On the fifteenth day of the first month, Yushan Town.

On this day, the whole Yushan Town is very lively, and there are crowds of people everywhere, not only because this day is the Shangyuan Festival, but also because the heroes, gentry, businessmen, and even officials from all over Shandong are sending people to come, just to grab a production license in Yushan Town!

In order to maintain order, Liu Juntao had already made complete preparations, and Tang Yu, Minister of Commerce, had also made a perfect plan.

In the Yushan Town Government Office, Tang Yu and more than 400 representatives of large and wealthy families who came to buy production licenses gathered together. When everyone was staggering, they were anxious.

You must know that everyone did not come to Yushan Town to be guests, eat and drink, but to invite the cornucopia!

So, after the wine was too drunk, Mr. Shan took the lead and said: "Minister Tang, now that we have eaten and drunk enough, can we move to talk about business?" ”

Li Qianhu also said slightly drunk: "Yes! Minister Tang still announced the specific rules earlier, and we also have a good heart! ”

Mr. Shan and Li Qianhu opened their mouths one after the other, and the rest of the people all coaxed to speak, Tang Yu also laughed when he saw this and said, "It's okay!" Now that everyone is full of wine and food, please go back and rest for one night, or go to the street to see the lanterns, and spend the Shangyuan Festival with the people of Yushan Town! Early tomorrow morning, we will start selling production licenses! ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately stopped doing it, originally thinking that after eating, they could buy a production license, and then they could have a comfortable holiday, but they never expected that Yushan Town would not start selling until tomorrow!

At this time, everyone was a little reluctant, even Mr. Shan and Li Qianhu said: "Why don't we start selling it tonight, we can also spend the holiday with peace of mind!" ”

Seeing this, Tang Yu smiled and said: "Don't be impatient, everyone, this is also arranged by my general, and tomorrow my general will personally preside over the sale!" ”

Seeing Tang Yu say this, everyone didn't want to say anything more, so everyone sat for a while, and then dispersed, either went back to the room to rest, or went to the street to play again.

Early the next morning, more than 400 people, including Mr. Shan and Li Qianhu, gathered outside the Yushan Town Government Office, and it didn't take long to wait for Liu Juntao, Tang Yu, Guo Yongzhong and other ministers and Si Cheng of Yushan Town.

Everyone stepped forward to greet each other with fists, and they kept asking about the sale of production licenses.

Liu Juntao didn't say anything, just smiled and said, "You don't have to be anxious! Ladies and gentlemen! Come with me and sit down at the office, and we'll begin! ”

When everyone heard this, they followed Liu Juntao and the others one after another, and Yuguan walked into the government office.

At this time, the Yushan Town Government Office had been arranged, and nearly 500 chairs were arranged in rows, placed in turn inside and outside the lobby, looking very spectacular.

Liu Juntao took the ministers and Si Cheng of Yushan Town directly to the lobby and sat down, while more than 400 people, including Mr. Shan and Li Qianhu, sat down in turn from the lobby and sat in the courtyard outside the lobby.

The men of the Ministry of Commerce have prepared a large number of charcoal stoves and hot water bottles, and distributed them to everyone in turn, so that everyone can withstand the cold.

At this time, Tang Yu distributed the sales rules that had been prepared, and after everyone got it, they began to look at it carefully, and for a while the whole yard was silent, only the sound of rustling paper flipping.

After a long while, when everyone had already seen the same, Liu Juntao said loudly: "Now let's start!" ”

So, under the auspices of Liu Juntao, the sale of the production license started from Liu's Erguotou, and in the first round, one hundred and seventy-three people paid for it, and Yushan Town alone received 17.3 million silver!

Of course, almost one-third of them were borrowed by people from the ticket number of Yushan Town.

Since then, Huangming brand cement, Yushan town glaze, Yushan town carriage, etc., the skills of ten kinds of goods have been sold in turn, and more than 400 people who came have more or less bought the production licenses of various goods.

Especially Mr. Shan and Li Qianhu, the two of them bought almost all the production licenses, and the people around them were shocked by the strong financial resources of the two!

