Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 549 The Right to Use Soldiers
The result of the lottery is naturally a few happy and some sad. The merchants drawn to the second row can only comfort themselves. At least they are better than the third and fourth rows. Maybe they can put up their signs a little higher.

But no matter what, at least one hundred and nine plots have clear owners, and now they need to pay the land purchase fee, and start building shops within three months.

The cost of buying land is very cheap, each piece of land is about two acres, a total of ten taels of silver, and then many businessmen can't wait to go to the Shibo Department to sign the construction agreement. As a product official, he specially prepared twelve sets of shop drawings, and the businessman can choose one of them, and after paying off the construction costs, the shop can be inspected and accepted in one month.

At this time, in the warehouse area, huge warehouses are being built one after another. The warehouses are all owned by Shibo, and merchants can rent them at a low price. The mortar was mixed together to lay the bricks shipped from the port of Luzon.

Although it is a good natural harbor, the land on the shore is not level. It is necessary to fill in the low-lying areas, cut off the abrupt stones, and then lay them with large bricks, and install the tether posts to form a flat harbor several miles long.

Starting from Kunzhou, almost all ports have to be constructed in this way, so as to make full use of the advantages of the seaport.

"Fan Ning, are these warehouses really not for sale?" Mingren said cheekily following Fan Ning.

"I will consider selling part in the future, but I won't sell it now. I have already specialized the store for you. In the name of the Li family, I have given you two pieces of land with the best locations. You are not satisfied, and you still want to buy a warehouse. Shall I put it on the fire?"

"Actually, you can not announce it publicly!"

"shit!"

Fan Ning couldn't help scolding: "You think everyone is a fool. You got the best land, and it will be drawn by lottery? Why don't you publicly announce the privilege and explain the reasons clearly. You will naturally be rewarded for your contribution, and everyone will naturally be rewarded." There is nothing to say."

Mingren scratched his head, "Since Fan's firm has contributed, why not sell another warehouse?"

Fan Ning sighed and said, "There are enough plots for shops, that's why I put them up for public auction, but there are only [-] warehouses at the moment. If everyone wants them, how can I divide them? The top ten at the end of the transaction have the right to buy warehouses, you Work hard yourself!"

"We have always been the largest merchant in Quanzhou Port, so there should be no problem."

"That's not necessarily the case. There are a lot of big businessmen in Guangzhou Port. You can only rank No. 7, and everyone follows closely. If you don't pay attention, you will be dropped to the bottom ten."

The corner of Mingren's mouth twitched, it turned out that the port of Guangzhou was included, so the pressure would be great.

At this time, a subordinate came to inform Ming Ren that everyone wanted to discuss the matter of the chamber of commerce, and asked Ming Ren to attend the meeting immediately.

Fanning smiled, "Go!"

Mingren ran for a few steps, then turned around and said, "I'm going to Luzon Mansion to deliver an elephant, then go to Brunei City to buy spices, and then return to Quanzhou, can we go all the way?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "I'm not going to Luzon anymore, I'm going back to Quanzhou directly, see you in Quanzhou!"

"Okay! Let's see you in Quanzhou then."

Akihito waved his hand and ran away.

Fan Ning looked at the Xingang, which was being built in full swing, then turned and walked towards the barracks.

Early the next morning, Fan Ning's fleet left Xingang and returned to Quanzhou.

Two years passed quickly, and it was May in the third year of Zhiping.

It has been almost two and a half years since Fan Ning served as an overseas economic and strategic envoy.

In the past two and a half years, the constant news made him become the focus of attention of millions of people in the capital.

In April of the previous year, the Overseas Economic and Strategy Office opened up the Luzon Mansion and obtained a huge amount of gold exceeding one million taels.

In May, the Overseas Economic and Strategy Office established a new port in Nanyang.

In June, Liuli County and Xinbei County of Liuqiu Prefecture were established.

In October, the prospecting team of the Overseas Economic and Strategy Office discovered a huge amount of silver in Japan. In the same month, Kunzhou sent 500 million taels of silver and 70 taels of gold to Song Dynasty.

In February last year, the Luzon government transported 50 taels of gold from Dasong. In September last year, the overseas economic and strategy government conducted the third official trade with Japan. Dasong made a cumulative net profit of 300 million taels of silver that year.

In May, the Ryukyu Mansion achieved self-sufficiency in grain and sent 80 taels of silver to the imperial court for the first time.

Just two months ago, the Luzon government sent another 90 taels of gold to the Song Dynasty, and the gold production of the Luzon government reached one million taels in just two years.

Overseas development not only brought huge financial revenue to the imperial court, but also brought many unexpected surprises to the people of the Song Dynasty. As far as the capital is concerned, the price of grain and cloth has dropped by [-]%. , The price has been reduced by twenty times, fifty pennies a tael. From the year before last to last year, the import of cotton from Ryukyu Prefecture and Luzon Prefecture to the capital reached as much as one million dan.

In the past two years alone, seventeen large workshops with 5 looms have appeared near the capital, recruiting nearly [-] young female workers. The Luzon government has openly recruited [-] miners and [-] grain workers for a period of two and a half years, with good remuneration , Ryukyu Prefecture recruited [-] grain workers and cotton pickers.

