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Three million taels of silver to build roads, this is something that the Ming Dynasty has not had, think that Zhu Di moved the capital to Yanjing, it can be said to be the most huge project at that time, the construction of the Forbidden City, as well as the planning of many cities, the cost of silver is only more than two million taels, this is still after more than ten years of continuous repair before gradually taking shape, but now Liu Chengfeng proposed this big project, the number of expenses is not less than the move, but as Liu Chengfeng said, the money of the money, the court out of a small head, he out of a big head, even if someone wants to object, It's also impossible to put your mouth out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Liu Chengfeng got Zhu Youzhang's promise, smiled slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to build this gallop road step by step, I am afraid that you will not want to complete the construction without seven or eight years of effort, so in order to speed up the entry into the city, Weichen has an idea, it is better to carry out planning and surveying first, and then order the officials of each prefecture and county to start construction in phases within their own territory, so that the construction period can be greatly reduced, and most of the road sections can be completed within two years." It's just that if you do this, you will inevitably have to deal with the prefects and counties along the way, and someone from the court must come out to take charge, otherwise the people below may not buy it. Since Wechen wants to pay this money, can you implore Your Majesty to let Wechen supervise the progress of the project? ”

Building such a road, this is the largest project of the Hongzhi Dynasty, there are a lot of trivial things, surveying, deciding on the route, recruiting manpower, what method to take to build, involving all aspects of the problem, there must be someone to preside over the overall situation, otherwise there are so many people, who will buy your account?

What Liu Chengfeng said is not unreasonable, after all, people have a big head, and they can't leave him alone, Zhu Youzhu also smiled slightly, looked at Liu Chengfeng, and said lightly: "What Liu Aiqing said is also reasonable, but I have another appointment for you, so it is better for you to choose someone to choose it." ”

The two of them sang and harmonized, so that the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty were dumbfounded, until now, many people have not come to their senses, not long ago, they thought that they had won a big victory, so that the emperor made a compromise, but now...... If you oppose Lianzhou's opening of the sea, that is not to abide by the ancestral system, if you do not abide by the ancestral system, do you still want to force the emperor to abide by it? At that time, the emperor will definitely open the sea, and what reasons should be used to oppose it at that time?

But if you support Lianzhou to open the sea, then the so-called imperial court ban on the sea is equivalent to becoming an ornament, which is full of pieces of board and cannot go to the sea, but only Lianzhou can go to sea and build ships, what is the meaning of the so-called forbidden sea?

But then again, Lianzhou is just a prefecture, and there are only ten counties when it is full, and only four counties are close to the sea, and there are only one or two places at most that can build a port.

"It's just cheaper, this Liu Chengfeng ......," many people thought hatefully.

Liu Chengfeng ignored the slander in the hearts of these people, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Shouning Hou and Jian Changbo can take on this important task. ”

If you want to have an overview of the overall situation of road construction, you must first have a certain amount of authority, otherwise how can you suppress so many officials in the prefectures and counties? How can they suppress the officials of the Ministry of Industry? Although the Zhang Heling brothers have no official position or position, they are the most famous relatives of the Ming Dynasty, and whoever dares to deceive them is Tai Sui's head. When encountering these two masters, everyone has to weigh the consequences.

In addition, the Zhang brothers are Liu Chengfeng's partners after all, although these two are greedy, but they are not stupid, this road will be the foundation of the Zhang family's money in the future, although three million taels of silver is very tempting, but even if you want to be greedy for ink, at most you can only be greedy for hundreds of thousands, but in comparison, if this road is repaired well, Liu Chengfeng has promised that the Zhang family can recover these silver money in three or two years, so there is no need to be greedy for ink.

Which is more important, presumably the Zhang brothers can still distinguish clearly, their current brocade clothes and jade food are given by Liu Chengfeng, what is the use of the idea of making a fortune by playing a project? With Liu Chengfeng here, are you afraid that they will suffer?

Moreover, moving out of this pair of brothers can strengthen the support of the palace for the construction of roads, especially Empress Zhang, her own brother can be regarded as able to do things now, of course she is happy in her heart, who wants their own brother to be a waste? Therefore, if there are any rumors when building roads in the future, and Empress Zhang blows the pillow wind in Zhu Youzhang's ears from time to time, the support in this palace will be even more solid.

