Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 883 Must Give Face

In the Yahua Hall behind the Daotai Yamen in Jinmen, the new Daotai prince Teng Zheng was talking to Jia Rong, the head of the Ning Mansion who took the initiative to visit.

"Your Majesty Wang, there is no need to doubt it. Shipping by sea is nothing outrageous. There is no express prohibition on sea transportation in Daqian!"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Besides, the scale was small at the beginning. It was just a fleet organized by Xue's family traveling from north to south to do some material transshipment trade!"

"The seaport here in Jinmen wants to develop, if it is done quietly, how can it be possible within three to five years?"

Wang Ziteng nodded in agreement, this is reliable.

But he also had to figure out Jia Rong's real purpose, so he asked directly without hesitation.

"The purpose is very simple, to make money, to make a lot of money!"

Seeing Wang Ziteng's puzzled expression, he laughed and said, "Don't think that the Ningrong Second Mansion has a deep accumulation. If you only deal with Uncle Lian and Uncle Zhu, plus Uncle Zheng's promotion, naturally it will not be a big problem!"

"But the ethnology side continues to cultivate talents, and many talents have already entered the officialdom, and a lot of money is needed to pave the way!"

"I don't want the talents cultivated by ethnology to fall on the money just after entering the officialdom with too shallow eyelids!"

"Even if you want to make money, you have to gain a firm foothold in the officialdom, and form a linkage with other ethnic scholars to create momentum before it's too late to make money!"

"Right now, what the Ningrong Second Mansion and the four major families want is to make a big splash, let others know that we are up again!"

What Jia Rong said was straightforward, but Wang Ziteng said it with excitement.

"Aren't there enough coal mines in Jin Province?"

Of course, Wang Ziteng is not so easy to fool.

Because of the briquette, at this time in the big cities in the north, briquette basically replaced firewood as the main fuel, and the market is huge.

Ningfu, which owns a large coal mine in Jin Province, can be said to hold a golden mountain in its hands.

It can be said that in terms of money, the Ning Mansion will have no problems in the future.

"Master Wang, if everything comes from the Ning Mansion, will the talents learned from that clan belong to the Jia Family or the Ning Mansion?"

Jia Rong said it very clearly and straightforwardly: "Besides, such a thing will not be allowed to happen today!"

Just kidding, the potential of a family and the potential of the pure Ningfu are two completely different concepts, okay?

"How lucrative shipping is, Mr. Wang knows it well!"

"I very much hope that as long as the four major families have the ability to earn enough money by sea, at least they won't have to fall into a passive situation because of the money in the future!"

Wang Ziteng was silent, he was thinking about the authenticity of Jia Rong's words.

He is naturally quite familiar with shipping.

You know, back then, the ancestor of the Wang family, that is, his grandfather, the first generation of the head of the Wang family, first started to manage the Shibo Department.

To manage the Shipbuilding Department, it is natural to deal with many maritime merchants.

The sentence describing the wealth of the Wang family, the lack of white jade beds in the East China Sea, and the Dragon King coming to find the King of Jinling, was the period when the Wang family was the richest, that is, when it was managing the Shibo Department.

When Wang Ziteng was a child, he also saw the scene of the Wang family's wealthiest period.

The wealth of the Wang family is entirely dependent on those powerful maritime merchants.

Just having a certain share in the fleet of maritime merchants made the Wang Mansion extremely rich for a while, and the wealth on the surface was even greater than that of the Ning Rong Second Mansion.

It's a pity that the management of the Shibo Department was too lucrative, and was quickly taken away by the royal family.

The old Earl Wang of the Wang family was compensated, and he sat on the top official position in the court in one fell swoop, and the power and wealth of the Wang family reached the peak.

All of these are the benefits brought by sea transportation, so he naturally knows it well.

However, it is not easy to start shipping in Jinmen.

"You think of a way to let me sit on the Jinmen Taoist platform, and it's also for shipping?"

Wang Ziteng spoke suddenly and changed the subject.

"That's right!"

Jia Rong replied frankly: "I have my plan, and vigorously developing Jinmen shipping is just the beginning, but this does not conflict with Mr. Wang's career!"

"Do you know that Jinmen has such a good shipping environment, why the shipping has not been developed much, and there are even signs of being abandoned?"

Seeing that he spoke so bluntly, Wang Ziteng didn't hide it, and asked directly.

