Chapter 600 The road ahead

   So far, Feng Ziying believes that he has basically overachieved his goal. Although the affairs of Kaihai Bonds and Yinzhuang’s stock offering have not yet officially started, relying on the previous contact, he already has confidence in his heart.

  The income from the royalties is slightly lower than Feng Ziying's estimate, but for Emperor Yonglong and the cabinet, they should be very satisfied.

Although Qi Yongtai and Zheng Jizhi did not put forward specific requirements, Guan Yingzhen still revealed a general bottom line to Feng Ziying. The franchise fees of the three provinces of Nanzhi, Zhejiang, and Fujian should strive for an income of more than 800,000 taels this year. The work has been overfulfilled, but it is slightly short of the 1.2 million taels that Feng Ziying set for herself.

  The extra income of Dongpan Salt is enough for him to face the cabinet and the emperor with full confidence.

   This is pure windfall.

Lian, Zhu, and Lin are all famous families in Fujian, and they have a strong foundation in Fujian. According to their idea, they plan to win the right to develop and operate the salt field on the right bank for ten years. There is no problem with the extension, but how to sell the produced salt to Dazhou is a problem.

Moreover, if you want to quickly spread out the reclamation in all directions, the capital investment is quite large, especially under the premise that you need to pay a considerable monopoly fee to the imperial court. The three families are somewhat stretched, so they readily accepted Feng Ziying's hope. They and salt merchants work together to form a proposal for a development consortium.

"Two million taels in ten years, to be honest, it's not that much." Lin Ruhai stroked his chin, "If the right bank salt farm in Dongfan is really as impressive as you describe, and can even catch up with the Lianghuai salt farm, then don't say two million taels, Even three million is worth it."

"The natural conditions of the salt field are definitely not bad. The terrain in the east and west coasts is low and flat, there is almost no precipitation in winter, and the sunshine is good, and the seawater has high salinity. This is true, but there are also many difficulties. There is almost a wasteland there. In order to build a saltworks, you need people first, you have to face miasma and epidemics, you need to relocate people from Fujian, and all the food and clothing expenses of these people need to be transported from Fujian in a short period of time, this is not a small expense,..."

Feng Ziying was discussing with Lin Ruhai, "According to my discussion with Lian Wenzhuang, Lin Huosheng and others, at least 300 to 500 households need to move in in the initial stage, and because of the possible threat from the local mountain people, Wang Jiuyu has to prepare one or two Bai Kongwu's powerful armed force followed in, coupled with the impact of the plague and miasma, it is estimated that the first three years will be a big loss,..."

  Lin Ruhai has also been immersed in the salt business for many years, so he is no stranger to it.

   "Almost, it will take three years for the Yantian to be basically formed. If you can start to gain something from the fifth year, it will be considered good,..."

"The strength of these companies is a little weaker, but they are the top snakes in Fujian, they are familiar with people, and there is also Wang Jiuyu, a private salt dealer. The combination of these aspects can be regarded as a suitable target. If It will be more appropriate if one or two salt merchants join in."

Feng Ziying's words made Lin Ruhai laugh, "Ziying, you don't want this merchant from Fujian to monopolize the salt field on the right bank, do you? Joining the salt merchant from Yangzhou can balance the opponent's power so that you can control it in the future. Who can't see it? "

"So what if you can see it? Even this condition is unacceptable. How could the imperial court allow the existence of a land beyond Huaihua, and it is also a land of salt production? It's impossible to think about it. Even Wenzhuang and Lin Huosheng agreed so readily, that's also true." Understand this, if you are still that stupid like that Zhu Boheng, you can only expel him."

  Feng Ziying pouted contemptuously.

"Ziying, Zhu Boheng probably agreed with Helian and Lin a long time ago. Someone must play the role of an opponent, right? Otherwise, you may have to come up with more tricks." Lin Ruhai smiled lightly, " These businessmen and gentry are not honed out, and such small tricks have long been used with ease."

  Feng Ziying froze for a moment, imagining that it really seemed to be the case.

  If it wasn't for Zhu Boheng who was there to oppose in every possible way, and even made a gesture of tearing his face apart, maybe he might have put forward higher demands in other aspects.

   This group of guys really played it very smoothly.

   Seeing that Feng Ziying realized something, Lin Ruhai didn't care. Which young people didn't come from this kind of situation?

"But it's about the same, Ziying, as you said, the investment in the initial development may be much higher than they expected in advance, and the impact of weather, acclimatization and disease may be greater than imagined, and The uncertain factor of the mountain people is also difficult to predict. If you are a man, take a step back, and two million taels of silver should be far beyond the court's prediction. Uncle Yu thinks that you are about to become a good fortune boy in the eyes of all the elders. , you can go to the household department to do the main job."

  Lin Ruhai still has some things to say, but he believes that Feng Ziying can understand that it is self-evident that Mu Xiu will be destroyed by Lin Feng.

