The spring breeze warms up, the cold winter dissipates, and the spring of the fifth year of the apocalypse is particularly brilliant!

After an unprecedented food crisis, good news for business development has been coming.

The Jiangnan Bank was established, the city department was prepared, Zhang Ke, the prince of Pingliao, announced that he would directly purchase military rations and materials in Jiangnan, and the governor Mao Yilu was ready to repair the road and dredge the river to facilitate business travel.

The merchants were not fools, and in the past, the imperial court only cut meat from them, and they naturally did not do it. But Zhang Ke's actions were refreshing to them.

No matter how capable a businessman is, infrastructure construction must be done by the imperial court. If all the commercial taxes collected are used in the places where they should be used, it is not unavoidable......

Everyone's mentality has quietly changed, and they are even more curious about the famous Pingliao Gong.

On March 3, Grandpa Guo was going to hold a banquet at the prefect's yamen and invited large businessmen to the banquet. Compared with the last banquet in the Tianfei Palace, this time it was Jiangnan that shook, and those who had a little head and face wanted to squeeze in.

The prefect's yamen increased the number of banquets from the initial fifty tables to 150 tables, but the supply still exceeded demand. Countless people broke their heads, and even someone on the black market made an offer, an invitation for a thousand taels of silver!

Even if the price is so high, there is still no market. Those who hold the invitation know that what they have in their hands is clearly a golden rice bowl.

If the sea is really opened, the endless market is in front of you, as long as you can catch a ride, you will wait to count the money in the future......

In addition to Suzhou, there are neighboring Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, Yingtian and other places, Shandong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi. Huguang, there is even a group of Shanxi people, big guys who speak from the south to the north, gather in the back garden of the prefect's yamen, and talk loudly.

The layout of the garden is handled by Bao Shiqing, because there are too many people, the original vacant land is definitely not enough, he opened up the rockery, around the pool, according to the situation. The table was full. In March, the breeze is warm, the water is clear and the grass is green, and there is no special interest. And the seemingly random furnishings break the hierarchy and make it easier for the big guy to talk.

Teenage girls dressed in gauze clothes are like butterflies, fluttering and pouring tea and water for guests. Everyone was waiting for the arrival of Pingliaogong.

At this time, Zhang Ke was in the study of the prefect's yamen, and more than a dozen people were sitting on both sides. Among them are Mao Yilu, Bao Shiqing, Fang Chongwen, Gao Guifang, Ye Yongxin, etc., in addition to several newcomers, Zhang Ke's brother-in-law Deng Wentong, Ming Ruxin. and Wu Boyan, who just arrived from Jinzhou.

Everyone packed the study room, so it was not lively.

Deng Wentong took the lead and said: "Yongzhen, I didn't expect you to do it, I heard that you are going to open a market in Songjiang." But I was shocked! Speaking of which, when the sea ban is open and closed, you can't avoid the word ancestral system! How. How! It's just that this time to open the sea, is there a foolproof strategy? ”

In fact, Deng Wentong had been talking to Zhang Ke for three days and three nights, and he had already made the problem clear, he was nothing more than a reason for Zhang Ke to speak!

"Hehe, I don't have any tricks, all I rely on is the cooperation of the big guys!" Zhang Ke said with a smile: "In the past, the city was a hall of the imperial court, and it was set up when it was said, and it was also a sentence to say that it was canceled. This time the city division is different, first of all, the city department must have both tax collection functions, and set aside a special area in Songjiang Prefecture to give the city port division the sea and land armies! ”

Zhang Ke said, glanced at Wu Boyan and Ming Ruxin, and said to everyone with a smile: "General Wu is my favorite general, born and died, and has made great contributions repeatedly. This time, I promoted him to the imperial court and served as the commander-in-chief of Nanzhili, with 12,000 troops under his command, guarding Suzhou and Songjiang. ”

Wu Boyan bared his white teeth at the big guy and said with a smile: "Grandpa Duomeng is raised, but Boyan understands in his heart that I am a vicious dog who acts as a gatekeeper for the big guys, who dares to move a single hair of the city, whether it is a red-haired rakshasa or the king of heaven, I am not welcome!" Grandpa Wen Taowu is strategic, and he convinces people with virtue, and I, Wu Boyan, will only convince people with fierceness. Everyone should be careful, don't crash into my hands! ”

Murderous, this self-confidence makes the hearts of the big guys awe-inspiring, it is really the tiger and wolf division brought out by Zhang Ke, not to be underestimated!

Zhang Ke smiled and nodded, Jiangnan is the top priority, how could he not send spearmen and fierce generals!

"Hahaha, General Wu said it very well, 12,000 troops are to protect everyone's safety. But just being a turtle with a shrunken head can't be done, you have to be aggressive! Ming Ruxin! ”

"The last general!"

"I have written to the imperial court and promoted you to be a general, a naval commander. Your mission is to refine sailors, fight piracy, and protect trade routes, and you must ensure that the sea is clear and merchant ships can travel unimpeded, can you be sure? ”

"Nope!"

replied very simply, everyone present almost suffered internal injuries! The heart said that Grandpa Guo said it impassionedly, you are so discouraged, you are not afraid of letting Grandpa Guo cut you!

Zhang Ke was not angry, but asked, "Why are you not sure?" ”

"Grandpa Qiguo, naval warfare is different from land warfare, and there are very few examples of winning more with less. Especially nowadays, sea ships are equipped with a large number of artillery, and the broadside battle has become outdated, and it has become a cannon bombardment hundreds of paces away. The result is that a big ship is better than a small ship, more guns than fewer guns, and a well-trained ship is better than a bad one! ”

Ming Ruxin concluded: "All that the lowly can do is training and battlefield command, as for the ship and artillery, the lowly has no way, so I don't dare to pack a ticket for the grandfather." ”

"Hahaha, I kind of understand, General Ming wants ships and cannons, and simply put, he wants money!" Mao Yilu said with a smile.

Zhang Ke nodded and said: "The development of the navy is indeed not easy, at present, the few ships that the Jinzhou Navy Division can get their hands on are all bought from the Westerners, it is ashamed to say that at the beginning of the country, Zheng He's fleet went to the Western Ocean seven times, dominating the sea, and our descendants are really ashamed of our ancestors!" ”

Listening to Zhang Ke's sigh, everyone was silent.

Deng Wentong pondered for a long time and said: "The past is unbearable, and it can be chased in the future." I propose that in the future, the income of the city shipping department should be used to develop the sailor, and the ships can be used for both military and civilian purposes, which can be used to transport goods and ensure that they do not lose money. As for the time being, I propose to issue 1.5 million sailor bonds for the construction of ships and artillery. ”

Listening to Deng Wentong's words, everyone felt ridiculous, the army was a matter for the imperial court, how could it issue bonds and borrow money from merchants? But Deng Wentong said it as a matter of course, without the slightest hesitation, obviously it has been brewing for a long time.

At this time, Zhang Ke's face was grim, and he said: "Presumably, everyone has a thought in their hearts, if the court takes more points, you will take one less point, the two are in competition, so they are desperately corrupting officials, taking advantage of the loopholes of the court, and paying less taxes if they can, and it is best not to pay a dime." ”

Everyone was so red that they didn't dare to refute it.

"In the past, it may have been right, but now that the Age of Discovery has begun, Westerners can cross the ocean and do business all over the world, and their merchants are far less powerful than yours, and they rely on the support of the state. And it is not surprising that you can compete with a country with one family, and our ships are gradually disappearing in the South Sea Seas! ”

"What we need now is solidarity and common outwardness, what do you think?" (To be continued......)