Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1007 Turned out

  Emperor Hongzhi's heart... hurts.

  How many thirty million taels of silver do you have in your life?

   Just for this?

   This thing is made of gold, and it doesn't cost so much.

   Over the years, Emperor Hongzhi only saved 30 million taels.

As for the income of the national treasury, it is even worse. The tax and silver are pitifully small, more than three million taels a year. Country people don't know the law, Your Majesty, you have money, you pay the bill.

  Emperor Hongzhi was exhausted physically and mentally by guarding his own money every day.

  Who would have expected that these two guys, with such a thing, would cost 30 million taels.

  Emperor Hongzhi felt that this thing might be of great use, and the exquisite structure is really ingenious and rare in the world.

But…

   But at this time, Fang Jifan mentioned the old city, which made him confused.

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, my son and His Royal Highness have been shorting the land of the old city for more than a year, and spent tens of millions of taels of silver on the land along the railway and the old city. The land, make a big purchase, ahem...Your Majesty, do you understand?"

   "I don't understand!"

  Emperor Hongzhi was a little annoyed.

  Fang Jifan was taken aback for a moment, what the hell, His Majesty's IQ is so limited, he doesn't understand such a simple truth.

Fang Jifan coughed and looked awkward: "Your Majesty, why did the land price in the old city plummet? This is because the old city is far away from the Daming Palace. For many yamen, the distance is more than forty miles. If you walk or take a sedan chair, you can go back and forth. I'm afraid it will take a whole day. Even if it's a carriage, the traffic on this road will take two or three hours to go back and forth, and halfway, who knows what will happen. But now it's different, just go to the station and get on the train at any time. Arriving in the new city in half an hour, this is meaningless to many princes and nobles. But...how about countless craftsmen and ordinary people?"

  Emperor Hongzhi was annoyed, but he still listened patiently to Fang Jifan.

  What Fang Jifan said made Emperor Hongzhi stunned.

At this time, Fang Jifan said again: "They are ordinary people. Think about it, Your Majesty. The land price in this new city is really too high. How can many poor Beijing officials, craftsmen, and ordinary people be able to buy property. New city They can't afford a house like this, but they live in the old city, which is too far away. Only by working in the new city can they get a good salary. Could it be that His Majesty has the heart to let them have no house to live in? Erchen has already thought about it, every day A large number of markets will be built at a station, and at the same time, a large number of houses will be built nearby. These houses, of course, do not have courtyards, are three to five stories high, and each house is only tens of square meters in size. The price is cheap. One mu of land can be given to 30 to 50 families. How much money do you think this house has? Your Majesty..."

As soon as this was mentioned, Fang Jifan became very excited: "Your Majesty, only five hundred taels of silver is needed, and it is only five hundred taels of silver in such a good location. This is still close to the railway line, and you can go to Xincheng in a blink of an eye when you go out, and you can go to Xincheng when you enter." The surrounding area is a good place in the bustling area of ​​the old city.”

"Not only that, I have already figured it out. Many craftsmen can earn three or five taels of silver a year. If they save this money, they can save at least twenty taels a year. There are twenty taels of silver for working in the village. After a year, the balance of forty taels of silver is still there. There are still many small merchants and many poor officials. It may take ten years to save a house. Kechen decided to use Xishan The purpose of the bank to give them low-interest loans is to make everyone have a house to live in. In this way, they only need to pay fifty taels of silver to move in, and the monthly repayment is only two or three Two silver coins, ten or twenty years, this house can be used for a lifetime."

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

  He couldn't help saying: "In this way, one mu of your land can be sold for two to thirty thousand taels of silver in the old city."

"This is different." Fang Jifan said with a confident smile, "This is not an ordinary place. This is a place along the railway line where you can enjoy prosperity and tranquility when you go out. You can have a neat and harmonious family reunion. What's more This three- to five-story mansion also requires cost. I have to set up a market next to it to sell some shops. I also need to plan elementary school and build a theater so that ordinary people can enjoy the convenience and convenience of the new city. bustling."

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help taking a breath, and said, "How much money did you collect for these lands?"

  Fang Jifan said coyly: "Two to three hundred taels per mu."

  Emperor Hongzhi immediately began to calculate in his heart, and said, "How much did you and the prince buy?"

  Fang Jifan coughed: "A hundred thousand mu..."

