After the end of the budget meeting in the second year of Hongwu, the court gradually entered a state of excitement, and the cabinet even asked all localities to vigorously support the construction of factories and projects.

Moreover, Zhang Bin, Du Xi, and Jiang Tong followed him for a long time, and they gained the experience of Sima Shu's guiding ideology, coupled with the support of the new scholars from the bottom, and the national economic construction gradually became regular.

Although the traditional families were not familiar with the operation and management of some economies, they learned to delegate power from Sima Shu. They hired some scholars from all over the country to help them manage the factory, and then they left the factory to the factory director to manage, and then the next target went down, you have to complete this target, and I don't care about the rest.

At this time, the autumn harvest of the second year of Hongwu was approaching again, and Sima Shu did not have much to focus on other construction, and now all his thoughts were on the autumn harvest work.

On September 6, Sima Shu asked the cabinet to send some capable forces to various places to guide the autumn harvest work, and at the same time, Sima Shu held a cabinet administrative meeting in the Taiji Palace, asking the administrative personnel of all states and counties to do a good job in the autumn harvest work.

At this time, although Sima Shu's development seemed to be very fast, in fact, his strength did not have any breakthrough development, and in terms of industry, the basic industry was not completely built at all. In other words, the Jin Dynasty is not called an industry, it is just a large handicraft industry.

At present, the biggest change in the Jin Dynasty is the infrastructure, not to mention the roads in Guanzhong, and the roads in the Central Plains counties alone can basically be unblocked by the end of this year.

At present, the imperial court can be described as a dilemma for the development of the future period, limited to financial problems. The imperial court wanted to maintain a large investment in the military but did not want to delay the construction of infrastructure, so it was a little hesitant to formulate policies. However, when we think about the imminent threat, we feel that it is not possible for the military to pay close attention to military construction.

In the end, after many discussions and studies, the court was able to unify its thinking and decided to continue to increase investment in infrastructure and continue to improve people's livelihood on the basis of ensuring the existing military strength.

After Sima Shu ascended the throne, the court pursued a policy of simultaneous development of agriculture and industry. The prosperity of commerce places high demands on transportation facilities. In order to speed up the construction of roads in various places. Sima Shu decided to invest 2 million yuan from the royal treasury in infrastructure construction. In this way, it will be enough to repair many roads this year.

At this time, together with the construction force of the people, the Western Jin Dynasty already had eight large-scale construction engineering teams, and the infrastructure of the Central Plains and Shu was basically poor and white, and these eight large-scale engineering teams had engineering roads to be repaired all the time. I almost couldn't keep up.

But for Sima Shu himself. At the moment, his main concern is not the road. It's a problem with the port.

At the end of September, after a year and a half of expansion, Qingdao Port was officially completed and opened. Qingdao Port is an excellent deep-water port. It is the central port of northern trade, and the trade between the Great Jin Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, Sanhan and other places was completed here. Most of the ocean-going fleets heading overseas also depart from this place.

Sima Shu sometimes fantasizes about building a container terminal, but considering the technical conditions in reality, it seems that this thing cannot be built at all. Since there were no prerequisites for the construction of a container terminal, Sima Shu could only build a bulk terminal.

The bulk wharf does not cost anything, 50,000 yuan can build a very luxurious wharf, under the suggestion of Sima Shu, the imperial court built five bulk wharves in Qingdao Port.

After two years of development, Laoshan Shipyard and Huangxian Shipyard have gradually been on the right track, and various types of ships can be built. Families engaged in overseas trade everywhere had to buy ships from these shipyards.

"Father, is this the port of Qingdao? It's so prosperous, it's not worse than Jingshi at all! ”

A young man shouted excitedly through the window of the carriage, outsiders could not see the situation inside the carriage, only heard a deep voice coming from inside, "Yu'er, don't shout and scream, pay attention to your identity." And don't forget the words I told before, this time we are here to do business, but not to look for trouble, you don't want to know the importance of everything, once you break into a big disaster, even your father can't save you! ”

"Oh, Father, how many times have you said this, child! Besides, when the Holy Son of Heaven is in power, who would dare to make trouble? Don't want to live?! The young man replied impatiently.

"Alas! You still know what you know. If you have half of Your Majesty's potential, your father won't worry about this! The middle-aged man's words revealed a strong sense of worry, knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, the middle-aged man knew his son's character very well.

