Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() Fu Zhai, who was in the midst of great happiness, was still a little dizzy, so that when he stepped down the steps, he almost stepped on the air and fell, but Chang Meng who was beside him quickly stepped forward to support him.

After standing still, Fu Zhai hurriedly saluted with a smile, "Thank you, Steward Chang. The student is too happy to lose his composure!"

"It's okay! It's okay!" Chang Meng hurriedly returned the salute, and said with a forced smile, "In the future, the little ones will need to pay a lot of help from adults!"

Fu Zhai, who was in a state of agitation, didn't realize that what Chang Meng said was different from the past, he bowed to Chang Meng several times, and then happily left.

In the past few days, Wu Shigong sent people to propose the idea of ​​establishing a Jimin Reclamation Firm to Mr. Hou and Ye Zhong, and they immediately received enthusiastic responses.

If the Land Reclamation Firm is successful, firstly, it can increase the prestige of the Hou family and Ye Zhong among the local officials and gentry families in Henan; secondly, it can stabilize the chaos around Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion; thirdly, it can ask for credit in front of Emperor Chongzhen; Fourth, you can earn money for your family.

And what you have to pay is nothing more than some of your own prestige and the relationship in the government, plus you have to send out some of your own servants and miners, and you don't need your own people to take risks, so how can the old master Hou and Ye Zhong do such a good thing? Why don't you agree?

Of course, Mrs. Hou and Ye Zhong also knew that the key to the success of the wasteland reclamation firm was the military support of the Runing Army and the management of Tuntian Zhuangzi, so they unanimously requested that the Runing Army send someone to take charge of the wasteland reclamation firm.

The negotiation went smoothly. The Runing Army will hold [-]% of the shares in this Jimin Land Reclamation Firm, the Hou family and Ye Zhong will each hold [-]%, and the rest of the shares will be owned by more than a dozen big families from the Runing Mansion and the Guide Mansion. carve up.

The Hou family and other big families will send out [-] family members, Ye Zhong will send out [-] miners, and the Runing army will send out a regiment of troops, and more than [-] officials who have training experience in farming and village protection teams will be transferred to form This Jimin Land Reclamation Firm.

And after occupying those abandoned lands, they will export grain, agricultural tools, livestock, and seeds according to the shares to resettle the wasteland refugees and set up farms.

And Wu Shigong thought it over and over again.He pushed his housekeeper, Chang Meng, to the position of big shopkeeper of Jimin Land Reclamation Firm.As for Chang Meng's candidate, the rest of the shareholders also unanimously agreed, and they all believed that there are no weak soldiers under a strong general.Besides, Chang Meng is also Wu Shigong's caring person, if there is any difficulty in the land reclamation business, it is easy to get Wu Shigong's help.

But Chang Meng has no idea in his heart!He knew that Wu Shigong arranged himself out this time with the intention of flattering him.But Chang Meng was also afraid that he would mess things up, after all, he had no experience in military and civil affairs before.

So just now Chang Meng had started to make friends with Fu Zhai, he knew that he would not be able to rely on Wu Shigong for everything in the future, and he also needed to establish a good relationship with other senior officials of the Runing Army.

But no matter what, Chang Meng was still a little nervous, so after sending Fu Zhai away.He just stood blankly in the corner of the yard, thinking carefully about how to open up the situation of Jimin Reclamation Firm as soon as possible.

Chang Meng was so serious that he didn't even notice when Wu Shigong sent two guests out of the study.It wasn't until Wu Shigong coughed a few times towards Chang Meng that Chang Meng came forward to send the two guests out immediately as if he had a sudden realization.

And these two guests are Zheng Jiao and Zheng shopkeeper who will open a branch of Minhai Commercial Bank in Runing.Zheng Jiao came here this time to send shopkeeper Zheng to his post. Of course, he also wanted to see with his own eyes how strong Wu Shigong is in Runing.

But as soon as he arrived in Runing, Zheng Jiao was startled.Because he saw the long queue at the gate of the Four Seas Bank, Zheng Jiao was extremely impressed by those fanatical savings crowd.

But this time, Zheng Jiao became more thoughtful, because he took a fancy to one thing in the Runing Army, and that was the powerful soldiers in the Runing Army.One must know that now is the time when Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang are fighting fiercely. If there are soldiers from the Runing Army, then Zheng Zhilong's hope of winning will be much greater.to this end.Zheng Jiao even did not hesitate to pay some price.

So after the meeting today, Zheng Jiao immediately proposed to Wu Shigong to hire a group of soldiers from the Runing Army.Of course Wu Shigong also declined.For Wu Shigong, every soldier in the Runing Army is his treasure, how could he sell them to be mercenaries?

Seeing that the employment was unsuccessful, Zheng Jiao had no other ideas, so he and Wu Shigong introduced the situation of their respective forces to each other.However, when Wu Shigong introduced the establishment of the Jimin Reclamation Firm of the Runing Army.Zheng Jiao was moved all of a sudden.

For the people of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how profitable the industry was, the most secure industry left to future generations was land, even Zheng Zhilong, who made huge profits through maritime trade, was no exception.

But Fujian, where Zheng Zhilong lives, has many mountains and little land.The Taiwan he developed has competition from the Dutch colonists.Therefore, Zheng Zhilong's consistent pursuit is to buy a large amount of cooked land in the Mainland.But most of the cultivated land in the mainland is in the hands of officials and gentry, it is impossible for Zheng Zhilong to buy it, so this time when he heard that Wu Shigong's reclamation firm can get a lot of abandoned land, Zheng Jiao couldn't bear it any longer.

Zheng Jiao also knew that the abandoned land occupied by Jimin Land Reclamation Firm might not be able to occupy all of them, after all, many abandoned lands had been owned before.But after all, the total amount of abandoned land is too large, as long as it occupies a small part, then the absolute amount is not a small amount.

So Zheng Jiao immediately proposed the following plan to Wu Shigong: The Zheng family wanted [-]% of the shares of the Jimin Land Reclamation Firm. All the profits belong to Wu Shigong.

After hearing this, Wu Shigong simply suspected that Zheng Jiao was tricky, because the conditions were too generous.For Wu Shigong, the purpose of the land reclamation firm was to farm the land, that is, to bring food, grass and soldiers to the Runing Army, and making money was a secondary consideration.And after listening to Zheng Jiao's introduction, Wu Shigong also knew that if the four seagoing ships went well, they would bring him more than [-] taels of silver in income every year. Wasn't the Zheng family giving him free silver?

So Wu Shigong immediately agreed.But Wu Shigong didn't know that Zheng Jiao settled accounts like this: The Zheng family actually only paid for the four big ships, and the value was only more than 1 taels of silver. The Zheng family earned all their land for nothing.

For the current sea trade of the Ming Dynasty, it is far from being saturated, so the addition of the four sea ships with Wu Shigong will not affect the business of the Zheng family at all.Even after forming a group with Wu Shigong, it can strengthen the Zheng family's voice in maritime trade.

And Zheng Jiao's plan paid off immediately.Wu Shigong also immediately agreed that he would choose a hundred good sailors from the Runing Army to join the Zheng family's fleet as the guards of the four ships.So the result of this meeting was immediately a happy one. (To be continued., () Vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation. m reading. Baidu search: "" or visit "", update fast, the page is refreshing