On August 18, more than 1,000 merchants gathered again in Huangzhuang in the west of the city, and this time not only the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Department of General Administration were present, but the household department also sent Zhou Kun, the right attendant, to come forward to suppress the formation.

According to the list drawn up in advance, the guidance officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs divided the three merchants into groups of 100 and 2, and except for the 11 people in each group of the top three in the first round, the rest of the group was 10 people, and the 11 candidates were in a group.

The third assessment is not only a team battle, but also a family battle, the assessment method is to see which group sells the most treasury bonds within a month, and finally take the top 50 groups with the best results, and the results of the alternate group need to enter the top 30 to be considered successful.

After selecting the top 50 groups, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will rank all the members of the winning group in terms of performance, and the top 300 will be the imperial merchants, and the last 200 will be listed under the name of the Tobe Shoshin Bureau, although they cannot become imperial merchants.

In addition, the bottom 70 groups will select the best performer in each group, and his family will be listed under the name of the Tobe Shoshin Bureau.

When everyone heard this, they were a little excited, as long as they guaranteed that they were the first in the group, even if they couldn't become the imperial merchants, they could still be named in the household department, but they were suspicious of the newly established Zhaoxin Bureau.

In the household department, there are the Clearing Officials Division, the Salary Office, the Examination Office, the Rice and Silver Office, the Donation Office, the Inner Warehouse, the South and North Stalls, the Secretariat Office, the Supervision and Destruction Office, the Month Office, the Supervision and Printing Office and other institutions, as well as the Qian Fatang, the Baoquan Bureau, the three warehouses of the Household Department in charge of the treasury, and the warehouse Yamen in charge of warehousing and water affairs.

But the Zhaoxin Bureau is related to national bonds, and if he and others are under his name, will it not be possible to act as an agent for national bonds in the future, so they have whispered about it.

Seeing this, Zhou Kun ordered everyone to be quiet, and then introduced the functions and powers of the Zhaoxin Bureau, and said that the Zhaoxin Bureau is not only responsible for national debts, but also responsible for more new policies of the imperial court in the future, and is an extremely important department of the Ministry of Households, and all businessmen under the name of the Zhaoxin Bureau will have the opportunity to assist the Ministry of Households in implementing the new policies.

After hearing this, everyone's hearts settled down, since the imperial court will still implement the new policy, then hang it under the name of the Zhaoxin Bureau, and you can get the moon near the water.

After all the rules are published, the recorder assigned to each group will be assigned a special room for the team in charge, which will become the group's exclusive office for the next month.

After almost all the merchants entered the room, they secretly calculated in their hearts that according to the rules announced by the imperial court, not only were all groups competitors, but also the members of the same group were competitors, but in order to win, they had to cooperate sincerely with the members of the same group, so how to grasp the balance was very important.

Eight of the eleven people in the alternate group who came back from the resurrection were extremely excited, although the difficulty was much higher than that of other groups, but there was still a possibility of winning, and everyone wanted to counterattack with a lot of strength in their hearts.

The other three have extremely complicated feelings, they have been reflecting on their own life recently, and none of the 5,000 people who participated in the second round took themselves as friends, and had to admit that they were very failures in their daily lives.

In the office of the third group, many members of the group gathered here, although there were only 11 members in the group, but at this time the assistants they brought were also in the room, and more than 20 people greeted each other politely, or tried to get closer, or made tentative words, each with different thoughts.

Zhang Chengxin, Zhang Jingyi, father and son tacitly glanced at each other, and Zhang Jingyi joined the crowd and chatted warmly and friendly, trying to control the situation and become the principal of the third group.

The recorder stood aside, observing the people in the room with a grim expression, and sometimes took out a pen and paper to write down a sentence or two.

Zhang Chengxin had been observing the situation in the room, and suddenly noticed the behavior of the recorder, and felt a little strange in his heart, so he walked up to the recorder and asked, "May I ask if this adult will always follow us and record our words and deeds?" ”

The recorder put away the pen and paper, nodded indifferently, and said, "Yes, in the next month, the official will follow you to record your words and deeds and the amount of transactions." ”

Zhang Chengxin keenly heard the deep meaning of the recorder's words, and continued to ask: "Contemptible Zhang Chengxin, dare to ask what position the adult holds?" ”

A smile flashed across the recorder's face when he heard this, and he said indifferently: "This official He Sheng is the master of the current trial department of the household department. ”

Zhang Cheng was heartfelt, he didn't expect the imperial court to send a seven-rank official to serve as the recorder of himself and others, and he was also an official of the current trial department of the household department, his attitude became more and more respectful, and he gave another salute, Fang continued to ask: "Please also make it clear to your lordship, which of us will be followed, and we should also make some preparations in advance, so as not to surprise your lord?" ”

He Sheng shook his head when he heard Zhang Chengxin's temptation, but did not answer, but had some appreciation for Zhang Chengxin in his eyes.

