Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 348: Business Genius Shen Wansan!
Now that he decided to go out for inspection, Zhu Yuanzhang began to act.

He followed the canal from Yingtian to the north, landed to Yanjing Mansion, and then walked all the way west.

Zhu Yuanzhang has not been to the north since he took down the huge territory in the north. He has always hoped to achieve a balance between the north and the south, but because the capital should be in accordance with the sky, the north is slightly weaker than the south in terms of economy and politics.

It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang devoted little effort to the north, but because most of the officials in the court are from the south, and the country's rural situation is very serious, everyone will help the fellow villagers more, which will lead to the north has been overwhelmed by the South.

Zhu Yuanzhang's trip to the north first is also to give the north a shot in the arm and let them know that the north is equally important in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Li Wenzhong, who returned from the Chaer Khanate in the west, was in Yanjing at this time. He originally planned to return directly from Chaerhan to Yingtian, but now because Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying were coming, he had to stay in Yanjing.

That's...not bad.

Li Wenzhong is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew. His father, Li Zhen, is now farming in Yingtianhuang City. He is living a very comfortable life. Li Wenzhong knows that his father is safe and sound, so he doesn't worry too much. On the contrary, Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying let Li Wenzhong Added a lot of concerns, not because Li Wenzhong was unfilial, or because he was snobbish, and flattered Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying because of their special identities, but Li Wenzhong was able to achieve what he is today, largely because of Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying.

Before meeting Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying, Li Wenzhong had been fleeing famine with Li Zhen. If they hadn’t known that Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying had made a fortune, they would have no way out. After defecting to Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Zhen was sent to the logistics by Zhu Yuanzhang to be responsible for military supplies , while Li Wenzhong was personally trained by Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying. His achievements today are all due to the contributions of Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying.

Since Li Wenzhong came to the Ming Dynasty on the Western Front, he stayed for two and a half years, and he had already returned home. Now that he can see Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying in Yanjing, Li Wenzhong is very excited. After learning that Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying When Ma Xiuying's car was about to arrive, he took ten soldiers and ran for seventy miles to meet them.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying arrived in Tong County, they heard the news that Li Wenzhong came to greet them. They were happy and distressed at the same time. Seeing Li Wenzhong's busy appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but said: "You boy, honestly, I am waiting for you. Let’s not do it? What are you doing running so far?”

"Hey, foster father."

Li Wenzhong grinned, rubbed his head and said, "I missed my mother, so I ran over here."

The mother Li Wenzhong mentioned was Ma Xiuying.

How could Zhu Yuanzhang not know that these adopted sons of his had a very deep relationship with Ma Xiuying, which made Zhu Yuanzhang envious and jealous.

Seeing Li Wenzhong's smirk, Zhu Yuanzhang knocked on Li Wenzhong's head: "Bastard, you know you miss your mother, but you don't think about us? Go, go...don't bother us in front of your eyes."

Disgusted by Zhu Yuanzhang, he drove Li Wenzhong to meet Ma Xiuying. Li Wenzhong said goodbye to Zhu Yuanzhang with a smile, and then ran to the carriage behind to meet Ma Xiuying.

Ma Xiuying was also very happy to see Li Wenzhong. While asking the maid to make tea for Li Wenzhong, she looked Li Wenzhong up and down, and kept saying: "I'm thinner and darker...the two years on the Western Front have been hard for us." Deborah."

"Mother, it's not bitter, I'm refreshed now."

Li Wenzhong said with a smile, clenched his fists: "I can beat a cow to death now! If anyone dares to bully my mother in the future, we will bring our brothers to smash their house!"

After listening to Li Wenzhong's words, Ma Xiuying was not angry. She smiled and asked Li Wenzhong how he was on the western front, how his life was, and whether there were any women around him to take care of him. When she heard that Li Wenzhong had found several foreign women, and After giving birth to a child, she couldn't help but sighed: "You guys have all been ruined by the Seventh Five-Year Teaching, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."

Because of Zhu Han, finding foreign women as concubines seems to have become a fashion, and it is proud to find foreign beauties. Ma Xiuying can't say whether it is good or bad, but according to Zhu Yuanzhang, it seems to find foreign women... To Daming It is good, what can be said can promote the better integration of foreigners into Ming Dynasty.

When listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's explanation before, Ma Xiuying didn't think there was anything wrong, but seeing Li Wenzhong's appearance, and thinking about what she had seen and heard along the way, Ma Xiuying also knew that what Zhu Yuanzhang said was just for herself The properties of cesium skin are just making excuses.

