People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 415: Follow the court and the court will reward you ten thousand times

The reason why Princess Ning'an wants this is because now, if we really want to develop the economy, it would be too not worth it to be stuck just because of bad roads.

However, if we continue to repair the road using the old methods, we will face the same situation again: the road surface is not uniform, and we may even find ourselves in a situation where we don’t know who will be responsible for repairs.

This situation has already caused many problems on the road before, and now she still has to learn the method taught by Chen Han.

Li Hai was very surprised to hear what Princess Ning'an said.

"Princess, building roads is such a big thing. Isn't it a bit too much to let a business do it?"

What he meant was that the imperial court should step in and impose corvée labor, which would save both trouble and effort as before.

After all, the methods our ancestors have used for thousands of years are always correct.

After hearing what Li Hai said, Princess Ning'an finally understood what Chen Han said. The officials' habitual thinking became even deeper, and they were eager to ask why it was better to do less than more.

They don't care how much effect this path can achieve.

They only care about not letting anything bad happen under their rule, that's enough.

Of course, this idea cannot be said to be wrong, it can only be said to be completely irresponsible, or even unwilling to take responsibility.

If it was someone else, Princess Ning An would have let him go, but Li Hai was the second in command of her own Ming Bank. He was going to do great things in the future. If he had the same idea, what would happen?
So Princess Ning An had to correct his thoughts: "Do you know what this kind of thinking is called?"

Princess Ning'an's question left Li Hai at a loss as to how to answer.

"What do you mean, Your Highness?"

Princess Ning An said: "In your eyes, it's just a road. It doesn't matter at all. As long as it's repaired, it's fine, right?"

Li Hai lowered his head.

Although he didn't say it, his expression said it all.

Princess Ning An looked at him and said, "Other officials can do this, but officials of our Ming Bank cannot do this.

Although you are not an official yet, in the future, the manager of Ming Bank must hold an official position."

Li Hai's blood boiled after hearing these words. Although he himself is now a fifth-rank official, many of his subordinates are not yet. If possible, he would like to fight for his brothers. After all, it would be so glorious if everyone could become an official.

Of course, Princess Ning An really dislikes his current behavior.

"Li Hai, you don't have to be so happy now. When you said this, my impression of you was much worse."

These words pierced Li Hai's heart like a nail.

To be honest, he has been following Princess Ning'an these days and has seen a lot of new scenes.

Although Princess Ning'an is a woman, and a woman who has lived a life of luxury, she has demonstrated a very high level of skill during her time in Ningbo.

This kind of woman can be described as terrifying. He has never seen a woman who is as resourceful, ruthless and decisive as her.

Especially when facing people like Mr. Liang, even though she knew that the people from the Tax Inspection Department would definitely kill people, she sent them out without any care, and sure enough, they killed a lot of people after they went out.

This is not something that an average woman would dare to do.

There are rumors outside that Princess Ning'an is Chen Han's woman. At first, Li Hai thought it might be a rumor, but after going through all these things, he found that this was not a rumor, it was the truth.

Only Chen Han’s woman has such means, and only if you become Chen Han’s woman can you be so brave.

How can other women do it?
If it were an ordinary woman, she would have softened her heart after knowing that so many people were to be killed.

Only a cruel and ruthless woman could do such a thing without taking it seriously at all.

Now it seems that Princess Ning An is indeed an ambitious person. Especially when she said this just now, Li Hai felt that Princess Ning An might look down on him and want to replace him.

He thought it was possible.

If someone like Princess Ning'an fails to please her, she will be kicked out very quickly.

But Li Hai still wanted to die quickly.

"Your Highness, I just don't understand how the merchants who have been called together to do this business can make money. They are unwilling to do business that does not make money."

Although Li Hai is not completely a businessman, he has thought this through clearly.

Who would do a business that doesn’t make money?

The investment in such a large road construction project must be huge, and the time cost is also very high.

Workers' food and drink, etc.

