Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 445, the legendary Du Mingen
Liu Jin was extremely busy here, busy discussing the future colonization plan with the people at the top of Ming Dynasty. On the other side, Du Mingen, who just came back, was also busy. He became a legend of Ming Dynasty.

In more than a year, Du Mingen became rich overnight. He went to the Golden Island and earned a huge wealth of more than 900 million taels of silver. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as rich.

But this is nothing, he was a businessman, and the status of businessmen in the Ming Dynasty was very low. There were many suppressions, and even the laws of the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulated that merchants could not wear silk and satin.

Of course, these regulations are not in line with the actual things. In fact, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty lived a very chic life, because the business tax was very low, [-] in [-], and even as long as you gave the officials some money, this tax You don't have to pay.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the big merchants in the south of the Yangtze River even had their hands in the court. Once anyone said that they would increase business taxes or the like, they would immediately be killed by them.

It can be seen from this that whether status or not is actually determined by the economic basis. If a businessman has money, even if you stipulate that he has no status, does he really have no status?

Of course, at least on the surface, businessmen have no status.

But Du Mingen was different. He went to Huangjinzhou not only to bring back huge wealth, but also brought back huge wealth for himself, and also brought back huge wealth for Emperor Hongzhi.

More importantly, he brought back several high-yield crops from the Golden Continent. These high-yield crops can save the people of Ming Dynasty from famine. This is a great contribution!

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi personally met Du Mingen, Lin Shuhong, Tian Erniu and other main members of the fleet in the Jinluan Hall, and the generous Emperor Hongzhi was also knighted.

Du Mingen was conferred the title of Marquis of Taiping, a marquis, and it was of the hereditary type, which meant that as long as Daming existed, the Marquis of Taiping in his family could be inherited for one day, hereditary and shared with the country.

The title of Marquis of Taiping was also discussed repeatedly by the Ministry of Rites, and it was considered that the title of Marquis of Taiping was the most appropriate, because Du Mingen's main contribution was to bring back three high-yield crops.

With these three kinds of crops, there will be no famine in Ming Dynasty, and the world will naturally be peaceful, with seas and rivers feasting.

Lin Shuhong, Tian Erniu and other captains and main members also got an earl, and all of them turned over from common people to the ranks of nobles and gentry in Ming Dynasty.

This is legend!

Not only did he get rich overnight, but he also changed from a businessman to the Taiping Hou of Ming Dynasty. The key is that no one in the ruling and opposition parties had any opinions, even the pedantic civil servants expressed their support.

Gold and silver are nothing. The three high-yielding crops have made Ming no longer famine.

Du Mingen's mansion in the capital was like a city in front of it, and there was a lot of traffic. Every day, people from all over the Ming Dynasty came to visit Du Mingen and visit this legendary figure.

Of course, the legend of Du Mingen belongs to the legend. It's good for everyone to get to know each other right away. There are plenty of opportunities and time. The real reason is actually for money.

Regarding the details of the fleet's voyage and everything the fleet encountered during the entire voyage, the Ming Morning Post also carried out a special and extensive report.

Report everything about the fleet in detail. Liu Jin did not hide anything. He reported the gold mines, silver mines, various rich resources and minerals, fertile land, and the gold mines discovered by the fleet. The descendants of the Shang Dynasty and so on are all published.

It can be said that it was already very hot, but now it is completely detonated.

The gold mines in Yuxi, and the snow-white, snow-white fur without a trace of variegation brought back; the golden lake here at the mouth of the Thousand Rivers, the fertile land; the gold and silver mines on the west coast of Gold Island, the gold and silver of the Inca Empire...

In the entire Beijing-Tianjin region, almost everyone is discussing these things and is deeply attracted by them.

In the living room of Du Mingen's mansion, Du Mingen was receiving a group of businessmen and gentry from the Jiangnan area. Du Mingen himself was from Jiangnan and was born in Jiangnan.

Among this group were representatives of Huizhou merchants Cheng Boan, Zhu Benduan, Feng Xiang, and Ye Li. These four were not only representatives of Huizhou merchants, but also representatives of large salt merchants in the Jianghuai area.

The life of these salt merchants is very sad this year, because they fought a price war with the Changlu Salt Field, and they suffered a complete defeat in the northern region. It can be said that they were losing money and almost pawned their pants.

The four big salt merchants, together with other large and small salt merchants, raised tens of millions of taels of silver to fight the Changlu Salt Field, and ended up losing money.

No one thought that the salt production capacity of the Changlu Salt Field would be so terrifying that it would not only meet the needs of the northern market, but also be able to meet the big salt merchants' wanton purchases.

It can be said that there is as much salt as there is.

