Zhenguan Leisurely King

Chapter 267 Arrangement ([-])

"No, sir, I'll do it now."

"Also, please worry about all the officials in Puzhou. If you have something to say, call all the officials and businessmen to the governor's mansion, invite them in the name of the prince, and say that you have something important to discuss." Wang Pingan said again.

"promise."

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An hour later, in the living room of the Governor's Mansion, merchants sat on the left, officials sat on the right, Wang Ping'an and Li Chengqian sat in front, and Du Ruhui and Gao Shou sat on the lower right.

There was a lot of discussion on both sides, and they were all curious about what the prince wanted them to do, and who the child next to the prince was, it was really inexplicable.

"Cough cough cough..."

Li Chengqian pretended to cough a few times, and the scene suddenly fell silent. He said slowly, "Everyone, what I want to ask the most right now is the so-called seeking you alone, but that's right."

"The prince is wise."

Everyone said a word of compliment, which was regarded as acquiescing to Li Chengqian's words.

"I asked you to come here this time because I have nothing to ask of you."

Before Li Chengqian finished speaking, a merchant stood up from the merchant team and said, "His Royal Highness, if you have something to ask, please don't ask for words. You are ashamed to be a villain."

"That's right, you can't say begging, prince."

"That's right, Prince, please do not hesitate to ask if you have anything to do."

In the merchant team, you have the same meaning in every word you say, that is, just give orders to the prince, and I will try my best to do things.

"Thank you for your enthusiasm. Everyone here knows that there is a breach in the Yellow River near Bianzhou, which caused serious flooding in Bianzhou, and has already affected Luozhou and Puzhou." Li Chengqian paused, glanced at Wang Ping'an, and saw He nodded to himself, and then continued: "In the past ten days, 13 disaster victims have gathered outside Puzhou City, and the imperial court has allocated relief money and opened Changping warehouses.

But Gu found that the victims of such disaster relief could only get enough food and clothing, and barely survived the flood.This is too much of a waste of the labor of the people outside the city, so I thought of a way to use the name of the government as a guarantee. If your shops and workshops need any kind of workers, the government will find such workers from the disaster victims for you. "

Wang Pingan felt that what Li Chengqian said was a bit long-winded, so he stood up and said to everyone: "You may think that the prince's words are a bit complicated, but I will simply tell you what kind of talents you need, and we will give you what kind of talents." The talent is to let you support these disaster victims, once the water level recedes, let them leave if you want them to leave, if you want to keep them, it depends on your ability."

"That's right. This is the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court. His words are exactly what Gu wants to express." Li Chengqian said beside him.

A businessman stood up, cupped his hands to the prince and Wang Pingan and said, "Return to His Royal Highness, according to the imperial envoy, the villain is in the ceramics business, so there are several kilns at home, but the staff is already full. If we recruit other workers now , Once there are more porcelains, the price will come down, will that affect the price of ceramics after the disaster.”

Wang Pingan nodded and said: "This will indeed have an impact. At that time, the price of ceramics will definitely drop sharply. How about this, you open the remaining kiln openings and fire mud bricks. I will charge you how much you have by then." How much, until the end of the disaster, okay?"

"Okay, that villain can recruit 500 people who are familiar with the craftsmanship of firing mud bricks and ceramics." The businessman said excitedly.

After the first case, the second businessman stood up, and he said: "His Royal Highness, according to the imperial envoy, the villain is a silk merchant, and his family opened a small workshop for weaving and dyeing. If there are people who are familiar with weaving, I want them all."

"All of them? It seems that your workshop is not small!" Wang Pingan joked.

Niu Hongda stood up and explained: "When you return to the imperial envoy, he is the largest cloth merchant in Puzhou. He produces all kinds of cloth. The most famous thing is their homemade silk, which is loved by the Hu people, so their cloth is often sold to the Western Regions. .”

"Okay, I will definitely report this matter to the imperial court, and engrave a stele on everyone's behavior today." Wang Ping'an said.

The engraving of a stele and the writing of a book immediately attracted all the businessmen, and their enthusiasm was immediately aroused. You must know that they are businessmen, and it is their nature to pursue fame and fortune, and in this country where businessmen are regarded as cheap How difficult is it to be recognized by the imperial court?
Now the opportunity is coming, how can they miss it, so they stand up one by one, saying that they need a hundred, two hundred laborers, at least a dozen, the most is the cloth merchant, followed by the carpentry industry, The wine and porcelain industries require [-] to [-] laborers.

There are also some people who feel that their labor force is less, so they want to donate money, especially restaurants, inns, etc. do not need too many people, but belong to the profiteering industry. They all ask for money donations. 15 guan, and several grain merchants donated [-] shi of grain.

The businessmen were scrambling to get bloody donations and dignitaries, which made the officials sitting on the side just look at it stupidly, and none of them could believe their eyes.

Especially Niu Hongda, once the disaster happened, he asked Puzhou Baiguan to invite merchants to donate money and materials, but the effect was minimal, only raising more than 1 yuan.

But now, Wang Ping'an only said that he wanted to engrave a stele and write a book, and all the businessmen instantly changed from iron roosters to fat sheep at the mercy of others. The difference is really too great.

The most familiar people in the whole scene were the people brought by Wang Ping'an. Wang Ping'an's trick had already been used in Chang'an. Although it was an old trick, it was very effective.

Du Ruhui, Li Chengqian and Gao Capital secretly felt that they could also use this trick to get rich people to donate in the future.

"Very well, in order to show the sincerity of the imperial court, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lord Du, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, will handle the matter together. As for engraving the stele and writing a book, after counting the number of people, please arrange it immediately. Let everyone know your great achievements in a conspicuous place throughout Puzhouzui, and then hand it to His Majesty in the form of a document for a preview." Wang Pingan said again.

With a word of preview from His Majesty, the businessman couldn't sit still again, which caused another big storm between them.

(End of this chapter)