Fang Yuan's move to re-divide the salt supply area was actually to forcibly allocate the profits of the Zhejiang salt merchants to the Huai salt merchants, which could be regarded as his first move to conquer Zhejiang.

Before he returned to Jiangnan from the capital, the appointment letter of the governor of the ten provinces had already arrived in Jiangnan. A dignified governor of ten prefectures married the princess of Daming, and none of the officials and wealthy businessmen of the five provinces in Zhejiang under his jurisdiction were present, and they did not even see a congratulatory gift.

Fang Yuan did not miss that congratulatory gift, but whether to send it or not was a matter of attitude, obviously, the officials of the five prefectures in Zhejiang showed the resistance of the other party who was originally qualified to be the governor of the ten prefectures with practical actions.

The guard army in Zhejiang was not even enough to stuff the teeth of the Xuanjia army, and sending the Xuanjia army was still a big bully.

Fang Yuan's method of conquering Zhejiang was not to conquer by force, nor did he bother to subdue them one by one, but decided to use the method of economic sanctions to force the gentry and wealthy merchants in Zhejiang to comply.

Zhejiang's pillar industries are nothing more than the silk weaving industry in Hangzhou, the porcelain industry in Zhejiang kiln, the salt industry in Hangzhou Bay, and the smuggling and shipping industry in Ningbo.

Fang Yuan had already formulated a method to defeat Hangzhou's silk weaving industry with chemical fiber silk; With modern porcelain, the porcelain industry of Zhejiang kiln was defeated; to re-divide the salt area and crush the salt industry in Hangzhou Bay; Using the Zhoushan Islands as a naval base, the ship tax was levied, destroying the smuggling and shipping industry in Ningbo.

Among them, the salt industry is related to the official tax of the government, the silk weaving industry, the porcelain industry, the shipping industry, and the profits of Zhejiang merchants.

Fang Yuan wanted to force the gentry and wealthy merchants in Zhejiang to kneel in front of him and sing about conquest through economic sanctions. If anyone dares to disobey Fang Yuan's rule, Fang Yuan will use a hundred methods to bring the living standards of the Zhejiang gentry and wealthy merchants back to the same level as Fujian.

Since Zhejiang wants to go with Fujian Zheng Zhilong, it will be difficult for brothers and brothers to clean up together.

The way to deal with Frog Island before crossing turned out to be blood transfusion and concession, and Fang Yuan felt both angry and ridiculous.

From ancient times to the present, I have only heard of the unification of the trapped islands, forcing the living standards of those island frogs to return to feudal society, and those grandsons will naturally cry and shout for reunification.

I have never heard of independence and blood transfusions and profits to appease, and most of the island frogs who have won the benefits will not be grateful for the blood transfusion and concessions, but will think that it is the credit of the pressure of the green camp, and they look like stupid X no matter how they look at the other side.

Fang Yuan returned to Suzhou Mansion three days later, and immediately summoned the Xi and Shen families of the Dongting Merchant Gang, as well as the big businessman Xu Hua to come to discuss the matter.

The task he assigned to Shen Xiang of the Shen family was to use the Shen family's porcelain sales channel to dump modern porcelain purchased from Taobao in Zhejiang. After the fall of the Weng family, the textile industry went to Xu Hua, and the porcelain industry went to the Shen family.

This time, Fang Yuan waged a war on the entire line of Zhejiang kilns, so it was not limited to occupying the high-end market, but also had to eat all the high and low secondary markets.

In the low-end market, Fang Yuan's main focus is porcelain sold on Taobao for 2 yuan/piece, which is equivalent to 4 pieces/tael of silver; Similar to the Jingdezhen ink printing three-piece set, it is sold in the high-end market, 4 taels of silver / piece.

For each piece of porcelain, Fang Yuan only made a profit of 30% of the price difference.

Shen Xiang saw the porcelain that Fang Yuan bought from Taobao, which was ingenious, and the printing and dyeing technology was far superior to the porcelain of Zhejiang kiln, which was much higher than the porcelain of Jingdezhen, the hometown of porcelain. He is a businessman who is proficient in business, and he knows at a glance what kind of sensation these two products will cause when they are put into the Zhejiang market.

This is undoubtedly a financial path that Fang Yuan handed over to the Shen family, and Shen Xiang promised again and again.

What Fang Yuan confessed to Xu Hua was his old business that defeated the Weng family before, chemical fiber silk. The price and sales of this kind of silk, Xu Hua has long been familiar with it. Sold to foreigners is 6 taels / horse, and for internal sales, Fang Yuan sold to Xu Hua is 3 taels of silver / horse, each horse only earns 1 tael of silver, and it is stipulated that the selling price of Xu Hua cannot be higher than 4 taels of silver / horse.

