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Chapter 532 Network and Benefits

What Yang Reform said about saints and Confucianism in Guozijian immediately caused a storm, and scholars began to discuss it hotly.

What is the most lively thing in Beijing in March?Nothing is better than the stocks of the carriage yard, nothing is better than when the subsidized carriage will be implemented, nothing is better than this public transportation, and nothing is better than the interests behind it.

Yang Reform’s remarks, if placed in the context of the entire March, are nothing. Although the Dibao also opened up a special page for scholars to debate the new interpretation of Confucian characters, it is considered a rare thing. However, from high-ranking officials to common people, they are more concerned about money, and they are more concerned about how much money the emperor makes from his business, which stocks are more profitable to buy, and they plan to follow the emperor to make money through relationships.

Nowadays, the ministers don't attack Liu Mao very much anymore. Liu Mao's behavior is somewhat exaggerated. By now, everyone has gradually gotten used to it. In addition to the ineffectiveness of the attack, it is also because of Liu Mao's seemingly crazy behavior. , implying great benefits, everyone felt that attacking Liu Mao with his useless efforts was not as good as earning money from the emperor.

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Today's stock exchange continues to gather countless wealthy people from the north and the south.Whether it is a rich businessman, an old rich man, or an official family, all admire this stock, and all are proud to buy some stocks back. Without him, this stock is really too profitable, and Liulizhai is a hard-core crop. It is impossible not to be moved.

stock exchange.

In a luxurious box facing the street, two people were talking about something.

"Unexpectedly, I haven't been to the capital for only two years. The capital has changed so much. When I passed Zhengyangmen Street, I couldn't believe that I was in the capital. It was really unexpected! The changes in the capital , It's really too big!" The man who just came from the south was really surprised by the changes in the city of Beijing, so he exclaimed.

"Brother Li, you don't know how many things have happened in the capital city this year. If you go into details, you can't finish it in days and nights!" The person in charge of the reception was full of pride and complacency.

"Too many things have indeed happened! Sweeping Wei Ni, giving relief, fighting outside the customs, setting up a salt merchant, running a school, these things, that one is a big event, who would have thought that in this short year Will it happen? My Majesty, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, is truly an unborn Son of Heaven!" the person surnamed Li exclaimed.

"Hehehe, don't talk about this, don't talk about this, these are old calendars, let's talk about the latest news of the capital, does Brother Li know?" The person in charge of the reception said with a big smile.

"Well, the latest news, could it be His Majesty's new interpretation of Confucian characters?" The person surnamed Li asked back.

"Hehe, brother Li's news is very good!" said the receptionist.

"Hey... Brother Guo was joking, this matter is all published in the mansion newspaper, it's hard for me not to know!" said the person surnamed Li.

"Hehehe, this is also the case. Not to mention, with this mansion newspaper, you can really know the world's affairs without going out. This mansion newspaper is also a good deal. Unfortunately, it is the mouthpiece of the imperial court, and it is under the control of the general secretary. Otherwise, it would definitely be very profitable to make stocks and sell them to everyone, what a pity, what a pity!" The person receiving the visitors from the south sighed, looking regretful.

"That's right, I've also heard that it's expensive to advertise in this newspaper..." the person surnamed Li said.

"Well, let's not talk about this, let's talk about something else... The most lively thing recently is that His Majesty wants to subsidize the carriage, and the public carriage..." said the person who received the people from the south.

"Oh, isn't this a rumor, but the truth? Brother Guo doesn't seem to have any doubts!" ​​the person surnamed Li asked suspiciously.

"This is because Brother Li just came from the south and the news is not well-informed. Now the stocks in the carriage farm have been sold at sky-high prices. Some people who bought the stocks in the carriage farm in the past made a lot of money, but this The matter of subsidizing the carriage is a foregone conclusion, it just depends on when His Majesty did it, it is absolutely true..." said the person called Brother Guo who received the visitors from the south.

"Huh, so fast?" The person surnamed Li asked in surprise.

