The plan of the year lies in the spring.

At the end of February and the beginning of March in the second year of the Great Song Dynasty, it was the busiest time of the year.

With the release of the news that Liang Shanjun was going to take the people of Jingdong Road to vigorously develop the whaling industry, the entire land of Qilu seemed to be busy like a spinning top.

Almost everyone took action immediately, the farmer was busy planting seeds in the spring, and the peasant women were busy preparing for the spring silkworm hatching.

The rest of the people were all busy with another thing, preparing for the whaling trip.

Those who have money and access immediately sent their capable sons and stewards to Banqiao Town, Jiaoxi County, Mizhou, with huge sums of money, to join the fleet of the Liangshan Army, and when the people were together, they went south to Liangzhejiang Road, Mingzhou, Fujian Road, Quanzhou and other places to buy sea ships.

At this time, Fang La had already rebelled in Qingxi County, and led his troops to attack Hangzhou in a hurry, if he went late, he couldn't say that the shipyard in Mingzhou would be occupied by Fang La's thieves.

At this time, everyone rushed over, but they could just package and buy all the sea ships at a price, and then pay for the transformation of the Liangshan army into whaling ships, so that they could make a fortune with the Liangshan army.

Some people who don't have so much money are busy processing all kinds of large wooden barrels for whale oil, large iron pots for refining whale oil, etc.

In particular, the fishermen on Jingdong East Road who originally went out to sea to fish and collect abalone, sea cucumbers and other seafood increased in value, and they were invited by major merchants and landlords to be sailors on whaling ships at high prices.

In short, the entire Shandong Peninsula was in full swing, and everyone was mobilized, even the tenants who had always been honest were ready to move, thinking about whether to go out and make a fortune with the Liangshan army.

It's not that no one has been worried, for example, a big landlord named Feng Jiang Feng Chaofeng in Yizhou, Da Haoqiang, sent his eldest son and third son, who relied on him the most, to go to Mingzhou with 5,000 taels of garlic to buy two large ships of more than 3,000 materials, and at the same time spend a high price to dig some crew and sailors from the local area.

Because the maritime trade policy of the Song Dynasty has always been loose in the south and tight in the north, the non-governmental ocean trade mainly hit the areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, and the people who did business with them were mainly Arabs from the West.

It is the best shipyard in the Great Song Dynasty, and the best crew and sailors are naturally concentrated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, Feng Chaofeng was also scared this time, and he made a move of five thousand taels of gold.

It's just that before leaving, Feng Jiang's eldest son Feng Hao said with some concern: "Father, my son has something unclear, and I hope that my lord will teach me!" ”

"What?"

"Father, this time we just listened to the words of the Liangshan Junlin Commander, and took out five thousand taels of gold at once, wouldn't it be too risky, in case this whaling industry is not so profitable, wouldn't it be a loss? Besides, if my Feng family and Liang Shanjun are so close, will it ......?"

Speaking of Chinese businessmen, it can be said that they are the most adventurous people in the world, and sometimes they even sell their country for profit.

But sometimes they are the most conservative group of people, such as not seeing rabbits and not scattering eagles, such as making money and going home to build mansions, annexing land, and becoming a big landlord.

Feng Hao was really a little incomprehensible, what happened to his father, why did he not want to do any investigation when he heard Liang Shanjun talk about it, so he agreed to follow Liang Shanjun to make a fortune by whaling?

It's too hasty......

He thought like this, but his father, Feng Jiang, who was almost sixty years old this year, looked at him with a look of hatred for iron and steel, and made him feel furious in his heart, so he sighed and said, "Why did I give birth to such a stupid son as you, why can't I be enlightened......"

Feng Hao was scolded by Feng Jiang, and the whole person was stunned, but he could only say respectfully: "My son is stupid, please beat someone to teach me." ”

Feng Jiang looked at his son, and vaguely understood why Feng Hao was so cautious.

I probably followed my own business very early, knowing the hardships of starting a business at the beginning, and I was afraid that my previous efforts would be in vain, so some of them suffered from gains and losses, and they were more than successful and not enough to develop.

Feng Jiang's voice softened, and he patiently explained: "Da Lang, do you know that the Liangshan Army and Lin Army Master have long been fighting for hegemony in the world and competing with Emperor Zhao and Song for the heart of the Mandate of Heaven?" ”

Feng Hao hurriedly replied: "Lin Chong's heart can be said to be Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it, how can his son not know." ”

Feng Jiang nodded, and said: "Do you know that Lin Chong came into power and rebelled from the imperial court in the autumn of the seventh year, and now it has only been a year and a half, and there are enough two or three hundred thousand soldiers and horses under his command, not only destroyed the Western Xia, but also occupied a country overseas, and even the Bianjing City of the Great Song Dynasty was easily broken by the Liangshan army!"

Nowadays, everyone in Jingdong says that this Lin Chong is the reincarnation of the soldier master Chiyou, although the words of the people in the market are not enough to believe, but Lin Chong is alone, in such a short period of time to create such a foundation, have you ever heard of a second person?

