Xu Guangqi naturally agreed to the request of the Han Office, saying that he would send someone to invite Han Lian to Tianjin at that time.

Next, a group of families of important officials of the court came to visit Xu Guangqi to find out the story, and even British Duke Zhang Weixian and other nobles sent people to find him.

Xu Guangqi agreed to it one by one.

Because Xu Guangqi also understood that he could not refuse such a thing, otherwise he would die without a place to die.

Xu Guangqi had to admit that these powerful people were really greedy.

Because after Xu Guangqi found in Tianjin, a large number of industries operated by powerful and powerful gentry had been established here.

Although the industry in Tianjin City belongs to the emperor, even the shops built in the city belong to the emperor. Merchants who come to Tianjin City can only rent and pay the unique business taxes of Tianjin City, Xu Guangqi discovered that the merchants who come to Tianjin City to rent shops to sell cloth, salt, oil, and vinegar are still from the background of powerful and gentry.

It is obvious that these powerful and powerful gentry are still very good at making money. The imperial court just spent a lot of money to build a new city here and allowed hundreds of thousands of refugees to settle down here to form households. These people smelled the business opportunities here and used their financial resources and power to rent the shop first.

Xu Guangqi also knew that this was inevitable, and small vendors naturally could not compete with these powerful and powerful gentry.

But what Xu Guangqi was very pleased that the court placed hundreds of thousands of refugees here to form households and used labor for relief, which made the economy here really active.

Although most of the shops in the city are occupied by powerful and powerful gentry, the other open spaces are still filled with many small vendors, and even various street stalls are placed outside the city, and many wineries and teahouses have been added.

After all, the projects of building cities and repairing official roads have made these new households profit a lot.

But their income is silver coins, so they have to buy money for food, clothing, and heating, and generate economic activities.

So, the consumption here is very active.

"Grain is mainly sold by the Grain Bureau. However, the Grain Bureau does not have so many people directly responsible for the sale of grain. Therefore, the officials still ask merchants to come to the Grain Bureau to buy grain, and then sell grain to these new households in rented shops. However, according to His Majesty's instructions, the price of grain must be determined by the Grain Bureau. In addition, grain merchants cannot transport grain to Tianjin City by themselves. They must buy it in batches from the Grain Bureau and then transport it to the city for retail."

"The same is true for salt. All the salt merchants trusted by the officials sell affordable official salt. Of course, it is difficult to get in private salt. Only some vendors may have entrainment, but if found, it is considered a felony."

Bi Ziyan, who stayed in Tianjin, reported to Xu Guangqi after he arrived.

"But the grain shop and salt shop are still in the hands of these powerful and powerful gentry. Can they really cooperate with the official system of the government?"

Xu Guangqi asked after hearing this.

"They can't help them. This is the place where His Majesty directly asks about it. Who dares to do it? Did you see that comprehensive store? It was the business that His Majesty ordered the Dongchang to open. It also directly took the grain from the Grain Industry Bureau of the Ministry of Revenue and the salt from the Ministry of Revenue. It is responsible for the affordable sale of various daily necessities. It is not only a place to stabilize the prices of important materials, but also an information collection and resettlement point of the Dongchang. It also generates income for the Dongchang personnel, including His Majesty himself, and has a small part of it. With the comprehensive store, no one can hoard goods, and even if it violates the law, it will be discovered immediately by the Dongchang."

Bi Ziyan pointed to the large shop at the intersection of T-Street in front and said.

Xu Guangqi nodded and thought to himself: "Who did Your Majesty learn this method of business?"

For a moment, Xu Guangqi said again: "I took a look. There are many people coming to Tianjin City to do business nearby. Some are those who come to buy firewood, some sell straw sandals, some sell insoles, and even sell labels and headlines. They look quite prosperous. As the Ministry said before, these newly-appointed people obviously made the people nearby more livelihoods through workmanship, and no longer became poorer due to the heavy burden of the capital transportation. However, after the renovation project of the official road and the construction project are over, what should these people do? Will they become refugees again? The people nearby will fall into hunger and cold again?"

