Feng Ziying was startled, glanced at Lin Ruhai, and calmed down slightly, "I did have such a plan. I didn't expect my uncle to be so well-informed."
"Haha, Ziying, after all, my uncle has been here in Yangzhou City for six years, and has been in the position of Salt Patrol Censor for six years. If he can't find out even this bit of information, I'm afraid he shouldn't be sitting here.
In this position."
Lin Ruhai turned her head again with pride and looked at Merlin in front of her.
"Cui Ziqiang has made such a big move. He is the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue. As soon as this news is revealed, it feels like the sea opening direction is expanding infinitely. Yangzhou seems to be one of the highlights? But Yangzhou is not a city competing for the sea opening pilot project.
, and there are many conditions that support the strategy of opening up the sea. In addition to Ningbo and Quanzhou themselves, more depends on the incoming and outgoing goods. Well, these goods need to be produced and distributed to various places. It seems that Yangzhou should be the most suitable hub.
Bar?"
Feng Ziying had to admire Lin Ruhai's sense of smell and intelligence network.
Opening up the sea is an overall situation. It is not just as simple as opening up maritime trade in port cities, but also to have a complete set of supporting industries to follow up. Of course, if we let it go, it can be cultivated slowly, but now if we want to speed up this
In order to rapidly expand the scale of sea trade at a rapid pace, it is necessary to have a careful plan and support from other aspects.
"As expected, my uncle has a keen eye and can see what my nephew is thinking at a glance." Feng Ziying pondered for a moment, "Before leaving the capital, the first assistant, second assistant and elder Qi Ge all talked with Mr. Cui and my nephew.
At present, the imperial court has many serious shortcomings, but due to the internal and external situation, it cannot make big changes internally. It can only find another way. Therefore, the opening of the sea is an opportunity. We must make full use of this opportunity, because if we want to find such an opportunity again, let all parties
It’s not easy to reach consensus.”
Feng Ziying thought about these words for a long time before speaking slowly.
Now that he has made up his mind to marry Lin Daiyu, there is no need to hide many issues from Lin Ruhai.
Lin Ruhai has no other children and only has a daughter, Daiyu. As long as he lives up to his will and marries Daiyu, then everything about Lin Ruhai will naturally be handed over to him.
To be honest, it would be a lie to say that Feng Ziying has no interest in how much money Lin Ruhai can keep, but it is not necessarily true that she is very interested.
Lin Ruhai spent six years in the position of Xunyan Yushi, and at most he could only survive with three to five million taels. He had to cover up for the Supreme Emperor and his predecessor. This was not only an art job, but also required real money.
of.
Lin Ruhai is not an honest official like Hai Rui, but he is definitely not a character like Yan Song Heshen. Therefore, Feng Ziying judged that Lin Ruhai's savings of two to three hundred thousand taels should be more reasonable. If he throws some more, three to five million taels of silver is the limit.
Already.
Three to five million taels of silver is an astonishing fortune even for families such as the Jia family, Xue family, and Shi family, and it is also an astonishing amount for the Feng family.
However, the Feng family and the Jia family and the Xue family are different. Feng Tang is still the commander-in-chief of the town, and he is already a editor of the Hanlin Academy. This family is in a prosperous situation, while the Jia family and the Xue family historians are in a
The sun is declining, so the three to five million taels of silver are not that important to the Feng family and to myself.
What Feng Ziying values is the resources in Lin Ruhai's hands, political resources and personal connections.
It can be said that this is the most essential thing.
Feng Ziying knew that there were some things that she couldn't accept, and she had to sit in the position of the Salt Censor of the Huaihe River to be effective, but there were many things that she could take over.
Lin Ruhai will inevitably offend many people in this position, but it will also benefit many people. With Lin Ruhai's shrewdness and wisdom, he naturally knows which people can be friends and befriended, and which people are just acting on the occasion. As long as some of them can
It's different if it's for your own use.
Similarly, Lin Ruhai must still have quite a lot of political and business secrets in his hands. How does a huge yamen like the Lianghuai Salt Transfer Bureau operate? How much room for maneuver is there? How many secrets can be kept over the years?
This is a huge amount of wealth.
Therefore, Feng Ziying made up her mind and prepared to be frank with the other party as a prospective son-in-law.
Feng Ziying's words shocked Lin Ruhai greatly. The first and second assistants of the cabinet and Qi Yongtai's special explanation to Cui Jingrong and Feng Ziying? This is not simple.
Cui Jingrong is fine, Feng Ziying and He Dehe can actually participate in it?
People like Wu Liangsi, Wei Guangwei and Sun Juxiang actually had no chance to participate?
Seeing that Lin Ruhai was a little shocked, Feng Ziying was not pretentious: "Uncle, to tell you the truth, before leaving, the emperor also summoned his nephew once and talked about many matters involved in opening the sea. The emperor is a promising person.
