Governor's Palace, Western City, Island of Ceylon.
Because this incident did not cause much turmoil, the losses of the Western United Trading Company were minimal. After eliminating the influence of Hu Xian and the Hu family, Zhu Benduan, Feng Xiang, Zhang Yuan and others quickly took over the Western United Trading Company.
The entire Western United Trading Company was up and running again.
Xiyang Port has also returned to its previous appearance, becoming prosperous and busy again.
"Not to mention, this Hu Xian is really good at choosing a seat. It is really a pleasure to sit on this chair and overlook the entire Xiyang City and Xiyang Port."
Shouning Hou Zhang Heling was sitting on the governor's chair, overlooking the scenery in front of him through the window, and couldn't help but nod his head.
"After we go back, we will also build a governor's palace like this in our Shouning City."
After thinking about it, Zhang Heling said to Zhang Yanling beside him.
"Brother, this Governor's Mansion cost more than one million taels of silver to build. What can't you do with more than one million taels of silver? Do you have to build this Governor's Mansion?"
When Zhang Yanling heard this, he immediately became unhappy.
The two brothers have always been stingy. In the past, they often went to the palace for no other reason than to earn money. Now that they are rich, they go to the palace less often, but they still cannot change their stingy habits.
"You want more than one million taels of silver?"
When Zhang Heling heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.
He looked at the governor's office carefully, thought for a while and said: "This Hu Xian really deserves to be killed. Damn, he took my money to build such a luxurious governor's palace. I am not willing to spend money to build such a mansion. It would be better for him."
, If you don’t spend your own money, you are really selling your father’s land and you don’t feel bad!”
"This time, our two brothers worked hard to lead the army to quell the chaos. This trip cannot be in vain. This is public and private. One code is the same. We will have a good relationship with the Western United Trading Company later.
Let’s do the calculations. The military expenses, labor costs, food, grass, ammunition losses, etc. must be calculated clearly with the Western United Trading Company face to face.”
"Brother is right, I'm making a list. Besides, if we don't lead the army to suppress the rebellion in time, the Western United Trading Company will suffer great losses."
"In my opinion, this time, I have to ask for at least one or two million taels of silver from the Western United Trading Company to avoid losing money."
When Zhang Yanling heard this, he immediately became excited. Settling accounts was his favorite thing.
The United Western Trading Company is rich, and they are obviously shareholders. Now they are using their colonial troops to do things for the Western United Trading Company. Although they also have their own shares in it, the hard work must be indispensable.
"Yes, yes, this loss must also be taken into account~"
When Zhang Heling heard this, he nodded repeatedly.
While the two were settling accounts, Feng Xiang, Zhang Yuan, Zhu Benduan, and Zhang Guangchen also came to the governor's office.
"This lost work pay must also be counted. The two of us are relatives of the emperor, so every minute and second is worth money. If we waste these days, it's not much if we count it as one hundred thousand taels, right?"
"Not much, not much, add it in~"
When the four of them heard where the two brothers were settling accounts, they couldn't help but look at each other and then shook their heads.
These two brothers really know how to settle accounts.
"Master Hou, uncle~"
The four of them saluted the two.
"Hmm~"
Seeing the four of them, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling immediately put away their ten-dollar philistine demeanors.
"How are things going?"
Now in Ceylon, the Zhang brothers are considered the biggest, and it is the two brothers who make the final decisions and arrangements for matters within the Western United Trading Company.
"Back to Lord Marquis, all the affairs of the commercial bank have returned to normal. We have also announced the situation to the outside world. The business of the commercial bank has not been greatly affected or fluctuated."
Feng Xiang and the people around him looked at it and replied.
"That's good~"
Zhang Heling nodded with satisfaction, thought for a while and asked: "Is there any news from Daming?"
"We have just received news from Daming, and we came here because of this matter."
Feng Lian hurriedly took out a document. This document was the Charter of the Western United Commercial Bank drafted by Liu Jin, Zhang Mao and others. It was transferred to Ceylon day and night with great speed.
"How did they arrange it?"
"Have the army been dispatched to suppress the rebellion?"
"It doesn't matter who is here, or what kind of army needs to be dispatched."
Zhang Heling casually guessed as he took the document.
In his opinion, Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, Li Chunyang and others who were far away in the Ming Dynasty must have been extremely anxious and were probably mobilizing troops and generals to try to mobilize the imperial army to suppress the Hu family's rebellion.
"Master Marquis, the masters of the Ming Dynasty did not dispatch any troops. They said in the letter that as long as Master Marquis and Uncle are here, Hu Xian, a little man, can't make any waves."
Feng Xiang smiled and replied that he had already read the documents and knew the thoughts and handling methods of the bosses in Ming Dynasty.
