Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"Captain, look behind you!"

When everyone was striding forward, their feet trembled for a while, and some people turned their heads to look, and they became excited all of a sudden.

Gao Hu also turned his head back, and when he saw it, his whole body trembled, and he couldn't help clenching his two fists together.

Behind them, there was a long queue of chariots and horses lined up in a long line. At first glance, it was impossible to see the end.

This is true for Gao Hu and others, and it is also true for those Jinan urbanites who get up early. [

There are several types of vehicles. There are shield vehicles that are purely chariots. The hatchbacks are inlaid with iron, which can not only prevent bows and arrows, small artillery attacks, but also reduce a lot of damage.

There is a partial box car, one side is inlaid with iron. During the war, the iron inlaid side can be turned to face the battlefield, and the cards installed on the car can be removed and inserted in the gaps to completely cover the enemy's long-range attacks.

There are carts, which can hold food and supplies, and can also be connected end to end. The carts are also equipped with playing cards and large shields.

There are light vehicles, the main function of which is to load weapons and transport soldiers.

Most of the chariots are equipped with artillery, which can be seen clearly through the gaps in the chariot.

There must be more than a thousand chariots entering the city, that is to say, there are more than a thousand small cannons of all kinds.

Just seeing this, countless people almost smashed their palms!

The rest of the carts and light carts were actually loaded with all kinds of materials, from rice to white flour, to rice and wheat, and then a series of crops such as millet, sorghum, soybeans, whole strips of marinated ham, Meat such as cured chicken and cured geese, as well as truckloads of dried fish, etc. At that time, the fishermen relied on the sea to eat the sea. It was the season of fish catch, and the population was small. Fishing was almost a piece of cake, and there was no need to stop fishing. You can get very generous returns.

But the problem is that fresh fish cannot be stored properly. If it is only dried, the storage time of dried fish is not long.

Of course, this small matter will not trouble the traveler... The simplest principle is still understood. After cooking, it can be stored for a long time in midsummer. It can be carried as military rations. It has enough protein and the taste is not bad. It is a good thing.

But in the eyes of these Jinan urbanites, it is completely mysterious, not only these, but also those canned meats that are sealed and brought into the city in carts.

"No wonder the Fushan army eats meat in the morning..."

"No, just now the whole street smelled of meat. These soldiers enjoy much more happiness than us."

"This is the soldier led by the great general. If you eat well and have strength, you can fight, right?"

"That's the reason. Look at those soldiers, wearing thick armor and walking like flying. I missed them. They asked me to carry a firecracker weighing more than ten catties, and I had to wear a saber on my body. What else would I need to shoot with a medicine box?" Medicine box, and bullets weighing a few kilograms... blankets, tarpaulins, water bottles... Be good, add thirty kilograms of armor, do the math, and see how many kilograms this body weighs!"

With such a calculation, it is very surprising.

People's physical fitness at that time was incomparable to that of later generations, including various diseases and malnutrition, which made people have some strength when they were young and middle-aged. Wait, it's not surprising.

But the Fushan Army definitely didn't have such a problem. They were all big and round, with ruddy complexions, and they looked very healthy at first glance.

Having said that, the most conservative urban residents are very tempted. When talking, they even ask if the Fushan Army has any plans to recruit troops in the city! [

What is a show, this is a show, this is a naked muscle show!

"Oh, I've been waiting to be a villain in vain..."

Such a torrent of traffic shattered the last delusion of the businessmen in the city.These businessmen finally understood what Zhang Shouren said about using commercial means instead of force.

Wang Dongzhu had a self-deprecating smile on his face, looked at the crowd, and said dejectedly: "All the crimes will be borne by the next person!"

With so many supplies coming into the city, the Fushan head office can sell them by itself, so why bother with others?

The General has always said that there is a business tax, but everyone doesn't take it seriously, but now it seems that he is the one who sent the money to him to earn it!

The merchants present included many grain stores and various southern food merchants. They used to purchase goods from the Fushan head office. They always thought that they also sold them from other places. Now they realized that the supply of goods in Fushan is not only sufficient, but also huge. in seeking.

There are so many vehicles, at least more than [-] vehicles of supplies. According to the people escorting the vehicles, there is a continuous flow of fleets transporting various supplies on the entire Jiao River, especially grain ships.

There is no shortage of food in Fushan, and there is no shortage of food in this lean time!

How could they know how sharp the farms in Fushan are all over Shandong.The farms in Dongchang and Qingzhou are still in the investment stage. From Fushan to Laizhou, the farms in Dengzhou have already made profits, and the profits are so strong that they cannot be added!

Last year's autumn harvest, the one-million-mu farm near Fushan alone had a net income of more than 200 million shi. From summer to autumn, the interplanted soybeans and peanuts, as well as millet, sorghum and other crops were coarse grains and miscellaneous grains, while the autumn harvest The wheat is 200 million shi, and the coarse grains are also millions of shi. This is only the harvest of half of Laizhou Prefecture!

