Wang Qiang sent people in the name of the SAR Yamen to the surrounding prefectures and counties to post recruitment notices to recruit migrant workers. Wang Qiang appointed Shang Dayong as the chief worker, and handed over the organization of the construction to him to be responsible, this Shang Dayong is a fierce general in the army, and now he is not ambiguous as the chief worker, he will manage the army with the method of managing the migrant workers, he will recruit the migrant workers every ten people into a team, every ten troops into a team, will bring soldiers and craftsmen from Beijing as the captain, carry out hierarchical management, arrange tasks respectively, and thousands of people can command freely in his hands; He treats migrant workers kindly on weekdays, never beats and scolds and deducts wages, eats in a pot with migrant workers, sleeps on a table, and occasionally throws off his arms to work with migrant workers, and soon wins the love of everyone; When encountering cheaters and lawbreakers, Shang Dayong was ruthless, and as long as he was found, he would be fired. The originally loose and sloppy team of migrant workers was faintly led by Shang Dayong with an army-like style. In addition, the food for working in the SEZ is good, and wages are paid in a timely manner, so the migrant workers have a high morale and work efficiency.

Tian Jingming was appointed as the general ledger office, responsible for the purchase of various materials and the dispatch and use of funds. In the name of the special minister of the special administrative region, Wang Qiang sent a document to the shipping departments of several coastal cities, asking them to send grain and all kinds of strange goods imported from overseas to the big market in Tongzhou for trading. Wang Qiang also wrote a letter to Zhang Xiaodong in his personal name, explaining in detail his ideas on building a special zone, running a market, and issuing treasury bonds, and soliciting his opinions, hoping that he could help.

That afternoon, Wang Qiang rode alone to the Guandi Temple in the east of Tongzhou City, which was only a dozen miles away from the border of the Special Administrative Region, and the treasure that Jiang Yuchen talked about in prison was hidden in this Guandi Temple. Due to a flood a few years ago, the fields around the Guandi Temple have been abandoned, the temple is overgrown with half-human high weeds, due to disrepair, the Guandi Temple has been dilapidated, the gray tiles on the top have fallen off more than half, the pillars in front of the door have fallen a few, and the doors and windows in the temple have been burned by the hungry people who fled the famine as firewood. The small temple is covered with cobwebs and weeds, and the statues of Guan Ping and Zhou Cang are lying down, but the statues of Guan Gong are still well preserved.

Wang Qiang stood quietly in front of the statue of Guan Gong, according to Jiang Yuchen's explanation, the treasure is under the pedestal of the statue of Guan Gong, do you want to dig out the treasure? He struggled and hesitated. On the surface, the construction of the special zone is in full swing and progressing rapidly, but Wang Qiang knows in his heart that it is all supported by silver! The little money raised by issuing treasury bonds was spent like water, and it couldn't last many days, so Wang Qiang had to fight the idea of this treasure. If the treasure is opened, it will be equivalent to selling Jiang Yuchen, Wang Qiang can't bear it, and in addition, he is somewhat unwilling to dedicate this treasure to the imperial court. After thinking about it for a while, Wang Qiang decided to wait and see, thinking that I am a dignified modern person, and with the support of the emperor, I don't believe that I can't get the silver!

Wang Qiang went out of the Guandi Temple, hit the horse and returned to the Special Administrative Region, just arrived near his camp tent, but saw Zhang Xiaoping waiting at the door of the camp tent, Wang Qiang was overjoyed, and hurriedly dismounted and greeted him: "Brother Xiaoping, why are you here?" ”

Zhang Xiaoping bowed and replied: "I have seen Lord Wang, and I came to visit Lord Wang on the order of my brother." ”

"Please sit inside." Wang Qiang let Zhang Xiaoping into the camp.

The two sat down, Zhang Xiaoping put a suitcase he was carrying on the table and opened it, and it was full of boxes of silver tickets!

"Brother Zhang, who are you?" Wang Qiang asked in surprise.

"Lord Wang." Zhang Xiaoping picked up the top stack of silver tickets and said: "Last time you went to Suzhou on a business trip, the items left on my brother's house have been disposed of on my brother's house, and this is the silver ticket that was realized after processing, a total of 56,000 taels." ”

He picked up a stack of silver bills on the left and put it aside, then pointed to the box and said, "The silver bills in this are a total of 380,000 taels, which are the silver raised by the Suzhou officials and gentry to buy treasury bonds. ”

"Huh? Suzhou alone raised so many national bonds and silver? Wang Qiang asked in surprise.