Zhu Youzhu was stunned when he heard that Liu Chengfeng recommended his pair of brothers-in-law, the Zhang brothers had the impression of eating and waiting for death in Zhu Youzhang's heart, and now it seems a little inappropriate to hand over this huge project to them. It's just that since Liu Chengfeng put it forward in a grand manner, if he didn't allow it, it would inevitably be difficult to explain it to Queen Zhang, so he nodded and said: "It's up to you, okay, the matter of building a road is also discussed, and the court is not just about building a road, does Zhuqing have anything else to play?" ”

……………………………………………………………………………… The news of the court meeting has spread out of the palace quickly, this time, the whole Beijing division was in an uproar, in fact, everyone thought at first that the hundred officials had won the victory, His Majesty admitted the mistake, and sent the edict of guilt, but this morning the whole thing was down, Lianzhou actually opened the sea, and the emperor has personally agreed, will spend three million silver money to build a road, from Nantong Prefecture to Lianzhou.

What does this mean? It means that Lianzhou will be connected with the south of the Yangtze River, and if the merchants of Beijing want to go to Lianzhou, they can first take the canal to Nantong Prefecture, and then go to Lianzhou along the Chi Road from Nantong Prefecture. It is said that this gallop road, Lianzhou Hou has long proposed, the so-called gallop standard, requires the road to be three zhang wide, the road surface is smooth as a mirror, even in the rainy weather will not cause the road muddy. That is to say, although this road is not as good as the North-South Canal, even if Lianzhou and Jiangnan are thousands of miles apart, the transportation expenses will be reduced to a minimum, and the goods can sail to the sea when they arrive in Lianzhou, or directly take the land route into the South Seas, so ...... Jubaolou has gone crazy, the sign with the latest price of goods is changed almost every other incense, and the price of various goods is rising, beyond everyone's imagination.

"Silk has risen by one percent, one percent, and it has only been two hours...... Everyone's miss ......"

When the merchants saw the skyrocketing price, their eyes were red.

The reason why the price of goods has skyrocketed is that it is simple, such good news, but anyone with a higher vision understands that in the future, a large number of goods will be shipped out of the country with the opening of Lianzhou, and the materials of the entire Ming Dynasty are bound to spend a period of time. That is to say, at that time, the supply of goods in many places will be cut off, so many big merchants have begun to hoard goods, a large number of pig iron, silk, porcelain and even grain, as long as there is as much as they want, they will collect as much as they want, the price will rise as much as possible, and they will also eat frantically.

In fact, even if the factor of opening the sea is not considered, the pig iron and grain that will be spent on the upcoming major project are not a few, and when the time comes, the imperial court will at least recruit hundreds of thousands of people to start work, and countless people will burn bricks and soil, and they will eat, drink, and lazar, what kind of business is this?

Now to eat the goods first, take precautions, it is foreseeable that in the next three years, these goods will never fall.

Thereupon...... The merchants are crazy, and the whole treasure building is full of hoarse voices and businessmen looking for someone to negotiate like ants in a hot pot. Voices rang out one after another: "Raw silk, buy raw silk, how much you want, a load of thirteen taels of silver, three dollars of silver higher than the latest current price, those who want to sell as soon as possible!" ”

…………………… Small and medium-sized businessmen can't hold their breath, big businessmen are also a little busy at this time, the news came too suddenly, at the beginning, there was no wind at all, at this time of course they are a little frizzy, this news is enough to lead to the reshuffle of the entire business community, I don't know how many businessmen can seize the opportunity to become a huge rich, missed this opportunity, and then it is beyond regret.

Leaning on the treasure building is a courtyard, the pavilions and pavilions in the courtyard are hidden in the forest, here, it is the leisure place of the treasure building, but the ordinary businessmen can't afford to spend here, and the general businessmen who go in and out are big businessmen, but there are some huge rich people surnamed Suo who rent a house here and move here directly, so as to keep abreast of the latest business news and trade with people at any time.

On the side of the courtyard of the east chamber is a small house, the house is close to the attic, which has been contracted by a big businessman in Beijing, and the monthly rent is two thousand taels of silver, what is the concept of two thousand taels of silver? With such a sum of money, you can also build a house in Beijing, but these inconspicuous houses, many people in order to rent, almost broke their heads to rob it, for this kind of big businessman, two thousand taels of silver is not money, that ubiquitous business opportunities, much more useful than this little money, if you are lucky, you can negotiate a few transactions a month, you can also earn tens of thousands of silver casually, so calculated, two thousand taels is really not much.

Living in this house is the big owner of Hengyuan Goods Bank, the owner's surname is Yang, Mingwen, Yang Wen's ancestral home is Suzhou, used to be in Suzhou to do business, now it is the family moved to Beijing, but his business is very big, in Suzhou, he has mulberry fields tens of thousands of acres, but also has seven or eight textile workshops, employing more than 2,000 weavers, in addition, he also involved in a lot of tea shops, restaurants, garment-related business, with these, he easily won the gold medal member of Jubaolou, for business convenience, He lived in the house almost twenty days a month

(To be continued)