Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 178

On the other side of the hall, there was a group of more than ten people who were clearly separated from these leaders. It was the six envoys of Zhihe Division and one subordinate official of the third envoy, leading several officials.These people are far less rich than these leaders, but they have the common problem of officials in this era-self-proclaimed, and while they are jealous of these leaders with hundreds of thousands of money, they pretend to be disdainful to work with them.

As for these 27 leaders, they are all business tycoons in Kaifeng, and even the entire Central Plains and Song Dynasty.A real business mogul.Although these people are businessmen, they are quite high in terms of ability and vision. The officials and nobles they usually deal with, whether they deal with each other publicly or secretly, are much higher than these few river governance envoys. .He really didn't pay attention to the latter, let alone put a hot face on a cold ass, so no one took the initiative to strike up a conversation with the six Zhihe envoys and the third envoy's subordinates.

After hearing the news of Ye Chen's arrival from a small official who was in charge of the river, the whole hall was suddenly silent, so everyone got up quickly and greeted the door.Compared with the six officials who governed the river and the subordinate officials of the third envoy, Ye Chen was a real big shot, a fourth-rank official, the Earl of the founding of the country, and a celebrity in front of the emperor.Not to mention the already well-known miraculous deeds of Ye Chen.

Among other things, a single person who draws blood to renew life, or Ye Chen has the title of genius doctor, and is a legendary disciple of a master with great supernatural powers.It is enough to make anyone in the world treat him courteously, from the emperor to the common people, and dare not offend him easily.After all, no one can guarantee that one day they won't beg Ye Chen.People like Lu Yuqing, the current deputy prime minister, are very few after all.

After Ye Chen greeted everyone politely, he glanced at Qian Ning and nodded kindly at him. The latter immediately bowed to Ye Chen with a flattered look.Seeing this, the rest of the leaders couldn't help but change their expressions slightly. While envious and jealous of Qian Ning, they thought that an official status would not be determined by Qian Ning just because of this!

After all, Ye Chen's concept is different from that of the literati and officials in the present. These 27 people are the real rich and successful entrepreneurs in Kaifeng. In future generations, they will at least have the title of CPPCC member or National People's Congress representative, enough to sit at the same table with the country's senior officials. Cannibalism.

Therefore, Ye Chen was extremely courteous and polite to everyone, without any air of aloofness at all.But the capital of the crowd is a human spirit, whether Ye Chen is pretending, or whether it is his nature and thoughts in his heart, it is easy for the leaders of the crowd to see.

Therefore, after the twenty leaders sat down at Ye Chen's enthusiastic request, when they looked at Ye Chen again, they felt more liking and favor in their hearts.

"You are all the most successful businessmen in the Great Song Dynasty. They are all truly capable and successful people. Today, on behalf of the imperial court, Ben Bo summoned you to come here, but there is a business to discuss with you on behalf of the imperial court. "Ye Chen said straight to the point.

Ye Chen's previous words were fresh, but the meaning he expressed held the 27 people very highly. Regardless of whether Ye Chen said the truth or not, everyone was very happy when he said it in his capacity.Immediately, someone said: "My lord, you are welcome. If you have any orders, just say it. I will do my best."

Although Ye Chen said it politely, he knew that these people were shrewd and the city government was not under senior officials who had been in the officialdom for many years, so he would not take a polite word from the other party seriously.If you want them to do their best, you still need to come up with what these leaders really need.

Seeing that the atmosphere was complete, Ye Chen looked at Li Zhong, the guard standing beside him.The latter hurriedly and carefully brought over a brocade box that he had been holding for a long time, and placed it on the desk in front of Ye Chen.

Many leaders who knew the news in advance had already thought about what was in the brocade box, and couldn't help holding their breath. When they looked at the brocade box, their eyes were full of enthusiasm.

Ye Chen slowly opened the brocade box, took out four blank leaflets, held them up to show everyone, and said: "The name of this thing is the blank leaflet, which is the privilege granted to me by the emperor today. I just need to fill it in." One person's name, this person has since leaped into the dragon's gate, possessed the status of an official, and became one of the thousands of officials in the imperial court."

When Ye Chen said this, his eyes swept across the crowd, and he found that everyone's eyes were shining, and even his breathing became a little short.

Only then did he smile in satisfaction and said, "Uncle Ben knows that each of you leaders will depend on you for food, ranging from hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands of people. Now that the imperial court is building the embankment in Baima County, labor labor and box soldiers have been recruited." It's over, and the manpower in the other four embankments is not enough. So I want to leave this matter to you. Of course, using your subordinates will definitely affect the business of your leaders and cause a lot of losses. Today, the righteousness of the saints will naturally not let You do this for nothing. The reward is this official status. There are four counties of embankments that the Yellow River passes through under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng. Each one only needs to use tens of thousands of laborers to strengthen and increase the height of the embankments in one month. Official status. I don’t know if there is anyone willing to do it.”

