O Silk Road!

This is something that everyone will be excited about when they mention it. The Silk Road originated in the Western Han Dynasty (Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions to open up a land passage starting from the capital Chang'an, passing through Gansu and Xinjiang, to Central Asia and West Asia, and connecting the Mediterranean countries), and its initial role was to transport silk produced in ancient China.

The Silk Road has undertaken countless important tasks in history, and that prosperous trade route can be said to have become the golden road that countless people yearn for. However, with the flourishing of maritime trade, the Silk Road was interrupted.

Now hearing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty wants to reopen the Silk Road, the people present were stunned at first, and then excited.

"I am a great Ming Huang Tianwei, now the prosperous era is coming, my Ming will be far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and my sons are willing to lead the army from Guyuan to the west to Qinghai, open up the Silk Road, and restore the old view of the Han and Tang Dynasties!" After speaking, Zhu Hou looked at Zhu Youjiao, bowed and waited.

Looking at his son and thinking back to the Han and Tang Dynasties, Zhu Youzhang's first thought was the great martial arts - the Han general Wei Qing, the champion Hou Huo Quai, and the Tang Dynasty military god Li Jing, these brilliant names flashed in the history.

Looking at his son with a serious face, Zhu Youzhang's expression also became serious: "The emperor really wants to go?" ”

Although Zhu Houzhao also knows the importance of maritime trade, and also knows that the maritime Silk Road is more profitable than the land route, but if the northwest is to develop, the land Silk Road must be restored.

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Later generations with such developed transportation needed the Silk Road on land, not to mention the current Ming Dynasty?

Don't the people of all countries along the way need the goods of the Ming Dynasty? Doesn't the Ming Dynasty need the goods of the countries along the way?

Those gold, those various animal skins, these are all needed by the Ming Dynasty. As long as this trade route is opened, then this is a trade route flowing with gold.

Haimao has to do it, but his southward direction has not started for the time being, so this matter must be done slowly.

"Erchen is willing." After Zhu Houzhao stood up, he bowed down and said, the expression on his face was unusually serious and serious.

"Good!" Zhu Youzhu looked at Zhu Houzhao and nodded, and then said: "This time, I will give you five million taels of Liaodong's proceeds, train a new army in the northwest, build a city in Fengzhou Beach, settle Anmin in the northwest, and open the Silk Road at the same time. ”

The courtiers were all taken aback by Zhu Youjiao, five million taels of silver? Your Majesty is really generous!

However, at this time, none of the second goods stood up to object, and they all bowed and saluted: "My emperor Shengming." ”

You must know that this is the matter of the emperor's father and son, although five million taels is a lot, but this is earned by the prince.

Everyone is against the prince's construction of a city in Daning, and now if anyone jumps out to oppose it, the result is very simple, it will be directly pressed to the ground by the emperor's father and son, and it will not be a gentle friction, it will be a heavy friction!

"Thank you, Father." Zhu Houzhao hurriedly bowed down and said, his face was full of excitement, he could go to the northwest to do a big job.

After leveling Liaodong and Northwest, Xuanfu and Jizhou were left in the military reform in the north. This time, Datong, Guyuan, and Ningxia themselves will all change together.

When all the military reforms are completed, the northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty and the army of the capital will show a trend of Mount Tai overwhelming to the south, and at that time, he can begin to turn his attention to the south.

This was the end of this imperial meeting, and the ministers all went back, and the news naturally spread directly.

You must know that the matter in Liaodong has made countless people beat their chests, and the reason is very simple, that is, they went late and did not catch up with the opportunity to make a fortune.

First of all, Liaodong Woolen Factory, many people who went to buy pastures have brought back the news, the whole Liaodong wool spinning is called a money-making, after production, whether it is sold to North Korea or transported back to the capital in the Ming Dynasty, there is no money-making.

If you don't want to set up a factory, you can also shepherd the sheep and sell the wool to the Strange Zhai farm.

In addition, canned meat in Liaodong is now also popular in the capital, and it is sold cheaply, which is also a big profit.

Many people are preaching that the fertile land in eastern Liaodong is very suitable for growing soybeans, and the soybeans grown are full of grains, whether they are used to make tofu or extract oil, they are all good.

In this way, Liaodong is very popular. The businessmen all know one thing, that is, Liaodong is a place to make a fortune, no matter who goes to Liaodong, they can make a fortune.

It's just that many people didn't catch up, and when they wanted to intervene, it was too late, and the Yamen, the governor of Liaodong, was reluctant to sell.

In the words of the governor of Liaodong, Yamen, the pasture was sold for 120,000 mu first. As for the land in Liaodong, the imperial court was not ready to sell it, but was ready to recruit people to reclaim it, and then it would become public land.

Of course, Yang Yiqing is a lie.

The contradiction between public land and private land has always been very large, but public land has always been a source of corruption for many officials, who will give public land to the gentry, who will pay rent every year, as well as bribes. These public fields were leased to tenants by the gentry, which was subcontracted layer by layer, and the tenants' survival pressure was great.

This is a typical collusion between officials and businessmen, although there is no such thing in Liaodong for the time being, but there will be in the future.

Yang Yiqing, the governor of Liaodong, was waiting for Liaodong to stir up a hot spot, and at the same time waiting for the prisoners of war in Liaodong, that is, the Mongols who were captured by Wang Shouren in the battle against Wuharan Sanwei, and then sold all these lands after they reclaimed them. At that time, it will not be wasteland, but fertile land, and the price will naturally be different.

Yang Yiqing has discussed these things with Zhu Houzhao, although it is in Liaodong, as long as it is good land, it will definitely not be sold.

Even if the merchants from other places don't go, then the local gentry in Liaodong will not let go of such an opportunity. They would use the money earned from the wool trade to buy the fields that had been cleared, and even the soldiers would buy them.

Anyway, this is a sure-fire deal, Yang Yiqing is ready to take out this credit after two or three years, then he can go further.

Now he is the governor of Liaodong, and it is not very difficult to step into the position of the six Shangshu, not to mention that he is still the prince's person.

Liaodong is so hot, this time the news from the northwest came, so these people directly measured it in advance.

The crown prince Zhu Houzhao has not moved yet, and the businessmen are frantically flocking to the northwest, whether it is the nobles or the gentry group, they are all flocking away, that is the Silk Road, and our opportunity to make a fortune has come!