Yu Qian obviously also knew that Zhang Anshi was already interested in him.
He pondered for a moment and did not waste any time refusing. Instead, he said seriously: "If His Highness does not give up, then I will naturally do my best."
He said he tried his best, and Zhang Anshi was obviously very satisfied.
He knew that Yu Qian was a man of his word, and once he made a promise, he would not change it.
Yu Qian is famous in history. In addition to his effective organization of the defense of the capital and the continuation of the Ming Dynasty's national rule, he is also famous for his honesty and integrity.
Once such a person makes a promise, it can be said that Zhang Anshi does not need to worry about any future customs matters.
The customs fee, even if it is a copper coin, will be fully credited to the account.
Zhang Anshi was in a happy mood and said in a very easy-going manner: "It's late at night, let's go and have a rest earlier."
Yu Qian nodded, feeling a strange feeling in his heart.
In essence, he is a scholar, and he still firmly believes in the Four Books and Five Classics. But when he came to Taiping Mansion, it was obvious that the people here lived and worked in more peace and contentment than in other places.
And Zhang Anshi's trust in him even exceeded everyone's imagination.
Now, he is finally getting involved in actual affairs.
To be precise, this was more than just intervening, it was simply taking charge of the lifeblood of Taiping Mansion, which made him laugh.
He thought to himself that no matter what, he just had to do his own thing well according to the saint's requirements. If so, he would be worthy of being able to do something for the world.
The feudal princes came to Beijing one after another.
In addition to the very solemn courtesy and banquet hosted by the emperor himself, when everyone was looking forward to the most important trade affairs, they found that His Majesty was missing.
And Zhang Anshi seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
It is strange to say that His Majesty and Zhang Anshi were very enthusiastic when everyone was pushing glasses. When the wine was in full swing, everyone wanted to hug each other and complain together because they were drunk.
But when it came time to talk about serious matters, the old man and the young man seemed to disappear out of thin air.
The people responsible for contacting them are Zhu Jin, who always has a fake smile on his face, and Gao Xiang, who is straight-faced and selfless.
"I don't know what His Highness promised, and I don't care. I was only ordered to contact you. To do business, you need to be friendly and make money, but there is also a bottom line. Otherwise, the deal will not be done."
Zhu Jin made the opening remarks first with a smile.
Gao Xiang on the side added: "Because it is a major matter, as a minister, I should act impartially. We already know a little bit about the situation of each vassal. The special products you reported are all good things, but they need to be mined."
When I came out, it was all money."
"This requires large-scale trade and close cooperation, which requires a large amount of shipbuilding, countless merchants willing to invest in gold and silver, ports need to be built, mines need to be mined, roads need to be built... these... which one, which one
It’s not free money, so the Taiping Mansion has drawn up some regulations, your highnesses, please take a look.”
The clerks on the side began to distribute the printed regulations.
The kings all lowered their heads to see that the regulations clearly stated that if it was mining, it would cover almost everything from tariffs to the development of various minerals.
After everyone saw it, they whispered among themselves that the agreement was far looser than they imagined.
In fact, it is all about mutual benefit.
After all, to the various vassals, their land, agricultural products and minerals themselves are not valuable. If you give them a shipload of ordnance, they can take hundreds of miles around in a month.
But Taiping Prefecture's medicines, firearms, and the constant flow of merchant ships to exchange supplies are of great benefit to them.
At that moment, Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu took the lead in expressing his position: "This is easy to say. I have no problem with this."
Ning Wang Zhu Quan also nodded and said: "Yes, I have no problem with this. Since it has been agreed upon, it cannot be changed without authorization."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Three days later, Zhu Jinze came to see Zhang Anshi with an agreement, and said with a smile in front of him: "Your Highness, everything is in order."
Zhang Anshi's eyes suddenly revealed a glimmer of light, and he smiled and said: "To put it this way, a big stone has fallen in my heart."
