Vol 2 Chapter 1548: get rich
Chapter 1548 Getting Rich
Chen Ye was relieved to see that Emperor Suleiman had made up his mind.
They came from far away from their hometowns, and they have traveled a long way, and they have endured a lot of hardships.
For the vast majority of people, they may never be able to return to their hometown for the rest of their lives.
Confucianism pays attention to becoming an official, which is completely different from Lao Zhuang's quiet and inaction. Every scholar has a big ambition in his heart.
In Daming, they have no chance.
But in Ottoman, they found an opportunity.
It's just... As a group of outsiders, they know very well that they are now relying on Emperor Suleiman.
And if they want to gain a foothold here, they must promote enlightenment here, which is the foundation of their existence.
The reason is very simple. Only by promoting enlightenment, so that the Ottomans respect Confucianism from top to bottom, then whoever masters Ottoman Confucianism is the authentic Ottoman Confucianism, and whoever has the power to judge Confucianism has everything.
Based on this point, two or three thousand scholars gathered together in unison.
They used the disciples of the sages as the link, called each other brothers and sisters, and then quickly condensed into a whole with the relationship of classmates, the same year, and teachers and students.
Although he is full of benevolence and righteousness, even a humble person like Chen Ye understands that at this time, if they don't take away the power of the old nobles, they will never have a bright future.
The killing of Akyol this time was essentially to encourage Emperor Suleiman to break with the old nobles.
Only by breaking with each other, Confucian scholars can take this opportunity to occupy more important positions.
Suleiman has already made up his mind, he glanced at Chen Ye, and said with a half-smile: "I punished Akeyol all over the family, you must be secretly happy."
Chen Ye glanced at it, and at the same time his heart skipped a beat, and the imperial city hurriedly bowed down in fear: "Students dare not."
Emperor Suleiman smiled, with a look of indifference: "It is indeed a great pioneering work for Daming to use scholars as officials to suppress meritorious nobles. Why didn't Liezong not want to eradicate them, so he recruited all ethnic groups as the guards to check and balance them. After that, he selected outstanding people from the guards and appointed them as Kasha to supervise all parties. In this way, the Ottoman Inside, the imperial guards and the old nobles are intertwined, evenly matched."
"But..." Suleiman stroked his mustache, looked at a place with his eyes, as if his eyes were far away, and continued: "This is not a long-term solution. The old nobles are suppressed by the imperial guards. Once they If it is destroyed, the imperial guards will be a group of new and old nobles. If the world is in charge like me, the imperial guards will not dare to make mistakes, but if the monarch is dimmed, these imperial guards will sooner or later become big tigers It is a tiger, and it will eat people. I use you and so on to get rid of this situation of raising tigers. I have already known what I want since I went to Daming. So, you don't have to panic, and you don't have to be uneasy. "
Suleiman stared at Chen Ye, as if he had a lot to say, and then he said, "Do you know why there are many ethnic groups in Ottoman, and even after two hundred years, the barriers between each ethnic group are still very strong?" Deep, they speak different languages, have different customs, and believe in different gods, why is this?"
Chen Ye has actually been here for several months, and he has a general understanding of Osman's situation, but he did not pretend to be smart or show anything, but said cautiously: "Students don't know."
I don’t know this sentence, but Emperor Suleiman laughed. He liked this feeling and said happily: “This is because these people are all tigers. If they are unified, they will only raise a bigger tiger. Therefore, My ancestors, let them have their own traditions, so that they can be scattered, and if anyone dares to rebel, they will call on all clans to destroy them, so that the ancestors and clans can use this to balance the various clans."
"But such a consequence... is that although our Ottoman country is large and there are countless soldiers, it is impossible to form a joint force. Once a crisis occurs, it is bound to collapse. Therefore, I want to take advantage of the unity of the Qing and others to eradicate these fierce tigers so that I, Osman, just like Ming Dynasty, will enter the apex, and when the time comes, there will be millions of soldiers who can truly unite as one, sweeping Franji, and inheriting the strength of our ancestors."
Hearing this, Chen Ye felt relieved.
In fact, I want to come... This Ottoman country, for them, has too much room for development. There are many ethnic groups, and different people have different interests. They will never be able to form a joint force, forcing Suleiman to abandon himself and the Confucian scholars who returned to the west.
The Imperial Guards are still firmly in the hands of the Ottoman Emperor for the time being, and many Kashas are old nobles, but many come from the Imperial Guards or other clansmen.
Of course...the current Emperor Suleiman, with great talent and general strategy, ruled the world with an iron fist. If he did not have the determination to break the boat, it is absolutely impossible for Confucian scholars to have room to play.
