Liu Yan was preparing to take up his post in the Ministry of War, and Wen Hui and Tang Guanghui, the owner of the Jin Ming shop of the Black Family, began to run the four shops that had already opened.

All four shops have been open for four or five days. Business is very good, and it has become the object of everyone's talk in the capital.

On the same day, Bai Shi sent out the VIP cards of the four shops. Some people do have a need to buy some rare and precious items, either for their own use, or for giving them away, and some people don't need to buy things, because now the Chen family is in full swing, and they have to go to a field in order to tie up the Bai family. In this way, basically everyone who got a VIP card came.

As soon as these guests arrived, they were attracted by the curiosities of the four shops. Jinmyeongpu is a grocery store specializing in the sale of special products from Yizhou Island and Nanyang, and there are many strange things, including many precious spices of Nanyang, which are the most popular. Jin Yutang's jewelry is loved by the ladies. Although there are many jewelry sellers in the capital of Zhongkaiyinlou, especially the products produced by the Internal Affairs Office are the highest level of Dachu, and these officials and their dependents can often get jewelry produced by the Internal Affairs Bureau, but these shops are not as good as Jinyutang in two things. First, the materials in Jin Yutang's jewelry are incomparable to ordinary shops, such as large round South Sea pearls, large gems with bright colors, and extremely rare large pieces of Peicui jade. The production of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not such a big one. In addition, the design of Jin Yutang is full of modernity and artistic sense, and some of them have a strong exotic style, which makes those women who are tired of traditional costumes crazy. Although the jewelry of Jin Yutang is very expensive, the sales are still very good. These are all things that are loved by the ladies, and the beautiful furniture produced by Yuefudo is loved by both men and women. Although the workmanship is very good, it is rare to get so much precious wood in the capital, and Yuefeng Tang takes advantage of the convenience of producing a large number of precious wood in Nanyang, and there are many furniture made of precious wood. For example, sour branch furniture, mahogany furniture, pear furniture. There are also some unique crafts, such as the inlay process, which are the characteristics of the black family, which has made people in the capital interested. Another point that these upper-class people love very much, that is, the styles of furniture are traditional and unconventional. For example, the bed for washing hair is now basically prepared in every aristocratic house. There are also some very convenient designs, such as foldable chairs, foldable tables, very comfortable rocking chairs, and strollers for babies, all of which are sought after by the people in the capital. Strollers, in particular, are not very expensive. Ordinary wealthy families can afford to buy it, so after the news spread, ordinary wealthy families also came to buy it with many people.

These are all liked by both men and women, the last shop of the black family. Shippudo is a place that attracts male customers. The comfort of the carriages produced here is unimaginable to these officials and nobles of the Great Chu, because they are all designed with added springs. As a result, a gust of wind blew in the capital, and if anyone didn't have a carriage produced by the Wind Hall, they would be looked down upon when they went out. As a result, the forty wagons that had been in reserve were snapped up. I didn't buy it, so I had to order it quickly, and there were more and more orders, and the craftsmen of the black family were busy.

Chen Wenhui saw that these four shops were so profitable, and the one in her heart was called beauty. Although she makes a lot of money now, the cash in her hand is basically gone, and it is all given to the Hei family to buy land in Nanyang and the like. Now Chen Wenhui's own annual income is donated except for the 20% income of the pharmacy. All the rest of the income was used to buy land in Nanyang, invest manpower, seeds, and material resources to develop those land. The Chen family's industries are also moving to Nanyang one after another. Now, in addition to some shops in Suzhou that have not been sold, there are only some industries in the capital and three large farms in Heyang Prefecture. All the money from the production and sale of the property was taken to Nanyang.

In addition, he has recently purchased a house in the capital and needs to repair it, which requires a lot of money, so the Chen family has begun to have some turnover, but fortunately, Wen Hui still has a bank here. For the time being, there is no problem. But it doesn't feel good at all that you don't have a lot of money in your hands, so these shops can make money, which makes Wen Hui and Bai very happy.

After Chen Yuanheng returned to the capital, he was personally summoned by the emperor, mainly to ask questions about the promotion of new species. Chen Yuanheng had his own plan, and he said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the ministers are all in the Gyeonggi area for investigation this time. The minister believed that the weather in the Gyeonggi area was cold and could not be double-cropped in a year like in the south, so the land should be much less produced, and half of the wheat should be kept during the spring ploughing, and the rest should be planted with corn and sweet potatoes. We also need to leave some land to grow some cotton for our own use, so that when winter comes, the people in the Gyeonggi area will have quilts to protect themselves from the cold. ”

The emperor smiled and said, "This quilt is indeed a good thing, I have been using quilts this winter, it is very warm." Now the Ministry of Internal Affairs has purchased quilts for all palaces in the palace, but they are only used by the masters, and those eunuchs and palace maids do not use them. If only the people could use it, I would be so relieved. ”

Chen Yuanheng immediately sang the praises of virtue.

