Liu Jin was extremely busy here, busy discussing the future colonization plan with these people at the top of the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, Du Mingen, who had just returned, was also busy, and he became a legend of the Ming Dynasty.

For more than a year, Du Mingen became rich overnight, and went to the Golden Continent to earn back a huge wealth of more than 9 million taels of silver, which is not an exaggeration to describe as rich as a country.

But this is nothing, he was originally a businessman, the status of businessmen in the Ming Dynasty was very low, Shinong industry and commerce, merchants ranked last, and Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang did not like businessmen very much, the implementation of the policy of heavy agriculture and suppression of business, there were many suppressions on businessmen, and even the law of the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulated that businessmen could not wear silk or something.

Of course, these regulations are not in line with practical things, in fact, the merchant life of the Ming Dynasty was quite chic, because the commercial tax was very low, thirty taxes one, and even as long as you stuffed some silver for the officials, this tax could not be paid.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the big merchants in Jiangnan even got involved in the court, and once anyone said that they would increase the commercial tax or something, they would immediately be killed by them.

It can be seen from this that there is still an economic basis to determine whether the status is not or not, and the businessman is rich, even if you stipulate that he has no status, he really has no status?

Of course, at least on the surface, businessmen have no status.

But Du Mingen is different, he went to the Golden Continent not only to bring back huge wealth, but also to bring back huge wealth for himself, and also to bring back huge wealth for Emperor Hongzhi.

What's more, he brought back several high-yield crops from the Golden Continent, which can make the people of Daming no longer have famine, and this credit is great!

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi personally met with Du Mingen, Lin Shuhong, Tian Erniu and other key members of the fleet in the Jinluan Palace, and the generous Emperor Hongzhi was also knighted.

Du Mingen was named the Marquis of Taiping, a marquis, and it is also the kind of hereditary replacement, that is to say, as long as the Ming Dynasty exists for one day, the Taiping Marquis of his family can be passed on for one day, hereditary replacement, and share with the country.

The title of the Marquis of Taiping was also discussed repeatedly by the Ministry of Rites, and it was believed that the title of the Marquis of Taiping was the most appropriate, because Du Mingen's main merit was to bring back three high-yield crops.

With these three crops, there will be no famine in the Ming Dynasty from now on, and the world will naturally be peaceful, and the sea will be clear and the river will feast.

Lin Shuhong, Tian Erniu and other captains and main members also followed to catch an earl, and they all turned over, and from ordinary people, they instantly became among the nobles and gentry of the Ming Dynasty.

That's legend!

not only became rich overnight, but also changed from a businessman to the Taiping Marquis of the Ming Dynasty, the key is that no one in the government and the opposition has any opinions, even the always pedantic civilian official group has expressed support.

Gold and silver are nothing, three high-yield crops, so that there is no famine in the Ming Dynasty, this credit is too great, and it is impossible to overstate the reward.

In front of Du Mingen's mansion in the capital, there is a lot of traffic, and people from all over the Ming Dynasty come to visit Du Mingen every day to visit this legendary figure.

Of course, Du Mingen's legend is a legend, everyone knows each other for a while, there is opportunity and time, and the real reason is actually for silver.

Regarding the details of the fleet's voyage and everything encountered by the fleet during the entire voyage, the Ming Morning Post also carried out a special large-scale report.

reported everything about the fleet in detail, and Liu Jin did not hide anything here, and published all the gold mines, silver mines, all kinds of rich resources and minerals, fertile land, and the descendants of the Yin merchants who were easy to deceive on the side of the Golden Continent.

It can be said that it was already very hot, and now it has been completely detonated.

the gold mines of Fish Creek, and the snow-white, snow-white fur that was brought back without a trace of variegation; The golden lake here at the mouth of the thousand rivers, the fertile land; Gold and silver mines on the west coast of the Golden Continent, gold and silver of the Inca Empire......

Almost everyone in the entire Beijing-Tianjin area is discussing these things and is deeply attracted by them.

In the living room of Du Mingen's mansion, Du Mingen was meeting a group of businessmen and gentry from the Jiangnan area, Du Mingen himself was a native of Jiangnan and was born in Jiangnan.

Among this group of people are Cheng Bo'an, Zhu Benduan, Feng Xiang and Ye Li, representatives of Huizhou merchants, these four people are not only representatives of Huizhou merchants, but also representatives of the big salt merchants in the Jianghuai region.

This year, the life of these salt merchants is very sad, because of the price war with the Changlu Salt Farm, they lost in the northern region, and it can be said that they almost lost their crotch.

The four big salt merchants, plus other large and small salt merchants, raised tens of millions of taels of silver to fight with the Changlu Salt Farm, and finally lost seventy-seven eighty-eight.