  Compared with her peers, Feng Ziying is already too outstanding. Of course, because of his master's background and the emperor's blue eyes, he will be proud of himself, but if it continues like this, it may not be a good thing.

   It is even a good thing for Lin Ruhai that the income from royalties did not meet Feng Ziying's own expectations.

  If it is said that Kaihai’s bond sale went too smoothly, and Yinzhuang’s stock offering was also very popular, Lin Ruhai would really be worried.

   Fortunately, Feng Ziying took the initiative to raise 50,000 taels of stock. This act of showing weakness made Lin Ruhai a little relieved.

   Judging from Feng Ziying's current performance, he is too perfect, which is not a good thing, even very dangerous.

   And if he goes too smoothly in the early stage, more and more people will intentionally or unintentionally set up obstacles for him, or even suppress and exclude him.

   Fortunately, his current Pin Yi is not too high, from the sixth rank, but this age is too dazzling.

"Uncle, do you think my nephew will go to the Sixth Ministry or the local government after the business of opening the sea is over?" Feng Ziying could also feel the deep meaning and hidden worry in Lin Ruhai's words, and said calmly: "Mr. My nephew mentioned it before, saying that the position of being a sixth-rank editor is too dazzling, and it is a good thing right now, but it is not appropriate to follow suit, even if there are new achievements in the sea-opening business, it is better to seek other rewards."

  Lin Ruhai had a look of relief on his face, Qiao Yingjia, an old fox, could still see clearly.

   It's not that Qi Yongtai can't see it, but he probably feels that he has his backing and doesn't care too much. He is too high in the elder's position, so it is difficult to feel something.

  As for Guan Yingzhen, I am afraid that he is now fascinated by the Kaihai incident and has no time to take care of it for the time being, but he will definitely realize it in the future. Only this Qiao Yingjia is the most sober when he watches from the sidelines.

   "Ziying, what do you think?" Lin Ruhai pondered.

"It's hard for my nephew to make a choice." Feng Ziying thought for a while, "Master Qi intends to let my nephew go to the Ministry of Officials, but it is estimated that there will be some criticism from the outside, so Master Qi considers that if possible, he can go to the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Households. Wait until two years in the first term of director, and then consider the official department or go directly to the household department, but my nephew feels that if there is no experience in a prefecture or county, it will be difficult to truly understand the current hardships and administrative affairs of the people in Dazhou, so I still think It is necessary to go to the place to polish it,..."

  Lin Ruhai thought about it, Feng Ziying was compiled by the Imperial Academy last year, according to the tenure and practice of Jinshi and Shujishi, if the three-year Jinshi observation period expires, there must be three levels of promotion.

  Feng Ziying is now at the sixth rank. If she rises to the third rank, she may be an official of the fifth rank. This will almost break the historical record of the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

   "You don't want to stay in the capital?" Lin Ruhai frowned slightly, "The capital is easy to leave but difficult to enter, you have to figure it out."

  Feng Ziying smiled, "Uncle, my nephew is still young, if you just want to stay in Beijing and find comfort, then it doesn't make much sense."

Lin Ruhai thought about it, and the other party will only be eighteen years old next year. It will take two years to polish it. If there is such a stroke in his resume in the future, many things will be much easier to say. As for the difficulty of entering Beijing, it may be true for others, but for him I'm afraid it won't matter.

"Well, since you've made up your mind, it's not impossible to go to the local government, but Uncle Yu suggests that you'd better start as an assistant, don't blindly aim high and try to be strong and aggressive. Local chores are quite different from this kind of court plan. Although you are talented You have to get used to it slowly, especially because the local gentry forces are deeply intertwined, so you need to deal with them carefully,..."

Lin Ruhai also understood what Lin Ruhai meant. Feng Ziying is too young, and the locality is not as good as that of the imperial court. It may not be easy to put your great achievements below. It is very important to establish prestige. If you can think about local affairs with the mind, you can also avoid taking too many risks. It is not too late to think about other things after you have some political experience.

   "My nephew understands."

  Feng Ziying also knows that she can think this way, but there are often some things that she may not be able to control herself.

The situation is changing in the middle of the dynasty, and it is estimated that the Kaihai affairs will last for a year or two before it can slowly get on the right track. I guess I will not be able to escape for the time being. Even if I return to the capital city, the affairs of the Zhongshu Department will take some time to complete. Gradually figure it out, it is impossible for Guan Yingzhen to let him go at this time, and he doesn't know what will happen then.

  Especially the intricate relationship between the Supreme Emperor, Prince Yizhong and Emperor Yonglong, Feng Ziying estimates that it will become increasingly tense in the past two or three years.

Prince Yizhong may not have such good patience, especially when he sees that the situation will be more and more unfavorable to him as it drags on, will he look for opportunities to take risks in the past two years, can the Supreme Emperor still control the situation, really Hard to say.

  (end of this chapter)