After the fifteenth day of the first month, the imperial court began to work normally, and in this era it was called Kaiya, and Zhu Yijun also went to an early dynasty, but he didn't say anything serious, basically all the auspicious words of the New Year.

The tradition of the Chinese people, do not add to the blockage of the New Year, otherwise it will not go smoothly throughout the year.

After leaving the court, Zhu Yijun returned to the Qianqing Palace and saw Li Zhongxing waiting here. At this time, Li Zhongxing had changed into an official uniform, and he was no longer dressed as a Shanxi businessman, but he always seemed to lack a little bearing.

The eyeballs are rolling around, always giving people a sense of déjà vu settling accounts.

Zhu Yijun had heard of the legend about Jin Shang before, and when he was rich, he would not only pick the door for others, but also for himself. Many Jin merchants are rich, and they will not be like Hui merchants, raising women in mansions and courtyards, and swaggering through the market.

Although the Jin merchants also had large compounds, they did not look luxurious, and many of them wore fur hats, sleeves, and rode donkeys or carts.

Originally, Zhu Yijun didn't believe this statement very much, but when he saw Li Zhongxing, Zhu Yijun believed it a little. After looking at Li Zhongxing, Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "It looks pretty good, it's a bit of an official." ”

Li Zhongxing smiled and said, "This is all thanks to Your Majesty's blessings." ”

Waving his hand, Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about the first thing that the Internal Affairs Office has to do!" ”

"I have always felt that relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water to eat the water, this idea is right, after all, these things are the roots of the locals. The Jin merchants were indeed very rich, but they relied on salt, and to put it bluntly, they did not bring anything to the people of Guanzhong except to make money. ”

"This is not beneficial to the country, maybe it was better when Shangtun was in business, but now, hehe!"

Glancing at Li Zhongxing, Zhu Yijun smiled again and said: "Of course, I can't blame you for this, the salt administration of the imperial court is like this, and you are not a traitor, so I can understand it." ”

"But in my opinion, businessmen should also have their own ethics, and you must know that while doing business, you should be a person who is beneficial to the country and the people, what do you think?"

Li Zhongxing bowed and listened, the expression on his face was very serious, and after listening to Zhu Yijun's question, he hurriedly said: "The emperor's words are deafening, the ministers are like an initiation, and the emperor's words have pointed out the way forward for the world's businessmen, and the ministers should keep it in mind." ”

Zhu Yijun doesn't care what Li Zhongxing understands or thinks, but he needs to follow this criterion in the future, and at the same time use this criterion to ask others. When this criterion is recognized, Zhu Yijun believes that there will be many patriotic businessmen.

"I set up the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in fact, to guide businessmen on this road, to have Confucian ethics, patriotism, and finally to pursue profits. A gentleman loves money and takes it in a proper way, and this sentence should not only apply to scholars, but also to businessmen. ”

"Since you are from Shanxi, the first order of the Internal Affairs Office will be placed in Shanxi."

"You have to always remember that the Ministry of Internal Affairs guides businessmen, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs itself does not participate in the operation, but it can become a shareholder and make rules." Zhu Yijun picked up a booklet with a smile and said with a smile: "This is written by me, you can take it back and take a look." ”

Li Zhongxing respectfully took the booklet: "The minister must study it carefully." ”

Zhu Yijun nodded: "I will tell you how to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to eat the water, I also know the affairs of Shanxi and Shaanxi, the local products are not abundant, which is why Jin merchants are all over the world." ”

Although Zhu Yijun himself felt sorry for what he said, Shanxi and Shaanxi are not rich in products, but they are rich in minerals!

It's just that in this era, mining and transportation are both problems, and Zhu Yijun doesn't want to think about it for the time being. Regarding the Jin merchants, Zhu Yijun has also heard that they are the most hard-working among the merchants, and there are also famous people who go to the west in later generations.

You must know that in the land of Guanzhong, there has always been such a nursery rhyme "Hequ Baodezhou, ten years and nine years do not collect, men go outside, women dig wild vegetables." ”。

The position of the Jin merchants doomed them to business difficulties, and once the border was restless, their business would not be good.

At this time, many people will choose to smuggle goods from Daming to the outside of the customs, after all, the profits in it are too rich. Didn't Marx say that if capital has 50 percent profits, it will take risks, and if it has 100 percent profits, it will dare to trample on all the laws of the world.

If there is a profit of three hundred percent, it dares to commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged.

The position of Jin Shang is destined to have this situation, and this is not something that can solve the problem by killing a batch. This needs the guidance of the imperial court, when they have their own business and their own profit points, most businessmen will not take the risk of smuggling.

Of course, there will never be a shortage of money-hungry outlaws in the world, but it will be much easier to hold the majority of people and hit a small minority.

