I studied in modern times

Chapter 464 The budding place of mercantilism

Gao Zunhui held a tips bag and licked his tongue.

"Sure enough, you still have to follow the official family to make money!" He said seriously.

He now admires the officials in Bianjing more and more.

When it comes to making money, the official family is really a bit like a saint.

Civil servants always like to say something like: Confucius was not born in heaven, and literature would last forever like a long night.

However, in Gao Zunhui's view.

Heaven does not give birth to officials, and the eternal business world is like a long night!

Look at the tips the officials gave him!

Go to Guangxi to dismantle one, and set off to Guihua Prefecture and Shun'an Prefecture, using the manpower and material resources of the Nong family to help him grow sugar cane.

So, he, Gao, spent less than two thousand dollars to plant more than two thousand acres of sugar cane in the wasteland of Guihua Prefecture and Shun'an Prefecture!

The cost of planting one acre of land is less than the usual amount, and it also includes the transportation cost of sugarcane seedlings!

Moreover, these lands, the Nong family said - why do they belong to us? It's obviously yours, Uncle Guo! You see, your name is written on the land deed!

While Gao Zunhui was still in a trance, several cute little ladies were thrust into his way.

Although this young lady from the Dongxi family can't sing ditties or play the piano, and she can't keep shouting in his ear: I want an official like Master Li.

But they can dance and sing folk songs!

The most terrible thing is that their waists and hips are really strong!

This was a completely different boat experience from Bianjing Wazi. During the days in Guihua Prefecture, Gao Zunhui sang and sang almost every night, and even his soul was almost left under the bellies of those little ladies.

While Gao Zunhui was obsessed with Wenrou Township, the Nong family took his remaining sugarcane seedlings and planted another two to three thousand acres.

It was only now that Gao Zunhui understood the reason - for local officials like the Nong family, the least valuable thing was manpower.

In theory, the Dong people under the rule of the chieftain and the chieftain himself can requisition them without compensation, because everything they own belongs to the chieftain.

The kind that does whatever is asked.

And the price he offered Gao Zunhui was really tempting.

After planting sugar cane, there will be one or two sugar canes per acre of harvest!

For these farmers, this is incredible wealth!

As for whether it will be hit in the hand?

Who worries about this kind of thing?

This is the business of the uncle of the Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty!

For the Nong family, even if it was just to flatter and show off, they still had to plant two thousand acres of sugar cane fields.

Thinking of this, Gao Zunhui's lips overflowed with a smile.

Then when did you open the second tip bag?

Gao Zunhui remembered clearly that he followed the instructions seriously and only opened the second tip bag after completing the sugar cane business in Guihua Prefecture and Shun'an Prefecture.

This is his self-cultivation as a foreign relative - in the Song Dynasty, to be a good relative and honorable person, and to eat this bowl of rice well, not only requires a high degree of self-position, but also the awareness of obeying the official's command in all actions.

Those relatives and distinguished families who are self-righteous and unable to recognize their own position have all been eliminated.

For example, Empress Wen Chengzhang’s maternal family, who else in Bianjing is looking after them now?

Another example is the guys who were put in charge of the place a few days ago.

If the concubine in the palace had not gone to the two palaces to intercede and say good things, it is said that even the consort Guo Xianqing would have almost gone to a place to calm down.

This is what the Song Dynasty did to its nobles and relatives.

Mainly grinding and surveying, supplemented by whipping.

Pull out the thorns and get rid of the perverseness, and the rest will be the licking dogs of the imperial power.

As a member of the Gao family, Gao Zunhui has been taught self-cultivation by nobles and relatives since childhood.

He can be greedy, stupid, and lustful.

But I will never forget the ability to eat.

If this is the case, the Gao family will surely perish!

Therefore, every step Gao Zunhui takes is done in accordance with the will and will never go beyond it.

The official said that he would definitely wait until then to unpack the brocade bag.

Thinking about the second tip.

The smile on Gao Zunhui's lips became even more uncontrollable.

Because, the second tip is still very simple - cooperate with Zhang Dun, hire young men from the south, infiltrate the northern states of Cochin, and use sugar cane as a profit to lure them to surrender!

