"In charge of food, is it in charge of food? Is it really in charge of food? I am illiterate, please don't lie to me!"
"Two hundred cents a month and still taking care of the food. Oh my god, is this true? Isn't this the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva?"
"If you know a little bit, you only have 500 words. If you can do it, you can still have a consistent five. This, this, this is impossible."
"Go to hell, sir. Everything is impossible. It's all written clearly. Get out of here, sir! Sir! You'd better be well. I have an eighty-year-old mother lying ill in bed, and a three-year-old baby with a yellow mouth crying for feeding.
Officer, please let me do this job, I will kowtow to you."
When the vegetable seller was asking questions, there were several people nearby who were listening.
As soon as the vegetable seller left, someone asked.
Soon, there were more and more people, and the notice wall suddenly became lively.
Well, who doesn't have some thoughts about joining in the fun? Throughout the ages, curiosity has always existed even in those who only had one breath left in the hospital bed.
No, in less than a stick of incense, the three floors inside and three floors outside were completely surrounded.
The two government officials had no time to speak and could only yell loudly to maintain order.
After the official's reprimand, people became a little quieter.
Immediately, someone who was literate read loudly the information on the notice wall.
In an instant, the crowd became excited.
If a mother-in-law can earn one hundred and eighty yuan a month, her neighbors will give her a thumbs up.
She is definitely a good wife.
Except for some dignitaries, they are all poor people. They are busy on weekdays just to make a living.
These days, it’s possible to give birth again.
There are not many children in the family, and the mother-in-law is at home, so she only expects the man to make money, and there is no place for the woman to work.
Mending and doing laundry for wealthy families.
It is the largest industry for women.
In the capital, there are not too many women with nothing to do. Even jobs such as sewing and laundry are very competitive. Not to mention the money is small, but there is also a lot of involvement.
Now, there is a textile factory that only recruits female workers.
As for frosting factories and garment factories, there are no restrictions on men and women.
That is to say, breweries and porcelain factories do not recruit female apprentices. For female workers, only those who can do the work are recruited.
But this is great news for all the women in the capital.
The most important thing is that women can also make money.
Focus on: taking care of food.
There is not only one notice wall in the capital, but notice walls exist in many places.
Before noon, the matter of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce opening a factory had already caused a huge storm in the entire capital.
Just when the news caused a huge sensation in the capital.
In a certain restaurant, two young men dressed in rich and scholarly clothes were communicating.
"Brother Fan, I don't know what to think about the actions of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce." The man in green robe asked the man in green robe across from him.
The man in Tsing Yi, who was called Brother Fan, heard this and said with a smile: "Brother Qiao, this is a boring question. You and I both know that this group of British merchants have a great cause and can do something of this scale. They must be
I am absolutely sure.”
Speaking of this, Brother Fan said with some envy: "I don't know how high-ranking the British Chamber of Commerce has become in the capital. They can actually open such a large factory without fear of being swallowed up by the government."
"I think the money I earn by waiting on the grassland, running around and working hard, is really nothing compared to them."
The man called Brother Qiao retorted with a smile: "Brother Fan, you are too modest. As far as us Shanxi merchants are concerned, who doesn't know the famous Fan family? Our family is all counting on Fan.
My brother’s family is making a fortune with it.”
"In the area of Zhangjiakou, who would dare to disobey the Fan family?"
Brother Fan waved his hand slightly and said, "It's passed, it's passed, and besides, this is the capital, not the territory of our Shanxi merchants. Brother Qiao, don't be careless."
"In the capital city, in the eyes of the Chamber of Commerce people, we Shanxi merchants are just those living a hard life on the border. Who can think highly of us?"
"But then again, here in the capital, no one looks up to us as businessmen. No matter how much money you have, even if you are a small government servant, there is nothing you can do against him."
Hearing this, Brother Qiao nodded in agreement.
In Shanxi, due to trade with the grasslands, the main people who deal with it are merchants. In terms of language translation, merchants are also the main ones, so the hierarchical division of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, especially for merchants, is not so obvious.
The place that was a little bit tougher on merchants was under the Shanxi Chengxuan Government Envoy Department, and the administrative seat was Taiyuan Prefecture.
