The local salt merchants who gathered in Yangzhou City were arranged into several specially cleaned up houses. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He Zongxiang and He Jizhong father and son are also the number one people in Jingzhou, and the courtyard of the family house has also been cleaned up by famous craftsmen, but when they arrived in Yangzhou, looking at the courtyard they lived in, He Zongxiang and his son, who had never suffered since they were born, were a little dazzled and couldn't hold themselves.

He Zongxiang immediately asked someone to inquire about the owner of this house, and then sighed a lot: "Jiang Guangda, it turned out to be Jiang Guangda!" This is the mansion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Huai Salt Industry General Merchant, the house of Jiang Chunjiang Guangda, who "piled up salt overnight to build a white tower, and Hui cuisine took over the Qianlong Emperor", no wonder it is so rich and fine. People are the most bullish merchants + salt merchants in the world who make friends with the Son of Heaven with cloth clothes.

He Zongxiang never paid attention to the salt merchants in Yangzhou, the distance was too far, and the gap was too far, so he raised his eyes and paid attention directly to the overall situation of the Han and Qing Dynasties.

"Jiang Chun? Ran early. The attendants in the courtyard didn't have any respect when they talked about Jiang Chunlai. When the Fu Han army first entered Jiangnan, Yangzhou salt merchants fled one after another, and Jiang Chun first ran to Huai'an, and then ran all the way to Beijing.

This Yangzhou city is now vacant I don't know how many rich and gorgeous mansions, the other courtyards outside the city have been destroyed by the war, looted and looted, but the city is well preserved, all let the Fu Han army register, but also maintained, Chen Ming picked a few to stay for backup, the others are ready to be sold for silver.

This salt merchant conference is also the first appearance of the salt industry corporation that has been established. Of course, the big drama must be sung well.

The salt industry company was put forward by Chen Ming, the salt industry at this time in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was too unbearable, the price of a pound of salt was generally close to or more than 20 yuan when the Chen family did not raise troops, after the war, the price of salt soared and soared, Henan, Shaanxi and some places have to sit in all directions, and how much does it cost? After the Fu Han army recaptured the areas along the river in northern Jiangsu, they recruited stove households, dried salt and boiled salt, and the production cost of each catty of salt - the loss of firewood and iron pots, was only a penny when it was full.

The Chen family has been selling illicit salt for many years, and they are well aware of the evils of the salt introduction method. From the late Kang Mazi period until the middle of the Qianlong Dynasty, the price of official salt was constantly raised, not because the salt produced by the stove households was not enough to eat, not because the salt production itself was insufficient, but because the price of salt under the salt monopoly system was affected by the complicated transportation and sales process, and the strong autonomy of salt merchants raised the market price of official salt. Therefore, during the Qianlong period, the Qing court repeatedly raised the weight of each salt lead, and the effect was not obvious. Now that the Chen family is in charge of their own affairs, of course they will no longer use the salt method that they have hated for many years.

Chen Ming proposed that the government supervise the commercial sales, integrate the power of salt production, transportation, marketing, taxation, and seizure, simplify the transportation process and channels of private salt, and set up a salt industry company to unify the authority of salt affairs. Among them, the so-called 'pin' is the right to sell salt to the people on the front line, and the 'pin' is sold to salt merchants, and the abolition of their salt boundaries can "compete across the border". As long as they have the ability!

The salt industry company set up branches in various provinces and established salt depots in various provinces, and local salt merchants took money to buy tickets in the provincial branches, took the tickets to pay taxes, and displayed tickets to receive salt at the salt depot. No matter how much capital you have, you can run it according to your capacity and go for your own convenience.

Some more regulations have been made to strictly control the behavior of the officials of the salt depot, and the salt must be seen within three days after the salt ticket is presented, and if anyone dares to delay the salt depot without salt in order to ask for a bribe, the salt merchant can report it directly.

Chen Hui felt that if he did a good job in this aspect of salt, he could greatly invite people to buy people's hearts, and he asked to ensure that the price of salt was limited to 10 wen a catty, and he was not allowed to cross it again. In the coming years, it will gradually decrease, because if the salt-drying salt pans are replaced with concrete floors, it will be much better than the current mudflats, the cost is cheaper, and the salt quality is more guaranteed.

The official salt stipulated by Chen Han must not be as yellow as the official salt in the past, and there is sand, soil and stones in it.

If it is found, once it is verified, it will be severely punished.

Of course, this restructuring cut off a lot of meat from the salt merchants, and there was no such thing as a maximum price limit in the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the past.

Now the cost price of the illicit salt smuggled by the Fu Han army from Sichuan is more than 20 yuan per catty.

If such a rule is not said to be called, it will be applied and will inevitably lead to chaos.

It has been five days since the father and son of the He family arrived in Yangzhou, and they also went to Dahong Garden [Slender West Lake] to visit and visit. This is the 30th year of Qianlong, the Qianlong Emperor toured south to Yangzhou, Yangzhou salt merchants spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to build a palace for him, and repaired the big rainbow garden for his enjoyment.