"But..." Zhu Jin thought for a while and said: "But Your Highness, I am a little confused. The conditions given to them this time are too loose. In my opinion, the conditions can be more harsh. The kings also
Will be willing to accept it."
Zhu Jin has obtained the title of Yin Guan. After all, he can call himself a lower official.
If a businessman can get an official position, he is the best in the world.
Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "When doing business, of course everyone has to benefit. If we take all the benefits, the agreement will become invalid sooner or later even if it is signed. Instead of doing this, we might as well give in to each other.
Be inseparable and no one can live without the other."
Zhu Jin had a look of sudden enlightenment on his face and said with admiration: "I will teach you. Your Highness is right."
"Besides," Zhang Anshi smiled and continued: "In the long run, it seems that this agreement actually benefits everyone, but the real meat is eaten by the Taiping Mansion. They just share a bite.
It’s just soup! Think about it, Taiping Mansion is unique, all the vassals are dependent on Taiping Mansion, but what about the other vassal states?”
"In fact, they are in a competitive relationship. Whether it is grain production, mines, or other things, their trade with Taiping Prefecture overlaps. This ensures that it is difficult for their things to be sold at high prices because they have to compete with each other.
Come to Taiping Mansion, but the goods in Taiping Mansion are scarce, but you have the power to set the price of sales, and this is the most generous profit."
Zhu Jin thought carefully and then smiled and said: "Your Highness is still foresighted..."
Zhang Anshi said: "Don't do this, don't you understand the truth? It's just that you feel that the oil and water are not enough, and you just want to earn more. My brother-in-law is the prince, and all the kings belong to the prince.
Close relatives, after all, they are also my relatives! How can I take away all the benefits to one person? I always have to leave some soup, soup, leftovers, even meat dregs for others. If not, then
Still a human being?"
Zhu Jin smiled and said nothing.
At this moment, Zhang Anshi's heart was surging. He stood still, with his hands behind his back and his head slightly raised. He felt that he was moved by himself.
At this time, I was filled with emotion: "Wuhu is about to take off!"
For the people in the world right now, they obviously haven't seen the biggest benefit behind this.
Some people even felt that the Taiping Prefecture was trying to isolate itself from the world, and there were many obstacles in implementing the New Deal in the eighteen provinces, so they simply had no choice but to make the idea of going overseas.
Although the Ming Dynasty opened the sea, or in other words, even though a large number of vassal kings began to seal vassals outside the territory, people still did not know much about overseas.
It is nothing more than a barbarian land, and I, China, have everything.
This impression is deeply rooted in everyone's mind.
Although the Ming Dynasty is indeed rich compared to overseas countries, they obviously don't know the truth. Only those undeveloped wild lands, in a sense, have room for appreciation.
It's like what everyone is rushing to buy is the fertile land that has been cultivated, but the price of this fertile land is already high and the value has reached its peak, but Zhang Anshi chose to open up wasteland!
Although wasteland is worthless, its future appreciation is unlimited.
A few days later, Zhu Di issued an edict.
This can be regarded as the conclusion of all agreements between the prince of Wuhu County and the various vassal states. The palace has made a final decision and the deal has been taken away. Next, it is a question of implementation.
Therefore, Taiping Prefecture Customs was established.
United Bank began to issue a large number of loans, especially the shipbuilding business, which is now the most popular.
At the same time, banks began to promote shipping insurance business. There are inherent dangers in this vast ocean. To a certain extent, going to sea is a big gamble for many merchants. But with insurance, everyone can
Ability to share risks evenly and ensure profitability.
After that, Qixia Commercial Bank announced a large-scale investment.
Many merchants have made a lot of money in Qixia, and now they are holding money and paying attention to this big move.
There are even many commercial banks that have obviously seen the business opportunities and have secretly begun to make arrangements.
At this time, various vassal states began to cooperate and issued a large number of preferential treatment orders.
In addition, Qixia's ordnance workshop began to expand on a large scale.
One piece of news after another is dazzling.
Almost every day, new news appears in the Di Di newspaper.