As soon as Ye Chen finished speaking, the scene was suddenly silent, and then almost all the leaders stood up at the same time, declaring that they were willing.Just kidding, several of them have tens of thousands of businessmen and laborers under their command, and they only use 1 of them. How much time is lost in a month, 1 to [-] can be as high as the sky, and then these [-] people have food, drink, housing, wages, Including tools, it will cost up to [-] to [-] guan.

Buying an official body with [-] to [-] guan was not even thought about in the past. In the Song Dynasty, which was only more than ten years old when the country was founded, it was simply a price without a market.And this official body in their hands will not only bring about changes in status, reputation and family, but even in the long run, the financial benefits it will bring will far exceed fifty or sixty thousand.

Although Ye Chen had expected it earlier, he never expected that the scene would be so hot. He couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief and smiled happily.How would those people in Chongzheng Hall feel if they saw this scene in the morning?Then what kind of expression would Lu Yuqing, the political adviser, have?
However, Ye Chen was not worried that the scene in front of him would not reach the ears of the emperor and the important officials in the court.It will even reach the ears of those who care tonight.

After being reprimanded by several river governance envoys, after the 27 leaders with glowing faces sat down quietly again, Ye Chen glanced over the crowd, saw Qian Ning, and his heart moved, thinking of Jianghuai and his party, Qian Ning's hard work along the way, Wanting to take care of him intentionally, he said, "Qian Xingshou! You talk first."

Under the jealous eyes of the leaders, Qian Ning stood up, first bowed to Ye Chen, and said, "My lord! It can be said that there are more wolves and less meat in this matter. Naturally, whoever pays the highest price will get the piece of meat." Of course, the price here is not money, but the amount of labor that can be recruited. A villain is not talented, but he can recruit [-] laborers and is willing to build a river embankment for the imperial court."

The joy in Ye Chen's heart was almost uncontrollable. What Qian Ning said could be said to have done him a big favor. If he had lit a fire before, Qian Ding would have poured a bucket of gasoline into the fire.If he had said those words just now, the effect would definitely be greatly reduced.

"Okay! Benbo will make the decision, and Qian Xingshou will be responsible for repairing, heightening and thickening the embankment in Chenliu County." Ye Chen said.

Seeing Ye Chen's expression, Qian Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and finally completed what Li Siyan told him.

"Thinking about it, Uncle Fu also knows in his heart that I am looking at the face of our saint. It would be better if I can mention my name in front of the saint when I go back. But then again, using 2 people is beyond the limit. I have reached my limit, not only must the business stop completely within this month, but I must also recruit some people!" Qian Ning murmured to himself.

As soon as Ye Chen finished speaking, he had set the number of people at 27, and if someone wanted to pick up the job later, at least 2 people would be sent.There were 2 leaders at the scene. They were doing different businesses and had different numbers of people under their command. After all, there were very few people who could spare [-] people.Even if most people stopped their business in Kaifeng City and the surrounding counties and closed all their shops, they would still not be able to gather [-] people.

At that moment, nearly half of the line leaders looked at Qian Ning with resentment on their faces, cursing inwardly.However, there are also some smart people who began to connect secretly, whisper and bargain with each other.One person is not enough to make up 2 people, two people, even three people, four people can do it!It's all about money.The most important thing for the 27 people present is money.

After an incense stick of time, the other three candidates were also decided, but Ye Chen was a little bit moved and regretful that the other three heads seemed to be discussed in advance, or the tacit understanding was amazing, all of them were 2 people, one person Not many.With such a method, he deserves to be the leader of the party.

But Ye Chen's next words made the four chiefs, including Qian Ning, who won the right to build the embankment become hostile to each other again.

Ye Chen held up four blank declaration letters and said: "These four official ranks are different, one is at the eighth rank, one is at the eighth rank, one is at the ninth rank, and one is at the ninth rank. After a month, the four Ben Bo, who built the embankment, will personally bring people to judge, and will rank according to the level and thickness. The higher the ranking, the higher the official position will naturally be obtained, and the ranking of four people corresponds to four official positions."

When Ye Chen returned home, it was almost Haishi.It can be said that since getting up in the morning, I have been busy all day without stopping for a moment.However, the results are remarkable. In one day, nearly [-] laborers were recruited, which solved the problem of unmanned construction of five river embankments near Kaifeng.

With more than 200 gang members, Li Junhao scattered all over the city of Kaifeng. He was busy all afternoon, threatening and luring, recruiting about 5000 beggars who were in good health, and then paid two pennies a day higher than ordinary day laborers in the slums. [-] people were recruited at a high price.

But when Ye Chen sent someone to inform the other four leaders that they could dispatch 1 labor.Li Junhao was very dissatisfied, he didn't want to make things difficult for Ye Chen.So I discussed with the gang all night, and tomorrow I will bring the [-] people to the river embankment with the embankment officer appointed by Ye Chen, and the two deputy gang leaders will lead half of the gang to continue to recruit people in the slums.

Just as Ye Chen expected before, what Ye Chen did in Chunfeng Building, and even after Ye Chen came out of the palace, everything he did was quickly grasped by those who cared.

(End of this chapter)