My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 246 Give Zhu Di a Little Shock in Tianjin

Water transport or sea transport, the real answer is river-sea combined transport!
Sea routes communicate with all countries, river transportation, unification of the Ming Dynasty...the internal and external links, the whole country is a game of chess.

Zhu Di looked at the huge map, and routes kept popping up in his mind. Each route had sails flying. During the voyage of the ships, gold and silver wealth also flowed along with the routes.

Silk from Bashu was transported to Liujiagang via the Yangtze River.

Reload the ship at Liujiagang, send it to Annan, fill it with food from Annan, and transport it to Tianjin, and then to Beiping to supply the military supplies of the Nine Frontiers...

Such a series of trade routes, each link has a profit, and millions of people along the coast have a way of life, the imperial court's finances and taxes have been enriched, and the national strength has greatly increased.

A rich country and affluent people are just around the corner!
The more Zhu Di thought about it, the happier he felt. He couldn't help but glared at Xu Jingchang, and complained, "Why are you talking about such a good idea now?"

Xu Jingchang grinned wryly, if only this matter was so easy, that would be great.

"Your Majesty, you can't just settle a single bill... the single flow of trade is not a good thing. In that case, it is equivalent to drawing blood from the inland of the south to nourish the nine sides, and it will not last long. To communicate with each other, there must be something from the north to go south. Just do it."

Zhu Di asked curiously: "You also said that, is there something going south from the north now?"

"Yes!" Xu Jingchang said: "At this time, the discussion field is established to encourage the kings to set up industries and establish farms, which is for this purpose."

Zhu Di nodded, "In that case, you have also made great achievements for your hard work, and you should be rewarded heavily."

The others didn't speak, Zhu Zhanji said quietly; "Grandpa Huang, you don't need to reward more, just spend less money."

When Zhu Di heard this, he was furious, and glared at Zhu Zhanji viciously.

Hei boy didn't know where his courage came from, but he stared back.

"Grandpa Huang, you gave the longan to King Qi!"

Zhu Di was dumbfounded. Tianjin Port is where the longan is the finishing touch in the north. It is a bit unreasonable for him to give it to King Qi hastily.

Zhu Di rolled his eyes, and suddenly said with a smile: "Since King Qi has made a fortune, let's go and have a look, let him treat you, and let's have a good meal."

Xu Jingchang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Does Your Majesty want to have a full meal?"

Zhu Di smiled and said, "Yes, not only me, but everyone should eat their fill!"

Then Zhu Di took the big guy and rushed to Tianjin...

Compared with the time of Jing Nan a few years ago, it was much more lively at this time.

Merchants from all over the world gathered, crowds of people, shoulder to shoulder.

There was a strong smoke in the air.

Zhu Di was startled, it was so lively?

He quickly found the king of Qi, Zhu Mi, who came in a hurry, with a smell of fishy smell on his body, and his boots seemed to be stained with dark blood.

When Zhu Yu saw Zhu Di, he quickly pleaded guilty.

"My brother came in a hurry, I hope His Majesty will forgive me."

Zhu Di didn't care, "I was born and died on the battlefield, I haven't seen anything! It's just my seventh brother, what are you busy with now? Why are you in such a mess?"

Zhu Yu chuckled, "Returning to Your Majesty, it's just a small business, not worth mentioning."

But Xu Jingchang said quietly: "His Royal Highness, selling meat to Jiangnan is not a small business!"

Zhu Yu grinned, "It's not big, it's really not big, just to earn some pocket money."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled, "Uncle Qi, can't you tell when you are a nephew? I figured, at least one million taels a year, which is much more comfortable than when you are the king of Qi!"

Zhu Yu quickly shook his head, "How can there be anything, you can't talk nonsense, no, absolutely nothing!"

Seeing that Zhu Mi's face changed, Zhu Di also became curious, and rewarding so much money with just a word of his own is really a bit of a prodigal.

No!

Must ask clearly.

Zhu Di was not afraid of hard work, and went directly to the pier to check the situation.

It stands to reason that he handed over the pier to Zhu Yu, just thinking about the business, and he just charged the toll, how much money can he have?
But when he was really at the pier, Zhu Di suddenly realized that his thoughts were simple.

At this time, Tianjin has formed a huge industrial chain.

And Xu Jingchang is the biggest hero.

After he arrived in Beiping, he eradicated many smuggling merchants, killing bloody rivers... But Xu Jingchang did not cut off the trade between the two sides. On the contrary, he set up a negotiating field in Daning to turn smuggling into regular trade.

Now, the situation has changed a lot.

Because of the opening of formal trade, many merchants rushed to come, and an inevitable situation appeared, that is, involution!

Tea, silk, cotton cloth, porcelain, ironware...the commodities needed by the grassland people were suddenly enriched.

On the grassland side, there is nothing else that can be produced except cattle, sheep and horses.

The business didn't last for two months. According to a rough estimate, Daming made a net profit of 15 taels from the grassland.