Naturally, most people can't understand it, but there are also people who pay close attention, except for many businessmen! They are often extremely sensitive to these, after all... they have suffered losses in the past, and sometimes they realize it later, which may have huge consequences.
Loss.
There are also many readers who always pay attention to the contents of some newspapers.
As for the news about Qixia, it is just incidental.
At this time, many young scholars were gathering together in an inn not far from the Confucius Temple.
These were scholars who came to Beijing to take the scientific examination. In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient. Once they were successful in the imperial examination, in order not to delay the examination, scholars from all over the country would often go to Beijing in advance and stay in the capital to study and prepare for the imperial examination at any time.
Inns like the Confucian Temple are places where people often come.
Many people here couldn't help but feel happy after reading the Di newspaper.
They couldn't help but heave a long sigh of relief and said: "It seems that the Prince of Wuhu is also well aware that his new policy is unsustainable in our Ming Dynasty. Now...but he has decided to go outside the territory, this barbarian land
, Do we actually need a New Deal?”
Some people shook their heads and said nothing.
Some people also laughed and said: "This new policy is originally a barbarian law. Isn't it just in time for the times?"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Someone asked strangely to a quiet scholar on the side: "Why didn't Xinghe say anything today?"
This person known as Xinghe was Ma Yu, a scholar in Shandong Province. After Ma Yu came to Beijing, he also loved to read Di Bao. Of course, there was nothing that could be done about it. The imperial examination also involved "policy theory", but it had to be tested
To be good at policy analysis, you must have some understanding of the world's affairs.
He can be regarded as a talented man from Shandong. This time he came to Beijing with great ambition. Everyone marveled at his talent and knowledge and were happy to associate with him.
In the past, Ma Yu would laugh and scold the New Deal, but these days, when he keeps reading the Di newspaper, he seems to be reticent.
"Yes, Xinghe wants to say a few words."
But Ma Yu smiled bitterly and said: "I'm not feeling well today, so I didn't talk about sex. We'll talk about it another day."
After that, he bowed his hands, said goodbye to everyone, and went back to his room to rest.
Ma San, the servant who came with him, saw the young master like this and thought he was ill. While tidying up the bed, he asked with concern: "Master, do you want to call a doctor?"
Ma Yu sat on the chair with a slightly lowered brow, but suddenly said in an unexpected way: "Are they building ships over there in Qixia?"
"Yeah, I heard that the price of shipping materials is going to skyrocket now..." Ma San said: "I've also heard that as long as it involves maritime trade, banks will give up loans. As long as the mortgage is enough, it doesn't cost much.
Review, issue directly...and..."
At this point, Ma San suddenly smiled, scratched his head with his hand and said: "I forgot that the young master never likes to hear this. After all, young master, our expenses may not be enough. Shandong has been hit by disasters in the past two years. What's wrong with the master?"
It’s not easy for me either, and there is the third young master... He is also a gambler, and he has lost so much of the family business. I don’t know if you, young master, will be able to go to high school next year. If you can’t go to high school... I’m afraid..."
Afterwards, Ma San did not continue, but there was a look of worry on his face.
Ma Yu nodded. He pursed his lips and lowered his head to think about something. After a while, he suddenly said: "I heard that a few days ago, King Zhao got malaria and was cured in the medical school?"
Ma San nodded and said, "Yes, there is some magic medicine."
Ma Yu's frown deepened and he said: "If so...if so..."
Ma San finally discovered that Ma Yu was unusual, looked at Ma Yu strangely and said, "Master, what's wrong with you..."
Ma Yu said, "Are you from Dengzhou?"
Ma San didn't understand why Ma Yu suddenly asked this, but he said honestly: "Yes, the younger one is from Dengzhou."
Ma Yu continued: "Didn't your ancestors also go to sea?"
Ma San was stunned for a moment, and then complained with a bit of sadness: "It's very difficult outside, there are pirates, and it's easy to get sick. If you go out, you will almost die. If my grandfather hadn't gone to sea with others...
