Thinking of this, Shi Qing couldn't help but smile.
After laughing for a long time, he began to worry again.
After having more things like family property, he discovered that more does not make people happier. Now he suddenly began to calculate, which one is more profitable: sailing ships in the South China Sea or sailing ships in Korea and Japan? At sea, which one is more profitable?
Compared with the output of northern Xinjiang pasture, which one is higher or lower?
He also thought that Prime Minister Xu Ding said when he passed through Tongzhou six months ago that there is no need for everyone to rush into businesses that directly make money, and they can also consider other things. Xu Ding took Shi Qing as an example at that time and said that he should contact
Jing's Book Engraving Workshop in Ningjin County, Xingzhou, has opened a new workshop in Tianjin Prefecture.
The backers of the Book Engraving Workshop are only a few local military households in Ningjin County. However, due to the stability of the Central Plains and prosperous commerce in the past two years, the demand for books has increased tenfold and hundreds of times, and the Ningjin Jing family and the Ningjin family have been forced to
A military household who wanted to make a small fortune became one of the first-class wealthy families in Xingzhou.
Hearing Xu Ding talk about it like this, Shi Qing felt a little regretful. His financial resources were naturally much stronger than those of ordinary soldiers, but it was a pity that he didn't have the foresight to let go of his boss's wealth.
Fortunately, Xu Ding knew that a former member of the Red Coat Army like him might not be willing to sacrifice his life and blood, but he still longed for glory and wealth.
So he introduced many industries to Shi Qing, such as textiles, porcelain making, mining and metallurgy, casting and other industries. In recent years, these industries have all flourished in Dazhou. If Shi Qing is really worried about his family's vision, even if he can get some
With money, you can buy a piece of land on the main water and land transportation road in Tongzhou, build a few large warehouses, and build a repair yard for cars and boats, and you can also make a lot of money.
Both generations of Xu Ding and his son are top-notch money makers, and what he said is definitely true.
Shi Qing threw the book in his hand aside and his eyes rolled around...
Tongzhou? I am the defense envoy of Tongzhou. It is easy to do this.
However... if you do this under your own rule, you will feel like you are relying on someone to take advantage of you. The laws of the Zhou Dynasty cannot be ignored. If you violate the law anywhere, your boss will be dismissed from office if you investigate. If you mess with the recorder,
Those spies were shouting and killing at every turn and wanted to lose their heads!
In this regard, even if Shi Qing received some preferential treatment as a former member of the Red Coat Army, he could not compare with Xu Ding.
Of course Xu Ding can talk casually, he has no scruples.
Anyone who was an official in the Great Zhou Dynasty knows that one of the two prime ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty loved money as much as his life, and the other loved promotion and recruiting fellow Khitan people. These two things were more or less out of line, but the emperor turned a blind eye and clearly gave these two special privileges.
But these two are the only ones with privileges. No matter how many benefits others receive, they must be within the limits of the law.
So it’s better to…
Although the emperor suddenly wanted to send troops to the grassland, he must be sure of it. After this incident, the Zhou Dynasty's control area in the grassland would definitely expand greatly, and the power of the Mongols would definitely decline. Taking this opportunity, he set up a military base in the northern Xinjiang.
Is a wool spinning business very profitable?
These industries have always brought money, and they did not start from this dynasty. But those who have held them in their hands since ancient times have been either local gentry or central high-ranking officials. During the Jin Dynasty, it was also necessary to add
A powerful Jurchen family.
Until the Mongols invaded and the Ding navy rose.
The Mongols used the most violent method to completely destroy the old local structure. Guo Ning's Dinghai regime relied on its strong force advantage to launch a purge of the central government and the Jurchens. After the purge, representatives of the Great Zhou Dynasty
, with warriors as the core, supplemented by the down-and-out civil servants of the previous dynasty and some foreign interest groups.
If this were the case, the ruling class of the Zhou Dynasty was not fundamentally different from that of the previous generations, except that there was a different group of people who were dominating and domineering over the people.