"It seems that Brother Li's news is not very well-informed. It's not fast, but extremely fast. Many adults impeached Lord Liu before, but His Majesty stayed behind. Even if he made a noise in the morning, His Majesty still I strongly support Mr. Liu, I heard that the carriage issue is also related to disaster relief, the adults in the court don't talk much about it now..." The person surnamed Guo explained.

"Is there something else going on here?" The person surnamed Li asked immediately.

"Of course it's famous, that's why we entertained Brother Li at the stock exchange today... Brother Li, take a look for yourself, it's such a wide square outside..." the person surnamed Guo said as he lifted the curtain beside him, Through the glass window, you can see the huge square outside Liulizhai.

"...Well, this square is really big, but what's the name of it?" the person surnamed Li asked in confusion.

"The famous hall is here. Brother Li has a look for himself. Nowadays, almost all carriages have to pass through Liulizhai. This Liulizhai is the starting and ending station of many carriages. Brother Li didn't think that this Liulizhai Are there more people than before?" The person surnamed Guo said while pointing to the huge flow of people and vehicles outside.

"Well, it is rumored that Liulizhai is the number one street in the world, and it is a must-see in the capital. It is not surprising that there are so many people, but there are so many people and so many carriages, it is more than Li expected. It's really hard to imagine." The man surnamed Li said after watching for a while.

"That's right, it's tricky. Brother Li, do you know what the land price of Liulizhai is now? How much money does it cost to rent a shop?" the person surnamed Guo said.

"Oh, I don't know about this. Could it be that it's outrageous? I want to ask brother Guo." The person surnamed Li asked quickly.

"Hehe, don't be intimidated when you say it, Brother Li. Today, a shop that is one foot two wide and three to four feet deep earns seven or eight hundred silver coins in rent every year. Just collecting the rent alone costs hundreds of dollars." The harvest of mu land..." said the person surnamed Guo.

"Ah! Seven or eight hundred silver coins? Isn't this too expensive?" The person surnamed Li asked in surprise. This figure exceeded his expectations by a lot.

"Hey, it's still cheap. There are thousands of expensive ones..." the person surnamed Guo said with a smile on his face.

"Why is it so expensive?" The person surnamed Li asked in surprise.

"Without him, it's because there are too many people..." The person surnamed Guo laughed while pointing at the busy flow of people and cars outside Liulizhai.

"This..." The person surnamed Li looked at the crowds in Liulizhai Square in surprise, and the traffic flowed in and out, not knowing what to say.

"...Brother Guo means that if there are too many people, this business will be easy to do, and this rent will be extremely expensive?" The person surnamed Li finally remembered.

"That's right, brother Li is smart, that's what he meant. Now that Mr. Liu's public carriage is being used, the carriages from the capital and Shuntian Mansion to Beijing are all gathered in Liulizhai. There are too many people to say, so what do you say? There are so many people, can it be difficult to do business? Can the rent be high? Then Liulizhai is also a master who is not short of money. Just this rent, you have to rely on connections to get it. It doesn’t matter, Liulizhai doesn’t care. I care about you..." the person surnamed Guo explained.

"So, it seems that His Majesty has long expected that this kind of situation will definitely happen once the public carriage is moved, so he asked Mr. Liu to gather all the public carriages in Liulizhai. Your Majesty's vision is really higher than that. I'll wait to count!" Li said with a sigh.

"Brother Li is right. When Mr. Liu first started doing it, all the adults in the court objected, but now, no one objects..." Guo surnamed smiled very mysteriously.

"This?" The person surnamed Li didn't understand at once.

"Nowadays, the adults in the DPRK have come to understand that when there are more carriages and more people, the land price and rent will skyrocket. Now, the adults are staring at each other, trying to find ways to get this public carriage back to their homes. As for the land, you think, there must be more than one starting place for the stagecoach. If you can get the starting point of several stagecoaches and build some shops nearby, how much will you earn just for the rent every year? Silver coins? This is money obtained in a fair and honest manner, and it is much harder than that stolen money, Brother Li said, right?" The person surnamed Guo explained with a smile.

