As expected, Jiang Tian's non-mainstream behavior instantly detonated the soul of the imperial historians, and all kinds of impeachments flocked to Zhang Tao's desk like snowflakes.

But Zhang Tao didn't care about these impeachments, and most of them were thrown aside without even looking at them, or asked the prince to review them for him to see if there was anything new. In this way, everyone understands that he Zhang Tao is not a master who plays cards according to routines, so how can he care about Jiang Tian being a fox and a fake tiger underneath.

Emperor Zhang is not completely ignorant, he has actually been very curious, although no one dares to do anything about the funds allocated for the establishment of a municipality directly under the central government, it is not enough to support Jiang Tian to make such a big move, so what is his source of funds?

Investment promotion, in the 21st century, belongs to the kind of words that are quoted to make people's ears calloused, Jiang Tian has also mentioned similar plans in front of Zhang Tao more than once, but Zhang Tao, as a person who crossed through in the early stage of reform, is always a little helpless about this powerful and side effect.

Of course, Jiang Tian knew what his concerns were, after all, in the era that Zhang Tao had crossed, the Chinese people were proud that the country did not have any foreign debts, and borrowing money for development was generally regarded as a loser who ate a lot of food, especially when it was enlarged to the national level, it was indeed necessary to be cautious.

This is the significance of the establishment of the special zone, Jiang Tian must show that his governing philosophy has a certain degree of operability, and the key point is to be able to find investment and make good use of the resources in his hands, and develop as envisaged. As for the methods of fighting with some local underworld forces, it is completely outside the scope of Zhang Tao's investigation, because if he were to promote the new policy, he would not care about the various resistances of the beggars and small landlords, and his methods could only be more radical and thorough.

So how did Jiang Tian come to find investment? It's actually quite simple to say.

"At the time of the autumn equinox, this official is going to hold a commodity fair under the city of Tianjin, and at that time a wide range of businessmen from home and abroad will be invited to come and show the specialties of their hometown, and at the same time, they can expand some financial ......."

While introducing the relevant concepts of the "Autumn Fair" to the businessmen gathered by him, Jiang Tian also held a bamboo strip like a whip in his hand and pointed to the sand table in front of him: "The east of Tianjin Wei is a Ze country, with waterways and many saline-alkali lands, so it is not necessary to consider it for growing grain for the time being, but it is close to the port, close to the canal, and far away from the advantage of sailing the ocean. ”

These businessmen who listened respectfully to Jiang Tiankou were not only Jin merchants who were eager to turn over, but also salt merchants who were almost self-defeating, and at the same time, there were Hu merchants represented by the Liu family who communicated outside the mouth. It can be said that in a short period of time, several major merchant forces around Tianjin have been snared. As for the Zheng family, the representative of the Fujian merchants in Yizhou, there was also a person such as a housekeeper who was stationed in the capital to come to order.

After listening to Jiang Tian's narration, everyone has a general understanding of his concept, although the land in the east of the city to the sea is flat, but as Jiang said, there are many saline-alkali lands and river beaches, and there are more people who fish than farmers. But now that the population has been greatly reduced, it has long been desolate, and there is really nothing of value except for a few half-farming and half-fishing villages.

Therefore, Lord Jiang divided these borderless lands into the new urban area, and planned an industrial and commercial corridor from the city of Tianjin to the seaside (see the later Jingjintang for details), but such a large area, I am afraid that it will not be possible to achieve Lord Jiang's expectations in a hundred years, right?

As if seeing their concerns, Jiang Tian then said: "This plan is only the ultimate goal to be achieved, we must take a long-term view, so that we can go out of the customs and enter Liaodong and go down the river to Jianghuai." The key to this is the Chi Road that the imperial court is presiding over the construction, which runs from Tianjin Port in the east to Zhangjiakou in the west, and once the construction is completed, it will become a blood vessel that runs through the entire Gyeonggi River, and its significance is no less than that of Qin Shi Huang's Qin Straight Road! You don't have any doubts about the imperial court's determination to build this road, do you? ”

Everyone hurriedly shook their heads and waved their hands, expressing their belief that this road will be completed and will create a more brilliant role than in history.

