A merchant was not qualified to be summoned by Chen Xi.

But now it is time to employ people, and the new city needs to establish a new order. A large merchant with a wide range of connections and resources is directly driven away without even seeing him. This is not in line with Chen Xi's interests.

No matter what, Han Yi Chenxi must meet him, even if he has no value, he can just drive him away afterwards.

Chen Xi had seen Ma Ang, and Ma Ang was responsible for notifying him that Han Yi would go to the county government to meet him, which showed that Ma Ang was threading needles and giving Ma Ang enough face to the Ma Ang brother and sister.

When Han Yi came to visit, Chen Xi learned what this famous merchant in Jiangnan looked like. He was tall and thin, about forty years old, with a goatee, and looked sophisticated, with deep eyes as if he could see through everything, giving people a wise feeling on his appearance.

"Caomin met with Lord Shen."

Han Yi had no fame and fortune. After seeing Chen Xi, he knelt down and kowtowed, and there were three sounds.

Chen Xi's voice was calm: "Get up and talk."

"Thank you for your kindness."

Han Yi then stood up, his old face turned red and his body shivered slightly. It was probably the first time he saw a big man like Chen Xi, and he was very excited.

Ma Ang stood behind Han Yi, with a guard at each door, and there was no one else in the room. Such an environment was very easy-going for Han Yi. At least Chen Xi did not have the intention to take him off in minutes.

These big merchants usually dare not show up easily because they are very clear about their identities. Although they have a wealthy fortune, they do not have a corresponding social status. Any one who serves as an official can make them lose all their money.

In this era, business was very difficult. In history, in the middle and late Jiajing period, the children of these great merchants entered the court as officials. At the same time, they also helped many poor children to participate in the imperial examinations and achieve fruitful results, and their status was changed. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, aristocratic families were generally engaged in business, and officials and businessmen colluded to dig out the corners of the court, and they often resisted taxes and striked the market, which directly destroyed a prosperous dynasty.

Chen Xidao: "I heard from General Ma that Han Dang's family is going to go to the new city to do business?"

Originally, Han Yi was grateful to Ma Ang for helping to introduce him. After hearing Chen Xi's words, he confirmed that Ma Ang had completed the work of threading needles and threads. He felt that he had seen the right person and nodded at Ma Ang, and then he said to Chen Xi: "The Caomin is willing to be driven by the Lord... and entrust all his wealth and life to the Lord."

Han Yi's words sound sincere, but they cannot stand scrutiny... No one is willing to hand over their wealth and life to another person. Even if Chen Xi has a high status in the court now, he is not the emperor after all. The biggest risk for politicians comes from the uncertainty of their status. If Chen Xi falls, those who follow Chen Xi will be in great trouble.

"I can't afford to be a judge." Chen Xi waved his hand, his tone was a little cold.

Han Yi quickly stated again: "Caomin has been doing business in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for more than 20 years. He knew that the adults were going to build a unique city nowadays, so he came to visit him, and did his best to help the adults achieve their wishes and help them pacify the seaside as soon as possible... The people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were bullied by Japanese pirates and were all looking forward to Lord Shen coming..."

Han Yi's words are hard to say, but he is obviously very happy to become Chen Xi's disciple, so that he can get the greatest benefit.

But at first Chen Xi explained that whether a person is qualified to do things for him depends on whether he is valuable. If he is just a villain, Chen Xi does not feel that he needs to take over him. In terms of his ability to do business, Hui Niang and Li Jin are both very strong, and Chen Xi also has Song Xiaocheng, Ma Jiu and others, who have followed him for more than ten years, which is much more reliable than a merchant who came to join after he became famous.

Chen Xi did not answer, and Ma Ang asked, "Han Dangjia, do you say you want to serve Lord Shen, but you don't know how to serve him?"

Only then did Han Yi realize that he should take out real benefits to let Chen Xi see his value, and immediately said: "Caomin brought 100,000 taels of silver to the new city..."

Ma Ang obviously just learned about Han Yi carrying a huge sum of money around him.

The merchants of this era can be said to be the leader in the industry if they can give up 100,000 taels of silver at one time. Even the brother chambers controlled by Hui Niang and Li Jin have many unique businesses. In addition, they own two major mines, Pingxiang and Dexing, Jiangxi, and the total annual income is only one million taels of silver.

Han Yi was willing to give out 100,000 taels at one time, which was more like throwing a stone to ask for directions, indicating that Han Yi's business scale is much more than that.

"Sir, look..."

Ma Ang was obviously very moved. In Ma Ang's opinion, building a brand new city is only a few dozen or million taels of silver, and one hundred thousand taels is very important for the new city.

