While everyone was stunned, Zhu Gui asked Manager Wang to send a document to everyone, which detailed the Datong Chamber of Commerce's "joint-stock" investment and income ratio.
This made the powerful representatives of the aristocratic families present a little excited, and even forgot the purpose of their trip.
"Mr. Liu, keep all the receipts that these customers need to pledge."
Zhu Gui reminded Liu Tingfang who was still in a daze.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Liu Tingfang is still a little confused now, how can he solve these people's problems like this?
This is obviously impossible.
Some people have not forgotten the purpose of their trip.
In other words, they have not forgotten the threat from the Fang family.
"Your Highness, we still want cash."
"What? Do you not trust the Datong Chamber of Commerce, or do you not trust me?"
Zhu Gui's face sank.
The man was so frightened that he immediately stopped talking.
But other people also realized that if they just went back like this, I'm afraid the Fang family wouldn't let them go.
I'm afraid they will lose their money by then.
The situation became awkward again.
No one signed the documents that were sent out.
Zhu Gui asked Liu Tingfang to invite the shopkeeper of the Datong Chamber of Commerce and also bring over the chamber's account books.
Everyone didn't know why, but they didn't dare to speak.
The shopkeeper of the Datong Chamber of Commerce is Xu Chenglin, a young Confucian businessman.
After he arrived, he respectfully handed the account book to Zhu Gui.
Zhu Gui put it on the table in front of everyone.
"Let's see for yourself how profitable the Datong Chamber of Commerce is. Times have changed, and the days of making wealth by squeezing people are not far away."
Everyone was frightened by Zhu Gui's words, and felt faintly uneasy in their hearts.
It seems that the Fang family was not cheated out of their land for no reason. The acting king really wanted to suppress them.
But now we just want to solve this problem through peaceful means. If they don't agree, I'm afraid they won't get any good results.
With this kind of psychological preparation, they saw the Datong Chamber of Commerce's account books for half a month and found that the profits were very objective, even more profitable than when they opened a bank.
They don't understand why this despised chamber of commerce has such money-making ability, but the current situation is better than others.
Seeing the fierce eyes of the wolf-like soldiers behind the young prince, they were really scared.
If they still don't agree now, I'm afraid whether they can leave Datong Bank will be a problem.
Although the vassal king could not get involved in local political affairs, local officials did not dare to interfere if several people were killed.
Not to mention that this acting king was already notorious in Nanjing.
So in this half-decided situation, everyone signed the agreement on the document to use the fertile farmland in the family as a pledge in exchange for the banknotes of Datong Bank, and then transfer the money to the Datong Chamber of Commerce.
In other words, when they came this time, not only did they put no pressure on the Datong Chamber of Commerce, they even got access to their own family's fertile land in exchange for only a piece of paper from the acting king and the Datong Chamber of Commerce.
These people came in an aggressive manner, but ended up leaving dejectedly.
Steward Wang and Liu Tingfang were dumbfounded.
"Steward Wang, go and do the household registration statistics. First distribute half of the land to all the farmers in Datong Prefecture who have no land to farm, and then distribute the remaining half to the workers of the Chamber of Commerce and the families of the militia."
Butler Wang left with excitement on his face.
"Your Highness, do you want to distribute it to farmers for free? There is so much land, and it is already late summer. I am worried that they will not be able to cultivate it."
Xu Chenglin put forward his own ideas on the side.
"Yes, this is indeed a problem. Go and call together the owners of all the small workshops in Datong Mansion, including the blacksmiths. It's time to get them involved as well."
Zhu Gui nodded and said.
Xu Chenglin's eyes lit up, knowing that the young prince must have had some thoughts, so he didn't ask any more questions and went directly back to the Chamber of Commerce to find someone to tell him about the matter.
The news that the Prince Dai's Mansion had taken back many fertile fields in Datong Mansion and wanted to distribute them to the people in the Mansion for free soon spread.
At first, most people didn't believe it. In their opinion, this was just a game between the king and the landlords and gentry, and nothing would happen to them at all.
However, in the afternoon of the same day, notices were posted at the Prince's Mansion and the County Sheriff's Mansion at the same time, requiring all people in the mansion to register their household registration as a family unit.
Historically, household registration levels in various places mainly related to tax payment, so many farmers did not know how to register.
This results in the actual number of rural households in most areas being much higher than the number of registered farmers.
But this time it is different. The notice clearly states that only naturalized farmers will be allocated land according to Dingkou.
For a time, the gates of Prince Dai's Mansion and County Sheriff's Mansion were overcrowded.
In just two days, the number of registered farmers has exceeded the number in previous years, which made Zhang Mao sigh.
At the back door of Dai Wang's Mansion, although the situation here is not as good as the front door, it is still just as spectacular.
In the past two days, the owners of small workshops in the city have come to the Prince Dai's Mansion to register.
Not only did they get the qualification to borrow money from Datong Bank, but the prince's palace would renovate their workshops and replenish workers. At the same time, the prince's palace also placed orders for various small workshops and gave them a certain subsidy for each finished product.
In other words, the more they produce, the more subsidies the Daiwangfu will provide.
The owners of these small workshops all left happily, praising everyone in the Prince Dai's palace.
Xu Chenglin, a Confucian businessman, has become a frequent visitor to Prince Dai's Mansion in the past two days. He is somewhat worried that Zhu Gui's actions will cause a backlog of goods.
Zhu Gui explained that the agricultural tools produced in these workshops will be rented to farmers first, and the excess can be sold to other states and counties by the Datong Chamber of Commerce.
Due to the subsidies from the Dai Wangfu, these small workshops are very motivated to produce.
The most important thing now is the renovation of the official road.
But this time, Zhu Gui was not in a hurry.
He is waiting for Xu Yingxu.
Although the system gave him a task, he was still very concerned about Nanjing's attitude towards him.
So he doesn't dare to go too far now.
Finally, half a month after Xu Yingxu left, he returned to Datong Mansion.
It's just that he left alone, but came back this time with a team of people.
"See Dai Wang, the general is back."
Zhu Gui was a little moved.
"Okay, I thought you wouldn't come back. What mission did you get this time?"
The last time Xu Yingxu came to Yunzhou was to repair the palace.
Without a mission, he, a partial general, could only stay in Nanjing or in the army.
"My father has secured for me the position of commander of the Datong Prefecture Guard Station, and I will stay here from now on."
There was no expression on Xu Yingxu's face.
The commander of the guard post was the same General Chen who Liu Jingming had hired to investigate Zhu Gui.
It seems that Zhu Gui's father-in-law has heard about this and is determined to protect him.