When their letters arrived in Xianwu City, Jiang Hexing was receiving the distinguished guests from Chang'an and Luoyang in the office of Xianwu City. www.biquge.info When Fan Jia went back, in order to go to Luoyang as soon as possible, he didn't walk along the seaside, but tried to walk in a straight line. Fan Jia was very bold and ordered the boatman to go straight forward from the sea. At first, everyone disagreed, and under the heavy reward, there must be brave men, this is Fan Jia's creed. Add money and money and money, the boat still went straight from the sea, they relied on the sun during the day and the stars at night, and they counted their fortunes, and they actually arrived in Bohai County, and it only took two days.

Then it enters the Yellow River from Bohai County, and the speed does not decrease, day and night. Fortunately, the Yellow River is now big in summer, and there is still no accident, and it took three days to arrive in Luoyang. Even Fan Jia himself couldn't believe that the journey was so far away, and he had arrived so quickly. He moved all his stock to a sailboat, and found that one ship could not be loaded. After thinking about it for a long time, he asked his family to spread the news that he had made a fortune in Pingzhou, not only in Luoyang, but also Pegasus to Chang'an to inform several big businessmen.

A few good businessmen came to Luoyang from Chang'an to find Fan Jia, Fan Jia patted his chest and assured everyone that as long as the goods arrived in Pingzhou, he could make as much as he could, and he also dragged everyone to the Yellow River to watch his sailboats, all of which had just been earned, and just a few days ago. Some people immediately believed it, and some people had doubts and went to the boat to ask about it, and found that what Fan Jia said was still somewhat reliable. In addition to the silk merchants, it took more than ten days to get the two ships full. There are still silk merchants who come to ask, is there still a place on the ship? This is definitely not available, if it is other goods, there is a place.

Pulling the anchor Yang Fan set sail, now the ship is full, although the wind and water are smooth, Fan Jia controls the speed not to be too fast. But those businessmen stopped doing it, and came to Fan Jia every day to make trouble, and the ship was too fast, and they were scared to death. Fan Jia smiled politely and said that he would send everyone to Pingzhou safely to make a fortune. He scolded in his heart: These buns, have you ever seen a clipper? How dare you call this fast? When I come back, I don't seem to be able to show you how fast I am.

It's okay in the Yellow River, but he didn't dare to make a mistake in the sea, so he honestly walked along the seaside, so it took more than ten days to reach Xianwu.

Unloading took a day, piling up. There was another sensation on the dock, and the goods from Chang'an City came again. The small merchants in Xianwu City rushed to tell each other that the commercial goods from Luoyang, Chang'an, were moved clean within a day. It's Fan Jia's silk, maybe the amount is too big, and a Xianwu city can't eat it. Fan Jia slowly wholesaled silk, and those merchants saw that he was not so quick to sell. Groups of people visit Xianwu City, a visit is terrible, although this city is not big, the prosperity of commerce, the freedom of commerce and trade is still beyond their imagination, the salt shops on the road, there are several, they are all privately opened. Salt snow white, much better than Chang'an City, a question about the price, hey, mom, much cheaper than Chang'an, a pound of salt in Chang'an City, you can buy 10 catties of salt here. There are not many grain stores, but the grain is outrageously cheap, and it is actually 10 yuan a stone of grain, which is only one-fifth of Chang'an.

Everyone looked and found a lot of business opportunities, some people found the canvas here, some people found the farm tools here, and some people found the paper here. Each has its own eyes, and everyone finds a business opportunity that suits them. There are also people who have bought shops directly and do not plan to go back.

After several days, the merchants of Zhangwu, Mingwu, and Yaowu bought all of Fan Jia's silk. Fan Jia was overjoyed, and went to the shipyard to order 5 galleons. He only now knows that this galleon was cheated of a lot of money last time, but fortunately, this time it was all earned back, and he made a lot of extra freight.

When everything was clear, he came to see Jiang Hexing. Jiang Hexing saw that he had disposed of the goods so quickly, and said secretly: The charm of silk is not easy to stop. Jiang Hexing asked: "When do you plan to return, the autumn grain here will come down soon, it is better to buy some grain and transport it to Handi, I think I can make a lot of money." ”

Fan Jia originally wanted to take another time to make an extra trip, and then think about the grain matter, after all, there is still a time lag of about a month between the peasants collecting grain and the grain merchants collecting grain. However, Fan Jia was still a little afraid of Jiang Hexing, so he didn't dare to object, so he just said: "It's just that there is still a while, then we will be fine during this time." He said with regret, as if he was going to lose if he didn't make money.

Jiang Hexing said: "That's it, in the past two days, you have gathered the merchants from Luoyang, Chang'an, and I want to meet them." ”

The next day, Fan Jia brought all the merchants to the conference room of Xianwu City. The conference room is a circle of chairs with a round table in the middle, which is not very large and can accommodate about ten people.

Jiang Hexing arranged for everyone to sit down, and everyone was a little restrained. Jiang Hexing sat down first, and then pulled Fan Jia to sit beside him, so that everyone could sit down with confidence.

