imprinted you in my heart

When Bu Qianxue left the palace of the Royal Garden Villa, there were only her, Ban Yue, and a bundle. Shi Min deliberately arranged the carriage maid, two guards, and the carriage dressed as servants.

Not too far from Duhe City, the carriage came across a carriage parked on the side of the road. It was as light and easy as they were, with one driver and two guards. It was unknown how many people were in the carriage.When the carriage reached a sparsely populated corner, they met Qingying again.

This is not the first time for Qingying to do this. She is familiar with the way and finds a place with few people to sit and wait for rabbits. She happened to have a late sleep. She was punished to eat before, so she could only rely on herself and was extremely tired.

This time, it will complete the master's explanation no matter what. It doesn't want to be punished to eat again. More importantly, the master said that there will be extra rewards for completing the task. It's very happy to think about it.

Ever since she left the city, Bu Qianxue had been vaguely looking forward to something, until now when she saw Qingying, she smiled with satisfaction, stroking her hair while listening to Banyue's twittering, very comfortable.

Bu Qianxue became nervous when she checked into the inn at night and ran into the carriage parked by the side of the road again, knowing that the people she was going back to Fandu said were not too many or too few.

It wasn't until Lu Jianyi got off the carriage and came over to explain his intentions in person that Bu Qianxue knew that it was specially arranged by Shi Min.

Late last night after receiving the secret letter written by His Majesty, Lu Jianyi immediately started preparing to leave. He didn't dare to delay for a moment. He went to the Ministry of Officials to report his leave early this morning. The carriage stopped outside the city on purpose to wait for Bu Qianxue and others.

On the other side, Shi Min called Guo Fanqiu over as soon as she finished listening to the government. Since Bu Qianxue left, her eyelids kept twitching, and she felt a little uneasy, and she asked Guo Fanqiu to send two whisperers to protect her in secret, so she could rest assured. some.

In the afternoon, the last round of the selection of imperial merchants was held on schedule in the main hall of the Meditation Palace. Two rounds had already been held before, and the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Cabinet were respectively presided over by the Ministry of Finance, and the unqualified ones were eliminated. Now there are only three left in the main hall.

The participating departments include the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Cabinet, and the Military Secret Office. The entire main hall is under martial law. Except for the internal guards and necessary palace servants, other idlers are not allowed to approach.

Shi Min has already read the detailed information of these three companies. Although they are all businesses that have just emerged in this dynasty, the three companies are in different situations and operate differently. out.

Question 92: There is a farmer who has 1 chickens and ducks in total. After selling 4/8 of the chickens and [-] ducks, the number of remaining chickens and ducks is exactly equal. How many chickens and ducks did the farmer have? ?

Question [-]: What is the business philosophy?

The third question: If you are an imperial merchant, are you willing to do your best for the country?

Although it is the first time to select the Royal Merchants this time, preparations have been made in advance, and even the regulations, rights, responsibilities and obligations have been determined. The selection is once every three years. The supplier of daily necessities, and more importantly, she has other arrangements, so she deliberately asked a few questions to test their true level.

Shi Min didn't give them a pen and paper, but only gave them a cup of tea and time to think. To show fairness, the order of speaking was decided by lottery.

"Qi Zou Your Majesty, Caomin counts 48 chickens and 44 ducks in the first question; the second question, Caomin's family mainly deals in porcelain and tea, and has always been based on honesty, and children are not deceived; third question, Caomin is an emperor. Shang is willing to do his best for His Majesty and the country." The first draw was Ma Jinqian, the current head of a well-known merchant family in Hua Dynasty.

Not very tall but very thin, small face and small eyes, the kind you can't find in the crowd, under 30 years old, but there are a lot of big moves. He also defeated his competitors and monopolized the tea and porcelain business in the entire Southwest Guandao.

Judging from the information I found, she is even more workaholic than her, and she is dedicated to developing and growing her own business. She is almost [-] and has no gossip. The people around her have different opinions on her, but they are unanimous in their praise of her business talent. Can't stop talking.