It is no wonder that Yan Shenggong Kong Yanjin and Ren Chengwei commanded Lei Bo originally had a strong family background, and in recent years, he and Liu Juntao have supported each other, and the two families have earned a lot of money behind Yushan Town.

On the same day, the sale lasted until the evening, although Liu Juntao also prepared a dinner and a residence, but many people left Yushan Town in a hurry, returned to their respective homes and waited for the Ministry of Commerce of Yushan Town to send someone to contact the construction of the workshop and other follow-up matters.

Subsequently, Liu Juntao, Tang Yu, Guo Yongzhong, Liu Zi'an, Lan Siqi and others began to count their income.

Not counting the loan income and subsequent interest income of the ticket number of Yushan Town, just the income from the sale of today's production license, Yushan Town has received more than 79 million taels of silver!

Of course, because some merchants really couldn't raise silver, so with Liu Juntao's permission, they used a large amount of grain to offset it, and the actual amount of silver was about 70 million taels!

After this number was calculated, Liu Juntao was also shocked, he never expected that the people of the Ming Dynasty would have such financial resources, and more than 400 merchants, gentry, haoqiang, and officials would raise the treasury income of the Ming Dynasty for several years in one day!

Of course, this is all data on the books.

After that, Liu Juntao laughed and said to Tang Yu: "Okay! With this silver, we can start the next step of casting artillery and expanding our army! Moreover, the capital for further expansion of the Ministry of Commerce is also available. ”

Tang Yu said with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that after those people produce the goods, they will crush the goods of our Yushan Town?" ”

"Don't worry!"

Liu Juntao waved his hand and said: "There is competition to win!" The Ministry of Commerce of Yushan Town is to develop and grow in the fierce competition, otherwise it will be mixed in peace and happiness all year round, and sooner or later something will happen! ”

Tang Yu also nodded heavily when he heard this.

A few days later, just as Liu Juntao and Tang Yu were starting to work on the next step, Yan Shenggong suddenly sent Mr. Shan over again.

Liu Juntao hurriedly brought Mr. Shan to the government office and asked, "Why did Mr. come here this time?" ”

Mr. Shan said with a smile: "This time, I came to send another big fortune to the town!" ”

"Oh?"

Liu Juntao asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Mr. Shan said with a smile: "Zongzhen, here's the thing: since Zongzhen sold production licenses in Shandong, some bigwigs in Nanzhili also want to cooperate with adults, and I hope that adults can send people to the south to talk about selling production licenses in Jiangnan with those bigwigs!" Of course, Yan Sheng Gong will also send someone to go with him. ”

Liu Juntao sighed in his heart when he heard this: "Now my Yushan Town has received more than 70 million taels of silver, not counting the follow-up renewal income and annual commission income, in fact, it is not very important whether to talk about it in the south or not." ”

However, Liu Juntao thought about it, this time it was Yan Shenggong who took the initiative to send someone to the door to say that it was not good to refute Yan Shenggong's face.

So, Liu Juntao nodded and agreed, and Mr. Shan received a satisfactory reply and returned to Qufu County on the same day.

After Mr. Shan left, Liu Juntao immediately called Tang Yu and told Tang Yu about the matter, and then asked Tang Yu to get ready, and he would go to Jiangnan with the people of Yan Shenggong.

"If those bigwigs want to buy a production license, there is no problem at all, but they must comply with the four conditions I set! If those bigwigs want to stretch their hands into key areas such as ironmaking, they will all refuse! ”

Tang Yu also nodded in agreement.

Subsequently, Liu Juntao thought about it again, worried that those bigwigs would bully others, so he deliberately selected fifty soldiers as Tang Yu's personal guards, and at the same time sent someone to order Yan Hu, who was stationed in Xuzhou, to move appropriately to make Tang Yu strong.

A few days later, after taking care of the affairs of the Ministry of Commerce, Tang Yu led 50 guards all the way south to Qufu County to meet Mr. Shan, and the two of them hurried together and braved the cold to go to Nanjing City.