Not to mention Duoyan Sanwei, even Alutai, who had previously negotiated a deal with Xu Jingchang, couldn't stand it anymore.

This is too exaggerated. Losing so much money in two months would cost one million taels a year.

In a few years, the gold and silver in the grassland will be absorbed.

At that time, there is really only one way to go south to loot.

No way, who made you Daming so profitable.

Xu Jingchang wasn't surprised by this at all. If he can't even win the business, then what a fart he is!
However, it is obviously not the way to go on like this. We must come up with a strategy to balance trade.

And the solution has long been on Xu Jingchang's desk.

Zhu Di remembered, "Mr. Ding, before I went to the north, you seemed to have passed a lot of decrees. You were planning this matter, right? Grassland products are scarce, and they can't make money from normal trade. They can only rely on court favors. I don't just spend money, sometimes, there is nothing I can do."

Zhu Di is still trying to prove that he is not a prodigal.

Xu Jingchang dared to ask the truth, so he could only tell his own way.

First of all, the first point is that the trade volume must be large.

This is also the reason why Xu Jingchang encouraged the merchants to involve in the early stage and desperately lower the price... Even if they make less money, they must push up the trade volume.

Because only when the trade quota increases and there are more supplies, including ordinary people, can drink tea bricks and use iron pots, can the whole business be irreversible.

Otherwise, it will only be enjoyed by a few top-level people, and even if the market is stopped, the impact will not be that great.

"Playing hard to get, isn't this a trick in the art of war!"

Xu Jingchang nodded, "Your Majesty is wise, shopping malls are like battlefields, that's what you're talking about... The door to trade has opened, and the Tatars can't resist the trend, but they have lost a lot of gold and silver, so they can't hold on. At this time, our chance coming."

"what chance?"

Xu Jingchang smiled and said, "Large purchases! The minister has arranged for merchants to go to the grasslands to purchase every once in a while. Mainly cattle, sheep, horses, various products, whatever you want."

Zhu Di smiled and said, "That's not bad. I'm just afraid that they won't produce so much and they won't be able to satisfy your appetite. I have gone to war outside the Great Wall several times, and the people of the Mongolian tribes are actually very poor. I know it well."

Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "They can't produce so many products, they can sign a contract and let them increase production according to our needs!"

Zhu Di frowned, "What do you mean?"

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: "Father, do you still remember that when the boy was in the west of Zhejiang Province, when he was helping the victims of the disaster, he signed a contract to change rice into mulberry. To ensure their food, the people will feel at ease to plant mulberry and raise silkworms."

Zhu Di was shocked, "What? Can this trick be used on the Mongolian tribes?"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, "It's all the same reason, what's wrong? We signed a contract with the herdsmen of the grassland... We want all the cattle and sheep produced by them. If there is a disaster and we can't deliver them in full, we will You can also provide low-interest or even interest-free loans to tide them over, as long as they can repay them in the coming year."

Zhu Di frowned when he heard this, and was puzzled, "Of course the tribes in the grassland are willing to do this, but after all, what's the difference from my rewarding the tribes? Isn't it still a waste of Daming's money?"

Xu Jingchang said slowly: "Your Majesty, you are rewarding a tribe, but I have signed a contract with ordinary herdsmen!"

Zhu Di was startled, "What do you mean... we can control every herdsman now?"

Xu Jingchang shook his head, "We can't do it for the time being. Although we want to sign a contract with every herdsman, the heads of the ministries, the officials of the Duoyan Sanwei, and the nobles of the Tatar tribe, they still don't agree. The people surrendered to us."

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "As I said, it's not that easy to do, you're out of your imagination. If they agree, wouldn't they just hand over their hands and surrender?"

"However, the herdsmen of various ministries have started to raise more cattle and sheep according to my hope."

"what!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but whispered, he couldn't help but look at Zhu Yu, "Seventh brother, is this how your livestock business came about?"

Zhu Yu nodded helplessly, it was true.

Now thousands of sheep are sent to Tianjin every day...these sheep are in good health, they will be shipped away and sent to Yingtian...in order to solve the problem of losing weight by sea, these sheep usually dock in Chongming and other places, For fattening, and then sent to Yingtian, live sheep are slaughtered.

As for those old and poor people who couldn't be transported to Yingtian at all, they had to be slaughtered in Tianjin, and then they were salted and sent to the south.

In many places in the south of the Yangtze River, there is a habit of eating bacon. These lamb legs and lamb chops were very popular after being delivered.

A live sheep earns about five taels of silver per head, and a large boat of bacon can earn hundreds of taels of silver.

I have to say, as long as it’s meat, you don’t have to worry about selling it... The Tianjin Wharf slaughtered sheep on a large scale, and people took away the discarded offal. Just beside the wharf, several haggis soup restaurants opened, which was very lively.

Zhu Gaoxu sighed: "Father, if things go on like this, after five years, there will only be herdsmen who raise sheep under Alutai's command, and there will be no more soldiers who control strings."

Zhu Di was shocked. Could it be that the power of business is more powerful than soldiers and horses?

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