Be a master through ancient times
Chapter 378 Doing Business
When the Admiral of the Navy received the letter, Chu Ci had already returned to Zhangzhou Mansion.
The pier in Zhangzhou Mansion was also full of people in a hurry, carrying their burdens and looking forward to the passenger ship to come quickly.Chu Ci sighed, it seems that rumors do not only exist in the few state capitals near Xijiang Province.
This time he arrived in the morning, so he didn't even think about testing those people, so he went in directly through the gate.When the concierge saw Chu Ci, he yelled in surprise, and then walked a few steps forward to take the things that Chu Ci and Zhang Hu were carrying.
These things are special products of Xijiang Mansion, and they were supposed to be distributed to them. Now that the concierge came to pick them up, Chu Ci simply ordered them to say: "Here are some foods from my hometown. Everyone in Tixue Division has a share. You Take it to Mr. Zhou in the foreign affairs room and ask him to distribute it. By the way, tell him to come to the Tixue Hall when he is done. Also inform the stewards of the other rooms, and ask them to bring the business that I need to deal with. I."
"Hey! Hey!" The concierge nodded repeatedly, with an excited look on his face, as if Chu Ci was not telling him to do something, but rewarding him with something.
After a while, all the adults in those rooms arrived.As soon as they saw Chu Ci, they first bowed their hands and congratulated him.
"Master Chu, congratulations!"
The second monk Chu Cizhang couldn't figure it out: "Dare to ask everyone, where does the joy come from?"
Wang Ming looked surprised: "So you don't know about it? We thought that someone would talk about it all the way."
Now Chu Ci became even more curious. The only thing he heard along the way was that the water bandits came again. Could this be some good news?
Wang Ming and others saw that he really didn't know, so they immediately explained his doubts.It turned out that the results of this township examination came out some time ago. After the provincial education department notified the lists of all prefectures and counties, they found that the number of people who passed the exam in Zhangzhou Prefecture was actually among the best in the entire Southern Fujian Province. Their mansion, but two of the five classics are candidates for Zhangzhou mansion.
Compared with the last two years in the township examination, they finally feel proud this time.According to the past practice, the Provincial Department of Education will send people down to reward him in a few days, so when they see Chu Ci, they will come to congratulate him first.
"So that's the case. How can you all congratulate me? It should be congratulations. Without the joint efforts of you and the masters in the mansion, I would not be able to achieve such a good result by myself. Waiting for people from the province to come , I will tell them the truth about the contributions you have made to the students of the Fuzhong." Chu Ci smiled and bowed his hands to them, and what he said made these stewards feel very relieved, and to meet someone who is not greedy for merit Boss, anyone will be more motivated.
There is a big difference between doing things for others and doing things for yourself.When doing it for others, even if they have ten points of strength, they will only use five points. When doing things for themselves, if they have ten points of strength, they will use ten points, or even eleven or two points.
After everyone was courteous for a while, Chu Ci asked again: "Have the new imperial examination candidates returned to Zhangzhou Mansion? Has the magistrate hosted a banquet? Has the Department of Education held a banquet for them?"
Zhou Qing stood up and shook his head: "My lord, you haven't come back, we can't make up our own minds. The magistrate has already hosted a banquet."
As soon as this matter was mentioned, a look of disdain and aggrieved appeared on the faces of the managers.The students' ability to achieve such good results this time is clearly due to the Department of Education.Did their magistrate Yamen do anything?Even if it is a little silver subsidy!
But those who did not work enjoyed all the glory. When welcoming the new imperial examination son back home, he took a loudspeaker and said some specious things there. I am afraid that most people now think that the imperial examination Our academic success is due to the good governance of the magistrate.
They complained angrily, but Chu Ci smiled and comforted them: "Right and wrong are in the hearts of the people, and they can't be distorted by others' random words. And although the Department of Education is not directly under the control of the prefect's yamen, he After all, he is a local parent official, so why should we have trouble with him on such a small matter? Besides, since he attaches so much importance to education, it is also good for us. Next time we have something to do, we can also go to the magistrate’s yamen for alms. Thinking about it, the magistrate will not refuse, right?"
