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After greeting for a while, after all, he still wanted to introduce the topic to the main topic, but Liu Chengfeng did not introduce this topic first, but talked casually, but his fingers were stroking the edge of the teacup in a circle, looking lazy, showing that he was bored with the current topic, and he was unwilling to go straight to it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

No matter how thick-skinned Liu Chengfeng is, he is not willing to speak first, after all, Liu Chengfeng himself feels a little blushing about these conditions, which is obviously to monopolize the advantages of the firm, although he is the major shareholder of the firm, but while taking advantage of it, it also harms the interests of others.

How could Gu Cheng not understand Liu Chengfeng's thoughts, smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Your Highness, there has been a resolution on the Shareholders Bureau, and the Shareholders Bureau has also authorized the villain to be the sounding board for the three things requested by His Highness before." ”

He paused here, looked at Liu Chengfeng with straight eyes, and saw that Liu Chengfeng looked very indifferent, and couldn't help but feel sorry in his heart, this vassal lord was really calm, he coughed, and continued: "All the conditions proposed by His Royal Highness have been approved by the Shareholders Bureau, and since then, all the guards of the commercial bank have been transferred to His Highness's name. Secondly, all the arrears of the vassal kingdoms were also transferred to His Highness. Thirdly, the port leases of the vassal states were also owned by the Chu State, and the trading houses handed over all the jurisdiction and let His Highness take over. ”

Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly and said, "Really? If the shareholders' bureau can make this resolution, then the king can rest assured. ”

Gu Cheng said: "The villain has already brought a copy of the resolution this time, as long as His Royal Highness signs it, this matter will be considered a certainty." But ......"

Giving away such a big benefit, of course, there will be no more than two words, in fact, Liu Chengfeng naturally knows that in business, people cut meat, and they must need some compensation, so he was not surprised, and said with interest: "But what?" ”

Gu Cheng said: "The shareholder bureau also has several conditions, one of which is that all the ships of the commercial bank must be guaranteed by the Chu State, and if there is a dispute between the commercial bank and the countries of the South Seas, the Chu State will ensure that the commercial bank is comprehensive. ”

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help laughing: "The shares of this king of this firm are not small, whoever moves the firm will cut off the king's financial route, and those who break the king's financial path will kill the king's parents, and the king will let their family be ruined!" ”

Gu Cheng nodded, and then said, "Secondly, the firm wants to obtain some monopoly rights. ”

Liu Chengfeng raised his eyebrows, and understood in his heart that people began to talk about serious things, the first one was just an appetizer, and the second one was serious, he smiled and said: "Monopoly? What is exclusive? ”

Gu Cheng Zhengse said: "Specializing in tobacco!" ”

Tobacco...... In this era, it has been introduced through the Francophone, but this thing is only mistaken for some kind of drug, in Lianzhou, at the beginning, it was also this kind of cognition, but when those doctors pondered and studied, gradually some people found that this plant can be smoked after drying, and finally, gradually some people figured out that tobacco can not only be smoked but also can have an addictive effect, so for a while, this originally unknown thing suddenly became famous, and now tobacco is very popular in various countries. There are people here in Lianzhou who smoke this kind of thing, and it is said that the Nanyang side is even more popular for fashion.

Anything can cause people to be addicted, as long as the addictive thing is monopolized, it can produce endless profits, Jubao firm is a monopoly in the shipping industry, of course, it has a keen eye, so it looks at this business at a glance, as long as it can obtain the right to sell, this silver is not a big flow into the pocket?

I'm afraid that all the business in the world is nothing compared to it.

Liu Chengfeng was stunned for a moment, of course he knew that there were hundreds of millions of smokers in later generations, and he was very familiar with it, although this thing is much less harmful than opium, but after all, it is also harmful to physical and mental health, but once the Pandora's box of this kind of thing is opened, it is not easy for Liu Chengfeng to cover it, he glanced at Gu Cheng deeply, and couldn't help but say: "Monopoly tobacco?" You've got a lot of vision, ......."

Gu Cheng saw that Liu Chengshang was hesitating, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, there are 100,000 guards in the trading house, and they are equipped with countless firearms, horses, and ships. There are also ports and leased land in various places, which are all operated by the commercial houses step by step......"

His meaning is very clear, the trading house has cut such a large piece of meat, and Liu Chengfeng is still holding a monopoly right to twist it, which is inevitably a little unkind.