In the end, there was no way. These salt merchants failed completely. Fortunately, the Changlu Salt Field had not yet entered the southern market, so there was still a breath left.

They thought it was a very profitable business, and it was estimated that the Changlu Salt Farm would enter the southern market next year. By that time, they would have no part in the huge cake of salt.

But they have nothing to do with the Changlu Salt Field.

The Changlu Salt Farm is the property of Emperor Hongzhi, the Crown Prince, Ying Gong, Ding Guo Gong, and Cheng Guo Gong.

But as long as that civil official dares to stand up, the several major cases in the hands of Emperor Hongzhi have not been settled yet, and one will die, and no one will dare to use these methods anymore.

So even if they are reluctant to part with the huge benefits of salt, they can only give up helplessly, and next year, the southern market will definitely be taken up by Chairman Lu Salt Farm, and they will have to withdraw from the salt market.

This is very difficult for these salt merchants and Huizhou merchants.

It was hit hard one after another.

The case not long ago involved several big Anhui merchants, but mainly Huizhou merchants involved in grain merchants. Because of reselling military rations, passing off inferior goods, etc., they were confiscated and exiled by Emperor Hongzhi, which dealt a heavy blow.

In addition, the theft of official warehouses hit Huizhou merchants, Jiangnan big merchants, and Shilin, which also weakened the power of big merchants, gentry, and Shilin in the entire Jiangnan area.

These were all done by Emperor Hongzhi, and they were blows from above.

What is really scary is the blow from the foundation. What Liu Jin did was to dig their foundation.

With the rise of new capitalism, capitalism in the northern region, especially the Beijing-Tianjin region, is developing extremely rapidly, and the industry is very, very fast.

The cement industry, shipbuilding industry, and textile industry developed extremely rapidly, and the strength of emerging capitalists in the north rapidly expanded, which in turn had a huge impact on these big businessmen, big landlords, gentry, etc. in the south.

Among other things, just the textile industry, with the emergence of new spinning machines and looms, spinning mills and weaving factories have sprung up like mushrooms in the Beijing-Tianjin area.

The cloth produced by the machine is not only good in quality, but also fast in speed and low in cost. Naturally, these cloths will be sold throughout Daming, and even now they have been sold to North Korea and Japan.

The Jiangnan area was originally an important textile production area, and it mainly relied on traditional household textiles. Faced with this huge impact, the textile industry in the Jiangnan area suffered a complete defeat and was completely defeated by the impact.

Naturally, the interests of these merchants, landlords, and gentry in the Jiangnan area were also affected.

A few years ago, when people in the entire Ming Dynasty said that the rich people must first say they are Huizhou merchants, and among Huizhou merchants, they are the salt merchants.

But now, only a few years have passed, when people say they have money, the first thing that comes to mind is these emerging capitalists in the north. The factories in the Beijing and Tianjin areas are booming.

The business of the cement factory is so good that it is booming. Cement is now popular in the entire Ming Dynasty, and it is even sold to Japan and North Korea. The demand is huge.

Emerging capitalists in the Beijing-Tianjin area are blooming all over the Ming Dynasty, opening new cement factories everywhere, the scale is getting bigger and bigger, the output is getting bigger and bigger, and the number of workers is only a few hundred in a factory before. There are already many big factories of people.

The wealth accumulation speed of emerging capitalists is many times faster than those who accumulate wealth by traditional means, just like one is traditional handwork and the other is weaving cloth with new machine, there is no difference between the two. comparability.

This is a huge and menacing wave of wealth, but these big businessmen, big landlords, and big gentlemen in the south have not yet participated in it.

So they can't sit still now!
Especially with the return of Du Mingen's fleet, they brought back [-] million taels of silver at one time. Under the impact of such huge wealth, no one is not jealous, and no one can keep calm.

So this time, these big businessmen, big landlords, and big gentry from the south also came to Beijing and Tianjin in unison, and they also want to participate in this new wave of wealth.

Above the court, the people who mobilized them asked Emperor Hongzhi to open more ports in the southern region. They originally opposed the ban on opening the sea and now actively demand the ban on opening the sea. Only they themselves know the huge change and are the most capable. I have a deep understanding, in the final analysis, it is because the benefits brought by opening the sea ban are greater than continuing the sea ban.

That's why they support the ban on opening the sea, and mainly demand the ban on opening the sea, in order to participate in this huge wave of wealth.

In addition to the activities above the court, below, these big businessmen and landlords also found Du Mingen, obviously hoping that Du Mingen could cooperate with them and lead them to participate in this wave of wealth.

　Thank you for the support of the leader of the Coffee Demon King~ Well, there will be extra meals today, and there are 2 more chapters tonight~
　　
　
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