Chapter 315: Jeju Island (Part II)
Hearing about making money, the three of them suddenly lit up, they all knew that there was a big proprietor behind Wu Yong, and the three of them knew how profitable Haimao was.
Among the three, the demand for wealth is a little different, Gao Li Yi has just lost the throne, but Gao Li Yi doesn't dare to do anything to him now, just wants him to become a rich man, he also knows his identity now, so he never cares about the big and small affairs on Jeju Island, only cares about the wind and snow, although these things require a lot of money, but he has a lot of predecessors to accumulate, and there are a lot of fields that can be rented, so there is no shortage of money, just money, after all, no one will hate, always the more the better.
Zheng Kunwei is a standard five poisons, he loves all kinds of wine, wealth, and color, although he is also from a noble family, he does not have a prominent background like Li Fengyi, and he has no real ability, so he never thought that he could occupy any official position, but he still has some pursuit of money. Therefore, he was the most excited of the three.
Li Fengyi, but his heart is a little complicated, he was born in the Li family, and his knowledge is also good, so he understands very well that there is no good thing in the world to drop pies, Wu Yong now has taken out the way to make a fortune, he must have a request, and I am even afraid that it is still a request to damage the interests of Goryeo, but he is the most in need of money among the three people, nothing else, he is the concubine of the family, and he has almost no say in the Li family, but he has always felt that he is not weaker than others, if he really has a financial way, he can use this financial road in exchange for the right to speak in the family, and even he can come out on his own and create a Jeju Lee family, which is not without precedent.
The three of them had three thoughts, but they were all interested in Wu Yong's words, and Zheng Kunwei was the first to say, "Lord County Shou, is there really a way to make a fortune?" ”
Wu Yong laughed and said, "How can I talk nonsense, my owner doesn't dare to say that he is the first person in the Song Kingdom to do business, but he can also rank in the top ten, he asked me to wait here, isn't it just for money?" Besides, we now have a blessed place like Jeju Island, wouldn't it be a pity if we didn't make good use of it? ”
"Our family has been in Jeju Island for thousands of years, is there anything unique about it? The products here are not abundant, the people are not prosperous, and there are often some strong winds, so I really can't think of any way to make money. Gao Li Yi said suspiciously, if Tamna was really rich in people back then, where would it be Goryeo to dominate the mountains and rivers for three thousand miles.
"Lord Gunden, I don't know what the way you said to make a fortune is?" Li Fengyi raised a glass of wine and asked, "Could it be this Qiong wine?" ”
Li Fengyi also knows the situation on Jeju Island, knows that there is nothing valuable here, and thinks that Wu Yong's way to make a fortune should be said to be the source of goods from the Song Kingdom that Wu Yong mastered, after all, whether it is the wine or glass brought by Wu Yong, it is something that Goryeo has never seen before, and even set off a frenzy in Kaijing City, but Wu Yong can use these goods to make a fortune himself, why should he give everyone a piece of the pie? Li Fengyi feels that things are definitely not so simple.
Wu Yong smiled and said, "No, no, although Qiongjiu is good, but after all, it is only a business business, and the cost of me to get the goods is not low, and the profit is not high, not to mention that we are all officials, doing these business businesses, wouldn't it make the wise people laugh?" ”
"Ah, my county keeper, just say it! We know that you Song people have good brains, don't go around the bend! Zheng Kunwei couldn't help but say.
Wu Yong also stopped going around in circles, and said, "This is actually not Xiaosheng's idea, but the idea of my family's host, our Jeju Island, located between the Song, Liao, Gao, and Japanese countries, all kinds of merchant ships can pass through us, such an important place, and now the king has given it full authority to us, shouldn't we do a big job?" ”
"What do you mean?" Li Fengyi asked.
Wu Yong continued, "Everyone, do you think, whether it is from the south to the north, what do they want? It's goods from all over the world, and these goods can be traded in Goryeo, Liao, and Wa, so can't they be traded on Jeju Island?
