Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 53

[Chapter 53]

“Fate?”

Zhao Xu held a cup of tea and looked at a group of wealthy children who were eagerly looking at him.

These guys are too idle.

The chamber of commerce currently only has ice and wine, and they have nothing to do.

Glancing at Dong An, he glanced at Yang He again.

I also feel that these guys who can read and write are too wasteful to put here, and they can be used.

Although they are ignorant, they are not useless in the reality of the 99% illiteracy rate in ancient times.

Moreover, it can also prevent them from idleness and causing trouble in Yancheng.   Clearing his throat, he said, “I do have an idea, intending

to turn the chamber of commerce into a government agency under the palace?”   Turning a firm into a government office is almost unheard of.   It’s just, what exactly is King Yan going to do.   But there is no doubt that there seems to be something good going on.   So the children of the rich family moved forward one by one.   He waited for King Yan’s next words.   After blowing the hot tea, he said slowly: “But don’t worry, the profits shared by each of you in the Chamber of Commerce will not be small, but some of you will be selected from among you to become the staff officers of the palace, officially serve as officials in charge of the Chamber of Commerce, and manage the Chamber of Commerce. business, and implement the government’s decree.”   ”Suck…” The children of the rich family gasped when they heard the words, and their faces showed excitement.   The reason why they were reduced to the chamber of commerce was that they failed in the selection of government officials.   According to what Liu Fu said at the time, they were not suitable to be officials.   For this reason, they had nothing to do except to hate Liu Fu in private.   After all, they can’t afford to mess with the palace.

Staying in the chamber of commerce during this period of time, they seemed to be hidden by the family, so they were all depressed.

Now, King Yan suddenly threw out such a bait, how could they stand it.

“Your Highness, do you want me to wait to be an official?” Dong An’s plump face was shaking with fat.

The eldest son of the Dong family, whose roots are straight and red, was robbed of his official position by other branch children in the family, and he was completely humiliated.

Just like that, his father was so disappointed in him that he didn’t even bother to ask him to meet King Yan.

Now, he had an opportunity to make him proud, how could he not be excited.

Yang He and Dong An were also well-known libertines in Yan County before.

He was also eliminated in Liu Fu’s selection.

“Being a frivolous person makes it difficult to be an official.” This was Liu Fu’s evaluation of him. He was so angry that he didn’t sleep well for a few days, and when he saw Liu Fu, he wanted to beat him up.

Thinking of himself as the dignified son of the Yang family, he was ridiculed by the clansmen.

Now that an opportunity was in front of him, he immediately decided to go all out.

Shameless.

With a cry of grief, he suddenly walked a few steps quickly, knelt down in front of Zhao Xu with a plop, hugged Zhao Xu’s thigh, and mourned: “Your Highness, let the chamber of commerce be taken care of by the lower officials, and the lower officials will definitely make the chamber of commerce flourish. Earn a lot of money.”

Xu Lie was startled just now, seeing Yang He like this, he retracted the knife he pulled out.

Dong An and other wealthy children heard this, and immediately started to quarrel.

Dong An scolded: “Yang He, please don’t be shy. When Your Highness agrees to you, you dare to call yourself a subordinate.”

After that, he slipped on his knees and hugged Zhao Xu’s other leg, “Your Highness, Your Highness, what are you doing?” Greetings, Your Highness.”

“Shameless…” All the children of the wealthy family were dumbfounded, and they all despised the two of them.

“Ahem…” Zhao Xu was a little speechless, it seemed that Liu Fu had a good opinion of the two of them.

He said: “You two get up, don’t worry, listen to what I have to say first.”

Dong An and Yang He looked at each other when they heard the words, snorted at the same time, and stood back.

Looking at the more than 20 children of wealthy families in a room, Zhao Xu felt a little worried, he couldn’t give them all officials.

Thinking of the purpose of his visit this time, he said: “To be fair, I will give you a chance. Right now, the palace needs a huge amount of iron ore and limestone. Within ten days from today, who can get the most and the cheapest for the Bing Zhansi?” The iron ore, limestone, and stinky coal, whoever is the head of the chamber of commerce, ranks sixth, and the others will be given positions in order, how about it?”

“Fair and just.” Dong An and Yang Hexi said.

In their view, this matter is simple, they just go back and buy it with silver.

“Your Highness, in this way, whoever has the most money will win.” A son of a rich family saw the loophole.

Zhao Xu naturally thought of this, and he said: “The money to buy these things will be paid by the Wang Chamber of Commerce. Anyone who cheats will never be hired.”

He was serious about choosing the officials of the Chamber of Commerce.

In addition to selling goods, his chamber of commerce will also be responsible for managing Yan County’s business in the future.

For him, the technology in his head is important, but so are many of today’s management philosophies.

This Chamber of Commerce is the tool he uses to realize some business ideas.

However, Dong An, Yang He and others are not suitable to be officials who are close to the people.

But as far as he knows, some of the children of wealthy families have made great achievements in the family business.

For example, Dong An and Yang He are frivolous but are suitable for dealing with other merchants, and they are good at eating, drinking and playing with women.

With this in mind, he decided to give them a chance.

“Hmph, you are jealous.” Dong An and Yang He were dissatisfied, and the two reached the same front again at this time.

Rolling up his sleeves, Yang He said to the other wealthy children, “This time it’s a real sword and gun. I, Yang He, will never cheat. Let’s see who wins.”

“Okay, come on.” The other wealthy children were not afraid either.

In order to fight for this official, they fought.

Dong An was impatient, “Your Highness, I will go here, and I promise to find the most raw materials for Your Highness within ten days, but what is the limestone that Your Highness is talking about?”

Zhao Xu nodded in satisfaction.

The other guys wanted to be officials.

Only Dong An remembered one of the things he didn’t understand.

“Go to the Military Division and ask Master Wang about it, they will tell you where to find it.” Zhao Xu said.

It was only then that the crowd remembered, and after saying goodbye, they all went to the Military Division.

Grab a little bit of the first opportunity to have more hope of victory.

In the blink of an eye, there were only servants left in the chamber of commerce, Zhao Xu laughed.

During this period of time, he may not have to worry about the raw materials of the military.

As for things like limestone, it doesn’t matter to them.

After all, the mine can’t run away, and sooner or later they will know that there is such a thing.

There is no problem with the technology in his hands, and they don’t know what to do with the limestone.

Here, Dong An and the others hurried to the Military Division.

Wang Ying saw King Yan’s letter and told Dong An, Yang He and others where the limestone was and what it looked like.

Everyone heard the words and immediately returned home.

“Father, my son will be a high-ranking official soon.”

Upon arriving home, Dong An found his father who was supervising the firing of the royal wine jar in the pottery workshop.

“Why are you crazy? Just don’t cause trouble for me, and still be an official.” Dong An was furious.

The eldest son of his younger brother’s family was selected by Liu Fu and is now the magistrate of a county.

This discredited him in the Dong family.

It was precisely in order to save his prestige in the family that he came forward to curry favor with Yan Wang.

Otherwise, in a few years, the owner of the Dong family will change hands.

(end of this chapter)