"Huh." Zhang Xiaoping smiled and said: "There are many rich people in Suzhou, and this bit of silver is nothing. To tell you the truth, you have increased the amount of trade in the city and allowed private fleets to participate in overseas trade. In order to obtain the qualifications for overseas trade, those merchants along the coast broke their heads, and my brother issued a decree to implicate the amount of treasury bonds and the qualifications to participate in overseas trade, and the issuance of treasury bonds was naturally much smoother. This is also the case not only in Suzhou, but also in Yangzhou, Guangzhou and other places. ”

"Oh, I see!" Wang Qiang clapped his hands happily and said.

Zhang Xiaoping pressed the stack of silver tickets he took out just now and said: "This is 50,000 taels of silver tickets, which were made up by the Xia family, and I want to ask the adults to take care of it." ”

"Oh? What's up? Just say! ”

"When adults are preparing for the Special Economic Zone, they must have a road guide issued by the household department, and my Zhang family wants to ask for a road guide to facilitate the transportation of goods." Zhang Xiaoping said bluntly.

This road guide is actually a pass issued by the government, the freight team holds the road guide, it proves that the goods transported are procured by the imperial court, and the local government will protect and release it, and no taxes will be collected, even ordinary bandits do not dare to rob the transport team with the official guide, for fear of retaliation by the official army, so the official guide is like a talisman, which has a very high value for the civil caravan.

Wang Qiang ran the market to purchase materials and was responsible for the procurement and transshipment of military rations in the five northwestern provinces, which were all official business, and he held a lot of road guides in his hands, and he didn't think there was anything special about it, but after Zhang Xiaoping's reminder, he immediately realized the huge value of these official guides.

Zhang Xiaoping continued: "After receiving the letter from the adult, my brother said that the project of the adult to run the market and dredge the canal is huge, and the silver required is very huge. The supply of military supplies and the procurement of materials by adults are all bought and sold by officials, and many private merchants are also required to participate, so the sale of road guides does not violate the laws of the imperial court. ”

"This is indeed a law, but is a road guide really worth 50,000 taels of silver?" Wang Qiang asked.

"Of course it's worth it." Zhang Xiaoping said: "Lord Wang, in my Ming Dynasty, Shinong Industry and Commerce, Shang is at the end, as a businessman has a low status, with how much money you have, it is not as good as a scholar, my Zhang family has been a businessman for generations, and I have a lot of feelings about this." The local government bullied businessmen, extorted taxes and extortions, and foreign businessmen were also robbed by bandits and road blockers, so it was really difficult for businessmen to make money. ”

"Well, that's true." Wang Qiang nodded in approval.

"But once the business has an official introduction, it will be different. With an official citation, that is, to do things for the imperial court, and to have the identity of an official businessman or even an imperial businessman, and the status is naturally very different. With this identity, the local government will be more jealous, and dare not extort excessively, even the bandit road rage will not dare to provoke easily, how many silver taels can be saved in a year! ”

Wang Qiang nodded again and again, thinking in his heart: If this is feasible, it is a way to raise money, sell the official to some large chambers of commerce, 50,000 for a family, then 100,000 for 500,000, if you can find 20, it will be 1 million taels! Damn, that's a lot of money. With this money, it should be enough to build a market and repair a wharf. However, the dredging of the canal is far from enough, he and Tian Jingming have calculated that the river from Tongzhou to Yanzhou, Shandong Province is long, and it requires huge manpower and material resources, and it cannot be done without three million taels of silver. It's already June, and the flood season is about to start in late July, and the time is also very tight. How can we raise such a large sum of money in a short period of time?

Wang Qiang's fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of the chair, his eyes closed slightly and fell into contemplation, with the revelation of selling officials, Wang Qiang's brain was opened, thinking about what is the way to make money quickly in modern society, selling land and engaging in real estate is a method, but now the market has not been built, the land is not easy to sell, it is too late; Illegal fundraising, eh! This can be had, and we are still ordered to raise funds! That's right, it's this trick, it must be good, hundreds of years later, modern people have been deceived by illegal fundraising, not to mention the Ming Dynasty who have never seen the world! The corners of Wang Qiang's mouth gradually turned up, revealing a smile.