Chu Ci squinted his eyes and smiled like a fox, what was he afraid of if he suffered a little?He can think of a way to make up for it in minutes.
After hearing what he meant, the stewards finally felt a little more comfortable. Now they are gearing up, looking forward to Chuci's new decree as soon as possible, and they will go to the prefect's yamen to talk about it.
After their hearts were calmed, they reported to Chu Ci one by one what happened during his absence for more than a month.For those who did well, Chu Ci praised them. For some problems, he didn't criticize them, but just tactfully gave better solutions.In his opinion, these people have done their work conscientiously when he went out. If he not only discourages them, but also criticizes them, then the next time he goes out, he will not think that they can work hard.
For his subordinates, what Chu Ci wanted was their work attitude, and it didn't matter if they were weak or weak. He was confident that he could make up for it.
After finishing his official duties, Chu Ci had time to return to Houya.Zhang Hu went back earlier than him, and now he is sitting in the study telling a few interesting things that happened along the way.The little ones listened with gusto, and it was obvious that they were still yearning for the outside world.
Chu Ci thought that when they were older, they could be arranged to go on a study tour. Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. After going outside to broaden their horizons, they will find that their mentality will also change.
When Chu Ci graduated from high school, he traveled all over the great rivers and mountains of the motherland alone. After graduating from university, he traveled all over the world.He hoped that the group of children could also walk around and look around like he did.
Seeing that they were listening intently, Chu Ci didn't disturb them.He went straight to Butler Xu's door, bent his fingers and stretched forward, and when he was about to knock on the door, he found that the door had been pulled open.
Chu Ci was surprised by the speed with which Butler Xu opened the door. His hand was still in the posture of knocking on the door, and he almost knocked on Butler Xu's forehead just now.
"Uncle Xu, do you want to go out?" Chu Ci withdrew his hand in embarrassment, and hid behind his back.
Butler Xu shook his head and chuckled: "I heard footsteps when you approached, and I expected you to come to me, so I opened the door ahead of time. Master Chu, sit inside." When he moved sideways, Chu Ci At a glance, I saw the ledger and the messed up abacus on the table.
He was a little apologetic, and felt that he seemed to have disturbed Butler Xu to settle the accounts.Butler Xu saw what he was thinking, and waved his hand to show that he didn't mind.
After Chu Ci sat down, he first expressed his gratitude to Butler Xu. During his absence, the younger ones were all taken care of by Butler Xu.Butler Xu pretended to be unhappy, he was extremely happy to take care of these children, so there was no need to thank him.
Chu Ci asked a few more about his performance during this time, and then he revealed his reason for coming.
"Uncle Xu, you have been in business for many years, but have you done business with foreigners?"
"I did. When I was young, I took a caravan to many places. I have been to almost all the countries that are adjacent to Wei. Ah Ci, if you ask me this way, do you want to know something?"
There is no need to hide it when talking to a smart person, Chu Ci directly told Steward Xu what he saw and heard on the boat.
Butler Xu's expression was not surprising, he must have heard about it a long time ago.But what he said next made Chu Ci realize that he still knew too little about Steward Xu.
Butler Xu said that there is actually a reason why the Wa people would do such a thing.
It turned out that the country of Wa suffered a severe drought this year.
This is not without warning. The weather in Nanfu Province this year is extremely hot. In the past two or three months, there have been only a few light rains that did not wet the ground.It was even worse on the Wa side, there hadn't been a single drop of rain for nearly six or seven months.You know, there are several conditions for this crop to grow well, one of which is to have rainwater irrigation.Now we just bask in the sun without watering, let alone crops, and there are not even a few weeds left in the fields.
Although the country of Wa is surrounded by the sea, the sea water is so salty that it can't be used for irrigation at all. Seeing the crops in the fields wither day by day, the hair of the emperor of the country of Wa is going to be grey.Because the land area of the Wa Kingdom is small, and the scope of this drought is too large, almost including the whole country, so the food cannot be mobilized at all, and can only be bought from other countries with money and then sold to the people.