If it is said that there is no heavenly help in this, and it is not the clock of luck, who will believe it? ”

Feng Hao nodded, Liang Shanjun could develop so well, if he didn't have heavenly help, even he didn't believe it.

"Besides, do you know what happened to all those who cooperated with Liang Shanjun in the past year? What happened to those who opposed the Liangshan army? ”

Without even thinking about it, Feng Hao blurted out: "Anyone who cooperated with Liang Shanjun later became developed, and everyone made a lot of money; And those who opposed the Liangshan army ended up with the whole family dead. ”

Feng Hao suddenly remembered that it was probably this time last year, when Liang Shanjun's people went to various places to spread the word, and they were willing to give everyone seeds for high-yield new crops, and the condition was that everyone would reduce the field rent by at least one and a half.

The rent of cattle tenants (tenants who have their own cattle) was reduced from 50% to 30% and a half; The rent of small customers (tenants who have no cattle to ask the landlord to borrow cattle for farming) was reduced from 60 percent to 4 and a half.

At that time, his family didn't want to deal with the Liangshan army, but in view of Zhujiazhuang, Zengtou City was successively broken by the Liangshan army, but he did not refuse immediately, but adopted an attitude of delaying and waiting.

At this time, Zhao Xin and Gao Liang of Zhaojia Village, Mengyin County, relied on their martial arts, not only sternly refused, but even said that as long as Liang Shanjun dared to come to Zhaojia Village, they would be captured alive and escorted to Tokyo City to be rewarded for meritorious service.

Then Zhaojia Village was directly flattened by a surprise attack by the 800 cavalry of the Liangshan Army, and Zhaoxin and Gaoliang were also directly beheaded by Lin Chong and Du Xue, who were still called "Lin Leopard" by the Liangshan Army.

The two generations of these two husbands and wives have taken advantage of the situation, and the more than two million Guan family fortunes they have saved by being the king and hegemon in the local area have all been cheapened by Liang Shanjun.

Since then, all the landlords in Yizhou have been strong, even if they are unwilling, they can only grit their teeth and agree to reduce the land rent.

But I didn't expect that even so, because of the ultra-high yield of potatoes and corn, as well as the super fertility of the biogas digester promoted by Liang Shanjun, the yield per mu of field has been greatly improved.

Therefore, even if the land rent is reduced, the rent collected is not less than in previous years, and even more than in the second half of the year.

This is not counting, later everyone began to do business with Liang Shanjun again, whether it was buying a large amount of refined salt, soap, cooked food and other things from Liang Shanjun to sell in Yizhou; still provided Liang Shanjun with tea, raw silk, medicinal materials and other things, all of which made them a lot of money.

The only thing that makes everyone dissatisfied is that Liang Shanjun does not accept and pay money, and the villagers below are also unwilling to pay money, if they must pay the price of paying money, it is also very low.

In fact, the major merchants also don't like to pay money, but the imperial court forcibly issued banknotes and used them to purchase goods from them, but they didn't dare not accept them.

As a result, Liang Shanjun did not accept the banknotes, and the villagers below had to argue for a long time about the current price of the banknotes every time they paid them, and finally a large amount of banknotes were hoarded in their hands.

Although Liang Shanjun is not to blame, while everyone complains about the imperial court, they are also more or less dissatisfied with Liangshanjun.

However, in addition to these, Feng Hao also had to admit that everyone who cooperated with Liang Shanjun made a fortune.

If you don't pay the money, you can even say that you have made a fortune, and your income in one year is at least worth the income of the past two years!

At this time, Feng Jiang looked around and saw that no one came in, so he looked at him again and said, "Don't you understand?" Lin Chong used these things to tell them that those who go with others will prosper, and those who go against others will die! ”

"Think about it with all your heart!"

Seeing that this son still didn't react, Feng Jiang couldn't help but stand up and said solemnly: "Liangshan Jun Lin Chong has the heart to win the world, and his father has watched what he has done for more than a year, although he is domineering, he has never been reckless, and it can even be said that he has always planned and then acted.

Let's put it plainly, why did he force us to lower the land rent for the tenants, and then build water conservancy projects in various places, build bridges and pave roads, not to win the hearts and minds of the people!

And this human heart includes not only those mud legs, but also us gentry and heroes! Otherwise, why didn't he go door-to-door and beat all the gentry on Jingdong Road?

You must know that when you lay down a Zhaojia Village, they will copy out nearly two million belongings, if you lay down the entire Jingdong Road, how much will it be? But why don't they do that? Do you want to do business with us? ”

Feng Hao thought for a while and said, "What my father said is that Lin Chong is trying to win our hearts, wants us to use them, and wants to tell the world that they are not bandits, but teachers of benevolence and righteousness, and teachers of kings!" Lin Chong wants to sit in the world, but he still can't do without our support! Otherwise, all parts of Jingdong will inevitably be in chaos, and the gentry and heroes in other places will also fight to the death with the Liangshan army! Well, the Liangshan army is fighting for us and buying us! ”

Feng Jiang finally showed a relieved smile on his face, and said, "Yes, since Lin Chong is bribing us and fighting for our support, he won't harm us!" It will only bring us benefits! He personally said that he wanted to give us a great fortune, and it would really be a great fortune!

