I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 233 Urgent Order
"Please walk slowly and be careful on the steps." He Kui saw a customer out with a smile on his face.
He Kui is the shopkeeper of the channel department of the Ming Royal Group in Shunde Prefecture. He also manages the county branches in the nine counties under the jurisdiction of Shunde Prefecture. He is one of the old men from Qizhou who followed Zhu Houxuan to the north, so he was entrusted with important tasks.

He has been in Shunde Prefecture for more than a year. This branch store is the successor of the imperial store that was closed down a few years ago. When the imperial store was closed down, only the staff were withdrawn, and the store was not sold. In addition, the local people did not dare to covet the imperial property in a short period of time, so this shop in the best location in Shunde Prefecture had been abandoned for two or three years until the arrival of He Kui and his party.

Now whenever He Kui thinks of the difficulties he faced when he first arrived in Shunde Prefecture, he feels very sad. It was really too difficult!

Although the Royal Group took over such a good and large shop for free, it also took over the bad reputation of the Royal Store. In the past few years, the Royal Store was notorious in Shunde Prefecture, and the people of Shunde Prefecture hated it deeply.

Therefore, the people of Shunde Prefecture kept their distance from the newly opened branch. In addition, the local powerful people secretly excluded and suppressed He Kui. As a result, He Kui did not make a single business in the first three months after arriving in Shunde Prefecture and became a laughing stock of Shunde Prefecture.

Finally, He Kui learned from his mistakes and took the initiative to lower himself and integrate into the circle of local people in Shunde Prefecture. He gradually established friendships with the local people in Shunde Prefecture, and then he gradually got his first customer. Later, he gradually turned the situation around with the Royal Group's high-quality and low-priced products. The transaction volume of the branch continued to rise, and it gradually gained a certain reputation in Shunde Prefecture, and more and more new customers came.
"Manager He, please stay. We are old friends. There's no need to be so polite." The customer said with a smile.

“Precisely because we have a long-standing friendship, we cannot neglect old customers just because of this,” He Kui said quickly.

"I used to think that people from the south were cunning and could not be trusted. Shopkeeper He has really changed my view of them!" the customer suddenly exclaimed.

"Thank you for your compliment! Then you have to introduce me to a few more customers." He Kui laughed heartily.

"Of course, the quality and price of your ironware and cloth are the best in Shunde." The customer gave a thumbs up, then glanced at a shop not far away and said in a low voice, "It's much better than what's sold in Shen's shop."

After seeing off the customers, He Kui glanced at the Shen's shop not far away. The Shen's shop was deserted, and several shop assistants were basking in the sun outside the store out of boredom.
He knew that the Shen family was a big local family with many shops in the area, and their business was mainly ironware, cloth and salt. But after he opened up the business situation in Shunde Prefecture, the Shen family's business was greatly affected.

There was no way. The Royal Group had too great a technological advantage in ironware and textiles. The prices were low, and there were many types of ironware and dyeings and patterns of textiles. Although the store had other products of the Royal Group, none of them sold as well as the ironware and textiles.

Although the Royal Group had only one store in Shunde City, it did both retail and wholesale business, and therefore had a large share of Shunde City's ironware and textiles.

He Kui walked into the store. Seven or eight shop assistants in the front shop were diligently introducing products to customers. He greeted a few familiar customers and went to the back shop.

He didn't need to spend too much energy on business matters now. He was thinking about one thing in his mind: he saw in the internal newspaper a few days ago that the railway would soon be built to Shunde Prefecture. He was planning whether he should bring some Shunde specialties to express his condolences to his colleagues in the Ministry of Railways who were building the railway.

The branch in Shunde Prefecture not only undertakes the task of product sales, but also serves as an important fulcrum of the group in Shunde Prefecture, responsible for many miscellaneous tasks of the group. For example, he helped to purchase the land for building railways around Shunde.

Just as he was calculating what gifts he could buy with the money within his authority, a familiar figure walked in from the back door of the shop.

He was the channel department's correspondent in Shunde Prefecture, responsible for uploading and issuing various orders to the group. He also delivered internal newspapers and other things.
"Xiao Zhang, why are you here at this time? Isn't it time yet?" He Kui asked in surprise. He thought Xiao Zhang was here to deliver the internal newspaper, which was delivered once every two weeks. It was obviously not time yet.

"Urgent. Life. Order!" Xiao Zhang said breathlessly.

He Kui's face changed drastically and he quickly took the thick letter. When he saw the logo on the envelope, his expression became serious. He had only seen this kind of envelope logo during training.

He quickly checked the envelope according to the steps he had been trained on, and then solemnly said to Xiao Zhang: "The envelope is intact, and the seal is intact!"

"Sign and stamp!" Xiao Zhang had recovered his breath and handed a booklet to He Kui.

He Kui quickly signed and stamped the branch's seal, then returned the booklet to Xiao Zhang and poured him a glass of water.

Xiao Zhang put the booklet close to his body, drank the water, and then asked, "Manager He, has Mr. Cao been to the countryside these days?"

"Cao Tingyun, he should be telling stories with his apprentices in Feihong Tower these days." He Kui thought for a moment and said, "Why are you looking for him?"

"The Propaganda Department asked me to pass a message to him. I have to go find him quickly." Xiao Zhang got up and left.

There are far fewer people in the Propaganda Department than in the Channel Department, and the people in the Propaganda Department generally rely on local branches to carry out publicity, so they ask the Channel Department to help pass on the message.

He Kui returned to his room, locked the door, and then carefully opened the envelope. After reading the letter inside, he thought deeply for a while, then called eight men and asked them to go to the other eight counties of Shunde Prefecture.
Feihong Building.

"Liaodong is a great place! It's rich in resources. As the saying goes: you can hit a roe deer with a stick and scoop up fish with a ladle; pheasants will fly into the rice pot. There are large tracts of black soil, and you can squeeze out oil from a handful of it." The storyteller on the stage was a relatively young man, with a capable light gleaming in his small eyes and a hint of ruffian on his face.

Xiao Zhang's arrival directly interrupted Xiao Xiansheng's performance and also caused dissatisfaction among the audience.

This young gentleman was Cao Tingyun. He apologized to the audience and then took the letter from Xiao Zhang. His face changed after reading the letter, but he still put the letter away and quickly finished the story. Then he quickly left Feihong Tower and returned to his residence.
Cao Tingyun was very excited when he saw the contents of the envelope. Although he was very satisfied with his current life, he always dreamed of making a career, returning to the capital with confidence, and slapping the faces of some people in the capital. Now the opportunity finally came.
I'll post one chapter first. This part of the story is written slowly. While writing the first part, I'm still thinking about the latter part.

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