Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1296 Governing the world capable minister

  Fang Jifan understood Zhu Houzhao very well.

  His ambition is much greater than that of Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi hoped to guard an acre of three-thirds of the land, and his wife and children were passive. Looking around, there was also the Golden Island. In order to let his descendants also have their wives and children on the kang, he had no choice but to go to the land. Go all out.

   Zhu Houzhao is different.

  Zhu Houzhao belongs to the kind who spends all day playing with swords and looking for enemies everywhere.

  Fang Jifan sighed, and met Zhu Houzhao's fiery gaze.

   "Hey, Your Highness, Your Highness, what should I say about you. If Your Majesty finds out the truth, what should I do, I still have a lot of money to spend."

  Zhu Houzhao patted him on the shoulder: "We are friends, that's why I told you, just say it straight, do you want to do it?"

  Fang Jifan thought for a while, nodded: "Last time. Something happened, you come to the top, I will be in charge of the rear."

  Zhu Houzhao smiled openly: "I know you are loyal."

   "Of course." Fang Jifan said: "This is passed down from the ancestors. I have told you that my eldest father is in Tumubao..."

   "Don't mention the civil fort!" Zhu Houzhao spread out the map: "Look carefully, Wang Xizuo will lead people, where to land?"

  Fang Jifan sighed, had to lower his head, looked at the map: "I think the biggest possibility is Tanggu."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head: "No, Tanggu's landing is the safest, but since Wang Xizuo is a meticulous one, he will definitely not lure the Spaniards to land from Tanggu. I think... it is very likely that they will land at Dagukou. Here and Tanggu Facing each other across the river, it is an excellent landing place, but he also knows that I, Daming, have stationed troops and horses here, and if I think about it, it may be at Dagukou."

Fang Jifan shook his head: "I don't think...no, if Wang Xizuo wants to win the trust of the Spaniards, he will never take the risk of deceiving them, because he can't be sure whether Spain has other channels to get information, and the best way to hide himself is precisely... seven points True, three points false. This **** didn’t specify the landing location.”

  Zhu Houzhao laughed: "It doesn't matter where he landed, it's right to deploy heavy troops at these two places."

  Fang Jifan smiled, but remained silent.

  The next day, Emperor Hongzhi drove and led his ministers to Tianjin Wei.

  Tianjinwei has begun to take shape of a big port.

  Contiguous warehouses have risen from the ground. In the future, there will be a railway connecting here. At the port, there are docks everywhere, and canvas wooden ships and steam ships are being built frantically.

  The headquarters of Siyang Commercial Bank is located here.

In the future, countless goods will be transported here from the inland via railways. To the south, the goods can be transported to the south of the Yangtze River through the canal; .

certainly.

The current Siyang Commercial Bank is placing orders crazily with the money raised from the stock market, no, they have a huge demand for merchant ships, so that here, although the New Deal has not yet started, there are already countless Merchants gathered here, and craftsmen of all colors came here admiringly.

  A large number of orders gave birth to the shipbuilding industry.

  Because of the need to rush the construction period, the shipyard had to spend a lot of money to recruit various shipwrights.

  In addition to the construction of the steam engine ship, the cost is even more astonishing. Many students who graduated from Xishan Academy work here. In order to manufacture nearby, here, the Xishan Iron and Steel Workshop, has established a huge steelmaking plant here, and has repeatedly expanded it.

  Here... a thriving situation.

Emperor Hongzhi had been to Tianjin Wei before. When he arrived in Tianjin City this time, he stood on the city tower, climbed up and looked at the endless wilderness. Now, it has become countless residences and workshops. He sighed in his heart: " The prestige of the New Deal has spread to Tianjin."

  Zhu Houzhao said cheerfully: "They were all brought by Siyang Trading Company and steamships. Where is Tang Yin? Isn't Tang Yin here to supervise the shipbuilding? Where did he go?"

  Fang Jifan stood aside, also very eager in his heart, my dearest disciple, Tang Yin is here, the master and the apprentice have not seen each other for a long time.

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled. The wind here is a bit strong, but he was full of interest. He turned his head and said to the officials: "The land price here must have skyrocketed."

  Hundred officials shrank their necks one by one. To be honest, the weather was too cold and the wind was strong.

  Yeah, if I had hoarded land here...

  Looking at it this way, what is the prospect of this Jingshi Portal, the largest port of Ming Dynasty in the future, a super hub connecting canals, railways and sea transportation?

  I am really blind.

  Fang Jifan smiled.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan: "Jifan, what are you laughing at?"

  Fang Jifan's bitter face: "I didn't smile..."

Zhu Houzhao said happily from the side: "Father, don't ask him. If you ask him, he dare not say that at the beginning, Lao Fang and his sons, especially the sons, borrowed a large amount of money to transfer the land of Tianjin Wei. I bought 30% to 40% of the land, look, father, from Dagukou to here, and then there, these lands are all ours."