Zhang Cheng saw He Sheng's attitude, and immediately understood that the imperial court's move to arrange the recorder was of great significance, I am afraid that the recorders of other groups are not ordinary officials, thinking of this, his heart is a little uneasy, the imperial court is so laborious, I am afraid it is not as simple as selecting the imperial businessman, and the importance of this matter has instantly increased to a level, and he originally planned to completely hand it over to his son, but now it seems that it is better to go out himself.

After thinking for a while, looking at the people who were still greeting each other, Zhang Cheng moved in his heart, and hurriedly raised his voice and said: "Everyone, listen to the old man!" ”

Everyone saw that it was Zhang Cheng who spoke from the bottom of his heart, and they all quieted down, the Zhang family was originally a wealthy businessman in Shanxi, and he was among the best in the first two rounds of selection, and there was a great chance of being selected as an imperial businessman, so everyone wanted to hear what he had to say.

Zhang Chengxin first thanked everyone with a fist, and then said with a smile: "Contemptible Zhang Chengxin, just a contemptible person looked around, most of our group are acquaintances, and the contemptible people will no longer introduce themselves, the court has announced the rules, we people are nothing more than three results, one is to become an imperial businessman, the second is to name the letter bureau, and the third is to go home." ”

"If our group fails, only the top of the group will be able to name the letter, and the rest of us can only regret losing. But if our group wins, we will either become an imperial merchant or a famous company, and the worst result will be the same as the best result of the losing group. ”

After hearing this, everyone agreed, only by working together and uniting can we get the best results, not to mention that we are not the opponent of the Zhang family to compete for the first place in the group.

Zhang Chengxin looked at everyone's reactions, nodded with satisfaction, and continued to smile: "There is a way that a snake can't fly without a head, and a bird can't fly without wings. ”

Although everyone guessed that Zhang Chengxin wanted to be the principal, his words were really reasonable, so they had to echo his words and agree to choose a principal first, of course, some people directly proposed that Zhang Chengcheng should be the principal.

Zhang Cheng smiled after hearing this: "Thank you Brother Li and Brother Ma for their attention, although the contemptible people are old and frail, but for the sake of the Zhang family and you, the contemptible people are willing to recommend themselves and do their best to achieve the final victory with you. ”

"Of course, if any of you are confident that you can do better than Lao Yu, Lao Yu is also willing to let Xian."

After Zhang Chengxin finished speaking, the scene fell silent for a while, although everyone wanted to be the head of the group, but no one was the first to speak, some people thought that they couldn't compare to Zhang Chengxin, and some wanted to wait for others to stand up first.

After a while, the businessman surnamed Li said: "Brother Zhang is in his old age, he has rich experience, and it is our blessing to have you to lead us, and I support Brother Zhang to become the principal." ”

As soon as this person's voice fell, the businessman surnamed Ma immediately stood up and said: "There is no other choice but Brother Zhang, and I also support Brother Zhang." ”

Zhang Chengxin looked at the people who supported him, and they all smiled, understood their thoughts, and wanted to take care of them more, and everyone tacitly understood each other.

Seeing that there are more and more people who support Zhang Chengxin, those who want to run for election have to give up the competition and agree with Zhang Chengxin to become the principal.

Zhang Cheng saw that the overall situation had been decided, and inadvertently looked at He Sheng, seeing what he was recording, his heart was a little turbulent.

He Sheng felt Zhang Cheng's heartfelt gaze and nodded and smiled in response.

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng was convinced that the recorder was indeed with the principal, so he gathered his mind and began to arrange tasks and organize everyone to discuss how to issue and sell treasury bonds.

According to their own study a few days ago, they offered suggestions and suggestions, and this round of the imperial court did not stipulate restrictions on how to sell, where to sell, and to whom to sell, but from the perspective of the face value of the national debt, only the gentry and merchants could afford it, so the key point was how to sell it to these people.