After listening to their loyalty, Jiang Tiancai continued: "So this is a major artery, and we want to create countless branches and even capillaries on it, so that a line will eventually spread to the entire surface, so that it can truly become the granary and armory of the Northern Expedition grassland." So in order for you phoenixes to fall on my plane tree, I plan to do this......"

Now, even those who don't know anything about politics can figure it out, if the galloping road is the trunk of a tree, the city planned by Jiang Tian is the root of the tree, and the canopy is the grassland that has just been recovered, as for how big the canopy of this tree can spread? It depends on whether the roots here are strong enough. As for comparing himself to a phoenix, everyone selectively didn't hear it.

The opening of the port is only the first step, and the next step is to build this place into a textile center like Songjiang, a porcelain center like Jingdezhen, plus metallurgy and munitions manufacturing, which requires a few money banks in the country to open branches here to serve these merchants. Then it's a financial center again! There are more people, and there must be related supporting services, such as catering, accommodation, various dental shops and open and dark guilds, no wonder Jiang Tian first knocked the largest local gang - the beggar gang!

Although the prospect is very good, the reality is that the city does not even have a decent road, and how can these financiers pay for it with just a utopian bustling metropolis? Recalling that he used PPT in his hometown to fool customers and superiors to check, Jiang Tian always felt that God was playing a bad joke with him.

"There's a reason why you've been invited." Jiang Tian saw that they were already a little moved, but they were still a little indecisive or doubtful of their predictions, and hurriedly used the skills of their previous life: "Everyone is the most powerful near this Gyeonggi, and they have also heard the most about all kinds of rumors in the capital, to be honest, Your Majesty sent me here as his stand-in, under the nose of this imperial city, try new methods, if you can trust me Jiang someone's way of making money, you might as well contribute to Your Majesty." ”

This is too clear, everyone is a little unable to turn around, how can there be such a straightforward and scaring official in the world? And it's also the general grade of a feudal official! However, Jiang Tian's ability to make money is still obvious to everyone, but it is all a small amount of money, and compared with the infrastructure funds of a city, it is definitely a drop in the bucket at all. What's more, there are no mature related industries in this world, even if you have enough funds, it is impossible to buy enough materials to build a city!

This is the current situation of the development of the commodity economy to a turning point in the productive forces at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the scale effect has made some people rich, but the limited investment channels and the turbulent political environment have made the local rich owners have to cast silver into large silver ingots and bury them in the ground. The result of having money and no place to spend it is all kinds of spending on pleasures, but it has not become the driving force for society to move forward.

"So the official came up with a new investment plan, the government provides the land and technology needed to set up the factory, you contribute funds for construction, and the daily management is up to you, but the rules and regulations of the factory must be agreed by both parties, and the products produced are listed and circulated at the market price, and dividends are distributed according to the share capital and the government at the end of the year!

Of course, you can also sell goods to the government at a low price, and the difference can be used to offset the year-end dividends, or instead of dividends, you can redeem the shares in the hands of the government, and the value of the shares will be based on the market value at that time, until the factory becomes your own. ”

The advantages and disadvantages of these two methods are obvious, and the government dividends, which means that the factory has a layer of official clothing, which has been pursuing the protection of power for Chinese businessmen, but a very generous choice, you must know that in the pre-Ming Dynasty, these businessmen did not take the initiative to take the dry shares to serve some real power figures, will be made difficult to death by various forces.

