Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 539 Everyone is happy
Wei Xuezeng's suggestion, in fact, is very satisfied with the high pragmatism.

The high pragmatism doesn't care how much money was spent on the construction of the four major official ports, because in Gao pragmatism's view, many of these expenses have not been spent on the real thing, and a large part of it may be overthrown after the high pragmatism wins. Again.

The high-level pragmatic is actually interested in three other aspects.

The first aspect is that after the Ministry of Industry withdrew, there was actually no so-called official port in Ming Dynasty, and private ports were all spread out.In terms of private ports, Jinghua's construction and operation capabilities can fully beat the rest of the "retail investors".

Why?Jinghua Tianjin Port has increasingly rich experience in operating ports; Jinghua Infrastructure has the No. [-] engineering construction capacity in Ming Dynasty; and Jinghua Cement Factory can provide cement at "internal prices". The use of a large amount of cement has raised construction standards, but let construction Costs come down.

You should know that near the port, because of the sea breeze and more rainfall, the service life of the wooden building itself is lower than that in the dry area, and the interior of the building is more likely to damage the goods due to moisture.Therefore, the "Jinghua Standard" that fully uses brick, tile and cement buildings is itself a business card to attract overseas businessmen.

Coupled with various advantages such as large-scale operations, it can be said that as long as Jinghua wins the four major official ports, the ports of Daming will only be divided into two categories: Jinghua and others.This kind of brand effect is what Gao Yushi has been tirelessly pursuing. Why do all his industries bear the "Jinghua" brand?It is also because of this consideration: as long as you see "Jinghua", the first impression you give people is "strong strength"!
In this era, no one can count how much wealth a certain wealthy family has. Many times, merchants pay attention to reputation, and the brand of Jinghua, which is built with high pragmatism, can now pat its chest and say: "Jinghua" means reputation!
The second aspect is the location advantage.Location advantage is a word that he came into contact with a lot in his previous life. If it were replaced by a Hong Kong real estate tycoon at the time, it would be "there are three core factors for the success of real estate: location, location, location!"

In the feudal empire of Ming Dynasty, who can get the best position?There is no doubt that it must be the imperial court!Even the highly pragmatic Tianjin Port is built next to the official port of the imperial court. It can be seen that the best location must have been expropriated by the imperial court—it is still the Wanli Dynasty, not the Chongzhen Dynasty. Would you dare not give it to the imperial court?
Therefore, not only the location of the official port of Tianjin is good, but the three major official ports of Ningbo, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou in the south also occupy the best geographical location. After the "demolition" work is done, sell him the best quality property at a low price - Wei Xuezeng is obviously not a real estate tycoon, he only counted the cost of building the port, and he didn't realize that the land would have been taken if the imperial court hadn't stepped in , How much more money should be spent!He didn't even realize how amazing the appreciation of these lands would be under Jinghua's efficient operation!
The third aspect is that Gao Yushi has been thinking about expanding to the south, and he has obtained an excellent entry point so easily.Originally, Gao Yushi wanted to buy land in the southern port several times, but the results were not good, even though he was already a business tycoon in the north, not to mention the hidden power in politics.But in the south, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, the local officials and gentry have a lot of reasons and methods to exclude the high pragmatism, and there is no good entry point at all.

In particular, Gao Wu's partner in the Southern Marquis of Linhuai is not capable of helping so much. Their family's titles are broken, and their strength is indeed limited. At most, they can help with the guards. , others are unreliable.After Xu Pengju's incident, although Xu Bangrui, the Duke of Xin who inherited the title of Duke of Wei, was favored, he could not reverse the antipathy against the Gao family within the Xu family for a while, so he could only send a letter privately expressing Thanks, I can't help you on the surface.

But now, as long as Gao Pragmatically agrees to the deal, he will immediately have the three private ports in the south with the best locations, and gain three footholds in the south at once.

Thinking about it carefully, Wei Xuezeng actually gave Gao Yushi two choices: one is to temporarily owe the cement payment on credit. According to Gao Yushi's meaning, credit is okay, the amount of credit needs to be negotiated, and by the way, the interest is estimated to be inevitable; In the transaction where the payment was made from private ports just now, Gao Yushi directly exempted the cement payment for this year, and added some money in, and the four major official ports were directly transferred to Jinghua.

This multiple-choice question may seem to Wei Xuezeng to be insignificant, but to Gao Yushi, the difference is too great. He said without hesitation: "Since Wei Butang attaches so much importance to river engineering affairs, Wansheng, as the hometown of Henan, naturally You have to do your best—the four officials and Hong Kong graduates are asking for it, and the rest of the conditions will be fulfilled according to Wei Butang's wishes."

Wei Xuezeng was overjoyed, and thought to himself: This couldn't be better. Not only did he lose a big burden of losing more than 2 taels of silver every year, he also "lost" nearly 30 taels of arrears, not to mention the cash of 10 taels of silver. storage.In this way, even if the Ministry of Households appropriation is greatly reduced this year, at least our Ministry of Industry can still breathe!
Wei Xuezeng and Wei Butang hurriedly stood up and thanked Gao Yushi. Gao Yushi's face was thick and dark, but he still accepted it with a smile, "I only suffered such a big loss because of your Wei Butang's face" appearance.

Wei Xuezeng was grateful again and again, but he still had to ask clearly: "...I don't know the 10 taels of silver?"

"The silver is easy to handle." Gao Wushi smiled and said, "I don't know if the Ministry of Industry intends to ask for the silver directly or has other considerations?"

Wei Xuezeng was slightly taken aback: "Other considerations? Seeking the truth?"

Gao Wushi said: "It's nothing special. There are two main considerations. One is that the 10 taels can still be used to buy cement, whether it is this year or next year. The second is that the 10 taels can be used to hire Jinghua Infrastructure to build the final project of the Yellow River diversion—you know, since the Ministry of the River Works does not have enough funds, in addition to cement, most of the employment and other aspects will also be used. It is hard to say whether the reduction will affect the overall progress of the diversion project, and it is best to prepare early."

"Oh..." Wei Xuezeng frowned, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I'm afraid this matter will have to be discussed with Mr. He before we can answer it. Otherwise, let's complete the previous transaction first. How about the 10 taels of silver?" The transaction means that I will reply to you after Mr. He discusses it?"

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "Of course." But he said so, he still hoped that he could not take the money out directly - it is obviously a better way to do business for himself, but this intention may be too obvious, Wei Xuezeng obviously We must communicate with Mr. He first.

He asked the two ministers to have dinner in Gao's mansion, but both ministers politely declined, Gao Wushi also guessed that they would not stay for dinner, so he politely sent them to the gate.This transaction is really a happy one.

After the guests left, Gao Wushi had to turn his attention back to the current problem: the emperor said that he was asked to find a consort for the three princesses during the examination in Beijing, how should this matter be handled?

The main question is whether it is feasible?These candidates who came to take the exam are obviously yearning for the official career. Let them give up the "close at hand" civil service career, but become a son-in-law who can't do anything except name. I'm afraid it's not easy to handle...

　Hmm... the sitting posture is really awkward, and after writing a chapter, my back is sore and my neck hurts.

　　
　
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