Bringing Military Supplies to Ming Dynasty

Agriculture-based, industry, commerce, and light industry. This is the way Yang Chendong chose to develop the economy.

Vast territory and abundant resources is naturally a characteristic of the Central Plains, but don’t forget that there is a sentence that follows, that it has a large population. If you want to feed so many people, collecting taxes from the land alone cannot solve the fundamental problem, but it will increase the burden on the people. Therefore, from the very beginning, Yang Chendong only collected a bit of land tax, but instead focused on commercial development.

Businessmen are playing trade, and they are playing low-income and high-selling. Relatively speaking, they are considered a mental worker. Such people will not only contribute less, but will make more money. Compared with the farmers who face the loess and back the sky, the contributions and gains of both parties cannot be directly proportional.

Such a ratio may not see any problems in a short time, but as time goes on, the contradiction will inevitably start to deepen. Once the gap between the rich and the poor widens, various problems will emerge in endlessly. . Facts have also proved that at the beginning of each dynasty, the social order was very good, but with the continuous development, more and more injustices, and finally the society became more and more chaotic, until one day it could not be suppressed. At that time, it was replaced by a new dynasty.

In order to avoid income inequality and large gaps, Yang Chendong adopted a heavy tax on commerce and a very small land tax on farmers. Although this does not completely avoid the gap, at least it is controlled within a relatively acceptable scale. Only by walking on two legs in this way can society develop normally and make continuous progress.

Naturally, while levying heavy taxes, Yang Chendong also gave businesses a certain amount of respect. It’s like constantly giving higher status in terms of social status. This runs counter to Great Ming’s national policy. In Great Ming, the status of merchants is not as low as that of ordinary people. In the eyes of others, they are people who reap without sowing, they are marketers, and they are shameless by their mouthful of money. But in the territory controlled by the Yang family, the merchants are indeed respected, because they pay heavy taxes to the society, which is equivalent to making a great contribution.

The status has been improved, and more businessmen are willing to come to the Yang family site and develop here. In fact, they make a lot of money. Who made the goods produced by Chihkan City be so novel, with good quality and small quantity, it can be said that the supply exceeds demand?

It can be said that in the environment at that time, as long as you have access to the Chihkan City products, you can sell them. The only difference is how high the price of the goods can be.

If must be summed up in eight characters, there is no highest, only higher.

The profitability of business has become an important cornerstone for the development of the Yang family. That is, how can Yang Chendong easily let go of such a good thing. At the beginning of the construction of Sicheng, he planned a commercial street, and waited for the Cement steel bars and other items transported by Chihkan City by sea to arrive, and then began construction, and then a large number of goods began to flood the street, making It quickly became prosperous and lively.

Zhang Quan and Xu Deyi saw exactly this scene. They were surprised to find that despite the heavy snow outside, it was freezing cold. But in the commercial street, it is indeed a busy scene, crowded with people, people next to people, from a distance, it is as prosperous as the center of the capital city.

Must say something different, that is, the dress of the people here is very different from that of the Northern Ming capital. You can see merchants wearing all kinds of exotic clothes here. Most of them are Mongolian merchants, and there may be merchants from more distant regions and countries. But to Zhang Quan’s surprise, we also saw Great Ming merchants here.

How could the Great Ming merchant appear in the grassland? Could it be that they have privately invested in the Mongolian tribe?

With such doubts, Zhang Quan personally walked forward and chatted with a businessman who was the same as Great Ming in both dress and appearance, but he was asking what .

The businessman doesn’t know Zhang Quan’s true identity, just feels that someone gives him some femininity. But what the other party said were pure Great Ming words. This is not fake, and it depends on what he wears, the same as himself. Now that they are all from Great Ming, the businessman has a natural sense of intimacy. Under Zhang Quan’s intention, the two parties quickly chatted, and they were chatting very speculatively.

For nearly one hour, Zhang Quan returned to Xu Deyi’s side, but his face was indeed a bit ugly.

“Zhang Eunuch, what’s the matter? How come there are our Great Ming merchants here?” Xu Deyi had been curious for a long time, and finally asked when he had the opportunity.

“He is indeed a Great Ming businessman, or we belong to Northern Ming.” Zhang Quan’s position is naturally higher than Xu Deyi’s. However, considering the safety of this time, the other party must protect it. With. “He didn’t at all take refuge in Mongolia, nor was he able to take refuge in Duke of Zhongdan. He bought goods here because he wanted to take our Northern Ming back to sell.”