"My emperor is holy."
Emperor Suleiman still had a smile on his face. He changed the subject and said, "I heard that the caravans of Daming have set off and will arrive in Ankara soon. I will treat these caravans well. The prince of Ming... I I also admire him. As for the Duke of Qi, he is even more outstanding. Duke Qi treats me as a brother. Although I am the only one in the world, I also accept his affection. Chen Jingye is a person who has learned poetry and books. Let him be in charge of contacting these people. Caravans, pass on my will, and treat these caravans with the courtesy of an envoy from a country of brothers. In addition...you write a letter for me and order the caravans to bring it back when they return. I want to greet Qi Guogong and Qi Guogong's parents child."
When Chen Ye heard the word Qi Guogong, he couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth. For this person, his heart was very complicated. Just thinking about it carefully, what does it matter now? Qi Guogong is too far away from him, let alone that guy It's just a brain disease, well, Chen Ye is determined to forgive this bastard.
"Qi Guogong is frank, and he is indeed a man of true temperament."
Emperor Suleiman nodded, the smile on his face deepened a bit.
It seems...in the cruel court life, suddenly there is such a brotherly person. Under this gentle appearance, the steel-like heart seems to be a little more tender.
It's really rare to meet such an innocent person in the East.
He couldn't help smiling.
...
The person whom Emperor Suleiman talked about... Fang Jifan, Duke of Qi, has been very busy these few days.
The store has been rented, and it is the best location in the new town.
Although it is renting, of course it is left-handed and right-handed.
The large storefront originally belonged to the Fang family, but it was leased to Xingguo Company, so it had to be done in a business-like manner, and the prince should not let the prince take advantage of him.
Immediately, it is to decorate, and the decoration is of course based on simplicity.
Because this is a demonstration store, it is for other distributors to imitate, so the best way is to reduce the cost of this store. In order for these distributors to earn money, Fang Jifan can be said to be broken Be careful, every expenditure of the store needs to be carefully calculated, for fear that other merchants will spend more money when they open the same store in the future.
The next step is to build shelves and arrange the storage location of the pavement. Every arrangement is based on simplicity.
It took a full seven or eight days after this busy work.
In general, the work is finally finished.
Immediately after that, it is the purchase of goods, not only those suppliers that have already been contacted, but also other goods can be placed temporarily.
In the past ten years, the commerce and trade in the capital and Baoding have developed extremely fast, which has also given birth to a group of new working-class people. This group of people has a monthly salary. Although their income is not much, they need to buy food, clothing, housing and transportation. Many commodities were born.
If it was ten years ago, Fang Jifan couldn't guarantee that he could do this business.
But ten years later, with the prosperity of commerce, with the growth of handicrafts and other workshops, it seems that the time is now ripe.
Everything is ready, and then everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.
Zhu Houzhao was waiting for the news on the other side, extremely anxious. When Fang Jifan finally found him, he became excited: "It's done?"
"It's all done." Fang Jifan vowed: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the opening is just waiting for the opening. After the opening, Your Highness will prepare a few more houses to hoard treasure money."
Using the house to hoard money...
Zhu Houzhao straightened his face and involuntarily shivered.
Is this considered... pompous?
In any case, Zhu Houzhao is still very poor.
All the profits earned in the workshop have been poured into it, so that now, he has not yet reached the level of wealth.
Now...just look at today.
"Is there anything I need help with?" Zhu Houzhao said excitedly
"Of course we need it!" Fang Jifan said with a bright smile: "We have chosen an auspicious time to open the business. The most important thing now is to have as many people as possible. Your Highness may wish to post a post. In addition to many cooperative merchants, we should also invite more businessmen." The dignitaries are here."
Zhu Houzhao nodded quickly and said: "This is easy to handle, why not invite my grandmother to come, her old man is here..."
Fang Jifan's complexion suddenly turned pale, and he quickly waved his hands: "No, no, the Empress Dowager is an old man, at her age, don't come to join in the fun. If something happens, you and I can't bear it."
"However..." Fang Jifan smiled again, and said: "I have an idea, which will definitely attract the attention of the world as soon as possible."
"Huh?" Zhu Hou looked at Fang Jifan, and wanted to ask Fang Jifan what his intentions were, but he saw this guy with a thief-like expression on his face.
Now... Zhu Houzhao finally felt relieved.
Although Zhu Houzhao was a little heartless at times, he still knew Fang Jifan somewhat. Once Fang Jifan has such an expression, nine times out of ten, there must be some kind of bad move, and it is a very bad one, then this thing will definitely happen.
(end of this chapter)