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Chapter 44 Want to be rich? Build roads

The emperor's life seems to be step by step, but in fact it is quite messy.

As a king, there are too many things to deal with by himself. If you want to be a good emperor, you will be busy even if you are not exhausted.

After Zhu Yunxiu and the old man had breakfast, he began to meet with ministers again. The year was approaching, and the ministers of the six ministries were too busy.

When he participated in the political discussion, Zhu Yunqiu no longer wanted to speak and show off. He is now the crown prince and no longer needs to show off to attract praise from the emperor and his ministers. What he wants now is stability and humility.

The ministers saw the detailed empire patterns and verified them one by one with their own thoughts in their minds.

He is still the crown prince now, and many things need the old man nodded to implement.

In the summer, the postal change of postals he mentioned was fully promoted and gained a lot. In just a few months, the momentum soared, becoming an important source of wealth for the country and an important means to promote the prosperity of private commerce.

There are dozens of bustling pure commercial cities in the Jiangnan region. The postal logistics industry has completely solved the transportation problems of these goods. The government solved the transportation, solved the warehousing, and solved the hidden dangers on the road.

Without these worries, in just a few months, cotton mills, tea farms, silk factories and other workshops in Jiangnan had no inventory yet after they were produced all night. Moreover, as the end of the year approached, these goods were in short supply.

Postal services have quickly improved the commerce in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions in a short period of time. According to the Ministry of Revenue, postal stations in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions are now not enough because of the logistics role.

Local governments submitted a memorial requesting that more stations, cargo yards, etc. be opened to facilitate the circulation of private trade.

There are two places for goods in Jiangnan: one is the seaport in Fujian and Guangdong, and the other is the thoroughfare of nine provinces including Wuchang and Wuhan. Especially the latter is a transit station in the Ming Dynasty.

Hubei Censorate and Administration Commission reported that there were endless ships on the Yangtze River waterway, and the docks were running around for a day. The government stations opened all warehouses, and even temporarily built sheds for storing goods by the river, but they were still a little too busy.

In order to protect the safety of those goods, local governments had to use the officers and soldiers of the garrison to patrol all night.

Everything is money. Behind such prosperity is that tens of thousands of postal notes are hard to find. Private letters and cargo transportation have become small heads, and bulk goods logistics have become the main force of postal services.

This momentum made Zhu Yunyu unexpected. He thought that the effect of postal service would not be reflected in three or two years, but he underestimated the intelligence and enlightenment of the Chinese people in this era, as well as the surging business waves of this era.

If it weren't for the good business foundation in the early stage, the silver from all over the world would not have flowed here in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the well-developed postal service also exposed some problems. First, the post stations in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River are very short of staff. Take Yangzhou as an example. There were originally 31 officials in Yangzhou Post, while the Yangzhou Post now has a daily cargo transportation volume of up to 1,000 vehicles.

The reserve of goods alone has already made the people at the post station busy, not to mention the accommodation and food of merchants who come and go. More importantly, the post station also has to send postmen and guard the caravans.

The Ming Dynasty did not prohibit the circulation of civil weapons. The caravans would have some guards more or less. But they were full of swords and guns, and those guards were far less useful than those of postmen. After all, postmen belonged to the people of the court. With the guards of postmen, it was not only easy to walk on the road, but also when entering other cities, they could be slightly beaten by the soldiers guarding the city and less oil.

The second is the issue of the road.

In Jiangnan, the roads are usually carried by water, but when transporting to the mainland, the roads are quite muddy, which delays time.

If you want to be rich, you should first build roads. The official roads in this year are just a slightly flatter dirt road. With more people walking, it is inevitable that they will be bumpy. Local governments do not have funds and dare not abuse their people's power to build them.

In the hall, the people from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works of the Ministry of Revenue and the difficulties in one breath, kept silent and waited for the emperor and crown prince's advice.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chaise, and Zhu Yunxiu sat next to him on a round stool. The ministers in front of him stood slightly bent, with sandalwood lingering in the hall.

Dasun! Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Postal is your idea, what do you do if the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works said?