You will lose your life..."
Ma Yu is from Shandong. During the Yuan Dynasty, Quanzhou and Dengzhou and Laizhou in Shandong were important seaports. Ma Yu had heard a lot about it since he was a child.
Generally speaking, going to sea is a terrifying thing for Ma Yu. Such as disease, pirates, and wind and waves. Therefore, people who go to sea are often regarded as despicable.
This is all because people will never go out to sea with a ship unless they are in a desperate situation.
But at the same time, another impression people have of going overseas is huge profits.
During the Yuan Dynasty, many large food merchants and Han maritime merchants were among the richest in the world. Ma Yu had heard about these.
Ma Yu came from a scholarly family, and some of his ancestors had participated in the maritime trade. Of course, they did not go to sea, but purchased rare goods from the maritime merchants, and thus made a lot of money.
But now, after reading the various measures in the Di newspaper, Ma Yu suddenly had some ideas.
Relying on medicine to solve diseases, sharing risks through insurance, large amounts of loans, and encouraging shipbuilding. In addition, the various vassals are not foreigners, but they are brothers and sons of His Majesty. This also means that maritime merchants are not allowed to go to sea.
When we go to foreign countries, our languages and writings are all the same.
After reading the new measures in the Di newspaper every day, Ma Yu could feel that almost every government decree hit the target, paving the way for maritime trade.
"In the past, I underestimated the Taiping Mansion, thinking that it would only impose excessive taxes. Now it seems that it is really powerful. Every place has the right medicine. It seems... the future of the Taiping Mansion is really immeasurable." Ma Yu sighed and couldn't help but sigh.
Shake his head.
He actually had some regrets. In essence, he was hostile to the Taiping Mansion, and his impression of Zhang Anshi couldn't be worse.
Despite his cognition, Ma Yu knew very well that the impact of this matter... might be far beyond the imagination of his classmates and peers.
At this time, Ma San said: "Master, we don't have enough money. We have to write a letter quickly and ask the master to ask someone to send some money. Master, you are too honest. Among the master's brothers, you are the one
You are the most ambitious, but this little bit of wealth, Master, is the least you ask for..."
"Silver...is...is..."
Ma Yu murmured in his mouth, as if he suddenly remembered something, he stood up suddenly and walked around, looking thoughtful.
Ma San didn't know what was going on and said: "Young Master..."
At this moment, Ma Yu suddenly raised his head and looked at Ma San: "You said that at the bank, if you use your reputation as a guarantee, you can pawn your money and get a loan, right?"
Ma San was shocked and frowned: "Young master... how can you say such a thing? Isn't this a joke? Although we don't have enough money, we can still think of some ways. How can we do this?"
Ma Yu shook his head, but his eyes became stern, and said: "Actually, I might as well give it a try. Since they want to make a mortgage, they are afraid that someone will not pay back the money. I am a candidate for the provincial examination, and I will take the examination soon.
My family is in Shandong, and although it is not a famous family, it can be regarded as a scholarly family. Maybe I can give it a try, but if I don’t give it a try, how will I know?"
Ma San looked at Ma Yu coldly and said, "Master, what are you doing..."
Ma Yu's expression showed a bit of solemnity at this time and said: "I have to get some money to buy a ship. The price of the ship will definitely rise again in the future. Not only that, if my prediction is correct, as long as there is a ship
Now, you will definitely get several times the profit, and when the time comes, you won’t have to worry about running out of money.”
Ma Yu paused, then his eyes lit up, and then he said: "I have another idea. There must be a lot of people like me, why not let me take the lead and teach everyone to buy a boat together?"
"This sea-going ship is expensive, but there are some people who covet it, but they don't have enough capital. If I buy it in partnership with others, I am worried about causing trouble, but I am a judge. If I can take the lead and provide guarantee, this matter can be easily accomplished.
Got it!"
With that said, Ma Yu told Ma San: "Ma San, hire a car for me. I want to go to Qixia immediately."