The wealthy businessman of Seng Long Mansion Nguyen Phu is the head of the business of Seng Long Mansion. The Long Qingxiang business he is in charge of, and the commodities include almost all profitable businesses, foreign goods, iron ore, salt goods, local products, etc. Nguyen Phu Bao personally wrote a letter to him, inviting the neutral to send to Lang Sang Mansion to participate in the auction, and accompanied the invitation to a auction introduction and product list.

This product catalog is naturally the pioneering move of Zhou Shixiong. It not only lists the product information for the upcoming auction, but also focuses on what products are needed by Lang Sang Mansion. It hopes that the luxury merchants participating in the auction can become suppliers of certain products. This transaction that can be sold and bought is very attractive to luxury merchants everywhere. Zhou Shixiong completely plagiarizes the Canton Fair model. [..com]

In addition to the novelty of the model, Zhou Shixiong also built a trading area covering an area of ​​nearly 1,000 acres in Lang Sang City, as a stage for ordinary merchants to display goods. The wealthy merchants arranged a small schoolyard in the prefect's yamen. Although this place is not as open as outside, the sense of superiority apart from ordinary people is enough to compensate for this small flaw.

As time goes by, the large and small trading yards were completed one after another. Zhou Shixiong and Gao Fu completed their work respectively and reported to Nguyen Phuc Bao. After reading the invitation list listed by Gao Fu, Nguyen Phuc Bao nodded with satisfaction, "Gao Fu, I didn't expect that you would be very serious in your work with the young master, which is very good."

"Sir, I'm so frightened." Gao Fu was shocked and said in his heart that he didn't suppress the wrong treasure. The adult was very fond of Master Ji. If he played tricks, the comments might not be very good, but very bad.

"In the future, you will follow Master Ji. Although he is smart, he is not familiar with the customs and peoples of the Northern Dynasties. It will be good for you to help him more." Ruan Phucbao once again emphasized Gao Fu's belonging and waved his hand to let him go. When Gao Fu left, Ruan Phucbao smiled and said to Zhou Shixiong, "Hongchang, I see what you do. When the auction is over, you go to Beijin City and help your adoptive father take care of the things in Beijin City."

Since Zhou Shixiong was determined to do a good job in Ji Hongchang, he certainly would not refuse the promotion of Ruan Phuc Bao. He bowed and said, "Thank you for your cultivation."

"Don't talk to your adoptive father, this is what you deserve. If you really conquer Xuan Guang's mansion in the future, you will help your adoptive father take care of Lang San Mansion." Ruan Phubao began to make a wish, and of course Zhou Shixiong had to flatter him. Anyway, there was no need to pay taxes to brag, and tell me what's the point. "Hong Chang wished his adoptive father to take back the position of patriarch and kill Ruan Phu Shou to avenge his grandfather."

In September, the official road leading to Beijiang Prefecture is busy. In addition to grain trucks transporting rice, there are more luxurious horse carriages on the road. These are all luxury merchants from all over the country who came to Lang Sang Prefecture to attend the auction. In order to ensure safety, Nguyen Phuc Bao used 5,000 soldiers to guard the pipeline and protect the outside guests.

According to the new alliance, Xiangzhou sent 5,000 troops to Langshan Prefecture, and the temporary resident was in Youlong Town, which bordered Langshan Prefecture and Beijiang Prefecture, guarding the most important exit of the four outbound official roads of Langshan Prefecture. Zhou Shixiong came here as the adopted son of Nguyen Phuc Bao, one was to welcome wealthy merchants from all over the country, and the other was to attend a secret meeting to discuss future directions with Guan Chongguang and Li Fusheng.

A month ago, Zhou Shixiong summoned two people to meet at Langshan City. However, Guan Chongguang was going to preside over the autumn harvest in Xiangzhou, and Li Fusheng wanted to supervise the construction of the Tingli City, but neither of them could be pulled away. Moreover, Zhou Shixiong did not explain why he wanted to see them, and the convening order was naturally ignored.

"That's it." Zhou Shixiong said Ruan Phuket's views and suggestions, and sat aside to appreciate the various negative emotions of the two subordinates who were shocked and anxious.

"It's really damn. How could such a big loophole be unaware of anything? If the old lady hadn't seen through and woke me up, she would probably have been blindly doing it. The day of the disaster was not far away!" Li Fusheng began to mourn. Guan Chongguang's face was gloomy and he was probably in a state of self-blame.

"Ji Shi is right, a disaster may not be far away. According to the Ming Dynasty law, foreign officials are tested every three years, and whether the comments are above or below, transferring is almost inevitable. Even if they are not transferred, there are many vacancies in Xiangzhou that can arrange new officials to take office. By then, it is impossible to imagine that it is impossible to mobilize troops at will now, so I would like to think about how to solve this problem before talking about it." Zhou Shixiong finished the preparations for the auction during this period, and the remaining time was to consider plugging the loopholes. However, the loopholes in Xiangzhou were too big, and Zhou Shixiong could not think of a good way to plug the loopholes.

"The problem of military troops alone is easy to solve. Li's Villa has stationed 1,000 auxiliary soldiers all year round to protect the safety of the villa and the craftsman camp. It is only necessary to expand the amount of the villa and transfer the entire Nanwei of Zhen." Guan Chongguang took the conversation coldly and helped Zhou Shixiong solve a problem, but judging from his expression, there must be big trouble behind.