  His dancing strokes, with a happy look on his face.

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

  He then looked at Fang Jifan angrily, as if asking why he didn't bring me with him.

  Fang Jifan immediately said: "Your Majesty, my son... my son..."

  Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand: "Forget it, this is your young people's business."

  He was very tolerant.

  Fang Jifan's vision is excellent, of course, he will never enjoy it to himself, and will always bring the prince with him. With the prince's late-knowledge temperament, Emperor Hongzhi didn't expect him to be enlightened by this economic method. With Fang Jifan leading him, Emperor Hongzhi can rest assured.

   But behind him, all the officials gasped.

  Damn it... Qi Guogong is a bitch...

  Someone tugged at Wang Bushi's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Scholar Wang, you bought it too."

  Wang Bushi pushed the sunglasses with his hands, and said coldly: "There is never enough money in the world. There are ten thousand ways to make money. Tianjin Wei is not something I can operate."

  The person who asked the question wanted to ridicule Wang Bushi.

  Aren’t you good at earning money?

   Did you buy it?

   But when he heard Wang Bushi's words, he felt like he had been hit by 10,000 points.

  10,000…

  Wang Bushi...you are also a bitch.

  Wang Bushi just smiled, he was telling the truth.

He has many ways to earn money, but Tianjin Wei's money is hot. The reason is that it is too much influenced by Xishan and Siyang Commercial Bank. On the surface, it is a huge profit, but its planning is all in the hands of the prince. And Fang Jifan's hand.

  When I didn’t have much capital, I could gamble. But once one's own capital has formed a scale, it is not the best choice to invest heavily in Tianjin Wei's land.

  Only Shen Wen, a bachelor, looked at Zhu Houzhao's back with a resentful face, blinking his eyes, as if saying, pay back the money!

Zhu Houzhao didn't notice the strangeness behind him. He stretched out his hand like a treasure, and pointed: "Father, look there, it's close to the canal, and a road network will be built to connect with the railway. In the future, there will be countless goods. , will be unloading here. Not only that, the railway will also extend to Dagukou, and a huge port will be built at Dagukou for cargo handling. There will be many docks in Tanggu, and the main focus is shipbuilding There are now more than 60 docks, large and small, of course, the largest is the Xishan Shipbuilding Bureau, which is used to manufacture the latest steamships... Now here in Tianjin Wei, the influx of refugees is the largest, here The demand for people is also the greatest, even far exceeding that of Jingshi and Tongzhou.”

Zhu Houzhao said with a grin: "Of course, it's all thanks to Tang Yin. Father, you don't know that the officials who were stationed here in the past are not very useful. The future of Tianjin is so bright, how can you trust them? But Tang Yin is different. Tang Yin is the commander of the Eastern Invincible Fleet and the imperial minister. He came here. Naturally, this Tianjin Wei is up to him. Here, the coastal defense, government affairs, Shipbuilding is now under Tang Yin's control, alas, Tang Yin is a good man, my minister likes him very much."

  Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao contemptuously, and quickly turned his face away.

  This stinky and shameless thing, the so-called liking Tang Yin, has an element of interest. The prince has so much wealth in Tianjin Wei, and all his hopes are pinned on Tang Yin. Can you not like it?

  I am different, my love for Tang Yin is pure, without any color of interest, and it is also deep. The relationship between teachers and students is like father and son. In the words of Han Gaozu Liu Bang, it is "Nai Gong Ye". To put it plainly: I am your father.

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "Tang Yin has a good temper, but sometimes, he is a bit pedantic, but... he is indeed a talent."

  Emperor Hongzhi also praised Tang Yin.

   Just as he was talking, an **** came: "Your Majesty, Bachelor Tang has arrived."

  Tang Yin's real official position was a Hanlin scholar, who was ordered to command the Eastern Invincible Fleet, responsible for supervising the construction of ships, and recruiting sailors.

  Emperor Hongzhi listened: "Come on, call up."

   Tang Yin looked tired, and became much thinner. He hurriedly climbed up the tower, and when he saw Emperor Hongzhi, he bowed: "I have seen Your Majesty."

   Then, he raised his head and glanced at Fang Jifan, with surprise in his eyes.

  Emperor Hongzhi put on a serious face: "Tang Qing's family, I am here, but you are a noble person. Not only did you not come to greet you, but you came late. Why, do you want me to order someone to carry you in a sedan chair?"

   Tang Yin blushed, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is in a hurry. When I received the news, I was in Tanggu and rushed all the way. Unexpectedly, it was too late. I will die. Please forgive me."

  Emperor Hongzhi was just a test.

  Seeing Tang Yin's dusty appearance, he must have rushed here.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Get up, just now, the prince is praising you, saying that you are a capable minister, prince, isn't it?"

  Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "Father is absolutely right."

  (end of this chapter)