One hundred and sixty-fourth chapter changed historical facts
Cao Guangjiu took the invitation - he was startled and said in a loud voice: "Hurry! Open the middle door and tell me that I will come to greet you personally!"
"The master said that there is no need to be so careful. The villain is brave and has already welcomed him to the flower hall..."
"Okay, okay," Cao Guangjiu waved his hand and urged, "You go over first, I don't want to accept the post, so I'll go out and see him." He then stamped his feet and scolded the maid: "They are all dead? Change your clothes!"
An hour later, he sent away the visiting master - the owner of the post had a great reputation and would never come to see him by himself, but just a master coming with a visiting post was enough to give him face. Cao Guangjiu
After locking himself in the study for a long time, he was a little confused about the other party's intentions.
Of course he knows that it is inconvenient for the other party to come forward and wants to use him as a spearman. As long as he can have enough benefits, it is okay to act as a spearman for others. The problem is that he does not know what the other party wants to do? This needs to be weighed.
This is also the reason why he has never dared to fully agree.
He already knew from the other party's words that the owner of the post wanted to deal with the newly emerged Mr. Zhao. Although this owner's background was big enough, the religious gentry behind Mr. Zhao was not easy to offend.
If you get caught in the middle, you might get a bloody head.
But the interests behind this are really unbearable, and I can't help but a shabby guy like him can't help but swallow this bait.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but touch the bag that the other party asked someone to bring to him. It was heavy. Cao Guang gritted his teeth. Man and money will die and birds will die for food. Mr. Zhao is just an outsider. Even if he has some fame, he can't compare.
The owner of the post has such a big tree with deep roots. It is easy to enjoy the shade with his back against the big tree. Don’t miss this opportunity.
Zhao Yingong was arranging the "Tiaoye" work in the villa at this time.
The smooth implementation of the Spring Silkworm Plan and the official start of the silk reeling factory gave him full confidence. Especially for this cocoon silk operation, the local gentry and silk shopkeepers who had greatly benefited from it expressed their disapproval of him on various occasions.
"Admiration". He seems to have become a "capable person" who is good at dancing. Naturally, many people are envious, jealous and hateful because of this.
This year's leaf work, he is not doing on a large scale - he only needs to satisfy the three "core villages" and a dozen "peripheral villages" that he expects to be cooperative, plus the sericulture set up by Cihuitang.
The demand for sericulture at the farm is sufficient. The sericulture households in these villages also have part of their own mulberry fields and can be partially self-sufficient. Even if the scale of sericulture is further expanded next year, the increase will be limited.
Therefore, at the beginning, he did not spend too many resources on controlling the supply of mulberry leaves. He had no intention of directly controlling the mulberry orchard itself - the tax in this area was very heavy, and secondly, the cost of buying cutting leaves was not high and they were easy to use. More
What's more, if he wants to raise silkworms in summer and autumn, the price of leaf tips is even pitifully low - originally mulberry leaves are valuable in the spring season. In the rest of the time, in addition to building branches, they can be used for basket weaving and firewood, as well as mulberry leaves.
There is no profit outside. So when he sent people to various mulberry gardens to request for leaves in summer and autumn, the owners of the mulberry gardens thought they were crazy.
Zhao Yingong's conditions are very favorable: the production is guaranteed at the price of one tael of silver per acre: from now until before the leaves fall in autumn, all the mulberry leaves produced in the mulberry garden belong to Zhao Yingong. People from the Zhao family can come to pick mulberry leaves at any time. Pick mulberries.
Ye doesn't need the gardener to take action. Everything is done by the Zhao family's slaves - anyway, for Zhao Yingong now, manpower is the least valuable investment. A large amount of free labor is not used in vain.
For the mulberry garden owners, although the income is only one tael per acre, it is still extra income. It is a small supplement for them. Therefore, the work of purchasing "tip leaves" in summer and autumn is going very smoothly, Zhao Yingong
I didn't spend much money to buy enough mulberry leaves for summer and autumn.
He originally wanted to go all out and buy next spring's share of the shoots, which would not only satisfy his needs, but also make a big profit by selling them. However, he found that the cost to invest was really not small, and he was now operating at the same time
There are too many projects: bookshop, printing and publishing, sericulture, raw silk, sea trade... and this huge refugee camp. Each of them requires a lot of funds to operate. The cash flow is mainly maintained by the money from the Investment Promotion Bureau, eight jars
Tricks like the Seven Blocks were not only available in the old times. Not everyone may not be able to see through this trick of mine.
Now it can only be regarded as a small situation. Although he still has a lot of ideas, Zhao Yingong can only be satisfied for the time being. Bigger steps will be left for next year. At present, he lacks sufficient strength and the influence of the Senate is not enough. In this superior position
In a take-all society, you have to be careful. There are still a lot of things you have to do right now.
"Jiying!"
He said hello, and Jiying immediately appeared at the door of the study, waiting for instructions.
"Prepare a ship for me and go to Shanghai!"
In order to make it easier for him to travel around the south of the Yangtze River, he had already specially bought a Wuxi Express. With a single order, the boatmen took turns rocking the boat day and night. In a few days, he could reach Shanghai, Suzhou, and Nanjing, the important political and commercial centers in the south of the Yangtze River, especially Shanghai.
