There is nothing special about the banquet itself.

He Changfeng even felt that the dishes were not as good as those made by their private chefs.

But the palace banquet is better in the atmosphere.

It is difficult to understand the magnificent dance of the King of Qin breaking the formation elsewhere.

The emperor said something to encourage them, and then the authentic dish came.

The emperor expressed his intention to establish the Imperial Ming Chamber of Commerce.

The first batch of merchants were selected from Wuchang City.

The membership fee is 100,000 taels of silver.

Any businessman who joins the association can become a member of the Huangming Chamber of Commerce.

Members enjoy the qualifications of operating royal resources and doing things for the court.

Of course, joining the club is just qualified, and the specific results depend on the competition.

The court will definitely choose the best businessmen.

However, the imperial court involved many industries, and the east side was not bright, the west side was bright.

There is always an industry suitable for these merchants.

It can be said that the emperor opened a window for them so that they could get online with the court.

He Changfeng had to sigh that the emperor had really made a wishful thinking.

One hundred thousand taels of silver are nothing to them, but it is not a small number.

If dozens of people join the club, the court can get millions of taels of silver by just earning this membership fee.

As far as He Changfeng knew, the imperial court's annual tax was at this level.

But the opportunity brought by the Imperial Ming Chamber of Commerce is not comparable to 100,000 taels of silver.

When Hu Quancai took office as the governor of Huguang, they all hurriedly came to be with him.

Now that the Emperor Ming Emperor personally shows his goodwill, how can they not give face?

If you don’t give face to the emperor, you don’t give face to them.

What's more, this is obviously a mutually beneficial thing, so why not do it?

Moreover, the emperor said that Huguang merchants are only the first batch of members, and there will be a second and third batches in the future.

The so-called buying and enjoying it early, and becoming a member early can lead to the market.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to intervene until others have almost divided the market.

He Changfeng's family is in the silk and tea business.

Both of these are huge profits. But compared to salt, it is nothing.

As a wealthy businessman in the first class of Huguang, He Changfeng has always coveted the salt industry. Unfortunately, he has never found a suitable opportunity.

Now, as long as you join the Imperial Ming Chamber of Commerce, you will have the opportunity to intervene in the salt industry.

You must know that Huang Ming relies on the salt industry to sell salt. Judging from His Majesty’s shrewd mind, he will definitely not miss such a good opportunity to make money.

He Changfeng had already thought that he would buy it no matter how expensive the salt was sold.

In order to join the ranks of salt merchants, he did not care about the cost and did not hesitate to do anything.

As for grain, the silk business naturally needs to continue.

Compared with the two profits of Salt Industry, although the profits are not that exaggerated, they are also considerable, and they are more stable.

Besides, He Changfeng started this business, and his knowledge was very easy. He could gain something as long as he obtained permission from the court.

He Changfeng also thought it through clearly that the Ming army was planning to stay in Huguang for a long time.

Judging from the meaning of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, it is also an ambition to revive the world.

Judging from the recent wars, the Ming army did not suffer any losses when facing the Qing army.

Whether it is fighting desire or combat effectiveness, the Ming army even steadily overwhelmed the Qing army.

In this case, He Changfeng is still optimistic about the Ming army.

The king's flag changes on the top of the city, and life still has to continue.

The business naturally has to be done as well.

Whether it is Ming or Qing, just let them do business.

He Changfeng just turned the filial piety to Emperor Yongli.

There is no essential change.

Of course, since he wants to do it, he must do his best. This is his way of He Changfeng.

After a few hard dishes, the emperor spoke in a deep voice.

He Changfeng listened very seriously.

From this he obtained several key information.

One of the imperial court hopes to form a mutually beneficial and win-win cooperative relationship with members of the Huangming Chamber of Commerce.

As long as there is a bite from the imperial court, there will be no missing members of the Imperial Ming Chamber of Commerce.

Secondly, the court hopes that members of the Huangming Chamber of Commerce can actively participate and strive to go out.

The court focused not only on Huguang, but on the whole world.

Some roads need to be taken by themselves.

This actually has a bit of a pie, but it is not completely unreasonable.

When the world is settled, merchants from other places will definitely rush to join the club like them.

At that time, the advantages of Wuchang merchants were gone.

Only by grabbing them can you get the share.

Overall, this royal banquet was very rewarding.

He Changfeng felt that he had not come in vain.

Although Emperor Yongli had a bigger appetite, he was not a bad intention.

Both sides are indeed in a mutually beneficial relationship, I hope they can go further

After the banquet, Wuchang merchants donated silver to join the party and then left the palace one after another.

After they left, Han Miao couldn't stop smiling.

"The emperor is so wise and wise. He coaxed these merchants to pay the money in just a few words."

Han Miao is not entirely flattering. He really thinks that His Majesty the Emperor has a good idea.

"After all, the fist must be hard enough."

Zhu Youlang smiled bitterly and said, "If there were no more than 100,000 troops in Wuchang City, see if they would pay the money so happily."

I remember when Emperor Chongzhen asked the ministers of the capital that the merchants donated money, but those guys just donated hundreds of taels of money in a symbolic way, and they didn't pay any attention to Chongzhen at all.

As a result, Chongzhen was forced to curse and eventually hanged himself on the crooked tree.

Aren’t it just those guys bullied Chongzhen and had no soldiers?

Zhu Youlang is different.

The army of more than 100,000 people have been fighting all the way, and their eyes are red.

It’s okay if you are obedient. If you are disobedient, you can just ask for a charge of traitors and sack your home and behead you. Isn’t the money all from the Ming Dynasty?

Of course, this is a bit too intense.

As long as these merchants are obedient and filial, Zhu Youlang doesn't want to kill anyone.

Another thing that makes Zhu Youhammer a headache is how to deal with it in southern Hunan.

The southern part of Huguang, led by Changsha Prefecture, is actually very rich.

It’s just that Zhu Youlang’s established goal is to control the Yangtze River. Therefore, the southern part of Huguang did not serve as the first goal.

But now that he has stabilized his position, Zhu Youlang needs to consider this issue carefully.

The benefits of controlling southern Hunan are obvious.

The Ming army can march into Guangdong and Guangxi at any time.

Excluding the fact that Guangxi is the place where Zhu Youlang grew up, its geographical advantages are also an important point that attracts Zhu Youlang.

Controlling Guangdong and Guangxi control the sea outlet.

Whether it is training navy masters or going to sea, they are easy to do.

But to attack southern Huguang, you have to temporarily give up attacking Jiangxi.

In this way, Zhu Youlang, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan's wish to meet each other has to be put on hold for the time being.

Both plans have pros and cons, and Zhu Youlang has not yet decided which one to choose yet.

He decided to summon Li Dingguo and discuss with the King of Jin on the subsequent attack direction.
Chapter completed!