"That's true..." The person surnamed Li began to understand.

"Brother Li, think about it again. Now that Liulizhai earns a lot of rent money every year, then I have two capitals and thirteen provinces, and there are more than ten cities that are comparable to the capital. If these big cities are like Liulizhai How big a piece of meat does it have to make him a gathering place for public carriages? In addition to the two capitals and thirteen provinces, there are more than one hundred prefectures. Brother Li can figure it out by himself..." The man surnamed Guo smiled mysteriously.

"Ah! That's it, that's it, no wonder, no wonder..." The person surnamed Li suddenly understood that there was indeed something tricky in it, no wonder no one impeached that Liu Mao anymore, there is a reason for this!

"Brother Li is indeed a smart man, and he knows everything. This is why the adults in the court no longer impeach Mr. Liu. Now, Mr. Liu is a favorite. The matter of the public carriage and the post delivery, I guess, Your Majesty It will definitely be entrusted to him to do it. Therefore, if you want to earn this money, you must have a good relationship with Mr. Liu. At that time, as long as Mr. Liu moves the place a little, it will be countless Silver!" The person surnamed Guo said with a strange smile.

"Understood, understood, Li understood it, no wonder the stocks in this carriage yard are so good now, no wonder, no wonder..." The person surnamed Li suddenly understood the ins and outs of the matter, this subsidized carriage, the carriage yard, And there is something tricky behind the stagecoach.

"Brother Li just understands, come, come, drink tea, drink tea..." The man surnamed Guo said while pouring tea.

"Thank you, thank you!" the person surnamed Li said hastily.

"...Brother Li, do you know how many carriages this carriage yard will build this year?" The person surnamed Guo began to say again.

"I don't know, maybe five or six thousand..." The person surnamed Li tried to maximize the number.

"Five or six thousand? Brother Li, you might as well delete the thousand character and change it to ten thousand." The person surnamed Guo laughed.

"What? Fifty to sixty thousand? How could there be so much? Pfft..." The man surnamed Li lost his mind because of surprise, and didn't even feel that the tea was too hot. The good image that has been maintained has been ruined.

"Hey, brother Li still underestimates our majesty! Your majesty has a big heart, it's not like you and I are so small, these words can only be said to brother Li, brother Li knows, but don't go around Biography..." the person surnamed Guo said.

"Brother Guo, don't worry, this Li knows, and he will definitely not talk nonsense." The person surnamed Li hurriedly promised.

"Let me report. Brother Li figured out how many horse-drawn carriages he needed. Just to replace the horse-drawn carriages for today's couriers, it would cost at least [-] vehicles. This public transportation, in the capital city alone, Master Liu said, it's not more than [-]. The number of vehicles is too busy. The capital alone needs [-] vehicles. Then how much should it be in two capitals and thirteen provinces, and more than one hundred prefectures? If the chariots used by the government and army are included, how many should it be? I heard that His Majesty intends to replace all the carriages of the officers and soldiers in the world with four-wheeled ones so that they can transport and carry supplies. Brother Li will do the math again, how many carriages will this cost? His Majesty also intends to subsidize the carriage money for the whole world. Brother Li will do the math again , How much carriage does this cost? If you say [-] to [-], then you will still pick a small one, and if you say [-], it is not to scare Brother Li..." The man surnamed Guo looked proud.

"Ah!..." The man surnamed Li finally lost all his self-cultivation, opened his mouth, and was so surprised that he could stuff an egg into it.

"Brother Li, now you know why the stocks in this carriage yard are valuable, and now you know why so many people are optimistic about Mr. Liu's public carriage? Hehe, if there is no one to point out this, who can understand this! If there is no way, How can it work?" The person surnamed Guo said with a smile.

"Brother Guo is capable and connected! I really want to thank Brother Guo!" The person surnamed Li hurriedly saluted the person surnamed Guo.

"Hey, this is how brothers are divided..." The person surnamed Guo quickly declined.

"Brother Guo, don't worry, what I promise to Li will definitely keep my word, and what my Li family promised will definitely keep my word." The person surnamed Li quickly assured.

