Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 623 Big Plan

In February, after the dragon raised its head, everything returned to spring, and the weather became milder day by day.

Nanzheng, a suburb of the city.

Minghou Mansion.

On the mansion, among the various yamen, footsteps kept ringing, coming in and out, very busy, it can be seen that the operation of Minghou Mansion has begun to get on the right track.

Although the Marquis of Ming Dynasty is small, it has all five internal organs. Although there are not enough civil and military officials, it is more than enough to govern Nanyang in Hanzhong.

In Zhaoming Hall, Mu Jing wore a brocade robe and a jade crown, kneeling in front of the desk, holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, after reading for a while, his eyes felt a little sore, and he felt a sense of anger in his heart, so he threw the bamboo slips out.

"Zhongheng!"

"My lord!" Huo Yu came out from the side hall in the east.

"The paper-making workshop I asked you to build before, what is the result now?" Mu Jing asked a little darkly.

The days of looking at the bamboo slips are really uncomfortable.

More than half of the playbooks in Hanzhong were written on bamboo slips, and looking at them naturally made him irritated.

"Currently, the amount of paper produced is barely enough to supply Minghou Mansion and Nanyang. As for Hanzhong, there is no way to fully popularize it!" Huo Yu clapped his hands and reported.

When Mujing established a printing factory in the capital, the good times didn’t last long, and papermaking and movable type printing techniques were basically leaked out, but fortunately, those skilled craftsmen were preserved and sent back to Nanyang.

Huo Yu summoned all these people to Nanxiang through some channels of Jingping Trading Company in the past. A paper-making workshop established in Nanxiang has been supplying it since the year before last, and now it can be popularized in all counties of Nanyang.

However, Hanzhong only settled down last year and started to develop this year, so it is naturally a bit behind.

In some county towns, the instruments used to play are basically old-fashioned things like bamboo slips.

"Build a workshop in Hanzhong to increase paper production!"

Mu Jing said in a deep voice: "I want to complete the replacement between paper and bamboo slips in Hanzhong before the end of the year. I don't want these wooden slips and bamboo slips weighing at least several kilograms to appear again before my case!"

The times are advancing, and he cannot allow Hanzhong to regress.

His one thought back then has changed the habit of writing on wooden and bamboo slips to paper writing in this era. The princes of all parties basically have paper-making workshops. If Hanzhong lags behind, it will be unreasonable.

"promise!"

Huo Yu took the lead.

After losing his temper, Mu Jing sat down bitterly again, and continued to review the memorial. As Minghou, the master of Minghou's mansion, and now the king of Hanzhong, his affairs are not small. Get up without your heels touching the ground.

"Lord!"

Hu Zhao didn't know when he came, so he waited for a while, and only bowed to salute after Mu Jing reviewed the memorabilia in his hand.

"Kong Ming?" Mu Jing raised his head, squinting his eyes: "You are busier than me, why are you so free, come to visit!"

Hu Zhao's long history office is also in Zhaoming Hall, but one of them is outside and the other is inside.

Chang Shi is the deputy of the Minghou Mansion. He is in charge of civil and military affairs. It can be said that he is under the Mu Jing and above tens of thousands of people. Whether it is the North Martial Arts Hall or the South Study Room, he has the right to intervene in matters large and small.

"Recently Jingwu Division reported some news, Zhao wants to communicate with the lord!"

Hu Zhao knelt and sat down opposite Mujing.

"Zhongheng, serve tea!" Mu Jing waved his hand.

Huo Yu brought the tea himself, poured a cup for each of them, then retreated safely to the side, picked up a pen and began to write. He is a civil servant and the secretary next to Mujing. He also has a task to record meetings, or Conversation, in ancient times, such a position was called living man.

"Jing Wusi is basically going out to the outside world, marching to investigate, what news should you come and see!"

Mujing is strange.

"Jingwu Division's duty is to investigate news, not military or political!" Hu Zhao said: "Jingwu Division's news, there are a large number of merchants in Nanyang, traveling in Guanzhong, Jingzhou Road, with caravans, coming towards Hanzhong! "

"Oh?"

When Mu Jing heard this, the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "It seems that they are already moved by my Chi Dao plan!"

Some shrewd merchants always have a keen sense of touch.

They are extremely sensitive to interests.

To many Confucian disciples, this way of building roads with road taxes is absolutely rebellious, comparable to blocking roads and robbery, but in the eyes of merchants, this may not be a good business.

Mujing personally promoted a few businessmen back then, all of them were people with keen senses, whether it was Zhang Heng or Sun Hao, they would not fail to see the benefits.

Although the cycle is long, the income is bound to be considerable.

At this time, it is a test of the merchant's courage.