“Ah! Purchase from the grassland and sell it back to Northern Ming? This can take more than 20 days?” Xu Deyi was also shocked by this answer, and said with a puzzled face.

“But we, Northern Ming, are no longer in stock, or in stock, but are controlled by those Aristocratic Family Great Clan and the important officials in the Imperial Court. Small merchants like this have no share at all. They also heard about Sicheng. They also heard that as long as they have money, they can get the goods here, and as a real Han, they can get a 5% discount when they get the goods. Profit-driven is the distance. They will also come when they are far away.” Zhang Quan said this expressionlessly, but in fact he was bleeding in his heart.

Speaking of which, Zhang Quan can be the guard of the Court Eunuch of Datong Mansion. He also has a backer in the Imperial Palace. Even his name is registered in the heart of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu. He also It can be regarded as a privileged class. But the same privileged class still has to divide into gangs. He is very optimistic about some of the powerful in the capital. Some people just take advantage of the power they have at hand. Once something goes wrong, they may not have the ability to solve the problem.

That’s why I don’t have much ability, but those who can play tricks are just the official luck, and some even get the love of His Imperial Majesty, which makes Zhang Quan even more angry. With this background, fire and knowledge, and now hearing this businessman’s words, it is no wonder that his complexion has become very bad.

Zhang Quan saw a deeper level of things, that is, the decay and decline of Great Ming. Although it was a trivial matter, it did give him a different feeling. What he sees here is the prosperity, the vigor, the hope…

Xu Deyi is only a thousand households, maybe he can’t think of so many things, but he also knows that it will last forever If this is the case, I am afraid that Sicheng’s influence will become greater and greater, and one day, it will have the potential to replace Great Ming.

When the two adults were still in the heart lamenting, suddenly a mercenary soldier in military green clothes came and said, “Two adults, we, the City Lord, please.”

Are you finally going to see the Lord? Zhang Quan nodded to Xu Deyi on the side, and then said: “Please lead the way.”

This walk is a long way, and it has been five miles out of the city. Fortunately, it is ready here. The horses, and the way to go has been completely cleared to ensure that they can pass unimpeded. But this is the case. After driving for nearly half an hour, I arrived at the destination and came to a vegetable greenhouse with plastic film everywhere.

The messenger who led the way took out a special token with silver light from his body, and no one stopped him all the way. When he finally came to a large shed, he got off his horse and pointed Standing in a large shed area, he said, “Two adults, our City Lord is inside, please.”

Zhang Quan and Xu Deyi and the others got off the horse, not at all, they are bringing entourage, fact Above, not everyone can enter this greenhouse. The two went into the greenhouse with the lifeguard, and the first feeling was warmth.

Compared with the cold weather outside, not only the air here is fresher, but the climate is also very pleasant, giving people a sense of spring all year round.

It is not a piece of white that catches the eye, it is completely replaced by green. At this moment, Yu Mian in front of a cucumber stand turned his head, with a smile on his face, greeted them enthusiastically, “Zhang Eunuch, Xu Qianhu, you are here.”

Before I came, I learned that the original master of Sicheng was named Yu Mian, the eldest son of Assistant Minister Yu Qian of the Ministry of War. For this matter, Embroidered Uniform Guard and Dongchang also made a report to the Imperial Court, to the effect that they suspected that Yu Qian’s disappearance had a lot to do with mercenaries.

But everything is just speculation. Without empirical evidence, this matter will not be known in the end. Now I finally saw Yu Mian, Zhang Quan’s first sentence was, “Good for City Lord? But I don’t know how good is for Assistant Minister?”

For this obvious temptation, Yu Mian hehe He smiled and answered politely, “My father is well, but Eunuch is worried. By the way, how do you feel about our greenhouse area when you first came here?”

not at all in Yu Qian’s affairs What do you say? This is also the result of Yu Mian’s initial consultation with Yang Chendong. He knew that as soon as Northern Ming had sent someone at this time, he would definitely be interested in his identity, and naturally he couldn’t avoid his father. When asked about Yang Chendong, the answer was that the four characters are half hidden and half appearing.

After fully understanding this sentence, Yu Mian knew that he had to explain that his father was still alive and could not tell them what he could do. This gave him the answer now.

Yu Mian took the initiative to change the topic, and Zhang Quan was in the heart sighed. That’s it for knowing this question. Not to mention if I am asking if I will cause trouble, I am afraid that if I am asking, others will not answer myself.