Xinshun 1730

Chapter 978 Decisive victory thousands of miles away ([-])

"Just know. Let me say one more thing: Go back and tell those people behind you, tell them, just say what I said."

Since coming here, this is the first time that the lobbyist has seen Liu Yu look so serious, which is completely different from before. He hastily said: "Please tell me, the prince, and the villain will definitely convey it."

"Well. Tell them that the money that comes too easily will never be their own. Let them understand in their hearts that they are only managing money for the court. If the court allows them to have money, they can have money; the court does not want them to have money. They have no money, and there are people who can replace them."

"Understanding this truth, don't complain too much, let alone complain—if you have resentment, if you really have kindness, then don't do it."

Normally, these words would sound a bit creepy.

But at this juncture, these words reassure lobbyists.

"Don't worry, duke, even if you don't say these truths, you will know. The villain will pass these words back on the grounds. Besides, what instruction does the duke have?"

Liu Yu waved his hand and said: "There is nothing else, there is nothing to do. As long as you understand the truth, you will know everything. This year's water transport reform, the old salt road will be changed. Millions of water workers are enough trouble, Your Majesty. Overcoming all opinions... If you have a little discernment, you should know whether it is time to 'offer auspicious luck' or 'celestial phenomenon police' at this time."

"I don't want to see anything like 'flooding and reshipment', 'wreck and loss of salt' this year."

The lobbyist was even more delighted, and said repeatedly: "I understand! I understand!"

Thinking of this, I made it very clear. It seems that His Majesty is really just here to ask for money.Thinking about it, there are many changes this year, such as water transportation and Huaihe River. How can there be so much energy to do other things at the same time?

Since it is said that His Majesty did everything possible to dispel the opinions of the public, if there is any problem with the Yanzheng at this time, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of the emperor?
Besides, isn't there a big hat of Duke Xingguo in it?I'm afraid that Duke Xingguo only wants to reform and stabilize the water transport, and the rest can be negotiated and compromised.This water transportation is not only rice, but also salt transportation, which is a big deal.

Even if the sales are overwhelmed and the re-shipments are made, this year should not be necessary. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

It seems that this can be regarded as a kind of 'contract' given by the above-the emperor will not change the salt policy, and you salt merchants will give you money and guarantee that there will be no accidents in the past two years. Something went wrong."

For such a big matter, the more serious it is, the safer it is, this truth is well known to lobbyists.

Liu Yu didn't say anything more, and knocked on the "snack" box again, indicating that the lobbyist could leave.

After the lobbyist left, Liu Yu shouted to the people outside: "Go and invite General Shi."

After a while, Shi Shiyong came in without asking what Liu Yu had said to those people. He just glanced at the snack box Liu Yu was pointing at, and couldn't help showing a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Liu Yu didn't talk about what happened just now, but only said: "How did Brother Shi investigate the private salt matter?"

Shi Shiyong understood what Liu Yu meant by targeted investigation and handling, so he smiled and said, "There are quite a lot of investigations, and the more investigations become more complicated. Some people in the army, especially those who used to inspect the water transport, are all concerned. Participate in it. The people the Duke is looking for have nothing to do with these people. The purely private salt dealers have also checked a lot, and there are clues here."

"After the investigation, I found that there are some business tyrants in the salt fields and transport ports in various places. There are even some vicious businessmen who lead a team to break into the card directly. And the business tyrants in Yankou in various places are also very brave because of their numbers. Fighting hard, bullying and dominating the market in private, very arrogant."

"Supposedly we should not care about these people, but they are deeply rooted in the local area. If we don't care about them, it will be difficult to deal with."

"Since the Duke wants to turn a tycoon into a businessman, the private salt dealers can do nothing. Are these business tyrants not at all?"

This is a private job, and Haierjun actually doesn't care about these things of bullying and dominating the market, but since they want to cooperate with the reform of the salt administration, they have to take care of this matter.

Liu Yu thought for a while and said: "Don't worry, keep watching, keep checking. Remember, don't rush. Hold on first, and talk about it later. For the private salt dealers, you can find some reliable confidantes... um, Just pretend to be a kidnapper, arrest a few confidantes who are close to the private salt dealer, and escort them here secretly. I'll ask something. Don't reveal your official identity."

