Song Siyang knew that Chunxiang was Chang Yu's confidant, the second in command of the East Factory, and the eunuch, the outside and the inside. He was in love with his brothers, and there was no need to say more about Old Wu. There must be something big about these two people who suddenly came, and he did not dare to neglect and hurriedly welcomed them into the lobby of the inner courtyard, muttering to himself that early morning, what was going on.

Magpie is coming!

Chunxiang and Wu Mengming smiled at each other, then looked at Song Siyang: "Let's join forces to do a big deal!"

Song Siyang raised his eyebrows, thinking that the 12 Taishang Insurance Company in the capital joined forces to become the imperial merchants and specialize in purchasing military rations for the court. This transaction is big enough. What are these two masters doing now!

Octopus is Octopus, and the Twelve Taishangs have thousands of brothers under their jurisdiction, but Dongchang also has hundreds of people hungry for feeding, so they also have to make some business and do some business to support their families. However, Dongchang is an internal yamen in the court that cannot show up in public and do business, so they have to go public through a backdoor listing!

When Song Siyang heard this, he realized that this is the case. No problem, what business is going on!

Escort agency!

In the years of chaos, merchants need to deliver goods and silver. Large households need to guard the house. The market demand is very large, and few people provide such business. This is the business that Chang Yu thought deeply and Chunxiang had to work on it all night.

The escort agency has formal records and registered with the Industrial and Commercial Bureau (Courtary) during the Qianlong period. Zhang Heiwu, a native of Shanxi, was called the founder of the escort agency. He was Qianlong's martial arts master. Later, with the encouragement of Emperor Qianlong, he founded the Xinglong escort agency. This was the first escort agency in history to register in the court, which specialized in armed escorts for rich people, escorts and other valuables. This was the earliest escort agency in China. Later, once the escorts saw bandits on the mountain in the distance, they shouted: "Hewu left with an escort car and returned safely for half a year." In Shanxi dialect, "Hewu" and "Hewu" are homophones.

But some people also have researched that the escort agency was originally established by Fu Qingzhu, Gu Yanwu and Dai Tingfei to revive the Ming Dynasty and protect merchants from escorting materials, but there was no official recognition.

It doesn't matter who eats the first crab. What's important is that crabs can be eaten, and there are not many people, but there are many crabs. What is certain is that the escort agency is a very scarce but extremely large-scale business.

So Chang Yu decided to open an escort agency and rely on this to maintain the East Factory.

Chunxiang told Wu Mengming early in the morning that Old Wu hit it and shouted that he wanted to invest. This was long as Chang Yu expected. If you just give him bait, he would bite him 100%. Then Wu Mengming came to Song Siyang to discuss the matter.

After some discussion, the three of them made a decision to set up a escort agency outside the Qianmen under the name of Octopus, which was called the Octopus Escort Agency, and the twelve Taibao people managed it. Dongchang and Jinyiwei Jiu opened shares for the real big boss behind the scenes.

It is normal for the escort agency to have an official background. However, this industry needs to deal with all the robbers who robbed along the way, and there are also escorts who have robbed along the way, but the most important thing is to rely on a big tree. This is why many escort agencies who are targeted by the government cannot go in to get people if they move into the escort agency, because each escort agency has a big backstage behind it.

For example, the backstage of the largest member escort escort agency among the eight major escort agencies in the late Qing Dynasty was Li Hongzhang, and his family's security rights were handed over to the member escort agency. Song Yanchao, the founder of the escort agency, was from Shenji Camp, and compared with the military, he had a good relationship with him.

Although Li Hongzhang's backstage is tough, it is only a backstage. However, the bosses behind the Octopus Escort Agency are Dongchang and Jinyiwei. With this alone, no one dares to find trouble in the black and white fields. Now Chang Yu is going to start the Octopus Escort Agency. In addition to escorting goods and silver, protecting merchants' travel, it also provides the business of guarding the house. It can be said that it is a combination of modern express delivery companies and security companies.

The three of them discussed from midday until midday, and they really felt that the market was vast and there was great potential. After discussing it in detail, they made a decision and arranged wine and food for lunch.

"The supervisor went south to suppress the bandits. Before leaving, in addition to instructing the establishment of the escort agency, he also took a job for Octopus." Chunxiang talked about the construction of the official toilet while eating. Song Siyang was overjoyed, and even Wu Mengming was also flirting with surprise. He was the major shareholder of Octopus. The more projects Octopus took, the more he earned, and he would get more, so he would naturally be happy.

"It's really a fat man who doesn't flow to outsiders' fields." Wu Mengming raised his glass and drank bluntly said that the young supervisor was agile and the construction of the official toilet was handed over to the Ministry of Works. First, the project was long, and the cost was high, but it would be different to be done directly by private enterprises and private enterprises. It can be said that it can kill two birds with one stone. It can not only be completed quickly, but also save money in the court, and make money for its own enterprises. It's simply wonderful.

"Mr. Wu, the plague in the capital has been raging recently, and the cleaning of sanitation must not be neglected. Before leaving, the factory also said that it is impossible to rely solely on the people's consciousness and requires supervision. You are lenient in your face, so go and say hello to the Bingmasi."

Wu Mengming smiled: "The grandson of the Bingmasi has recently been in the hands of the Jinyiwei. He has to take advantage of the opportunity to be obedient."

"Look at what you always say, it seems that we will take private revenge on the public. Isn't this all for the emperor?" Chunxiang smiled and said to Song Siyang: "There is another thing."

"Sir, it's okay." Song Siyang thought to himself that the magpies came to the door today, and it was a good thing to come one after another. Could it be that three happy things will come?

It was not considered a happy event, but Chang Yu wanted to buy land and build a house in Panjiayao, more than ten miles southeast of the city. The east factory should not come forward, and there is no suitable staff in this regard for the time being, so he asked Song Siyang to discuss it himself and then set up a construction team to start construction.

After several searches, although Chunxiang did not say it clearly, Song Siyang knew that Chang Yu bought land and built a house not for himself, but for the purpose of resettling the wounded, or rather for the resettlement of the injured and retired eunuchs.

Retired from the government, the palace is definitely not a place to stay for a long time. After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen may not be willing to spend money to raise these people for nothing. After all, looking at the problem from the perspective of the emperor is another perspective. One general succeeds and ten thousand bones, let alone an emperor. How could he care about the quality of life and life and death of several eunuchs? If you turn the palace into a nursing home with disabled eunuchs, he will definitely not agree!

But if they were asked to leave the palace, most of the eunuchs were orphans, and even if they were not orphans, they would be looked down upon by the people of the tribe. Most of them died of loneliness and depression. It would be so difficult to have a life of disability.

Chang Yu couldn't bear to kill these brothers who lived and died side by side with him, and eventually died of loneliness in desolation. He wanted to build a nursing home to take in these disabled eunuchs and give them a home.

But he didn't expect that it was, decades later: people don't know Panjiayao, and they point to Zhongguan Village in the southeast!

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