The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 188 Red Cross

"Xiao Qi, go and ask Xiao Tian to come up."

"Yes, son."

"Pu Shougeng, I am Mr. Huyan in the mall, you just need to understand it in your heart, don't speak nonsense."

"My lord, the grass people understand."

"Well, you are a smart person, you know what to say and what not to say."

After a while, Xiao Tian came upstairs with Xiao Qi and said, "My lord, are you looking for me?"

"Xiao Tian, ​​sit down. Let me introduce you. This Mr. Pu Shougeng Pu is the owner of Quanzhou Pu's Commercial Firm. Mr. Pu, this is Xiao Tian, ​​and he is the big shopkeeper of Shifeng Commercial Firm. Please be close to me. "

"Mr. Pu?" Pu Shougeng was stunned, wondering what I called him just now, knowing that it is a great honor to be called Mr. by the emperor.

For merchants, Pu Shougeng's name is very famous. Of course, Xiao Tian has heard of it. It turns out that the person who came here to visit the young master is a legendary figure. Great name."

Pu Shougeng came back to his senses and saw that the young man who led him upstairs was the shopkeeper of Shifeng Commercial Company, so he didn't dare to neglect him, so he got up and said: "Pu has met shopkeeper Xiao, but he didn't expect shopkeeper Xiao to be so young. ah."

"Xiaoqi, make another pot of tea." I smiled, "Xiao Tian, ​​from today onwards, I own [-]% of Pu's business, so Mr. Pu is also my own. In the future, Shifeng will mainly target domestic customers, and Pu's will focus on overseas customers." Market, the two of you would like to cooperate and make a lot of money for me."

Xiao Tian was slightly surprised, this Mr. Huyan is too capable, he has become the boss of Pu's Trading Company, the leader of the business world, without showing the mountains or the water.However, Xiao Tian has been with me for a long time, and he is no longer the young master of Tong Le Lou who just debuted. Naturally, he knows that those who dare not ask should not ask more, but just replied: "Yes, young master."

"Mr. Pu, after you go back, you will start preparing to move the headquarters of the firm to Lin'an. Firstly, it will facilitate the selection of new items, and secondly, it will also facilitate the frequent exchanges between me and you."

"Yes, my lord, the grass people will start immediately after returning." Of course Pu Shougeng understands the meaning of the second point I said, but it's just that now, whether he wants to or not, he can only act according to my arrangement.

"With the current strength and future development trend of Shifeng and Pu's, they will definitely become the leaders in the business world of the Song Dynasty. You all know that I have always believed that businessmen should take from the people and use them for the people. Therefore, I plan to set up a charity organization in Lin'an."

"Charity?" Xiao Tian and Pu Shougeng looked at each other and asked in unison.

Charity in China has its own long tradition. The temples in the Han and Tang Dynasties have long flourished in poverty relief, disaster relief, medical treatment, and killing; It is second to none in the history of philanthropy.It’s just that the meaning of the word “charity” in ancient times is slightly different from today’s. The ancient people’s understanding of charity is a kind act of compassion, basically based on individuals, temples, etc., so there is no certain social atmosphere formed. As for later generations, even such a large-scale classic as "Ci Hai" did not include the word charity.

After World War II, philanthropy in western countries flourished, rich people became enthusiastic about philanthropy, and a relatively complete philanthropy mechanism was formed.Today's richest American Bill.Gates has invested nearly 260 billion US dollars in charity, accounting for 54% of his total property. He even made a will early: after his death, 99% of his wealth will be donated to charity.

I borrowed the definition of "charitable foundation" entry in "Encyclopedia Britannica" and explained: "The charitable organization I am talking about is a non-profit organization formed spontaneously by the people, which is provided by donors and funded by its own foundation. Employees manage and use their income to serve socially beneficial purposes. This is similar to temple disaster relief, but there are essential differences. Temple disaster relief comes from donations from others, and its good deeds end when the donations are used up. , so it is not a long-term ongoing business, and the charity I am talking about, after receiving donations, has to invest the donated wealth in some stable business activities, and the profits obtained from this are used to do long-term charitable deeds, such as Set up compulsory education, open free medical clinics, etc. Of course, I will suggest to the imperial court that I hope that as a charitable institution, I can get a lot of preferential taxation in order to ensure the basic profit of the institution. In many cases, the imperial court may, for various reasons It cannot be taken care of, so charities need to complete these good deeds. For example, there is a patient in a certain place who needs a lot of money for medical treatment, but he has no money, and the imperial court will not pay for the medicine for him, so we Charities can help him."