This is simply not something that ordinary businesses can afford.

Even if someone is willing to do this kind of thing, how can they make a profit in the future?
You can't tell those merchants that they are doing things for the court and so don't ask for these things. Just think of it as your kindness in making people's lives better?
This kind of reason can indeed be made public. After all, the current imperial court possesses very powerful military force, and no one dares to disobey. Even if some people are not convinced in their hearts, so what?
But the result is that next time I want to play like this, there will definitely be no one there.

So Li Hai didn't understand where he went wrong.

Princess Ning An explained to him: "Who said you can't make money?"

"Can it make money?" Li Hai was puzzled.

Can this kind of business make money? How can it make money? Fence it off and charge a toll? Isn't this just robbery?
Seeing Li Hai's expression, Princess Ning An explained: "How come collecting tolls is not okay in your eyes?"

Li Hai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If that's the case, then what's the difference between them and bandits?"

Princess Ning An explained: "Of course there is a difference."

Li Hai didn't expect that someone would actually stop people on the road and collect tolls.

But when will I be able to get my money back?

Such an investment would not be just 10,000 or 10,000 taels of silver, but perhaps tens or even millions of taels of silver.

This kind of thing can only be accomplished with the leadership of the imperial court. Ordinary people have no qualifications to participate. Even if they are businessmen, they have to be quite powerful to participate.

But now, anyone who meets this requirement in the entire Jiangnan region seems to have been swept away by the Duke.

When Princess Ning'an saw the doubt on Li Hai's face, she remembered that she had doubted Chen Han at that time. She thought the same way at that time. There was no such good thing. Once such a thing was done, it would be a losing business.

But Chen Han really convinced Princess Ning An at that time, and she thought this was a good business.

Princess Ning'an said to Li Hai, "This business may seem ridiculous, but think about it carefully. If you can open shops along the way and even offer tax exemption, do you think there will be merchants willing to participate?" Li Hai was puzzled. "It seems that there will be, but it will take too long to recover the cost."

"If one thinks about recovering the cost in a short period of time when doing anything, then he can only do small things and will never be able to do anything big." Princess Ning An said.

Li Hai pondered the meaning of this sentence carefully and seemed to understand something.

It is indeed difficult to see results in the short term when doing big things, just like doing business. It is often small businesses that can recover costs in the short term, such as setting up a stall at the door and frying dough sticks.

But if you want to do big business, you have to take risks and be prepared to recover your costs in the long term. But once you have such a plan, you may think it is easy to make a lot of money.

He still has some impression that many big businesses are like this.

Princess Ning An began to persuade him: "So people who do big business are generally the kind of people who are patient. Think about it, is this true? If you don't even have this little bit of patience, then don't do this business.

I can also tell you that when you go to recruit people, tell them that if they want to do business with the Ming Bank or the court, they have to consider benefiting their descendants."

Li Hai was a little surprised to hear Princess Ning'an say this.

Wow, this may be the so-called project that benefits future generations. The consideration is not about recovering the cost in 10 to 20 years, but several decades. However, once you participate in such a project, it is very likely to lead to the prosperity of a family.

After all, with such a long-term income in hand, future generations and grandchildren can have a good return as long as they do not go too far.

With such income, the family can develop slowly, and its ability to resist risks is much stronger than that of ordinary families.

"Your Highness, such ambition is truly admirable." Li Hai really didn't expect that Princess Ning An could think so far.

Princess Ning'an felt shy when she heard Li Hai say this. "This is not something I could have thought of. This was proposed by the Duke. He once said something that made a lot of sense to me. It was, if you want to be rich, you must first build roads!!"

"If you want to get rich, build roads first!" Li Hai savored this sentence carefully, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Although this sentence is very simple, it illustrates a truth, that is, if a place does not have a very easy road to travel, it is impossible for this place to develop.

On the contrary, with such a road, it would be hard for this place not to develop.

A road may seem simple, but it carries a lot of things.

