Hong Xianchun can be said to be the oldest Fujian official among the people present, Zhang Bin was already the commander of the Fujian capital before he took office as governor, and Zhang Bin was basically present every time he cleaned up the eunuch officials, so it was most appropriate for him to introduce the recent situation of Fujian officialdom.

He held the wine glass, eloquently, the image of the speech was vivid, thrilling, in order to whet people's appetite, he also stopped at the most critical place from time to time, took a sip of wine, and listened to people nervously.

After he finished talking about several major events that happened in Fujian officialdom during this period, even Bi Maokang and Wang Chengen, two old acquaintances of Zhang Bin, couldn't help but cast admiring glances at the young governor, and Zou Weilian was even more impressed by Zhang Bin.

He is most disgusted by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and what he admires the most is that he is harder than him, Zhang Bin dared to punish the corrupt officials and corrupt officials of the eunuch party when Wei Zhongxian was in power, this hardness even he admired, it can be seen from Hong Xianchun's description that Zhang Bin is not spending all day drinking, and the banquets are basically held to arrest corrupt officials.

It seems that he has misunderstood, this governor is a rare good official, he can't help but give his hand and say: "The governor is jealous and hateful, dare to act and dare to act, and his subordinates admire him." ”

Zhang Bin said modestly: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Lord Zou has won the award, okay, now those corrupt officials who steal high positions have been swept away, and the people have been tossed by them in the past few years, let's discuss the development plan and let the people live a good life as soon as possible." ”

When everyone heard this, their faces immediately turned straight and showed serious expressions.

If you want to get rich, build the road first, this point is well known in later generations, but there is no such statement at this time, Zhang Bin immediately introduced: "Everyone is entering Fujian by land, how the situation of the official road is believed to be very clear, Fuzhou Mansion to the north, through Jianning Mansion, the official road connecting the capital is spacious but spacious, the road surface is potholes, riding a horse is barely improvised, pedestrians, vehicles through it is a little difficult, so, the official road to the north must be repaired." There are also those that connect to Zhejiang to the east, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the west, the roads are narrow and the roads are rugged, and these must be widened and leveled. ”

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was strictly forbidden for ordinary people to run around, and there were basically no people on the official road.

Seeing that everyone was as puzzled as him, Bi Maokang simply took the lead in asking: "Lord Governor, why do you want to build roads, not to mention the huge cost, and there are no people to leave, wouldn't it cost the people and money to do such a useless thing?" ”

Zhang Bin saw everyone's expression of agreement, and couldn't help but have black lines on his face, and told the people at this time that economic development was really difficult, he thought about it, and then explained: "As you know, I raised two million taels of military expenses with the five major merchant gangs, and the condition is to exterminate pirates and open a mutual market in Yuegang, so that they can do business with overseas countries and make money." The local merchants in Fujian are just going to do it, and the merchants in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi want to transport goods over, they must pass through the official road, and now the official road is in this situation, they can only use horse-drawn carriages to transport goods, and it is more difficult to travel, if the road can be repaired, is it much more convenient for them? ”

At this time, Zou Weilian couldn't help it, he gave up his hand and dissuaded: "My lord, it's not worth it to work for a few vendors!" ”

Zhang Bin found that everyone also had an expression of agreement with Zou Weilian's words!

These people are really elm lumps, they don't have any business acumen at all, Zhang Bin can only patiently explain: "They are not a few vendors, but a few merchant gangs, thousands of merchants, and the benefits that so many traders can bring are immeasurable." First of all, they have to pay taxes when they do business in Yuegang, and this tax income is not a fraction of a star, because they are doing business of hundreds of thousands of taels or even millions of taels. Then, they always had to eat and stay all the way, so that the business of restaurants in the city along the way was booming. Also, the most important point is that when they come, they are full of goods, and when they go back, in addition to silver, they always have to bring some goods, there is no benefit at all in running empty, they will definitely find a way to buy goods in Fujian, thousands of traders, how many goods can be brought back, you imagine. ”

When everyone heard this, they all showed thoughtful expressions, they are not stupid people, the reason why they don't understand what Zhang Bin said is only because of the influence of traditional thinking, they have always only focused on agriculture and ignored business, so they have no concept of business operation.

Now, Zhang Bin has analyzed things so thoroughly, everyone no longer understands that there is a problem with their brains, of course they have no problem with their brains, so soon everyone figured it out, and they all showed expressions of approval.

Seeing that everyone finally understood, Zhang Bin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and he said directly to Cai Shanji: "Boda, the matter of building the road will be handed over to you, is there any problem?" ”

There must be a problem, Cai Shanji said embarrassedly: "Now that the conscription is incorporated into the tax, if you want to recruit civilians to build roads, you must exempt the conscription part of the tax, and if you do this, I'm afraid the imperial court will not agree." ”

Zhang Bin waved his hand and said: "There is no need to be exempted from forced labor, we will pay for the common people to work, so that they will definitely earn more than the conscription tax, and the more money the common people have, the stronger their spending power, so that they can promote commercial development even more." ”

He is still losing no time in instilling business thinking, but Cai Shanji said with a bitter face: "My lord, the four directions add up to more than 2,000 miles, not to mention 200,000 taels, where does this money come from?" ”

Where does this money come from?

Zhang Bin thought about it, and immediately said without hesitation: "This money is naturally for the merchants to pay, next year, there are still five hundred boats to be distributed, and the same use of donations to determine the share, one thousand taels and one piece, a total of 500,000 taels of silver can be raised." Originally, I was going to use this money to build Yuegang New Town, but Chuyang made a good suggestion to use Tunwei to build the city, and now the new city is almost finished, and the total cost is less than 100,000 taels, and the remaining 400,000 taels are enough to repair the road, right? ”

400,000 taels, which is far more than Cai Shanji hurriedly nodded and said, "Enough, enough." ”

After talking for so long, the matter of building the road was finally decided, Zhang Bin sighed and advised: "Boda, although there is a budget of 400,000 taels, the place that can be saved is still saved, and there will not be many opportunities to raise donations in the future. ”

Although the metaphor of private money is vulgar, it is just right, everyone heard this, and they all showed a knowing smile, and Cai Shanji nodded again and again: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely make careful calculations and never waste a penny." ”