At first, Gao Zunhui didn't believe it.

Because sugarcane can squeeze sugar, this was something only sugarcane farmers in Mingzhou, Suzhou and other places in the southeast knew in the Song Dynasty.

Who would believe the empty talk?

Still trying to induce surrender?

Gao Zunhui felt at that time that most of the young men he hired would die in Jiaozhi.

however……

Gao Zunhui never expected that Zhang Dun would resort to the trick of appointing an official, making a wish, conferring a title, and conferring a title, which was hereditary and ignored.

One move hit the lives of local officials and wealthy families in the Cochin states.

So the young men he hired quickly infiltrated.

Local officials and wealthy families from all over the country heard that it was the envoys of the uncle of the Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty who came to discuss cooperation.

Each one turned into a pug on the spot, only barking, barking, barking.

The second listen was to talk about sugar cane cultivation.

Although local officials and wealthy people don’t know what sugar cane is?

But do they know what copper coins are?

I heard that one acre of sugar cane can be sold for one or two bucks.

Every eyeball is about to pop out.

It’s not that no one had doubts, but the uncles of the Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty came to ask for cooperation.

It would be outrageous not to agree!

Local officials and wealthy families agreed one after another, but all fools knew that they might not actually plant sugar cane on a large scale in their own territory.

Just plant two to three hundred acres casually, and you will have enough sense of purpose.

Then... then...

As Zhang Dun implemented his promises one by one.

Send them out with empty name notes one after another.

One by one, local officials suddenly transformed into hereditary Feiqiwei, Yunqiwei, and Yulin Xiaowei who were conferred by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

The local officials and wealthy families discovered that the promise of the Song Dynasty was true.

If you say you want to be canonized, you can be canonized; if you say you want to confer an official title, you will be conferred an official title.

So, these guys, while beating gongs and drums, delivered the certificate of conferment, the letter of title, and the official seal awarded by Zhang Dun to their ancestral hall.

On the one hand, they began to really organize manpower to plant a large amount of sugar cane in their respective jurisdictions.

It ranges from a thousand acres to more than five thousand acres.

Sugarcane seedlings were continuously shipped from Mingzhou, Suzhou and other places and were planted in the Jiaozhi prefectures.

why?

This is because Gao Zunhui was instigated by Lu Jiawen to go to Beidou himself.

And there, I met many local officials.

The title of the uncle of the Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty was quite destructive to those local officials who had never even been to Bianjing.

At the same time, it was also because Zhang Dun’s promise came true!

I have really been conferred an official title and canonized!

Really admitted them!

For this reason, the local officials' trust in the Song Dynasty reached a critical point.

Everyone is willing to give it a try.

Anyway, even if no one wants the sugar cane they eventually grow, they won't lose much.

It's nothing more than a bit of wasteland, and nothing more than some worthless labor of Dong Ding who are just idle anyway.

But what if he was the uncle of the Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty, and finally bought sugar cane with copper coins?

Then they will make a lot of money.

One or two copper coins per acre?

Isn’t one thousand acres equivalent to one or two thousand guan?

At this time, the continuous flow of copper coins from the rear to the front ignited the fire in the hearts of these local officials.

When they saw with their own eyes the cartloads of copper coins that were continuously transported from Yongzhou to the front line, they also saw with their own eyes the officials of the Song Dynasty using these coins to give rewards to the imperial guards and local officials.

Everyone is shocked!

They had never seen anything like this in their lives.

Boxes of copper coins were opened, and the boxes were full of Brother Kong Fang.

The jingling copper coins touched the hearts of more than just the Forbidden Army soldiers.

It is also the heart of local officials.

So, just like that, the local officials signed deeds with him without hesitation and agreed on the purchase price of sugarcane.

At that time, Gao Zunhui was completely stunned.

Can this still be done?

I didn't spend any money, I just promised to buy it and signed a good contract.

Are the local officials willing to grow sugar cane for me for free?

The cost is theirs, but the sugar cane grown belongs to them.

What was most difficult for Gao Zunhui to control was that Lu Jiawen told him that the officials planned to stop planting rice in the entire Jiangbei states in the future.

