was very reasonable.
He hurriedly invited him and Ma Wuming to sit down and served him tea. He was in a state of confusion, wondering what the purpose of these two gentlemen was.
"Brother Xiao, brother, I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, but I have something difficult and I want to ask your help, brother Xiao." After chatting, Ma Wuming began to get down to business.
"My lord, just give me your orders." Xiao Chen said hurriedly.
"Your heating system is now well known in Fengyang City. Everyone used it well last year, and more people want to install it this year. However, Zhang Baiwan's factory is too small and cannot meet the needs of our entire Fengyang City. I heard Said that their work has been scheduled for three years..." Ma Wuming said.
Xiao Chen thought to himself, damn, old man Chen Jisheng is really Zhuge Liang, right? What an ingenious plan he has!
"What you said is absolutely true. Zhang Baiwan said the same thing last time he saw me." Xiao Chen knew that Ma Wuming knew that Zhang Baiwan, the heating installation and manufacturing factory, was his shareholder, so there was no need to hide it and follow his words. .
See what he wants to do?
"Brother Xiao, you are a cheerful person, so let me put it bluntly. What I mean is that I want the Ministry of Industry to also set up a heating manufacturing factory, so that it can be mass-produced on a large scale, so that we, the people of Fengyang City, can Isn’t it good to have a warm winter?” Ma Wuming said.
"Haha, this is something you invented yourself, Xiao Chen. The craftsmanship is very fine. Many people are copying it, but it's just not as good as yours. So what Wu Ming wants to do is to cooperate with you to do this. He's afraid If you don't agree and you insist on dragging me here, isn't this a bit of a coercion?" Li Shi said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, Lord Ma, can I trouble you two to come to me personally for such a small matter?" Xiao Chenxin said, "Your Majesty, what you said is true, but isn't it just bullying others?"
Your prince has already spoken, let alone cooperate with me, even if I give you my factory, I still have to give it to you with both hands!
But he also knew why Ma Wuming insisted on pulling Li Shilai, because he knew that Zhang Baiwan was not the only shareholder behind the factory, but Xiao Chen.
There is also Gong Shouli, Wang Jinzhong, and although Zhang Zifang is dead, there is still the queen's personal female official Huan'er...
I still know this, but there may be others I don’t know, but in short, it’s not something he, Ma Wuming, can easily offend.
So if you want to do this, you must get Xiao Chen's consent. He and Xiao Chen didn't know each other before. He was afraid that he would hit a snag if he came rashly, so he forced Li Shi to come over. Xiao Chen would not dare to refuse the prince's intervention no matter what.
"Brother Xiao, this is not a trivial matter. Our treasury is currently in severe deficit. The emperor is worried every day. Shouldn't we ministers share the emperor's worries? If this matter is accomplished, then the Ministry of Industry will not be able to do it this year alone. There will be millions of taels of silver in the money..." Ma Wuming carried out the emperor again.
"Master Ma, I'd like to ask you to teach me the rules. I'll just follow them." Xiao Chen agreed. It was really a pleasure, mainly because it wouldn't work if he didn't agree.
The prince is displaying it here.
"Brother Xiao, I know you are a cheerful person! I have discussed with the department that from now on, you, Brother Xiao, will take 20% of all the net profits of our factory!" Ma Wuming held out two fingers to Xiao Chen.
"No." Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen refused.
Li Shi and Ma Wuming looked at each other, thinking to themselves: Why is this guy so stupid and so stupid? What you just said was fine, why did you change your face like this?
"Twenty percent is too much." Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen found it was not too little, but too much.
"Logically speaking, I shouldn't get a single point, but this way I can't explain it to others... I think there are many people who have achieved 100%, otherwise half a percentile will be fine."
The prince is here, why can't he still give others 10% of his face?