With so much grain in the warehouse, Zhang Shouren certainly didn't panic, whether it was a large-scale dispatch of troops or a large-scale recruitment of troops, there was grain in the warehouse, so he didn't panic.Based on last year's experience, it can be inferred that for this summer's wheat harvest, all the grain stored in various places must be more than 500 million shi, which is almost the same number in the two prefectures of Denglai!

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the taxation of the whole country was only 700 million shi, and the highest peak in history was only 3000 million shi. Fushan, with half of Shandong, could catch up to nearly one-fifth of the highest peak of Daming. miracle!

Set sowing plus intensive cultivation, selection of good seeds, complete water conservancy facilities, and sufficient fertilizers, the land in Shandong cannot be compared with that in Huguang and Jiangnan. It is absolutely impossible to keep up with such efforts.

With such confidence, wouldn't it be funny to think of playing tricks with Zhang Shouren with the background of several commercial firms?It is completely the result of a crush...

"I'll go and make amends," some businessmen, more mature, persuaded the reluctant and already dead-hearted proprietor Wang, "The general is not that kind of stingy person, I'll wait until I make amends." .”

"Hey, there are so many supplies, why does the general pretend to be someone else?"

"I'm guilty of waiting, and the general doesn't need me to wait anymore. I'm afraid I'll humiliate myself if I go."

"No, no." The honest man also got angry, and said loudly: "Everyone is just starting from your own ideas. If you are like Qin and Li, the proprietors, do everything with a public heart and not a selfish one, and pay more attention to the general's opinion. How can we do things today? I see that the general's behavior style is definitely not a way of killing us all, so what can we do if we go and see?"

Under such persuasion, these merchants reluctantly agreed, but they also happened to meet Gao Hu and others before the military camp.

Everyone was ashamed, they covered their faces and went in. Gao Hu and the others all looked bad. If it wasn't for Zhang Shouren's side, they would probably beat them up a lot.

"I understand your thoughts, but I am very ashamed. I can't do what you want." [

Facing Gao Hu and the others, Zhang Shouren met each other out of redundancy, but he refused everyone's request at the beginning.

"General, I waited for the two ends of the first mouse in the past, and I was reluctant to part with the family business. Now I have repented..."

Before Gao Hu finished speaking, Zhang Shouren shook his head greatly, and said in a deep voice: "That's not what you said, Gao Hu, I know you are a good man and a good soldier, since you are a good soldier, you have to listen to the arrangements, right? "

Gao Hu replied: "Yes, I listen to the general in everything."

"That's it." Zhang Shouren smiled, but said without any discussion: "In the near future, there must be a business group, not only in Jinan, but also in Linqing, Yanzhou, Jining, Qingzhou, wherever I am in Shandong. Everywhere, there must be."

"Why is this?" Zhang Shouren asked himself and answered: "Businessmen are no more powerful than officials and gentry, and they are powerful in the local area. When they say hello, the government also has to give face. In addition to buying land and establishing a school of Buddhism, businessmen have raised their children to become officials through three generations of meritorious deeds." , otherwise, it will always be rootless duckweed..."

"The general said..."

The businessmen on the sidelines, including Qin Dongzhu and Wang Dongzhu, all had tears in their eyes. They have been merchants for generations. Apart from the scenery, they have their own difficulties that are not humane, including the government's coercion and coercion. Extortion by officials, extortion by gangsters and so on.

It can be said that everyone has a book of blood and tears.

In particular, Daming's policy of buying and buying is the bastard's policy of grabbing money.Taizu was a monk and a beggar who didn't understand economics at all, and sent out precious banknotes to steal money from the common people and businessmen. Shouldn't it be a good thing to share the worries of the court?

The king of a country is this kind of virtue and understanding. The emperor of the old Zhu family really makes people wonder what to say.

Anyway, once the merchants in the city had conflicts with the government and were involved in the purchase of supplies, the big merchants would inevitably lose their fortunes.

After several generations of operation, and the purchase order, the work of several generations was in vain, and there are really not a few people who went bankrupt and broke their families.

This bastard's behavior, coupled with the private taxes collected by tax cards all over the river, and the carve-up of the dental industry, etc., there are really very few businessmen who can succeed in becoming big.

Under such national conditions, businessmen who have money must be like Zhang Shouren said, after successfully turning into officials and gentry, they will breathe a sigh of relief, feeling that their wealth and life are guaranteed.

"Of course it's not right." Zhang Shouren said to Gao Hu, and also to everyone: "Businessmen must be safe and at ease, and don't dig up all their money and hide it in the ground, and don't use it all to buy land. Circulation needs to be expanded so that there will be bigger merchants..."

"Won't that suck the blood of our people even more?"

"No, no." Zhang Shouren said with a smile: "As long as the big merchants pay taxes, the money they earn is also doing things for the people. In the past two years, why have I asked the merchants to use money to do public welfare things? This is the reason. "