Seeing Fan Yubin's sincere and frightened expression, Zhenwu deliberately eased the atmosphere and groaned slightly, before he said: "Jin merchants have a long history, but the real rise began with the salt trade that opened China and France during the Hongwu period of the former Ming Dynasty, right?" ”

Fan Yubin, as the head of the Fan family, is naturally no exception, he hurriedly bowed and said: "The emperor Shengming, the rapid rise of the Jin merchants is really thanks to the border army, if there is no opening of the Chinese law and the subsequent folding of the Jin merchants, it will not be able to reach the current scale." ”

The so-called Kaizhong Law is that in order to solve the problem of insufficient food and salary for the garrison in the north, the former Ming Dynasty formulated the policy of "summoning merchants to transport grain and salt with it", that is, encouraging merchants to transport grain to the border granary.

The subsequent folding method, that is, the official government will pay the merchants to pay the salt introduction to pay the silver directly, the transportation of military food is not only difficult and extremely risky, but the return is also quite rich, at that time many Jin merchants are following the border troops, where the troops go, the Jin merchants will follow where, it is by virtue of the geographical advantage and the tenacity of being accustomed to hardship and hard work, the Jin merchants were able to rise rapidly in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

Zhenwu nodded slightly, and said: "The northwest is not stable, the imperial court will have to use troops in the northwest sooner or later, the Jin merchants are known for their integrity, they are not only familiar with the routes outside the Saiwai, but also can bear hardships and stand hard work, and the heavy responsibility of transporting military food has to fall on the Jin merchants." ”

Listening to Zhenwu's clear statement that he wanted to use troops against the northwest, Fan Yubin couldn't help but be greatly excited, and he hurriedly bowed down and said: "It is a great honor for Jin merchants to serve the imperial court. ”

"This time the northwest will use troops again, not only to completely stabilize the northwest, but also to vigorously expedition, and the business area of the Jin merchants will also be greatly expanded." Zhenwu said slowly: "In this way, the commercial role of Jin merchants will be more significant, and the foreign trade objects are not only Russia. There will also be the Bukhara, the Mughals, the Kazakh Khanate, and even as far away as Persia and the Ottoman Empire. In view of this, the imperial court must guide the Jin merchants well, and they must also be restrained! lest the merchants harm the interests of the Qing Dynasty for the sake of petty profits. ”

Restraint? How is the law of restraint? Fan Yubin's heart couldn't help but tighten, and he couldn't help but look up at Zhenwu, Zhenwu smiled slightly, and said, "Don't worry, I won't force interference." The business model of the four constants, you should know very well, right? ”

Could it be that Jin Shang was ordered to take a stake in the four Hengs? Fan Yubin's heart couldn't help jumping, who in the whole world doesn't know that the four Heng are royal industries, and who dares to invest in Jin Shang? That's not called buying shares, it's throwing silver into the water, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the rich businessmen and giants in Shanxi have never been involved in the official field, and the grass people are worried."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhenwu knew what he was worried about, and the Jin merchants were no better than the Hui merchants. Although he has a close relationship with the official field, he has never set foot in the official field. They are very wise to divide their interests and the interests of the imperial court clearly, and they are typical businessmen, they are only willing to obtain a business project and scope from the imperial court, and do not directly intervene in the political circle.

"It's not for you to take a stake in the four constants." Zhenwu interrupted him as soon as he spoke, saying, "I very much appreciate the principles of the Jin merchants in doing business, and I also hope that the Jin merchants will become more pure merchants. It is hoped that all the merchants in the world will uphold this style of Jin merchants.

I hope that all the Jin merchants will join together and set up a large-scale silver number, just like the four great Hengs. Opening the semicolon to neighboring countries, and even to Europe and America, is not only conducive to enhancing the cohesion of the Jin merchants, but also conducive to your trade, which is better than burying silver in a silver cellar, isn't it? ”…,

Hearing this, Fan Yubin even breathed quickly, how could they not know the business model of the four constants? It's not that they haven't thought of opening another silver account in the Qing Dynasty that can compete with the four great Hengs, and with the financial resources of the Jin merchants, they can completely suppress the four Hengs, but everyone knows that the owner behind the four Hengs is the current emperor, who has the courage to break ground on Tai Sui's head?

He really didn't expect that now Zhenwu actually proposed to let the Jin Merchants Union and the Four Hengs create a silver account that can be comparable to the four Hengs, isn't this a self-dismantled platform? Could there be some ulterior motives behind this?

After a slight groan, he bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the four great Hengs now dominate the silver ticket industry of the Qing Dynasty, and the grass people are worried that the big silver number jointly founded by the Jin merchants will affect the profits of the four great hengs. ”

Zhenwu smiled slightly when he heard this, this Fan Yubin is not small, and he has enough confidence, he dares to speak like this, this is questioning his intentions, groaning slightly, he said: "Monopoly can produce huge profits, but it is not conducive to development, without competition, it is impossible to continue to develop and improve, this is the case with all walks of life, don't forget, I am the son of heaven, not a businessman, what I am willing to see is the formation of healthy competition and development in all walks of life, so that the country and the people can be safe."