Shi Min didn't speak, but glanced at the other two people below, and immediately stepped forward to salute the second one, "Qizou Your Majesty, Caomin counted 50 chickens and 42 ducks in the first question; The main business is silk and satin, which has always been based on quality; the third question is that if the grassroots are emperors and merchants, they will do their best for His Majesty and the country."

The answer to the third speech is the same as the first two except for the arithmetic problem and the main business and philosophy. What's more heartless is that the third sentence is also the same as the second speech Copy and copy.

Before Shi Min could speak, Wen Yuan and other officials present frowned in dissatisfaction. What His Majesty dislikes the most is copying speeches, so even if they speak one meaning, they have to put it another way, for fear of offending His Majesty. happy.

"What do you think is the most important thing in business?" Shi Min's face was calm, but he went through the information of the three people again in his heart, and his eyes did not leave the position of the three people.

"I think the most important thing in business is honesty. People can't stand without trust, and business can't grow without trust." Wen Yuan came out and replied respectfully.

The rest of the officials also expressed their views. Like Wen Yuan, some believed that honesty was important; some believed that profit was the most important thing, and they could sell whatever made money; some believed that quality was the most important, as long as the quality was good, they would not worry about not being sold.

He had no right to speak, Jiang Hechang, who participated as the only spectator, looked at the scene in front of him holding a wat board and smiled at the corner of his mouth.One of the national policies of the Hua Dynasty is to emphasize agriculture and suppress business. At this moment, His Majesty and important ministers are discussing the most important thing in business in this main hall, which is a bit unimaginable.

Although Hua Dynasty's restraint on business is not as strict as that of the previous dynasty, which is one of the reasons why there are many rich merchants in this dynasty, but the tone of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business has not changed. When His Majesty first wanted to select imperial merchants, let alone her, it was her His boss Tobe Shangshuhara Naoki was also shocked.

The selection of the imperial merchants can go smoothly and come to the present, thanks to His Majesty's full support and attention, otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for their household department. Joint strangulation, throughout the ages, there are countless people who colluded with officials and businessmen to get rich.

Although the officials present had their own opinions, they would always add the sentence "It's up to His Majesty to decide" at the end. After working under His Majesty for so many years, they have deeply realized the fact that they only have the right to make suggestions but not the right to make decisions.

Originally, Ma Jinqian and Shimin didn't consider it, because the Ma family was the only business family among the three, and it had a history of 200 years. The relationship behind it was complicated, and even had some relationship with her teacher Xuanyuan Mo.

She doesn't want to be an imperial merchant with a complicated background, because the more complicated the relationship is, the more complicated the relationship will be, and it won't be worthwhile if it becomes too big to lose. The other two are new merchants, with a history of only a hundred years and a few decades. Although there are some backers behind them, but the backer is single, it is not difficult to solve.

But not to mention the age of the patriarchs of these two families, none of them can compare with Ma Jinqian, but they have much more twists and turns in their hearts than Ma Jinqian. The typical insincere words can no longer be chosen. In the end, after weighing the pros and cons, they had to choose Ma Jinqian. .

Although the Ma family's main business is porcelain and tea, they have also dabbled in other industries. Coupled with Ma Jinqian's business talent, she should be able to achieve what she wants to do.

After confirming, Shi Min immediately dismissed everyone and left Ma Jinqian alone to discuss in detail. After talking for about an hour, she was allowed to leave.

After Ma Jinqian left the main hall, he felt that the clouds in the sky were colorful, so he went back to the residence where he crossed the river happily. Now he has become an imperial merchant and has a seventh-rank official rank.

From the first generation of her grandparents who made a fortune, she envied those honorable nobles, because there are some things that cannot be used even if their family has money, otherwise they will be reported, and they will not know how they died. Now it’s better, with the emperor Shang's seventh-rank official rank, she can also enjoy some privileges.

Originally, she ran for the Imperial Merchant just to fulfill the dreams of her ancestors, both rich and noble, but just now she had a conversation with His Majesty, which made her feel deeply. His master can only be His Majesty, no matter who is behind him.