Another method is also very tempting, everyone knows the ability of Lord Jiang, it is not too much to say that it is a little stone into gold, when the lead movable type was invented, and some other convenient printing technology, the booksellers and book printing workshops in the capital because of the proximity to the water, but also heard that the prince was keen on this and wanted to meet the flattery, almost bought out the lead movable type produced every month, their books because of the clear and neat handwriting, the quality of the paper has also improved a lot, has become the object of the people from the north and south of the river to rush to buy, the traditional watermark of the book can only reduce the price of the competition, It is rumored that a set of lead movable type has been speculated to several times the price of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and no one is willing to sell it.

So in this matter, Jiang Tian's credit is still guaranteed, but having said that, they don't dare to take too much risk before they see the so-called new technology and new products.

Jiang Tian also saw their concerns, so he didn't wait for them to explain to himself: "These factories are not necessarily building materials, as long as they are inventions under my name in the Royal Patent Office, this method can be applied, but the city is in ruins, since it should focus on urban construction, and other industries will not be carried out until the infrastructure construction begins to take shape." ”

In this way, it is clear to everyone that they still need to hand over the first letter of submission, and as Lord Jiang said, if the market is not prosperous enough, they will not find enough people to work.

"But don't be disappointed, I can promise that all businesses involved in the construction of the new city can be given priority in the designated industrial and commercial areas!"

Having said that, everyone is not stupid, to put it bluntly, I called you here today to look up to you, and it is also an opportunity for you to pay tribute. In the future, when the city begins to take shape, the land they choose will become the core area of every inch of land, not to mention building a factory with a business name, or doing nothing, whether it is rented or sold, it will be a large amount of input. But all of this is currently in the mirror, and no one is sure whether it will succeed or not.

At this time, it can be seen that Jiang Tian chose these companies as the first batch of investment objects, although the Liu family represents Hu Shang, but they themselves also have official positions in this dynasty, and they even go deep into the palace to know the inside story, at this time, even if they know that they are losing money, they have to cut the meat and buy it for Jiang Tian. And the Jin merchants are in a hurry to turn over, although it is indeed better to kill them if they let the old Xi'er who slammed the door lose money, but in order for the whole Jin merchants to be able to mix in the business circle in the future, this money has to be spent even if the Jin merchants with heads and faces share the money together!

Not to mention the salt merchants, they were already worried, the official salt had already been reduced to a level with the previous private salt, and the salt was introduced to the same level as the previous private salt, and the salt was introduced after the commercial road was built, and the canal also lost the role of the bayonet, and the things they and the salt gang relied on for their livelihood were taken away by the imperial court, if they could use this opportunity to complete the transformation, it would also be a good way.

Everyone was thinking about their little abacus for a while, Jiang Tian was not in a hurry to urge them, at this time, it actually depends on who takes the lead first, as long as there is a leader, everyone will enter the next topic from the good flow, and Jiang Tian is also thinking about who will speak first.

To everyone's surprise, it was originally the representative of the Fujian merchants who came to accompany the kidnapping, and the housekeeper of the Zheng family in the capital spoke first: "Lord Qiyu, the prince of my family has already decreed that since this China has been unified, it is the responsibility of the prosperous dynasty, but the villain has limited rights and responsibilities, and I can only use 100,000 taels of silver......

When the people around heard this, they almost jumped up from their chairs in fright, 100,000 taels of authorization, what level are you in the Pingxi Palace? Besides, this Zheng family is also a big deal, in order to please the Chinese Imperial Court, it is a big move, listen to the meaning of this housekeeper This is still because the road is far away, and the information has not yet returned to and fro, otherwise the amount of investment may increase. But what do you want the others to do? Spend less than you, it seems that you don't give face, spend more than you, but who has such a big family business as you?

Jiang Tian naturally understood what the Zheng family meant, they wanted to buy new warships and artillery for a day or two, the ship was good enough to say that a Ji king could deal with it, although the Zheng family wanted to buy at least a Jinghai-class cruiser, but in the end it was a large destroyer, but it was better than the messy civilian ships before. However, this artillery has never sold their new products, and has always been used against them according to the old-fashioned front-loading smoothbore guns on the foreign trade list, and it seems that the Zheng family has started to produce their own military products again.