This matter is very important, if Jia Rong does not understand the key point, it is impossible for him to fully support it.

As a veteran in the officialdom with good abilities, there are some difficulties that need to be made clear in advance.

In case he had to carry it alone, Wang Ziteng finally got the chance to stand up, but he didn't have the will to be the one who took the blame.

"Isn't it the work of the Water Transport Yamen?"

Jia Rong sneered and said, "I really don't know the so-called. The imperial court spends a lot of money to maintain the operation of the Grand Canal. How can it easily shake the status of water transport?"

"It's just that they want to monopolize the interests of shipping. They want to get all the benefits that the canal can get!"

"I don't even look at it, how crowded is the canal?"

Jia Rong sneered again and again, what he said was the truth.

As one of the joints of water transportation, Jinmen has hundreds of thousands of ships passing by every day, and the wharf cannot receive it at all.

A large number of ships can only wait to berth on the canal. The wasted resources and efficiency, if converted into silver, are at least in units of thousand taels or even ten thousand taels.

Don't look at the busy wharves of the towns and cities where the canal passes, but in Jia Rong's view, the waste is too serious.

Moreover, the people at the bottom do not get much benefit, which is completely inconsistent with the powerful role of the canal in driving the economy of cities and towns along the way.

Of course, he would not say such a big and broad statement easily.

It is obviously more reliable to talk about things with Wang Ziteng and only talk about interests.

"Also, some forces don't want the present, or the royal family is focusing on shipping, and they want to monopolize the benefits of shipping!"

"The energy of these guys is not small. They even stretched out their hands to Jinmen. It's really lawless!"

When these words came out, it was Wang Ziteng's turn to open his eyes wide, his face full of disbelief.

"Brother Rong, do you know the way here?"

"I don't know, but since I want to start shipping in Jinmen, I naturally have to study the history here, and found some very interesting things!"

Jia Rong sneered and said, "To put it bluntly, if these guys are willing to share the benefits of maritime trade with the government, the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty can last for at least a hundred years, or even last longer like the Southern Song Dynasty!"

"Unfortunately, they are too greedy. They blocked the largest channel for the Nanming court to gain external benefits and transfuse themselves. As a result, they forced the Nanming court to death. It is quite powerful..."

In other words, before the collapse of the former Ming Dynasty and the establishment of the Dagan Dynasty, there also appeared a regime occupying the south, the Nanming Small Court.

When the former Ming Dynasty came to the civil war, after all, it had ruled for so many years.

Especially the previous emperors were basically regarded as Mingjun, and their influence and foundation were quite deep.

The vassal kings from all over the world did not fail to work hard after the collapse of the former Ming Dynasty.

During this period, many vassal princes in the south of the Yangtze River united to build the Nanming small court, which was the most influential regime.

It's a pity that the small imperial court of Nanming only lasted for more than [-] years, and it completely collapsed because of internal and external troubles.

There is no need to mention foreign aggression. At that time, some people wanted to rebuild the Ming Dynasty, and naturally there were ambitious people who were not willing. The small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty was the biggest target of many ambitious people at that time.

Originally, the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty still had a great chance. After all, the northern part had suffered a lot from the remnants of the Meng Yuan Dynasty, and they simply did not have enough strength to compete with the southern part.

It's a pity that the internal troubles of the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty were even worse. There were endless infighting among the military leaders, and the most serious thing was the financial collapse. In the end, the entire regime fell apart.

It should be said that during the existence of the Nanming small court, the southeast clan specializing in maritime trade was strong, and had a considerable say in the Nanming small court.

Originally, as a part of the Nanming small court, and a rather powerful part, the Southeast clan should contribute money and efforts to stabilize the situation of the Nanming small court.

Unfortunately, the opposite is true.

It seems that the existence of the small imperial court in Nanming is just to make better money for the big clan in the southeast, which is ridiculous.

At that time, there were many military leaders in the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty. If they wanted to gather military power and unify it, they needed a lot of money to buy and stabilize the situation.

There are also sensible people in the court, and they naturally want to follow the example of the Southern Song Dynasty in opening up maritime trade, and increase fiscal revenue through this move.

As a result, the big clan in the southeast did not agree at all, and did not allow the small court of the Nanming Dynasty to intervene in maritime trade.It's as if the ocean trade in the southeast region is their favorite thing, quite domineering.

Even, in order to put an end to the whims of the small imperial court, they not only tried their best to block it in the court, but also caused a serious Japanese riot in private.