There are also three prefectures: Pingyang, Lu'an and Datong.
In other areas, Shanxi merchants still have their own status.
When talking about Shanxi merchants, we cannot do without the Fan family.
The current Fan family's status among Shanxi merchants is already very high.
At present, Fan has made a lot of money through border trade and has become a wealthy businessman.
Moreover, the Fan family is very tolerant, and with them are the Qiao family, the Chang family, the Cao family, the Hou family, the Qu family, the Kang family and the Kong family.
They are all partner clans that have in-depth cooperation with the Fan family.
These eight families are very famous among Shanxi merchants. The most important thing is that, regardless of marriage, the eight families are very united with each other and have little internal friction.
With the Fan family taking the lead, several major families supported each other, advanced and retreated together, and helped other merchants in Shanxi do business together.
Fan and Qiao in the restaurant are members of the eight major Shanxi merchant families.
"Brother Fan, do you think this group of British Chamber of Commerce has been fed some kind of ecstasy? How can they offer such high wages without fear of loss? The money here costs a lot of money."
"Good guy, it's really crazy to open five big factories at once and recruit more than 20,000 workers. It's crazy to give such good treatment to those poor people. It's crazy. It's really crazy."
"I don't know if this means the person in charge of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce in the capital, or the mysterious owner of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce."
"I made a rough calculation in my mind. If we set up five factories in the way they do, I'm afraid we'll need millions of silver dollars. I'm a good boy. What a good guy."
"How dare you do this? This is not how this group of British Chamber of Commerce does good deeds."
Having said this, Qiao suddenly looked around and found that no one was paying attention to them. Then he lowered his head and whispered to Fan: "Brother Fan, do you think the mysterious boss of this group of British Chamber of Commerce is here in the capital?"
."
"It's even very possible that I met His Majesty, so that's why it's like this. Otherwise, how can this make sense? Anyway, I can't figure it out."
Hearing this, Fan immediately frowned, looked around, and then said in a deep voice: "Brother Qiao, if you are looking for death, don't take me, Fan, with you. You also know that this is the capital."
"But have you ever heard of the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty? Even what officials say in private at home can be monitored. We are small businessmen and it is not the Jinyiwei's turn to pay attention. But if someone overhears."
"It will cost you your head to talk about His Majesty in private."
When Qiao heard that he was about to lose his head, he suddenly became a little panicked and did not dare to mention the word "Your Majesty" again.
After a moment of silence, Qiao couldn't help but said again: "I see, these British Chamber of Commerce leaders are probably rich, but they have fallen into the big pit of the capital, making wedding dresses for others."
After hearing this, Fan nodded in agreement and said: "The water in the capital is too deep and there are strong dragons everywhere. Let's not think too much when we come to the capital this time. After watching the military parade and the grandson's canonization,
Just go back to Shanxi directly."
"This does not belong to us, and it is not a place where I will stay for a long time."
In fact, the two of them originally planned to come to the capital, just to do business in Zhejiang.
Shanxi merchants are also called ginseng merchants, and ginseng is the specialty of Shanxi merchants. Zhejiang is an important market for Shanxi merchants' ginseng, because only in Zhejiang can ginseng be sold at an affordable price.
For Shanxi merchants, there is no difference between ordinary ginseng and large white radish.
While on the road this time, I happened to hear the news about the grand military parade in the capital, so I rushed over specifically to watch the ceremony.
Throughout the ages, it has almost never been heard of grand military parades for the common people to watch.
They have the same purpose as the two of them, and the number of them is extremely large.
It can be said that at the capital city gate now, only people can enter and not many can exit.
Even if I want to leave, I have to wait a few days to watch the grand military parade in the capital.
"Brother Fan is absolutely right. Now that we have reached an agreement with Zhejiang, I can just go back directly. But Brother Fan, the people who will queue up for us have already been found." Qiao asked.
Fan smiled and said: "Don't worry, the government stipulates that you can't queue until the day after tomorrow. You can only queue one day in advance. I have already found four people to queue up for us. We will definitely have a good seat then."
The eight merchants of Shanxi today are not yet the eight imperial merchants of the later Ming Dynasty. Although they are also engaged in smuggling trade, they are relatively loyal to the Ming Dynasty today.