In previous years, the Wa Nationality had trade relations with the Great Wei, but last year the secret work sent by the Wa State to the Great Wei was discovered, so Emperor Tianhe ordered that the Wa State not be allowed to enter the territory of the Great Wei under any name, unless it was to pay tribute or obtain the consent of the Great Wei.Otherwise, once verified, they will be punished as spies and punished on the spot, regardless of the reason.Lost the grain of Wei, Wa country can only send boats to Bang country to buy, but Bang country is only a small country, even if Wa country repeatedly threatens, the grain bought back is very little.
When there was really no other way, a group of people from the Wa country chose to smuggle grain from Wei at a high price.When facing these people, the Great Wei businessman was so ruthless that he directly raised the price of grain several times.
Of course the Japanese are not happy, but now the situation is urgent, if they delay for a while, more people will starve to death, so they can only grit their teeth and accept the food that is several times more expensive.
But throwing these grains into the whole country is like a drop in the bucket. They can only spend a lot of money to do business with the big Wei merchants again and again.
But this is not a problem if it goes on for a long time. This year, there was a drought, and the people had almost nothing. Let alone the tax revenue, even food and clothing became a problem.Under such circumstances, several turmoil broke out in the country of Wa due to food robbing, causing blood to flow every time. Those wanderers who were hungry and red-eyed were not afraid of the government at all.
The emperor urgently summoned the ministers to find a solution. After a long time, someone offered a plan, which was to rob other countries' merchant ships.It is best to rob the food. When the robbing is not available, the goods on the ship will be traded with the merchants of Wei.
In the past, they all committed crimes in waters far away from Great Wei, but recently those businessmen have become more cautious, and deliberately made a detour to enter the sea area of Great Wei.After they surrounded the ship, they discovered that the fleet of the Great Wei Navy was not far away.
They were a little scared, but they didn't expect the navy's boat to be motionless.When they were almost finished robbing, the first boat suddenly started to move. After the Japanese lost several brothers, they fled the scene in a panic.
Because people who secretly hated the navy spoiled their affairs, after the Japanese left, they quietly contacted An Zi, who had not been discovered, deliberately spreading rumors in order to disturb the hearts of the people.
Chu Ci was surprised that Steward Xu knew so much. When he was wondering, he suddenly saw his meaningful smile, and Chu Ci immediately understood.Doing business with Japanese people, I am afraid it is the people of Butler Xu.
The pier in Zhangzhou Mansion was also full of people in a hurry, carrying their burdens and looking forward to the passenger ship to come quickly.Chu Ci sighed, it seems that rumors do not only exist in the few state capitals near Xijiang Province.
This time he arrived in the morning, so he didn't even think about testing those people, so he went in directly through the gate.When the concierge saw Chu Ci, he yelled in surprise, and then walked a few steps forward to take the things that Chu Ci and Zhang Hu were carrying.
These things are special products of Xijiang Mansion, and they were supposed to be distributed to them. Now that the concierge came to pick them up, Chu Ci simply ordered them to say: "Here are some foods from my hometown. Everyone in Tixue Division has a share. You Take it to Mr. Zhou in the foreign affairs room and ask him to distribute it. By the way, tell him to come to the Tixue Hall when he is done. Also inform the stewards of the other rooms, and ask them to bring the business that I need to deal with. I."
"Hey! Hey!" The concierge nodded repeatedly, with an excited look on his face, as if Chu Ci was not telling him to do something, but rewarding him with something.
After a while, all the adults in those rooms arrived.As soon as they saw Chu Ci, they first bowed their hands and congratulated him.
"Master Chu, congratulations!"
The second monk Chu Cizhang couldn't figure it out: "Dare to ask everyone, where does the joy come from?"
Wang Ming looked surprised: "So you don't know about it? We thought that someone would talk about it all the way."
Now Chu Ci became even more curious. The only thing he heard along the way was that the water bandits came again. Could this be some good news?
Wang Ming and others saw that he really didn't know, so they immediately explained his doubts.It turned out that the results of this township examination came out some time ago. After the provincial education department notified the lists of all prefectures and counties, they found that the number of people who passed the exam in Zhangzhou Prefecture was actually among the best in the entire Southern Fujian Province. Their mansion, but two of the five classics are candidates for Zhangzhou mansion.
Compared with the last two years in the township examination, they finally feel proud this time.According to the past practice, the Provincial Department of Education will send people down to reward him in a few days, so when they see Chu Ci, they will come to congratulate him first.