She understands the truth of not serving two masters wholeheartedly, and no matter how great the master in the world is, can he be greater than his majesty?She had already made mental preparations, but what really changed her mind was not these, but His Majesty's attitude and words, which convinced her.

She has been in business for many years, and she has come into contact with hundreds or dozens of nobles and nobles. On the surface, they are polite to her, but in fact they don't look down on them businessmen at all, but when talking with His Majesty, she didn't feel that way.

What surprised her even more was what His Majesty asked her to do to make it easier for the people to travel?She thought that His Majesty asked her to provide each household with a carriage or ox cart, which would be profitable, but it turned out that was not the case at all.

According to His Majesty, to make it convenient for the people to go out is to open a fixed-time and fixed-time horse-drawn carriage between counties, and the people can take a horse-drawn carriage to Lin County as long as they pay much less than renting a car, which is exactly the same as what she thought Meaning, the cost was much lower than she thought, but it was just as profitable.

There are also newspapers, at first she didn't understand what they meant, but after His Majesty said it, she realized that it is similar to their current tabloids, but the tabloids are private, and the news is full of hearsay, so rich people buy them for fun , most people and the upper class will not buy it at all.

Newspapers are different. Officially produced, they are laid across the country like fixed carriages. It would have been impossible before because we couldn’t afford so many literate people to copy them. But it’s different now, with movable type printing as a guarantee. Not a problem, the only problem is how to solve the transmission problem and shorten the time difference.

His Majesty just came up with an idea, how to do it specifically, what problems need to be solved, and how to divide the profits at that time, all need to be further determined. His Majesty said, let her come up with a charter first, it seems that I have to work overtime again tonight.

Ma Jinqian happily went back to announce the good news. She was crossing the river alone, and her father was still waiting for the good news in his hometown.

Shi Min had long planned to make a newspaper, but if he gave it to the lower departments or the government, he would be exploited layer by layer, and the profits from the state treasury could not be guaranteed, and ordinary people might not be able to afford it, even though 90.00% of the country of the people are illiterate, but isn't there still [-] percent?

As for opening carriage trips similar to buses, she didn't have the idea at first. This time when Bu Qianxue returned to Fandu, if she didn't provide Bu Qianxue with a car and a person, it would cost a few taels of silver to rent a carriage at the carriage shop.

She realized that if people want to go out, unless they have a carriage, they can only rent a car or walk. The cost of renting a car is high, and most people can’t afford it.

Although there was no electricity, electrical appliances and machinery in ancient times, there were many things that should be available in daily life. Oil, salt, firewood, rice sauce, vinegar tea, in addition to various seasonings of peppers, except for some fruits and vegetables that have not been introduced, the cooking techniques of kitchen utensils are also Diverse, although not as dazzling as modern, but also colorful.

The life of noble nobles is not much worse than that of modern times. If you find a name, you will gather and set up a banquet. You don’t have to worry about eating and drinking.

It is the common people who are suffering, and the poor are still the common people. She cannot forget the promise she made when she became the throne when she fell in love, let the common people eat and wear warm clothes, and lead the huge ship Hua Dynasty to ZTE.

Thinking of the information reported by Guo Fanqiu last night, Shi Min was very worried that Yun Chu'an would launch an aggressive war. As soon as Ma Jinqian left, he summoned the Minister of Military Affairs and the Secretary of the Ministry of War, and the Military Secret Service issued a secret order to the governors who were closer to Kang. The government, let them strengthen their guard, and once someone comes to commit an offense, they can fight back appropriately.

The Halloween contest must be held as scheduled. Every governor’s office in the country must send a team of thousands of elites to participate, and each province of the city guards must send an elite team of 100 people to participate. Departments and government offices cooperate fully, and if they fail to complete the tasks on time, they should be punished and dismissed.

These are all determined before, and Shi Min emphasized it again after asking about the progress. After careful research and development and overtime work by the foundry department of the Ministry of War, now all the military governors' mansions and military camps at all levels in the country are fully equipped with weapons, and there are more arms than before. Quan, especially the Dudu Mansion guarding the border, is an independent combat unit with a complete range of arms. ?