In a few days, He Zongxiang met with many 'old friends', and the government also came forward to organize two dinners, which was a good time for a big gathering, and he also inquired about some news.

Chen Han's method directly stripped away too much of the salt merchants' profits, but ......, the He family's ability to enter this conference was based on the 'old friendship' with the He family, and being able to participate in it would have gilded the He family with a layer of gold, but I didn't dare to think too much.

"What time is it? Peace and security is a blessing. The son didn't dare to expect Jiang Guangda to be so rich. He Jizhong said.

This wealth and nobility pressed Jiang Guangda to not even have a chance to jump ship, but he was tied to the broken ship of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He Jizhong had to sigh three times when he thought about it, how glorious and rich Jiang Chun was back then, and now he goes to Beijing and doesn't know what kind of life he lived.

"yes. Those who are content are always happy. Our family is not just this business. "The foundation of the He family is still in food, and He Zongxiang now feels that his family and others are arranged into the mansion of Yangzhou salt merchants, which is of special significance.

So, let it go. The news of the opening of Shanghai and Ningbo has spread all over the world, and if the He family can get a piece of the pie, it will really climb the wealth.

He Zongxiang thought so, how many of the salt merchants who came here had the same idea as him?

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Shanghai at night, a small courtyard that is not very large, looks ordinary on the outside, but the inside is carved beams and paintings, changing the scenery step by step, making it unique.

The singers and dancers who played and sang all retreated, and the beauties who served at the wine table before were all gone, Zheng Wenjun sat opposite Han Teng, the window was open, and a trace of night breeze finally brought three points of coolness.

The two have an old friendship, and they really talked about it.

"Brother Wen Jun, if you really want to settle down in Shanghai, I will advise you, now, don't go to Wusongkou, and don't go to Shanghai County, where you have already been targeted, and you can't get into it without a little background." Why did Zheng Wenjun invite Han Teng? It is because he is not happy with his life in Shanghai now, and the land he is optimistic about several times has been robbed. The Zheng family's brand is really not easy to use in Shanghai.

Han Teng will not support Zheng Laosan as a backer, he will make it clear to Zheng Wenjun, Wusongkou and Shanghai County are good places, if you don't eat those giants first, people outside will want to open their mouths.

"It's just asking Brother Han to give one or two pointers, one or two." hit the wall again and again, Zheng Wenjun is not a fool, of course he knows why. The big ones have just entered, and these small households are waiting in the back.

"Buy land, there is a lot of land in Chuansha. Take advantage of the fact that the land price has not yet risen, hurry up and stock up on some land in your hands. The closer you are to the Huangpu River, the better. "Han Teng is now doing more and more flavorful, and the power of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau is amazing, because Chen Han attaches great importance to commerce and industry. The latter is a very new word, but Han Teng can understand and understand it very well. When his family was prosperous, his father told him plainly that the wealth of the Han family was not those gold and silver, but a mouthful of salt wells and a mouthful of pots.

This is just like the fields that the landlords and squires often talk about, gold, silver, grain, clothes, and everything are floating wealth, and the fields are the real roots of a squire.

The Han family's salt wells, pots, and the fields of the landlords and squires are the real wealth. Because they continue to produce salt, grain, cotton, and wealth. Han Teng realized.

The more Han Wang Lu Gong attaches more importance to commerce and industry, the brighter and broader the future of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

The more I learned, the more I felt that King Han had given him a great opportunity. First the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, then the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, he is only the deputy director of the General Division, if he can mix with the director, and then with the deputy director...... then the prospect is really wonderful. "The prospect of Shanghai is much bigger than you think."

No matter how much it was, Han Teng wouldn't be able to pour out. His Royal Highness Lu Gong is extremely optimistic about Shanghai, and privately said that this will be the largest port in China. Since Lu Gong thinks so, the future of Shanghai will inevitably be a golden nest and a silver nest flowing with endless wealth. Hoarding land now and buying at a low price will make several times or even ten times the profit in the future.

As for the land in Wusongkou, as well as the land inside and outside the county town of Shanghai, Han Teng knows the price very well, compared with the current price before the news of Shanghai's opening of the port, isn't it a tenfold or dozens of times a sharp increase?

His Royal Highness the King of Han in Henan has personally inquired about the income of the land in Shanghai, and Han Teng also knows that in addition to repairing Shanghai and Wusongkou, most of the silver sold in Shanghai will be used to set up a commercial bank, the main object is foreign trade lending and storage, as well as currency exchange.

Chen Han's new regulations prohibit silver, gold and foreign currencies from circulating in the domestic market, with a 2% exchange fee. This is a red fruit fruit robbery policy. In the past, those foreigners could trade and buy and sell with a boatload of silver ingots and eagles, but now they all have to be exchanged for silver dollars. Otherwise, the Chinese businessmen who have traded with them will have to go to the bank again when they trade with outsiders, and they will not lose money.

