At the beginning, these people came to Guangzhou, and Li Xian's excuse was to manage the free trade zone, but a small number of these people were enough to govern the market area, and the others had more and more important things to do.

Since these people are under Li Xian's hands, they will have to listen to Li Xian's command at least for a period of time in the future, and Li Xian is not polite, so he said his thoughts.

Li Xian wanted these 500 managers to do a lot of things, such as going to other prefectures and counties to collect grain and supplies, supply them to Guangzhou, and help the Sanyuanli coalition army establish their own commercial channels;

set up a commercial bank in Macao to start commercial trade with foreigners;

Some of them can also enter the administrative system of the Mixed Yuan Sect and the Three Yuan Sect to share some of the army's logistics and administrative work;

If there is a surplus of personnel, they can also enter the education system to teach the written language, impart knowledge to the officers, soldiers and workers of the coalition forces.

In short, there are many aspects that can be used, and they still need to work together.

Hu Chong, Zhang Sicheng and others listened to it for a long time, but they had a feeling of absurdity, they originally thought that they and the others were just hostages or something, and they usually did some rough and heavy work, as long as they were not forced to go to the front line, they would burn high incense when they fought with the British.

It's just that after listening to what Li Xian said for a long time, this is to use himself and others as civil officials, and the names of many affairs seem novel, but when it comes to substance, it is actually what scholars who read the Analects and become officials have to do.

Even if it is to collect food and other things, it can also be regarded as army logistics, and ordinary officials have to entrust their close staff or old people to do it, that is to say, they are still real scholars.

However, is it really good to let a group of shopkeepers of a commercial house do what a reader should do?

The shopkeepers present looked at each other, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

Li Xian knew that some things were not clear for a while, but he just gave them a general idea, so he gave everyone a booklet introducing the content of their work, and let them see for themselves, and the more detailed content would have to be explained carefully when it was time for actual work.

The Mixed Yuan Sect Escort Team itself has its own administrative system, but the personnel are too small, and it is very difficult to swell after the coalition army in Sanyuan Li swells to more than tens of thousands, and its quality and background are much worse than those in front of them.

In the evening, Li Xian also set up a banquet, and invited these 500 people to eat at the same time.

Most of these 500 people were human spirits, and looking at Li Xian's posture, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief knowing that he would at least not be sent directly to the front line to fight or dig trenches.

Li Xian naturally smiled, toasted to all seats, and said that he would call Mr. when he opened his mouth, which made everyone have goosebumps and felt very unaccustomed.

The Pan family and the Wu family have a good personal relationship, and Zhang Sicheng and Hu Chong are also very familiar with each other.

At this moment, Hu Chong secretly stabbed Zhang Sicheng and asked in a low voice: "What's going on with our Li Shuai, what do you think of Sicheng?"

It turned out that these people were meticulous in their work, and they unified their caliber before they came, so they called Li Xian Li Shuai, so as not to cause trouble for themselves and their families once they made a mistake.

Zhang Sicheng sighed and replied: "I just don't understand, I feel that this person is stupid to watch the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but this kind of character can beat the British so badly, and I don't think it's like it." ”

During the conversation, Li Xian came back with a round of wine, then sat down at the table where the two of them were, sat down next to Pan Wu, and chatted with the shopkeepers here.

At this table, Pan Wu, Hu Chong, Zhang Sicheng and others were seated, and the other people who sat with them were also those with the highest status, so Li Xian naturally had to pay more attention.

"Brother Pan, you have been busy between Guangzhou and Sanyuanli during this time, and you have worked hard, so as a brother, use this glass of water and wine to express your gratitude. Li Xian pulled Pan Wu to toast.

Pan Wuna swept the corner of his eyes and saw that Li Xian's expression was quite sincere, not saying the opposite, so he breathed a sigh of relief and raised his wine glass.

"Brother Li, this is outside, you are fighting with foreigners outside the city, you can't directly contribute as a brother, you should go to visit a few times. Pan Wu is also a time-tested person, and the scene is not leaky, not only to explain to Li Xian, but also not to leave a handle, and later report to the officials in Guangzhou to find their own trouble.

After Li Xian and Pan Wu finished toasting, they talked with the others, talking about the work to be done in the future and so on.

Speaking of the collection of materials, Li Xian talked about the most scarce materials of the Sanyuanli coalition army.

"We were at war with the British, and although there was a shortage of food, cloth, and medicinal herbs, as long as we were willing to spend money, we could still buy them, and it was not the most important thing.

The most troublesome thing is sulfur, saltpeter, iron, copper and other things, many times I don't know where to buy if I have money, and I feel that I can't worship the god with a pig's head.

All of you here, if anyone helps me solve this problem, whether it is the Mixed Yuan Sect or the Three Yuan Temple, there will be a good reward. Li Xian said as if he didn't care.

It's just that when he spoke, everyone, including Pan Wu, lowered their heads and avoided Li Xian's sight, and no one dared to take advantage of it.

Everyone present can understand it, don't look at Li Xian's current direct face with Guangzhou, but that is just a fear of the British, and in the future, sooner or later they will rebel and fight with the imperial army.

These people are just pushed out by Guangzhou to appease Li Xian, don't do anything bad to leave a handle, and in the future, the imperial court will put down Li Xian's rebellion, and if you want to settle accounts after the autumn, you and the owner will be unlucky.

Sulfur, saltpeter and iron are not ordinary things, they were forbidden before the war, and once they are bought and sold, they will not be able to deal with the court in the future.

Li Xian saw everyone's reactions, and knew that none of these people thought that the Sanyuanli coalition army could succeed, and they just wanted to make a clear relationship with this side, so he smiled slightly, and did not force it, and continued to talk about other topics.

It wasn't until Li Xian's own business talked about whale oil, soap, salted fish, sugar and other commodities produced in Leizhou that the people present dared to talk and chatted.

These are not contraband, and Guangzhou officials have also said that they will not suppress again, in this war period these are still in short supply, everyone present is doing old business, seeing good business opportunities are itchy, there is a desire to take over this business for their own owners.

According to the ideas of these shopkeepers, it is excellent to sell these goods to Guangzhou, and if there is a surplus, they will be sold to other prefectures and counties in Guangdong, even Nanjing, Songjiang and other places, and there will be a lot of profits.

At this time, everyone talked very carefully, from the wholesale price to the retail price on Li Xian's side, the way of sharing and payment and delivery between the two parties, etc., they all talked very warmly, forgetting that in front of them was the murderous demon king that everyone in Guangzhou City feared.