"Well, well, yes, yes, they are still very discerning. With our brothers here, Hu Xian can pull off any tricks."
When Zhang Yanling heard this, he immediately nodded happily.
"Basic Charter of Western United Trading Company?"
"What the hell?"
Zhang Heling opened the file and read it. Just reading the beginning, he couldn't help but scream.
At this time, shouldn't people like Liu Jin and Zhang Mao who were far away in the Ming Dynasty be as anxious as ants on a hot pot, thinking of ways to quell the chaos?
However, Zhang Heling couldn't understand what kind of basic charter the document sent urgently from Ming Dynasty was.
"Master Hou, you might as well read it first~"
Feng Xiang and others smiled. To be honest, they were also surprised when they saw it.
One side was surprised by the calmness of these shareholders. When such a huge thing happened, they thought it was a trivial matter and did not have any big reaction. They even thought that they could take care of Hu Xian and the Hu family on their own.
The second one is surprised by the content mentioned in the basic charter, because the things written in it are far beyond everyone's knowledge and imagination.
The democratic electoral system, the idea of decentralization of power, the idea of mutual checks and balances, use such a set of methods and systems to re-create the Western United Trading Company.
It is simply unbelievable, but it makes people feel that this system is the most suitable for Western United Trading Houses.
"Grandma~"
"This must be something that brat Liu Jin came up with. Apart from him, no one else can come up with something like this."
When Zhang Heling heard this, he also read it carefully from beginning to end.
After reading it, Zhang Heling couldn't help but burst into tears and was so impressed.
Then I was amazed by Liu Jin.
This man is thousands of miles away in the Ming Dynasty, but he seems to know every move of the Western United Trading Company, even though he is so far away.
He was able to conclude that he could easily deal with Hu Xian, without the slightest worry, he had already thought about the future.
That’s awesome!
What's even more amazing is the system he came up with.
With this system, the Governor of Ceylon will not be able to make any waste in the future. Everything will be restricted by the shareholders' meeting. He will no longer be a local emperor like before. He can do whatever he wants, and even return it.
The delusion that one person can swallow up everything and become the real emperor.
“It’s really amazing~”
When Zhang Yanling heard this, he quickly started reading it. After reading it, he shook his head and sighed.
"It must have been Liu Jin who came up with it. No one but him can think of such a thing."
"As expected of a disciple of a master, I am ashamed of myself and am amazed!"
"Master Hou, uncle~"
"Then what should we do next?"
Feng Xiang, Zhu Benduan, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Guangchen and others looked at it and asked.
"Of course it will be done in accordance with the resolution of the shareholders' meeting."
"Just wait a little longer. Soon, various families from the Ming Dynasty will send people over. At that time, a shareholders' meeting will be formed and the election of the governor and ministers of various ministries will begin."
"Now you are still responsible for the affairs of each department. Discuss important matters. If there is anything that cannot be decided, come and talk to me."
Zhang Heling said without thinking.
There is nothing wrong with this system. Everyone has signed and pledged it, even his own son has signed it, which means that he also agrees.
In this case, there is nothing more to say, just act in accordance with the basic charter.
"Yes, Lord Marquis!"
Upon hearing this, several people nodded quickly and started working on their own.
What happened at the Western United Trading Company spread quickly.
What Hu Xian and the Hu family did was reviled by countless people.
In this era, it is an era that pays attention to loyalty.
The ministers are loyal to the emperor, the wife is loyal to her husband, the shopkeeper and the clerk are loyal to the boss. This is the most recognized thing in this era and society, and it is also the most important thing.
Although Hu Xian was one of the shareholders of the Western United Trading Company, as the Governor of Ceylon, he was not loyal to all shareholders, harmed the public and private interests, and was nepotistic. In the end, he even wanted to monopolize the entire Western United Trading Company and become the
Tu emperor.
This was obviously seriously inconsistent with the values of people in this era, and naturally it would be scorned by the world. When the news spread back to Jiangnan, the homeland of the Ming Dynasty, the remaining members of the Hu family almost became street rats, and everyone shouted for beatings.
However, the thing that really gets everyone talking is the subsequent system introduced by Western United Trading Company.
The Western United Trading Company responded very quickly, quelling the Hu family's rebellion with lightning speed, and at the same time proposed a brand new system.
The ideas of democratic elections, decentralization of powers, and ideas of checks and balances contained in this brand-new system were immediately recognized by people of insight, and heated discussions started. A brand-new trend of thought is constantly brewing and fermenting.
At the same time, many commercial firms at home and abroad in the Ming Dynasty were also thinking about what happened to the Western United Commercial Bank, and began to follow the Western United Commercial Bank's example, setting up relevant shareholders' meetings and conducting strict control to prevent similar things from happening.