Ming dynasty grand dude

"Shui Jing Zhu·Ye Yushui Pian" also contains "In the 23rd year of Jianwu in the Han Dynasty, the king sent troops to the south on a leather boat".

Tang Baixiangshan's "Changqing Ji Man Yuchao" also said that "the pan-kayak crosses the rope bridge, from Ezhou road away".

When studying how to transport the cannon to Jinmen by water, the master craftsmen began to look through ancient books to see if there were any corresponding records.

Rafts and wooden boats were eliminated first, and the [-]-jin cannon could hardly be crushed.

After researching for half a day, I feel that this cowhide raft is probably the most suitable.

The sheepskin raft is too thin, so it is suitable for short distances.

But it is more dangerous to transport it from Chaobai River to Jinmen, and the cattle batch raft is much safer.

Moreover, the cowhide raft has a larger load and a smaller area, and it is also several inches above the water surface when it is carried so that the water will not splash on it and get wet.

After the successful trial production, a [-]-jin iron mock gun was specially built, and it was pulled back and forth to Jinmen for several times.

A cement and steel hanging tower was also built in Jinmen, which was used to hoist and transport the cannon on the cowhide raft.

This is the completion of the water transport project.

Water transportation can support the transportation of a large amount of materials and finished products, so Mr. Zhang naturally considered building a foundry branch by the river.

"Everyone, don't be nervous, the governor invited you here this time to make you rich..."

The merchants in northern Guangdong below are obsequious, but in fact they are about to cry.

That's all you said last time when you approached the big merchants like Tong's family and the others.

Now... they are all digging river channels, and some were sent to Yizhou to mine.

Whoever you say gets rich has to help you get rich...

"This governor really wants you to make a fortune..."

Grandpa Zhang blinked his beautiful pair of red phoenix and peach blossoms, looking very sincere.

We put a hundred catties here, steam or boil it up to you!

The merchants in northern Guangdong are now full of despair, and they have all survived the ransacking of the Tong family.

How can I wrestle with this empire when I am such a small fish and shrimp? !

"First of all, the confiscated houses, raw silks, brocades... and so on are the rush to buy such sundries."

Zhang Xiaogong brought them here just to deal with this problem.

Of course, if you ask the factory guard or chief envoy to find someone directly...

It is estimated that this group of people will have to move overnight, after all, the recent arrests are too scary.

Almost [-]% of the gentry and merchants in northern Guangdong were affected, and a bunch of bigwigs were directly arrested by ransacking their homes.

So Mr. Zhang didn't ask the chief envoy to find someone. At this time, Hong Zhou and the seven of them came in handy.

Seeing that these seven families are all right, and now they are still alive and kicking to talk to me about a meeting.

At least these merchants will come to see what's going on, if it's really not possible, who is willing to leave the property and run away!

Hearing that the property of the Tong family was going to be auctioned and confiscated, these merchants suddenly felt sad.

However, what Young Master Zhang said next made them forget all about the death of a rabbit and a fox in an instant.

"Everyone also knows that the famous iron pot of the foundry division is top-grade."

However, Young Master Zhang smiled and said softly to them, "Now it is only the two capitals, and the foundry branch has released the agency power..."

"As for the sale of the remaining twelve provinces of the empire, the governor intends to benefit everyone in northern Guangdong."

Hearing this, these merchants couldn't help but widen their eyes, full of shit!

Who doesn't know that this Foshan iron pot is a blockbuster product, no matter where it is placed, it will be sold easily!

One of the reasons that Yingzong fought with Huoxie first was that the iron pot was too expensive!

And the iron pot refers to the iron pot produced in Foshan, as well as those Fusang and other coastal tributes.

Selling this Foshan iron pot is a series of purchases. Even Tong's family, who is prohibited from trespassing into the sea, sells this iron pot!

If the right to sell is released, it will be like giving money to yourself and others!

"In order to ensure that everyone earns money, the power of agency is to save one family."

Young Master Zhang said with a smile, "And you will take the lead to establish the 'Imperial North Guangdong Merchandising Association Hall'..."