For example, if you want to go out and see the world, you need a way to go out;

If you want to transport the local specialties from your hometown to other places to exchange for good things, you need a good road.

Even people outside need a way to get home.

Once a road is built, it can make many things more convenient.

This is especially true for those who do business.

If a businessman does not have a good path, it would be like a lame man trying to run a race.

Li Hai pondered over this sentence carefully before speaking loudly: "The Duke is truly a god! Such a simple sentence can reveal so many truths."

Princess Ning'an was extremely happy to hear Li Hai praising Chen Han like that. This made her several times happier than if he praised her directly.

When a woman reaches a certain point, she actually doesn't have much to pursue for herself anymore. This is the time to compare herself with her husband and children.

If someone praises her husband for being capable and her children for being cute and obedient, it will be more useful than directly praising herself.

This is human nature.

Although Princess Ning'an is a strong woman, she is no exception.

Seeing the shyness on Princess Ning'an's face when she heard herself praising the Duke, it can be seen that Princess Ning'an, as one of the Duke's women, really likes the Duke.

Seeing that such an outstanding woman like Princess Ning'an was so shy when mentioning the Duke, Li Hai really wanted to meet what kind of man he was, whose reputation had surpassed that of the emperor.

What kind of charm does he have that can attract a woman like Princess Ning An?

In Li Hai's eyes, Princess Ning'an is now the ultimate representative of women.

If we only look at her appearance, Princess Ning An is not someone who is extremely beautiful, but Princess Ning An has the unique temperament of a strong woman, which is not something that ordinary people can possess. It is like poison and can make people addicted.

Princess Ning'an came to her senses after being shy for a while and thought: What's wrong? Why does she seem to be losing her mind when that enemy is mentioned?

When I think about it, it seems like I haven’t seen him for a long time. I wonder how this enemy is doing now while he’s fighting outside.

Chen Han, who was far away in the Japanese country, was mobilizing a large army to encircle the Japanese army. He could already see the final dawn of victory, but at this moment he suddenly sneezed.

He originally didn't quite believe the saying that if someone misses you, you will sneeze, but now he feels he has to believe it, because there are still many women in the country who are thinking about him.

Return to Ningbo city.

After listening to Princess Ning'an's words, Li Hai also felt that this was something that could be done.

Although the reporting cycle is really too long, it seems that it is not impossible to do so if it can benefit future generations.

After all, the long-term considerations of many families are amazing. They don't care about their current income and only think about whether their children and grandchildren can continue to be rich in the future.

Therefore, they are willing to sacrifice their present happiness for the happiness of their future generations.

Not to mention there are other benefits to this project.

For example, Princess Ning'an mentioned that they can enjoy tax exemption, and even the shops along the way can be handed over to them to operate, which is also an invisible way to recover costs.

The most important thing is that since ancient times, building bridges and paving roads have been a matter of accumulating merit. Rich families pay great attention to such things. If it can bring peace and happiness to their families, not to mention wealthy families, even ordinary people may participate in it.

Who doesn’t want their family to live in peace and happiness in the future? Who doesn’t want to take part in such a good deed?

This way, maybe we can accomplish something great.

Thinking of this, Li Hai nodded immediately: "Princess, if this is the case, I think it can be done, and we can even make a big fanfare to get the people involved. After all, this is a great good deed."

Princess Ning An nodded and said, "So I want you to go to the market and look for people with this skill. On the one hand, you have to find families willing to join, and even see if there are any common people willing to participate."

As she spoke, Princess Ning'an took out a written draft from her desk cabinet.

"Take it back and have a look. If you can come up with any different opinions, tell me tomorrow morning. If not, go and post the notice with the bank's clerk."

It turned out that Princess Ning'an had already prepared all the detailed plans, and she asked me to come over just to discuss them.

The book office literally means that if the Ming Bank wants to post anything to the public, it has to be polished by those scholars...

(End of this chapter)