Seeing that Apocalypse did not believe in the ethics of the Tessie missionaries, and actually said that if the Tessie missionaries seduced the widow or were seduced by the widow, they must marry the widow, Long Huamin and the other Taixi people were very dissatisfied. Apocalypse waved his hand to stop their impulse to argue, and said to them: "Everyone has **, don't say it to death before you become a god, time can test everything. You can take my words as an incentive to you, or you can see it as a way out of precaution, I am not interested in discussing this matter now, so I can talk to you about the shortage of people, are you interested? ”

Long Huamin blushed and said, "Since His Majesty the Emperor is not willing to talk about the conduct of our Taixi missionaries anymore, we will not talk about this matter anymore, but we agree with His Majesty the Emperor that time will test everything." As for the lack of people, this is indeed a big problem, His Majesty the Emperor needs too many people, and it may be difficult for Jesus to send so many people to Daming for a while, I don't know what good ideas His Majesty the Emperor has? ”

Tianqi said: "There are no ready-made people we can cultivate, you first gather all the Taixi people in the land of the Ming Dynasty to Beijing, and those who come in the future must also come to Beijing to report first, and they are not allowed to preach in various places on their own, otherwise they will be arrested and punished." Now the people are divided into three groups, the first group of people to cooperate with Xu Guangqi and Lord Xu to build a new type of farm, the second group of people can first plan the construction of cathedrals in various provinces, and the third group of people to assist Sun Yuanhua and Sun to make a new type of cannon. However, I value Mr. Deng Yuhan's talent and learning, and I would like to hire Mr. Deng as the vice president of the Faculty of Liberal Arts to lead people to teach, so please do not refuse. ”

Deng Yuhan discussed with Long Huamin and others and agreed, so Tianqi left satisfied.

At the end of June, the newly established company was ready to hold a meeting to discuss what to do in the future and how to distribute the interests and responsibilities of the shareholders who participated in the shares. Chairman Li and Chairman Cao of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce and the Huguang Chamber of Commerce, which represent the major merchants in the north and south, came to Beijing a few days ago, and the two of them contacted through people several times before arriving in Beijing, preparing to make sure that everyone must issue something in writing this time to avoid being deceived by the imperial court again. In their view, the imperial court's issuance of shares in the early months and the withdrawal of shares last month were out-and-out acts of crossing the river and demolishing bridges.

In the eyes of businessmen, all the ordinary people who deal with them are a little stupid, how can they make a lot of money if they are not stupid? People who have always been deceived are actually coaxed by others, although it is the court that plays with them will not make them feel ashamed, but it also makes them feel that it is because they themselves are not cautious enough. If all the detailed rules were clearly marked in black and white at the beginning, even if the imperial court wanted to repent, it would have to give them enough benefits. Now the imperial court gave them the advantage that they could exchange more silver for silver dollars, although they did not pay taxes but also had to pay for fire, and second, they could open mines, but the rights were issued to the newly established big iron company, which was not satisfactory.

On June 30, President Li of Shanxi Chamber of Commerce and President Cao of Huguang Chamber of Commerce were invited to a meeting at the General Administration of Commerce of Yuanlu outside Xi'an. Although they had received the notice two days earlier, they were also very worried when they came to the door of the original road commerce bureau, and found that not only the sign of the road commerce bureau was gone, but also the sign of the highway bureau and the commercial taxation bureau that were hung later, and there was a sign of the big iron company hanging on it. Although the brand of the big iron company is not as loud as the sign of the Daming Road General Administration of Commerce, but the door is full of bright clothes and armor brocade guards and serious expressions of internal guard eunuchs, making the big iron company more majestic, of course, it also makes Cao and Li feel more uneasy, is it a Hongmen banquet today?

As soon as they entered the courtyard, the two of them were taken to the second floor by the eunuch who led the way, they didn't want to mumble and discuss, but they just expressed their vigilance and worry to each other with their eyes∠ The hall on the second floor, as soon as they came in, they saw a large table in the hall, and the fat chrome sat next to him, and Li Qiyuan, the former head of the household, sat with him. Chromium s face was uncertain and only glanced at them and didn t speak, li qiyuan kept his eyes closed and didn t open his eyes to see them hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, and said that the prince is good, lord li is good.

Li Qiyuan nodded and didn't speak, only stretched out his hand to signal them to sit, and President Cao said modestly: "How dare Xiaomin sit with the prince and Lord Li?" Just stand on the sidelines and wait for it. After saying that, he nodded and smiled humbly, and Chairman Lee also stood aside to laugh.