Mu Jing believes that there are not many people with courage, but he also believes that there will definitely be people who dare to invest. Das Kapital is a book he sent out, and many people have read it, and they will be born with ambition.

"My lord, is this Chidao plan really feasible?"

Hu Zhao was still worried.

"Why isn't it feasible?"

"My lord, you can think clearly. Once you set up checkpoints and collect road taxes from the people, it will affect your reputation. If you compete with the people for profit, how will the Minghou Mansion gain a foothold!" Hu Zhao has too much to think about. It is a very good thing for Hanzhong to directly connect Hanzhong and Nanyang, but the consequences are also very serious.

"There is never a free lunch!"

Mu Jing said calmly.

"That's the truth, but the common people don't know it!"

"Kong Ming, what we are going to build this time is four Chi Roads. If we build it ourselves, I wonder if the Minghou Mansion will be able to spend so much money?" Mu Jing asked.

"impossible!"

Hu Zhao resolutely said: "Don't talk about four paths, even if there is one, my Minghou Mansion can't even afford it!"

Building roads is the best way to spend manpower and material resources. In the current Minghou Mansion, taxes and taxes have not been thoroughly clarified. Raising soldiers and reassuring the people, which aspect is not paying more and earning less. If you want to build roads, you have to rest and recuperate for at least a few years. There is a possibility.

"That's it!"

Mu Jing spread his hands: "Since we can't do it, we have to work around it. I don't mind bearing such a bad reputation!"

"I still hope my lord can think twice!" Hu Zhao said.

"No need!"

Mu Jing waved his hand: "Since I have handed over this matter to Nan Shufang, I will let Nan Shufang plan it. The arrow is on the string, and it has to be done. Whether it is for sending troops to Nanyang in the future, or for the connection between the people of the two places, this plan is not feasible." No!"

This is his biggest project of the year.

Even the matter of participating in Langqiang is not as important as the plan.

Once he can get those merchants involved and gather their funds to build these roads, within a year or two, he will be able to open up the distance with Nanyang, and then Nanyang and Hanzhong will be integrated.

He will never allow anyone to oppose the plan.

"Since this is the case, the subordinates will not disturb the lord!"

Hu Zhao sighed.

He is very clear about the pros and cons of this matter, but he also doesn't know what the result will be. If you don't do it for a day, you will never know the result. He is against it, but since Mu Jing is determined, he can only support it.

It is his duty as a Ming Hou Changshi to handle the consequences of the matter as perfectly as possible.

After Hu Zhao left, Yi Ji compiled some Nanyang memorials, handed them to Mu Jing, and couldn't help asking: "My lord, there is no need to be so impatient. Road construction is very important, but it can be done step by step, Hu What Chang Shi said is correct, if the common people don’t agree, they will make the Lord notorious!”

"Uncle Ji, you must have a long-term perspective in doing things, and you can't stop because of some obstacles in front of you!"

Mu Jing said softly: "If you don't do it, you will procrastinate, procrastinate, and you will never be able to do it. Since you want to do it, there is no need to worry too much. Besides, in Hanzhong today, I think I can still control the situation!"

Hearing Mu Jing's words, Yi Ji nodded in agreement. In Hanzhong today, the Minghou Mansion is not considered to be deeply rooted, but it has gradually taken the initiative, not that it lost its foundation at the beginning.

……

Nanzheng in February is very lively.

Especially recently, caravans came from all over the world and entered Nanzheng City one after another, making the post stations and guest houses in the city overcrowded.

"Isn't this Master Feng?"

"Master Yu, why are you here?"

In the post station in the south of the city, after the two caravans entered, they met each other, and the two leaders were quite surprised.

They are both old acquaintances of merchants and merchants in Guanzhong. When they came to Hanzhong, they could be regarded as old acquaintances when they came to Hanzhong.

"Master Feng, I heard that your Feng family has joined Hengtong Commercial Bank. It seems that the rumors are true!" Shopkeeper Yu walked up and said with a smile: "It's really surprising that your Feng family is considered a wealthy merchant in Hedong!"

"Our Feng family was a member of Jingping Trading Company back then, and now we live with Zhang Hengda's shopkeeper, so it's nothing!"

Shopkeeper Feng retorted: "It's your Yu family, but it has nothing to do with Jingping Commercial Bank. You are here too, and the news is very well-informed!"

"That is!"

Shopkeeper Yu said triumphantly: "The world is not from your Jingping family. Such a big matter is still led by the former big shopkeeper of Jingping Commercial Bank. There must be benefits. Although it is secret, it is not just Nanyang. Merchants only know that the news about our Shopkeeper Mi can never be wrong!"

When Jingping Commercial Bank fell apart.

There is another profitable one.

That is Donghai Commercial Bank.

Mi's family, the best merchants in the world.

(End of this chapter)