Anyway, they can’t grow much rice on their land.

It's better to just plant sugar cane.

How cost-effective it is to grow sugar cane!

You can earn much more than growing rice.

"So, what do they eat?"

Gao Zunhui still remembers his reaction when he learned about this plan.

Then, he saw Lu Jiawen looking at him like a fool.

"Of course it's rice!"

“If you don’t grow rice, where will the rice come from?”

"The Prince of Jiaozhi will give it to you."

"what?"

Therefore, within a few days, Gao Zunhui learned about the peace terms proposed by Zhang Dun to the Jiaozhi people.

The annual tribute of rice is one million stone, and another one million stone is sold at the market price.

This news was like a shock wave, making Gao Zunhui's whole person feel confused.

Then he learned from Lu Jiawen about the government's use of the rice paid annually by the Jiaozhi people.

According to Lu Jiawen's investigation, in Jiangbei states, rice prices vary from season to season, but they are basically maintained at about 30 yuan a bucket.

This is because Jiaozhi is already short of money, and the price of copper coins is higher than that of the Song Dynasty.

Also because of the lack of money, most transactions were conducted by barter.

For example, how much rice does a buffalo cost, how much salt does a piece of cloth cost?

Therefore, after the rice from the Jiaozhi people was delivered, Lu Jiawen will announce the government's policy of favor and appeasement in Jisi Prefecture under the jurisdiction of the Youjiang Economic Strategy and Appeasement Envoy.

On the grounds that the local officials knew the righteousness and were loyal to the emperor and patriotic, they sold the rice tribute directly on the spot at 70% to half of the market price.

On the one hand, they recycle the copper coins in their hands.

On the other hand, it makes them lose the motivation to grow rice.

Judging from the official deployment introduced by Lu Jiawen.

Once the sugar cane grown by local officials makes money, they will find that the profit from sugar cane is more than twice that of rice.

In this way, they only need to grow sugar cane and get more than twice the income from growing rice.

And sugarcane is much easier to serve than rice.

You can plant more land and make more money with fewer people.

In this way, in three to five years, the states will no longer grow rice.

As long as they plant sugar cane, they can get money directly and buy cheap rice from the official warehouse of Si Yamen, the governor of Youjiang.

In this way, a set of combination punches came down.

The lifeblood of the local officials was completely tied to the hands of the Song Dynasty.

It doesn’t matter whether they are tying up their strings or enclosing the land for their own cuteness.

All will completely become the shape of the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, when they make money, they must buy Da Song products.

The local officials who have become rich must learn the way of enjoyment in Bianjing.

Do you want a set for your garden?

Do I need to buy some Shu brocade?

Do you need some arty study utensils?

The official family has even more great grace waiting for them - every year, they select the sons of loyal ministers from various states. After the good ministers, fifty of them study in Bianjing Martial Arts School and Taixue School.

And what is the consumption level in Bianjing?

Even Gao Zunhui didn't dare to say that he had enough money to spend in Bianjing City.

One visit to Master Li will cost you hundreds of dollars!

Even if you just have a casual look at female sumo wrestlers, you will have to pass it three or five times!

Not to mention the sky-high housing prices in Bianjing.

Anyway, after Gao Zunhui knew the twists and turns, he was completely stunned.

The admiration for that official continued to flow from his heart.

If all these measures are implemented.

Gao Zunhui felt that not only the states in Jiangbei could no longer be separated from the Song Dynasty.

He and his cane sugar business will also be as stable as Mount Tai.

All local officials would obediently grow sugar cane for him.

Making money every day is no problem.

Gao Zunhui might as well become the richest relative in the history of the Song Dynasty.

But a new problem emerged.

Where is he going to find someone to keep an eye on the sugar mill for him? How to transport cane sugar from this place in the north of the Jiaozhi River to Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Bianjing and other places for sale?

Therefore, Gao Zunhui opened the third kit in accordance with the decree.

In this bag of tips, he found a solution to the first problem.

With the obtained Jiaozhi guilty officers, guilty generals' guilty wives, and guilty maidservants, they were given to the young and strong men who went south.

Sign a contract with him for three years.

