Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1721, doomed to flicker

At the gate of the Imperial Palace in the capital, many ministers came here in four-wheeled carriages, preparing to wait for the morning court.

This is the last morning morning before the Chinese New Year.

After finishing the morning court, the annual holiday is officially off. According to the past practice, if there is nothing to do, everyone will not come to the morning court again until the eighth day of the first month of the new year to start the new year's work.

Thanks to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people, the Haiqing River Banquet, the ministers are also relaxed. They don’t need to get up in the middle of the night like before. They can sleep well and have breakfast at home before going to court. morning.

It is rare that Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Zhang Mao are all here. In the past, Zhang Mao seldom went to the morning court. He was in poor health and was raised at home.

Li Dongyang often asks for leave to see a doctor, Liu Jian is also old and often asks for leave, but this is the last morning court before the Chinese New Year, that is a must, and the first morning court after the New Year is also a must.

"It's better to use the current system, otherwise, it would be a real pain to go to the early court."

Zhang Mao was wearing a mink coat, with his hands tucked into his cuffs, chatting with Liu Jian and Li Dongyang beside him,
"Yeah, I used to have to get up in the middle of the night. In the winter, it's freezing cold. It's really uncomfortable."

Liu Jian also sighed and nodded.

This has been an official for a lifetime, which means that life is much better now.

Not only has there been regular rotten wood, but the early court has also been postponed to a reasonable time, and more importantly, the salaries of officials are indeed quite good now.

He, the chief minister of the cabinet, a first-rank official, has many titles, and he receives thousands of taels of silver a year, and he can buy several houses here in the capital.

Of course, at this point, a few thousand taels of silver is really nothing, and the real money is the property under the command of your family, such as factories, workshops, commercial banks, plantations, ranches, investment stocks, etc., these are the real money. .

This has also become a common phenomenon in Ming Dynasty. Everyone is keen to set up factories, workshops, commercial firms and so on. They also have a large number of plantations, pastures, and farms overseas, and there are many in Tianjin Stock Exchange. less stock.

After all, Emperor Hongzhi and the prince took the lead in doing this, and everyone can naturally follow suit. From the middle to the cabinet ministers, the six ministers, and the ordinary officials, almost everyone is similar, enjoying the capital era and the colonial era. Bonus, every little day is much more comfortable than before.

In the past, I always thought that if I had money and power, I would go to my hometown to occupy more land, and then lease the land to farmers, so that I could harvest more than half of the grain while sitting.

They colluded with some merchants to engage in the trading of salt, tea, cloth, grain, etc., and earned some shady money by means of hoarding and driving up market prices.

I didn't see much money, the imperial court was made so impoverished, Daming was also made to suffer from internal and external troubles, and the common people were even more miserable. Even if there was a slight disaster, there would be wars everywhere, and there would be countless refugees.

At that time, the officials were also poor, and the corrupt officials were better off. No matter how poor you are, you can’t say that you are as poor as the corrupt officials. If you are a clean official, you may starve to death. Baochao for you.

Even a corrupt official can't compare with what it is now. Now it's a legitimate income of ten thousand taels, one hundred thousand taels, or one million taels. How much money can that corrupt official get?
Even if everyone empties the treasury, they won't get much money.

When you check it, you may lose your head.

Looking at the present, the imperial court is rich, the officials are also rich, and the common people are also rich.

As for the fields in your hometown, they are now being given to you for free, and they are not willing to plant them for you, because there are large, large tracts of land overseas and outside the customs waiting for you to plant them. If they are reclaimed, they will be your land. Who will give them back? Do you farm?

But even if no one farmed the land, Daming still couldn't run out of food, and the price of food was still very low, so there was no need to worry about food.

If you still want to hoard land when you have money as before, you will probably become poor soon.

In addition to the valuable land in big cities, the land in Daming is already extremely cheap, and the price of food is even lower.

The traditional mode of farming, studying and passing on family history has completely collapsed.

If you want to get rich, you have to set up factories and commercial banks, engage in overseas trade and colonization. These are the quickest, more stable and sustainable ways to get money.

These nobles and officials of Ming Dynasty have already subtly become the earliest capitalists and colonists of Ming Dynasty.

"Clang~clang~"

At this moment, a black Mercedes-Benz car slowly arrived at the gate of the palace, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Is this a car?"

"Yeah, the prodigal son of my family bought one for more than 6000 taels of silver, and I beat him up severely. More than 6000 taels of silver is enough to buy several houses. Put it in the bank and have it for a year." The interest of nearly two hundred taels of silver is used to buy this kind of car, a prodigal thing."

"My grandson also bought it, and I scolded him severely. What's wrong with having so much money? Isn't it uncomfortable to ride in this carriage? You can buy as many horses as you want with more than 6000 taels of silver."

