Ming Zuo

Chapter 1057 Capital Power
"Do you know the difference between Xia Guo and Daming?"

"Daming is conservative, while Xia is open."

"Daming is no different from the previous dynasties. Under the feudal system, people are tightly bound to the land."

"Landlords headed by the emperor, officials and gentry rely on their control of the land to cruelly exploit the people. If it is a normal season, the people can barely survive. Once natural disasters and man-made disasters occur, the people who cannot survive can only rise up. "

"Daming is only that big, and there is only so much land. But the population is constantly increasing, and Daming does not allow people to move. If things go on like this, the number of people that the land can carry will inevitably exceed the limit."

"This is the source of the current predicament of Ming Dynasty."

"Our country Xia is different."

"The people of the Xia Kingdom are free and can go anywhere. Moreover, our government of the Xia Kingdom will also find new land for the people to accommodate the excessive population."

"The crisis that can bring about the downfall of the Ming Dynasty is nothing in our country of Xia."

"The piece of land you see can accommodate tens of millions of people."

"Take this Shijia Village as an example. There used to be more than [-] people, but the land is only about [-] mu. No matter how you plant it, it will definitely not be able to support you. But now half of the population has been relocated from Shijia Village. The same land only needs to bear the consumption of more than [-] people, isn't the pressure reduced a lot?"

"I believe that some people will go to other places to seek a living in the future, which will further reduce the amount of land carrying capacity."

"Shi Zhongcheng, do you understand? The Ming Dynasty must perish, and the Xia Kingdom must prosper."

Fu Yijian's long speech gave Shi Kefa an unparalleled impact.

Especially when combined with the map on the wall, his world view was greatly shaken.

Before going to Fengyang to take up his post, he had already learned about the situation there.

Say Fengyang, say Fengyang

Fengyang is a good place
Since Emperor Zhu came out

Nine years of famine in ten years

Still under the rule of the Zhu family dynasty, such folk songs circulated in the land of Longxing, the emperor of the Zhu family, which is enough to explain everything.

Shi Kefa has been thinking about how to improve the local people's livelihood?

Let's not talk about his ability, but he is definitely a clean and good official.

However, under Daming, there are problems everywhere, so he can't think of a solution at all.

Unexpectedly, today in Xia Guo, I saw a different way of handling it.

But as a traditional scholar-bureaucrat, let him think about solutions away from the land.No doubt, it's not that easy.

Shi Kefa is not a novice either.

He was even more aware that if he dared to do this in Daming, his end would be very miserable.

Those deep-rooted country gentry and landowners will definitely try their best to drive him into the abyss.

Is Daming really hopeless?

Seeing that Fu Yijian had dealt with Shi Kefa, Wang Wuqi got impatient for a long time.

"Mayor Fu, let me ask a question. The country is now vigorously immigrating to Jilin Province, but the land there can't be divided up. If this is the case, can you give some to our unified company?"

Fu Yijian was a little surprised.

"What do you mean by that?"

Wang Wuqi was gearing up, assuming he was ready to do something big.

"Nowadays, grain production is limited, grain prices are rising, and even if you have money, you can't buy flour. But our company's production cannot be stopped. I thought, since there are countless people in Jilin Province Can you allocate some of the land to our unified company? We will build our own farms, grow our own wheat, produce our own flour, and then supply the factories. In this way, we don’t have to compete with the state and society for food, and we can make money and reduce costs. Cost, isn’t it a multiplicity of actions?”

Fu Yijian listened in a daze, his eyes full of excitement.

"Okay, old Wang, your vision is really amazing. I'm thinking about this method. Just wait, I'll report to the center immediately."

Isn't that what Wang Wuqi was waiting for?

"Oh, my Lord Mayor, then I'm begging you. You can talk to the center carefully. If they agree, our company will recruit people by ourselves, without the help of the state or the state's money. We only need to allocate land for us. , we promise to pay taxes in full.”

Fu Yijian's report was sent to the cabinet, which quickly aroused extensive discussions.

Nowadays, immigrating to Jilin Province is still a national strategy, and the country is also making a unified plan.The participation of private companies is beneficial or detrimental, making the officials uncertain for a while.

Seeing that there were many people who agreed and opposed, Hou Xun thought about it and went to Zuo Menggeng with the report.

As for Zuo Menggeng, someone was blowing the wind.

"Brother-in-law, everyone can go to Jilin Province now, can our Artistry company also go?"

While eating melon seeds, Xu Ruoxin supported Zuo Xuanyan with her feet, without delaying the business.

"It's to accommodate the surplus population. What is your company going to do?"

Xu Ruoxin didn't hide it.

"We have to pay for the furs shipped from Jilin Province. The cost of this item alone remains high. I originally wanted to promote fur products to the public, but the results are good. Now there are only a small number of people. Only then can we afford it. If our Artistry company can control the source of raw materials, we can make a lot of money.”

Zuo Menggeng understood.

Elegant company mainly focuses on leather products, while Xiaguo's fur mainly comes from Jilin Province, which is obtained from the Northward Legion and the local aborigines hunting animals.

These furs were transported to Shandong by sea, and the cost increased a lot, which indirectly led to the high price of leather products.

Now in Xia Kingdom, leather shoes, furs, purses, belts and other leather products can only be afforded by the rich.

It's not that ordinary people don't like it, but they don't want to pay for it.

But how many rich people are there?

Consumption is extremely limited.

Many of the products produced by ARTISTRY have been accumulated in the warehouse.

If the cost of leather products can be reduced to make the price more affordable, a larger market will surely be opened up.

Zuo Menggeng has been vigorously promoting commercial trade in Xia Kingdom and cultivating the merchant class.Now it's finally starting to show results.

The growing bourgeoisie finally revealed their aggressive side.

For this phenomenon, Zuo Menggeng is of course happy to see its success.

In this era of disorderly expansion, if the Xia Kingdom wants to seize the most lucrative benefits, it is obviously not enough to rely on the power of the country.

There are too many things that the country needs to consider, and every time a place is opened up, a complete administrative system needs to be established.

In this way, the pace of development must be greatly delayed.

On the contrary, non-governmental forces have no such concerns.

As long as you walk by, you can be labeled as Xia Guo, and the cost of opening up is also very low.

Now that private capital wants to join in, it's too late for Zuo Menggeng to be happy.

"The extreme north is very difficult and dangerous, especially among the barren mountains and wild mountains. Non-tyrannical people cannot survive. If your elegant company wants to form an adventure team, I suggest you go find those people from the rivers and lakes."

(End of this chapter)