Chapter 384: Imperial Merchant
Everyone sat down again after seeing the ceremony, and Fang Ba ordered to reset the banquet, but Chang Yu stopped him, and only prepared a new pair of dishes and chopsticks.
"Entangled in trivial matters, let you wait for a long time, I will punish myself with a glass of wine" After a few words of greeting, Chang Yu picked up the wine glass and got up to salute, raised his head and drank it all.
"Don't dare, don't dare to ......" Jiang Yiping, Fang Ba and the others hurriedly got up and replied: "Your Excellency is busy with official business, and you take official affairs as the priority"
"Business is the most important," everyone agreed.
"They are all their own brothers, where did they come from?"
Chang Yu smiled slightly and motioned for everyone to sit down.
"Chang Ye said so, then our brothers will not be seen, Chang Ye, I have heard that you don't like wine, and brothers are not very concerned, so I will toast you on behalf of your brothers, and it should be a reception wine." Jiang Yiping got up with a wine glass and said.
"I know that I don't like wine, and I have to pour it hard, Boss Jiang, don't you take the lead in doing things" Chang Yu smiled, everyone waved their hands, and they didn't dare to say anything, just this glass......
Chang Yu saw that everyone's emotions were high, and it was inconvenient to refuse, so he responded.
These reckless people didn't care about it, and made a pot of fragrant tea for Chang Yu. If there is a toaster, he will replace the wine with tea.
"I went back to Beijing the day before yesterday to invite you to have a lively time, but I was stumped by official business, I couldn't help myself, and I will leave Beijing in a few days, I was in a hurry today, please forgive me" After the chat, Chang Yu clenched his fists.
Everyone returned the salute, and Fang Ba was slightly surprised: "Chang Ye is going out of Beijing again so soon, where is he going this time?" ”
"I am also acting on orders, and what the emperor's order refers to is where I am going" Chang Yu did not say it explicitly, and everyone also understood it, that is, it was inconvenient to communicate with outsiders.
"I invite everyone to come and get together today, one is to contact the brothers, and the other is to introduce a big deal to everyone." Chang Yu's conversation turned to the topic.
When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, and it was difficult to hide their excitement and joy.
Fang Ba and Chang Yu are the most familiar in the Twelve Taibao, and the two can be said to be unfamiliar with each other, but later they were subdued by Chang Yu's force, of course, the reason why they are willing to belong to the door is more because Chang Yu intentionally or unintentionally showed his unfathomable background.
At first, most of the people thought that he was the son of a certain bigwig in the capital, and he had a close relationship with the army, but as more and more traces made them finally know the origin of this young man, it was far greater than they guessed!
The royal popular fried chicken, the big man of the East Factory who leans towards the government and the opposition!
The truth surprised and delighted them, after all, those who engaged in their business were very majestic among ordinary people, but they were like a dog in front of some powerful people, and it was a matter of raising their fingers to pinch to death.
So they each clinged to and walked among some powerful people, in order to hug their thighs, the thicker the better.
Now, when he was hitting a towering tree, how could everyone not like it, so he was willing to drive for Chang Yu.
But to put it bluntly, it's actually about using each other.
Chang Yu is a real person, of course he knows that with his own power, he can use these recklessness as much as possible, but if he wants these people to work for him, he has to give some sweetness.
Now he had to serve desserts, let them taste them, and then use them for himself.
Imperial Merchant!
When Chang Yu threw this word out, at least most of the twelve Taibao didn't react, they looked confused, and whispered in a low voice, but they blew up in a few breaths, and they all looked at Chang Yu eagerly: "Chang Ye, this, this, but really?" ”。
"Am I a man of few words" Chang Yu chuckled: "The first step is to start with food, now the southern bandits are serious, the border is dangerous, there is a shortage of military food, and second, the transportation of military food is extremely heavy and takes up a lot of troops...... I have a plan to take over the food supply from the imperial court."
"W-is this possible?" Everyone was shocked and felt that it was somewhat unlikely, the government and the military had always been responsible for military rations, and they could be handed over to private individuals?
"Chang Ye really isn't it a pastime for me?" Jiang Yiping was the oldest and most powerful of the Twelve Taibao, and he spoke out the doubts in the hearts of the other brothers.
"If I say it's feasible, it's feasible" Chang Yu was categorical, his face was firm, and he gently tapped twice on the table with his hand and said: "You just have to do it or not, and I will mediate the rest."
"If it is feasible, of course we are willing to do it" As soon as the words fell, Fang Ba took the lead in expressing his position, and the rest of the people echoed one after another.
These underworld bosses have a large number of subordinates, and they all have some livelihoods, but most of them are gambling houses, kilns, and Xia Jiu popular businesses, but the business of Zheng'er Bajing has become a side business, such as Fang Ba's restaurant, such as Song Siyang's rice shop.
But if there is an opportunity to launder white, there is a fair and honest livelihood, and there is a big deal, whoever can't get by giving face will not be able to get by with money.
Seeing that everyone was enthusiastic, Chang Yu explained the process carefully and explained the process carefully to everyone.
Suddenly, he wanted to change his career to become an imperial businessman, it was really not his impulse, but it had been brewing for a long time, and the inspiration came from the last time he went to Jiexiu to rob Fan Yongdou.
Fan Yongdou can be said to be the head of the Manchu imperial merchants, but it was his grandson Fan Yubin who really brought the Fan family to the top, this person was smart and had excellent economic acumen, and after inheriting the ancestral business, he lived up to expectations and brought the Fan family's business to the peak.
One of his greatest achievements was becoming a royal grain merchant.
During the Kangxi period, the emperor personally conquered the Dzungar Department, because the road was long, the transportation of military food was huge, and the "rice to feed the army" paid a heavy price, at this time Fan Yubin stood up and expressed his willingness to take over the work, purchase military food at a price lower than the imperial court and deliver it to the station.
Kangxi was overjoyed and immediately approved.
Transporting grain and grass is extremely difficult, and the price is lowered to earn less, but it saves millions of silver for the Qing government, and under the great joy of Emperor Kangxi, many people in the Fan family have been sealed, and many government businesses are handed over to the Fan family, such as the trade rights of the Northwest Ethnic Group were handed over to the Fan family.
When Kangxi was in his heyday, it was a headache to purchase and transport military rations, not to mention the Ming Court at this time, it was even more of a torment, so Chang Yu just painted the Fan family's recruitment gourd, and he believed that Emperor Chongzhen would agree, because with his ability to save on coercion, of course, the manpower, material and financial resources in it can be saved, and people have free shipping, which is simply a great bargain.
Of course, Chang Yu's move is not completely selfless, and it can even be said that he has multiple birds with one stone, in addition to letting the 12th Taibao make full use of it, he can also collect wealth and launder money for himself.
You must know that he and Wu Mengming have joined forces to make a lot of black money, and it is always unsightly to hide this money, but after injecting military food and purchasing it, it is clean, of course, neither injection nor income can be in his name, let alone in the name of Dongchang, and a spokesperson needs to be found.
Done!
After Chang Yu spoke in detail, Jiang Yiping, Fang Ba and the others couldn't control it anymore, and the table slapped and they all expressed their attitudes, taking Chang Yu's head as the head.
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