"One is to have someone to rely on when going out, and the other is to regulate the production, guild, and communication of the three divisions..."

The merchants in northern Guangdong did not have much resistance to the establishment of the general hall. After all, the guild has existed since ancient times.

At this time, doing business can be roughly divided into two types: "traveling merchants" and "sitting business".

Si Jia is a person who has a store status in the local area.

In the Tang Dynasty, the big merchants were more popular than the merchants, and in the Song Dynasty, the merchants gradually became more powerful than the merchants.

The two finally formed a compromise, which was the original source of the "guild".

During the peak period of guilds in the Song Dynasty, "executive service" and "executive use" that cooperated with the official gradually formed.

There are also constitutional systems such as the election of "elders", "heads of the line", "heads of the meeting"... etc. This matter has been perfected by the Ming Dynasty.

What Zhang Xiaogong is doing now is to expand it and fully standardize it, which is actually a good thing for merchants in northern Guangdong.

It is also a good thing for the chief political envoy of northern Guangdong. For example, there is one article in the regulations of the "General Association".

The general hall and its affiliated guilds are obliged to inform the chief minister of possible fluctuations in the market to discuss countermeasures.

The Chief Envoy of Northern Guangdong now has three more sub-divisions, the Department of Legal Affairs, the Northern Guangdong Branch of Dali Temple, and the Northern Guangdong Branch of the Bank of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The three sub-divisions are not only responsible to the chief envoy, but also responsible to the superior subordinates.

Just like when they have disagreements with the chief envoy, they will make their own presentations to the cabinet ministries for decision.

"The other thing is that the Bank of the Ministry of Finance and His Majesty will establish the 'Empire Royal Balance Administration'..."

Grandpa Zhang blinked his eyes, and said softly, "There will be a branch office in northern Guangdong, which will handle both sea and inland river transportation..."

A group of merchants are still engrossed in the fantasy of acting as an agent to cast iron pots and make a fortune in various provinces.

Hearing this news, he couldn't help being a little baffled, but Zhang Xiaogong continued.

"Everyone in the general hall can contribute together, buy [-]% of the shares and share one or two profits..."

Chapter 4 The Governor-General develops northern Guangdong to appease the common people

"Gudu~!" A group of merchants couldn't help but their mouths were dry, and they swallowed their saliva fiercely and looked at Young Master Zhang stupidly.

Idiots can imagine how profitable inland river and sea transportation is.

With the blessing of the Ministry of Finance and the royal family, the navy will inevitably clean up possible disasters along the way.

What are you most afraid of encountering when crossing the sea or running inland rivers these days? !In addition to the violent storms and huge waves, there are water bandits and pirates!

With the sweep of the imperial navy, where are the water bandits and pirates? !

Water bandits and pirates are also human beings, they come out to rob for survival, not death.

They had recently escorted back the ships that captured the Tong family and the Liu family, and they had seen the warships of the Imperial Navy lying on the shore.

Two thousand warships, with hideous rams on the bow and huge haloed cannons.

It is said that the Tong family's largest [-]-material ship was smashed to pieces with a single shot almost two miles away.

Who can bear this shit? If you want to fight the Imperial Navy to death, isn't it to send someone strong? !

If Haihe is doing this transportation under Qingming, who can have a greater advantage than the Bank of the Ministry of Finance and the Royal Family? !

The three major shipyards, the foundry department, and the construction department... are all under the royal family, and they can build the largest and highest-loading sea-river ships.

It shouldn't be too explosive for transportation. It is basically impossible for others to compete with them.

"Twenty percent of the shares in the Northern Guangdong Branch of the Imperial Royal Balance Administration, and one percent of the shares are priced at 150 million!"

Zhang Jiayu Chihu looked at them with a smile, and said softly, "Of course, these are just for you..."

"Whoever joins the general hall later will not have this benefit."

Send money!See also send money! !

150 million is not too much, especially in the case of double transportation by sea and inland rivers, it may be able to earn back in a year.