, is the Senate's most important business channel in the entire Jiangnan region. Shanhaiwu Road has institutions here. Zhao Yingong's upcoming trade activities with Japan will also use Shanghai as the operation center.
The goods destined for Japan are now gradually being transported to Shanghai for assembly. In addition to the traditional export commodities to Japan such as raw silk, silk, sugar, Chinese medicinal materials, and porcelain purchased from suppliers in Hangzhou Station in Jiangnan, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi and other places,
There are also a large number of daily necessities and hardware produced by Lingao.
Although Japan's agriculture and commerce had developed greatly in the 17th century, its handicraft industry was very backward. The traditional Japanese handicraft industry could not but be said to be highly skilled, but it was very scientific. The degree of sophistication in niche consumer goods far exceeded the average level, and the quality of mass consumer goods was
Production capacity is still seriously insufficient. Historically, we have had to rely on importing large quantities of daily necessities made in China to ensure supply. In particular, the shortage of hardware is far beyond ordinary people's imagination. Even the most commonly used hardware such as nails are often nowhere to be found.
Available for purchase. The so-called "knife hunt" due to lack of nails for building giant Buddhas and temples was not an excuse that seemed ridiculous to people at the time.
In the current industrial system of the Senate, the industrial products that can be exported and dumped in large quantities are, in addition to paper, hardware. In addition to large-scale exports to the Guangdong market, they are also exported to Jiangnan. Naturally, exports to Japan will not be released this time. Pass.
However, when he rushed to Shanghai, it was not for export matters to Japan. Instead, Shen Tingyang invited him to discuss matters. The letter did not specify the specific matters, only saying that "the matter is urgent."
What is the urgent matter? We need to call him to discuss it immediately. The location is Shanghai! Shanghai is the future headquarters of China Merchants Group and the starting point of trade with Japan and grain shipping. Coming here to discuss is obviously related to these two things. .
Zhao Yingong had been thinking about this matter all the way. When he arrived in Shanghai, he just checked into the mansion and could not take care of the dust, so he asked someone to go to the Shen family mansion to submit a letter immediately and make an appointment with Shen Tingyang.
That night, the two met at Zhao Yingong's Shanghai mansion.
Zhao Yingong was originally worried that Shen Tingyang would make trouble with the matter of selling the ship and buying shares. Unexpectedly, the other party was actually full of joy. When they met, they held hands and congratulated each other.
"Finally there is a sensible person in the court!" Shen Tingyang was very excited.
"What?!" Zhao Yingong originally knew that it had nothing to do with exports to Japan, so he was relieved. He knew that the other party's biggest concern was to abolish the canal system and reform the sea. Looking at this, could it be that the Ming Dynasty really changed its policy? Is there any experiment in transporting rice by sea that was not carried out in advance in history? He asked tentatively: "Is it possible that the imperial court has agreed to abolish the canal and change it to the sea?"
"Hahaha, I'm kidding!" Shen Tingyang laughed, "If the imperial court was so decisive in handling affairs, why would it be like this!"
Zhao Yingong smiled awkwardly and felt that it would be better for him to speak less on this issue - Shen Tingyang was a wealthy man in Jiangnan. It didn't matter what he said. As an outsider, it was better for him to stay calm.
Shen Tingyang seemed to feel that it was inappropriate to comment on the government in this way, and immediately returned to the original topic:
"How can such a major event as abolishing the canal system and transforming it into a maritime one be accomplished overnight? But there is one thing that needs to be done right now. If it is done, it will be the cause of the abolition of the canal system in the future."
He told Zhao Yingong that after the Dengzhou Rebellion was over, the entire system of transferring grain and wages from Dengzhou to Liaodong had been completely destroyed. The grain, wages, and ordnance originally gathered in Dengzhou had also been lost. Guanning and Dongjiang needed grain. Documents demanding payment came like a snowflake.
"...You probably also know the habits of such a soldier." Shen Tingyang was probably in a very good mood, so he talked very enthusiastically. "Since the end of Wanli, the world has been in turmoil, and soldiers are needed everywhere. These generals are all domineering. When we got up, we had no food and salary, and we couldn't even move to a shelter, let alone fight the war. Over the years, the court invested millions of dollars in food every year, and we could barely maintain the situation."
After the Dengzhou Rebellion, the supply lines to Dongjiang and Guanning were suddenly interrupted. The land transit time was long and the consumption of manpower and material resources was even greater. Therefore, the Ministry of War and the Cabinet were eager to find new supply channels.
"...So this time the imperial court has a decree to transport grain directly from the south of the Yangtze River to Liaodong!" Shen Tingyang looked very happy.
"Brother Wu Mei is responsible for this matter?"
"Exactly!" Shen Tingyang almost danced when he said this, and his excitement was hard to express. "I have asked someone to book it, and also entered the "Shipping Book" and "Shipping Map"."
Zhao Yingong vaguely remembered that this incident should have happened after Shen Tingyang became the secretary of the cabinet. Shen Tingyang is still just a student of the Imperial College, and there are still several years to go before he becomes the secretary of the cabinet. Obviously, there are What things have changed? (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels are better and updated faster!