Lu Ming

Chapter 339 Opening of Port ([-])
The rich families these days are different from those of later generations.No matter how rich people are in future generations, it is almost enough to hire dozens of employees in a mansion; but in this era, the number of servants in a large family is measured in hundreds, and the number of thousands is also very common, and there are all kinds of service occupations. , There are many categories, tailors and theater troupes are standard equipment.

Therefore, mahjong tiles are not difficult for big players.

After learning that this thing was out of stock for the time being, several big households immediately summoned carpenters and carvers——I didn’t agree with myself.

Although the improvised bamboo mahjong tiles are not as smooth and upscale as the samples, they can still be played, right?So it took only a few days of work, and the carving team "raised by the big family" quickly opened: it is not worth a lot of money, and a few pieces are sent to relatives and friends.

After hearing the news, Yu Bende was in a very urgent mood.However, there was no point in being anxious, he had more urgent matters to deal with now: the Yu family had a quarrel first.

The current situation is that the eldest and second son of the Yu family said that mahjong is a good business, but Yu Bende thinks toilet paper is good: Although it seems that this business is a bit low-level, it undoubtedly has more prospects for development, so everyone quarreled.

After two days of quarreling, the pressure from the toilet paper experience users suddenly increased: the big households can produce mahjong by themselves, but they cannot produce this kind of soft paper, so the pressure from the customers is naturally transmitted.

In this way, it helped the Yu family choose the project: if you don't hurry up, you will offend others.What's even more frightening is that if any gentry doesn't care about material issues and is willing to take a dip in the muddy water of "toilet paper"; now that the workshop has not yet opened and the profit chain has not yet begun to operate, the Yu family will easily incur some kind of saturation blow
So Yu Bende made a decisive decision: If he doesn't choose, he will be in the toilet paper industry, which is suitable for our family's identity!

After unifying their thinking, the Yu family immediately began to act.

First of all, the boss who works as a low-level servant in the yamen is responsible for realizing the family property: Although the Yu family has accumulated for several generations, the family property is quite solid, but it is impossible to take out more than 1 taels of cash at one time.In addition to the ones hidden in the family, there are also several properties that need to be pawned, and then they can be counted after borrowing from a good friend.

The second child of the vagrant started the preparatory work, such as recruiting workers.

As for Yu Bende himself, he was responsible for honestly going to the Xiongdao Mansion to report the results, finalize the follow-up matters of the workshop, and provide various professional consultations on the land acquisition.

At this moment in Luo Yuanli, there was a tense atmosphere in the demolition headquarters.

Land expropriation maps were hung on the four walls of the lobby, and all the land along the coast of Gaoqiao Town had been marked on them by color blocks of different colors.

These color blocks represent different land properties. Not only the area of ​​the land, but also the topography and landforms are marked on it, and the information including the land owner and the actual controller is also on it, which is clear at a glance.

In the side room, the accountants are busy, and the materials after verification are still being sent in a steady stream.Xiong Dao's ambitions are quite large, and a core area of ​​one square kilometer is far from satisfying his desires. Taking this opportunity, he hopes to do a good job of surveying as much surrounding land as possible.

Although it sounds unreal to wantonly buy land in the Jiangnan area, people who are not up to Xu Jie and Xu Ge's level usually dare not have such a dream; but who is Xiong Dao?Behind him is an ambitious empire, so Master Xiong wants to test the market this time and see how deep the water in the Jiangnan area is.

The complicated information collection work is very time-consuming. It took several days just to copy the materials from the county government, and they had to be checked one by one afterwards.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were not only bullies and gentry who occupied the official land for nothing, but also a large number of small and medium landlords, tenant farmers and self-cultivating farmers.There are many small households living on a few acres of fragmented land, and the land property rights are different. There are many hidden fields. In short, the work equivalent to a small-scale land survey is very cumbersome and takes a long time to complete the data.

So when Yu Bende came to the door with money, he saw this busy scene.Fortunately, his two apprentices were here as temporary consultants, so Lao Yu quickly figured out the situation.

After seeing Master Xiong in the study, Yu Bende first took out the first share capital of 5000 taels of silver, and then he signed the contract to open a toilet paper workshop on the spot.

Then it's time to get down to business.

After following Xiong Dao into the lobby, Lao Yu carefully studied the color blocks of the map on the wall for a while: he had never seen this straightforward way of expressing information before, but he quickly got used to it, and he was very impressed with it. This kind of marking method is full of praise.

Next is Xiong Dao's explanation.Holding a pointer, Xiong Dao pointed at the map while revealing his plans.

It wasn't until this time that Yu Bende figured out the real scale and purpose of Mr. Xiong's large-scale acquisition of land—the information he had received before was vague and concealed, but now the reason why it was disclosed to him was because everyone signed the contract. became one of our own.

However, after listening to Xiong Dao's grand plans for a while, Yu Bende couldn't take it anymore: "How many people are you going to fight against?"