When Li Zhongxing heard Zhu Yijun's statement, he breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor still knew the situation in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and that was good. Li Zhongxing was really afraid that Zhu Yijun would propose some unrealistic things, and if he was asked to do it, it would be troublesome.

"As a successful businessman, you must learn to find possibilities in the impossible, and this is what makes a successful businessman."

"As a Jin merchant, you need to fully understand the local situation, such as what is produced and what the profit is. What are the advantages of Shaanxi and Shanxi? Close to the border towns, you can trade with Warat. ”

"This is something that is not available elsewhere, so we have to find a breakthrough in this."

The reason why Zhu Yijun tried his best to say these things to Li Zhongxing was actually to change his thinking and let him learn how to look at problems from the overall situation. Don't stare at the land, don't stare at the salt, it's not okay.

Although he won't feel anything now, when Shanxi and Shaanxi succeed, it will completely change his thinking.

Li Zhongxing is a smart person, Zhu Yijun knew this early on, and he believed that Li Zhongxing could understand it quickly.

"In the past few years, the trade in the border towns has been very large, and I know it, but I also know that all the profits in it are controlled by many merchants. So how to find new business, and big business, that's the key. ”

"The so-called three hundred and sixty lines, but they are all inseparable from four words, that is, clothing, food, housing and transportation."

"In food, clothing, housing and transportation, clothing comes first, and what I want to say is clothing."

"From ancient times to the present, silk, linen, and now cotton, the material of clothing has increased. I don't know if others have found it, but I have found out that wool can also be used for spinning and weaving. ”

Listening to Zhu Yijun's words, Li Zhongxing was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly raised his head to look at Zhu Yijun.

"Don't believe me?" Zhu Yijun glanced at Li Zhongxing, and then said, "I have already asked people to collect it, and I found this technique from the Qiang people outside Jiayu Pass. It's just that they're not very skilled, but I don't think it's okay. ”

"We have skilled craftsmen in Daming, and we can try to make new looms, which are specially used to spin wool and then weave cloth."

"Wool!"

Zhu Yijun glanced at Li Zhongxing and said, "Do you know how many sheep there are in Wara? Do you know how much wool costs? Once wool can be spun into wool threads and woven cloth, do you know how profitable it is? ”

As a businessman, Li Zhongxing certainly knows how profitable it is.

Planting mulberry and raising silkworms, and then weaving cloth, it takes so much manpower and material resources, even hemp, which also needs to be planted and harvested. If the wool can be imitated, the cost must be very low.

After all, the wool can be used after shearing, and the wool itself has no cost!

Zhu Yijun looked at Li Zhongxing and said with a smile: "In that booklet, I wrote how to build a big workshop, you can go to the Jin merchants to find partners, but remember that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has to account for seventy percent of the shares. ”

"Regarding the trade of wool, I have also written on it, and when the wool is spun, it can also be made into ready-to-wear garments, and it can be exchanged for war horses, cattle and sheep, etc."

Li Zhongxing listened to Zhu Yijun's words, and subconsciously swallowed his saliva, he felt that if the emperor went to do business, he must be the most successful businessman in the world. However, thinking that the emperor asked him to find a businessman to cooperate with, his heart instantly became hot.

In fact, Zhu Yijun also thought about the official office, but there are too many drawbacks of the official office.

Corruption, bureaucracy, these things will seriously slow down the development of the entire industry, it is better to simply adopt public-private partnerships. The Ministry of Internal Affairs directly invests in the shares and recruits businessmen to do it, which will be much more efficient.

Such an approach can also ensure the profits of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and reduce the investment in the early stage.

Zhu Yijun didn't have the money to go to the northwest to meet the textile factory, so he asked the Jin merchants to take out the money, which was too suitable, saving it from being buried in the land and blackened.

"Obey the order!" Li Zhongxing hurriedly bowed down and said, "We must run the textile factory well." ”

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then said with a smile: "Don't be too anxious, now all you have to do is to find someone to get a loom, how can you quickly spin wool into wool, and the output must be high, this is the key." ”

"The minister understands!" Li Zhongxing nodded and said respectfully: "The minister will definitely not live up to His Majesty's expectations." ”

"Do a good job, if you do these things well, I won't treat you badly, and I won't treat the Li family badly!" Zhu Yijun looked at Li Zhongxing and said with a smile.

Li Zhongxing left with high morale, Zhu Yijun sighed, sure enough, money still has power.

In fact, the Jin merchants of this era are okay, mainly because there is a field at the border gate, and the tea and horses can be traded together. The relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Warat has also gotten along very well since the tribute, and it has not reached the point of smuggling.

Everyone can trade legally, and there is very little room for smuggling.

Of course, this is not to say that there is none, after all, smuggling contraband such as salt and iron is very profitable. However, Zhu Yijun knows that those who can do this business are basically related to the border army.

Or simply the family of the border general is doing it, and the Imperial Horse Supervisor has sent a lot of information, including about the smuggling of contraband.