After three months of preparation and intense construction, Chongzhen 12 years of August 1, Xuzhou Workers School was officially completed and opened, the school has two colleges of technology and science, astronomy, geography, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, machinery, agriculture, commerce, etc., Zhu Hao is the honorary president, Wang Fuzhi is the executive principal, Song Yingxing was appointed as the vice president in charge of research, there are more than 30 lecturers of all kinds, Zhu Hao also sent people to Yangzhou to find Song Jinglun, as a literary lecturer, teaching old-fashioned Confucianism. These people combine teaching and research, and the academic research center is located in the school's largest building.

The whole school covers an area of more than 500 acres, more than 10 large buildings, can accommodate nearly 1,000 people to go to school, the school is full of trees, flowers and plants, and there is a huge artificial lake, the end is the beautiful scenery. Zhu Hao also purchased the most advanced scientific and technological achievements and equipment from the West, such as telescopes, clocks, and drilling machines, for research purposes.

The school admits young people over the age of 14, who can take the entrance examination as long as they are literate, and more than 500 people have already passed the examination to become official students. In order to take care of the children of poor families, Zhu Hao set up a preschool literacy class, a large number of children who are smart and have no money to study, and they can be directly enrolled through the examination of the literacy class.

Since Zhu Hao and the eight families reached a business agreement, many businessmen have joined the agreement, and at the beginning of the school, more than half of the businessmen have chosen to support Zhu Hao, and many are not as tough as before and are in a wait-and-see state. Therefore, many businessmen and children of enlightened gentlemen also signed up for the school, and Zhu Tong and Zhang Huangyan also became the first batch of students.

Early in the morning, countless people from all walks of life and people with faces in Xuzhou came to the school playground to wait for the opening ceremony of the school.

Although the main body of the professors of the workers' school is not the traditional projects such as the imperial examination and the eight shares, it covers a wide range of contents, especially the technical colleges are particularly attractive to the attention of ordinary people, and because of the current chaos in the imperial court, the country is shaky, and the imperial examination is not as the way out that scholars are extremely enthusiastic about before, with Zhu Hao's prestige in Xuzhou, the vast majority of the people and most of the upper-class people have high hopes for this Xuzhou workers' school.

After Zhu Hao announced the opening ceremony and other ceremonies, ordinary people and others left one after another. Only a few businessmen and upper-class people remained, and Zhu Hao summoned everyone to sit in the newly built school auditorium.

Looking at these elites from all walks of life in his jurisdiction, Zhu Hao was a little excited, and his influence was gradually expanding. After clearing your throat, let's move on to today's topic.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the auspicious day of the completion and opening of our Xuzhou Workers' School, and the reason why we call you here is because all of you here are the elites of our Xuhuai Sanfu. First of all, I want to explain a problem, as the governor of the three prefectures appointed by the emperor, this marshal is in charge of the military and political affairs of the entire Xuhuai region, so in my jurisdiction, everyone must obey my leadership. Whether you are a businessman, a farmer, a landlord, a squire, or a soldier, as long as you abide by the law and support my decrees, you are all your own people, and you will be supported and protected by the Marshal's Mansion. ”

The military representatives and advanced businessmen below immediately took the lead in applauding, and the atmosphere in the entire auditorium rose, and there were still a few people who did not clearly express their support for him, muttering, what kind of trick is this handsome man playing? Do you want to settle accounts with me?

"Of course, what I mean may be a little skeptical and apprehensive, after all, I represent the official family, but I can tell you that my decrees do not force anyone to abide by them, but what I want to tell you is that although Xuzhou is temporarily peaceful, it is guaranteed that thieves or captives can fight here, so I declare in advance that anyone who does not support me will not be able to get effective protection from the Shuai Mansion and the new army!" Zhu Hao even threatened and coaxed.

"Don't ask why, because the question is naïve. I believe that there is a reward for how much you give, and there are corresponding rights and corresponding obligations. If the officers and men of the new army are working the front line, and some of you are enjoying the blessings in the back and not exerting any strength at all, why should the soldiers protect you? And where are those who worry about the country and contribute money and effort to the country? Zhu Hao saw that someone was asking a question and didn't give him a chance.

"Dashuai is right, our Wang family has always known that only when there is a country can there be a home, and it is natural to contribute to state affairs, so when you are in trouble, you can confidently ask for the protection of the government, and we businessmen will admit this reason when we do business! Those who don't want to contribute but hide behind to reap the benefits should leave as soon as possible, don't stay in Xuzhou! Wang Jingwen is now sparing no effort to support Zhu Hao.

A large group of people who supported Zhu Hao also spoke one after another, making a few people disgraced and embarrassed.

"I, Zhu Hao, speak for granted, and those who don't want to contribute will not only not be protected by me, but will not consider giving any preferential treatment to these people in the future when the Marshal Mansion issues a decree. Now I would like to announce two topics today, the first is the auction of the naming rights of the school, and the second is the establishment of the Xuzhou Chamber of Commerce. Zhu Hao threw out today's main topic.

The people below immediately chattered non-stop, and they all wanted to know what the specific project was.