Jiang Hexingdao: "Everyone comes here from Luoyang, Chang'an, thousands of miles away, are you still used to it?" This is also the land of my great man now, so don't worry. If someone is deliberately looking for trouble, you can go directly to the Chamber of Commerce, you can find Xianwu Mansion, you can find me. ”

A red-faced old man in his 50s said: "He Wang, my surname is Du, and my name is Dupont." It's very orderly here, and there's no one to mess with business. It's just that I want to ask Hewang if we can bring more salt here. I asked a few shops here, and the highest only sells 10 catties of salt. I want to bring more back to my relatives and friends, do you think it's okay? ”

Jiang Hexing said: "Mr. Du, our salt here is also under control, it's not that I don't want to let go, I just don't want to disturb the order of selling salt in Handi." If you come from Luoyang, Chang'an, you must know that salt is not something that private people can do. If I am here, I will walk with too much salt, and no one will want the salt of the court, and the court will not want to fight with me. When the time comes, there will be no business to do, don't you say? It seems that you can only grieve your relatives and friends, although this salt 10 catties is not enough, but if you come a few more times, it should be enough to eat. ”

Everyone wanted to laugh at this old Du, but they didn't dare, at this time, a young man in his thirties stood up and said: "Hewang, I have already bought a shop in Xianwu, I don't know if the land here in Xianwu can be bought?" ”

Jiang Hexing said: "I have two kinds of fields here, one is Yongye field, and I do not pay any taxes and do not serve labor. There is also a kind of wasteland, where all the people of the Han Dynasty can cultivate and plant, and there is no tax or labor for the first three years. After that, he paid one-thirtieth of the harvest every year, and there was no servitude. This kind of land can be bought, but it seems that there is no such field now, and if any of you can organize the reclamation, these fields will be your cultivated fields. Yongye field only has this field for those who enter Pingzhou, and now Pingzhou people can not plant Yongye field, as if there is no wasteland. ”

The young man said, "If I cultivate this land, is it mine?" ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and said, "Yes, we will issue a voucher to you." ”

Everyone turned their heads to each other, talked a lot, and their faces were happy.

Jiang Hexing waited for a while and said: "Now my land in Pingzhou is very large, if you are interested, I will take you around in a few days to see what business opportunities there are?" ”

Everyone was overjoyed and agreed to travel together the day after tomorrow. Except for Fan Jia, everyone left one after another.

Jiang Hexing asked Fan Jiadao: "Why do people care so much about the fields?" Do you make less money in business? The field is a long-term investment, and the grain here in Pingzhou is cheap, and the grain is fed to the pigs, what are you trying to do? ”

Fan Jia said with a smile: "I don't know with the king, my Han used to have restrictions on the people of my business, but only on identity. For example, what kind of clothes you can't wear, what kind of house you can't live in, what kind of carriage you can't use, etc. After Emperor Wu, not only was my identity restricted, but I was not allowed to wait for the small people to do a lot of business, such as salt, iron, etc., which could only be done by the imperial court. As long as you do big, the court will always be easy to find you trouble, such as you are wearing clothes that are not in accordance with the etiquette. There are so many people who don't wear proper clothes, why do you arrest us people? If you catch it, it's money, in fact, the court is like raising fish, seeing that your fish is big, it will eat you.

Those Confucian scholars are arguing every day for us to destroy this and that, and we are also afraid. Fortunately, now everyone is not brainless, and they buy land when they make money, don't they say "agriculture-oriented", and we businessmen are also "agriculture-oriented", so everyone has nothing to say now.

After buying the land, everyone realized that farming is a good business. It's not just how much you can collect every year, but the problem is that there is so much land, and there are more and more people. Those who come to rent land will pay a little more rent per acre. The tax of the imperial court remained unchanged, and more and more people wanted to rent land, and the rent increased. It is much easier for everyone to be a landlord than a businessman, and the imperial court and Confucian scholars will no longer say anything. This is what they say, "agriculture-oriented".

Besides, the court is doing big business, and only the small fish and shrimp that the court doesn't look down on are talking about us eating. His business has become bigger, and the court is not at ease, and doing business is not risk-free, in comparison, there is almost no risk in farming, and the court is at ease

So in the end, the money everyone makes goes to the ground. You go to the vicinity of Chang'an to take a look, the land price is high, I don't know how many years it will take those people to return to their capital. The rent is now high, and the tenants who rent the land can barely eat. If it goes up in a few more years, I see, it's good to be able to eat. ”

After listening to Fan Jia's introduction, Jiang Hexing completely understood in his heart: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's policy of nationalizing many industries led to the fact that private capital had no way out and could only invest in the fields, resulting in an increase in land prices and rents. As long as the land rent rises to a certain extent, the Han Dynasty will not be able to keep it. Because of the people everywhere, who can do anything.

He heard people talk about it when he was in Daijun, and no one mentioned Emperor Wu of Han. Now it seems that the crux of the matter is this.

Chang'an has excess capital, and I still seriously lack it here, hehe, I want to transfer the capital to Pingzhou as soon as possible. In this way, the development of Pingzhou will be fast.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hexing said: "Your family also has a lot of fields in Chang'an, are you interested in buying a house here?" Sell one hectare of land, and you may be able to reclaim ten hectares of land here. What do you think? ”

Fan Jiafan said that Jiang Hexing's suggestions were good, so he naturally agreed.