After three years, if there is no fault, the sinful woman and the sinful maidservant will be returned to Qingzhuang.

Gao Zunhui remembered that when he read the contents of the kit, he became excited.

This is simply an unheard of approach.

Those sinful wives and maidservants were worried about how to sell themselves.

After all, the land north of Jiangbei is already barren. Very few people can afford it.

The generals of the Song Dynasty could afford it - but they didn't look down on those people - those who were good-looking were naturally unlikely to be sold, and had long been divided up.

The rest are all ordinary-looking people.

How could generals want people like this?

The Forbidden Army was waiting to sell these people and use them to pay rewards.

At this time, the official's tips played a wonderful role.

They are all priced at fifty guan, which is in line with the young and strong people who went south.

Even two or three people can agree, as long as they are willing to sign the contract and work for Gao Zunhui.

The money was recorded in Gao Zunhui's account, and was distributed by the official's copper coins from Cen Shui Farm in Shaozhou. When the cane sugar was produced next year, it would be offset by cane sugar.

The Imperial Guards were happy and felt they had made a lot of money!

Gao Zunhui was also happy, thinking that he was really favored by the emperor and was in the emperor's heart.

The official family actually thought of him even though he had little capital and few available people!

Arrangements were made early!

The young people who went south were happier.

As long as you sign a contract and spend a few days every month to help look after the sugar pressing plant and transport the sugar to the designated location, you can get a wife for free.

At the same time, they will also take root locally and spread their branches, forming families in one or two generations.

Because they are young men from the Central Plains who went south, they must have their hearts set on the imperial court.

This formed a restriction and restraint on local officials.

So, who loses?

Gao Zunhui couldn't think clearly about this issue for a while.

Everyone is winning, winning, winning, so why are there no losers?

He searched for a long time before finally finding the loser.

Those Jiaozhi civil servants, scholars, and nobles who had their families exterminated and uprooted.

This is common sense.

Since ancient times, the wives, daughters, slaves, tribes, and property of the defeated have all belonged to the victor.

However, there is really no one who can turn this kind of thing into something that makes everyone happy like today's official family.

Compared with the officials, Tao Zhugong can only be regarded as a novice in business.

So, now there is one last question left.

How to transport it back?

Gao Zunhui took a deep breath and opened the brocade bag in his hand.

Inside is a piece of Yuan Shu paper, on which the official handwriting is faintly visible.

He took it out gently, put it in his hand, and looked at the words on it devoutly and enthusiastically like a scholar who saw Confucius's handwriting.

The above is brief.

You can choose a bend in deep water on the coast north of the Yangtze River as a good harbor.

Gao Zunhui swallowed.

He remembered.

Cai Que went to Fujian in the first month of this year, served as the Fujian Road Observer, judged Quanzhou, and promoted Quanzhou Shipping Department.

Chen Mu came to know Mingzhou and promoted Mingzhou City Shipping Department.

"It turns out that the official family has settled here a long time ago!"

"The master of temple calculations is so unpredictable!" Gao Zunhui was really shocked.

As a walking horse who participated in the entire war, he accepted official duties.

Gao Zunhui knew how the Song army won the war with overwhelming force in a short period of time.

In addition to the strong combat power of the first general Yulong, it was Miao Su who had the upper hand.

With one move, Zhang Dun appointed an official and made a wish. In an instant, the five states of Jiaozhi turned against him and besieged the two states.

Ten years ago, Guo Kui spent several months on his southern expedition just to open the road to the Furiang River.

This caused the southern expedition army to encounter heavy rains after pushing all the way, and countless soldiers were infected with diseases.

Guo Kui had to negotiate peace with Jiaozhi in victory.

But this time, during the Southern Expedition of the Song Dynasty, there was no shortage of diseases and malaria.

But very few people are infected.

There were only about a hundred people, and they all received timely treatment, and only seven or eight died.

The remaining soldiers were all alive and kicking, showing no signs of acclimatization.

The more than two hundred military doctors accompanying the army played a huge role in this process.

Now, even the local officials have begun to imitate the methods of these military doctors, using quicklime to disinfect their homes, boiling water and letting it cool before drinking.