As you said earlier, everyone who cooperated with Liang Shanjun eventually developed and made a fortune! But there is another thing you didn't expect, and that is that we are actually investing!

Presumably you also know the story of Lü Bwei's strange goods, and naturally you should know that the most profitable and promising business in the world is to invest in the country and the emperor! Once Liang Shanjun really sits in the world, those of us who have followed Liang Shanjun to do business from the beginning, can the benefits be less? ”

Seeing that his son was a little stunned, Feng Jiang said proudly: "I thought that in my father's opinion, the combat power of the Liangshan army is unparalleled in the world, and it is easy to eliminate the western thieves who have been in the northwest for nearly a hundred years, and defeat Goryeo, which has been established longer than the Great Song Dynasty.

On the other hand, on the side of the imperial court, even Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, the three gang of grass thieves, could not be pacified, and you can also see that the forbidden troops stationed in various parts of the imperial court are not able to fight at all, and the local government is even more overcrowded, and corruption is rampant.

What's more, the finances of the imperial court are now on the verge of bankruptcy, and they can only pay money indiscriminately to deal with it, but the credit of the people has dropped again and again, and now it is not worth even a hundred yuan to pay money!

Now Fang La has rebelled in the southeast tax land of the imperial court, according to his father, Zhao Song's qi is almost the same! ”

Feng Hao didn't expect his old father to say such "rebellious" words, but he is also a businessman himself, and from the perspective of businessmen making profits, his old father's words don't seem to be wrong.

This is the merchant class.

Later Marx had an incisive summary of this: once there is a proper profit, capital will be emboldened. If there is a 10 percent profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; With twenty percent profit, it becomes active; With a 50 percent profit, it takes a risk; For the sake of 100 percent profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; With a profit of 300 percent, it dares to commit any crime, even risking hanging its head.

All the merchants and gentry on Jingdong Road are strong and strong, and the Liangshan army cooperates to do business, and the profit is not only 50 percent, but 100 percent of the profit is not a problem.

In fact, because of the military deterrence of the Liangshan army, the imperial court no longer has the slightest prestige in Jingdong Road, as long as the Liangshan army does not fall, these people will not have the slightest risk.

Even, when they are comfortable and accustomed to following Liang Shanjun to make a lot of money, they will even take the initiative to help Liang Shanjun fight against the imperial court.

After all, wealth moves people's hearts, capital is naturally greedy, and there are still fewer businessmen in history who sell their souls, sell their countries, and trade with demons in pursuit of profits?

Not to mention anything else, it shows that at the end of the year, the eight imperial merchants (traitors) of the mountains and the west led by Fan Yongdou did not hesitate to take the initiative to secretly send all kinds of military supplies to the Tartars and provide all kinds of information in the customs for the sake of huge profits.

Naturally, the Tartars reciprocated the favor, killing people and setting fires to each time, burning, looting, looting, and handing over almost all the stolen goods to these Shanxi merchants (traitors) to sell the stolen goods, in exchange for the iron tools, food, and intelligence they needed.

It is by virtue of this kind of business that they have made a lot of war money, and these eight merchants have accumulated wealth that rivals the country in just a few decades, and even after the Tartars established the Braided Dynasty, the Tartar chieftain Fulin also named them "Imperial Merchants" (subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs) and gave them various privileges.

It was by virtue of these privileges that these merchants flourished for nearly three hundred years, until the Republic of China with the demise of the Braided Dynasty, they had no privileges, and this gradually declined.

For the country and the nation, these eight masters are naturally full of evil, scum and traitors who are intolerable to heaven, but simply as businessmen who hoard strange goods, live in strange goods, and simply pursue profits, their investment is undoubtedly extremely successful and rewarding.

Some merchants treated foreign robbers like this, not to mention that Liang Shanjun was still his own people, and belonged to the same Chinese regime as Zhao and Song.

And more importantly, Liang Shanjun also shouted the slogan of saving the world and reviving the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties, there is a huge threat to the Jurchens, and now in the eyes of Feng Jiang and others, if the Jurchen barbarians really destroyed the Liao State and invaded the Song Dynasty. Zhao Song obviously couldn't resist it.

Then the only one who can save the world is the Liang Shan Army, even if in order not to be a slave to the country, the family's wealth will not be robbed by the Jurchen barbarians, and the wives and daughters will not be spoiled by the Jurchen barbarians, they should also support the Liang Shan Army.

What's more, Liang Shanjun didn't use money to squeeze them, second, he didn't let them pay military salaries, and he took them to make money together, and Liang Shanjun is very likely to replace Zhao Song in the world.

So do you need to talk about your choice?

It's only Da Lang, an elm head, who is still suspicious......

At the same time, when the two sons of the Feng family were preparing to set off for Banqiao Town, Jiaoxi County, Mizhou with 5,000 taels of gold and a group of guards to join the Liangshan army, thousands of miles away, the Liangshan navy also began to attack the outer islands of the Japanese Kyushu Island.

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