But the Ding Navy relied on maritime trade to make its fortune. After they seized power, they still regarded trade as the financial support of the imperial court, so they tried their best to expand trade routes, even at great cost, including many powerful people including the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty.
The characters were forcibly formed into a group, and they were all involved in the trade network.
If Guo Ning had not started from scratch, the first generation who founded the country and proclaimed himself emperor would not have been able to push for such a decision. Once such a decision was made, it brought a large inflow of precious metals such as gold, silver, and copper, and brought wealth to the people, especially large-scale enterprises.
The wealth of Zhou's military class grew explosively.
With this kind of growth, the military class gradually became rich, but their desire to expand land in the Central Plains was suppressed by the founding court's decree, and it was difficult to break through. If you want to be a big landowner across states and counties, there are really not many opportunities.
There are no obstacles in the way of business and industry, and the rewards are immediate.
As a result, huge wealth was either invested in consumption or in the next step of production expansion. In Zhongdu, Hebei, Nanjing Road and even Liaodong, factories with hundreds or even thousands of workers began to appear, and a large number of officials and merchants invested money.
We went to shipyards to build ships and go to sea. The fleet has reached as far as the South China Sea.
The output of the Central Plains and the North could be sold to distant countries. Originally, horses were the main products. As the economies of various parts of the Central Plains recovered, porcelain, lacquerware, medicinal materials, cloth, and the like were gradually added. Of course, there were also wool products from the grasslands.
After the Dajin Zhangzong Dynasty, the weather has always been irregular, and winters are often violently cold. Natural disasters have dealt a heavy blow to agriculture in various places. Fortunately, all the ports, factories, and trading houses in Dazhou are like bottomless pits of dignitaries, who are very helpful in resettling the victims.
The imperial court only needed to deliver news and arrange for the relocation of disaster victims, and did not need to provide money and food for disaster relief for a long time.
On the other hand, this cold weather has made sweaters, blankets and other items that are good for keeping warm very popular. Even if the output on the grassland keeps doubling, demand is increasingly in short supply.
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Shi Qing received a letter from his uncle Shi Quan a few days ago. The letter said that some Mongolian blankets of particularly good quality were recently being produced in Lin'an in the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, competing for the market with Tuanhua blankets from Dashi.
At this time, the merchants of Dazhou were fighting fiercely with the Hu merchants of Quanzhou.
And in Tianjin, even the worst-quality wool was snapped up by maritime merchants to fill the gaps between cabins and cargo, and to ensure that valuable porcelain would not be damaged by wind and waves. Regardless of the low unit price
, each sea-going ship buys more or less large bundles, and the total amount and total price are scary!
Before the beginning of sea trade, who would have thought that the most worthless wool could be converted into money? Who would have thought that the poor grassland could produce such a source of wealth out of thin air?
The grassland covers thousands of miles. As the Zhou Dynasty continues to cultivate it, who knows whether this land will become a cornucopia?
By the way, I have acquaintances in several mining and metallurgical companies in Shandong. Maybe I can call some people to try prospecting on the grassland?
Are you sure you can find some gold, silver, copper and iron?
Thinking of this, Shi Qing made up his mind.
His eyes were squinted, and a smile appeared on his lips. In his eyes, the grass outside the tent, illuminated by the autumn sunshine, also looked bright.
This expression looks a bit silly in the eyes of outsiders.
Not far from the tent, a group of elite soldiers were passing by. The leader was Chen Ran, a senior general of the Ding Navy and the former leader of Guo Ning's guard.
Several soldiers looked at Shi Qing's appearance and all snickered: "The auxiliary soldiers from Tongzhou said that Shi Qing was good at everything, but he was only passionate about profit and salary, and he often thought about money and was in a daze. Looking at his appearance, this is another example.
I was stunned."
Chen Ran coughed twice: "You guys, stop talking nonsense."