Chapter 616 T-shaped roll chicken ribs become fat

  Feng Ziying's words made everyone present fall into silence for a while.

  Think about it too, what kind of business can make a steady profit without losing money, except for the salt business monopolized by the government, what else can there be?

  Way merchants don’t even touch salt in their entire lives. With this qualification, they can make hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in their entire life without risk.

  It’s so easy, which one has the mind to do other things? Just please some key people.

  This is an unfair business, immersed in the exchange of power and interests, there will naturally be people who are greedy and want to be more unfair. How can a censor be able to restrain this situation?

  Feng Ziying's words made everyone think deeply.

The group of salt merchants is the most controversial. There are many profit-seekers, and naturally there are more jealous people. Moreover, salt merchants like to show off, especially the sensation caused by the competition for extravagance when the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River came to pick them up. It is widely circulated so far.

  How powerful it was at that time, how much hatred and resentment it can attract now, even if there is still a considerable group of interested parties in the DPRK and China, they dare not easily jump out to touch this edge.

Although the Yangzhou salt merchants belong to a special part of the Jiangnan merchants on the surface, but because of their special nature, they belong to the north and the south in terms of origin. .

   "This matter is not urgent for the time being. I believe that the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate will give me a satisfactory explanation. There is no need to jump to conclusions on such matters. There is always a solution."

  Emperor Yonglong broke the silence.

  He has considered that mobilizing a group of salt merchants is indeed a risky move.

These salt merchants and the father are inextricably linked. Although the father seems to no longer care about this matter now, but he knows that some things and relationships are unbroken. If you really want to make a big move, you must It will cause a reaction, and this is not counting that the boss is making trouble inside.

But if he doesn't move, it will be difficult to highlight the prestige of the imperial court, that is, himself after he ascended the throne, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. He has realized that if he blindly shows weakness and compromises, he may not be able to avoid some things. Injury, put it aside appropriately and let the people below to toss it, but it will be beneficial to the next game, such as the new Lianghuai Patrol Salt Censor Candidates.

It's just that he didn't expect that Feng Ziying was not only ruthless and decisive, but also able to leave some leeway, and his handling method was also impeccable. Even the few people in the court who were planning to make trouble could not find a better opportunity. Qiao Yingjia and the others were behind the scenes, but it was quite rare to be able to play so smoothly.

When Emperor Yonglong said this, it was hard for others to say it again, and everyone felt that since the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate took over the matter, as long as the Zhongshu Division did not exceed its authority, there would be a lot more room for follow-up operations, which is also acceptable .

  The topic finally returned to the big topic of Dongfan's development, which was also the thing that the elders and Emperor Yonglong were most interested in.

  If you talk about the franchise fee, Kaihai bonds, follow-up Yinzhuang opening, or even triggering the beating and liquidation of the group of salt merchants, there will be some negative effects, but this is not the case.

   This matter is really only seeing benefits, and there are no disadvantages, and the key is that the court does not need to pay anything at all.

   This is so tempting.

  Back when Feng Ziying forcibly added the Dongpan Reclamation Project into the strategy of Kaihai, everyone felt that it was meaningless to do so, but they did not expect that this seemingly insignificant chicken rib has now become a fat meat that everyone is chasing after.

  Under the expectant eyes of everyone, Feng Ziying described the ins and outs of Dongfan affairs in detail.

  In fact, Feng Ziying mentioned this situation to Qi Yongtai, Qiao Yingjia, Guan Yingzhen and even the cabinet before the first trip to Jiangnan, and even mentioned it in front of Emperor Yonglong.

  But even his most thoughtful Qi Yongtai was not very interested in it. Qiao Yingjia didn't care about these matters, so he didn't bother to ask more.

  The other elders and Emperor Yonglong felt that Feng Ziying was carrying private goods, especially after the cabinet ministers and Emperor Yonglong recommended Shen Yourong, a veteran general, he had this idea in his heart.

This time Feng Ziying once again mentioned the ins and outs of the Hongmao Fan's invasion of Penghu in the past with the intention of getting involved in the Dong Fan's forced expulsion by Shen Yourong, half-truthfully linking the Budai Salt Farm with Shen Yourong's trip to Penghu, and then introducing himself. Gathering that Dongfan Island has vast land suitable for planting rice, sugar cane and other crops, there are gold and silver mines in the mountains, and the conditions and advantages of the Budai saltworks completely ignited the enthusiasm of this group of people at once.

"Ziying, we have heard about Longyou merchants for a long time. They drilled into the Dongting, and Longyou traveled everywhere. We have also heard of Anfu merchants. The most active group of Jiangyou merchants, their situation in Yunnan is quite special, so we can't generalize it. But Dongfan is no better than Yunnan, this cultivation is no small matter, they really don’t need the support of the imperial court?” Li Tingji asked first.

