903 China Shipping Group (1/2)

Chapter 903 – China Shipping Group

6th month, 24th day, Shanhai City.

The aftermath of the Battle of Fei River slowly faded away and Ouyang Shuo started to get busy once more.

Currently, it was the afternoon, and the blazing sun had passed the middle of the sky. However, the temperature did not look like it was going down. The green trees in the courtyard in front of the reading room were really luscious and made it much cooler. Even the annoying cicadas of summer could not be found here.

At a corner of the Imperial Reading Room were basins of ice cubes used to lower the temperature.

At 3 PM, the lonely and quiet reading room welcomed a group of special guests. Financial deputy minister Cui Yingyu walked at the front. Behind her, there were the leaders of the three famous chambers of commerce - Bai Xue, Song Tianxiong, and Cui Shouren.

Without a doubt, this was a really special meeting.

Based on the system, although the three had relations with the imperial family, they could not enter the reading room.

Walking into the solemn reading room, a thick and powerful aura swept them. The three of them were hugely influential people on the outside, and any of their actions could easily sweep up massive waves in the merchant world.

However, as they walked into the Imperial Reading Room, the core of the Great Xia Dyansty's power, not to mention the younger Bai Xue and Cui Shouren, but even Ouyang Shuo's father-in-law, Song Tianxiong, felt nervous.

This meeting was not a sudden one; they had already been informed last night.

Before coming, Cui Shouren had asked her sister about it. However, his sister was tight-lipped and did not reveal a single thing. Instead, when his father found out, he was scolded.

Outside relatives interfering in politics was a huge crime in a dynasty.

”My king, Deputy Minister Cui and the others are here.” Tsing Yi reminded Ouyang Shuo, who was looking through some memorials.

Ouyang Shuo placed down the brush in his hand and raised his head, ”Come in.”

The smile on his face made one feel inspired.

”Thank you my king!”

Song Tianxiong and the others did not dare be slow. They respectfully bowed before sitting down one by one.

Looking at the young ruler in front of them, Song Tianxiong was in awe. He really could not believe that the man in front of him and the young man in real life were so different.

Apart from looks, Song Tianxiong could not find a single shred of similarity. Obviously, his journey to the top had changed him.

If the Song Family children had a tenth of his ability, Song Tianxiong would be delighted.

Song Tianxiong was not the only one in awe; Cui Shouren was also filled with many thoughts. He thought back to his first interaction with the king, which was close to three years ago. A that time, the Cui Family had learned that Cui Yingyu was alive.

As the Cui Family representative, Cui Shouren used the super auction platform to complete the first trading deal with Shanhai City.

The cooperation with Shanhai City was sort of like a higher up working with a subordinate. They did not think about earning too much profit. They only did so because they wanted to repay Shanhai City for saving Cui Yingyu.

In a short three years, everything had changed.

In three years, Cui Shouren went from a normal child in the family that no one had high hopes for to a person who took over the family business. He had slowly walked into the central region.

For Cui Shouren to have such good fortune and stand out from the rest of the children, apart from his own ability, it was mostly because of the role he played between the family and Shanhai City.

That alone had greatly strengthened his position.

There was no other reason. After all, in the family, only Cui Shouren had met the king and interacted with him.

It was also due to that unassuming business deal that changed the fate of the Cui Chamber of Commerce, letting them roll like a snowball and become one of the giants of the business world.

Not long ago, a few chamber of commerce heads in Dali Imperial City who had suppressed the Cui Chamber of Commerce all specially rushed to Shanhai City to build relationships with Cui Shouren. They wanted to ask him to take care of them for voyage trading.

The tables had turned.

Out of the three of them, only Bai Xue was really calm.

As they say, one could be austere if one had no selfish desires.

Her husband, Wei Yang, was in a core position. On the other hand, her father, Bai Gui, was in charge of the business college. Bai Xue herself did not have much ambition to chase riches. All she liked was the battling in the business world.

Not long ago, Bai Xue donated 500 thousand gold to the Imperial Court to rebuild the various schools in the counties and prefectures; this became the biggest donation since the Great Xia established the country.

This matter even alerted Ouyang Shuo, who personally gave them the title of Benevolent Merchant.

The three of them were having different thoughts, and each was caught by Ouyang Shuo's eyes. Since he started training in the Yellow Court Internal Scripture, his senses also became much sharper as he tried to open up the middle dantian.

Ouyang Shuo could roughly guess the thoughts of normal people.

Luckily, Ouyang Shuo did not have such a hobby; he turned around to say to Cui Yingyu, ” Deputy Minister Cui, detail the organization you are planning to establish.”