The problem of insufficient manpower was unexpected! Zhu Yunxiu spoke out, and insufficient manpower would cause the bulk goods to run slowly. In the long run, the credibility of the state postal service would be reduced!

In any era, time is money.

However, it is not advisable to ask each post to recruit people. Zhu Yunxiu smiled. After all, the people at the post station also eat imperial grains! As he said that, Zhu Yunxiu pondered slightly, and his grandson wondered whether he could recruit from the people!

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered about how to recruit!

Judging from the current momentum of postal notes, stations in Jiangnan are making money, so just take out some money to let the children of good families help in the inn. The temporary workers in later generations were picked up by Zhu Yunyu, and it would be better to be literate. They were responsible for counting stored goods, sorting numbers, registering and checking various notes at the inn.

Fu Youwen, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, said, Your Majesty, I think it is feasible!

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded constantly.

In fact, temporary workers have existed in ancient times. Many yamen runners and constables in government offices in various places are recruited by the government from the public, and some even have no salary. But even so, some people still rush to do it. Because there are too many benefits.

As for the food and accommodation issues of the customers passing by the station, this is easy to deal with. At worst, you can contract it out! Zhu Yunxiu said again.

Contracting? Zhu Yuanzhang was a little puzzled, what does it mean?

Take Yangzhou Post as an example. There are thousands of caravans passing by every day, and eating is a problem for these people. The merchants are unwilling to spend money to go to the restaurant, so they bought postal meal tickets. However, the post station is too busy, so if they are divided at this time, the canteen will be divided.

Zhu Yuanzhang followed Zhu Yunhuang's words and said, "What do you mean is to find a group of people who can cook, open a canteen to provide food?"

Grandpa Huang's insight into thousands of miles of miles is amazing! Zhu Yunxiu first flattered him and said, "The food in the canteen does not require exquisiteness, but it must be full. People who open canteens have to pay the contract fee to the inn every month. Merchants use meal tickets to eat, and then the canteen settles with bills and stations, how much bills are collected and how much money is paid by the inn. The inn saves labor and trouble, and there are also merchants who know how to make food and drinks to benefit!

It makes sense, but the canteen contractor is the people after all. If the post station is a rogue and not giving this money, isn’t it a good thing to turn into a bad thing? Zhu Yuanzhang pondered that the people dare not sue the official, and the people who do food make money are hard money. Not to mention not giving it to him, it will be difficult for him to live a while!

Grandpa Huang was too worried! Zhu Yunxi smiled and whispered, taking a large post like Yangzhou Post as an example, opening a canteen is sure to make a profit without losing money. In such a transaction, the official secretary is willing to open a business for others? He can't say that, get some relatives from his family, that...

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized, haha, the fat water will not flow to outsiders' fields! However, he snorted immediately, contracting is OK, but the food must be clean, the portion must be enough, and the old must be free. If you want to be a bad businessman, haha!

The key details still depend on the consideration of all the officials from the Ministry of Revenue! Zhu Yunsheng smiled.

The old man was still prescient. When Zhu Yunyu mentioned this suggestion, he saw the signs of a black-hearted cafeteria.

The black-hearted cafeteria really deserves to die. When he thinks about the food he had when he was studying in later generations, the contractor was the principal's relative, Zhu Yunyu gritted his teeth with hatred.

However, these are all small problems, the main thing is the road!

Zhu Yunqiu spoke again, if you want to be rich, build roads first. The roads are not smooth and the bulk goods are running slowly, which will inevitably affect logistics.

Speaking of this, no other ministers dared to speak.

The old emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the most opposed thing is the abuse of people's power. The road construction took too long and used too many people. Moreover, the inland was not a border, but mainly the people farmed. If the people's power was used on a large scale and delayed farming, no one could take responsibility.

Building a road is a century-old plan! Zhu Yunxi said again, Grandpa Huang, the road should be built! Not to mention anything else, Jiangxi is also a corner of the south of the Yangtze River. When my grandson went to Fuzhou, it was muddy and difficult to walk on the official road. It was okay to ride a horse, but the cart couldn't get on.

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