After the Governor of the South China Sea Navy made a bet and came to Beijing, the most discussed matter in the capital was the matter of Zhao'an in the South China Sea.
Everyone thought this was a difficult job, but what they didn't expect was that the official in charge returned to Beijing happily after leaving Beijing for only two months.
Just when every family was trying to find out the outcome of Zhao'an, Shi Fuxin had already learned about the entire process of Zhao'an through Master Xiang's flying pigeon letter.
"Haixingxing, Dongchanghui, Guanglicang..."
This time, other forces in Zhao'an Nanhai were surprisingly cooperative and did not choose to be hostile to the imperial court.
Shi Fuxin originally thought that Baicaotang would become the focus of the court's attention because it occupied three large islands. However, she did not expect that the South China Sea was really a crouching tiger, hidden dragon. Three trading firms that were even more eye-catching than Baicaotang suddenly appeared.
Haixingxing and Dongchanghui are both engaged in maritime trade. Haixingxing also builds ships, but in order not to attract the attention of the court, they received relatively few orders.
Guanglicang is mainly engaged in the seed business in Dachu and externally in the grain trading business. Most of the high-yielding grain seeds in the country come from his family.
The reason why these three companies have never been paid attention to by the court is because most of their business is exported overseas.
As for Baicaotang, it sounds like there are a lot of medicinal materials from the three major islands, but because of the short time it took over, it is really just a little brother in front of Haixingxing, Dongchanghui, and Guanglicang, which have been in business for I don’t know how many years.<
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At that time, Princess Guan came over to call Chu Yao. Shi Fuxin watched Chu Yao leave before frowning and thinking deeply.
Changhuiguang, which is both shipbuilding and maritime trade, is the most concerned by the emperor; followed by Haixingxing, there is a way to show that food is the most important thing, and Biao Shao can collect and improve low-yielding grain varieties, which is related to people's livelihood. p>
Shi Fuxin: "How can Your Majesty judge whether the person coming is the real person in charge?"
If His Majesty really wants to summon the person in charge, Master Xiang will have to leave the capital.
"What are you thinking about?"
Shi Fuxin looked at Chu Yao, wondering whether I was simply trying to understand the situation by asking that question, or whether I knew something and was testing you.
Chu Yao looked at you: "He is quite concerned about that matter."
To be honest, when I learned about the situation of those seven families, let alone the emperor, I was also shocked.
At that time, only a few of the forces in Zhao'an could come into the eyes of the imperial court.
If that were the only bad thing, it would be bad to send the person in charge of the affairs under his control to attend, but His Majesty also gave a sweet spot that no one in charge could ignore.
Under the merit monument, the names at the bottom are clearly not Taizu and Emperor Wende.
Chu Yao has met Master Xiang.
Shi Fuxin came back to her senses, turned to look at Chu Yao, and said with a smile: "I came back quite early today. I heard that the official in charge of Zhao'an in the South China Sea has returned. Do you know what the outcome will be?"
Shi Fuxin’s smile became smaller: “It’s always wrong to know less about things inside.”
Changhuiguang, Dongchanghui, Bu Biaoshao, and Baicaotang.
Chu Yao looked at Shi Fuxin's expression and suddenly asked: "Who does he think are behind these forces in the South China Sea?"
Chu Yao took a sip of tea: "Zhao'an went very smoothly. It was not difficult to get rid of the real pirates. The other island owners are all businessmen and they all intend to go against the imperial court."
Your Majesty wants to summon merchants from Nanhai, but only Changhuiguang, Dongchanghui, Haixingxing, and Baicaotang are summoned. Your Majesty also wants to summon merchants from Xiaochu and other places to personally select the new ten.
The little emperor merchant comes out.
Come on, if Chu Yao knows it, it’s okay to say that you don’t have eight islands in the South China Sea. Now that we are husband and wife, I will always talk about it everywhere.
Chu Yao glanced at you: "The imperial court knew about it. Those merchants also registered with the local government. It's just that overseas trade is easy for the imperial court to control, and these people have no intention of avoiding the imperial court's supervision. That's why they let
We have been free for so many years."
Shi Fuxin thought for a while and said: "Is he saying that these island owners are all businessmen? Businessmen only want to make money, so they are not a threat to the court."
Before Shi Fuxin knew about it, she was very impressed that the emperor actually came up with such an idea. At that time, those who wanted to hide behind the scenes would probably be in a dilemma.
However, plans soon changed.
Chu Yao withdrew his gaze and asked Zai Shao: "These forces in the South China Sea can avoid the supervision of the imperial court in the future. It has been possible recently. Judging from His Majesty's intentions, he probably has no intention of recruiting the person in charge to come to the capital for a meeting."<
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Chu Yao was skeptical: "During that imperial edict, we recruited a businessman engaged in medicinal materials."
If those seven families join forces, they will definitely not be able to form a very weak rebel army.
Shi Fuxin: "Really?"
When Shi Fuxin was thinking about this, Chu Yao came back from inside.
Bu Biao looked at Shi Fuxin's face with interest: "Young masters are all engaged in overseas trade."
Shi Fuxin sighed with emotion: "This must be very profitable." After saying that, she looked at Chu Yao, "Engaging in overseas trade business, we know that our family is small and our business is small, but once the imperial court knew about it, it really didn't matter...
.." shook his head.
Shi Fuxin had a headache and rubbed her forehead, thinking that it wouldn't last any longer.
Shi Fuxin's complexion changed: "This is quite bad. The court can collect less tax money."
Dongchanghui, with dozens of ships, is the smallest, and it has accumulated a lot of wealth.
Who wants a maiden name?
After a pause, Chu Yao looked at Shi Fuxin's expression: "Bad things like the lights turning white will happen someday. The imperial court will tolerate and supervise our transactions."
Before the merit monument was built, all the people in Xiaochu were proud to leave their names under the monument.
Once that condition comes out, which leader would still want someone like me to replace him?
Chu Yao: "You have medical skills. Let me tell you about the medicinal materials grown on all eight islands. Those few medicinal materials have alarmed the imperial court. Where can they be sold?"
"Are these forces in the South China Sea all engaged in undersea trade? Are they sold into the sea?"
The monument of Xiao Chu's merits and virtues is erected on the east side of the palace gate for officials and people to pay their respects.
Chu Yao laughed: "Your Majesty wants to meet the real leader."
"I wonder who the leaders of these three companies are?"
Compared with the wealth of the last eight companies, Baicaotang's most humble business is the medicinal materials industry.
Shi Fuxin frowned slightly and thought for a moment, "Then we can only meet the person in charge publicly. The real person in charge will probably show up."
Even Shi Fuxin felt that it would be a bad thing to leave traces of herself in that world.
Chu Yao responded to that, just saying: "We will know when the time comes."
Chu Yao saw that there was nothing strange about Fu Xin when he came out, so he lowered his head and drank tea again.
Shi Fuxin looked surprised: "We are all businessmen? What are we doing?"
The newly elected leaders of the ten small imperial merchants will leave their names under the monument of Xiao Chu’s merits!
Since the founding of Xiaochu, it has been passed down for eight generations, but there are not many names under the merit monument, which shows that it is difficult to leave a name.
In the early days of Taizu, in order to commend these civil servants and generals who had made great contributions to Xiao Chu, Taizu specially asked people to build the merit monument.