At this time, Chrome said: "What dare not?" The emperor said that he wanted to gradually become equal, and stipulated that there were a few places where he would not be able to give a big salute and sit down to speak, did Lord Li know which places? ”

Li Qiyuan said: "The prince and nobles forget many things, the emperor originally only stipulated that the government affairs yuan, the military affairs yuan, and the metropolitan procuratorate are not allowed to give big gifts, and the council of the government affairs yuan, the military discipline department of the military affairs yuan, and the council hall of the metropolitan inspection yuan can sit down and speak" A few days later, there were three more orders, one was the Holy College and the other was the Bo Academy, and in these two places they all sat and spoke, saying that they were equal to the truth, and the third place was the big iron company where everyone is now. ”

Chairman Li said in surprise: "The first few places that Master Li said are all important departments of my Ming Dynasty, what is the important place of this big iron company?" How could the emperor value it so much and personally decree it? Is there anything I don't know about it? Please let Master Li know the details, so as not to be inferior to rudeness. ”

Chrome sneered twice and said, "It seems that you don't know who runs the big iron company now, right?" How can you say such a foolish thing? Let me tell you the truth, this big iron company is run by the emperor, he doesn't like people to kneel and talk, today you are ready to prepare how to sit with the emperor and talk well, it is equivalent to you spent 10,000 taels of silver to buy a big earl, and you made a lot of money! ”

Hearing Chrome's words, the two of them were stunned, and they saw a group of eight skilled internal guard eunuchs standing in front of the captain of the Jinyi Guard, and then Tan Jing, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, and several eunuchs accompanied a young man with a slightly pale face to come in. Chrome and Li Qiyuan hurriedly stood up and bowed and said hello, and Cao and Li knew that this was the Emperor of the Apocalypse and immediately bowed to say hello. Apocalypse nodded and walked to the top position and sat down, stretching out his hand to signal everyone to sit.

After Tianqi sat down, he saw that Chrome and Li Qiyuan were a little worried, and President Cao and Chairman Li were a little nervous, so they smiled and asked, "Uncle Sanwang has always been good?" ”

Chrome said: "Thank you for the emperor's concern, the minister heard a while ago that the king of letters they want to abolish the shares and not return the silver, I was a little anxious, and the shares of the royal family and clansmen across the country are all contacted by the ministers, as soon as they heard the news, they all went to the minister's house to ask for an explanation, so that the minister was very yes." Later, I heard that the emperor had set up a big iron company, and he took over all the shares of the ministers, and the ministers' hearts fell down. To tell the truth, although the emperor is younger than the minister, he is a person admired by the minister, and he is relieved to have the emperor as the main minister. After finishing speaking, a fat face tried to squeeze out a smile.

Tianqi smiled: "It seems that Uncle Sanwang has a lot of confidence in me, confidence is a good thing, as long as you have confidence, everything can be done." So is there someone who bothers you? The ministers of the DPRK and China are all contacted by you, and their shares are also bought with the money saved by frugality, knowing that the shares are unstable and they can't get the money back for a while, they won't come to you? ”

Li Qiyuan said: "There are some people who come to ask, but they are all people who don't have many shares, such as Lord Han Yihan, Liu Yixiao, Lord Liu, etc., didn't say anything, Ye Xianggao Lord Ye also sent someone to help the minister speak, or the old minister is sensible." ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "It's good to be sensible, I'm afraid that those who don't understand things will make a fool of themselves, and they will not succeed enough to fail." ”

After speaking, he looked at President Li of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce and President Cao of the Huguang Chamber of Commerce, and said to them, "The two are President Cao and President Li, right?" Although it is the first time I have met you, we will be in the same boat from now on, and we must support each other in the same boat, and we must not deviate from morality and suspicion of each other. ”

Chairman Cao and Chairman Li nodded again and again, and Chairman Cao said: "The grass people and others are fortunate to see the face of the sky, and they are even more fortunate to serve the country in the company opened by the emperor. ”

Tianqi frowned and said: "Don't take a bite of the grass people, this is the big iron company, not the court, there is no need to set a dignity and humility∞ repeatedly ask officials at all levels to gradually awaken the people's sense of equality, I sell the title one is to increase the income of the court, and the other purpose is to make people understand that people are equal to each other, as long as you work hard, you can be on an equal footing with anyone." ”

President Cao nodded and said, "Yes, I lost my word." ”

Tianqi said: "In the future, if you have something to do, you will talk to the internal affairs government to discuss with the general manager, I only want to say two words today, you have to listen carefully to the ♀ Ming people, there are tens of thousands, and I can't manage it alone anyway, so I appointed officials at all levels to govern one side on my behalf." The governance method of the officials is to take care of the interests of the majority, and it is impossible for them to distribute everything to everyone's satisfaction, so it is up to the merchants to turn the goods into commodities and let the people choose the goods according to their wishes. In a sense, you businessmen are also doing things on behalf of me, so you should not be greedy like officials. ”

At this time, President Li said: "The emperor's words made me wait for the mouth to open up, it turns out that we are also doing things for the emperor and not inferior pariahs, and we must keep in mind the emperor's teachings and never be greedy." ”

Seeing that Tianqi nodded with a smile, Chrome said: "Your Majesty, the benefits of collecting business taxes have been taken away by the imperial court, what should we get the benefits on?" Faithfulness alone may not last long. ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "Uncle Sanwang is reasonable, there is no filial son in front of the bed for a long time, it is definitely not enough to just talk in the vernacular, I am ready to satisfy everyone in the business of the money village and the opening of mines." ”