In the afternoon, a group of women went to the inner market to buy something. In the countryside, there is a market on the fifteenth day of the new year, and there are also such commercial activities in the palace. There are three times a month, but most of the things sold are valuables. The concubines in the harem are the main purchasing power that supports the inner market.

There are not many women in Zhu Youxiao, but there are cheap Lao Tzu, and there is also a group of concubines of Emperor Wanli, who are now all raised with good food and drink. I don't have to do anything all day, I have time and money, just like the Chinese aunts in later generations, I often get together to do various activities.

The reform in the palace can be said to have started first, and this kind of thing in the cold palace was also withdrawn by Zhu Youxiao. The former concubines in the cold palace all changed their residences and arranged for people to wait. Pocket money is even more indispensable, with at least 500 yuan of pocket money every month. The number of concubines is actually not very large, and the so-called three thousand beauties in the harem are just an imaginary number.

The harem concubines are not short of money to spend, and they have a lot of time, and there is nothing to fight with each other, so they have a very happy life. The eunuchs and palace maids are not short of money to spend, and their lives are naturally very happy.

When it comes to royal expenses, Zhu Youxiao is obviously very generous. Unlike in history, the emperor of the late Ming Dynasty saved and saved, and saving so much money was useless.

Although the expenditure is large, it is really a drop in the bucket compared to the national finance.

The women all went to the market to shop, and Zhu Youxiao summoned Zhang Hengsheng in the Yangxin Palace. This is a guy who looks to be in his fifties, black and thin, but his eyes are shining with a layer of essence, which faintly gives people a sense of alertness.

"Grass people Zhang Hengsheng, knock to see His Majesty the Emperor." When Zhang Hengsheng saw Zhu Youxiao, he immediately knelt down and bowed. There was an unconcealable excitement in my heart. I have been the shopkeeper for so many years. I didn't expect to be summoned by the emperor one day. If it was before. These high-level business talents may not look at the emperor in their eyes. After all, the emperor does seem to be supreme, but he won't do anything with them, and the most important thing is that the emperor has no money.

But now it's different, since the new monarch ascended the throne. Xinjun began to develop the royal capital, gradually revealing a formidable and terrifying fang.

Not only will the merchants be threatened by the royal capital, but the emperor will have money in his hands.

"Flat." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and asked someone to move a chair for Zhang Hengsheng. He was also served tea. This couldn't help but make Zhang Hengsheng feel flattered, obviously the emperor's prestige was not something that could be established by reprimanding elementary school students for treating their ministers generally. The communication between people is still about wrists. Especially for these business talents, it is really difficult to recruit. Many businessmen have a multi-generational employment relationship.

These experienced senior business talents are not short of money, if they really don't do a good job under the emperor, they can leave the burden and quit.

Zhang Hengsheng was flattered and sat down. Zhu Youxiao asked with a smile: "I heard that Shopkeeper Zhang, who has been doing grain management and production coordination for many years?" ”

"Your Majesty. It has been almost 30 years since grass farmers managed agricultural production. Zhang Hengsheng replied.

"Experienced! I wonder if you have a better view of the current development of the Royal Agricultural Company? Zhu You proofread you Zhang Hengsheng asked.

Zhang Hengsheng knew that his test was coming, so he quickly organized his language and replied positively: "The grass people think that the current business model of the Royal Agricultural Company is very good, and the idle population who have nothing to do is organized for production and construction, and the people have an excellent effect. At the same time, agricultural output has been expanded, and a large amount of infrastructure has been repaired. ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded, in a good mood. Zhang Hengsheng's sycophant is in the right place, people love to listen to sycophants, just to see where the shot is. It just so happened that the Huangzhuang system was designed by Zhu Youxiao, and Zhang Hengsheng's sycophants can be said to have scratched the itch.

But he can only pat himself on the back, and obviously he can't get into Zhu Youxiao's eyes. Zhang Hengsheng quickly changed his words and said: "However, the grass people think that the agricultural company can further obtain greater profits on this basis." ”

"Tell me about it." Zhu Youxiao nodded and encouraged.

"Today's operation of Huangzhuang is mostly grain, which is relatively simple. We can also adapt to local conditions and optimize the structure. For example, in sandy areas, we can use hired workers to grow sweet potatoes with maximum efficiency, whether it is processed into feed or processed sweet potato flour. The sand is distributed to the farmers, even if they give them more, but they are also under a lot of pressure, especially when the sweet potatoes are harvested. ”

In addition, the company can expand the area of hired workers, not only to grow grain, but also to open up vegetable planting bases and orchards around the towns of Beizhili, and to hire workers to grow cotton. In addition, while improving water conservancy, we can also increase the intensity of breeding and fertilization, so as to achieve the purpose of increasing production and income. ”

"Is that all?" Zhu Youxiao was a little disappointed, I'm afraid that the salesmen below know all this! Zhang Hengsheng saw that the emperor was not very satisfied, and said after a pause: "On a large level, what is really violent is monopoly management. If Huangzhuang can annex other lands in Beizhili, then the pricing of agricultural products in Beizhili is what we say, which is the real and long-term stable interests. ”

When it came to monopoly, Zhu Youxiao suddenly became energetic. The general manager he wants is to be able to see the overall situation clearly.

