"Free meals? Are they really free meals? I can't read. Officials, please don't lie to me!"

"Two hundred coins a month, and food is provided. Oh my God, is this true? Isn't this the reincarnation of a living Buddha?"

"Those who know a little bit can get 500 wen, and those who can do it can get 15 guan. This, this, this is impossible."

"Go to hell, nothing is impossible, it's all written clearly, get out of here, sir! sir! Please be kind, I have an 80-year-old mother who is sick in bed and a 3-year-old child who is crying for food. Sir, please let me do this job, I kowtow to you."

When the vegetable vendor was asking questions, there were a few people listening nearby.

As soon as the vegetable seller left, someone started asking.

Soon, more and more people came, and the notice wall became lively.

As a human being, who doesn't have the desire to join in the fun? Throughout history, curiosity has always existed even when a person was dying.

In less than an incense stick of time, the place was surrounded by three layers of people inside and three layers outside, making it impossible to get in or out.

The two yamen runners had no time to speak and could only shout loudly to maintain order.

After the official's reprimand, people finally calmed down a little.

Then, someone who could read began to read aloud the information on the notice wall.

In an instant, the crowd became excited.

If a woman can earn a hundred or eighty cents a month, the neighbors will give her a thumbs up and praise her.

Definitely a good woman.

Except for some high-ranking officials, the rest are poor people who are busy every day just to make a living.

These days, it’s possible to have children again.

Who doesn't have a few children at home? The wife stays at home and just hopes that the man will earn money, and there is no place for women to work.

Doing sewing and laundry for wealthy families.

It is the largest industry for women.

In the capital, there are not too many women who have nothing to do. Even for jobs like sewing and washing clothes, the competition is very fierce. Not only is the pay low, but the industry is also very competitive.

Now, there is a textile factory that only recruits female workers.

As for frosting factories and garment factories, they also do not restrict employment to either gender.

That is, breweries and porcelain factories do not recruit female apprentices, and as for female workers, they only recruit those who are capable of doing the job.

But this is great news for women throughout the capital.

The most important thing is that women can also earn money.

Key point: meals are provided.

There is not just one notice wall in the capital, but notice walls can be found in many places.

Before noon, the news of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce opening a factory had already caused a huge storm throughout the capital.

Just when the news caused a great sensation in the capital.

In a restaurant, two young men dressed in rich clothes and looking like scholars were conversing.

"Brother Fan, I wonder what you think about the actions of the Heroes Chamber of Commerce this time." The man in green robe asked the man in blue opposite him.

Hearing this, the blue-clothed man called Brother Fan smiled and said, "Brother Qiao, your question is meaningless. You and I both know that this group of British businessmen are big and powerful. To be able to do something of this scale, they must be fully confident."

At this point, Brother Fan said with some envy: "I don't know what kind of top dignitaries these British merchants have in the capital. They can actually open such a large factory and are not afraid of being swallowed up by the government."

"Compared to the money we earn from working hard on the grassland, it's nothing compared to them."

The man called Brother Qiao laughed and retorted, "Brother Fan, you are too modest. As for us Shanxi merchants, who doesn't know the famous Fan family? All of us are counting on Brother Fan's family to help us get rich."

"In Zhangjiakou, who dares not to obey Fan's words?"

Brother Fan waved his hand slightly and said, "It's over, it's over. Besides, this is the capital, not the territory of our Shanxi merchants. Brother Qiao, please don't be careless."

"In the eyes of the businessmen in the capital, we Shanxi merchants are just those who live a hard life at the border. Who would look up to us?"

"But then again, here in the capital, we are businessmen, and no one looks down on us. No matter how much money you have, you can't do anything to a small yamen runner."

Hearing this, Brother Qiao nodded in agreement.

In Shanxi, because of trade with the grasslands, the main people dealt with were merchants. In terms of language translation, merchants were also the main people. Therefore, the class divisions such as scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, especially among merchants, were not so obvious.

The only place that was slightly more favorable to merchants was under the jurisdiction of the Shanxi Provincial Administration Commission, with its capital in Taiyuan Prefecture.