Transactions in various countries, regardless of entry and exit, must pay taxes, such as the Song Kingdom, on the contrary, foreign ships to the Song Kingdom to do business need to first extract one-tenth to two-tenths of the tax through the city, that is, the so-called extraction, bulk goods, first to be bought by the city, the city of the company does not want, only allowed private merchants to buy and sell. Everyone knows how high the purchase price of this city's shipping company will be, and with the tariffs, it can be said that half of the profits have been collected. That's really big business! ”
The three of them trembled in their hearts when they heard this, they seemed to have thought of something, but they still felt hazy, and their hearts were uncomfortable, Zheng Kunwei asked again, "Lord County Guard, tell me in detail, this still doesn't talk about how we make money." ”
Wu Yong took a sip of wine and said, "Think about it, Jeju Island is in our hands, I have agreed with the king before the taxes here, all of them belong to us for our own use, if we spread the news, Jeju Island can be a free island in the future, no matter who is a merchant ship, they can stop on our island to buy and sell goods, and as long as the goods do not leave Jeju Island, we will not charge a single tariff, even if it goes out, the tariff we collect will also be drawn from one to two percent according to his predetermined profits, and they can choose whether to sell the goods to us or sell them to other merchants, in this case." What will be the scenario? ”
Zheng Kunwei didn't know anything about business, he scratched his head, looked at Li Fengyi with blank eyes, and the same was true for Gao Li Yi, Li Fengyi despised the two of them in his heart, and then said, "If this is the case, maritime merchants from all over the world will definitely gather on Jeju Island, because in this way, they can directly save at least sixty percent of the tax, plus the loss of transportation, Jeju Island may not be less lively than Mingzhou, Quanzhou and other places in the Song Kingdom." As he spoke, he looked at Wu Yongdao and said, "But in this way, the four kingdoms will not allow me to wait like this, first of all, the king will inevitably ask for the return of this place!" ”
Wu Yong smiled and said, "Master Li, think about it, in this way, who will benefit?" It is the major maritime merchants of Goryeo who benefit, who is behind these maritime merchants? It's the nobles of Goryeo, you say, the king... Will you know about it? He just knew, what could he do? Send troops to recover Jeju Island? ”
Li Fengyi understood that Wu Yong was preparing to use the interests behind these maritime merchants to balance the king of Goryeo at that time, after all, even if the king of Goryeo wanted to take back Jeju Island at that time, someone had to come, most of the soldiers and horses of Goryeo were in the hands of various nobles, as long as they had interests in Jeju Island, who would come?
The other two also understood, the faces of the three of them were cloudy and uncertain, Wu Yong looked at the three of them like this, and knew that he had to add more fire, and sighed, "Three brothers, if you want to develop, you must take risks, and you can't find anything about falling money from the sky, not to mention that what we are doing now is legal and reasonable, what is there to worry about?"
And the three of them think about what the future of the three of them will be like if this is done. ”
The three of them listened and began to fantasize, and Wu Yong said beside him, "Master Gao, how much money can you get from the rent from the field?" Besides, in this way, I can say that the income of the people here in Tamna will at least double in three years, don't you want to see the people here live the same life as our Song people? ”
Gao Li Yi was moved, he knew that his family could not have any future in politics, and the only hope was money, since there was such an opportunity now, why not do it? Everything has Wu using these Song people to stand up to the thunder in front, and just take the money himself.
"Lord Zheng, is the money allocated from above enough for you? And don't you want to give those people the time to come to your feet and beg you? ”
Zheng Kunwei's breathing became short, indeed, he can't write, he can't do martial arts, he relies on his ancestor Yu Yin, what do those people say about him behind his back, he doesn't really know, of course he wants to have a chance to take revenge on them.
"And Master Li, I know that Lord Li has the talent to govern the country and secure the country, but the Li family doesn't know, this time, shouldn't they know it?"
"It's done!" Li Fengyi slammed his wine glass, as long as he mentioned the Li family, his heart was always proud with a trace of sadness, the struggle in the big family was unimaginable to outsiders, he thought that he had never lost to that sister-in-law, why could he be an official in Kaijing, and he had to sit on this island and wait for old age? He doesn't want it, he wants to resist, he wants to prove that those people have looked away, he looked at Wu Yong, his eyes were slightly red, he knew that he couldn't turn back if he walked out this step, and when the time came, the Goryeo royal family would definitely be blushing at Jeju Island's wealth, and when the time came, the Li family would definitely find him, and when he thought that his father was going to discuss with him, he felt a secret feeling in his heart.