Shi Shiyong can guess at a glance, this is to grasp the sales network of the following private salt dealers, and see to what extent it has reached.

The reason behind this is also very simple. Private salt dealers are suppressed by the government, not because they are incapable.If they can engage in a market of [-] yuan now, once they become regulars and become businessmen, then they will definitely be able to increase it by four or five times.

"Success, I'll pick some good hands to do it. Don't worry about this kind of thing, the Duke, we used to cast nets everywhere before, and people of all religions and ranks know it. We went to Baishan Heishui, squatted in Edo Japanese pirates, Annan Korea also You can go, it’s not too difficult.”

Liu Yu smiled, got up and pushed those snack boxes: "There is one more thing to trouble Brother Shi. In addition to some money tickets given by His Majesty, the amount is not small. Send some people to Songjiang Mansion The sooner the better, pay attention to safety on the road...these are all banknotes, not Kuping's silver locks, tens of thousands per box, be careful."

Bank notes are still a novelty these days. Only large merchants with strong capital and rich business capital can issue convertible bank notes. No one in Dashun had such business power before.Those who engage in fur business, lend money in Mongolia, and sell tea to Rakshasa are still a few years away from having such strong capital.

Just looking at such a small wooden box, which can hold tens of thousands of silver, Shi Shiyong also found it novel, stretched out his hand to weigh it, and said with a smile: "Who would have thought that there could be tens of thousands of taels in it? That's okay." , I’ll pick someone out right now, Duke, let’s seal the box with wax paint.”

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When the Huaibei salt administration reform became more and more popular, it did not seem to affect the business situation of Songjiang Prefecture.The only thing that has an impact may be that the stock price of shipping has risen again, and the abolishment of the canal means that in the future, the southern products that have the right to trade in Gyeonggi will have to go by sea instead of the canal. .

Other than that, the rest seems to be in order.Receipt of the goods that should be received, preparations for the Western goods that should be prepared before the monsoon comes.

Xing Guogong's Songjiang Mansion, as usual, parked a lot of carriages.Although Xing Guogong is still on the north side of the Yellow River, and although Kang Bushao, who was in charge before, is said to be in Rakshasa now, it does not prevent that there are still people in charge of various things here.

Although in order to change customs, Zhao Yu of the previous dynasty came up with the allusion of "Songjiang prefect will come tomorrow", which changed the Songjiang mansion's habit of litigating lawsuits.

But after Liu Yu started to influence the Songjiang Mansion, he changed customs in the opposite direction. The kind of people who are praised as tomorrow are not Confucianism at all, but the kind of Xiangyuan.

Therefore, this reverse change of customs is to encourage people to go to the Yamen to solve problems.Because the times are developing, as a commercially developed area, if you do something like tomorrow, there will be no tomorrow.

Even so, in addition to the various new yamen, there are many things that need to be coordinated in an official capacity, but in an unofficial capacity.

This kind of thing is naturally centered on Xing Guogong's Songjiang Mansion.

The guests who came today are not surprised by this style.They sat in a large room, with a small cubicle next to it, with a curtain hanging in front of the cubicle, and the people in it chatted with them.

It's not talking in the official hall, and there will never be any curtains or women in the official hall. Naturally, it's all about business.

After the usual polite conversation, the businessmen who came today hurriedly said that they were all small businesses.

Tian Zhenyi behind the curtain smiled and said, "You guys are really modest."

"Nowadays there is a saying in Jiangsu and Zhejiang that the Gao family is in charge of life, and the Xue family is in charge of death. Who doesn't know?"

The businessman surnamed Gao and Xue hurriedly said they didn't dare, but they were still happy about this evaluation.

Xue's family is a maritime merchant. After Dashun went to Nanyang, they seized the business opportunity and took the lead in establishing a trading company that specialized in Nanyang and Liaodong.

It was originally engaged in Nanyang business. After the integration, with the help of the east wind of Dashun going to Nanyang and the integration of equity, within a few years, the rest of the retail merchants in the same industry could not hold their heads up.

The outside world said that "the Xue family is in charge of death", the reason inside is related to the trading products of the trading company led by the Xue family.