There are also three prefectures: Pingyang, Lu'an and Datong.

In other areas, Shanxi merchants still have their own status.

When talking about Shanxi merchants, we cannot leave out the Fan family.

The Fan family now has a very high status among Shanxi merchants.

At present, Fan has made a lot of money through border trade and has become a wealthy businessman.

Moreover, the Fan family is very tolerant. They are associated with the Qiao family, the Chang family, the Cao family, the Hou family, the Qu family, the Kang family and the Kong family.

They are all partner clans that have in-depth cooperation with the Fan family.

These eight families are very famous among Shanxi merchants. The most important thing is that not only are they closely related through marriage, they are also very united with each other and rarely have internal conflicts.

Led by the Fan family, several major families supported each other, advanced and retreated together, and also helped other Shanxi businessmen to do business together.

Fan and Qiao in the restaurant are members of the eight Shanxi merchant families.

"Brother Fan, what kind of magic potion have these British Chambers of Commerce been fed? Why are they offering such high wages? Aren't they afraid of losing money? The money involved is a huge expense."

"My goodness, opening five large factories at once and hiring more than 20,000 workers is really crazy, and giving such good treatment to those peasants. It's crazy, really crazy."

"I don't know whether this is the intention of the person in charge of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce in the capital, or the intention of the mysterious owner of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce."

"I roughly calculated in my mind that to run five factories, according to their method, it would cost millions of silver. My goodness, this is really amazing."

"They dare to do this. This group of British Chamber of Commerce doesn't do good things this way."

At this point, Qiao suddenly looked around and found that no one was paying attention to them. Then he lowered his head and whispered to Fan: "Brother Fan, do you think the mysterious boss of this group of British merchants is here in the capital?"

"It is even possible that he has met His Majesty, which is why he is like this. Otherwise, how can this be explained? I just can't figure it out."

Hearing this, Fan immediately frowned, looked around, and then said in a deep voice: "Brother Qiao, if you want to die, don't take me with you. You also know that this is the capital."

"But have you heard of the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty? They can monitor even the private conversations of officials at home. We are just small businessmen, and it is not our turn for the Jinyiwei to pay attention to us. But if someone overhears us, we will be in trouble."

"If you discuss His Majesty in private, you will lose your head."

When Qiao heard that he was going to lose his head, he suddenly became a little panicked and dared not mention the word "Your Majesty" again.

After a moment of silence, Qiao could not help but say again: "I think this group of British businessmen, even though they have money, have fallen into this trap in the capital and are making things easier for others."

After listening to this, Fan nodded in agreement and said, "The water in the capital is too deep, and there are powerful dragons everywhere. We should not think too much when we come to the capital this time. After watching the military parade and conferring the title of Crown Prince, we will go back to Shanxi directly."

"This place doesn't belong to us. It's not a place for us to stay for long."

The two of them originally planned to come to the capital just to do business in Zhejiang.

Shanxi merchants are also known as ginseng merchants. Ginseng is a specialty of Shanxi merchants. Zhejiang is an important sales place for Shanxi merchants' ginseng, because only in Zhejiang can ginseng be sold at a high price.

For Shanxi merchants, ordinary ginseng is no different from white radish.

This time, when I was on the road, I happened to hear the news of the grand military parade in the capital, so I rushed over specially to watch the ceremony.

Throughout history, it is almost unheard of for ordinary people to watch a military parade.

There are a large number of people who have the same goal as the two.

It can be said that now through the city gates of the capital, only people are entering, and few are leaving.

Even if we leave, we have to wait for a few days and watch the grand military parade in the capital first.

"Brother Fan, what you said is absolutely right. Now that the negotiations in Zhejiang have been completed, we can go back directly. But Brother Fan, the person who will help us queue up has already been found." Qiao asked.

Fan smiled and said, "Don't worry. The government stipulates that we can only queue up the day after tomorrow. We can only queue up one day in advance. I have found four people to queue up for the two of us. We will definitely get a good spot when the time comes."

The eight Shanxi merchants today are not yet the eight imperial merchants of the later Ming Dynasty. Although they are also engaged in smuggling trade, they are still relatively loyal to the Ming Dynasty today.

