Shen Yiyuan's name is quite famous among businessmen.
In Chang Qianli's view, Hui merchants were mediocre, and only Shen Yiyuan could rival the Chang family.
This person is smart, good at seizing opportunities, courageous, self-cleaning and self-disciplined, and knows how to work together.
He can stand on the side of the King of Liao, which shows that his status is not shallow.
Chang Baiye said with some dissatisfaction: "It's just that he got his name more than ten years before I did. In less than five years, when the world talks about business, the first thing that comes to mind will only be Shanxi merchants!"
Chang Qianli looked at Chang Baiye sternly and said seriously: "How can a businessman be so arrogant? If your heart cannot see the prosperity and glory of others, then go back to Shanxi and work as a clerk for another ten years!"
Seeing that Chang Qianli was really angry, Chang Baiye had no choice but to lower his head and admit his mistake without saying anything.
Hou Xiyu smiled heartily, took Chang Qianli's arm and said, "This is what young people are like. You were worse than Baiye back then. Baiye, you can look down on anyone, but you can't overestimate yourself."
"Thank you, Uncle Hou. Baiye has taken note of it."
Chang Baiye replied gratefully.
Chang Qianli broke away from Hou Xiyu's hand and said: "Looking at the expressions of Shen Yiyuan and others, we can see that the income is so great that it is exciting. But they are just simple businessmen. No matter how much they earn, they will not be of any help to the court. Compared to us Shanxi merchants, The imperial court presented five hundred war horses, but these people have fallen into the inferior ranks.”
Hou Xiyu nodded slightly and said with some concern: "Unless there are some sober people among them."
Shen Yiyuan looked back and saw more than a hundred ships slowly following on the river.
It was a Dafu ship sailing on the Yangtze River where the navy belongs. When it returned, it could only stay in Taicang Prefecture and switch to river boats to transfer goods. Since the river boats carried less cargo, the goods of the two Dafu ships could be exchanged for four or five Only a small river boat gave rise to the grand scene of more than a hundred boats on the Qinhuai River.
"Arrived."
The trumpet was shouted, and the ship immediately docked at the dock. Someone had already responded to the call. When the ship stopped, someone laid down the bridge timbers. Zhu Zhi took the lead to go out and salute Zhu Di, Zhu Gui, Zhu Geng and others to reminisce about the past.
"Greetings to all the princes!"
Shen Yiyuan and others went ashore to salute.
Zhu Di asked everyone to stand up and said: "After a long journey, I finally came back. You are very good. The emperor has given an oral order and ordered you to enter the palace on the day you enter the capital. The emperor wants to personally intervene in the affairs of Nanyang."
"Haha, if that's the case, then why don't you present the treasure today?"
Zhu Zhi
He turned around with a smile and looked at the merchants.
Shen Yiyuan and others said in unison: "This is how it should be."
Some businessmen only arranged work to go to Nanyang, such as Zhao Dayu and others, now they have also got the opportunity to enter the palace, so their faces are bright.
There were more than 300 items donated, and Zhu Zhi alone occupied more than 100 items. They were supported and carried by a group of workers to the palace, and people stopped along the way.
"It smells so good. What kind of spice is that? There are so many!"
"This is just a tribute of spices. I'm afraid most of them are on the ship."
"Four-foot-tall coral tree!"
The knowledgeable merchants immediately exclaimed when they saw it.
Such a tall coral tree is rare in the world. Normally, a two-foot-tall coral tree can be considered a treasure, but here it is four feet tall!
"Look, what is that, a phoenix?"
"Oh my god, they actually found the sacred bird. This is an auspicious thing. Could it be that the prosperous age is really coming?"
"..."
Compared with public reviews, the offerings outside Fengtian Temple appear to be much more high-end.
Someone announced: "The King of Liao presented a thousand-year-old coral tree, two hundred catties of fragrant things, a blue cat's eye, and a yin-yang amber..."
Zhu Yunwen was sitting outside the palace, with civil and military officials lined up on his left and right.
In order to highlight the wealth of Nanyang and reduce the resistance to the establishment of a sea ban, Zhu Yunwen told all officials in the form of "businessmen's contributions" that there was countless wealth in the depths and distances of the sea.
Now that these treasures have entered the palace, you are greedy and it doesn't matter. As long as you don't play around with the sea ban, these treasures can also be placed in your homes in the future.
No matter how you use words to describe wealth, it will always look pale.
Only by taking out the real thing and letting everyone see it with their own eyes will they believe it is real.
Yu Xin sighed as each piece of rare treasure passed by. Just look at the greedy eyes of those officials and you would know what they were thinking.
"I pay my respects to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."
King Zhu Zhi of the Liao Dynasty brought a group of businessmen to pay homage.
With a smile on his lips, Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Zhi, who had changed his appearance and became stronger, and said: "As a prince, you have come as far as Nanyang. You have worked hard. Come on, I will give you a seat."
The waiter had already arranged the seats.
Zhu Zhi sat down.
Zhu Yun
Wen looked at Shen Yiyuan and others who were kneeling below, and said, "I am very satisfied with the donation. It shows that you are still serious. Please get up and answer."
After Shen Yiyuan and others thanked them, they did not dare to raise their heads.
Zhu Yunwen asked: "I heard that you also prepared a gift for the court. It is quite mysterious. I wonder if it can be revealed today?"
"To the court?"
Jie Jin frowned and looked at Yu Xin and Zhang Yan. They shook their heads secretly, expressing their ignorance.
Shen Yiyuan took a step forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, although we are businessmen, we are not profit-seeking people. We are willing to do our best to share the worries of the court. In the land of Nanyang, there is a kind of rice that can be harvested three times a year. There are mountains of rice. After discussion with the merchants, we decided to free up half of the cabin to carry grain. A total of 100,000 stones of rice were carried to the court to provide relief to the people and protect the common people."
"What, three crops a year?"
Huang Zicheng jumped out and couldn't believe it.
One hundred thousand stones of rice is not too much, but not too much.
However, Huang Zicheng does not care about the quantity, but whether it is really three crops a year.
"Impossible, Your Majesty, merchants who make deceptive remarks and lie to the court should be punished."
Censor Gao Xiang jumped out.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Gao Xiang playfully. Zhu Zhi stood up, walked towards Gao Xiang with a gloomy look, reached out and took out a wat board from his sleeve, and slapped Gao Xiang on the face with a whine.
Snapped!
Several teeth flew out along with blood.
Gao Xiang screamed, Zhu Zhi added another kick, turned around and shouted to the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate who were about to jump out: "We have survived life and death, stormy waves, why, you still want to torture us to death here" Isn’t it possible here?”
"Is the three-season rice fake? Haha, what a bunch of idiots! Your Majesty, although I am engaged in business, I am still the prince of the Ming Dynasty. I can give up the profits and want the people to eat more!"
"But there are always some hateful people who maliciously speculate on businessmen and want to kill the businessmen's desire to serve the imperial court. This is extremely chilling! I can't help but take action and ask the emperor to punish him!"
The prejudice in the bones of officials is full of disapproval of businessmen. No matter how much businessmen pay and do, they can't stop their talk.
Sharp as a knife.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Gao Xiang, whose face was swollen after being beaten, and then at Zhu Zhi, who was kneeling on the ground to plead guilty, and shook his head slightly. This guy didn't even give up his own reputation in order to gain some status for the businessman.
