Chapter 558: Hard and Soft
Where did these vassal kings play with the concept of railways and business circles in later generations, and listened to Zhu Linmiao's description of a bright future, they all picked their fingers and said yes.
Immediately, some people were eager to choose a project and invest money, but they were stopped by other feudal kings with their eyes.
After a while, it was King Han who came forward again, waved his hand and said, "Auxiliary King, what you said today is very important, can we go back and consider it before replying?" ”
Zhu Linmiao sank his face when he heard this. I have just said what I should have said, and I have helped these clansmen think of a way out, but now they have to play a delaying strategy? It's not easy to get you people together, how can I let you go back and drag it out for five or eight years?
"There is no urgency to buy shares, everyone can go back and think about it slowly." He arched his hand towards Xiaoling, and said in a deep voice, "But this matter of stopping is related to the stability of national taxes and the century-old foundation of the Ming Dynasty. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a change of guard in the distance of the Dragon Guard, and more than 30 soldiers on each side lined up to clean up, knocking the fire guns on the ground together, making a shocking click, and the sunlight reflected by the bayonets shook people's eyes hard. Then the two sides saluted each other, and then turned around to change teams at the same time, and the movements were always the same. The whole process is majestic and solemn, showing the momentum of the Iron Army of a hundred battles.
The hearts of the vassal kings present all twitched violently with the sound of fire smashing on the ground, and only then did they realize that the young auxiliary king in front of him seemed to be kind, but he was by no means a good character!
Last year, the Dongyu fought all the way from Beijing to Jiangxi, and the momentum was like a bamboo, during which at least 60,000 or 70,000 clan relatives were captured and killed by thieves...... It wasn't until this young master, who was still a prince at the time, turned the tide and led the new army he trained to defeat the Tartars several times, so that everyone had the opportunity to gather on the side of Xiaoling today.
If he really angered him, God knows what kind of thunder would fall on his head. The kings swept around the dragon guard soldiers who were standing with their heads held high, looked at each other again, and finally pushed King Gui, King Lu, and King Yongning to the front very tacitly.
These three people are the closest relatives of the two emperors Chongzhen and Hongguang, and they have made contributions to the pacification of Ding Kuichu's rebellion before, and their influence is not small; First, he had been a prisoner before, and although he was transferred to Guangdong, he had the richest family wealth and had extensive connections in Zhejiang; Although the last one was only the king of the county, only he and King Luochuan were present who had really led troops to fight Jianyu, and they were very prestigious among the clansmen.
It can be said that except for Zhu Linmiao, these three people can be regarded as the most eloquent among the vassal kings.
King Gui Zhu Youlang glanced at the vassal kings beside him, and said in his heart that you are too unrighteous, right, and pushed me out of the matter of offending the auxiliary king? He had seen with his own eyes in Guangxi how the Long Wei Army had cleaned up Ding Kuichu's army, and he thought that Jin Yiwei had stolen his magical power from King Gui's Mansion under the watchful eye of Sun Pengyun and hundreds of people......
He was originally a timid person, how could he dare to be a bird at this time? immediately shrunk his neck, and was the first to say: "My nephew is all up to His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King!" Then he looked at King Lu and King Yongning with a relaxed expression.
King Yongning and Zhu Linmiao fought side by side in Jiangxi, to say that he admired the most in his life, the first was the king of heaven, Laozi, and the second was Zhu Linmiao. In addition, Zhu Linmiao hinted to him that as a vassal king who has made military achievements, his own fortune will not stop.
So he followed with a heroic hand, "As long as you can contribute some strength to the society and drive away the thieves, don't say that this little bit of money is worth all the family property, I didn't say anything!" ”
Zhu Yihai muttered even more now, these two people were relieved, if he said no, then this account auxiliary king is not all on his head Zhu Yihai? He has also seen the dragon guard's divine martial arts, and if he wants to offend Zhu Linmiao, he doesn't have the courage to do so.
In addition, in order to raise military salaries when he was in charge of the country in Zhejiang, he sent ships to the sea several times to do business with the Ryukyus, and he was well aware of the huge profits of maritime trade. If you can take a stake in the imperial court's maritime fleet, the little silver of the imperial court is not even a mosquito leg compared to this.
He then said, "This is a good thing, just stop." It's just that the foolish brother wants to invest 200,000 taels of silver in this 'ocean caravan', I don't know if it's possible? ”
Two hundred thousand?! Sure enough, he is a local tyrant among the vassal kings! Zhu Linmiao was secretly happy in her heart, and hurriedly responded: "There is nothing to do." The silver is solved in Nanjing, and the profit is calculated immediately! ”
Seeing that these three people bowed their heads, the vassal kings on the side were all deflated, and they had no choice but to follow the statement to accept the suspension of the allocation. These forty or so people are the few remaining titled vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, as long as these people nod, no one from the other clans dares to say anything more.
Now that he was gone, everyone immediately thought about making a living in the future. King Rong Yuan then said: "I want to invest 30,000 taels in the wooden track." ”
Others also followed suit, "I took a stake in the shipyard, 30,000 taels." ”
"I believe in King Lu's vision and invest 25,000 taels to the sea caravan."
"I'll also take 20,000 taels to invest in the shipyard......"
Zhu Linmiao smiled happily, "Don't be in a hurry, come one by one." If you want to add in the future, you can always go to the Zongren Mansion to register. ”
Compared with the scene of the vassal kings enthusiastically investing in the shares, the hundreds of wealthy merchants and wealthy gentry from all over the Ming Dynasty who gathered in Quzhou Mansion at this time were not so active.
Huang Zongxi and Fang Yizhi, who were sitting at the top, glanced at each other and couldn't help frowning slightly.
Huang Zongxi did a good job in tracking down the salt tax before, not only recovered 6.7 million taels of salt tax, but also pushed the invoice system in the salt system by the way, so he has now been appointed as the director of the Customs Department.
The first task he received as a new official was to preside over the "investment promotion" conference in Quzhou, to which His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King attached great importance to it, but it did not go smoothly.
Most of the businessmen and wealthy gentry below are talking to each other, "Shopkeeper Li, you are in the shipbuilding industry in Quanzhou, why don't you take a stake in the shipyard of the imperial court?" ”
"Master Dong made fun of me, where can the court look at my little family background? And there is no one in the court like me, if the court wants to deduct my principal one day, I can't ...... it."
"Lao Zhang, as Master Huang said, this caravan going to sea is extremely profitable, and I think I can take some silver to buy shares."
"It's better to be cautious, this is official. The majority of the gains belong to the imperial court, and if we lose money, I'm afraid we will have to bear the ......."
"Master Sun is well-informed, the watch factory, the glass factory and the wooden track that Master Huang said are quite fresh, do you want to see if you can invest some money in it?"
"It's just a trick and a trick, according to the old decay, it's really ...... to buy land with silver."
Those vassal kings naturally knew that the imperial court would not pit their money, and most of them were simple-minded. And these merchants, gentry and the like are all human spirits, and as long as they feel that something is wrong, they will not come out of any of them. I want to talk about "The Rise of the Ming Dynasty 1646" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~