Lord, he wants to revitalize the Great Zhou Dynasty, but now he faces many constraints and constraints, so he urgently hopes that this strategy of opening up the sea can open up a new situation for him and prove to the government and the opposition..."
Lin Ruhai took a deep breath and glanced at Feng Ziying with a complicated expression.
If Feng Ziying hadn't boasted about this, it would have been really shocking. At least Lin Ruhai understood that it meant that this guy was really in the emperor's heart.
"The imperial court said it wants stability, isn't this a big move?" Lin Ruhai asked in a deep voice.
"Uncle, the big movement my nephew is talking about refers to the big movement within the imperial court's internal system, not this kind of superficial movement." Feng Ziying smiled, "Everyone can understand that such things can gain support from both the north and the south.
The bottom line is that whether it is opening up the sea or promoting industrial development, it will basically not involve many of the original patterns, and everyone is happy to see it happen..."
Lin Ruhai took a deep breath, "Then what do you want?"
"Uncle, the strategy of opening the sea was an emergency strategy proposed by my nephew, Mr. Chai of the Ministry of War, and Mr. Yang of the Metropolitan Procuratorate during the Western Expedition to suppress the rebellion. However, after returning to Beijing, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Industry, the Cabinet, and the Emperor believed that this strategy
It is too simple and rough, and I hope to enrich and expand it on this basis, and expand it into a grand strategy that can bring more benefits to the court and the people, so this is why we went south to investigate...
"
What Feng Ziying said was half true and half false.
A grand strategy is undoubtedly one that he is bragging about. The imperial court hopes that the original opening of the sea will bring greater benefits. Well, it is right to focus on the imperial court and take into account the people. But how to expand and make it richer is where Feng Ziying herself is.
Up and down his hands are enriched wantonly.
From the time when the capital went south, he has been constantly instilling in Cui Jingrong and others, and it has indeed had some effect, but how to operate it in real time still faces many specific difficulties.
For example, Feng Ziying and Cui Jingrong talked about promoting the expansion of sea trade, creating more food (employment) opportunities, and increasing people's purchasing power, which involves many specific issues.
As has already been seen in Linqing, from land occupation to construction of tribute brick kilns, not just anyone can do it. Many small country squires are very interested and can find suitable kiln workers, but they have to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Spending thousands of dollars to build kilns and workshops is an insurmountable problem for many people.
If you borrow money, the interest on the usury money may force you to sell your land before your kiln is built, and taking risks is often the last thing that ordinary squires are willing to accept.
When Feng Ziying left Dongchang Mansion, Shen Jue tactfully reminded Feng Ziying that the idea was very good, but it may not be as popular as he hoped. The original idea was that there would be three to five people in the shortest time.
Ten tribute brick production workshops have been built, and now it seems that having ten is considered quite good.
This is also Feng Ziying's original intention to promote the establishment of the silver village as soon as possible. If the silver stored underground by these salt merchants can be used, many things can be done.
How to get these salt merchants to take the initiative to take out the money and use it to form a truly virtuous cycle, the first step is crucial.
"The imperial court has a big plan, Ziying, is this all your suggestion?" Lin Ruhai felt more and more that this young man was unfathomable, and there were more issues to consider.
Qiao Yingjia is the same age as him. Although they don't have a close friendship, they know each other well. They may not have such abilities. Qi Yongtai is one class earlier than him, so he doesn't know him very well. It is said that they are both bachelors and officials in Dongge now.
It is not easy to be a minister, but if it is possible to teach students of this level, Lin Ruhai is also very doubtful.
"My nephew can only say that he likes to think about things. Some of the beginnings and ideas were figured out by my nephew. But when it comes to the specific details and operations of these strategies, it is the leaders of the various families in the court. My nephew, then
A small contribution would be inconsequential."
Feng Ziying was not modest, but he also did not deliberately exaggerate. He introduced his role with a little reserve. He also needed to give Lin Ruhai some confidence. This would help Lin Ruhai abandon some worries and be able to trust herself more boldly.
"Then you value Yangzhou so much. Well, I feel that you value the role of Yinzhuang more. Can you tell me what you think?" Lin Ruhai finally stopped, stood still and asked: "Just a Yinzhuang, I think
It’s not worth such a big fight. What role do you plan to use this bank to play?”
Is this a showdown? It doesn't seem to be the case. It's just asking for a unilateral confession. Or maybe it's Lin Ruhai's way of finding out about himself, to see if he's worth investing in other aspects besides his feelings for Daiyu.
?
Although he was sure that Lin Ruhai would not plot against him at this time, and with Lin Daiyu's relationship, his intentions should be good, but Feng Ziying also needed to think carefully.
The imperial court's ideas were rough in outline, and even described deliberately by themselves. The details had to be filled in slowly by themselves. There was a lot of room for maneuver, so this was the key to Yinzhuang.
