Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 327 Detonation
Silk Road!
This is one thing that everyone will be excited about when they mention it.The Silk Road originated in the Western Han Dynasty (Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions to open up land passages starting from the capital Chang’an, passing through Gansu, Xinjiang, Central Asia, West Asia, and connecting Mediterranean countries). Its initial role was to transport China Silk produced in ancient times.

The Silk Road has undertaken countless heavy responsibilities in history, and that prosperous commercial route can be said to have become the golden road that countless people yearn for.However, with the prosperity of maritime trade, the Silk Road was interrupted.

Now hearing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty wanted to reopen the Silk Road, the people present were first stunned, then excited.

"My Ming Dynasty is brilliant and mighty, and now the prosperous age is approaching. My Ming Dynasty will go far into the Han and Tang Dynasties. My ministers are willing to lead the army from Guyuan to Qinghai to the west, open up the Silk Road, and restore the old views of the Han and Tang Dynasties!" After speaking, Zhu Hou took care of Zhu Yutang, bowed and waited.

Looking at his son and thinking back to the Han and Tang Dynasties, the first thing Zhu Youtang thought of was the great martial arts—the Great Han general Wei Qing, the champion Hou Huo Qubing, and the Tang military god Li Jing. These brilliant names are shining in the history.

Looking at his son with a serious face, Zhu Youtang's expression also became serious: "The emperor really wants to go?"

Although Zhu Houzhao also knows the importance of maritime trade, and knows that the Maritime Silk Road is more profitable than the land route, but if the Northwest is to develop, the land Silk Road must be restored.

In later generations, before Zhu Houzhao traveled through time, on September 2013, 9, at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan, he delivered an important speech entitled "Promoting People's Friendship and Creating a Better Future", praising the traditional friendship between China and Kazakhstan, and comprehensively expounding on China's friendship with Kazakhstan. The policy of good-neighborly and friendly cooperation among Central Asian countries proposes to use innovative cooperation models to jointly build the "Silk Road Economic Belt" as a major cause that benefits the people of the countries along the route.

Future generations with such developed transportation will need the Silk Road on land, let alone today's Ming Dynasty?
Don't the people of various countries along the way need Ming's products?Doesn't Ming Dynasty need goods from countries along the route?
Those gold, those various animal furs, these are all what Daming needs.As long as this trade route is opened, then this is a trade route flowing with gold.

Maritime trade is going to be done, but its southward direction has not yet started, so this matter has to be done slowly.

"My son is willing." After Zhu Houzhao stood still, he bowed and said, with an unusually serious and serious expression on his face.

"Okay!" Zhu Youtang looked at Zhu Houzhao and nodded, and then said: "This time, I will give you 500 million taels of Liaodong's income. We will train new troops in the northwest, build a city in Fengzhou Beach, and resettle Anmin in the northwest. Silk Road."

The courtiers were all taken aback by Zhu Youtang, 500 million taels of silver?Your Majesty is really generous!
However, at this time, none of the bastards stood up to object, and they all bowed and saluted: "My emperor is holy."

You must know that this is the matter of the emperor and his son. Although 500 million taels is a lot, it is earned by the prince.

Everyone is against the prince building a city in Daning. Now if anyone jumps out to object, the result is very simple. The emperor and his son will directly rub against the ground, and it will not be a light friction, but a heavy friction!

"Thank you, father." Zhu Houzhao bowed quickly, his face was full of excitement, and he could go to the northwest to do a big job.

After the settlement of Liaodong and Northwest China, only Xuanfu and Jizhou were left in the military reform in the north.This time, Datong and Guyuan Ningxia have to reform together.

When all the military reforms are completed, the northern border of the Ming Dynasty and the army in the capital will present a overwhelming momentum to the south. At that time, I can start to turn my attention to the south.

This imperial meeting ended here, the ministers all went back, and the news naturally spread out directly.

You must know that the incident in Liaodong caused countless people to stamp their feet and beat their chests. The reason is very simple, that is, they went late and missed the opportunity to make a fortune.

The first is the Liaodong Woolen Mill. Many people who went to buy pastures brought back the news that the entire Liaodong Wool Spinning is a profitable business. After it is produced, whether it is sold to North Korea or shipped back to the capital, it is shipped to various places in Ming Dynasty. There is no one who does not make money.

If you don't want to set up a factory, you can also directly herd sheep, and then sell the wool to Qiqizhai's farm.

In addition, Liaodong's canned meat is now very popular in the capital, selling it at a cheap price, and making a lot of money.

Many people are promoting the fertile land in eastern Liaodong, which is very suitable for growing soybeans. The soybeans grown are plump, whether they are used to make tofu or squeeze oil, they are all good.

As a result, Liaodong is hot.The merchants all know one thing, that is, Liaodong is a place to make a fortune, and no matter who comes to Liaodong, they can make a fortune.

It's just that many people didn't catch up, and when they wanted to get involved, it was too late, and the Liaodong Governor's Yamen was reluctant to sell it.

In the words of the Liaodong Governor's Yamen, 12 mu of grassland will be sold first.As for the land in Liaodong, the imperial court was not going to sell it, but was going to recruit people to reclaim it, and then it would become public land.

Of course, Yang Yiqing was lying.

The contradiction between public land and private land has always been great, but public land has always been a source of corruption for many officials. They will hand over public land to gentry, and gentry will pay rent and bribes every year.These public lands were rented out by the gentry to tenants. This was subcontracting layer by layer, and the tenants were under great pressure to survive.

This is a typical government-business collusion. Although there is no such thing in Liaodong for the time being, there will be in the future.

Yang Yiqing, the governor of Liaodong, was waiting for Liaodong to become hot, and at the same time waiting for the prisoners of war in Liaodong, that is, the Mongols who were captured in the war when Wang Shouren defeated the Sanwei of Uharang. All sold.At that time, it will not be wasteland, but fertile land, and the price will naturally be different.

Yang Yiqing has discussed these matters with Zhu Houzhao. Although they are in Liaodong, as long as they are fertile land, they will definitely not worry about selling them.

Even if businessmen from other places do not go, then the local gentry generals in Liaodong will not let go of such an opportunity.With the money they earned from the wool trade, they would buy the cleared fields like crazy, even soldiers.

Anyway, this is a business that is sure to make money without losing money. Yang Yiqing is going to take the credit for this after two or three years, and then he will be able to go further.

Now that he is the governor of Liaodong, it is not too difficult to step up to the position of six ministers in one step, not to mention that he is still a member of the prince.

Liaodong is so hot, this time the news from the Northwest came, and these people immediately called ahead.

Before the Prince Zhu Houzhao moved, the merchants rushed to the northwest frantically. No matter if they were nobles, relatives or gentry groups, they all flocked away. That was the Silk Road, and our chance to make a fortune came!

(End of this chapter)