The Chief Envoy of Henan Province, Wei Hui Mansion, Huojia County. The highly pragmatic coffin guarding horse team will stay here temporarily.
This is the itinerary that Gao pragmatically planned at a tight time, because escorting Gao Gong's coffin back to his hometown must not be delayed, and when returning south from the capital to Xinzheng, he will pass by Wei Hui. If he does not inspect his property in person, he can meet with Wei Hui and
It is a pragmatic waste to meet the officials and gentry of neighboring prefectures and counties to build relationships.
To do business, you must have a business attitude. If you don't make money, you will lose money. The same is true for Shilin Yangwang. When he arrived in a certain place, he did not communicate with the local officials and gentry, and he could not let them get close to him.
It was tantamount to a loss. Therefore, Gao Jingshi and his party specially adjusted their itinerary and stayed in Huojia County that night. They would have a meal with Wei Hui and the officials and gentry from nearby counties, brag for a while, and everyone would cheer each other up...
Of course, this kind of face-saving project process is very easy to follow. Gao Pragmatic is already familiar with it, so there is no need to elaborate on the specific details. The main reason why he insisted on staying in Huojia today was because he wanted to meet someone - to be precise, it was this person.
plenipotentiary representative.
There are actually people in Henan who are putting on airs in front of Gao pragmatism and sending a representative instead of coming to see him in person?
It really does exist, but it’s not just to show off, it’s just that you can’t come in person.
Because what Gao Jingshi wanted to see was a person from Prince Zheng's palace, the plenipotentiary representative of Prince Zheng Zhu Houtan. Prince Zheng was the vassal king, so of course he was not allowed to leave the fiefdom at will.
The contemporary King of Zheng, Zhu Houtan, is a good man. There is at least one thing about him that Gao Pragmatic admires: Back then, Emperor Shizong Jiajing was obsessed with Taoism. King Zheng Zhu Houtan knew that Jiajing was a person who would not listen to advice at all, but he still insisted on going to the doctor in person to persuade him.
Emperor Jiajing attached great importance to national affairs and the foundation of his ancestors. He should not indulge in Taoism, let alone take elixirs indiscriminately in order to seek immortality.
Emperor Jiajing was very decisive and immediately decreed that Zhu Houtan be reduced to a commoner, and he was sent to a clan mansion and imprisoned within a high wall. Zhu Hounan's eldest son, Zhu Zaiyu, was also unlucky and was deprived of his status as a prince and demoted to a commoner.
It was not until Mu Zong Longqing succeeded to the throne that this injustice was vindicated and the identities and titles of Prince Zheng and Prince Zheng's son were restored. At that time, Gao Gong had spoken kind words for Prince Zheng's lineage, so Prince Zheng's palace and the new Zheng Gao
The relationship between the two families has been good since the Longqing period.
After being a high school student in the Gao pragmatic examination, he returned to Beijing. After staged the drama of "The Boy Who Scattered Money" and "The Buddha Became a Thousands of Households" in Weihui, he set up industries near Huojia County in Weihui Prefecture and Xiuwu County in Huaiqing Prefecture.
He built several mines, set up several factories, and properly resettled a large number of refugees in Henan. Not only did he gain a reputation in official circles, he was also praised by many people locally.
Praise in the officialdom may be true or false, but the feelings of local officials and gentry towards Gao Pragmatic are very real, as real as real money - because Gao Pragmatic has indeed made them real money.
Why did the highly pragmatic opening of mines and factories allow local officials and gentry to earn real money?
It’s so simple to say this. Maybe everyone in future generations will understand this truth: After a large number of refugees are resettled here, so many people need food, clothing, and expenses, and these things are highly pragmatic.
If the mines are not producing, they can only buy them from the surrounding counties. And aren’t the majority of the grain, cloth, and various daily necessities in the surrounding counties in the hands of these local officials and gentry?
Therefore, Gao Pragmatism abruptly turned a group of refugees who had posed major hidden dangers to their lives and property into a stable and huge consumer market. Isn't this what Wan Jia Sheng Buddha is?