"How can the Imperial Estate annex the land?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Taxes." Zhang Hengsheng said these two words in a dark belly, and then said: "Many yeoman farmers in Beizhili want to be incorporated into Huangzhuang, and for this part of the yeoman farmers, as long as they pay one percent of the output in Huangzhuang, they will dispel their concerns." And for those landlords, we use taxes to deal with. At the same time, if Liaodong can be recovered, those landlords can also be squeezed out by the market. ”

If Liaodong can be recovered, there will be a large amount of land. At that time, as long as the purchase price of agricultural products in Beizhili is lowered, the profits of those landlords in agricultural production will be very low. When the time comes, they will choose to sell the land or something, and then be annexed by the Royal Agricultural Company.

"What about a land share?" Zhu Youxiao prompted.

"Land shares?" Zhang Hengsheng paused for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said, "It's wonderful!" If the merger is carried out with land as a shareholding, then there is no need to spend money to buy the land at all. As long as we get the right to operate the land, we have the final say on how much money we give them. As long as the land of Beizhili is fully annexed, the pricing of agricultural products is all up to us. ”

"Hmmm! Not bad. Now the position of General Manager of the Royal Agricultural Company is still vacant, so you can take it! As long as you make achievements, I will not treat you badly. Zhu Youxiao made the appointment with satisfaction, this Zhang Hengsheng is obviously a black-hearted guy, and it is most suitable to use him to deal with those landlords.

As for the windfall profits of monopoly operations, it is obviously unlikely that there will be zài. The price of agricultural products must definitely be controlled within a certain range, and Zhang Hengsheng has to pass Zhu Youxiao's level even if he wants to be black-hearted.

The price of grain supply should be stabilized, but some agricultural products that are not necessary for ordinary people can make some huge profits.

"Thank the emperor for his grace, and the grass people must do their best." Zhang Hengsheng bowed down excitedly, what it means to be a general manager is self-evident.

"Well, you go get busy!" Zhu Youxiao nodded.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the grass people are retiring."

sent Zhang Hengsheng away, and Zhu Youxiao asked the master of ceremonies to draft a letter of appointment and send it down.

"Annexation! I don't know if this path is right or wrong. Zhu Youxiao stood up and walked out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. There are both advantages and disadvantages of land annexation. If you don't do it properly, you will have to mess up below. When the time comes, it will not be a peasant uprising, but a workers' revolution.

After the annexation of a large amount of land, once agricultural products were highly commoditized, the population naturally concentrated in large numbers in cities and towns, and began to engage in industrial construction activities.

If the agricultural products cannot keep up with the situation and the workers go hungry, they will naturally want a workers' revolution.

However, once the majority of the population is concentrated in the towns, the forces that a country can draw are quite terrifying.

Zhang Hengsheng's appointment came soon, and after Zhang Hengsheng officially took office, the operational efficiency of the Royal Agricultural Company suddenly rose to a new level. Zhang Hengsheng, who has been engaged in agricultural production coordination for nearly 30 years, obviously has very rich management experience.

Although it was proposed to expand the production area operated by hired workers, Huangzhuang still had to continue to work in Beizhili. Zhang Hengsheng knew very well that the first thing the emperor wanted was to stabilize the people.

The work of opening up land for shareholding and improving salinized land was also rapidly carried out under the auspices of Zhang Hengsheng.

After the land shareholding policy was opened, a large number of homesteaders merged their land into Huangzhuang. After merging into Huangzhuang, you can get profit dividends every year. There are three types of placements. One is to enter Huangzhuang as a tenant farmer, the other is to enter the town as a worker, and the other is to get an interest-free loan and start a small business.

When you enter Huangzhuang as a tenant farmer, although you also have to pay 30% of the tenant rent, the land dividends can make up a part, or even exceed a part, depending on the amount of land. Entering the town as a worker, he was first placed in the royal enterprise.

Employees of royal enterprises are not iron rice bowls, and there is also the possibility of unemployment. The royal enterprises are somewhat similar to the state-owned enterprises of later generations, but the way of employing workers is the capitalist one.

As for those landlords in Beizhili, there are still many landlords who have incorporated their land into Huangzhuang, but most of the landlords are still waiting and seeing, or even resisting.

Xu Guangqi presided over the establishment of a 'saline-alkali treatment research group', Xu Guangqi is still relatively experienced in the improvement of alkalized land, this chemical improvement method, the Ming Dynasty has. The improvement of salinized land is relatively long, requiring salt drainage, salt washing, and then planting some trees such as dates, poplars, and arborvitae.

Under the operation of the Royal Agricultural Company, the annexation of land by Royal Capital has begun. (To be continued......)

PS: First update!