The entire Nanming court existed for only 50 years, but it took almost [-] years to fight against the pirates along the coast.

During this period, it is not that there have been some famous anti-Japanese generals. Although the strength and performance are far behind Qi Jiguang in the official history, the strength is still quite good.

However, after all, the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty can control a limited area, and its financial revenue is even worse every year. How can it withstand such years of wars?

The same is true. Within two years after the Japanese invasion in the southeast coast ended, the small imperial court of the Nanming Dynasty also fell apart and completely ended.

It can be said that the Southeast clan, which monopolized the maritime trade along the southeast coast, played a key role in it.

In times of chaos, they can still firmly control the huge profits of ocean trade.Has always been happy and unrestrained.

When Taizu Dagan unifies the universe, if it is not the place where the price starts, it is Jinling, which is inextricably linked with the southeast big clan, plus there are large sums of money and food sponsorship from time to time on the way to the army, I am afraid that when Dagan is unified The Southeast clan was liquidated.

The lessons learned from the small imperial court in the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Dagan imperial court naturally cannot tolerate the existence of the southeast big clan to continue to enjoy themselves.

Due to various reasons, although Daqian Taizu did not attack the Southeast clan, he opened up the ocean trade on a large scale and interrupted the monopoly of the Southeast clan.

Otherwise, where did the Shibo Department managed by Wang Laoling, the ancestor of the Wang family, come from?

It's just a pity that with the passage of time, it seems that the strength of the Southeast clan has expanded rapidly and has begun to penetrate into the northern coastal areas.

When Jia Rong was investigating the situation in Jinmen, she accidentally learned about some tricks of the Southeast clan, and only then was she able to say an analysis that surprised Wang Ziteng.

"Since Brother Rong knows this, he also understands how difficult the Southeast clan is!"

Wang Ziteng told the truth, shook his head and said, "I have no intention of directly conflicting with them. What about you?"

"It's just north-south offshore transportation!"

Jia Rong sneered and said, "Why, they don't allow this?"

"Master Wang, to tell you the truth, I did this as a precautionary measure!"

"Prepare for a rainy day?"

"That's right, of course it will be really useful, I can't guarantee it!"

Jia Rong said with a smile: "It is quite necessary to make some preparations in advance!"

"The Xue family has already made preparations, Lord Wang, don't disappoint your allies too much!"

Wang Ziteng felt depressed, and looked at Jia Rong with rather unfriendly eyes.

Finally, he shook his head and smiled wryly: "You are all ready, why are you still talking nonsense to me, don't you think it's a waste of energy?"

"Since we are allies, we must take the lead in communicating well!"

Jia Rong smiled lightly: "Master Wang, don't worry, you will know the beauty of doing this in the future!"

Thinking about money is going crazy now, if you can give him a clear way of making money, you can imagine how much benefits he can exchange.

In the story of the Red Chamber, it is quite careless to make money nowadays, even without face.

The concubine visited relatives, and in a short period of time, several similar existences like the Grand View Garden were prepared, and the sales of building materials alone could make a fortune.

It is just a project of the Grand View Garden. Excluding the money that was embezzled by the servants, the cost of construction and interior decoration is almost a million taels.

The family property of the Lin family was completely emptied.

No one knows how much money is being made today by buying and selling building materials, and other materials for interior decoration.
After communicating with Wang Ziteng, he politely declined the other party's dinner invitation, and left Jinmen directly to return to the capital.

To be honest, Wang Ziteng's performance still made him quite satisfied. He was indeed a smart person who knew how to choose.

Of the four major families in Jinling at this time, the Jia family is the real big brother, the one who speaks well.

Whatever the Jia family wanted to accomplish, the other three major families had no choice but to fully cooperate, at most they only had some right to make suggestions, and they had no way to make decisions at all.

Of course, Jia Rong's brain is showing off, and she will not easily make a big mistake and hand over the dominance of the four major families in Jinling to others.

As long as you understand this point, there will be no accidents in Wang Ziteng's choice, and there is no room for him other than to cooperate obediently.

Otherwise, he is not the only one in the Wang family. If Jia Rong is really angered, he can be replaced by an obedient Wang family. It is not so difficult.

Jia Rong is also willing to take the initiative to visit and explain the reasons behind it in detail, which is already quite a face-saving, Wang Ziteng must be grateful, this is the reality...

(End of this chapter)