However, businessmen value profit over separation. In front of profit, they are nothing.
That is to say, Fan and Qiao, because they have attended private schools for several years, they still have a high impression of Daming.
After receiving the news about the Ming Dynasty grandson's canonization ceremony and the military parade, the two people immediately rushed to the capital just to see the Ming Dynasty military parade.
"I don't know what kind of medicine Qunying Chamber of Commerce is selling in the gourd this time. I always feel that this matter is not that simple. Brother Qiao also knows the power of Qunying Chamber of Commerce on the grassland."
"Although the Qunying Chamber of Commerce has a bottom line in doing things, there are many things like cheating and stealing."
"Underneath the great kindness, there must be sinister intentions."
Fan thought for a while and suddenly said with a sigh.
Qiao was a little confused and said: "With such conditions, what else could it be like? The common people can't afford to lose the wages, and they have to recruit a large number of female workers."
"No matter which direction you look at it, it is a great thing for the people of the capital."
Listening to Brother Fan's words, Qiao couldn't understand.
From his point of view, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce is completely dedicating itself to this, and such a large investment will benefit the people.
Although I feel a little silly, I still admire it in my heart.
Serving the country and the people is something I can bear.
Fan shook his head slightly and said: "There are some things that you still don't know. The Qunying Chamber of Commerce has a very unique characteristic, that is, they do not cheat the poor and make money from the rich."
"If you interact with them more, you will understand. When we were on the grassland, because everyone was involved in smuggling, I had a lot of dealings with them, and I became quite familiar with them."
"Their main partners are all the nobles on the grassland. Even some small nobles ignore them. They cooperate with whoever has money. They have never heard of turf scraping."
The so-called turf-scraping is a common saying, it is like the slave trade, plundering from the bottom, extracting wealth from the poor.
When Qiao heard this, he had a vague idea in his mind, and said with some surprise: "You mean, the actions of the elite merchants this time are for the nobles of the capital?"
Fan nodded first, then shook his head and said: "The millions of dollars of writings, I'm afraid it's not just the nobles of the capital, it's likely to be a big storm in the entire business world of the Ming Dynasty."
"This time, there is also official endorsement. I'll wait and see how strong it is."
Qiao said with some confusion: "Aren't they afraid that others will know their purpose?"
Fan smiled bitterly and said: "There are some conspiracy, so what if I know about it, I still jump into it."
In Kunning Palace, dinner is in progress.
And Ye Yueqing's whole person seemed to be enlightened.
Although Ye Yueqing has not fully understood the hype just mentioned by His Highness Changsun, it seems to have opened the door to a new world for her.
It turns out that Shangdao can still be like this.
"Don't think about it for now. This kind of thing cannot be understood in a day or two. I will use your hands to understand this matter. I will experience it myself and I will completely understand it."
Zhu Ying picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in her mouth, eating it while talking.
Dining in Kunning Palace was extremely casual. Ye Yueqing was sitting opposite, and there was no need for palace maids or officials to wait on her. It was just like a home-cooked meal for ordinary people.
"Your Highness, there are only five hundred thousand guan of treasure notes. Not to mention the capital, even the entire Ming Dynasty, there are not many chambers of commerce that can take it out. Even if the Huizhou merchants and Zhejiang merchants can take it out, their own vitality will be greatly damaged.
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"I'm afraid of them and won't make such a big gamble."
Ye Yueqing said with some confusion.
I understand the concept of fried rice, but it requires other people to have money.
Five hundred thousand guan treasure notes, this threshold is too high. It is so high that even if you look at the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to find collaborators.
Zhu Ying smiled and said: "You, you, are usually so smart, but you don't know how to adapt. One share is 500,000 yuan. Naturally, it is difficult for anyone to be able to afford this price."
"If that's the case, then continue to split it into hundreds or thousands of shares. The threshold will be lowered."
After doing some calculations in his mind, Zhu Ying continued: "According to my idea, the threshold should be controlled at five hundred guan. In this way, ordinary noble families can easily come up with this money."
"If you want to make the factory more popular, more people must join it."
Ye Yueqing fell silent for a moment.
I'm afraid the threshold of five hundred gold coins will be broken.