Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

On the other side, Jin Wansan and Zhao Siheng brought the dejected Chamber of Commerce members back to the headquarters of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce.

Their headquarters is a building that is decorated extremely luxuriously.

Rich businessmen come here all year round, so there are dancers, famous chefs, and all kinds of enjoyable things.

After everyone gathered again in the lobby of the Chamber of Commerce headquarters.

Zhao Siheng spoke first.

"President Wan, what should we do from now on? Should we follow His Majesty's instructions and increase the salaries of our employees?"

As soon as this incident was mentioned, dozens of wealthy businessmen around who had not been arrested began to complain.

"I can't afford it."

"If this rotten rule really takes hold, everyone will be left with nothing next year!"

The merchants originally thought they could earn 10 million taels of silver, but now they only earned 5 million taels.

That means they lost money.

They were whispering and mumbling to each other, which made Jin Wansan's already angry mood even worse.

"What are you arguing about? You are always so talkative. Why were you all so silent in front of His Majesty just now?"

Facing Qin Ming, the many wealthy businessmen present did not dare to say anything.

But when they got down there, their mouths kept chattering like crossbows.

After Jin Wansan's angry roar, the scene finally quieted down.

"Let me just say that we must obey His Majesty's orders. It's not up to us to consider how many people you can arrange to serve the court after you return, or whether they can handle it."

"Disperse, go back and think carefully!"

Jin Wansan waved his hand impatiently and stopped talking.

Everyone understood and dispersed.

After they left, Zhao Siheng came to Jin Wansan and said:

"President, if we lay off a large number of workers in the factory now, will it anger His Majesty?"

He was a little scared.

After all, Qin Ming sent a group of businessmen to prison in front of them today.

No one knows what happened to those people.

But they understood one thing, that is, Qin Ming's current performance was tantamount to putting them in a bad light.

Also tell them that no matter who causes trouble, there will be no good ending.

"Don't worry, the Capital City Chamber of Commerce is a powerful organization with deep roots. If Your Majesty is so tough, no one will end up well!"

Jin Wansan spoke coldly.

They are not pushovers either, and they have already given face to Qin Ming.

If they continue to press them, they will naturally have ways to show Qin Ming.

Soon, officials from the Ministry of Revenue compiled a group of laborers who needed to be laid off and sent them to Qin Ming.

Qian Cai and Qin Mingdao:

"Your Majesty, these people are truly lawless. They just happened to announce the layoffs of 170,000 workers in the last month of the new year!"

In this era, when employers recruit people to work, they will show their appreciation to their subordinates during festivals and holidays.

If it’s better, you might just make a set of cotton-padded clothes, and even if it’s worse, you can still get some reward money.

But since Qin Ming issued the order to restructure the factory, these people stopped pretending and didn't even want to take a single extra penny.

"Seventeen thousand..."

Qin Ming pondered the number and suddenly laughed.

"Is that all?"

"Your Majesty, that's 170,000 people. Even if we build two or three factories, we won't be able to accommodate them all."

Qian Cai often helps Guan Yue and Wan Shu manage the factories owned by the imperial court in the capital.

No factory could accommodate so many workers in such a short period of time.

"Conscription, schools, craftsmen, factories."

Qin Ming slowly named four destinations.

He already had an excellent solution to the situation Guan Yue mentioned earlier, where schools were forming groups and craftsmen were divided into factions.

That is to bring people from private factories into schools and use numbers to dilute the influence of various factions.

As for conscription, it is also imperative. Daqian had suffered heavy casualties on the battlefield of Yan Dynasty.

It's time to introduce a new group of troops. These wealthy businessmen thought they could threaten Qin Ming with numbers, but they didn't expect that this was actually a big gift package from Qin Ming.

The treatment of the Daqian troops is famously good.

It is much better than any factory.

In this day and age, everyone can eat meat, which was unthinkable in the past.

Qian Cai's eyes suddenly lit up!

"Your Majesty, I understand what you mean by schools, conscription, and sharing of the burden in factories, but what do you mean by artisans?"

"Introduce a group and replace a group to go to the factory, so they don't have to stay in the Ministry of Industry."

Qin Ming's voice was very calm, but it sounded like a thunderclap in Qian Cai's ears!

"Your Majesty, those are veteran craftsmen. If you dare to touch them, I'm afraid..."

Qian Cai did not continue to speak.

In fact, what he wanted to say was that these craftsmen could be considered a unique kind of founding ministers.

Their contribution to Qin Ming’s infrastructure is definitely not small.

"They are arrogant and self-righteous, forming cliques to disrupt the workshop. How is this any different from the cliques in the imperial court?"

No matter who you are, it is impossible to just rest on your laurels at this stage.

Qin Ming has been burdened with countless insults along the way, so he doesn't care about this one more.

"Just do it, and I'll take the blame."

Qin Ming patted Qian Cai on the shoulder.

As an emperor, he can say such words, which is absolutely awe-inspiring.

Qian Cai couldn't help but take a deep breath and said:

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I'll take care of it."

……

Early the next morning, a lot of people had gathered outside several large factories on the outskirts of Beijing.

The leader was Jin Wansan.

The purpose of his waiting here today was to hand over a group of troops that he had disbanded to the court.

Today he is more confident than before.

The source of confidence is the number of workers on hand.

The businessmen in these chambers of commerce were extremely united, and each of them laid off almost half of the workers in their factories.

A total of 170,000 yuan was collected!

With such a huge quantity, Jin Wansan was confident that even Qin Ming would not be able to swallow it all in one go!

"Have you brought everything?"

Looking at the officials from the capital who had not arrived yet, Jin Wansan became a little nervous and turned to Zhao Siheng to confirm again.

"I brought it. We must make them sign the agreement today. We can't continue to mess with our Beijing Chamber of Commerce like this!"

After the conspiracy between Jin Wansan and Zhao Siheng, Qin Ming was forced to take on the task.

If he wanted to continue to stabilize the government and private factories, he would need to negotiate new terms with Jin Wansan, Zhao Siheng and others.

In order to implement the new conditions, they also brought the seal of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce.

He had to force Qin Ming to confirm their affairs right there!

It can be said that Jin Wansan, Zhao Siheng and others came today with confidence of victory!

But something seemed wrong. They had been waiting for so long, but no one showed up.

Zhao Siheng whispered to Jin Wansan impatiently:

"Brother Wan, do you think the imperial court is afraid of us and doesn't dare to come now?"

After hearing these words, Jin Wansan raised a scornful smile at the corner of his mouth.

"It's hard to say. Your Majesty does have some ability in business, but how can he compare to the people in our Capital Chamber of Commerce?"

"If you really don't dare to come, then send our conditions to the court and see how they react!"

Just as the two were imagining the scene of victory.

A voice suddenly came from a distance.

"Your Majesty is here!"

"Um?!"

Jin Wansan and others who were still waiting were suddenly stunned.

Why did His Majesty come here in person?