Pu Shougeng thought about it carefully, and praised: "Young master is truly a bodhisattva."

"Mr. Pu, this is one of the reasons why I asked you to move the firm to Lin'an. For this charity organization, I think you and Xiao Tianlai will take the lead. You are the president of the organization, and Xiao Tian is the vice president. , Of course, the specific executor has to find someone else, otherwise you two will be too busy. Mr. Pu, Xiao Tian, ​​what do you think?"

Although my tone was almost deliberative, Pu Shougeng, who knew my identity, would not dare to disobey, and Xiao Tian, ​​who had great trust in me, would also not object.

Xiao Tian said: "This is a good deed, Xiao Tian is naturally willing."

Pu Shougeng also nodded and said: "My lord, the grassroots follow your wishes, this is the ultimate state of the businessman that you said."

"Exactly, maybe the two of you will feel this way in the future. Helping others is even happier than making money yourself. Xiao Tian, ​​you can think about the early stage affairs of this charity organization now, and do what you can do first."

Xiao Tiandao: "Yes, young master, what is the name of this charity organization?"

I smiled: "Let's call it the Red Cross."

"Red Cross?" Both of them didn't know what it meant.

Xiao Tian has become accustomed to my unheard of terms and thoughts, but he still looks calm, but Pu Shougeng is surprised again and again, and feels more and more in his heart that there is really no other words to describe except "God and Man".

Two days later, under the escort of [-] youth guards and [-] imperial guards, Zhang Shijie quietly left the youth guard camp with [-] Yun's muskets in the early hours of the morning. For safety's sake, I asked Shen Mo to go with him .In recent days, the youth guards have been training in the field, or training long distances, or suppressing bandits everywhere. It is unremarkable to let the youth guards take the role of escort. Although no outsiders know the power of muskets, these three hundred muskets are the first A batch of firearms that can be used in actual combat, I also carefully arranged for Zhang Shijie's return journey, and the ammunition for the muskets had been transported away by Yun Zhongfei the day before.According to the plan, after arriving at Qiuquan Mountain Villa, Zhang Shijie and others will go north to Yangzhou in batches and be incorporated into the military tax army. Together with the soldiers selected by Li Tingzhi, they will form a musket battalion.The members of the Youth Guard trained in the villa returned to Lin'an and became the musket instructors of the Youth Guard in the future, while the sharpshooter Li Long returned with the Youth Guard.

On the night of the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the first year of Xianchun, the full moon hung high, and many stars disappeared under the bright moonlight on weekdays. Only a few stars could occasionally emit faint starlight.

The moon is sparse, and the sky at night only belongs to this round of bright moon, but the moon tonight seems a bit weird to some experts.

On Longhu Mountain, Daofa looked at the sky quietly with a puzzled look on his face, and said to himself: "What day is it today, there is such a celestial phenomenon, maybe only the gods in the inner palace of the Emperor's Valley know the reason .”

With the ability of Taoist masters and those in the Palace of the Emperor's Valley, they can only deduce the natural celestial phenomena, and there is nothing they can do about abnormal movements.

As midnight approached, Yin Tianya's sedan chair had already parked in the big house outside Sijuezhen's house.

"Congratulations, Your Excellency." Liu Bingzhong in the back room said loudly.

"Well, Bingzhong, you've worked hard these past few days, please open the door."

"Yes, my lord."

The sedan chair still stopped at the same place, and the curtain of the sedan chair did not open, let alone Yin Tianya's figure moved, and he appeared in the inner room.

Against the backdrop of the candle flames at the base of the pagoda, the smoke surrounding the pagoda has solidified into shape.In the middle of the four pagodas, a rotating transparent pagoda suddenly appeared. This transparent pagoda was suspended in mid-air. Its shape was exactly the same as the Four Wind, Cloud, Thunder and Lightning Pagodas, but it was much smaller.

The bollard envoy and the gray-clothed bearer stood at the eight pillars beside the transparent pagoda, their hands intertwined, motionless.Liu Bingzhong fell down and sat under the transparent pagoda, with his palms facing up, and clapped his palms from time to time to stabilize the floating and rotating speed of the pagoda.

"En, that's right." Yin Tianya looked at the rotating transparent tower, and said lightly, "The Four Absolute Towers have been completed, and after half a day, I will inject the horoscope of Zhao Yu's birthday in the Southern Dynasty into the tower, and it will surely make his life come true." The star is damaged."

Liu Bingzhong said confidently: "My lord, as long as the Four Jue Formation is successfully activated, it will surely come true, and it won't be long before the Great Khan wields his troops to destroy the Song Dynasty!"