"Isn't it? Besides, everyone still doesn't know what this car is like."

Seeing the black Mercedes-Benz, many ministers also talked about it.

Soon, the car stopped slowly, the driver got off first, then opened the rear door, and Liu Jin in a crimson robe came out.

"Uncle Liu!"

"Uncle Liu!"

Seeing that it was Liu Jin, many officials also greeted with smiles.

"Early~early~"

With a smile on his face, Liu Jin also came to Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao and others.

"Liu Gong, Li Gong, Zhang Gong~"

"Morning, Liu Jin."

"Liu Jin, you're really mean, kid, and I'm not included in this car business."

Zhang Mao looked at Liu Jin and said nothing with extreme dissatisfaction.

A car worth more than 6000 taels, if you sell 6000 cars this year, it will be a super big business of more than [-] million taels, and this is a big business that can easily earn tens of millions of taels.

It's a pity that Liu Jin didn't take him with him. Thinking of this, Zhang Mao was very angry.

"Mr. Zhang, didn't I tell you back then, asking you if you wanted to invest? You didn't like it yourself. Don't blame me for not taking you."

Liu Jin was speechless. When the Mercedes-Benz bicycle was established, he gave Zhang Mao a chance. He looked down on the bicycle and felt that the bicycle had no future.

Not to mention that it is not easy to ride, and there is no way to carry much weight. The key is that people have to step on it by themselves. There is no four-wheeled carriage that is comfortable and labor-saving, so Zhang Mao did not plan to invest.

Unexpectedly, after the bicycle fire, the bicycles produced by the Mercedes-Benz Bicycle Factory sold well all over the world. Zhang Mao regretted it again, and hurriedly set up a bicycle factory by himself.

Now seeing the car, I started to get jealous again.

"You boy didn't tell me clearly. If you say this car can make a lot of money, I will definitely invest in it."

Zhang Mao said helplessly that now his guts are full of regrets and he has missed another big project.

"Where can there be a profit-making business?"

"Now you can also invest in building a car factory yourself. This car is definitely the trend of future development. Not only can it be used to carry people, but it will definitely be developed in the future to develop a large car that can carry a lot of cargo."

"It's not too late to invest now, and there is definitely a lot to do in the future."

Liu Jin has nothing to do with Zhang Mao, who made himself too much younger than him, even though he is now a first-rank cabinet minister, but he still treats you like a kid, there is nothing he can do.

"Is it difficult to build a car?"

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Qi Zhong and others next to him immediately regained their energy when they heard this, and hurriedly asked.

"It's not difficult, it's not difficult~"

"Isn't it just an engine and a few wheels? What's the problem? Just hire more technicians to study it."

Liu Jin quickly flickered up.

The rise of the automobile industry is definitely impossible to rely on only one or two companies. This requires more people and more funds to invest in it. Only in this way can the automobile industry become more and more prosperous, and at the same time, the price of automobiles will gradually increase. Decline, and finally enter thousands of households, becoming a product that everyone can consume.

"Really?"

Zhang Mao asked in disbelief.

"Of course it's true~"

"I am already preparing to invest in the construction of three large-scale automobile factories in Beijing, Tianjin, and Songhu. The investment capital exceeds 1000 million taels of silver, and the annual production capacity of 10 vehicles will be realized by then."

Liu Jin nodded solemnly and replied, and then said in a low voice: "Only when there are more and more cars, the oil in the Persian Gulf is really useful and can be sold at a high price."

"A car burns oil?"

When Li Dongyang heard this, he suddenly regained his spirits. There is a colony of the Li family in the Persian Gulf. I didn’t know what it was useful for before. After being cheated of half of the shares by Liu Jin, I finally knew the underground treasure in the Persian Gulf. It's oil.

But this oil has not been found to be of much use until now, and now I hear it, and I immediately feel refreshed.

"Cars burn gasoline, but gasoline is smelted from petroleum. In the end, it is inseparable from someone's petroleum. We don't have any petroleum in the Ming Dynasty. From now on, we can just lie down and collect money."

Liu Jin replied with a smile.

"Haha, that would be great."

After Li Dongyang heard this, he immediately laughed happily. Finally, there is hope that the investment in the Persian Gulf can be recovered.

"Is this car okay?"

"Yeah, it doesn't look as comfortable as a carriage."

The others pricked up their ears and listened, and then hurriedly asked.

"Okay, don't you guys know how to buy one and have a try?"

"You can only know if the car works if you ride it in person, don't you think?"

Liu Jin looked at everyone, and continued to fool around. If these ministers of the court took the lead in buying, this car would become even more popular.

(End of this chapter)