However, businessmen value profit over separation. In front of profit, everything is nothing.

That is, Fan and Qiao, because they had studied in private schools for several years, they still had a very favorable impression of the Ming Dynasty.

After receiving the news of the Ming Crown Prince's enthronement ceremony and the military parade, the two immediately rushed to the capital just to watch the Ming military parade.

"I don't know what the Heroes Chamber of Commerce is up to this time. I always feel that this matter is not that simple. Brother Qiao also knows about the influence of the Heroes Chamber of Commerce on the grassland."

"Although the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce has a bottom line in doing things, they have done a lot of things like black-eating-black."

"Behind great kindness, there must be sinister intentions."

Fan pondered for a while and suddenly said with some emotion.

Qiao was a little puzzled and said, "With such conditions, what else can it be? For example, the wages, those people can't afford to lose money, and they still need to recruit a large number of female workers."

"No matter how you look at it, it's a great thing for the people of the capital."

After listening to Brother Fan's words, Qiao couldn't understand.

From his point of view, what the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce did was completely a sacrifice of itself, and such a large investment would benefit the people.

Although I feel a little silly, I still admire him in my heart.

We deserve the responsibility of serving the country and the people.

Fan shook his head slightly and said, "There are some things you still don't know. The Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce has a very unique characteristic, which is that they don't cheat the poor and make money from the rich."

"If you interact with them more, you will understand. When we were on the grassland, we were all smugglers, so I had a lot of dealings with them and became quite familiar with them."

"Their main partners are all nobles on the grassland. They don't even pay attention to some minor nobles. They cooperate with whoever has money. I have never heard of scraping the grass."

The so-called scraping the grass is a common saying, which means squeezing out oil from the poor, just like the slave trade and plundering from the bottom.

When Qiao heard this, he had some idea in his mind and said in surprise, "You mean, the action of the merchants of the group of heroes this time is aimed at the nobles of the capital?"

Fan nodded first, then shook his head and said, "The millions of guan in the hand will probably cause a big storm not only among the nobles in the capital, but also in the entire Ming Dynasty's business community."

"This time, there is also government endorsement. Let's wait and see how effective it is."

Qiao asked doubtfully, "Aren't they afraid that others will know their purpose?"

Fan smiled bitterly and said, "Some conspiracies, even if you know about them, you will still jump into them."

…

Dinner is in progress in Kunning Palace.

Ye Yueqing felt as if he had been enlightened.

Although Ye Yueqing has not fully understood what His Royal Highness Changsun said just now, it is like a door to a new world has been opened for her.

It turns out that business can be like this.

"Don't think about it for now. This kind of thing cannot be understood in a day or two. This time, I will use your hand to perform the matter. Once you experience it yourself, you will completely understand it."

Zhu Ying picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in her mouth, speaking while eating.

Dining in Kunning Palace was extremely casual. Ye Yueqing just sat opposite and there was no need for palace maids or officials to serve her. It was just like a home-cooked meal for an ordinary family.

"Your Highness, that's 500,000 strings of precious notes. Not to mention the capital, even in the entire Ming Dynasty, there aren't many chambers of commerce that can take it out. Even if the Huizhou and Zhejiang merchants could take it out, they would suffer a great loss of vitality."

"I am afraid of them and will not make such a big bet."

Ye Yueqing said with some entanglement.

I understand the concept of fried rice, but it also requires others to have money.

Five hundred thousand strings of precious coins, this threshold is too high, so high that it is difficult to find partners even in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Ying laughed and said, "You are usually so smart, how come you don't know how to adapt? A ten percent share of 500,000 strings of cash, naturally it is difficult for anyone to afford this price."

"If that's the case, then continue to split it up. Split the 10% share into 100 or 1,000 shares. That will lower the threshold."

After calculating in his mind, Zhu Ying continued, "According to my idea, the threshold can be controlled at 500 guan. In this way, ordinary noble families can easily come up with this money."

"If we want to make the factory more famous, we must have more people join in."

Ye Yueqing fell silent for a moment.

The threshold of five hundred strings of precious coins is likely to be broken.