After the ceremony, everyone sat down again. Fang Ba ordered to reset the banquet, but Chang Yu stopped him and only prepared a new pair of bowls and chopsticks.
"I've been busy with trivial matters. I kept you all waiting for a long time. I'll drink myself a drink as a penalty." After a few words of greeting, Chang Yu picked up the wine glass and stood up, made a toast, raised his head and drank it all.
"Don't dare, don't dare..." Jiang Yiping, Fang Ba and others quickly stood up and responded: "Your Excellency, you are busy with official duties, and you put official matters first."
"Official affairs are the most important thing," everyone agreed.
"We are all brothers, how can we become adults?"
Chang Yu smiled slightly and motioned for everyone to sit down.
"That's what Mr. Chang said, so we brothers will stay home. Mr. Chang, I've heard that you don't like wine, and the brothers don't think much of it, so I'll toast you with a glass of wine on behalf of all the brothers." Jiang Yiping stood up holding the wine glass and said.
"Since you know that I don't like wine, you still want to force me to do it. Boss Jiang, please don't take the lead in making trouble." Chang Yu said with a smile. Everyone waved and didn't even dare to say anything. Just this one glass...
Chang Yu saw that everyone was in high spirits and could not refuse, so he agreed.
These reckless people didn't care at all, and even made a pot of fragrant tea for Chang Yu. If someone proposes a toast again, he will offer tea instead of wine.
"I returned to Beijing the day before yesterday and wanted to invite you all to have a good time. However, I was tied up by official business and couldn't help myself. I will leave Beijing again in a few days. I am in a hurry today. Please forgive me." After the chat, Chang Yu clasped his fists and bowed.
Everyone returned the courtesy, and Fang Ba was slightly surprised: "Master Chang is leaving the capital again so soon. Where are you going this time?" "
"I am also acting under orders. The emperor's order refers to where I want to go." Chang Yu did not say it clearly, and everyone understood it, that is, it is inconvenient to talk to outsiders.
"I invite you all to come and get together today. Firstly, we will bond with our brothers, and secondly, we will introduce a big deal to you." Chang Yu turned to the topic.
When everyone heard the words, they looked at each other, unable to hide their excitement and joy.
Among the twelve eunuchs, Fang Ba and Chang Yu were the most familiar with each other. It can be said that the two did not know each other without fighting. Later, they were subdued by Chang Yu's force. Of course, the reason why they were willing to join his disciples was because of Chang Yu's subtlety that he showed intentionally or unintentionally. Unpredictable background.
At first, most people thought that he was the son of a big boss in the capital and had close connections with the military. However, as more and more traces emerged, they finally knew that this young man's background was far greater than they had guessed!
The most popular fried chicken in the royal family, the powerful boss of Dongchang!
The truth surprised and delighted them. After all, those who work in their profession are very prestigious among ordinary people, but in front of some powerful people, they are just like dogs. They can be pinched to death with just a lift of their fingers.
So they each cling to and wander among some powerful people, just to hold on to their thighs, the thicker the better.
Now, unexpectedly, they encountered a towering tree. How could everyone not be happy, so they were willing to be driven by Chang Yu.
But to put it bluntly, they are actually using each other.
Chang Yu is a real person. Of course he knows that with his power, he can control these reckless people as much as possible, but if he wants these people to work for him, he must give them some sweetness.
Now he will offer the dessert to these grasshoppers, and then they will be willing to use it for themselves.
Royal merchant!
When Chang Yu threw this word out, at least most of the twelve Taibao didn't react. They looked confused and whispered in low voices. However, within a few breaths, they exploded and looked at Chang Yu eagerly. Yu: "Master Chang, is this, this, real?".
"Am I not a person who talks nonsense?" Chang Yu chuckled: "The first step is to start with food. Currently, the banditry in the south is serious, the border situation is dangerous, and there is a shortage of military food. Secondly, transporting military food is extremely heavy and requires a lot of troops... I have a plan. , you will take over the food supply matters from the imperial court."
"Is this possible?" Everyone was horrified and thought it was impossible. Military rations have always been the responsibility of the government and the military. How can it be left to private operations?
"Master Chang is really not just entertaining us?" Jiang Yiping, the eldest and most powerful among the Twelve Taibos, expressed the doubts in the minds of the other brothers.
"If I say it's feasible, then it's feasible." Chang Yu was decisive, with a firm look on his face. He tapped his hand on the table twice and said, "You just have to say whether you want to do it or not. I will mediate the rest."
"If it is feasible, of course we are willing to do it." As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Ba was the first to express his position, and the rest of the people agreed.
These underworld bosses maintain a large number of subordinates, and they all have some kind of livelihood, but most of them are gambling houses, brothels, and low-life businesses. The serious businesses have become side businesses, such as Fang Ba's restaurant and Song Siyang's rice shop.
But if there is an opportunity to clean up, there is an honest business, and there is a big deal, whoever gives face to make it difficult to live with will also give money to make life difficult.
Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Chang Yu then explained the process in detail.
The sudden decision to change the career of the twelve eunuchs to become an imperial merchant was really not a sudden impulse on his part, but had been brewing for a long time. The inspiration came from the last time he went to Jiexiu to rob Fan Yongdou.
Fan Yongdou can be said to be the leader of the Manchu imperial merchants, but it was his grandson Fan Yubin who really brought the Fan family to its peak. This man was smart and had an excellent economic mind. After inheriting the ancestral business, he lived up to expectations and brought the Fan family's business to its peak.
The greatest achievement among them was becoming a royal grain merchant.
During the Kangxi period, the emperor personally conquered the Junggar tribe. Because of the long distance and the huge cost of transporting military rations, "transporting rice to feed the army" paid a heavy price. At this time, Fan Yubin stood up and expressed his willingness to take over the job, purchasing military rations at a price lower than the court's purchase price. Delivery to station.
Kangxi was overjoyed and made the decision immediately.
Transporting grain and grass was extremely difficult, and the price was lowered, making less money, but it saved the Qing government millions of silver. Emperor Kangxi was overjoyed, and many people in the Fan family felt that they were banned, and many government affairs were handed over to Fan. Family management, for example, the trading rights of the northwest ethnic groups were given to the Fan family.
During the heyday of Kangxi, purchasing and transporting military rations was a big headache, not to mention the Ming court at this time, which was even more torturous, so Chang Yu just copied the Fan family's suggestions, and he believed that Emperor Chongzhen himself I would agree, because with his frugal temperament, he can certainly save on manpower, material and financial resources, and the free shipping is a huge bargain.
Of course, Chang Yu's move is not completely selfless. It can even be said that he achieves multiple things with one stone. In addition to letting the twelve Taibos use it for him, he can also collect money and launder money for himself.
You must know that he and Wu Mengming jointly made a lot of black money. This money is always hidden and hidden, but after being injected into the military ration purchase and cleaned, it is clean. Of course, neither the injection nor the income can In his name, not in the name of Dongchang, we need to find a spokesperson.
Done!
After Chang Yu elaborated, Jiang Yiping, Fang Ba and others couldn't control themselves anymore. They slapped the table and expressed their opinions one after another, expecting Chang Yu to follow suit.
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