The great trade plan was thus accomplished. After returning to the court, His Majesty the Emperor personally summoned Yang Xuan, and the two talked in secret for three hours in the imperial study.
Even Wang Daban didn't know what they talked about specifically. Wang Daban only knew that after Yang Xuan left, the Holy Emperor was in a good mood and his whole body was in high spirits. He even asked Wang Daban to help him walk around the imperial garden.
For this reason, Wang Daban was so excited that tears filled his eyes.
Holy lord, he is about to recover.
Then the next day, when the imperial edict came down, Yang Xuan took up a part-time position in the Ministry of Household Affairs, taking charge of grassland trade matters, and was given the title of Minister.
This is a true third-grade official, the kind who holds real power. The empty title of the previous official is completely incomparable.
The ministers were in an uproar and wanted to persuade the emperor to withdraw his order, but no one except Yang Xuan could do it. The most important thing was that trade and trade required taxes.
The Minister of Hubu was the first to support Yang Xuan. As long as the treasury has money, then our Ministry of Hubu will become more independent.
Who dares to offend the Minister of Household Affairs?
Do you still want to ask for money from the Ministry of Accounts?
So the big guys from all the ministries all expressed their sageness to the emperor.
When the officials and censors of the Qing Dynasty saw this situation, they immediately stopped.
In fact, the most unhappy person is Yang Xuan. Isn't this a trick? Although he was busy at first, he was living a leisurely life in Yingtian Mansion. Now he is fine and has to go for a walk on the border grasslands.
Can the bitter cold land in the north compare with the water town of Yingtianfu in the south of the Yangtze River?
This is nothing more than exile.
If Yang Xuan hadn't made His Majesty the Emperor smile in the Imperial Study Room yesterday and got some privileges, he would have even wanted to resign.
One of these privileges is the matter of trade. No one except His Majesty the Emperor has the right to interfere, including his immediate superior, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue.
The second privilege is to allow Yang Xuan to set up a security company outside the customs and recruit 3,000 troops.
This is very important. An army of three thousand people is a force that cannot be underestimated.
And on the vast grassland, even if you are a little overstaffed, no one will know.
Third, His Majesty the Emperor allocated two hundred households of the Yulin Guards to Yang Xuan for deployment.
These two households, one light and one dark, are responsible for protecting Yang Xuan's safety.
Yang Xuan will be very busy next.
First, we must dispatch civilians to build markets at the border.
According to Yang Xuan's idea, this market must have walls like a Tumu fortress. After all, there are rogues on the grasslands, and inside the walls is a commercial complex.
In this treaty, there were six trading bazaars on the Dasheng Dynasty side and six on the grassland side. Each was responsible for the construction, but merchants from both sides could trade in these bazaars.
Whoever has a perfect market will be able to attract more merchants.
According to the idea of the grassland people, it is enough to enclose a piece of land, station troops to protect the security, and send people to collect taxes.
Vision determines the layout. No matter how smart Ursu is, he has never seen a commercial complex. In his imagination, the market looks like this.
Originally, merchants had to carry their own tents and other things, but Ursu even set up the tent for you, which is finally good.
Yang Xuan also guessed that the grassland market would be very crude, but he still needed to compete with the other party for time. If the grassland people's market opened first, the merchants would go to other people's markets. Once they formed a habit, they would have to change places.
, you have to pay more price.
So Yang Xuan recruited a large number of civilian men.
Six markets, 60,000 people.
It was impossible for Yang Xuan to personally visit every market to take command, but he mobilized many grassroots officials from the Ministry of Works to manage the matter.
And he is sitting in Youzhou Mansion.
According to his plan, the business site of the market is a circle surrounded by shops. This circle is divided into two sides: the inside and the outside. The outside of the circle is mainly for trade, and the inside of the circle is mainly for inns and restaurants.
This kind of construction is also convenient for future expansion. If necessary in the future, you can directly set a loop outside.
Tens of thousands of people began to dig soil, bake bricks, and then build houses. The six markets started construction at the same time, and the work was in full swing.
At the same time, Yang Xuan began to mobilize supplies through Shengfa Department Store branches in various places, preparing to enter the market.
It also includes various industries under his name.
Hitchhiker, Weijixian, Taoranju, and logistics companies.
Of course, there are also Shengpai, which is the best publicity tool, whether it is politics or business, it is the top priority.
As for the security company, he hasn't decided where to place it yet.
It’s definitely not possible in Youzhou Mansion. How can Prince Yan still watch you recruiting troops under his nose?
Even if he doesn't have any objections, it will be troublesome if a few undercover agents sneak in.
After much deliberation, I can only wait until the markets open and place them in various markets.
In addition, Yang Xuan also suggested to His Majesty the Emperor through a secret box that he should issue an official document calling on the people to go to the trade market to do business.
There were a series of announcements issued by the imperial court and a series of reports in the newspapers, but very few people responded.
After all, it is a bitterly cold place and it is outside the customs. Most ordinary people do not dare to interact with the grassland people.
Except for the merchants who had sneaked out of the customs, only a few people who were brave and couldn't live happily ever dared to sign up.
This includes Fan Jian.
Since Fan Jian and the old shopkeeper had their legs broken by Duke Xin and were driven out of Yingtian Mansion, after the two men recovered from their injuries, they could only do some small business to make ends meet.
Although their legs and feet were inconvenient, with their business experience and cleverness, the business gradually improved.
After they saw the announcement published in the Shengbao newspaper, the two of them discussed it and decided to go outside the customs to do business.
Compared to the highly competitive Yingtian Mansion, those barbarians on the grassland are naturally easier to fool.
This registration also needs to go through condition review. Although the two offended Duke Xin, there is still no problem in terms of status. Especially the first year of the market is free of rent. As long as you go early, you can get a good seat.
So the two signed up and hit the road.
The old shopkeeper's surname was You. During this period, the two of them were dependent on each other and had a harmonious relationship. Due to his inconvenient legs and feet, he could only buy an old horse, hitch it to a broken cart, and buy a large amount of goods from Shengfa Department Store.
I followed the carriage of the logistics company and hit the road.
Ordinary carriages are naturally not as fast as four-wheel carriages, but during this period of time, there was almost a steady stream of carriages from logistics companies heading north.
The two of them don't have to worry about safety issues. Sometimes they even meet kind people from the logistics company who will help them when they see that they have difficulty moving.
But when they arrived at the nearest market, the market was already bustling with activity. Although there were not many shops open for business, one of them was Shengfa Department Store.
The two of them were dumbfounded. They had gone all the way to get here, but they had already opened a store here. How can you still sell the goods you bought from them?
When they came here, they had already made plans to take root here, but they didn't expect this to happen.
But when you come, make peace with it. No matter how many there are, just grab a good berth first.
After the two registered, they picked a good location and settled down. Fan Jian, who was unwilling to give up, thought about it and decided to go to Shengfa Department Store to inquire about the situation.
Then he got a piece of good news, that is, Shengfa Department Store only accepts bulk commodity transactions, and Fan Jian's small amount of goods on hand is not worth it at all.
In addition, they can also apply for the status of merchants and then go deep into the grasslands to sell these goods.
Then Fan Jian, who has a flexible mind, quickly thought of purchasing goods at Shengfa Department Store and then selling them on the grassland. Wouldn't this just change hands?
