Chapter 660: In front of the Ministry of Rites
The bag was handed over to Li Mu. He roughly touched the outline, and it seemed to be a jade plaque.
Yanping Hou, "surnamed Shijie", is known to be a rich man.
Because as we all know, Nanyang operates in the form of "corporations", and those Chinese colonial companies are themselves the origin of the modern corporate system. These include Lan Fang in Borneo, Temasek in Sin Chew, and a series of small and medium-sized colonial companies in Hesheng and Dagang. Originating from the overseas extension of the Southern Ancestral Hall, these companies are both trading companies, gangs, and states, but are entirely aimed at profit and development.
The company's system is generally strict, but it is also open-minded. The company does not have a county office, but instead there are two laws - minor crimes must be compensated, personal disputes must be compensated with red silk and candles to apologize, and the company's mistakes must be paid with fines. Serious crimes will be directly expelled from the company and sent back to Kinai to be handed over to the government for processing.
These are all practical and effective measures that will allow the people of Kinai to live in the unfamiliar land of smoke and miasma β and make money. Making money is the most fundamental purpose of those companies, and if you don't make money, you don't need to go to Nanyang.
And the apex of this overseas governance system is the Yanping Marquis "surnamed Shijie" standing in front of him.
He is known to be the richest. As a North Korean, Lee Mu actually doesn't quite understand how the Nanyang system works, just as he doesn't know how other companies work, but he is known to be rich.
Gifts from rich people should be good things. There are so many people here, he is embarrassed to take apart the bag to see what the jade plate is made of. But there are roughly two possibilities: very expensive Hetian jade, or jadeite from the South Seas. However, the jadeite industry is actually the Li family of Jingnan Hou, and the Zheng family is not very cheap to get the goods. So it should probably be Hetian topaz.
"Oh yes, there's a gadget here, give it to Brother Furen to play with, it's not a tribute."
As he spoke, he took out a shining stone from his cuff, the size of a chess piece.
"What is this?"
Zheng Shijie opened his mouth to tell a story:
"Diamonds, worthless gadgets, are generally used as drill bits. But some time ago, someone gave me a big one, and I thought to myself, although it is a worthless thing, but it is a rare thing to grow so big, so let people according to its material, and make it into a large diamond that will shine, you see it's quite bright. I'm going to use it as a paperweight, but it seems to be a little too bright. Since I have a relationship with Brother Furen today, I will give it to you. He added:
"Worthless gadgets are just Tu Yile."
"Ah~~" Li Mu nodded and said, "The gift from the surname of the country, how can there be anything small." I'll have to hide it when I go back. β
"Eh, you can't say that. It's just a play. β
The two sides looked at each other and smiled, and then gave up the gadget.
"Still." Li Mu accepted it properly before he said, "I understand the meaning of the national surname. I just don't know if you want to do it big or small. Both are fine, depending on your requirements. After all, the boss didn't say exactly what to do. β
"Brother Furen, how do you look?"
"These people really don't understand the rules." Li Mu replied, "But they are not guilty of death." But. Sometimes the dead are not all guilty. There are so many dead people in this world, where are there so many sinners? Still."
He thought for a while: "I also know a little bit about the country surname. These people are in the way, aren't they? β
"Exactly."
"I don't know anything about Nanyang. After all, you also know the national surname, and North Korea has been attached. I, the king of Joseon, don't really go back to North Korea except to worship my ancestors, I only live in the capital, and you see I don't know how to speak Korean. I only know about Nanyang through the news β but one thing is clear to me. The surname of the country is that you are engaged in aerospace, which is the most virtuous thing in the world. They're blocking your way to building space facilities, and they're really blocking the way. β
"That's right!" Zheng Shijie clapped his hands, he didn't expect that there was such a thing as blocking the virtuous road, after all, he still had to nod his face occasionally.
"So, what the hell?" Li Mu proposed.
"Okay, okay, then I'll leave it to Brother Furen." Zheng Shijie arched his hand at him. He is relieved to leave things to a professional. Very reassuring.
"Whew." Zheng Shijie watched from the side, and Li Mu also walked out of the crowd with his hands behind his back. It was cold, and his gasping white breath covered his glasses. Pacing to the place near the door, he took out the mirror cloth, wiped his glasses alone, and brought them to himself.
The people of the country of Bo Ni were crying facing the vermilion lacquer gate of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, right in front of him.
He waved his hand to the side, and someone else walked past the crying Boni people and walked to the front of the gate and knocked: "Open the door, we are the envoys of the DPRK, and we are here to present the goods." β
"North Korea's? Please go back today, the door of the Ministry of Rites will not be open today. β
If the door is not opened, the object cannot be delivered. Because there is no reason to go through the side door, you must enter directly through the door. After all, the presentation of the square is a ritual in itself, not to mention that North Korea is unwilling to enter through the side door, and the Ministry of Rites will not violate the rules.
"Our king has arrived, and I would like to ask the lords of the Ministry of Rites to open the door."
"No! It really doesn't work, we still say that we can't open the door today anyway. As soon as the door opened, the people of the Bo Ni Kingdom came in. β
"Okay, got it."
The attendant walked up to Li Mu and bowed, and relayed to him the words from the people in the Ministry of Rites inside the door.
"Tsk, not only blocking the Xian Road, but also blocking the Gong Road. Your sins are not small. He turned to face the people of the Boys, and gestured to the side, and an attendant came out and shouted:
"Who are you in the lead! We, the king, will speak with you. β
There was a pause, and they all looked at one of the people in the crowd - the man said a dirt word, and then continued to cry, and everyone cried with him.
"Don't answer, do you?" Li Mu sneered, "If there is no one to answer with me, there are all slaves here." Come! Take it away! Remember, don't do it first. 'Please' them out nicely. β
Dozens of black-clothed, black-robed and black-sunglasses surrounded them, and they "racked" those people from the country outside, and pulled them up by their arms. Of course, the people of the country were not happy, and knelt on the ground and struggled and scolded. In a panic, the flurry elbow hit the man in black in the stomachβ
"Ahh The man in black rolled back three times, clutching his stomach and rolling on the ground: "Your Majesty! They beat people! They beat people! β
(End of chapter)