"Listen to me, everyone! First of all, the auction naming right is not the name of the school but the various buildings and roads inside the campus, do not hide from you, although the school is now called the workers' school, I believe you can see that the scale has long exceeded the ordinary school, in fact, in Western countries, there has long been a super university hall, they are called universities, which is the highest institution of learning in the whole country, which is equivalent to Taixue in the Han Dynasty! That's right, I want to build Xuzhou Workers' School into the first super university hall in the country in the near future, and the school will also be renamed Xuzhou University and even Zhonghua University in the future. It will be the first new school in the entire Ming Dynasty, and countless students who will graduate from here will become elites from all walks of life, and some will become pillars of the country and leave a name in history! Therefore, Ben Shuai felt that at the beginning of the school, the naming rights of the school will be auctioned to everyone as a souvenir, if any big man comes back to visit the school in the future, and talks about which floor I have been taught and which road I have run, what a glorious thing! Zhu Hao tried his best to deceive and try to deduct money from the pockets of these businessmen.

Businessmen are more important to their reputations, a little money is nothing, and they can earn it again if they lose it, but the opportunity to become famous is not very often, in fact, halfway through Zhu Hao's words, some shrewd businessmen were already eager to try, and when he finished speaking, the whole hall was full of noisy discussions.

"Dashuai, do you have any rules for your auction?" An enthusiastic person asked aloud.

"That's a good question, the rules are like this, the buildings in the school are classified according to their size and importance, the reserve price is 8,900,000 taels, and the lowest price is 10,000 taels each time, and the same is true for roads, and the reserve price is divided into five, six, seven and three. In addition, those who have won the main building of the school, which is the research center, can build a statue in front of the building for teachers and students to pay homage to in recognition of their achievements in education! ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd exploded, and the statue was made for future generations to admire what a great merit and fame! Immediately, they demanded that the auction begin.

Zhu Hao nodded with satisfaction, and let Liu Ru personally take the stage to preside over the auction, which immediately attracted countless cheers.

The effect of the beauty is really amazing, even those who have no intention of participating in the auction are enthusiastic, although Liu Ru is known to the world as Zhu Hao's wife, but it is not in vain to be able to smile, a world-famous beauty.

"Let's start, the first item, the school cafeteria building, the starting price is 80,000 taels!" Liu Ru is sweet voice sounded, causing everyone's hearts to flutter.

There are not many restaurant auctions, they are all restaurant owners, advertising for their own business, so it ended quickly, a fat restaurant owner called Niu Dafu was auctioned with 130,000 taels, and his own restaurant was named Dafu Lou, when he received the certificate from Liu Ruis's hand, looking at the beautiful woman's kind smile, this Niu Dafu is called a music, and his hands almost didn't hold the certificate!

The next auction was also very smooth, and in the end, only the square and the main building opposite the school gate were left, Zhu Hao looked at the scene, the most powerful Wang family and the Hu family did not move, knowing that it must be these two people!

Sure enough, Hu Wanwan, the head of the Hu family, auctioned the right to sign the square for 500,000 taels of silver and renamed it Million Square, which made Zhu Hao laugh.

The auction of the main building was not unexpected, Wang Jingwen auctioned it for 650,000 taels, signed Jingwen Building, this name is not bad.

The whole auction ended successfully, and after the meeting, a total of 3.9 million taels of auction money was obtained! Zhu Dashuai didn't sleep well for a few days.

After announcing the end of the auction, the head of the Hu family immediately got up and said, "Dashuai, there is something to ask for below!" Marshal Wanwang agreed. ”

"Okay, Mr. Hu, please speak." Zhu Hao's mood is not ordinarily good now.

"I want the handsome to leave a pair of ink treasures, and I want to give 100,000 taels of silver!" Hu Million glanced at Wang Jingwen with a smile.

There was an immediate boo from below! Crazy, although Zhu Hao is a big official, he is not a famous calligrapher and painter, and secondly, he is not a figure who dominates the world, is it worth spending 100,000 taels to buy a pair of calligraphy and paintings? People who have such thoughts regret it after a few years, and secretly sigh that Hu Million's vision is too strong!

"Dashuai, there is a reluctant request in the future, that is, please don't give others Mobao at will, if Dashuai is willing, I am willing to buy out Dashuai's Mobao rights, unless someone bids higher than me, I don't know if Dashuai will agree?" Hu Million ignored everyone's surprise and continued to stimulate everyone's nerves.

This Hu million is a good vision, hehe, well, since my words can be sold for money, why not! Zhu Hao didn't care either, and said, "No problem, how about I write a letter-based letter to my husband?" ”

"Thank you, Dashuai, this is a 100,000 taels of silver tickets!" Hu Million immediately took out a stack of silver tickets and presented them.

Zhu Hao has lived here for more than 20 years, and when he was a child, he was urged by his parents to practice calligraphy, although he could not reach the level of a famous artist, it was no problem to barely inscribe a word for someone.

Next is the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, according to the results of the previous discussion of Zhu Hao Wangfu, Wang Jingwen was unexpectedly elected as the president, Hu Million and Lu Shun, the head of the Lu family who bought the main teaching building, as the vice president, and a number of popular large businesses were also elected as members. And Wang Jingwen donated 500,000 taels of troops on the spot after announcing his appointment, Hu Million was not to be outdone, and also donated 500,000 taels, Lu Shun and others were not as financially as good as these two, but they also donated a lot.

Zhu Hao got more than five million taels of silver in one day, and he almost died of joy! This is also a testament to the incredible wealth potential of the private sector.

After the meeting, Hu Million walked at the end, and his son asked: "Dad, do you lose money by spending 100,000 taels to buy a handsome word?" ”

"What do you know? Have you forgotten that your grandfather was proficient in the art of physiognomy? I once secretly showed your grandfather the portrait of the handsome, and his old man said that he would follow him no matter what, even if he smashed the pot and sold iron, understand? ”

"Yes, I see."