The major official and private shipbuilding workshops recruited as many as 10 craftsmen.

These recruitments brought about an unexpected butterfly effect. The wages of ordinary maids in the capital rose from [-] cash a day the year before to [-] cash a day this year. Advertisements for the eight farms in Kaifeng prefecture to recruit tenant farmers appeared in "Letter" and "Title Newspaper". The remuneration of the tenant farmers has increased from [-]% of the harvest to [-]% of the harvest, and there are also discounts for long-term contracts.

For the whole of last year, job recruitment became the number one hot topic of discussion in the entire capital. When you open the business pages of "Letter" and "Tabolo", there are densely packed advertisements all about job recruitment.

The huge demand for silk and hemp has made farmers in the Song Dynasty more enthusiastic about planting.

The economy is prosperous, military spending is reduced, and finances continue to improve. Last year, the Song Dynasty achieved its first fiscal surplus in 50 years.

Due to the strong demand for the development of various industries, under pressure, the reform of craftsman registration discussed by the imperial court for more than a year finally surfaced. Changing to civilian registration, craftsmen can freely choose to go to private and government-run workshops, except for the craftsmen of the Military Weapons Supervision. Although they have also been revoked as craftsmen, they have no other place to make a living. The court still strictly prohibits civilian manufacturing of weapons.

At noon, the streets of Tokyo were playing chess with light rain. Fan Ning got out of the carriage and walked into a newly opened restaurant on the street.

He has been in Beijing for ten days, and has reported to the Queen Mother Gao Taotao three times, but Gao Taotao still refuses to approve the expansion of his overseas diplomatic power.

But Fan Ning knew that the problem did not lie with Gao Taotao, but that the Zhizheng Hall had resisted the will in unison.

Fan Ning walked into the restaurant, and the waiter led him up to the second floor, and opened the door of a private room, where Xiangguo Han Jiang suddenly sat.

"Keep Mr. Han waiting for a long time!" Fan Ning walked into the room and smiled.

A wine girl stepped forward to take off Fan Ning's coat, and Han Jiang smiled and asked him to sit down, "I guess you are in a depressed mood now, so I invite you to have a cup of tea, let's have a chat."

Fan Ning sighed and said, "I don't understand. My Kunzhou also got the right to fight against Japan back then. Why is it so difficult to get this right today?"

"Don't you think you have too much power?"

Han Jiang said lightly: "You have the right to set up the county, appoint and remove county magistrates, have the right to levy taxes and the right not to levy taxes, and have the right to dispose of mines. In terms of military power, you have the right to suppress bandits and deploy troops. The 150 sailors obeyed your orders. Before you destroyed the Lusong Kingdom without authorization, you were already impeached by the censor. If you hadn’t brought [-] million taels of gold to buy the Zhizhengtang, Luzon’s affairs would not be so good Quickly pass the test, this time, you want to fight the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom again, it is normal that the Zhizheng Hall does not support you!"

Fan Ning came to understand a little bit, he was silent for a moment and said: "Does Zhizheng Tang want me to hand over some power in exchange for support for the right to fight?"

Han Jiang smiled and said: "I might as well tell you the truth. Before Zhizhengtang fully supported you, it was because you could get gold and silver, and you had the reputation of digging money. The huge profits and great influence are beyond the expectation of Zhizhengtang. Now Zhizhengtang has been marginalized in overseas business strategy. Zhizhengtang wants to get involved in overseas business strategy. If you can support it, then overseas With the right to fight, we don’t have to be villains.”

"Where does the Zhizheng Hall plan to intervene?"

"First, the official trade authority of Japan will be changed from the Overseas Economic and Strategic Envoy to the Tongfan Department under the Zhizhengtang. Of course, you still use someone you value. It is still fully responsible for the official trade with Japan, but the official trade office has been changed from Quanzhou to Yangzhou, and Yu Xiaonian has also changed to report to Zhizhengtang."

Fan Ning secretly scolded Zhizhengtang for being shameless. Japan discovered a huge silver mine, and Zhizhengtang saw the extremely considerable trade income, so he wanted to take this piece of fat.

Fanning nodded, "And then?"

"Then Kunzhou and Danzhou were fully incorporated into the imperial court system, and were directly under the jurisdiction of Zhizhengtang. Except for special military affairs, overseas businessmen were not allowed to interfere with their government affairs."

In the past, all the income of Kunzhou was counted on the head of the overseas economic and strategy government. Now that Zhizhengtang is directly under the jurisdiction, it also wants to cut off the fat of Kunzhou. Fan Ning thought for a while and said: "I have both It can be agreed, but the amount of handover I promised before must be reduced by half.”

Just kidding, who can bear to cut off the two pieces of fat that are the most profitable, and have to bear the financial quota of 1000 and [-] million.

Han Jiang smiled and said: "There should be no problem with the 1000 miners in Luzon Prefecture, and the annual output of one million taels of gold! This is 200 million taels of silver, as well as grain, cotton, spices, timber and Other wealth, the piece of wood cotton alone is more than [-] million, it’s not bad if you don’t increase it, do you want to go down?”

"Then what good do I do?" Fanning said angrily.

"Isn't the benefit obvious? You have the power to attack Song's friendly neighbors."

(End of this chapter)