It seems that all men in the world have the same virtue!
Ma Xiuying was too lazy to argue with Li Wenzhong about how many women he had found, but just told him not to forget to visit Li Zhen when he got home. Although he had a good life, his only relative, Li Wenzhong, had been fighting outside for many years. Still very lonely inside.

Li Wenzhong nodded to show that he knew that Ma Xiuying didn't keep him any longer, and after a few words of advice, he asked Li Wenzhong to go to Zhu Yuanzhang. They must have a lot to say, such as family and country affairs, such as finding a foreign woman... Although Ma Xiuying knew, Those foreign women will not threaten their status, but they still feel a little weird.

In front of Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Wenzhong was still a junior, so naturally he would not talk too much about men and women. He talked more about national affairs, such as the management strategies for the grasslands, eastern Liaodong, and western regions.

Zhu Yuanzhang told Li Wenzhong about the concept of "Construction Corps" proposed by Zhu Han. Li Wenzhong's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Father, the idea proposed by Uncle Qiwu is really wonderful! Liaodong and the grasslands and western regions, Different from the situation in each province, the biggest difference is: here is relatively large, if we divide Liaodong, Grassland and Western Front into three provinces, we can establish the Construction Corps and incorporate the local people into the Construction Corps , jointly develop these three places.”

When doing things, Zhu Han basically just puts forward a concept, and how to implement it is the business of Zhu Yuanzhang and the ministers. Zhu Yuanzhang sits in the court and has an overview of the overall situation. The specific implementation steps are the court officials and local officials, and Li Wenzhong A typical local official, he is familiar with the local situation and knows where the crux of the matter lies.

Li Wenzhong said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Father, the people north of the Great Wall, most of the tribes, even if there are Han people, are basically assimilated by the local tribes, and now they are under the jurisdiction of Ming Dynasty, because there are many differences in the culture. , coupled with the language barrier, made their integration into Ming Dynasty very slow, if they can be incorporated into the Construction Corps, let them work with the Han people and get paid, they will be able to integrate into Ming Dynasty faster."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Li Wenzhong's words, he couldn't help but frowned: "What's the matter? We have transferred money to the north over the years, and the policy has also given a lot of supplements. Why do they still have a gap with our Daming? Could it be that they are still thinking about it? The old Yuan?"

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Li Wenzhong couldn't help laughing: "Father, what's so good about Da Yuan? These people are willing to integrate into Ming Dynasty, but the speed is very slow. Father, the business in the north does not have overseas trade to make money, and there is no The Silk Road made money, and the money you invested in the north was more used on the Silk Road, and the Chaer Khanate where I am now is more prosperous than the grasslands and Liaodong."

"..."

After Li Wenzhong explained this, Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless immediately, and what Zhu Han said to him came to mind: Commerce and trade are only a driving force to promote the development of Ming Dynasty. If you want to make the whole Ming Dynasty advance, you still have to rely on the leadership of the imperial court and the investment from the treasury. .

Overseas and the western region of Ming Dynasty are two hot lands, and they are the places where the most money can be made. All the money will naturally gather in these two places. As for other places that are a little slower, they will be ignored by many people.

Stimulate domestic demand and inward investment.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought of Zhu Han's reminder to himself, and then thought about the actual situation Li Wenzhong told himself, and couldn't help nodding: "Well, Baoer, you are right, the Construction Corps has to be inserted in Liaodong and the grassland... Just write to Qiwu and ask him to organize and implement this matter."

……

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Wenzhong were talking about the development of Liaodong and the grasslands, in Yingtian, three people were also talking about this matter.

Zhu Han, Zhu Biao, and Shen Wansan, who has been nesting in Suzhou and is now invited by Zhu Han to Yingtian.

Zhu Han heard from Zhu Yuanzhang that although Shen Wansan also invested in overseas business, he paid more attention to the local rural areas. He spent a lot of money on this and started farming in various provinces.

Shen Wansan is doing everything that flies in the sky, swims in the water, runs on the ground, anything that has anything to do with poultry.

Zhu Han could see Shen Wansan's profit point from Shen Wansan's investment.

This guy is really good at doing business.

Different from the Zhou family in Hangzhou, Shen Wansan made his fortune earlier and accumulated a lot of wealth, so he doesn't need to take any risky investments. As long as he starts with the four aspects of basic necessities of life, Shen Wansan's wealth will snowball. Roll higher.