Then there was silence in the carriage, and after a while, a young voice said with a hint of helplessness: "Father, you know that these children understand, and although children are sometimes reckless and ignorant, they do not understand anything. The so-called heavenly family has no family affection, coupled with the dictatorship of today's holy cadres, anyone who dares to challenge the imperial power will not end well! ”

"The child has no ambitions, he just wants to live this life happily and comfortably! This time, since Your Majesty can untie the shackles of the royal family, if we don't know what to do, Your Majesty will still be able to suppress the royal family again in the future. Father, don't worry, the child has no political ambitions, as long as he doesn't touch that red line, there will be no problem. ”

The father and son in this carriage are Sima Yun, the king of Huainan, and his eldest son, Sima Yu, the king of Linchuan, during the Mid-Autumn Festival in the second year of Hongwu, the father and son were invited by the partners to Qingdao Port on behalf of the royal family to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the newly built world's largest seaport.

According to the construction plan of the imperial court, the cargo throughput of Qingdao Port, which was initially put into use this year, is only 5 million stones, and the annual cargo throughput can reach 20 million stones after five years, that is, the freight volume of 1,000 large ships with thousands of materials entering and exiting 20 times, and the throughput of 50 million stones will be reached after 20 years." A middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy businessman led Sima Yun and his son to visit Qingdao Port.

"Hehe, less than the two princes, although Qingdao Port has just been put into use, but due to the prosperity of overseas trade, coupled with the fact that this is the only tradable port, Qingdao Port has just been built and has become the most prosperous coastal city in the north. Here, whether it is grain or ore, Nanyang spices, Oriental Japanese goods, and Liaodong ginseng, you can buy them in any commercial town in the urban area of Qingdao Port. ”

"Last month, the court specially approved Qingdao Port as the first foreign port, becoming an important place for businesses from all walks of life to enter the city, anyone from Qingdao to do business, the tax is the lowest, here is the implementation of the lowest tax rate in the whole country, the highest tax on sales is only 5%, and import and export goods can also enjoy the benefits of tax rebates."

Sima Yun, the king of Huainan, listened to the introduction of the visitor and carefully looked at the bustling Qingdao Port. Although the emperor allowed the imperial family to intervene in overseas trade, Sima Yun could not invest rashly, after all, overseas trade is accompanied by high risks, and all investments will be wasted if he is not careful, and the main purpose of his visit this time is to inspect the cooperation partners.

President Wang of the Maolin Chamber of Commerce looked at the thoughtful Huainan Wang father and son, with a hint of fanaticism in his eyes. The Maolin Chamber of Commerce was founded by a group of merchants from humble backgrounds, and their original purpose was to use the power of everyone to take a bite of meat from the mouths of the family and the giant merchants.

However, the reality told these 'grassroots' businessmen that it was impossible to gain a foothold in overseas trade without a certain background, and it happened that someone from the royal family wanted to test the water, and after the introduction of the middleman, the two sides hit it off.

"Lord Wang, look here, the land within ten miles of the surrounding area has been rented by the Maolin Chamber of Commerce, and a huge warehouse will be built in the second half of this year, and in the future, our goods will be transported from here and then transported to the Wa Kingdom and Sanhan by sea ship. Goods shipped from overseas are also transported here first, and then transported by horse-drawn carts to sales points across the country. ”

"President Wang, everyone says that overseas trade is profitable, what is the situation, I don't know if I can introduce it to the widow!"

"Hehe, since the prince is interested, of course the little one knows everything! Well, how to put it, let's take the small one as an example. The small one accounts for 10% of the shares in the Maolin Chamber of Commerce, and the Maolin Chamber of Commerce pays dividends every three months. At the beginning, the small one spent 200,000 yuan to buy the shares, and now half a year has passed, and the small one has got 50,000 yuan for the first time alone, and the next dividend will also come down, it is estimated that this time it is only a lot more than the last time! ”

"Shhh So powerful! Huainan Wang's father and son showed a look of shock in their eyes, according to what President Wang said, the capital invested by President Wang can be returned in one year, isn't this a net profit in the future? Is there a better business than this?

"Actually, don't hide what the prince said, this so-called high profit is often accompanied by high risk, I heard that the merchant ship invested by the Shandong Yangjia encountered a tornado during a sea trip in June this year, and as a result, the entire fleet of hundreds of thousands of goods were all lost, plus the loss of personnel and ships, this trip alone made the Yangjia lose nearly one million."

King Huainan nodded when he heard this, there is no free lunch in this world, if you want to get it, you have to pay, and there is no chance of any success. There are huge profits in overseas trade, but the risks are not small, for example, this time the Yang family is also thanks to the other party is a century-old family, otherwise ordinary people simply can't afford such losses.

A successful overseas trade can make a person rich overnight, but a failed overseas trade can also make a person bankrupt in an instant. However, the nature of capital still drives more people to invest their funds in overseas trade, and the sudden rise of overseas trade has suddenly changed the elite concept of traditional Chinese scholars, which may be an unexpected joy! (To be continued......)