"Master Li, you are wrong. They just don't need the support of the imperial court in terms of money, but they definitely need support in terms of policies, such as bank loans, or the establishment of prefectures and counties by the imperial court for Dongfan. We must fully support it. In addition, Dongfan Island is now dominated by mountain people, and its production and lifestyle are primitive. It is urgent to move from those narrow and densely populated areas in our Dazhou territory for development. This also requires coordination with the local government. Yes, there are still many places that need the support of the court,..."

Li Tingji waved his hand indifferently, "Ziying, you don't understand what I mean, I mean that the silver and silver courts definitely can't support it, if it's a policy, it should be supported by the localities after the establishment of prefectures and counties in the future. I mean, needless to say, what I mean is, if the land is reclaimed, it can’t just become the land of these merchants, right? Should there be some specific explanations with the imperial court here, um, the policy also Can't be unilateral?"

  Feng Ziying was disdainful in her heart, this guy, he started to make up his mind before even writing his horoscope, so how do you mobilize the enthusiasm of the businessman to develop?

"Master Li, I don't quite agree with your point of view." At this moment, Feng Ziying knew that she had to clarify her attitude, otherwise once the greedy desires of these old guys were hooked out, the inherent old mentality would resurface. From now on, I'm afraid it's going to be a long time for Dongfan to reclamation.

   "Oh?" Fang Congzhe glanced at Li Tingji, interjected and asked: "It seems that Ziying has already made up her mind, so please tell us about it with the emperor."

"Master Li said that Dongfan is the land of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The officials agree very much. The land of Dongfan also needs to be measured. On the one hand, it needs to be registered and compiled, and the government will issue land deeds, but the court cannot arbitrarily locate it. The public land is then sold at a certain price, and the Longyou and Anfu merchants will never accept such a condition..."

"Dongfan seems to be very close to Fujian, but the reason why it has not been substantially developed for hundreds of years is because it has many obstacles. In addition to the sea ban policy, it is more of a local epidemic. Many people can't adapt at all. The mortality rate in the initial stage of reclamation will be very high. This is the exchange of their lives. Otherwise, why many people would rather go to the farther Nanyang than to go to Dongfan..., and the threat of the mountain people It is also a big problem. Once the real land is cultivated, conflicts with the Zhongshan people in Dongfan Mountain will be inevitable, and this will require a huge price of casualties. In the early stage, the imperial court probably would not invest many troops into Dongfan,..."

"Except for these factors, there is nothing on Dongfan Island. Roads, water conservancy facilities, houses, and even docks, warehouses, etc., all of which have to be started from scratch, and it takes a lot of labor to do it. It can be said that Longyou merchants It will take at least ten years for He Anfu businessmen to really make real profits. In the first ten years, they don't even want to make money. Even the salt farms that everyone thinks are the fattest, it is impossible to see profits in the first five years , it is for this reason that if you want to persuade these businessmen to open up land and reap the benefits of the imperial court, then at least the imperial court must give them a certain period of buffer development,..."

  Feng Ziying's patient and meticulous explanation made everyone understand that you can't kill the chicken and get the egg for quick success.

In particular, introduce them item by item of the dangers, risks, and difficulties they will face when they come to the door, and many of them should have been provided by the court, but now they all need to be pressured on these merchants. Zhuang Na's loans are all repaid with the principal and interest, and it is impossible for the merchants to ignore this account.

Ye Xianggao and the others are all good people. After thinking about it for a while, they know that this kind of business purely for land reclamation is really not very profitable. At least the land in Dongfan will not be worth much within ten years. More It is to declare the sovereignty of the court, but this sovereignty is not simple. After all, the court does not need to pay, and the salt service can make a fortune.

After Feng Ziying talked about the importance of controlling Dongfan to guarding the trade between Japan, North Korea, Xiyi and Nanyang, the cabinet ministers basically agreed with Feng Ziying's opinion, that is, the imperial court should take advantage of the salt affairs, but Tokenization can not consider other things for quite a long time, but the imperial court requires to see the progress of merchants in the field of reclamation in stages.

  This opinion is very fair. After all, you can’t just occupy the latrine and monopolize the right to develop it, but you still don’t move.

   It’s just that the princes of the court are more interested in how much money Dongfan Salt has, how much they can get immediately, and how much they can get every year in the future. This is what they are most interested in.

  The imperial treasury has completely bottomed out. If there is no more money to enter the account, then there will really be trouble.

   I haven’t been in good health. I’m afraid I can only do this for the past ten days and a half months. After a period of time when my body recovers, I’ll find a way to make up for it. Apologies.

  

  

  (end of this chapter)