After Zhu Han learned of Shen Wansan's layout, he couldn't help but sigh that he is really a born businessman. His shrewdness lies in his grasp of the future situation, rather than thinking about the gains and losses of a moment and a place. It is for this reason that Zhu Han called Shen Wansan over .

Because of the good relationship between Zhu Han and the Zhou family in Hangzhou, Shen Wansan did not have many contacts with Zhu Han. He was more with Zhu Yuanzhang. For example, he invested in the breeding industry in various provinces. Shen Wansan knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was very concerned about the people's basic necessities of life, so Shen Wansan worked hard on 'eating' first, and he really won Zhu Yuanzhang's favor.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang left Yingtian Mansion, Zhu Han and Zhu Biao called Shen Wansan into the palace, which really made Shen Wansan a little uneasy, but after hearing Zhu Han's request to him, Shen Wansan couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief: "King Ying Your Highness, are you saying...give Liaodong and the grassland to me for development and investment?"

"Not only you, but also the court."

Zhu Han told Shen Wansan about the establishment of the Construction Corps, and then said: "You can develop together. I only want a brand new grassland and Liaodong. If you, Boss Shen, are willing to invest in the grassland and Liaodong, His Royal Highness will make a decision based on your investment amount. It is not impossible for you to carry out relevant policy support, such as tax rebates or tax exemptions."

As long as Shen Wansan is willing to invest, Zhu Han will give him some policy support based on his investment quota. Of course, this policy is not only for Shen Wansan. If other people want to invest, it is not impossible, but it still depends on the investment. amount.

After hearing Zhu Han's words, Shen Wansan was also thinking about the pros and cons. After thinking for a long time, Shen Wansan asked Zhu Han: "His Royal Highness, how about this tax? Shen is willing to pay it. After all, the treasury has collected the tax. In the end, it still has to be paid." To support the people, I heard that His Royal Highness has a building material called 'cement'?"

When Zhu Han heard Shen Wansan's question, he was startled for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, Boss Shen wants cement?"

"Yes, I want to."

Shen Wansan looked at Zhu Han, and then said: "I only want the agency rights of Liaodong and Grassland, and in these two places, I am the only one who can sell cement. If His Highness the King of England is willing, Shen is willing to spend all his wealth. The investment in these two places is no less than [-] million silver coins."

"..."

[-] million silver coins per year is just an investment in the grassland and Liaodong.

You know, Shen Wansan still has businesses all over the country, and these businesses also require investment.

How much money did this Shen Wansan earn during the war between the warlords at the end of the Yuan Dynasty?

Even Zhu Biao couldn't help but feel dumbfounded when he heard the number Shen Wansan put forward.

[-] million silver coins is equivalent to the net income of the national treasury for three years... here is the net income. Although the national treasury can collect a lot of money every year, Daming is doing construction everywhere, and money is needed everywhere, and it can get three thousand a year The net income of [-] is already very high.

Zhu Han listened to the conditions put forward by Shen Wansan, thought for a while and agreed: "I can agree to you, but...how many years are you going to vote for these two places?"

"ten years!"

Shen Wansan gritted his teeth, and said the highest value in his heart: "His Royal Highness, the money touches people's hearts. In one year, I can make a big difference in Liaodong and the grassland."

Zhu Han didn't listen to Shen Wansan's promise, but asked him: "What are you going to do?"

"I am going to invest in the grasslands and the south of Liaodong, where the fastest income can be generated."

After Shen Wansan finished speaking, he said with a wry smile: "His Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness, I promise to invest [-] million silver coins... This is already my limit. If I can't pay back the capital in time, my promise can only barely last for three years. ...Of course, if His Highness allows me to raise money from the private sector, and I promise high-interest loans from the private sector, maybe my investment in the grasslands and Liaodong will be even greater.”

Private lending?

Hearing Shen Wansan's words, Zhu Han couldn't help but take a deep breath.

He can be sure that Shen Wansan did not cross over from later generations, but he can tell about private loans, which is enough to prove that he is a business genius.

However, private lending is not a trivial matter, and if it is not handled properly, it can easily lead to chaos.

Zhu Biao on the side heard Shen Wansan's words and couldn't help thinking: If you lend Shen Wansan the money in the treasury, then the high interest alone will bring a large amount of money to the treasury?

(End of this chapter)