Although the exchange fee seems to be very low, only 2%. This is much lower than the Manchu government's levy more than a decade ago, when it was up to 10%.

China has always been in a position of outperformance in foreign trade. Foreign trading vessels often carried large quantities of cash for purchases. Payment--This additional is derived from the taxation of imported cash. However, the 'delivery' has not been collected for more than ten years, and the 'handling fee' of the Fu Han Army is not the 'delivery'?

Old wine in new bottles!

This morning, as the representative of the Chinese side, Han Teng held a meeting with Robert and Perrière, and first determined the exact decision to open ports in Shanghai, Ningbo, and Fuzhou, Xiamen, and other places in the future, and second, some trade rules and restrictions on personnel behavior between them. The Western countries, led by Britain and France, did not take the trouble to propose 'consular jurisdiction' or anything, and if foreigners committed crimes on China's borders, they would certainly be punished in accordance with Chinese law. However, the Chinese side will also invite personnel from the countries involved to attend the hearing. In the eyes of Robert, Perrier and others, this is already much more enlightened than the Manchu system. Even the people involved in the incident did not have the slightest rights.

Even Ribeiro was very happy with many of the conditions listed by Chen Han, and what a wonderful 'trip' it would have been if it had not been bothered by the Macau problem. Compared with the current situation, Blanco and the others are a fraction of the increase.

At the beginning of the arrival of European merchants and sailors at the Chinese port, they had to stay in the port area honestly for the first half month, which was to prevent the spread of the disease, and the poor sanitary conditions of sea navigation would inevitably cause diseases. However, it is not yet possible to go out of the limits of the port city. Chen Han promised that when the time came, they would completely open the inland to them for business, tourism, and so on.

Europeans can set up offices and commercial halls in ports, and when the time comes, Chen Han will sincerely reach diplomatic exchanges with Western countries at the national level. To this end, Chen Han plans to set up a special school of interpretation and translation, and warmly welcomes scholars from all over the world who are proficient in the Chinese language to come and serve as teachers.

In terms of accommodation, every European arrives at the port on the first day and has to apply for a temporary residence permit at the customs office of the port, indicating the start time and deadline, before which the European must either return to his or her home country or return to the customs office to apply for a new temporary residence permit. If you want to live in the port city for a long time, you must apply for a residence permit. Every foreigner who arrives in China must apply for an identity certificate at customs, which will list each of their criminal records. If there are many cases, or if the crime is serious, Chen Han has the right to deport or refuse to enter the country......

A series of regulations are very common and normal regulations in the 21st century, and Chen Ming can not remember much, but it is an extraordinary surprise that such a regulatory document fell in the eyes of Robert, Perrier and others!

-- "Exit and Entry Control Regulations"!

This regulation can be implemented to manage those foreigners in the country's territory well, and to a certain extent, their whereabouts can be known, and even limited protection against spies. [There are no cameras in this era]

But this is limited to exchanges between the East and the West. If it is a North Korean or a Japanese, as long as they wear Hanfu and speak Chinese without curling their tongues, how many people can recognize that they are not Chinese?

In the same way, in Europe, who can recognize whom?

The regulations are really good and have some value, but they can't be accepted in their entirety.

"And the Chinese are working on an ID card system."

It can't be said that the ID card system is bad, but in this era, it can't be scanned, it can't be networked, and it's difficult to even verify, and the ID card seems to be more considered from the perspective of national security and restrictions. Chen Ming really proposed it to Chen Hui from the perspective of national security. What's more, this thing is not the first time in China.

With an ID card and a detailed resident register, there's only so much more can be done in the current era.

Robert returned to his lodgings, and a few moments later, one of his attendants knocked on the door and entered.

"David, have you eaten it?"

"Yes, I did. That dish of shredded potatoes tastes very good. ”

"Haha, there are so many dishes, did you only eat shredded potatoes?"

"The dishes are hearty, but the taste is quirky." David shrugged his shoulders, then quickly shifted the subject to the topic, "Robert, I've been paying attention to those soldiers all day today. ”

"Their muskets do not seem to be worse than ours, and the bayonets are all slotted. Although they were all dressed in ridiculous armor, the soldiers were highly trained. Today's weather, the guards outside the hall, they are standing outside, the sun is shining on them, for two whole hours, not moving. ”

"At the time of the changing of the guard, the amplitude of each step is exactly the same, as if measured with a ruler, and all the movements are neat and powerful."

"This army is not a soldier specially selected to deal with us. Their movements are exactly the same. If it is a soldier selected in a hurry, then the Chinese are terrible. ”

"I don't know if the rebel soldiers are all trained like this. But just looking at the guards in front of him, this rebel army was completely different from the Tatar army in Guangzhou. ”

"Once this army reaches the outside of Guangzhou, I personally believe that the Tatar army in Guangzhou will have no chance of victory."

"South China will really be theirs."

David Osmant, a senior staff member of the British East India Company - Lieutenant Colonel! (To be continued.) )