The military doctors' herbal tea soup prescriptions are even more popular.

The local officials began to cook it at home. Everyone loved it for its effects in relieving heat and preventing epidemics.

Even he, Gao Zunhui, can drink it.

Thinking of these, Gao Zunhui let out a breath.

"Business, business..." Lu Jia's voice came from outside the door.

Gao Zunhui quickly put away the brocade bag and Yuan Shu paper in his hand.

Then he walked over and opened the door.

"What's the purpose of appeasement?" Gao Zunhui asked, cupping his hands.

Lu Jiawen held up his hands and said, "I'm about to ask the official to come and sign..." As he said this, he handed a stack of documents to Gao Zunhui with a smile, and Gao Zunhui took it and took a look.

They were all deeds signed by local officials in Jiangbei.

The content of the deed is that these local officials are willing to borrow money from the Guangxi Youjiang Economic and Strategic Envoy of the Song Dynasty.

The amount of money these people borrowed ranged from a few thousand guan to tens of thousands of guan.

The interest is simply four years.

Gao Zunhui looked at these deeds and swallowed.

He raised his head, looked at Lu Jia and asked, with fear in his eyes: "An Yao, how dare you..."

At this moment, Gao Zunhui recalled Lu Jiawen's reputation in Bianjing.

Apart from the house thief, the biggest label on Lu Jiawen's forehead is Baker!

The market exchange method and the equalization method that he initiated completely sucked the blood of merchants all over the world.

After Wang Anshi resigned as prime minister, City Yiwu has become a purely money-making official agency.

Forced buying and selling are all compliments to market transactions.

The most exaggerated thing Shi Yiwu has ever done is - forced loans!

Yes, the world's merchants are forced to lend money to merchants on a large scale.

It doesn’t matter if I don’t borrow it!

If you don’t borrow it, don’t even think about doing business!

Therefore, Lu Jiawen was criticized by the world.

Now, is Lu Jiawen going to repeat his old tricks in this land of Jiaozhi?

Forced loan again?

The interest rate of four years is comparable to the interest rates of some of the treasuries in Bianjing City.

I just don’t know. Lu Jia asked if he would return home nine times and make a profit?

Lu Jiawen looked at Gao Zunhui's suspicious look and smiled: "Why do you look at me like this on business?"

Lu Jiawen was actually annoyed that others blamed him for the corruption of the market exchange laws.

When he was presiding over city affairs, where could there be so many bad things?

Those dirty materials about city affairs all appeared in large quantities after he left office!

However, he is the initiator, and all the merits and demerits are his.

Otherwise, could it be that he was still the heroic and martial emperor of the Song Dynasty who was wise, powerful, and saw thousands of miles?

If he dares to complain about this matter, the officials will pull out his skin!

Therefore, Lu Jiawen never defended himself and silently shouldered all the responsibilities.

Yeah!

I, Lu Jiawen, am immoral, shameless, and do harm to the people.

Those problems with the market transaction law are all caused by my ignorance and stupidity!

Therefore, the officials are willing to release their ministers to Lingnan, but it is difficult to redeem them even if they die a hundred times!

But, this matter now has nothing to do with him.

"Yes, it's just a humble public vessel used to contain the wisdom of the Holy Emperor!" Lu Jiawen said softly.

He raised the deeds in his hand and said, "Ji Fu, these deeds are not real gold, silver or copper coins."

Gao Zunhui seemed to have thought of something: "What do you mean by comfort?"

Lu Jia asked, raising the deeds in his hand, and then took out another stack of documents from his arms.

"What the Youjiang Economic Strategy and Appeasement Department lent is not copper coins!"

"What they want to pay back is not just copper coins."

"But sucrose!" Lu Jia's voice was like a magic sound, buzzing in Gao Zunhui's ears.

"What do you mean by appeasement?" Gao Zunhui swallowed and asked.

Lu Jiawen smiled and told Gao Zunhui the cause and effect.

Very simple.

Didn’t Division Wang capture nearly 100,000 Jiaozhi prisoners of war in Guangyuan, Qiyuan, Jueligai, Beijia, Taiyuan and other places?

Some time ago, during the sale, local officials from various places encountered some minor financial problems.

