However, no matter how crazy the rumors in the capital are, there is one thing that almost everyone can be sure of.
That means Overseas Zhenfu Division is indeed very rich.
This has been tested by someone personally.
The matter of issuing land certificates to soldiers was done in Nanhaizi. This matter lasted for several days, and basically everyone who got the news came to collect these certificates.
However, for these family members, although these lands far outside the customs were rewarded by Lord Zhenfusi, they were too far away, and the benefits were not practical. It was far less cost-effective than converting them directly into cash.
Many people choose to go to Sihai Commercial Bank to directly convert it into cash. Although the commercial bank calculates that one acre of land can only be converted into a little more than one or two silver, but for many family members in Beijing, this is already a huge sum of money.
That’s quite a lot of extra money.
At that time, many people were worried that the words of the Overseas Zhenfu Division could not be fulfilled, or that the commercial bank that took over the matter simply could not exchange so much money, and even a run occurred. After all, there were thousands of people, and they were late. The money
If there is no replacement, it means nothing to them to hold the land outside the customs. This so-called land certificate is just a piece of waste paper.
But no matter how many people came to cash it, Sihai Commercial Bank would directly issue the money and exchange those vouchers without blinking an eye.
There was a huge crowd on the first day, but there were a lot less people on the second day. By the third day, there were only a few dozen people at the door of the trading house who were going to exchange money.
People in the capital are not stupid, they are even smarter. Since it can be exchanged for silver at any time, there is no need to discount the certificate in such a hurry. After all, if everyone is discounting it, the price will definitely be lowered.
, everyone knows this truth.
Perhaps, if you wait until there is no one around, you can save a lot of money!
And there is no shortage of smart people in the capital. Compared with the belated family members, they had already thought of this. On the next day, they even openly started purchasing at the door of Sihai Trading Company.
These land certificates come.
From the beginning, they bought at 20% off the price offered by Sihai Commercial Bank, then sold it to Sihai Commercial Bank and made the difference. Then they started buying at the same price as Sihai Commercial Bank, preparing to hoard until the price increased later. Four or five days later,
The original land certificate was only worth one to two hundred and twenty-one acres, but they have already offered a price of one to two and a half acres to acquire it.
The ears and eyes of these merchants are much better informed than those of ordinary military households. The details of the Sihai Trading Company have been known to them for a long time. Not to mention that this trading company has done a lot in Shaanxi and Shanxi, and it is engaged in maritime trade. Now
He is also first-class, not to mention, this is the master who donates silver to the inner treasury every year. He is truly the number one imperial merchant in the world!
Such imperial merchants would have no money and would they engage in loss-making business?
They don't even need to think about how these things can make money, but they can identify the direction of the wind. They only need to follow the people who are sure to make money, and then they will naturally make money. And there are a lot of such smart people in Beijing.
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In particular, the Overseas Zhenfu Division seems to be a lively matter. In fact, the volume is not large. The total transaction amount is only a dozen or two hundred thousand taels. It is divided among everyone involved in the matter, ranging from a few dollars to a few dollars.
A hundred taels, even more than a few thousand taels.
They can afford to lose money. If they really lose money, they can build relationships with royal merchants like Sihai Trading Company. This small amount of money can be earned back anywhere in the future.
Their calculations were quite good, but these smart people underestimated the survival wisdom of the common people.
When it is discovered that someone has purchased the certificate in their hand at a premium, everyone knows that it is a good thing. Therefore, the person who sold it tries to buy back what he has sold, while those who have not yet sold it start to just cover it up.
I don't want to buy it anymore.
The price of one, two, two and one acres of land also began to rise steadily, and in less than ten days, it almost doubled.
At this time, Sihai Trading Company made a move beyond everyone's imagination. They dedicated all the land certificates they acquired to the palace. More than 20,000 acres of land became the royal property in an instant.
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There is also faint news coming from the palace. It is said that the internal officials and supervisors have begun to select people in the palace to build Zhuangzi in Liaodong.
The land certificates that were still on the market started to rise like crazy at this moment, and more than doubled again. The price was already comparable to the price of the best farmland near the capital.
Even so, the supply is still in short supply. After all, there is land, and even building a farm next to the imperial village on your own land, the benefits are countless. As for the bitter cold and the distance, this is not a problem. Hire some people and send a
The steward is just there to watch.
I don’t know where the news started to spread. Shaanxi has a bumper harvest this year because Shaanxi produces an improved crop introduced from overseas by the Overseas Zhenfu Division. That thing is called sweet potato, and one acre of land can produce more than a thousand.
It's easy to weigh a kilogram. It is said that most of the crops in Zhenjiang Fort are made of this kind of crops.
The people from the Ministry of Household Affairs also seemed to be joining in the fun. At a court meeting one day, they submitted a proposal to the Emperor for the expansion of cultivated land, a new high-yielding crop. After careful consideration by the Emperor and a group of people in the court,
Your Majesty, this petition has been approved by Your Majesty.
The capital city suddenly burst into wailing. It was the families who had exchanged their vouchers for several dozen taels of silver early. They were crying heartbreakingly. As soon as the news spread, even a fool could figure out that their family
The harvest of these five or ten acres of land in a year is probably more than this amount, let alone such a harvest, which can be obtained every year as long as you hire people to do it.
There is only so much land, and those who have land now can still make fuss about it. As for those who don’t have land but want to make money with land, there are even more places for them to make fuss.
Where are these places? Of course they are in Liaodong, around Zhenjiang Fort.
So who is in charge of things around Zhenjiang Fort?
After pondering these questions, it was natural that these people thought of Jiang Wan.
If the Overseas Government can use these tens of thousands of acres of land to build villages in the palace and as rewards for poor soldiers, then they must have more land in their hands.
So, as long as we get through the work of Jiang Wan, the local leader of the Overseas Town Fusi, wouldn't there be as much land as we need?
Silver, we have plenty, isn’t it just one or two silver per acre? Let’s give each of us 20,000 acres first!