The Qing Dynasty has a vast territory and prosperous commerce, and only the four Heng have a large-scale silver ticket number, which is not conducive to the development and improvement of the silver ticket industry. ”

Hearing this, Fan Yubin dared to doubt it anymore, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The grass people are dull, and the rats are blind, so I beg the emperor to forgive my sins." ”

Zhenwu nodded slightly, and then said: "Business is like the official road, relying on small cleverness and power skills is difficult to become a big tool, the so-called small rich rely on wisdom, big wealth depends on virtue, it is really a word of the mystery, can be rich on the first side of the rich businessmen, all are virtuous and trustworthy, no virtue and no trust, fraud, stealing and cheating, even if there is a small success, it is also like a flash in the pan, it is difficult to become a climate."

My transportation of military rations, as well as the subsequent development of clocks, pure and transparent glass, and other goods produced by other workshops, including even firearms, were only supplied to the best of the Jin merchants. ”

Fan Yubin's heart was pounding wildly, Zhenwu made it clear that he would vigorously support the major shareholder of the Jin merchant ticket number, which was a golden opportunity for the Fan family, he hurriedly got up and knelt down and said: "The emperor's teachings, the grass people will be passed on from generation to generation as the ancestors, and the descendants of the future generations will be respectful. ”

Zhenwu nodded slightly, and said: "The Qing Dynasty should not only vigorously develop maritime trade, but also vigorously develop inland trade, this is an opportunity for Shanxi, and it is also an opportunity for Jin merchants, I hope that Jin merchants will not let me down." ”

Fan Yubin's face immediately turned red, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "The emperor is so loving, it is really the blessing of tens of millions of people in Shanxi, the blessing of all Jin merchants, the grass people dare to guarantee, and the Jin merchants will definitely not live up to the emperor's expectations." ”

"Well, spread the word about me." Zhenwu said with a smile: "Kneel down first." ”

When Fan Yubin bowed and withdrew, Zhenwu also relaxed, encouraging Jin merchants and Hui merchants to create large-scale silver ticket numbers, which was not only to tie up Jin merchants and Hui merchants, but also to prepare for the full implementation of silver tickets.

Over the years, the outlets of the four Heng have been basically perfected, with the background of the royal family and the official government to identify these two advantages, coupled with low-interest lending and disaster relief interest-free lending, the four Heng has already become a well-known golden signboard, even if the financial resources of Jin Merchants and Hui Merchants are strong, they can not shake the status of the Four Heng in the ticket industry. Moreover, once the gold mines and the slave trade in Africa began to make profits, the profits lost by the four Hengs were insignificant to him, and they could be completely ignored. …,

But said that Fan Yubin returned to his own courtyard, carefully recalled the conversation with Zhenwu, and suddenly realized that Zhenwu was actually using to encourage Jin merchants to open a ticket number silver number to achieve the purpose of restraining Jin merchants, once a large-scale silver ticket number was opened, the silver buried in the silver cellar of the Jin merchants would naturally be dug out and stored in the general number or the semicolon of various places, and it would be completely placed under the supervision of the imperial court.

Moreover, Zhenwu also said very clearly, only support the major shareholders of the Jin merchant ticket number, it is certain that the general small and medium-sized businessmen want to develop foreign trade, they can only rely on the major shareholders, and as a result, the entire Jin merchant class will be firmly restrained.

Thinking about this clearly, Fan Yubin couldn't help but sigh secretly, even if he knew this, what if he knew this? A group of wealthy businessmen and tycoons still have to rush to it, pouring all their financial resources into shares, the silver is buried in the ground, how can it be compared to the ticket number, the scenery of the four constants has long made them jealous, not to mention the rest, just the exchange of silver tickets, the profit is terrifying, this is sitting at home to pick up silver.

Thinking of this, Fan Yubin asked people to go out to spread the news, and immediately returned to the study to write a letter to a group of wealthy businessmen in Shanxi, and the people sent it quickly, urgently summoning everyone to come to discuss, he did not dare to have the slightest delay in this matter, because Zhenwu specially pointed out that it was also necessary to encourage Hui merchants to create a ticket number silver number, and Jin merchants could not fall behind Hui merchants, and they must immediately seize the time to prepare for the ticket number, and seize the market before Huizhou merchants as soon as possible.

Zhenwu patrols Taiyuan City, for the people of Taiyuan, it is naturally a big event, there is no entertainment in these years, there is no star, the emperor Lao Xizi is the biggest star, Zhenwu entered the city and lived directly into the Fan family, a group of gentry and people are interested in staying in the streets and alleys or teahouses and restaurants to talk about the details of Zhenwu's entry into the city.

When the children of the Fan family spread the news that the imperial court was going to vigorously develop inland trade and encourage Jin merchants to issue invoices, the entire Taiyuan city immediately became a sensation. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )