Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 237 Assigning a Mission
As a businessman, Zhu Ming knows very well that money is the most important thing for businessmen. With this power of punishment, he immediately has the confidence to stabilize food prices, and he is naturally decisive when he speaks.

Seeing Zhu Ming's confident appearance, Gao Ming also smiled with satisfaction.

"Haha, well, you are indeed the person I like. From today on, you will be the food director of the Datang Commercial Alliance, and you will be temporarily appointed as an official under the ninth rank."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhu Ming was immediately overjoyed, and quickly knelt down, respectfully bowing to Gao Ming.

"My humble minister Zhu Ming, I would like to thank His Royal Highness for the cultivation!"

When Zhu Ming said this, he was sincere. Although Gao Ming only gave him the smallest official, but for Zhu Ming, he has now crossed a huge gap!

Unlike later generations, Datang's official standard thought was very strong.

In their hearts, being an official means honoring their ancestors, and being an official means returning to their hometown. As long as they can be an official, all the sacrifices are worthwhile.

Taking officials as the foundation, taking officials as the most valuable, and taking officials as the most respected are their values!

The same is true for Zhu Ming. Knowing that he has become an official, he was so excited that his whole body began to tremble.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing immediately.

"Okay, the man has gold under his knees, besides, we don't like to kneel down in Tang Dynasty, so let's get up and talk!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Ming agreed, stood up, and then cupped his hands towards Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness, there is still [-] shi of grain in Weichen's house. I don't know what to do with it. I hope His Royal Highness will show you!"

Hearing his words, Gao Ming frowned immediately.

"Of course you have food and sell it. Could it be that you still plan to keep it for food?"

In Gao Ming's view, Zhu Ming's question was simply inexplicable, but what he didn't expect was that after hearing his words, Zhu Ming immediately shook his head.

"No, the humble minister is now the imperial court official of the Tang Dynasty, how can he resume his lowly career? This is absolutely inappropriate."

"Uh……"

Seeing Zhu Ming's eagerness to draw a line with the businessman right after he became an official, Gao Ming couldn't laugh or cry.

"I said Zhu Ming, you've changed too fast, aren't you afraid that your old friends will laugh at you?"

As he said that, Gao Ming turned his head to look at the other businessmen present, but something Gao Ming didn't expect happened again. As soon as he turned his head, these businessmen immediately stood up and waved their hands repeatedly.

"His Royal Highness is joking, how dare we laugh at Master Zhu?"

"Master Zhu is now an official of the imperial court, so it is really inappropriate to do business again."

"Yeah yeah!"

Looking at the scene in front of him, the corners of Gao Ming's mouth twitched twice.

These guys change too fast, don't they?

But when Gao Ming saw that everyone was looking at Zhu Ming with envy, he immediately understood.

"It turns out that these guys are expressing their opinions to me!"

Gao Ming guessed right, because Zhu Ming suddenly became an official, which gave other businessmen a glimmer of hope, so they expressed their attitude to Gao Ming from the side——

As long as you let me become an official, you can take my home!
Of course, Gao Ming is not the kind of person who covets other people's property. To be precise, it is their little property that is so clever that they still look down on them.

Zhu Ming said that his grain was 120 shi, and one shi in the Tang Dynasty was equivalent to [-] catties in later generations, so the grain was about [-] tons.

Nine hundred tons sounds like a lot, but based on the grain price of Datang, the value of these grains is only about [-] guan, which is less than the daily income of Gaoming Datang Royal Club.

It is no exaggeration to say that Gao Ming only needs half a month or even less time to earn the money that these businessmen present can earn in a lifetime.

The starting point is different, and the vision is naturally different.

Therefore, under the expectant eyes of everyone, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"Okay, Zhu Ming, I understand what you mean. Since you don't want to do business anymore, I'll send someone to take away all the food later. My Hundred Knights have expanded, and your food is enough for them to eat one It's been many months."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhu Ming nodded immediately.

"Yes, Weichen will have the food ready after we go back!"

As he said that, the corners of Zhu Ming's eyes twitched twice. Obviously he was very distressed at the loss of five hundred guan, but now for his own career, he decided to give it up cruelly.

Seeing Zhu Ming's painful expression, Gao Ming shook his head helplessly.

"It's really a shame to suffer!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming turned his head and gave orders to Wu Mei.

"Wu Mei, later on, you will have someone send five hundred guan to Zhu Ming's house."

"Yes!"

Hearing Gao Ming and Wu Mei's words, Zhu Ming was stunned immediately, and then he waved his hands hastily.

"No...His Royal Highness..."

Before he could finish speaking, Gao Ming waved his hand again and interrupted him.

"Okay, this money is not for buying your food, it's for me to reward you, just remember to do things well in the future!"

"Yes, I understand!"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Zhu Ming's eyes became moist again.

This time Zhu Ming was really moved. The price of his grain was less than [-] guan, but Gao Ming gave him [-] guan directly, which was equivalent to buying his grain directly.

And in order to take care of his face, he also said that the money was a reward for him. This moved him who had always been looked down upon, so he secretly made up his mind.

"I, Zhu Ming, was able to meet His Highness the Crown Prince. It was a blessing accumulated in my previous life. From now on, I must do my best to live up to the kindness of His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Gao Ming didn't know about Zhu Ming's psychological changes. After Zhu Ming agreed, he turned to look at other businessmen.

"Okay, I'll leave the food to Zhu Ming, then I'll talk about other things..."

Then, Gao Ming called out the cloth merchants and medicine merchants separately, because their businesses are closely related to the common people, so Gao Ming also appointed them officials and asked them to control the prices of these commodities.

As for those who sell luxury goods such as gold and jewelry, or calligraphy, painting and porcelain, Gao Ming asked them to keep an eye on other peers and determine the profits of the other party so that they can collect transaction taxes when the time comes.

This time, Gao Ming was very generous. All the more than 20 businessmen who came here were granted official status. Although they were all Sesame officials from the ninth rank, this was enough for them.

And their original business was also taken over by Gao Ming, and it was directly assigned to the Datang Royal Business Alliance, and Wu Mei assigned people to manage it.

Such a result is naturally satisfactory to everyone. Looking at the smiles of everyone, Gao Ming also nodded with a smile.

"Okay, that's all for regulating the market, now I'm going to talk about what you need to do now."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately hooked his fingers towards Wu Mei. Seeing Gao Ming's action, Wu Mei smiled slightly, then turned around and took out a football from the corner beside him, and put it in Gao Ming's hand.

Seeing everyone's surprised eyes, Gao Ming patted the football in his hand lightly.

"This thing is called rugby. It is a new gadget I invented to enrich the lives of the people of Tang Dynasty. Now it is very popular among the Hundred Knights."

Of course, Gao Ming would not say that he invented rugby to make money, because it is too vulgar. Now that he changed the way of saying it, the style immediately became much higher. At least Tian Yi and others looked at him with admiration.

The prince who always thinks about the people is really a good prince!
Seeing everyone's expressions, Gao Ming smiled again.

"I have already ordered people to build the venue. After the construction is completed, at least [-] Tang people can go to watch the rugby game. What you have to do now is to publicize this thing so that everyone knows This it."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately turned his attention to Tian Yi again.

"Tian Yi, you are in charge of this matter. Later, you will take them to the military camp outside the Mingde Gate, and let them see what is going on in the rugby game. After it is over, you will lead them to promote it together. It must be done within three months. Let Chang'an and Jingzhao Mansion know what rugby is all about."

"Yes!"

Seeing that Tian Yi agreed, Gao Ming nodded.

"Okay, there is nothing else to do for the time being. I will let Wu Mei give you your official uniform and official seal in a few days. Now that you are officially in office, remember to come here every day to order."

After speaking, Gao Ming turned his head to look at Zhu Ming again.

"Zhu Ming, I'll leave it to you to take care of this. If there is any important situation, you should report it to Tian Yi in time. If Tian Yi can't solve it, you can go to Wu Mei, understand?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhu Ming immediately straightened his waist.

"understood!"

Seeing his serious look, Gao Ming nodded again.

"It's fine if you understand it. Does anyone else have any questions?"

After Gao Ming's voice fell, the people around shook their heads. Seeing this scene, Gao Ming waved his hands towards them.

"Okay, since it's okay, let's go!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming walked directly outside, and just took two steps when he heard orderly shouts from behind.

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Hearing this burst of shouts, Gao Ming was taken aback for a moment, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"These guys really understand it!"

After leaving the door, Gao Ming got into the carriage and went back to the palace. After his carriage disappeared at the end of the street, Tian Yi bowed to Wu Mei.

"Wu Guanshi, the officer intends to take them to watch a rugby match, I don't know what Wu Guanshi wants?"

After hearing Tian Yi's words, Wu Mei turned her eyes away from where Gao Ming left, and then nodded towards Tian Yi.

"Well, go, I have to go back to the Royal Club."

As soon as Wu Mei's words fell, Tian Yi bowed to her again.

"Congratulations to Wu Guanshi!"

Seeing Tian Yi's respectful expression, a smile appeared on Wu Mei's pretty face, she nodded and turned to leave.

After Wu Mei left, Tian Yi nodded towards everyone.

"Let's go, follow me to watch the rugby game now, everyone be serious, don't let His Royal Highness down!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)