Chen Xi looked down on such numbers and asked, "Do you want to rely on these money to buy you an opportunity?"

Han Yi was stunned and quickly defended: "Caomin has no intention."

Chen Xi smiled faintly and said, "What do you mean? I know very well... With the means of your Han family, you can make friends with any kind of people in the court, but you have to surrender yourself to sell yourself. Why do I think my temple is too small?"

"Why should you belittle yourself? You are a peak in the court, which is hard for others to reach!" Han Yi did not know the intention of Chen Xi saying this, and intuition told him that Chen Xi had already refused, so he quickly expressed his opinion.

Chen Xi smiled: "Han's boss trades all over the world, and he can earn much more money than the amount of money he offered. In fact, there is no need to work under his own authority. Merchants are merchants. If you do your business and you become your own official, we should not violate the river."

"Mr. Shen..."

Han Yi also wants to defend himself.

Chen Xi raised his hand: "Han Dangjia, although I did not agree, it does not mean that I refuse. I want you to go back and think about whether I really want my subordinates to do things. Before you leave the new city, I will see you again. You have to take out the conditions that can impress me. It is not a silver, but a proven of the meaning and value of your existence. Only then will I decide whether to accept you."

Han Yi didn't understand what happened for a moment? Lord Shen couldn't even see the 100,000 taels of silver?

However, Han Yi then realized that he was not the only merchant to join Chen Xi, and everyone was playing games. Now Shen Xi is only recruiting people who are valuable to him. How much money he earned in the past was just data. The key is whether he could do things after following Chen Xi, and based on Chen Xi's interests, this is the core of the problem.

Han Yi came to see Chen Xi not prepared enough and only brought money, thinking that if he had money, he would have everything. This is also the fundamental reason why Chen Xi made him think about it again.

Han Yi was not promoted to Xiaomin. He had his own experience in dealing with people and felt that Chen Xi had left him a chance, so he knelt down and kowtow.

"The grass-roots follow the order and will definitely consider it clearly after returning and give the adult a satisfactory answer."

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Chen Xi did not try to keep Han Yi.

Ma Ang accompanied Han Yi from Chenxi's yamen. After he went outside, Han Yi's body was still trembling, which shows how much pressure he was under when he met Chenxi just now.

Ma Ang said apologetically: "You have heard what the master Han said, "It's not that I'm not helping you, but that I really have my own considerations."

"It's okay, it's okay."

Han Yi was still wiping the cold sweat on his forehead.

Ma Ang looked at him curiously and asked, "Han's family should be used to seeing big scenes, how could he be so unbearable after seeing Lord Shen..."

Han Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Dear Shen has such a big aura. Every sentence has a hidden mystery. It takes a lot of thought to answer it."

Only then did Ma Ang realize that Han Yi was afraid of Chen Xi and thought to himself: "I didn't do anything wrong, why are you so afraid of?"

But he didn't say anything and comforted him with a smile: "Actually, Lord Shen is very approachable."

“Yes, yes.”

Han Yi did not argue with Ma Ang, and tried hard to squeeze out a smile, "Mr. Shen gave me a chance. I will consider it carefully in the past two days to see if there is a place that can help Mr. Shen. If I cannot find my own advantage, I may have to leave this city... There are many opportunities here. If I can't stay for business, I may leave my lifelong regret."

When Ma Ang heard this, he looked proud and said, and his master's consciousness was full of energy. After all, the new city in front of him was built brick by brick and tile, so he was extremely proud.

Ma Ang smiled and said, "There are many opportunities here, but there are not many people, so the transaction may not be very large."

While they were talking, they walked towards the port area. Han Yi said, "Brother Ma, don't you see that this city has unlimited potential in the future? After the Ming Dynasty opened the sea, there will definitely be many foreigners here to do business. If the sea transportation is smooth, there will inevitably be thousands of merchants. The open spaces near the port may be a warehouse where merchants gather in the future."

Han Yi pointed to the lively port area ahead, his face full of longing.

However, no matter how much he yearns for it, he is not a member of Xincheng. Han Yi wants to be the master, rather than passively coming here to do business in the future.

Once the new city develops, the order of the entire Ming Dynasty business community may be rewritten, and it is hard to say whether it maintains its current status.

Ma Ang asked, "What did the Han family say when they thought about seeing Lord Shen again?"

Han Yi was stunned at first, then shook his head: "It's hard! It's too difficult... Lord Shen doesn't seem to value money very much. I also know that in fact, the transactions Mr. Shen himself is enough to earn back the money for building a new city. He has to do things for Lord Shen. It's impossible to do anything without any means. Unfortunately, Lord Shen doesn't like wine, sex, money, or else..."

