When Zhu Yunwen was enfeoffed, the Northern Yuan Dynasty sent envoys to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to discuss the issue of employment.

Because this is a situation that has never happened before, rules must be finalized on many details.

The key points are the price, time and rules that need to be followed for employment.

Rules are particularly important.

The various merchant caravans do not want to recruit some tigers and wolves. After all, the reputation of the Mongolian cavalry is really bad.

It is not enough to describe him as someone who has done all kinds of evil.

It is common for gangs to rob each other.

If you want to truly achieve the goal of everyone getting what they need, you must teach them the rules.

On this point, Zhu Ying has the most say and must bear the value of employment.

If one starts to have bad thoughts when seeing that the employer has a lot of money, who would dare to hire them?

Isn't that just asking for too long a life?

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Ying decided to establish the Beiyuan Mercenary Guild first.

The Northern Yuan mercenary guild must first register the household registration of the Northern Yuan cavalry who join the guild.

That is to say, the most basic information must be available.

The most important thing is the tribe.

It doesn't mean that all cavalrymen can join in. First of all, they must be recommended and guaranteed by the tribe.

Then we need to obtain permission from the Northern Yuan court.

Only with these two, you will be eligible to join the Beiyuan Mercenary Guild.

In this way, if something really happens, you can find it. You can't just run away whenever you want.

Moreover, the tribe must bear relative joint liability for the warriors belonging to its own tribe.

Including the safety of the employer itself.

If the employer is robbed and murdered, he will naturally be wanted.

This kind of wanted notice is not an ordinary government wanted notice, but a wanted notice with a high bounty in the form of issuing a mission.

Even if the goods are stolen due to other unexpected factors, the credit rating of the mercenary itself will be lowered.

It can be said that the safety of the caravan employers is guaranteed to the greatest extent.

Only in this way can the Beiyuan Mercenary Guild be truly established.

Of course, with the endorsement of the Ming Dynasty and Northern Yuan Dynasty governments, the price involved is naturally not low. If anything happens, there will be special people to investigate and collect evidence.

Once someone is found breaking the rules, the most severe measures will be taken.

Zhu Ying's first development direction was the nearest Western Regions.

In the Western Regions, there are many small countries, which rise and fall.

Wars were also frequent.

The demand for such mercenaries is very great.

In the southern part of the Western Regions, there are countries established by many ethnic groups.

Zhu Ying's development direction for the Northern Yuan mercenary guild is to make breakthroughs in this aspect.

The Nanyang region actually needs it, but the distance is too far and the round trip time is too long, so it is not very necessary.

Under Zhu Ying's manipulation, the Northern Yuan Mercenary Guild was soon established in the border areas.

The main persons in charge were the members of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce who had withdrawn from the grassland area.

They are very familiar with both the Western Regions and the grasslands, and it is easier for them to expand the initial scale.

This new type of guild suddenly became popular on the grassland.

In the employment level, there are four levels: Tiandi, Xuanhuang.

This is the credit rating.

As long as one can reach the heaven and earth level, the guild can provide warhorse corn feed, guild accommodation, and meals for free.

This alone is a huge relief for the people on the grassland.

Of course, in a sense, this is just wishful thinking.

After all, no matter who you are, your initial credit rating starts from zero, and it takes at least twenty years to reach the prefecture level.

But this is a lifelong system.

In other words, if someone can really reach the Earth level, it is equivalent to the Beiyuan Mercenary Guild directly providing him with retirement benefits.

This is a huge luxury for every Mongolian.

They will do it with all their might.

The Beiyuan Mercenary Guild is not limited to Beiyuan people. If you have a clan guarantee from the Ming Dynasty, you can also join.

It is not limited to cavalry types, but any type is acceptable.

As for lifelong retirement care, in this day and age, it is enough for people to work hard all their lives.

You know, it is clearly stated in the hiring guild that the standard for earth-level hirelings is three meals a day.

Moreover, the mercenary guild is backed by the Ming Dynasty, which means it is eating government food.

Naturally, there are certain requirements for becoming a mercenary.

There is no age limit, but there are relative requirements in terms of strength and personal martial arts.