They are out of money!

At this time, Lu Jiawen, as the Guangxi Youjiang Economic Strategy and Comfort Envoy appointed by the officials, appeared in front of them as an angel and warmly provided them with a package solution.

Don’t you have money? It doesn't matter!

The official family will lend it to you!

With just 40 years of interest, you can borrow a lot of money!

As long as you borrow money, you can buy cheap youth.

What? Are you worried about not having the money to pay back? Can't afford it?

It's okay!

The government also accepts repayment with cane sugar - even if you are willing to repay it with cane sugar, the interest can be reduced to 20%!

As long as you sign the deed, you can pay back the sugar next year.

If you can’t afford it next year, there will still be the year after! The year after tomorrow!

In short, the Youjiang Economic Strategy and Appeasement Department provided dedicated services to all the loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty.

In this way, loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty borrowed money from Youjiang Jinglue to appease Si Yamen.

But Lu Jiawen actually didn't lend even a single copper plate.

He only needs to send people to follow the local officials, count the number of prisoners of war they bought, and finally make a general ledger.

As for what you're going to do with money?

The Guangxi army returned to Yongzhou and Guizhou and cashed in on the spot.

The first general of Yulong can cash it in after returning to Beijing.

When the soldiers heard this, they thought there was such a good thing?

They all agreed!

After all, money is still very heavy, and it is very difficult to carry dozens or hundreds of pounds of money home.

Therefore, these days, soldiers are spending crazily everywhere.

They went crazy buying all kinds of local specialties.

Gold, silver, leather, coarse cloth, salt.

They are buying everything that can be easily carried.

A lot of money went out.

Then, they fell into the hands of local officials, who took them to buy prisoners of war, iron tools, and even weapons!

Yes!

As a benefit to the native officials, the Guangxi Economic Strategy and Appeasement Department has lifted the restrictions on iron trade and weapons trade in the Jiangbei states - this was a decree issued by Zhang Dun after the native officials of the Jiangbei states returned to the Ming Dynasty.

A large amount of iron tools are pouring into the Jiangbei states like crazy.

Along with the ironware, silk cloth, tea, and agricultural tools from Guangxi also poured in.

The businessmen in Guangxi are grinning from ear to ear after making money.

Because according to Zhang Dun's decree, the overtax on goods shipped by Guangxi merchants to Jiangbei is halved, and the residence tax is completely exempted.

As for the goods coming back from Jiangbei, all taxes are completely exempted!

In other words - when merchants sell goods to Jiangbei, the taxes along the way are reduced by half, while the commercial taxes on sales in Jiangbei are completely exempted.

In the decree, Zhang Dun made it very clear: This is the moral government of officials!

Therefore, businessmen across Guangxi are now going crazy.

All kinds of ironware, silk, tea, and salt are constantly being transported to Jiangbei.

After they sell their goods, they will choose to buy buffalo locally and take them back.

There are really many buffaloes in Cochin.

In addition to those that have been domesticated into farm cattle, there are also large numbers of wild buffalo.

This is a good thing. If you buy it back, you can slaughter it and sell it for meat!

Of course, they can also be domesticated into cattle.

In less than a month, trade between Guangxi and Jiangbei is booming.

Those businessmen with an eye for money had already rushed to Jiangbei states with a large number of goods even when the Beiguan war was still in full swing.

Trade further aggravated the money shortage in Jiangbei.

Because, in the process of trade, the Song Dynasty's surplus was terrifyingly large!

After all, now the native officials have very little to sell, but they want a lot.

As far as Lu Jiawen knew, the Nong family was now taking out all the gold from the bottom of the box to purchase urgently needed supplies.

As a result, they increasingly need Da Song to provide them with financial lubrication.

However, Lu Jiawen adhered to the official will and appeared in front of them in the form of an angel.

After listening to Lu Jiawen's introduction, he looked at the deeds and documents again.

Finally, Gao Zunhui saw a piece of Yuan Shu paper in Lu Jiawen's hand.

On paper, official handwriting cannot be faked.

So, Gao Zunhui nodded and asked, "Where should I draw the seal?"

(End of this chapter)