When the Qing King re-created the country and soon enjoyed the country, he passed away with the Queen Lin family one after another.

The seven-year-old youngest son was left to succeed the throne, and the power of the court naturally fell into the hands of the cabinet.

In addition, when the Young King wiped out the world, he received help from local governors and governors, the situation of the current situation of the weak ruler and strong ministers of the Great Chu.

The authority of the imperial court was weakened, but the local private economy was becoming increasingly active.

Another thing is that the west wind has spread eastward. Since the foreign steam revolution, various technologies have been introduced to Middle-earth one after another.

The powerful local people were no longer satisfied with land rent and opened factories and mines.

This has formed the complex situation of Dachu today, and at the same time it has created a huge industrial area like Shikanshan.

And such industrial zones are definitely not unique in the entire Great Chu.

At this moment, looking at the Shikan Mountain Mine, many attendants and officials of the Xiang Palace all looked bad and had envy, jealousy and hatred in their eyes.

You should know that these factories and mines are all privately owned, not owned by court officials.

The ones who own these factories and mines are by no means the great nobles, but the local tyrants with developed commerce.

These people are very powerful and have huge financial resources. They train many children, take the imperial examinations, and provide them with officials all over the court.

Various policies that are conducive to these people's business are constantly being issued, and capital continues to expand. However, what is left is a mess for the imperial government to clean up.

For example, in front of us, the factory owners made money, but the waste gas and sewage polluted the river land, leaving many fields around them deserted, and countless people became ill.

However, these large factory owners were silent and ignored the lives of these people and handed them over to the court for the aftermath.

It is precisely because of this that these so-called Shang tribes have a very poor reputation among the public opinion of Da Chu.

Even the imperial court, although there were officials funded by these merchants everywhere, the government still had a lot of disgust towards these factory owners.

No one likes the kind of guy who causes trouble for himself all day long.

Especially when these so-called Shang tribes have huge wealth, old-fashioned nobles, and scholarly scholars have less than a little bit of money to share. No wonder they have envy, jealousy and hatred for those Shang tribes!

Whether out of a sense of justice or out of jealousy, these officials of the royal palace were very dissatisfied with the merchants.

However, Zhou Tunan seemed to have not heard what his subordinates were saying. He just stood up and looked at the continuous smoke from the factory in the distance.

He seemed to be muttering to himself: "It's time to come, right?"

Shortly after this, a large convoy of vehicles arrived in the distance.

It was local officials and leading figures who came to greet them.

However, it was not the local magistrate who came forward, but a rich man dressed in a foreigner. He went straight to the south carriage in Zhoutu, bowed and said, "We waited for the Shikan elders to hear that the king came to the capital to succeed the country, and specially prepared cattle wine to reward him. I also asked the king to give him a gift!"

These words are neither humble nor arrogant, and there is no fear of ordinary people.

Although this person has no official status, he is Xu Yongbao, one of the leading figures in the local merchants.

This person has a large number of factories and mines, and the number of workers working for him is probably more than 100,000.

He is also one of the vice presidents of Shikanshan Chamber of Commerce!

With such an identity, no wonder he was not afraid of being in front of a king like Zhou Tunan.

In fact, don’t say that it is in front of Zhou Tunan. Even in front of the current emperor, Xu Yongbao must be treated with courtesy.

Three years ago, while the imperial court was fighting between Mobei and Rakshasa Kingdom, the people in southern Guizhou rebelled on a large scale.

The court had already had empty treasury and had no money to suppress the rebellion. In the end, the Shang tribes lent 200 million taels of silver for the court.

With this money, the court defeated the Rakshasa Kingdom while suppressing the rebellion.

At that time, the Sihai Money House was lending to the court... and this Xu Yongbao was one of the shareholders of the Sihai Money House.

Until now, the court has not been able to repay the principal and interest of the loan.

In other words, Xu Yongbao is still the imperial court and the emperor's creditor. Of course, he should be more polite to this person!

Of course, Zhou Tunan knew who this person was, but he said politely: "I still have to hurry to enter Beijing and dare not delay on the way. Everyone, I appreciate the kindness of my elders!"

Xu Yongbao laughed: "Since the king is in a hurry to enter the capital to fulfill his filial piety, then the common people will not stop him.

Come on, send the things!"

With the order, someone pushed up a large cart, filled with gifts of various colors. They were all rare treasures, with huge value and large quantities, probably no less than hundreds of thousands of taels.

Zhou Tunan secretly praised these merchants as really rich, but he refused and said, "It's not easy to go on the road, so it's not easy to carry so many gifts. It's even more troublesome to bring so many gifts!

I have already received the intention of Mr. Xu! Let’s forget about these gifts!”

Xu Yongbao slapped his forehead and smiled and said, "I was negligent, I was negligent!"

He instructed his subordinates: "It is not convenient for the king to bring these things to the capital. I will send all these things to Prince Xiang's Mansion!"

After saying this, he took out a note from his sleeve with a smile and said, "This thing is light and convenient for the king, so he probably won't refuse!"

But it is not a silver note, but something similar to a large-scale transfer check, with the amount on it being one million taels. There is also the word "payment with tickets at Sihai Money House"!

Seeing this, Zhou Tunan was moved and said, "This gift is too heavy! I can't afford it!"

Xu Yongbao smiled and said, "The king will enter the capital soon and become the national crown prince and rule the world in the future. What is this mere million taels of silver?"

Zhou Tunan hurriedly said: "What kind of national crown is not something that I dare to think about, nor is it that Xu Weng can guess."

Xu Yongbao's face darkened when he said this. When he thought Zhou Tunan would definitely refuse, he saw that Zhou Tunan had already taken the silver note and said, "But Mr. Xu is so kind, I can only refuse!"

Seeing the turn of the peak, Zhou Tunan finally collected the money. Xu Yongbao couldn't help but turn anger into joy and laughed.

He said a few more words to Zhou Tunan and finally said, "The king is not a coincidence for him to go to Beijing this time.

After the New Year, we will prepare to raise 50 million yuan to build a train road from the capital to Shikan Mountain."

If the king had been to Beijing for a few years in the evening, he would have been able to take the train to Beijing directly, without having to travel!”

The tone is full of show off.

He thought Zhou Tunan, a local gangster, would ask him what the train was, but he heard Zhou Tunan happily say: "Although I don't know what the train is, since Mr. Xu said so, the train must be extremely convenient and extraordinary.
Chapter completed!