What's more, in their eyes, Gao Jingshi was a kind man who was very willing to take care of his hometown. When these factories and mines started production and found sales, and began to make steady profits, Gao Jingshi came forward through his mother Zhang to invite Wei Hui.
, the gentry and big businessmen from Huaiqing and Huaiqing prefectures participated in the business.
Originally, the officials and gentry of the two governments thought it would be easy to borrow money. After all, Gao Jingshi had the Changlu Saltworks to back him up, so he was not afraid of not being able to repay the money. However, he was a little hesitant to participate in the shares because the scale of the factories and mines Gao Jingshi opened here was really large.
It's a bit big. If you lose money, it's not a small amount.
However, Zhang Juzheng happened to be overthrown at that time, and Gao Dang gained a comprehensive advantage in the court. As soon as the squires and gentry in Henan Province thought about it, they regarded the shares as protection money for Gao Dang's care, so they bought shares one after another.
However, since they only bought shares to give Gao Gong face, the ratio of their final investment capital to the total shares was not that high, adding up to only 17%.
As a result, something unexpected happened. Since Gao Pragmatic invented cement, and there are large reserves of limestone mines, coal mines and iron ores near Huojia and Xiuwu counties, the newly built Henan Branch of Jinghua Cement Factory here suddenly became a
In the first year, Mr. He purchased cement worth up to 110,000 taels from here. Later, with the gradual improvement of the national finance, the funding for river engineering also increased year by year. In the fifth year of Wanli, Mr. He purchased cement from Jinghua Cement.
The Henan branch of the factory bought cement worth 190,000 taels of silver!
The factory is not just the business of Mr. He. You must know that these two counties are not far from the Yellow River. All the connected water systems along the Yellow River and even within the basin can easily obtain cement because the transportation cost is very low!
As a result, most of the gentry in Wei Hui and Huaiqing made money, and their feelings for Gao Jingjing were naturally as real as real money.
The reason why Prince Zheng's Mansion was so pragmatic in contacting him this time was because Prince Zheng's Mansion had suffered huge losses when Prince Zheng was imprisoned. The wealth accumulated over the past 150 years (the first Prince Zheng was the second son of Renzong) was scattered a lot, and they were anxious to recover.
And Gao Pragmatic happened to be interested in some land under the name of King Zheng - King Zheng's fief Huaiqing, and many lands in Huaiqing Mansion belonged to his family.
Although theoretically speaking, due to the fact that civil servants have been in power for a long time, many of the properties under the name of the prince's palace are not under direct control. Instead, local officials are responsible for providing benefits on their behalf. However, in fact, just like the hidden fields of officials and gentry families, the hidden fields of the prince's palace are also
A lot, coupled with the rewards from the emperors of the past dynasties and the clever plundering of the kings of the past dynasties, there is no royal palace that does not have a large amount of land that is not in the yellow list.
Prince Zheng’s place is pretty good. The main land is basically in Huaiqing Mansion. If it were to be replaced by King Shu, let’s not talk about other places. In Chengdu alone, the land occupied by Prince Shu’s Mansion reaches 70%...
As for the plot of land that Gao Pragmatic wants, it goes without saying that when you look at the map, you will know that it must be near Jiaozuo in later generations!
Jiaozuo not only has huge reserves of high-quality coal mines, but also a large amount of iron ore, as well as a large number of high-quality limestone mines required for the production of soda ash and cement, and a river that leads directly to the Yellow River. It is simply an ideal place for primary industry in this era.
, how could you miss this opportunity to make money?
In addition to discussing the matter of Prince Zheng's palace acquiring shares in the form of land, Gao Pragmatic was also very concerned about the envoy sent by Prince Zheng this time, because he is the crown prince of Prince Zheng - well, this is not important, the important thing is that his name is Zhu Zaiyu
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Who was Zhu Zaiyu, who was so valued by Gao Pragmatic? In later generations, he was called "the sage of the Oriental Renaissance" by many experts and scholars in China and the West, and was even called the "sage of law"!