Expanding the sales channels in Zhejiang, the sales volume can be at least fifty percent, but Xu Hua had a trace of doubt, and asked tentatively, "Fang Junmen, if you go to grab the business of Zhejiang merchants out of thin air, it is estimated that you will be resisted by local businessmen!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled coldly and said, "Xu Hua, you are afraid of wolves and tigers, you are my official businessman, who dares to resist?" Zhejiang businessmen honestly compete in the business field, if they dare to engage in local protectionism, when Jinyiwei is vegetarian? ”

Xu Hua said embarrassedly, "Fang Junmen, Shen Gongzi's backstage is Shen Tingyang, the political envoy of Zhejiang, of course there is no need to worry, and I am not familiar with life, alas! ”

Fang Yuan saw that this Xu Hua was complaining again, this person didn't take advantage of it, it was like suffering a big loss, and he couldn't cry or laugh, so he turned his head sideways and explained to Qin Zhan and said, "Fourth, send a team of Jinyi guards to protect Xu Hua throughout the process." ”

With Jinyiwei intervening, he gave those Zhejiang businessmen ten dares, and they didn't dare to make any small moves behind their backs, Xu Hua smiled happily and thanked Fang Yuan again and again.

Fang Yuan allocated the dumping plan of the silk weaving industry and the porcelain industry, and the Shen family and Xu Hua all got the benefits, and Xi Benzhen, who was the most old-fashioned, was left out in the cold, with a sad face.

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Boss Xi, I still have one more important task to hand over to the Xi family, which is to build a naval military base in the Zhoushan Islands. ”

Xi Benzhen was shocked when he heard this, and there was a world of difference between building a naval base on the Zhoushan Islands and building a naval base on Taihu Lake. Not to mention that the Zhoushan Islands are far outside the mainland, and the construction cost is high. If it is attacked by the Zheng family naval division during the construction period, the previous investment in the naval base will inevitably be wasted.

What's more, the Xi family is a businessman, and can only recruit hired workers by doing business, but cannot be forced to do labor. If a large number of casualties are caused, the compensation paid to the employees is also astronomical.

The risk in this is huge, which makes Xi Benzhen shudder when he thinks about it, this kind of large-scale project that will turn millions of taels of silver into nothing at any time, the Xi family does not dare to take over at all.

Xi Benzhen said truthfully, "Fang Junmen, it is too risky to build a naval base in the Zhoushan Islands, think twice about Fang Junmen, don't be impulsive!" ”

Fang Yuan had already sent Shi Lang, the commander of the Recruiting Water Division, to Suzhou Mansion, and immediately ordered Hu Qi to bring Shi Lang in for questioning.

Fang Yuan asked, "Commander Shi, you have inspected the Taihu Shipyard, and now the Xuanjia Army Naval Division Battalion, how many warships are there, and how many new warships are there?" ”

Shi Langlang said, "Together with the captured Korean warships, the Navy Battalion has a total of 87 warships; In the past six months, the shipyard has built a new warship with a displacement of 2,000 tons and a new warship of 1,500 tons. Each battleship housed 100 to 120 guns and had 800-1000 sailors. ”

The construction rate of the shipyard is about a season to build a huge ship with a displacement of 1,500 to 2,000 tons, which has greatly exceeded Fang Yuan's expectations.

The cost of raising a giant ship is even more out of Fang Yuan's estimate, the cost of a giant ship alone is at least 50,000 taels of silver, plus the salary of 1,000 sailors, at least 50,000 taels of silver must be paid a year. This does not include the cost of maintaining the ship, which is at least 2 or 3,000 taels of silver per year.

This Nima is really burning a lot of money to raise the army, which is much more expensive than raising the army.

Fang Yuan secretly felt a pain in the silver in his pocket, and asked again, "Commander Shi, if I want to build a naval base in the Zhoushan Islands. In terms of naval warfare alone, with the current warships of the Xuanjia Army's naval division, can they cope with the strong attack of the Zheng family's fleet? ”

Shi Lang pondered for a moment, and then said, "The power of the two giant ships has not yet been tested in actual combat, and if they take the initiative to attack, they will indeed not be able to withstand the Zheng family fleet, which is as numerous as a cow's hair." However, it is only to cover the construction of the naval base in the Zhoushan Islands, as long as Fang Junmen can arrange for half of the artillery battalion to go to the island and support the naval battle with artillery, it should be competent. ”

Fang Yuan thought for a while and said, "I will arrange for 300 artillery pieces from the artillery battalion and 5,000 sergeants from the infantry battalion to go to the island together, which should ensure the construction of the naval base." ”

He invested a lot of military strength to support the escort of the naval battalion, the artillery battalion was to respond to the naval battalion, and the infantry battalion went to the island to protect the artillery battalion.

Shi Lang said happily, "Fang Junmen, in this way, it will be foolproof!" ”

Fang Yuan looked at Xi Benzhen, who was still hesitating, and promised, "Boss Xi, if the construction of the naval base cannot be completed due to war factors, all losses will be borne by me; However, if there are any casualties during the construction of the Xi family, I will pay the compensation. Now the Xi family doesn't have to worry about it! ”

Shi Lang's professional vision judged that he could protect the safety of the construction, not to mention that Fang Yuan was willing to bear the construction losses caused by the war, as well as the compensation for casualties, what else could Xi Benzhen say, and hurriedly said, "Okay, the Xi family will immediately send someone to the Zhoushan Islands for a field investigation, and then report a contract price to Fang Junmen." ”

Fang Yuan nodded and said, "Boss Xi, please leave everything to you!" ”