"So that's the case. How can you all congratulate me? It should be congratulations. Without the joint efforts of you and the masters in the mansion, I would not be able to achieve such a good result by myself. Waiting for people from the province to come , I will tell them the truth about the contributions you have made to the students of the Fuzhong." Chu Ci smiled and bowed his hands to them, and what he said made these stewards feel very relieved, and to meet someone who is not greedy for merit Boss, anyone will be more motivated.
There is a big difference between doing things for others and doing things for yourself.When doing it for others, even if they have ten points of strength, they will only use five points. When doing things for themselves, if they have ten points of strength, they will use ten points, or even eleven or two points.
After everyone was courteous for a while, Chu Ci asked again: "Have the new imperial examination candidates returned to Zhangzhou Mansion? Has the magistrate hosted a banquet? Has the Department of Education held a banquet for them?"
Zhou Qing stood up and shook his head: "My lord, you haven't come back, we can't make up our own minds. The magistrate has already hosted a banquet."
As soon as this matter was mentioned, a look of disdain and aggrieved appeared on the faces of the managers.The students' ability to achieve such good results this time is clearly due to the Department of Education.Did their magistrate Yamen do anything?Even if it is a little silver subsidy!
But those who did not work enjoyed all the glory. When welcoming the new imperial examination son back home, he took a loudspeaker and said some specious things there. I am afraid that most people now think that the imperial examination Our academic success is due to the good governance of the magistrate.
They complained angrily, but Chu Ci smiled and comforted them: "Right and wrong are in the hearts of the people, and they can't be distorted by others' random words. And although the Department of Education is not directly under the control of the prefect's yamen, he After all, he is a local parent official, so why should we have trouble with him on such a small matter? Besides, since he attaches so much importance to education, it is also good for us. Next time we have something to do, we can also go to the magistrate’s yamen for alms. Thinking about it, the magistrate will not refuse, right?"
Chu Ci squinted his eyes and smiled like a fox, what was he afraid of if he suffered a little?He can think of a way to make up for it in minutes.
After hearing what he meant, the stewards finally felt a little more comfortable. Now they are gearing up, looking forward to Chuci's new decree as soon as possible, and they will go to the prefect's yamen to talk about it.
After their hearts were calmed, they reported to Chu Ci one by one what happened during his absence for more than a month.For those who did well, Chu Ci praised them. For some problems, he didn't criticize them, but just tactfully gave better solutions.In his opinion, these people have done their work conscientiously when he went out. If he not only discourages them, but also criticizes them, then the next time he goes out, he will not think that they can work hard.
For his subordinates, what Chu Ci wanted was their work attitude, and it didn't matter if they were weak or weak. He was confident that he could make up for it.
After finishing his official duties, Chu Ci had time to return to Houya.Zhang Hu went back earlier than him, and now he is sitting in the study telling a few interesting things that happened along the way.The little ones listened with gusto, and it was obvious that they were still yearning for the outside world.
Chu Ci thought that when they were older, they could be arranged to go on a study tour. Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. After going outside to broaden their horizons, they will find that their mentality will also change.
When Chu Ci graduated from high school, he traveled all over the great rivers and mountains of the motherland alone. After graduating from university, he traveled all over the world.He hoped that the group of children could also walk around and look around like he did.
Seeing that they were listening intently, Chu Ci didn't disturb them.He went straight to Butler Xu's door, bent his fingers and stretched forward, and when he was about to knock on the door, he found that the door had been pulled open.
Chu Ci was surprised by the speed with which Butler Xu opened the door. His hand was still in the posture of knocking on the door, and he almost knocked on Butler Xu's forehead just now.
"Uncle Xu, do you want to go out?" Chu Ci withdrew his hand in embarrassment, and hid behind his back.
Butler Xu shook his head and chuckled: "I heard footsteps when you approached, and I expected you to come to me, so I opened the door ahead of time. Master Chu, sit inside." When he moved sideways, Chu Ci At a glance, I saw the ledger and the messed up abacus on the table.
He was a little apologetic, and felt that he seemed to have disturbed Butler Xu to settle the accounts.Butler Xu saw what he was thinking, and waved his hand to show that he didn't mind.