"Hongchang, as long as we have money and food to support our soldiers, whether we use Zhennanwei or not, it doesn't matter if we rely on the title of Xiangwei. But the trouble of appointing and removal of officials may not be solved. At most, there will be one year left. You and I can't decide on Xiangzhou." Guan Chongguang was very pessimistic. The power of appointing and removal of officials is in the hands of the emperor. For the appointment and removal of officials at the county level and above, Wang Zunde, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, also only has the right to recommend and suggest.

Although Xiangzhou is a military prefecture, the highest official is the commander of the military and political control. What is the use of the two-year-old Zhennan Hou? At most, he is still the first person in Xiangzhou in name.

"This matter is unsolvable, and it is natural for the court to appoint and remove officials. Even if Zhennan Hou is not dead, it will not stop such a thing from happening. I am afraid that the old lady's words are true. The way out is not the way out, and the foundation is not the foundation!" Li Fusheng decided simply that there was no way out. It seems that with Xiangzhou as the foundation, it is inevitable to overthrow and rebuild the strategic ideas of the Northern Vietnamese Dynasty.

"Hongchang, I want to ask again, is it necessary to stay away from the Central Plains to avoid disasters?" Zhou Shixiong first persuaded the two to develop towards the Northern Vietnamese, on the grounds that Jiannu was unstoppable and the Ming Dynasty was indestructible. But in the past few months, Guan Chongguang saw from the mansion that the Mongolian cavalry who had harassed the capital for many days finally came out of seclusion. Several cities that had been captured were taken back, and the chaos in Shaanxi was also curbed. Hong Chengchou shone in the sky like a comet. Two years ago, he was just a minor official in politics, but now he is the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi. The steps he was promoted were piled up by the heads of the thieves in Shaanxi.

Guan Chongguang squeezed and squeezed the possible moisture in the newspaper, and finally came to a conclusion that the Ming Dynasty was developing in a positive direction. Although it had not reached a prosperous level, it was a bright future.

"Cheng Peng, if the civil chaos can be solved by massacre, there will be no Ming Dynasty!" Zhou Shixiong had just read the diary report, and he could think about why Guan Chongguang asked this question.

Guan Chongguang glanced at Li Fusheng and handed him the task of asking questions. "Hongchang, since you insist on the strategy of refuge, you must find a place to stand. It is impossible to live in Langshan Mansion like now. You are bound by others and cannot be independent in your work. I wish you were too wise and unable to display it. This place is not the best choice."

"My aunt means to let me make good use of Ji Hongchang's identity, and do whatever you want as long as it does not harm the interests of her adoptive father. My aunt also promised to give it to me at the main desert island of Guangning Mansion after the auction." Zhou Shixiong said all the agreement between him and Ruan Phuket, strengthening the confidence of the two subordinates.

"Hongchang's identity does have a lot of articles to do, but this deserted island depends on the specific situation. If it is a sizeable part of the palm, it will be useless if it is taken." Li Fusheng was very practical and was not overjoyed by Nguyen Phuc Ah Jiang's promise.

"The adoptive father told me to go to Beijin City. Do you think it's a chance?" Zhou Shixiong was like a little brat who failed to offer treasures. He refused to let go of the treasures out of the eight treasure bag, and he would not give up until he was shocked. This time he succeeded.

Guan Chongguang stood up in a hurry, "Take it seriously?"

"I said this the day before yesterday. I will go to take care of Beijin City after the auction. I think there will be no fake one." Zhou Shixiong retreated a little again. After all, this matter has not been decided yet. If there is any change, these two subordinates will not save face for themselves.

"That's good, that's good." Guan Chongguang sat down thoughtfully and stopped talking again. Li Fusheng took out the account book to report to Zhou Shixiong. Ping Xiangzhou's income has increased steadily this year, but the excessive expenditure has caused Ping Xiangzhou's finances to be deficit for the first time. Zhou Shixiong began to try to separate himself from Ping Xiangzhou, and the first step is of course money.

"Following the generation, the business road income will be made in addition, which has nothing to do with Pingxiangzhou. In addition, half of the tariffs are intercepted to Cheng Peng, and the income from the fief is recorded in the account of Zhennan Hou Mansion. Let's divide this family first, so don't be missed by outsiders at that time." Zhou Shixiong finally changed the bad habit of treating the state as his family, and it was clear that Pingxiangzhou belonged to the Zhu family, and he was just a resident, and he had neither ownership nor ownership, and the right to use was not complete. Pingxiangzhou only had 2,500 farmers who were his farmhouses, and others had nothing to do with Zhou Shixiong.

Zhou Shixiong's transformation was very thorough. After understanding his position, he immediately corrected his mistakes. He ordered the official Chongguang to return and then transfer Jiangshi Village and Hushan Village into Zhennanhou's Mansion as the private village of Zhennanhou. As for Zhoujia Village, I believe no one dares to collect taxes from this village.

"Isn't that good?" Zhou Shixiong turned into a slaughter and took the two best villages in Pingxiangzhou into his private pockets, three times more cruel than ordinary corrupt officials.

"What's wrong with it? Since Pingxiangzhou is not ours, I have to make full use of it. I don't have the habit of making wedding dresses for others. Besides, Zhennan Hou Mansion is still in Pingxiangzhou, and how can I support Zhennan Hou without any income? I'm so kind to take two villages." Indeed, Zhou Shixiong originally thought that the entire Pingxiangzhou was his own, and his wealth has shrunk compared to the current four villages.

"Ji Shi, don't say anything more. Hongchang's actions are like what a marquis should do, and there is no exaggeration." Guan Chongguang suddenly smiled and came over to Zhou Shixiong to help him, and seemed to agree with Zhou Shixiong's approach.
Chapter completed!