No one thought that the salt production capacity of the Changlu Salt Farm was so terrifying, not only to meet the needs of the northern market, but also to meet the large-scale purchases of these big salt merchants.

It can be said that there is as much salt as you want.

In the end, there was no way, these salt merchants failed completely, and fortunately, the Changlu Salt Farm had not yet entered the southern market, so there was still a breath left.

thought it was a very profitable business and lost money, and it is estimated that the Changlu Salt Farm will enter the southern market next year, and then the huge cake of salt will be completely out of their share.

But they didn't have anything to do with the long reed salt field.

This Changlu Salt Farm is the property of Emperor Hongzhi, the crown prince, the British Duke, the Dingguo Gong, the Chengguo Gong and others, and they have not tried to use the power of the civil official group to bring down the Changlu Salt Farm.

But as long as that civil official dares to come forward, several big cases in the hands of Emperor Hongzhi have not yet been resolved, and no one dares to play these tricks anymore.

Therefore, even if they are reluctant to give up the huge interest of salt, they can only give it up, and next year, the market in the south will definitely be occupied by the Changlu Salt Farm, and they have to withdraw from the salt market.

This is very uncomfortable for them, salt merchants and Hui merchants.

Huge blows were taken one after another.

The recent case involved several big Hui merchants, but it was mainly a Hui merchant who was involved in the grain merchants, who were exiled by Emperor Hongzhi because of the resale of military rations, shoddy goods, etc., and dealt a heavy blow.

In addition, the blow to the Hui merchants, the big merchants and the Shilin in the Jiangnan was also caused by the theft of the official warehouse, which also caused the weakening of the power of the big merchants, gentry and Shilin in the entire Jiangnan area.

These were all done by Emperor Hongzhi, and they were blows from above.

What is really terrible is the blow from the foundation, what Liu Jin is doing is digging their foundation.

With the rise of new capitalism, capitalism has developed unusually rapidly in the northern region, especially in the Beijing-Tianjin region, and industry is very, very fast.

The cement, shipbuilding, and textile industries developed extremely rapidly, and the strength of the new capitalists in the north swelled rapidly, which in turn had a huge impact on these big merchants, big landlords, gentry, and so on in the south.

Not to mention anything else, just the textile industry, with the emergence of new spinning machines and looms, spinning mills and weaving factories have sprung up here in Beijing and Tianjin.

The fabrics made by machines are not only of good quality, but also fast and low-cost, so naturally these fabrics will be sold to the entire Ming Dynasty, and even now they have been sold to Korea and the Japanese Kingdom.

Jiangnan region is an important textile production area, the main reliance or traditional home textiles, in the face of this huge impact, the textile industry in the Jiangnan region is a failure, the impact of the collapse of the army.

Naturally, the interests of these merchants, landlords, and gentry in the Jiangnan area were also affected.

A few years ago, everyone in the Ming Dynasty said that the rich people must first talk about them, the Hui merchants, and among the Hui merchants, they were the first to recommend these salt merchants.

But now, in the past few years, when everyone says that they have money, the first thing that comes to mind is these emerging capitalists in the north, and the factories in the Beijing-Tianjin area are not doing well.

The business of the cement factory is so good that it is hot, and cement is now popular throughout the Ming Dynasty, and even sells well in the Japanese and North Korea, and the demand is very huge.

The new capitalists in the Beijing-Tianjin area are blooming all over the Ming Dynasty, opening new cement factories everywhere, the scale is larger than the other, the output is larger than the other, and the number of workers is only a few hundred people in a factory, and now there are many large factories with tens of thousands of people.

The new capitalists are accumulating wealth many times faster than those of them who accumulate wealth by traditional means, just as one is a traditional handicraft and the other is weaving cloth with a new machine, and there is no comparison between the two at all.

This is a menacing wave of huge wealth, and these big merchants, big landowners, and big gentlemen in their south have never participated in it.

So they can't sit still now!

Especially with the return of Du Mingen's fleet, he brought back 30 million taels of silver at one time, and under the impact of such a huge wealth, no one was not blushing, and no one could remain calm.

So this time, these big businessmen, big landlords, and gentry from the south also came to Beijing and Tianjin, and they also wanted to participate in this new wave of wealth.

Above the court, the people who mobilized them asked Emperor Hongzhi to open more ports in the southern region, and they originally opposed the sea ban to now take the initiative to ask for the sea ban, and only they themselves know best, and they can deeply understand it, in the final analysis, because the benefits that can be brought by the sea ban are greater than the continuation of the sea ban.

That's why they support the ban on opening the sea, mainly asking for the ban on the sea, in order to participate in this huge wave of wealth.

In addition to the activities above the court, below, these big businessmen and big landlords also found Du Mingen, obviously hoping that Du Mingen could cooperate with them and take them to participate in this wave of wealth.