So he couldn't help interrupting Xiong Dao's explanation: "To tell you the truth, master, this kind of land placement has offended too many people, it's really shocking."

"It doesn't matter, it's not that you want to see success in a day, just take your time." After hearing the words, Xiong Dao used his pointer to draw a circle along the river outside Gaoqiao Town: "Let's get the core land of the port first, and then Slowly expand."

"Even so." While twirling his sparse beard, Yu Bende muttered, "May I ask Master Xiong, is the rightful owner of the land requisition and opening of the port, General Cao from Fujian?"

As early as when Tangzhuang was doing business in the early days, Xiong Dao played the banner of an agent of a certain pirate leader in Fujian.After Cao Chuan was recruited, the banner officially came out: the business got bigger and bigger, and the immigrants received more and more. If Cao Chuan did not recruit, there would be problems here in Hangzhou Station, so anyone who is interested can inquire now. To the background of Bear Road.

And at this moment, when Yu Bende asked this sentence, Xiong Dao immediately understood what he meant: the enemy army is too strong, so he can tell what hidden bosses are there.

"The lord is General Cao." Xiong Dao nodded without hesitation: "A few days ago, my general was granted the title of deputy general by the court's grace, and opened his residence in Xiamen. Old Yu, is that enough?"

"Enough is enough, enough is enough!" Yu Bende didn't expect that the Fujian general had already opened the mansion, so he nodded quickly.

As a person in the system, Yu Bende can understand the meaning of Xiong Dao's words: the generals who have been clearly assigned fiefdoms by the imperial court are the army of the military system, and the Ministry of War needs to make military registers and send out more Junshang is no longer the kind of black household who doesn't even have a establishment after surrendering.

In a sense, the status of the Cao family army is now equivalent to that of the Guan Ning army, and it is a regular army recognized by the Ming Dynasty.

In this situation, a general who opened a mansion with a heavy army in his hand would not be easy to handle even if he was a big boss, let alone an ordinary gentry-if he was in a hurry, he would force the Cao family back, and the southeastern half of the wall would be corrupt Who will take the blame?Is it true that Chongzhen can't kill people?So who is not being hacked?
Therefore, as long as the current Cao Chuan does not make any big news about rebellion and planting flags, such as forced demolition and forced relocation, bullying the market, and forcibly robbing a civilian girl, the court will not even ask.

That's why Yu Bende said that enough is enough: Since the BOSS is strong enough, at least officially, no one will come out to obstruct Xiongdao's port opening plan.

We must know that Zheng Zhilong in history also bought land and built luxury houses in Fujian after he was recruited. Chinese-style expansion, both civil and military.

Seeing Yu Shuban nodding repeatedly, Xiong Dao continued to talk.After he pointed to the map and explained the plan, Yu Bende first pleaded guilty, and then he studied the map for a long time in silence before putting forward his suggestion.

Yu Shuban first divided the demolition objects into two parts.He did not divide according to official and private fields, but ingeniously divided the groups according to property: grassroots and officials.

Grasslanders here include all self-cultivating farmers, tenants and small landlords, while officials include all people with power above the middle landlord.

Here, Yu Shuban put forward a strategic idea: he and his apprentice, the Yaren, would take care of all the grassroots, and Xiong Dao himself would handle all the officials.

Yu Bende's thinking is very clear: What are the strengths of subordinate staff?Deceiving the upper and lower, intimidating and defrauding, colluding with each other, and oppressing the common people.That's right, all the skills of subordinate staff are useless in front of officials.

However, when dealing with those grassroots who can't read, Mumunana, who regard half an acre of land as big as the sky, the subordinate staff can come in handy.

You must know that there are a large number of these grassroots. If Xiong Dao's elites went from house to house, it would be a waste of resources. It is Yu Bende, a well-known local subordinate who is a professional counterpart—in the eyes of the grassroots, he is The big official.

"Old Yu, Lao Yu, as expected of an old man, this plan is very good and powerful!" Xiong Dao couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Don't worry, as long as you work hard, I can take the shares of the workshop. Reward you in advance."

Speaking of this, Xiong Dao stretched out his hand and patted Lao Yu's shoulder, then he walked to the side of the map, and punched a certain map representing the coast: "I will take Zhang Su Tan first tomorrow!"

And Yu Bende also came over in time, and smiled around a certain plot with a pointer: "Master Xiong, please transfer the money, and I will go to Zuojia Village tomorrow."

"It's easy to say, easy to say, if you don't have anything else, you will have more money."

That night, in a small courtyard of Luo Yuan's back house, Xiong Dao dictated the content of the telegram while pacing the room.

The telegrapher sitting on the side quickly sent out the content: Send 50 additional action team members to our office to pick up 20 taels of silver as start-up funds. Please pay close attention to public opinion. Keep reporting
(End of this chapter)