It cannot be said that anyone can join. Otherwise, are you protecting your employer, or is your employer protecting you?

The source of income for the mercenary association mainly comes from commissions on caravans and mercenaries.

For the caravan, the money is paid directly to the guild, and only after the mission is completed can the mercenaries come to the guild for settlement.

The food during the mission will naturally be provided by the caravan.

It is a sure win in trading.

Zhu Ying himself has calculated that according to the current basic development, the employment guild will be profitable in the long run, equivalent to an intermediary platform, in addition to supporting the staff there.

There is no other additional cost.

That is to say, you will only take on this responsibility when business is bad in the early stages.

The news spread quickly across the grassland.

All the tribes knew that this was definitely an opportunity to make a fortune.

The most important thing is that it can greatly reduce the burden on one's own tribe.

In the first batch alone, tens of thousands of people from the grassland tribes came to the border of the Ming Dynasty to sign up.

Including the Ming Dynasty, there are nearly 50,000 people.

If it weren't for the strict restrictions on military households in the garrisons not being able to participate, it would be even more terrifying.

Fortunately, the mercenary guild is not in the city, otherwise the entire city would be overcrowded.

Even so, there were still huge crowds of people.

There are only three locations open now, which were renovated from some old military camps. The places are spacious enough.

The screening work alone may take half a month.

The main reason is the enthusiasm for the lifetime system at the prefecture level.

Even some of those who have a good status in the tribe have strong thoughts.

In order to stimulate the mercenary guild, Zhu Ying even created a potential list.

The overall ranking is based on the credit value.

Rankings are settled once a year.

Those ranked in the top 100 can enjoy local credit treatment for the second year, which means exemption from guild expenses for one year.

It can be said that all the hidden dragons and crouching tigers have been pulled out.

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"Your Highness, the enthusiasm of the hiring guilds is very high now. Not only among the common people, but also many chambers of commerce are jointly petitioning."

"Especially the merchant families in Jiangnan area, they have approached me many times to discuss the possibility of establishing a mercenary guild in Jiangnan area as well."

In Kunning Palace.

Uncle Zhang is reporting to Zhu Ying about the recent situation of the Chamber of Commerce.

Although the current Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce has been broken up into smaller units and is mainly under the jurisdiction and coordination of local governments, the management and inspection are still ongoing.

There are still some veteran figures headed by Zhang Bo who carry out large-scale supervision.

The detailed coordination of each local chamber of commerce will be filed in accordance with previous requirements.

The benefits here are too high. If there is a greedy county magistrate, it may cause immeasurable losses. By the time the person is caught, it may be too late.

Therefore, the chambers of commerce currently scattered across the country are subject to dual supervision.

Excessive losses can be avoided to a large extent.

Among them, people like Zhang Bo also play the role of a business alliance, responsible for maintaining some relatively guiding work and arrangements.

For example, cracking down on smuggling, investigating and punishing tax evasion, etc.

Among them, not all big families have enough manpower to protect their own fleets.

People who are randomly gathered may not be safe in this vast ocean.

The emergence of the mercenary guild gave them great hope. At present, Zhu Ying's credibility is very high, and with the endorsement of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, everyone believes in him.

Naturally, we also want to have such a platform.

Zhu Ying nodded and replied: "The mercenary guild can be established in Jiangnan, but there is no need to act so quickly. You can spread the word first."

"We are currently running short of money in the treasury, and we have given too much support to various places, especially in the area of ​​road and bridge construction."

"Hiring a guild is a good way to make money. There are many wealthy families in Jiangnan. Each guild can release some dry shares for auction to raise the price. Each component has 300 shares, and the starting price for each share is at least 100,000."

Zhang Bo felt a little dry in the mouth after hearing this.

The boss's appetite is too big.

According to the situation in Jiangnan, at least dozens of mercenary guilds must be opened, and 10% of the shares of a guild would be equivalent to a minimum of 30 million treasure notes.

If every company gave out 20% of its shares, that would easily amount to tens of millions of dollars in cash. This is a bit too exaggerated.

"Your Highness, isn't this too much?"

Uncle Zhang hesitated for a moment and asked.