After listening to the housekeeper, Jiang Tian put down the teacup with a slight smile: "King Pingxi's loyal state affairs and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs have all been seen with their own eyes, and this time they can take the lead in supporting the change of the law, which can be called a model in the world." Since the prince is willing to support me, a junior, how about proposing that the prince open an iron factory here in Xiaguan? ”

This iron factory is definitely not an ordinary blacksmith shop, the housekeeper knew that there was an article to do here, anyway, it was also used to buy money for peace, if it could really be exchanged for something useful, the money would not be spent in vain, so he hurriedly thanked him.

When the others saw that the play had come to this, why didn't they hurry up and show their loyalty? It wouldn't be beautiful if this Lord Jiang was jealous of himself. So, this 80,000 and that 60,000 also reported their own investments, except for the Liu family, who had to report 100,000 yuan on the same level with the Zheng family because they were also a prince with a different surname, and no one else dared to surpass these two.

After setting a start-up capital of more than 300,000 yuan, Jiang Tian was about to invite these people to stay for a meal to contact their feelings, when someone handed him a post, he opened it and saw that it was Zhang Qian, the king of Ji, who wanted to inspect his shipyard in Weifu, and pointed out that Jiang Tian came to accompany him.

A prince to check out the shipyard? Jiang Tian didn't come back to his senses for a while, everyone looked at the guys, and they all forgot that there was a prince's property on this territory. So don't eat this meal, everyone said goodbye one after another, but when people left, they were all thinking about the purpose of Zhang Gan's trip.

Early the next morning, Jiang Tian stood on the road and waited for the prince to come, because it was a private visit to Weifu, so he didn't wear official clothes, but just notified the commander Wei Gang, after all, the prince came, and the safety and security work was still very important.

From a distance, I saw a puff of smoke and dust rising from the road, a team of people and horses escorted three simple carriages to come, and a rider ran in front of Jiang Tian and Wei Gang first, turned over and dismounted and showed his waist card: "Dare to ask who is here?" ”

After reporting his name, the rider hurriedly bowed his hand: "I don't know that the two lords are here, please atone for your sins, the prince has a life, so I won't stay in the city today and go straight to the shipyard." ”

In this way, Wei Gang had no choice but to withdraw the arrangements in the city and urgently increase the vigilance along the way, while he and Jiang Tian got into one of the carriages and continued to follow the entire convoy to the east.

As for what the only prince of the Chinese Dynasty is doing, whether it is really as the official said to inspect the shipyard, no matter how much people inquire, the Liu family is also very secretive about this, and no one knows whether his family knows the twists and turns here. However, it can be inferred from the later situation that this King of Ji should also participate in the joint venture plan, although nominally this place is no longer the jurisdiction of King Ji, and he does not have the right to interfere in the government affairs of the fiefdom, but this prince personally came forward and asked you to ask for a convenient way to make money, which can be regarded as adding a layer of official insurance to this reform.

At this point, the people of the world have figured out the twists and turns here, and on the surface, Jiang Tian offended the emperor and was sent down to carry out reforms, which seems to be a bit of a gambling element. But in fact, this reform was strongly supported by Emperor Zhang, but he would not directly say that he wanted to reform at the level of the imperial court, because once something went wrong, it would be your Jiang Tian's incompetence to mess things up, not his Zhang Tao's mistake, so for those shocking practices, Emperor Zhang's attitude was so ambiguous, and he even did not hesitate to send his own brother to endorse this junior brother.

After analyzing the causes and consequences, these smart people found that whether this change could succeed or not finally became a question of Jiang Tian's personal ability, and what was Jiang Tian's ability? At present, although it is difficult to say the level of governance, from the perspective of personal morality, it can be regarded as a model among officials!