"Hehehe, it's easy to say, easy to say..." The person surnamed Guo quickly said with a smile. Now, like many nobles in the capital, he has connections, but he just has no money. He originally had some money, but he couldn't afford to buy more stocks. Therefore, they can only exchange information and contacts for money, and it happens that many people from the south are worried because they are not well-informed and cannot find contacts.

The person surnamed Li was also unambiguous, and immediately took out a paper envelope and handed it to the person surnamed Guo. The person surnamed Guo opened the bag, looked at it for a while, then closed it, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Since Brother Li is so generous, I will reveal some more information. If Brother Li is interested, you can still come to find Guo. Brother Li should know about Guo's connections..." The person surnamed Guo is very satisfied with Li The person with the surname is generous, so he is going to tell some inside stories.

"Oh! Brother Guo, what news do you have? I would like to hear more about it." Hearing that there was an inside story, the person surnamed Li also cheered up. Not only did he dig out the inside story today, but he also found the door, which can be regarded as a good thing. Good news.The capital has now become a money nest, and they are soft on making money. However, because of the travel and news, they, the people in the south, missed the previous opportunities to make money. I was worried about the door, but fortunately, I found the door of Guo surnamed through someone's introduction, and I can be regarded as a foot in the capital, and I can do business in the capital safely.

"Hey, I heard that His Majesty is going to set up a steel factory. This business, I guess, is no worse than the business in the carriage yard..." The more the person surnamed Guo said, the lower his voice.

"Zun Chemical Industry Bureau?" The person surnamed Li asked back.

"That's just on the surface. In fact, His Majesty plans to set up a steel factory to use iron for the carriage yard. Brother Li, do the math, how much steel will it cost? How much money will it earn?" the person surnamed Guo said with a smile .

"That's true. I heard that some parts of the carriage can only use the steel produced by Mr. Sun, and it has indeed made a lot of money. In this way, this steel factory is worth investing in? It's a pity, I don't know what There will be news in time." The person surnamed Li said with doubts, far less convinced than before.

"Brother Li doesn't think you can make much money from this? Brother Li, you know how many ships and guns our Majesty builds every year?...Nowadays, guns that weigh more than a thousand catties are considered guns. For larger ships, don't you need a few thousand catties of iron? These transactions will all belong to this iron and steel factory in the future. Doesn’t it mean that the fat and water will not flow to outsiders? Your Majesty paid for the shipbuilding, and the steel used should be his own..." When the man surnamed Guo said how many guns, he used a gesture with one finger.

"One thousand?" The person surnamed Li asked cautiously.

The person surnamed Guo didn't answer, just smiled and gestured with a finger again.

"Ah!" The person surnamed Li was shocked!

"This really can't be passed on to the outside world, brother Li must remember it!" The person surnamed Guo said seriously.

"I know this, I know!" The man surnamed Li was sweating in shock. The number of cannons was too much. As for the number of ships built by the emperor, he knew a little because he was from the south. Even if there is a lot, the iron used in the ship is also very much.

"Then I don't know when there will be an official letter on this matter?" The person surnamed Li asked quickly. If there was news, the person surnamed Li started to ask.

"You have to follow your majesty's wishes on this matter. No one can be your majesty's master, right? If brother Li is interested, then I will keep an eye out for brother Li and let him know if there is any news. How about it?" The person surnamed Guo laughed said.

"If you have to work, if you have to work, he will succeed every day, and he will never forget Brother Guo." The person surnamed Li quickly promised.

"It's easy to say, easy to say!..." The person surnamed Guo said with a smile.

The person surnamed Li finished talking about the business, hurried out of the stock exchange, got into the carriage, and galloped away.

The person surnamed Guo stood in the luxurious box of the stock exchange, watched the person surnamed Li leave, and then looked at the busy Liulizhai Square, thoughtful, and kept weighing the Envelope, the people in the south are really rich, and they are really generous, but it is an emergency for those who have news and contacts but no money.

(End of this chapter)