"So, your Majesty is wise!"

Bi Ziyan smiled and said, "Your Majesty has already asked Shanggongjian to build many workshops in Tianjin, including wooden workshops, stone workshops, iron workshops and other types of manufacturing equipment purchased by Shanggongjian. The General Administration of Ordnance Manufacturing has also set up many branches. Your Majesty calls this manufacturing industry. These manufacturing industries currently require a lot of young and strong people. At the beginning, many refugees who have registered households have now entered these manufacturing industries as workers. It is a job to ensure income from drought and flood. As long as Shanggongjian and the General Administration of Ordnance Manufacturing have always needed these equipment, they will always have work! In addition, the subordinate has followed His Majesty's instructions.

Many woodworking schools, masonry schools and ironworking schools have been set up in Tianjin City, which specializes in training some young refugees so that they can directly participate in the manufacturing industry in the future. The gap in these manufacturing industries is still very large. I heard that Shanggongjian will also manufacture a batch of new looms and new hand-crank printing machines and water trucks. There are tens of thousands of basic woodworkers in Tianjin City. Therefore, these new residents in Tianjin City do not have to worry about not having any work, and even these refugees are not enough. According to the General Administration of Ordnance Manufacturing, the next job recruitment needs in Tianjin City. In addition to the new household names in the city, they will also have to recruit people in the surrounding areas at that time."

After hearing this, Xu Guangqi suddenly realized and thought to himself: "No wonder Your Majesty wants his Xu family's cotton yarn industry to expand its scale, and immediately use a shuttle loom to establish a new official weaving industry. It is true that Your Majesty also wants Shanggongjian to build more so-called manufacturing workshops in Tianjin City in the future, so that the settled refugees have work to do. After all, Shanggongjian is the one who manufactures these new equipment, such as spinning machines, wooden waterwheels, and looms, are all built by Shanggongjian. Your Majesty is really far-reaching."

"How is the academic and political management responsible for it? There is no activity to complain about the emperor's grace?"

Xu Guangqi then started asking again.

"According to the decree and your requirements, we have been doing it. Ten social schools have been built in the city. The social schools are enclosed with the statue of the emperor. Every ten days, the chief judge of Tianjin Tongfang will ask the officials of each fangfang to organize the people of each fangfang to gather in each fangfang, and then the people of each fangfang will take turns to complain, telling why they were displaced and what were the bitter things. Then the officials in charge of telling them that they can be stable now because of the great grace of the emperor! Now, therefore, the newly settled people are very loyal to Your Majesty. Today is just the day to complain. Don't the officials take you to the nearest fang to see?"

Bi Ziyan took the initiative to propose as he said this.

Xu Guangqi nodded his head.

So, Bi Ziyan brought Xu Guangqi to the nearest house called "Guoen" and the name of the house was naturally to hope that the people of this house would be grateful for the country's kindness.

Just like the newly built Tianjin City also has a "Huang En" yard.

Xu Guangqigang followed Bi Ziyan to the social school in the "Guoen" floor, and saw a story about a new middle-aged woman crying in front of the emperor, how she was beaten to death by a powerful man, how she fled here with her children and was taken in by the officials here.

Because it is true feelings and similar experiences, the villagers below all felt very immersive, empathized with each other, and shed tears.

When Fang was crying and saying that the emperor asked them to settle down and let them shout Long live the emperor, these people really started shouting enthusiastically.

"Long live the emperor!"

"Long live the emperor!"

"The emperor is a good emperor!"

...

Xu Guangqi looked at all this and was deeply affected by the environment at this time and couldn't help but say excitedly: "So what if you let so many people live in peace and indulge in offending all the gentry in Jiangnan?"
Chapter completed!