The members of Xue's family bought tin blocks from Bangka and other places in Nanyang in January and February.

Ship to Shaoxing, Hangzhou and other places.

At this time, Shaoxing was known as the "half tin city", with Shaoxing as the center of the circle, almost monopolizing the tin foil industry in the whole country.

China is a country that emphasizes ancestor worship. With the monetization of silver in the Ming Dynasty, those tin foil ingots that look like "silver ingots" quickly became popular.

Obviously, this custom also started in the Ming Dynasty, just like the denomination on the top of Ming coins must have been a custom after paper money became popular.

Paper money looks like Brother Kong Fang, but how worthless is Brother Kong Fang now?How many brothers Kong Fang can one "silver ingot" exchange for?This year is not the time for banknotes, and the amount cannot be written on the coins, so that the Tiandi Bank is made to look like the "Bank of Zimbabwe". Naturally, "silver ingots" are rampant.

Tin from Nanyang Bangka and other places was shipped to Zhejiang and shipped before the Hungry Ghost Festival on July [-]th.

In June, Xue's merchant ship was loaded with tin foil and headed to Liaodong.

In Liaodong, wait until August [-]th, when the soybeans are harvested, and then transport soybeans from Liaodong to Songjiang Prefecture.

Then go to Zhejiang to fill up the tin foil, go to Nanyang, and face the consumption of tin foil for the ancestors of the Nanyang Chinese during the Chinese New Year. The number of Nanyang Chinese is increasing, and they leave their hometowns, and they burn more tin foil during the Chinese New Year.

Because they want to tell their grandparents: We left our hometowns and your graves in order to make money.Look, I will burn some silver ingots for you, and burn them vigorously, so that you will not suffer there.

After the new year, go to Bangjia to install tin blocks and return to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

According to folklore, the king of hell who is in charge of "distinguishing good from evil, approving grades, and sending them to reincarnation" must be the hardest-hit area for "bribery and bribery" because of the scope of power and jurisdiction-like the king of hell in the Ten Temples. The boss Qin Guangwang, although he has greater powers and responsibilities, he is in charge of life and death. This thing is not easy to bribe, and he is not dead yet. How can he burn money to bribe him?

So this wheel-running King of Hades, who is in charge of condemning the reincarnation of good and evil, is exactly where money is spent.

But according to the story, the surname of the wheel-runner Hades is Xue.

And the Xue family is specialized in this kind of business, so they joked that "the Xue family is in charge of death".

As for Gao's housekeeper, the birth here is not because of the surname of Marshal Gao, who was born in the golden basin of the Nine Heavens Xilin Jinque Supervisor.

The life here actually refers to "catch the week".

The Gao family led the establishment of a company whose main business is needles, threads, pens and inks, rattles, small flower shoes and many other miscellaneous goods.

In Nanyang, Liaodong and other places, the shops selling groceries everywhere are supplied by the Gao family.

In a middle-class family, children have to catch their first birthday. These weird things can be bought in various grocery stores.When asked about the quality of the goods, they all said that the goods came from the Gao family, so they gradually gained such a reputation.

Xue and Gao are just ordinary people among the group of people who came today.

They modestly say that they are a small business, but compared to other wealthy merchants, they only monopolize tin foil, tin blocks and daily necessities in the coastal areas of the country and Southeast Asia, and they can only be regarded as "small" businesses.

Except for Xue and Gao, the rest of the merchants invited to the banquet today are also in a similar situation: they are the winners of the new era, relying on opportunities such as going to Nanyang, the joint-stock system, and conquering Japan, they quickly defeated other places. Merchants, relying on strong financing, navigation and other advantages, completed the monopoly of certain commodities.

But there are not many types of monopoly, and most of them are small corners that "those real wealthy businessmen don't look at".

What they have in common is that they have shops and warehouses everywhere, and they know a lot of people from all levels of education.

They are all emerging classes. They didn't have a deep foundation before, and they jumped up by the times.

They are all eager to do bigger business, but suffer from no way out.

In Liaodong, Gyeonggi, Nanyang and other places, commercial networks have been initially established.

It is said that it is a big businessman, but it is not very big; but it is a small business, and that is lying.

(End of this chapter)