Han Yi was a little regretful because he didn't find out what Chen Xi's hobbies were and didn't know how to prescribe the right medicine.

Ma Ang asked curiously: "I'm asking you how you help adults, what are you talking about those things?"

Han Yi glanced at Ma Ang and explained: "I am not just a careless person with Brother Ma, but a matter of fact. No matter how prestigious Mr. Shen is in the court and how capable he is, he always needs something to entertain others and himself. Every big man needs some small people who can do things. For example... I am a person like a grass."

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Chen Xi has his own set of employment guidelines.

Although Chen Xi felt that Han Yi had some skills, he was not a direct lineman trained by himself, and was good at changing with the wind. Whether such a person is available depends on whether he could serve his plan. If he was just an ordinary businessman, Chen Xi would rather not know that there was such a person.

But this person seems to be of some help to Chen Xi's strategy.

After a few days of investigation, Yun Liu found out Han Yi's true feelings and came back to report to Chen Xi.

"As the adults speculated, this Han Yi did trade with Japanese pirates before. Although he didn't spend many times, he had supplemented food and supplies for Japanese pirates. However, this person did not sell humans privately to Japanese pirates. I heard that his fleet was robbed by Japanese pirates many times, and there was a certain conflict between the two."

Chen Xidao: "It's just that the division of spoils is uneven... merchants seek profit, and there is not much principle to talk about."

Yun Liu said again: "While resigning to the adults, he also sent people to Nanjing for activities. There are reports that he had a close relationship with Duke Wei. He participated in the banquet when Duke Wei was having a banquet. Xu had previously done business with Japanese pirates, and his people were also threading needles and threading behind his back... This person is not available."

Chen Xi had certain doubts about whether to use Han Yi. After listening to Yun Liu's words, he immediately realized clearly that there is no real Qingliu in the business community in Jiangnan, and they are all people who ignore principles and use any means for the sake of their interests.

Chen Xi would not cooperate with these people who were profit-oriented and betrayed the country and nation, but he vaguely felt that this line could be used to investigate information about the Japanese pirates.

Yun Liu said: "This person had previously colluded with Zhang's relatives and gave him 10,000 taels of silver and beautiful women, and had rare stones to the capital. However, the Zhang brothers did not accept this person after receiving the gift. Later, he did not participate in the arms deal between the Zhang brothers and the Japanese pirates. After Qian Ning, the commander of the Jinyiwei, he blackmailed it with this and asked for 20,000 taels of silver. As for whether to give it or not... there is no news for the time being."

The merchants of this era are like young children walking in the downtown area with red gold. Anyone from some forces will try every means to extort, and even if they spend money, they may not be able to keep their safety.

Yunliu gave another news that Chen Xi felt very interesting.

"... This person had a relationship with Liu Jinpan, who was in power, but was extorted by Zhang Wenmian to 2,000 taels of silver and almost imprisoned in the East Factory prison. From then on, he did not dare to associate with eunuchs. After Zhang Yuan rose, he never thought of giving gifts. It happened that Zhang Yuan was punished by His Majesty to guard the imperial tomb last year. After he got drunk, he publicly yelled that he would not believe in eunuchs without eggs. He regretted it after he woke up. Now he was cautious, for fear of being held grudge by any eunuch with real power."

Chen Xidao: "As long as the Silijian takes over the power of the red criticism for one day, the eunuch's status will not be shaken for a day. He said this to block his own path... No wonder Duke of Wei refused to accept him. Now Xu wants to use Zhang Yong's power to consolidate his position in the Jiangnan officialdom. Such people are difficult for the powerful to use."

Yunliu asked for instructions: "Sir, is this person available?"

Chen Xi shook his head and said, "I did have some ideas before, but now it seems that it is unnecessary. Song Xiaocheng will arrive in Xincheng in two days today and tomorrow. Just leave the business matters to him. Others, please stand aside for the time being!"

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Song Xiaocheng rushed from Fujian to the capital.

In recent years, Song Xiaocheng has traveled many places from south to north and worked diligently for Chenxi, but he is still cultivating his own power behind his back.

According to the situation investigated by Chenxi, the carriages and horses have become an organization that is sufficient to affect the national economy and people's livelihood in Fujian and Guangdong.

If it were someone else, Chen Xi would have been suppressing her, but the problem is that Song Xiaocheng is very loyal to Chen Xi. At least Chen Xi has not seen any betrayal of Song Xiaocheng for the time being.
To be continued...