Then he said to the emperor: "The minister and the king of Jin have promoted new varieties in the three continents south of the Yangtze River in recent years, so now the promotion of new varieties is only to consider the northern and northwest regions." However, in Chen's view, there is a great resistance to the promotion of this new species in the north. ”

The emperor hurriedly asked, "What is the resistance?" ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "The minister observed that the people in the Gyeonggi area have lost a very large number of land, almost twice as much as in the Jiangnan area, and even tripled in some places. ”

The emperor nodded and said: "This is true, there are the most high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, and everyone buys land in the Gyeonggi area, and the manor is connected by Qianmo, and the land in the Gyeonggi area is much more expensive than other prefectures." What Aiqing said is very true, if these manor owners are unwilling to plant new species, it is really difficult to promote. It's easy to manage, and these rich people, especially officials, are easy to manage. I issued a decree that all officials in the Gyeonggi area who had land at home should be planted with half of wheat, three parts of sweet potatoes, one part of corn, and one point of cotton. I then authorized Aiqing to set up an inspection team, equipped with 100 officials, and you can find someone to serve as the captain of the inspection team, and you can also choose the officials. The salaries of the officials were borne by the imperial court. The captain is set to one, well, the official is not good, so it will be set as a fourth-grade official. This inspection team is dedicated to investigating and dealing with those who obstruct the spread of new species. ”

Chen Yuanheng is happy, in this way, the promotion of new varieties will be much faster.

After thanking him, Chen Yuanheng thought about it and stopped talking.

The emperor was very shrewd, and he found out at once, and asked, "What other concerns does Aiqing have, but it's okay to say?" ”

Chen Yuanheng gritted his teeth and said: "The minister can understand the feeling of His Majesty loving the people like a son, but the situation that the minister observes is that because more and more people have lost their land, it is almost common for the people in the Gyeonggi area to be tenants. In addition, the Gyeonggi area is relatively peaceful, so the people multiply a lot, even if they are all tenants, and there is not so much land for these people to plant? Fortunately, because the land depends on the capital, many people come to the city to work, otherwise there may be chaos. Because there are many people in the Gyeonggi area, there is little land, so these big families are very harsh with the tenants, and these tenants are only enough to feed themselves, and if there is something in the family, or there is a disaster, these people will immediately have nothing, and at that time, the safety of the Gyeonggi area is worrying. ”

This kind of uncertainty has existed in all dynasties. The emperor also knew, and the emperor said: "I have always paid attention to this situation, so if there is a small disaster, I will immediately open a warehouse and release grain." This danger, the officials of the household department, and the imperial historians also played it. But there is no good solution. ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "In fact, most officials in the capital know this problem, even when the ministers are not out. There is also no good workaround. Later, the minister went to Jiangnan to serve as a magistrate. First of all, start with a small county order. Chen found that there were also such problems in the Jiangnan area. Because there are many wealthy merchants in the Jiangnan area. When the wealthy merchants made money, they would return to their hometowns to buy land, so that the land annexation became more and more strict, the land in the hands of the people became less and less, and the tenants became more and more. Fortunately, the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is warm and can be harvested twice a year, so most people live well. But once a disaster strikes, there is no surplus food to save your life. When he was a magistrate, because he wanted to increase taxes, he encouraged merchants to do business, and gave many preferential conditions. Especially when the war disaster comes, in order to resettle more of those disaster victims, many convenient conditions are provided in terms of opening shops, such as tax exemption for one year, or three years, loan support, and so on. In this way, there were more businesses in the small county town governed by the ministers, and more people started workshops, and gradually, not only those disaster victims worked in the workshop, but also those tenants came to work in the workshop. When there was another disaster, such as the later drought, the county seat and Deqing basically did not need much relief from the imperial court, and the people themselves could help themselves. ”

As soon as these words were spoken, a huge wave was set off in the emperor's heart. This phenomenon of peasants losing their land and annexing land has occurred in all dynasties. In fact, in every dynasty, peasant uprisings have occurred one after another, all because the landless peasants could no longer survive. Every emperor wants to solve such an important matter that threatens the emperor's rule, but there is no way, should he solve it in his own hands?

Thinking of this, the emperor was not calm.

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One morning, one afternoon, just go into the backstage, it's really infuriating, I was going to have three shifts today, but I can only have two shifts, and I must have three shifts tomorrow.

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