Liu Chengfeng smiled bitterly: "This matter is decided." ”

Gu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, when Liu Chengfeng put forward these three conditions, the entire trading house was in chaos, although the commercial bank was founded by Liu Chengfeng, but now I don't know how many people rely on this commercial house to eat, now Liu Chengfeng wants to cut meat, and he is determined to win, which one is not panicked and can't finally say, promise, the loss is too great, and the advantage of the Jubao Commercial Bank will be lost, after all, the huge profits of the commercial bank, part of it comes from the huge fleet, and the other part is a lot of unsightly deeds, And these things can only be accomplished by an armed force. The opinions of the shareholders' bureau are also very unanimous, and they have quarreled several times, some people are resolutely opposed, but some people stand up to support it, and every time it is like a pot of porridge.

Gu Cheng, as the chief shopkeeper, saw it in his eyes, but he was also anxious in his heart, once he agreed to the conditions, the firm would suffer, but he didn't agree, not to mention that Liu Chengfeng had many old relationships in the firm, and these old relationships were still running for Liu Chengfeng, that is, the palace seemed to be obedient to Liu Chengfeng's words, plus the main business of the firm relied on sea trade, and it needed the port of Chu to enter and exit, which annoyed Liu Chengfeng, and people did not allow you to enter and leave Haiphong, what can you do?

In the end, Gu Cheng thought of this compromise method, this method is obviously quite effective, tobacco this thing, Gu Cheng has already done a survey, this thing can be addictive, once smoked most people can't do without it, now the price of tobacco on the market is low, but what if this commodity is sold exclusively by Jubao Firm? Once it is monopolized, then the price is completely set by the trading house, and many people cannot do without this thing, and the huge profits in it are not less than the money made by those shady deeds.

He immediately drafted a charter and submitted it to the shareholders' bureau for discussion, after introducing the prospects, the controversy of the shareholders' bureau finally subsided, and finally came up with a plan for both, if Liu Chengfeng did not agree, it would not be good, now that Liu Chengfeng nodded, Gu Cheng naturally breathed a sigh of relief, and he couldn't help laughing: "Since this is the case, then the matter is so decided." ”

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, and said: "The chief shopkeeper is here, do you want to stay for a little longer, and if you have more, it will be the enthronement ceremony of this king, you can stay too, and leave after the ceremony is over." ”

Gu Cheng said with a smile: "Since His Highness has such an order, how dare the villain wipe His Highness's face." ”

The two hit it off, and then this Gu Cheng said goodbye, he came to Lianzhou, not only to negotiate with Liu Chengfeng, in fact, he also wanted to take a walk in Lianzhou to take a look, although the residence of the firm is in Beijing, but most of the business is through Lianzhou, he is the chief shopkeeper naturally to investigate carefully, to see if there is any business that can be expanded.

Since the matter was agreed, the two sides immediately concluded an agreement, and then the leaders of the guards of the trading house all gathered and reorganized, and all the guards were officially organized into water divisions, which were divided into ten battalions and forty formations in total, which were under the jurisdiction of the water division yamen, and the military attache of the water division yamen and the water division general, the candidate has not yet been drawn up, but according to the meaning of the palace, it is clear that they want to select a qualified leader from the guards.

In any case, the transfer of rights is very smooth, and these guards have a lot to do with Liu Chengfeng in the final analysis, and now they are corrected, so no one has any complaints.

And in the political axe, there is a headache again, fifty-four leased ports, all of which must be managed by officials, which is all sloppy, but now the Chu State itself is already nervous, and if you want to squeeze out people, it is really a bit difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

However, the list will be released soon, and there will be a large number of officials recruited, which may alleviate the situation somewhat, and the meaning of the officials on Cao's side seems to be to expand the number of officials recruited this year, from the original recruitment of 7,000 to 15,000 people, so as to meet the needs of this huge enclave.

The political axe is also being discussed, and finally agreed, it can be said that this year's official exam is the easiest, with an acceptance rate of almost more than half, but I am afraid that it will not be so easy in the future.

At the same time, the preparations for the enthronement ceremony have also progressed, things are surprisingly smooth, almost all the envoys from various countries have arrived, one by one into the palace to pay homage to the new king, Liu Chengfeng in the palace is really starting to be busy, every time to welcome guests, today to see the envoys of the Zhenla country, Ming said to see the king of Annam, but this is just a visit to the surname of etiquette, so it will not talk about anything serious, it is nothing more than a variety of greetings, so although it is boring, Liu Chengfeng finally supports the stay.

It's just that after the enthronement ceremony, the real confrontation has just begun, this matter Liu Chengfeng understands, and the vassal states actually understand that for them, the appearance of the Chu State has disrupted everyone's position, and the situation in Nanyang is afraid that it will change greatly, everyone wants to eat their own piece of the pie under a new pattern, and at the same time they don't want their interests to be harmed, so in this Lianzhou city, whether it is those kings or envoys who come, although they spend their time in greetings on the surface, but in secret, they are all good at dancing. Looking for their partners and allies, or testing the various reactions of the King of Chu.

(To be continued)