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Chapter 588 The Germination of Capitalism
Xu Da didn't just say this casually, he was serious!The Ming Empire paid the most attention to military merits, and Fang Qiang gave special preferential treatment to these veterans who fought the world together, so the military department has its own industry, and they are all profitable businesses!
In addition, every time they conquered a place, they would seize a large amount of treasures, and only half of these things needed to be handed over, and Fang Qiang didn't care about the rest!
This led to a very abnormal phenomenon, the army of the Ming Empire was rich, especially rich!
Liu Bowen had hinted several times, openly and secretly, that this would cause problems. The army under his rule had money and food, but its combat effectiveness was extremely strong!Once the main general has two hearts, it will be difficult to clean up the situation!

Fang Qiang has always listened to these things as jokes, he has absolute certainty in his heart that the person he likes will not betray, not to mention Shen Yun's Jin Yiwei!If something unexpected happens, they can make a decision on the fly!

"General Xu really understands justice. As a result, the cabinet's funding will be much easier!"

Liu Bowen just said it casually, but he didn't expect Xu Da to actually agree!The cabinet is indeed out of money, but that is only temporary. The Ming Empire's trade is developing in full swing, and next year's GDP is expected to double again!
Doubling it again is 2000 million gold coins!Such a huge wealth can be used to do many things, such as digging mountains, building roads, building ships, fighting wars...

The funding problem was solved, and the next step was the logistics problem. Liu Bowen glanced at Li Aimin and said, "How much food do we have left? Half a million soldiers eating horse chews is not a small amount..."

"Food is enough, let alone 50, even 100 million is enough! But transportation is a big problem! There is nothing I can do about it!"

Li Aimin was originally just an ordinary farmer, but Fang Qiang promoted him to be the minister of the Ministry of Agriculture. The old man has done a very good job. In the past few years, the Ming Empire has had a bumper harvest year after year, and there is more food than can be eaten!
But that is limited to the large area south of the Yangtze River. If you go north, it will not work. There are areas that have just been occupied. Most of the land is barren and has not been well managed. If you want to have a harvest, at least one year later!
So how to transport the food of 50 troops to the border has become the top priority!
"Lao Li, don't worry about this problem!" At this moment, Du Li stood up and said, "The railway built by our Ministry of Industry has begun to take shape, and there is only a short distance before it can be connected to Regarding the border, I think we can just put more effort into it. As long as the railway is repaired, it won’t be a problem to transport anything!”

Hearing this, Liu Bowen was not happy. He said: "Du Lu, you can't stand and talk because your back hurts. You don't have to spend money to build the railway? It's not like you don't know about the financial constraints of the cabinet. Just a railway will cost you 40 gold coins, where can I find that much for you!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't have money, I have it!"

Shen Wansan's words can be said to be shocking and endless!That's 40 gold coins!

"Old Shen, you can't take this joke! Where did you get so much money?"

Shen Wansan said with a smile: "I don't have so much money myself, but I can find investment! There are many wealthy businessmen in the Ming Empire, and those with foresight have already set their sights on the railway. Let's let them build it." Railway, won’t it be over if we give them management rights and shares?”

Shen Wansan's words were right on point. Fang Qiang has been encouraging trade, so the Ming Empire gave birth to many wealthy merchants and giants, and each of them was very rich. If you don't have hundreds of thousands of gold coins in your family, you are embarrassed Minato!
So asking them to build a railway was not a difficult task at all, it was done easily!

And it’s a win-win situation!The railway is a thing that can generate huge benefits, and the money will be dead if left alone. It is better to invest in some high-quality assets!
Liu Bowen is a literati. He doesn't like businessmen in his heart, especially the pillar industries of these countries. He absolutely doesn't want businessmen to participate in it!
But this is the general situation of this era, and he cannot stop it alone!
Besides, the Northern Expedition is imminent, and the cabinet really can’t afford 40 gold coins!

So he hesitated for a moment, then agreed!

"Shen Wansan, I agree to allow businessmen to participate in the construction of the railway, but the state-owned shares must account for 51%, and I will not give you a single copper coin!"

"No problem!" Shen Wansan agreed without hesitation. He said, "I don't know what you are guarding against, but I also love this country, and I don't want the interests of the country to be damaged! You don't want to be 51% Already! Those businessmen don’t have such a big appetite, they simply can’t take 49% of the shares! Even if you give them, they dare not take it! I’ve planned it long ago, the businessmen don’t want shares, they only want half of the income right, Three years! After three years, this railway will have nothing to do with them! But out of morality, we have to give a commendation, what do you think?"

"I think it's very good, let's do it like this, let's vote with a show of hands!"

Liu Bowen is the chief minister of the cabinet, but he dare not decide on similar major matters with just one word. He must vote by a show of hands!
The result of the vote was without any doubt, passed unanimously!

In this way, the first railway sponsored by businessmen in the Ming Empire appeared!

The Northern Expedition was a big event, and many details required precise planning. For example, the railway was not something that happened overnight!

As the saying goes, soldiers are more valuable than speed, but this statement is inappropriate for this battle of the Northern Expedition!

Fang Qiang never intends to win by surprise, he wants to crush bit by bit with his strong strength, nibble step by step, step by step, and finally drive the Tartars out of the land of China!

The cabinet of the Ming Empire was a staunch supporter and executor of Fang Qiang's policy, so the emotional tone of the Northern Expedition was set from the very beginning!
The meeting between the Cabinet and the Supreme Military Council has ended here, and all kinds of preparations will follow!
Moreover, the mobilization of the 50-strong army cannot be completed in an instant. Xu Da's plan is to move the 20th, [-]th and [-]th Group Armies first, and the subsequent [-]-strong army can only be mobilized one after another!
After Fang Qiang left the conference room, he came directly to Li Shanchang's house. In the past few years, the old man has been with Fang Qiang to advise and make great contributions!
Now that he is seriously ill, Fang Qiang should come over and take a look!
Fang Qiang almost shed tears when he saw Li Shanchang. He only knew that the old man was sick, but he didn't know that it was so serious!
He was holding his breath, just waiting for Fang Qiang to arrive!
(End of this chapter)