After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

"You are the Minister of Personnel, don't you know about the transfer of officials across the country?"

Facing the question from Minister Wang of the Ministry of Personnel, Minister Su of the Ministry of Revenue did not even raise his eyelids and subconsciously made a sarcastic move.

"There are so many officials in the country, how can I remember them all?"

Shangshu Wang from the Ministry of Personnel immediately retorted that it was already very good that he could remember all the officials of the upper states and some of the middle states. How could he remember just the governor of a lower state?

"I can! I can remember the annual tax data of every state in Daliang, as well as the comparison with previous years! Humph!"

While the Minister of Revenue was showing off his memory, he also did not forget to mock his colleagues at the end.

After all, the head of the Six Ministries is the Ministry of Personnel, and not his own Ministry of Revenue. Whenever Shangshu Su of the Ministry of Revenue gets the chance, he wants to say something to Shangshu Wang of the Ministry of Personnel.

The retired emperor sat steadily in the armchair, coldly observing the expressions and movements of all kinds of people in the hall. In fact, he could see the show more clearly from below than from the dragon throne.

Rather than observing the old foxes in the six departments, Liang Shengrui preferred to take a look at Xiao Mingjun who was taking notes in the corner. He was young but quite calm.

The discussion in the Qinzheng Hall continued until dark, and it was the retired emperor who first showed signs of fatigue, so Emperor Liang Jingchen immediately dismissed all the ministers.

After all the ministers had left, Xie Zhiqiu slowly walked out from behind the screen and bowed in the direction of the retired emperor.

"Get up! What do you think?"

Xie Zhiqiu didn't know what to say, and even felt a little funny inside, because she knew that this plan would definitely be carried out.

Besides, didn’t anyone pay attention to that “exclusive agreement”?

This agreement is the key point of this memorial!

Xie Zhiqiu lowered her head to sort out her thoughts, then looked up after a moment and began to express her ideas, not too tactfully indicating that she approved of the proposal.

Shen Qing was also responsible for escorting Xie Zhiqiu out of the palace. As the sky gradually darkened, they walked under the deep palace walls, with the palace maids and guards around them all keeping some distance.

Xie Zhiqiu slowed down her pace, lowered her head slightly to hide her expression, and spoke in a low voice to Shen Qing who was behind her on the right.

"General Shen, can you do me a favor, or rather, do Mingjia a favor!"

"what's up?"

Xie Zhiqiu wanted to roll her eyes. Apart from helping Mingjia, Shen Qing ignored her.

"I am just a female businessman. I have little influence and cannot speak to other adults. If possible, General Shen will help talk to the other adults. The exclusive agreement must be implemented!"

The officials in the capital have always liked to smooth things over. Xie Zhiqiu was afraid that this matter would be half-executed and half-retained. If the exclusive agreement was not signed, the outcome of Mingjia's plan would certainly be greatly reduced.

"Okay, I'll pass by the Duke's Mansion on my way back from the government office!"

"Thank you, General Shen!"

In fact, at the beginning Xie Zhiqiu thought that Mingjia had at least consulted with the Grand Tutor or the Duke, but after listening to the discussion, she realized that she was overthinking.

Xie Zhiqiu wasn't sure whether Grand Tutor Xie had noticed the exclusive agreement, but she was sure that Duke Li hadn't noticed it, so it was good for her to remind him.

……

The discussion in the capital is still going on, and in Minzhou, a large ice storage has already been built. Even if seafood is not brought to the capital in winter, it is necessary to have an ice storage.

As for the money to build the ice storage, where did it come from?

Mingjia scam... No, Mingjia raised the money through crowdfunding from major marine goods merchants, and for this, Mingjia also made many promises to various wealthy businessmen.

Mingjia calculated the cost of building an ice storage and reduced the cost to the lowest level. After taking into account the total cost, he divided it into seven equal parts. The government would invest one part and then find six other wealthy businessmen.

If anyone is to blame, we can only blame Mingjia for his rare kindness, wanting to control costs to reduce the pressure on the wealthy businessmen, because he was misunderstood by them.

"So, because the amount I mentioned was only a few hundred taels, the six families thought that I was openly accepting bribes?"

If Mingjia hadn't visited the village that was hit by the typhoon and wanted to give some villagers a chance to work and earn money, and thought that he would need these six merchants in the future...

"Dad! I have already prepared the joint venture agreement. Do you want to consider whether to do it in the name of the government office or in the name of the Xiao family?"

In fact, it was Mingjia's suggestion to build an ice storage in the name of the government office. After all, some members of the Xiao family would leave Minzhou in the future, and Mingjia really didn't care about the economic benefits of an ice storage. It would be better to give his father an actual achievement.

Xiao Qingshan suggested that Mingjia form a partnership under the name of the Xiao family. On the one hand, he misunderstood that Mingjia was interested in this business. On the other hand, he was worried that when the next prefect came, the six wealthy businessmen would not be able to get their capital back.

"Dad! You think too much, because I can make sure they get their money back long before you are transferred."

"Besides, if we really want to open a seafood store, this ice storage was built by imperial decree. I'm afraid the next governor won't have the guts to embezzle it."

After hearing what his daughter said, Xiao Qingshan naturally had no worries.

"Then use the government's name. I'll take a look at the deed and stamp it if there's no problem!"

On the second day, the owners of the six businesses in Minzhou all received the deeds delivered by the officials from the government office.

It was clearly written in black and white on the deed that the parties would jointly fund the construction of an ice storage room, and that each household would have the right to use one for free.

Of course, the most important thing is that at the end of the deed, there is the official seal of the prefect of Minzhou and Xiao Qingshan’s private seal.

This... is a real contract, and it also protects the interests of merchants.

The owners of the six businesses gathered together and looked at each other in confusion. They seemed to have misunderstood this Magistrate Xiao. What should they do?

Suddenly I felt guilty and my conscience hurt. The question is, do these six people still have a conscience?

"Sign it! Anyway, we have already agreed that this money will be wasted. Now at least we have a contract!"

"That's right. We can't say for sure what will happen next. Let's sign it first!"

"At the worst, I can just give you more generous gifts at the end of the year!"

After the six business owners discussed it, they all signed the contract and stamped it with their business seals.

Thirteen and Fourteen were responsible for tracking and eavesdropping. When they repeated everything they overheard to Mingjia, there was always a smile on Mingjia's lips.

Fishing! You have to put some bait first so that the fish can take the bait!

The government office is not without money to build an ice storage. If not, Mingjia can also pay for it himself.

But...if we only build the ice storage, where will the seafood come from?

Especially for high-quality seafood, even if the price is lowered, the total amount after the large quantity is huge.

Mingjia delivered the deed to Xiao Qingshan's study in the government office, along with the plan written by Mingjia. Xiao Qingshan basically just had to follow the plan.

"Hello, Uncle Huo!"

Mingjia greeted Huo Zelin with a forced smile, and Huo Zelin responded with a sincere smile.

"Hello, Master Mingjia, what can I do for you?"

"Please pay attention to these six merchants. I may need them for other purposes in the future!"

"Yes, Huo will help the young master keep a close eye on him!"