"Lord Gunjo, tell me how to do it." Gao Liyi asked.
Wu Yong looked at the last person, Zheng Kunwei laughed and said, "I am in charge of the safety of our Jeju Island, and other matters will naturally be up to Lord Junshou." ”
Wu Yong looked at the three of them, the corners of his mouth were slightly curved, he knew that the first step to truly mastering Jeju Island was about to begin.
Wu Yong said, "I am responsible for releasing the news, but what we have to do here is to prepare for the reception of the upcoming maritime merchants."
First, our port is going to leave and rebuild, it is too small now, at least it must be able to stop hundreds of large ships at the same time, and it is better to be able to stop 200 ships, don't think it's big, I'm afraid you will feel small at that time. This matter requires a lot of manpower, and the manpower is convened with the help of the tall man, and I am responsible for the construction drawings.
Second, there must be enough accounting manpower, in this regard, I am responsible, our owner has a lot of bookkeepers in the Song Kingdom, as long as a little training, you can get started.
Third, to build a large number of warehouses and hotels, this matter will have to be worked hard by Lord Li.
Fourth, these construction works require a lot of materials, some of which are special materials, I will solve them, ordinary wood, Master Li is responsible.
As for Lord Zheng, with so many people coming to the city, I'm afraid that some people will make trouble from it, and this matter of patrolling safety will be handed over to you. ”
Seeing that Wu Yong's arrangement was in good order, the three of them glanced at each other and said in unison, "Obey the orders of the county." ”
--A few days later
In a village on Jeju Island, everyone gathered together and listened to the public reading the notice, looking incredulous and discussing.
"What? The county keeper opened a school? Let our children get books? Don't want money yet? Is there such a good thing? "It's unbelievable
"Impossible, right? What is this going to do, my lord? "It's still customary to call the king.
"What kind of king, what nonsense? The current county guard is Lord Wu Yong, don't you know that Lord Wu led the army to defeat Tamna County and renamed it Jeju Island? The man said with disdain, "Your news is too ill-informed, how long has it been?" ”
"Huh? That.. And what about the king? ”
"You said the original high county guard? He's fine, when Wu Junshou led people to the county guard's mansion, he surrendered, not only him, everyone surrendered, and two people were injured in the whole war, and he was still too excited to sprain himself. ”
"The king has surrendered again?"
It's funny.
"It doesn't matter who is the county guard, we peasants live our own lives" This person can see it openly.
The crowd talked for a while, and then returned to the topic.
"I said that this child was sent to the county town, how to send it? We're all busy with farm work. One person asked.
"What? Carpenter Pu, do you really want to send your children to study? Let's not say that I don't know if this is sent to study or not, you won't still dream of your little bastard becoming a big official, right? Others laughed and said, others also laughed when they heard it, and some people who wanted to send them to study at the beginning also retreated in their hearts.
When the man saw this, he immediately said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? If you are interested, after five days, I will come here to pick up people, send them to study, and each family can be exempted from paying 30% of the tax, I tell you, this is the great kindness of the county guard, if you don't cherish it, some will regret it! ”
What are the benefits of sending children to school, these people who have been working in the fields all their lives don't know very well, but the exemption of 30% of the tax has made countless people's eyes light up, which is a great thing. Many people think that they can let their children go to school, so they can spend less money on children's food and pay less taxes, no matter how they calculate, it is worth it.
Before he finished speaking, another man walked into the village and said, "Ah, I happen to be here, I listen to it, the notice that just came down, the county recruits workers to build docks, warehouses, and restaurants, and the coolie is twenty dollars a day, and the craftsman is forty dollars a day, three meals a day, one meat on five days, and it is made at sunrise, and sleeps at sunset, and it is a day off every ten days, and if you don't stop, you can get three times the money, this is a great thing, you all think about it, and pick up people after five days." ”
Three meals a day plus 20 yuan a day, if such a price is in the Song realm, I am afraid that even you will not pay attention to it, but it is different in Goryeo, and because of the developed business, the price of the Song realm is very different, the price of Goryeo and Liao is far lower than that of the Song realm, which also makes the labor is also a lot lower, such a price is already extremely attractive in a place like Jeju Island in Goryeo.
Are our good days coming? This question flashed through the minds of all the people on Jeju Island who heard these two news.