More than ten billion precious metals.

The annual revenue of the Ming Dynasty has not even exceeded 100 million yuan. Zhu Ying's move will result in more than 10 billion yuan in treasure notes.

Besides, this mercenary guild has just started, and I don’t know when I can get my money back.

There is no chance of getting dividends in this deal.

Zhu Ying smiled and said, "This is not a business."

"This is a ticket. Without this ticket, there is no way to truly join."

"One hundred thousand is not a lot. All they want is a possible status. They don't expect any dividends."

"The situation of the Beiyuan Mercenary Guild is generally good now, and the price of the ticket will undoubtedly be raised. I raised the threshold to 100,000, which is roughly the same, and it won't be much more."

"It's the same as always. Let's spread the word first, collect the money, and then slowly open it."

When it comes to making money in today's world, if Zhu Ying says he's number one, no one dares to say he's second.

As for the risks, of course they should be left to others. As the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, he doesn't even have to take part in it himself. A little bit of gossip can attract people.

There are many wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, so it doesn't matter if they cut a wave of leeks. Anyway, the knife will not fall on the common people.

Not to mention taking out a hundred thousand treasure notes, even if it’s just a few thousand, can they still be called common people?

Even though life was gradually getting better, for ordinary people, more than ten strings of treasure notes were a lot of money.

The reason why Zhu Ying dared to take such action was because the people in Jiangnan were making a lot of money due to shipbuilding and overseas trade.

Under such circumstances, with the support of the Beiyuan Mercenary Guild, they were willing to pay the figure of 100,000.

After Zhang Bo understood Zhu Ying's meaning, he immediately began to make arrangements.

At present, Zhang Bo’s role and position are largely equivalent to that of the chief steward of the treasury.

In fact, the imperial treasury itself did have some income, but compared with Zhu Ying's methods, it seemed too insignificant.

Now that everyone has money, in Zhu Ying's eyes, it is like a field of green leeks.

If we don’t cut it now, when will we cut it?

Following Zhang Bo's move.

The news that the Jiangnan region's mercenary guild was going to sell part of its shares quickly spread throughout the entire Jiangnan region.

Uncle Zhang had already gone to Suzhou in Jiangnan in advance.

Here in the mansion in Suzhou, although the gate was closed, the streets outside were crowded with people.

To put it simply, no ordinary citizen would be able to stand on the streets outside at this time.

It can be said that the entire street is crowded with all the wealthy people in Jiangnan.

Without an identity card, you can't even get in.

Everyone’s idea was simple, which was to invest in the Jiangnan Mercenary Guild.

This is endorsed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty.

When we were at the Jiangnan Shipyard before, we had to compete with everyone.

Although the restrictions were later relaxed, those who were the first to try it out have already made a fortune, which is truly enviable.

Everyone would be jealous of those earnings.

Even those who followed behind to drink the soup have now increased their wealth several times or even dozens of times.

Now there is another opportunity before them. The big investors who have been crazy about it for a long time don’t even need to think about it and just rush in.

But the door was closed, and thousands of wealthy families here were turned away.

Even so, no one dared to complain.

Although Zhang Bo has been dealing with business matters, he is a close minister to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and holds a real official position.

Even if it was the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture, he had to be respectful when meeting him and would not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

What's more, they are businessmen in the eyes of the government.

Finally, the door opened.

Suddenly everyone looked up.

A servant appeared and walked out with his head held high.

When he saw the surging crowd outside, he subconsciously shrank his neck.

But immediately his head was raised even higher.

After looking around, he coughed twice and said loudly, "My master said that we won't entertain guests today, so please go back first."

"Three days later, the auction will be held simultaneously in Suzhou, Xuzhou, and Hangzhou. Each lot will be 300 shares, and the price of one share will start from 100,000 treasure notes. The highest bidder will win."

"Please prepare your banknotes and I will be waiting for you."

After the servant finished speaking, he turned and left, and the door closed again.

The originally quiet street suddenly became like a bustling city the moment the gate was closed.

One hundred thousand precious banknotes!

This price is enough to force many wealthy investors to exit the market in disgrace.