Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Chapter 545 Beijing Chamber of Commerce

Wanxiu was stunned by the word "Auntie".

After a careful look, he asked tentatively:

"Are you from Shopkeeper Zhou's family?"

"Yes, I am the owner of the shop! My name is Zhou Li. Auntie has a good memory."

The visitor almost jumped for joy.

He rolled up his sleeves and turned to Zhang Xin to explain:

"Your Highness, this is the cloth dealer's clerk in Zhao Ma's grain and oil shop."

Wei Guan recognized Wanxiu and did not ask who he was. He just breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"If you knew that, you shouldn't have knelt so close!"

"I was wrong. I just saw Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess passing by and felt that she looked familiar. I just remembered her and wanted to kowtow to Her Royal Highness!"

The visitor also knew that it was inappropriate, so he knelt down and talked for a while.

"It's okay, get up. We're blocking the road. If there's anyone in the shop, why don't you follow us to the boat and chat."

Zhang Xin couldn't see anyone, but she still felt the Beijing dialect was quite familiar.

"The grassroots are willing!"

Zhou Li was so happy that he didn't even open the shop. He just closed the door and followed them out to the street.

Zhang Sanfeng looked at the door that had no protection, then looked at the man who was no longer a young boy, and asked:

“Is this street so safe?”

"Replying to Master Zhang, yes, this street was not peaceful in the early years. It was just a mess of stalls, hawking, and doing some scattered small businesses. Later, as more people came, our court built houses and sent people to patrol. Over time, everyone knew not to cause trouble on this street. However, the shops are just for show. There is a big market next to the dock, and the warehouses are all over there, and our Ming army is guarding it."

Zhou Li answered respectfully.

"Hey, you should know this is Master Zhang."

Wei Guan was surprised.

"How could I not know? Everyone in the capital knows that His Highness went to Wudang for treatment and met Master Zhang. Everyone is looking forward to His Highness's return to the capital. I never thought that I could actually meet His Highness here."

Zhou Li was just as respectful to Wei Guan, but his tone was relatively relaxed.

"Everyone, which one?"

Zhang Sanfeng asked again.

"It was the merchant who arranged the reward of medals and banknotes for His Highness."

Zhou Li kept moving and talking.

We talked all the way to the boat.

It turns out that the so-called "everyone" refers to both the merchants who used reward stamps and banknotes at the beginning, as well as the merchants who followed Zhang Xin's fleet to sea in the early days.

During the years when Zhu Di was the Prince of Yan, Zhang Xin's fleet could almost earn back the money they had earned from running shops for a lifetime just by taking them out to sea once.

Almost all the first pot of gold from maritime trade was taken away by these people.

When Zhu Di ascended the throne and major ports were opened, these people used the money in their hands to organize their own fleets, and the scale of their fleets became increasingly larger.

When Zhang Xin set up the Royal Commerce Bureau, they were the first to respond and follow his instructions.

It’s just that people in the north are not as smart as people in the south when it comes to doing business.

Their business was soon squeezed out by the Southern fleet that came later, and they could not make much money.

But stupid people also have their own ways.

These people from Peking formed a group and established the Beijing Chamber of Commerce. They kept in touch with each other and united to compete with people from the south for business and occupy space.

Every company must send people to various places overseas to be stationed permanently.

Everyone takes turns and goes to different places.

This year it is Zhou Li's turn to be stationed on Zheng He Island.

Zhou Li is a cousin of Shopkeeper Zhou and has been working in Shopkeeper Zhou's shop since he was a child.