How many sea merchants in northern Guangdong go to sea, and the largest Tong's family will drop 30 to [-] yuan a year.

But how can the Tong family's fleet compare with this "equal loss to the general bureau", they are the official ones, the best and the biggest!

Moreover, it still occupies both the sea route and the inland river. As long as it is not a bad business, no matter how stupid it is, it can lie down and watch the money come in.

But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the relationship between the "Imperial Northern Guangdong Merchandise and Colonial Association Hall" and the Bank of the Ministry of Households and the Royal Family!

Obviously, this is to be a community of interests, and they of the Imperial Northern Guangdong Merchandising Association have shares in this division.

Who will be the first thing that comes to mind when sea and inland water transport is needed? !

With their blessings, as well as the background of the Ministry of Household Bank and the royal family, it would be difficult for him to lose to the branch office or not!

A slap is of course a sweet date to eat. The purpose of Mr. Zhang is to clean up those gentry and merchants who are causing trouble.

But it's not that all the merchants in northern Guangdong have been wiped out. The remaining ones are basically relatively clean.

Integrate them and let the Ministry of Household Affairs and the royal family intervene forcefully, not to prevent them from making money.

It is to let them know that they must earn money within the scope of the empire, and to give them a reasonable channel to make demands.

But they are not allowed to be like those gentry and merchants, hoarding their own power and even bringing disaster to the country and the people.

In the end, it will become a cancer of the empire and harm the country and enrich selfishness. Such things must be cleaned up.

What happened in northern Guangdong will soon spread throughout Daming. If the merchants here do not handle it properly, it may trigger a chain reaction.

You can't put people on a dead end, otherwise, no one can bear to be cut.

Why is Dao fifty and Tianyan forty-nine? !Escape to one, is to give a way out.

Why does "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Military Struggle" also contain "Don't stop returning to the teacher, surround the teacher's legacy, and don't force the poor"? !

This is actually saying to leave room for not forcing the other party into a "mourning teacher".

The situation of merchants in northern Guangdong will become the object of observation by merchants in other places. If these gentry merchants are really wiped out.

Then it will inevitably cause a large-scale shock, and the gentry and merchants in other places will inevitably fight back in series in order to survive.

But if only some of the evil ones are cleaned up here, most of them will not only be fine, but also earn a lot of money and prosper.

Can you even talk to the empire in a serious way, and get in touch with the Hubu royal family? !

Then everyone has to think about it, after all, if the rebellion becomes a turmoil, the family will be ransacked and the family will be wiped out!

If there is really a way to survive, few brains are twitching, and they want to run to do the opposite.

This is the basis of what Zhang Xiaogong is doing now, the killing stick and the carrot go hand in hand.

Dirty hands and feet can be accepted to a certain extent, after all, "Da Ming Law" is like that and local control is low.

So these people made some moves, and it was unavoidable that they were not very disciplined when they were businessmen and merchants.

But it has developed to collusion with bandits, even murder and arson, and brutal domination of the place, which violates the bottom line, which can no longer be tolerated.

The little father-in-law had given them a lot of face when he came out to speak, so he left it to housekeeper Xiao Zhou and Hong Zhoutong after he finished speaking.

On the other hand, he said with a smile that there was something important to do, so he left.

Hong Zhoutong would convince them for himself, and what Zhang Xiaogong had to do was to show his face and speak for them.

After all, some people would not believe what Hong Zhou said to them, but they had to believe even if what Zhang Xiaogong said was a lie.

After seeing off Young Master Zhang and Housekeeper Xiao Zhou, these merchants couldn't wait to grab Hong Zhoutong who stayed behind for questioning.

What is the meaning of this little father-in-law Jade Chihu? Is he trying to torment us or is he really giving us a chance to earn money? !

Money is good, everyone is a businessman and says that they don't want to make money, that is a lie, a fool, and an idiot.

But if this money has to be exchanged for one's own dog's life, or even the lives of the whole family, it's not worth it!

"Everyone, there are some things that the old man won't talk about around the corner."