My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Just when the capital was in turmoil because of the New Deal.

In the Tianjin magistrate's office, Yuan Keli is still studying.

As a stern judge, Yuan Keli has been busy keeping his feet on the ground since he took office as the prefect of Tianjin.

In the new policy of the imperial court, the guards were abolished, prefectures and counties were established, officials were recruited, people were appeased, refugees were gathered, cities were repaired, wasteland was reclaimed, and new ships were built.

In addition, he was also responsible for coordinating the grain raised by Tianjin and Denglai Prefectures to be transported by Yang Sichang, the transshipment envoy to Liaodong, to the Empress Palace by sea.

And, most importantly, Zhu Youjian, the fifth prince of the late emperor, studied under him.

As time goes by, more and more things have to go through Yuan Keli's hands. The hardships and hardships involved cannot be expressed in words at all.

Although it was already night, Yuan Keli still had no intention of taking a rest.

Tianjin Sanwei changed from a guard station to a state capital, and he had to change many things bit by bit.

The health station thing is very useful for clearing wasteland and farming for development in the early stage, so you can concentrate your efforts on big things.

“Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are the foundation stone of the country.”

"Recruit people and build a dock."

Tianjin's current pillar industry is not the primary industry such as agriculture, nor the secondary industry such as industry, but the tertiary industry such as shipping, cargo transportation, and mobile services.

But in the later stages, it is easy to go off track.

Military, civilian, seaports, and river ports all need to be divided.

Putting down the pamphlet given by the emperor, Yuan Keli picked up the pen and began to write the plan.

"I need to read the book "Guanzi" carefully again."

Looking at the classification of industries in the pamphlet given to him by the emperor, Yuan Keli tried to analyze Tianjin according to the emperor's method.

After an unknown amount of time, Yuan Keli murmured to himself and put down the pen in his hand.

According to the emperor's classification based on geographical location, Tianjin is the acropolis of Beijing and should focus on developing the secondary and tertiary industries to walk on two legs.

"Your Majesty is surrounded by experts."

He had been idle at home for more than ten years, but he was not all interested in the mountains and rivers. He had dabbled in the classics of hundreds of schools of thought. It was easy to see that the emperor's thoughts were greatly influenced by Guan Zhong's management science.

After a while, Yuan Keli shook his head and sighed.

Looking at the emperor's classification of various people, Yuan Keli said with some doubts.

Poor, Tianjin is too poor.

With less land and more people, taxes cannot support urban development.

Tianjin needs three to four terminals.

Putting down the development plan pamphlet given to him by the emperor, Yuan Keli thought while stroking his beard.

“I don’t know if the Changlu Saltworks can still come up with money.”

"These contents do not seem to be given to His Majesty by Sun Chengzong."

Sun Chengzong's tutor was Fang Shoushi, who studied traditional Confucianism. He did not think this way.

Since he took office, the Changlu Saltworks has become a special money bag for the Tianjin magistrate, and he has to borrow money from there from time to time.

Although this matter was endorsed by the emperor, it always made him feel guilty.

The court has no money, so it asks businessmen to borrow it. What's the matter?

Early the next morning, the note that Yuan Keli borrowed money from was sent to Changlu Saltworks. The person who came to deliver the note was also an acquaintance, Wang Chengen, who was believed to be Wang Chengen's companion.

As for Wang Chengen, the eunuch who was loyal to Zhu Youjian in history, Zhu Youxiao was not so big-hearted that he dared to transfer him to his side.

The many eunuchs and royal guards in the palace were involved in a question of lining up.

Lu Wenzhao dared to use it because after the Battle of Sarhu, Lu Wenzhao returned to the capital with the heads of several slaves. He was promoted to Jinyiwei due to his merit. This guy didn't stay in Jinyiwei for a long time, so he dared to use it.

And Zhu Youjian's eldest companion, Wang Chengen, grew up with Zhu Youjian. If he was transferred to his side, what would Wang Chengen do if his fifth brother had any inappropriate thoughts in the future?

Today, in the palace, except for a few little carrot heads left behind by his father who have not grown up, there are no blood relatives of Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao didn't want to gamble. He would rather go to the inner study hall to find a new eunuch who had just entered the school, rather than go to others to find someone who could be used. However, Wang Chengen is quite capable. Based on the principle of waste utilization, Wang Chengen is usually responsible for the communication between the Tianjin Prefecture Yamen and Changlu Saltworks.

"This man named Yuan is here again asking for money."

Looking at the note sent by Wang Chengen, Wang Li, the field eunuch of Changlu Saltworks, had a headache.

In more than half a year, he has collected 200,000 taels of silver for Yuan Keli.

In the capital, fifty taels of silver can support an ordinary family's needs for a year.

Two hundred thousand taels of silver were enough to meet the needs of four thousand families in the capital for a year.

In order to raise the money, his Changlu Salt Farm was doing its best to support him.

"Prefect Yuan planned to repair the pier in Dazhigu, so he came up with this money."

When he came, Yuan Keli had already discussed with Wang Chengen, so he gave an alternative plan.

"If you can't come up with the money, you can also send some people to help."

"He's a stranger."

Hearing this, Wang Li took his construction regulations and started to read them.

Industrialization is a very scary word.

After Changlu Salt Farm organized a large-scale drying field with money approved by the emperor, it had a huge impact on the salt-frying workshops run by small households in the surrounding areas.

Just like farming is not affordable for ordinary people, drying salt requires a huge upfront investment.

Such as site cleaning, drying ground construction, storage construction, etc.

These are not things that small workshops can do.

Of course, the most important thing is the land. Only by holding official documents from the court can you occupy tens of thousands of acres of seaside saline-alkali land.

Because of the early investment in the construction of the salt drying field, Wang Li had a construction team, or young man team, consisting of more than 15,000 people, which had been registered with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Tapping his fingers on the strips, Wang Li turned his head and looked to his side.

"How much profit was there from last month's salt production?"

"Going back to godfather, he has gained more than 40,000 kilograms."

Upon hearing this, a young eunuch immediately spoke up.

"However, these salts have been reserved by several salt dealers in Beizhili, and the deposit has been paid."

"Ah."

Hearing this, Wang Li nodded and mentally began to estimate the salt production this month.

In the past half of the Ming Dynasty, northern Zhili, Shandong, Liaodong, Lianghuai, Guangdong and Guangxi, southern Zhili, Zhejiang and other regions relied mostly on the Lianghuai salt field for salt consumption.

Because the Yellow River diverts the Huaihe River, bringing with it a long coastline and flourishing reeds, the two Huaihe River basins produce the largest amount of salt.

Now, with the increase in production at the Changlu Salt Farm, apart from other places, at least the salt from North Zhili no longer needs Huai salt to go north.

"How is the newly designated 10,000 acres of salt fields going? If we use 5,000 people, when will it be completed?"

"My son estimates that it won't be put into production until mid-July at the earliest."

After hearing this, Wang Li's godson thought for a moment and said.

"The warehouse and small house are almost completed, but the main problem now is that the ditch has not been dug yet."

"Ah."

Hearing this, Wang Li nodded.

"Let Zhao Youzhu lead the 100 battalions to the 200 battalions. Five thousand people will go to help Yuan Zhifu repair the docks."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)