Wang Qiang smiled and said to Zhang Xiaoping: "Brother Zhang, I don't plan to sell it to you this way." ”

"Ahh My lord, why is that? If 50,000 taels is too little, you can add more silver taels below. Zhang Xiaoping asked with a disappointed look.

"Eh, you misunderstood, Lu Lu I gave it to you for nothing." Wang Qiang said.

"Oh?" Zhang Xiaoping was overjoyed.

"Your brother is my brother, we are our own family, you and Brother Xiaodong gave me this idea is far more valuable than a road." Wang Qiang said, he grabbed the stack of silver tickets to himself and continued: "But I still have to accept this silver, and I will sell you a piece of land." He pointed to the floor plan of the Special Economic Zone hanging not far away and said, "I will sell you the piece of land at the very edge of the Special Economic Zone." Don't look at it now it's just a piece of sandy land, nothing, but let me tell you, it won't be long before that piece of land will be hard to find, and when the time comes, your Zhang family can build a house by yourself or resell it, and it is guaranteed to be several times or even dozens of times the profit! ”

"Oh? It's all up to the adults. Zhang Xiaoping replied suspiciously.

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Sending Zhang Xiaoping away, Wang Qiang immediately brought Tian Jingming monk Dayong, and he first told him about the idea of selling the official introduction and selling a piece of land to Zhang Xiaoping, and both of them applauded.

Wang Qiang continued: "Two, even if the sale of official attraction can be carried out smoothly, the silver for dredging the canal is still far from enough. ”

Tian Jingming said: "The dredging canal project is huge, and it cannot be done in three and five years, so it can only be repaired by financial resources. ”

Shang Dayong also said: "Yes, it's not too late to repair it when the market is up and there is money." ”

"The canal is not passable, the freight is not smooth, and the business in the market will be reduced, so I want to dredge the canal as soon as possible." Wang Qiang said.

"Money! Lord Wang, it takes a lot of silver to dredge the canal, and this little silver in our hands is not enough at all. Tian Jingming said with a wry smile.

"So I had to think of ways to raise money. I'm going to pay interest on a monthly basis to those who bought Treasury bonds in the early stage, and if I pay interest at one percent a month, what do you think? Wang Qiang asked.

"One centimeter!" Tian Jingming's eyes widened as monk Dayong widened.

Shang Da stood up bravely and frowned and said: "A month's interest is one centimeter, which is higher than the interest of the landlord's old wealth, how can this work!" ”

Tian Jingming's little head shook like a rattle and said: "No, no, no, no, this is not good, such a high interest, everyone is naturally rushing to buy treasury bonds, although it can solve the immediate urgency, but in the future, even the principal and interest will be repaid, we do not have such a high interest rate in the market, don't talk about the capital, even the interest can not be paid, this is the way to quench thirst by drinking a donkey, and it is impossible to do it." ”

Seeing that both of them disagreed, Wang Qiang didn't know how to explain it, what he said was the trick of the Ponzi scheme played by modern people, with high interest rates, and the money invested by later generations was used to repay the interest of the people in front of him, and the capital plate was getting bigger and bigger until it couldn't roll. However, Wang Qiang's original intention was not to cheat everyone out of money, he believed that once the market was built, the SEZ would become a land where every inch of land was valuable, and when the time came, the national debt could be repaid by selling land, and it would not collapse to the point of collapse. However, he also knows that it is relatively risky to do so, and once something goes wrong in the middle or the development of the special zone is not as good as expected, there may also be a situation where he cannot make ends meet, and then he will have to invite the great god of Emperor Chongzhen.

Wang Qiang has made up his mind, and he doesn't plan to explain more to Tian Jingming and them, he pressed his hands to let the two sit down and then said: "In fact, this is the emperor's idea, issuing treasury bonds and building a market is a major national policy, which is beneficial to the country and the people, but these gang of officials and rich people shrank one by one to take out such a little money, the emperor is angry, so he has this idea, let's act according to the order, and the emperor will stand up to it if something happens, so we just rush forward vigorously." ”

The two of them were also suspicious when they heard it, but Wang Qiang moved the emperor out, and they were just small members, so it was naturally difficult to say anything. And so it was settled.

Wang Qiang immediately wrote a letter in the name of the Yamen of the Special Administrative Region on the payment of interest on treasury bonds on a monthly basis, and then sent his subordinates back to the capital with letters and silver, and distributed the interest from house to house according to the list of people who bought treasury bonds.