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

Fang Jifan coughed: "Your Majesty, you can't just look at the profit, you have to look at the investment. If you want to transform the old city, the investment is astonishing. Not to mention the railway, there are still a lot of ground-breaking projects... and countless craftsmen need to be recruited. In fact, Erchen and His Royal Highness have been under great pressure. Xishan Jianye has hundreds of thousands of people to support. Without jobs, there will be no salary. Without salary, countless people will go hungry. If the vagrants under the emperor's feet break out, the ministers and His Royal Highness the crown prince will not be able to bear it."

   When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, his face became sullen, his eyes calm.

   This is indeed an extremely serious matter, even for ordinary refugees. If hundreds of thousands of people are hungry and are still at the feet of the emperor, it will really shake the world.

Fang Jifan said again: "Furthermore, my ministers and His Royal Highness have calculated that the reconstruction of the old city, the laying of the railway tracks in the future, and the construction of the new city will require labor in the future, from workshops to roads to mansions. As well as the countless woodenware, lacquerware, heating supply, required coal mining, logging, mining... It can also provide a large number of jobs for hundreds of thousands of people in the future. Your Majesty, the problem of the refugees of the Ming Dynasty can be solved in one go, and These people, with their salaries, must still need food, clothing, housing and transportation, and they can greatly prosper business. This move by the ministers and His Royal Highness is all for the Ming Dynasty, for the community, and for the countless... people who have no food and clothing, and are hungry."

  The harm of two phases is the lesser.

  You said that Fang Jifan cheated people and made money by taking advantage of the old city renovation, but in fact, how many people who were starving to death with nothing to cover their clothes and food actually profited from it?

  Emperor Hongzhi looked cautious, narrowed his eyes and said: "So, the land price in the old city will go up?"

   "Yes!" Fang Jifan stared at Emperor Hongzhi: "It may increase to more than ten times!"

Emperor Hongzhi gasped in surprise again, and said, "I'm in the old city, and I still have a lot of land, right, such as the Forbidden City, and... many old government halls... Along the railway line, there seems to be some Emperor."

   "Yes." Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty is really wise."

  Emperor Hongzhi didn't bother to answer Fang Jifan's polite words, his heart became active, and he couldn't help being excited immediately, and his face turned red.

   couldn't help but said again: "So, the 30 million taels of silver for the construction of the railway can be easily recovered?"

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "It's not just easy to take it back, it can not only provide jobs for countless people, but also, Xishan Jianye, with such a large sum of money, will continue to break ground and build a large number of railways. My son and His Royal Highness think about it." Yes, next, a railway will also be connected to Xishan. The anthracite from Xishan and countless goods can reach the new city continuously to supply the needs of the new city, and even reach the wharf of the old city through the canal. Transport all over the world. In the future, there will be more and more railways. In this world, there is nothing that cannot be done without money. As long as there is money, even if it is to build a railway to Liaodong, so long as His Majesty orders, just In three days, in three days, there will be countless trains transporting a large amount of food and weapons, as well as tens of thousands of military horses, can arrive in Liaodong. Within ten days, mobilize all forces to suppress it!"

turn out to be…

  The railway has such a great use.

  Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi began to be shocked.

  In this era, transportation is very difficult.

  It requires a lot of manpower, and manpower means countless losses. If a catty of grain is transported from the capital to Liaodong, more than half of the loss on the road may have been lost, but what if it is transported by rail? With just a few dozen people, the mountains of grain can be sent directly to the army in Liaodong within half a month without loss.

   Not only that, the assembly of the army can shorten the time countless times.

   There is also the transportation of manpower and goods. Isn't this a sharper artery than the Grand Canal, which just appeared out of thin air.

  As for silver... This kind of thing is a big problem in front of the emperor, but it seems to be a trivial matter when it comes to Fang Jifan.

  As he said, the transformation of the old city can earn a lot of money through the land, which, to a certain extent, is a kind of primitive capital accumulation inside.

For an empire as large as the Ming Dynasty, it is almost impossible to complete the accumulation of primitive capital solely by looting from outside, and it is completely a drop in the bucket. With sudden wealth, the living conditions of the remaining ninety-nine people have been improved. But one million people, to plunder and squeeze 10,000 people... It's a bit embarrassing, the result of mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people may be to make ends meet.

  But this Fang Jifan...

  Emperor Hongzhi got up, couldn't help but walked to the wall of the car, and gently rubbed the wall of the car with his hand. The vibration of the train was transmitted to his palm through the wall of the car.

  He turned his head and said an intriguing sentence: "Is this car really made by the prince?"

  ...

Chapter two.

  (end of this chapter)