After Chu Ci sat down, he first expressed his gratitude to Butler Xu. During his absence, the younger ones were all taken care of by Butler Xu.Butler Xu pretended to be unhappy, he was extremely happy to take care of these children, so there was no need to thank him.
Chu Ci asked a few more about his performance during this time, and then he revealed his reason for coming.
"Uncle Xu, you have been in business for many years, but have you done business with foreigners?"
"I did. When I was young, I took a caravan to many places. I have been to almost all the countries that are adjacent to Wei. Ah Ci, if you ask me this way, do you want to know something?"
There is no need to hide it when talking to a smart person, Chu Ci directly told Steward Xu what he saw and heard on the boat.
Butler Xu's expression was not surprising, he must have heard about it a long time ago.But what he said next made Chu Ci realize that he still knew too little about Steward Xu.
Butler Xu said that there is actually a reason why the Wa people would do such a thing.
It turned out that the country of Wa suffered a severe drought this year.
This is not without warning. The weather in Nanfu Province this year is extremely hot. In the past two or three months, there have been only a few light rains that did not wet the ground.It was even worse on the Wa side, there hadn't been a single drop of rain for nearly six or seven months.You know, there are several conditions for this crop to grow well, one of which is to have rainwater irrigation.Now we just bask in the sun without watering, let alone crops, and there are not even a few weeds left in the fields.
Although the country of Wa is surrounded by the sea, the sea water is so salty that it can't be used for irrigation at all. Seeing the crops in the fields wither day by day, the hair of the emperor of the country of Wa is going to be grey.Because the land area of the Wa Kingdom is small, and the scope of this drought is too large, almost including the whole country, so the food cannot be mobilized at all, and can only be bought from other countries with money and then sold to the people.
In previous years, the Wa Nationality had trade relations with the Great Wei, but last year the secret work sent by the Wa State to the Great Wei was discovered, so Emperor Tianhe ordered that the Wa State not be allowed to enter the territory of the Great Wei under any name, unless it was to pay tribute or obtain the consent of the Great Wei.Otherwise, once verified, they will be punished as spies and punished on the spot, regardless of the reason.Lost the grain of Wei, Wa country can only send boats to Bang country to buy, but Bang country is only a small country, even if Wa country repeatedly threatens, the grain bought back is very little.
When there was really no other way, a group of people from the Wa country chose to smuggle grain from Wei at a high price.When facing these people, the Great Wei businessman was so ruthless that he directly raised the price of grain several times.
Of course the Japanese are not happy, but now the situation is urgent, if they delay for a while, more people will starve to death, so they can only grit their teeth and accept the food that is several times more expensive.
But throwing these grains into the whole country is like a drop in the bucket. They can only spend a lot of money to do business with the big Wei merchants again and again.
But this is not a problem if it goes on for a long time. This year, there was a drought, and the people had almost nothing. Let alone the tax revenue, even food and clothing became a problem.Under such circumstances, several turmoil broke out in the country of Wa due to food robbing, causing blood to flow every time. Those wanderers who were hungry and red-eyed were not afraid of the government at all.
The emperor urgently summoned the ministers to find a solution. After a long time, someone offered a plan, which was to rob other countries' merchant ships.It is best to rob the food. When the robbing is not available, the goods on the ship will be traded with the merchants of Wei.
In the past, they all committed crimes in waters far away from Great Wei, but recently those businessmen have become more cautious, and deliberately made a detour to enter the sea area of Great Wei.After they surrounded the ship, they discovered that the fleet of the Great Wei Navy was not far away.
They were a little scared, but they didn't expect the navy's boat to be motionless.When they were almost finished robbing, the first boat suddenly started to move. After the Japanese lost several brothers, they fled the scene in a panic.
Because people who secretly hated the navy spoiled their affairs, after the Japanese left, they quietly contacted An Zi, who had not been discovered, deliberately spreading rumors in order to disturb the hearts of the people.
Chu Ci was surprised that Steward Xu knew so much. When he was wondering, he suddenly saw his meaningful smile, and Chu Ci immediately understood.Doing business with Japanese people, I am afraid it is the people of Butler Xu.
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