With regard to the management of the trade zone, although it is nominally a government government, the actual management is in the hands of a single body called the Trade Zone Management Committee. This body included all the merchants and landlords who had purchased shops in the trade zone. According to the different purchase amounts, they also have different share shares, of course, according to the different shares, the right to speak is naturally different. Among them, Zhu Ping'an and Zhou Mian, who were the initial investors, naturally mastered the number of shares and became the undisputed hosts of the management committee.

Regarding the relationship between this institution and the government, Zhu Ping'an is very clear. The imperial court set up the city shipping department, and a large part of the city was the commercial tax that needed to be traded in Dengzhou, and Wang Pin came here, one was for money, and the other was to supervise Zhu Ping'an. Zhu Ping'an would like to keep this trade zone as a pilot, that is, to promote the development of the region purely in accordance with the market method. Shen Mingxian was in charge of this trade zone as Zhu Ping'an's representative. If you want to talk about trust or not, people have handed over the entire Shandong industry to Zhu Ping'an, isn't it still trustworthy?

For each transaction, the city department came forward to collect the commercial tax, and the subsequent harvests had nothing to do with the imperial court. The annual management expenses of the trade zone, as well as the rent of the remaining two-fifths of the rented out shops, will be a source of funds to support Zhu Ping'an's military and political undertakings. This is not the most important thing, in Zhu Ping'an's preparations, the first bank to provide loans in the trade zone will also be officially established. At present, it is still too early to equip the banks with financial functions in later generations, at least the kind of money banks that can be withdrawn and stored all over the place have not yet been established. Therefore, it is only possible to set up a bank that simply lends money to foreign countries. Of course. In the trade zone, if a merchant wants to temporarily store a certain amount of gold and silver, he can also entrust Zhu Ping'an's money bank to handle it.

The second is the establishment of an insurance company. Most of the merchants who come and go to Dengzhou are engaged in maritime trade, ships encounter wind and waves, robbery, and losses of goods occur from time to time, and the insurance company is based on this reason, but at the beginning of construction, the merchants were still skeptical of this kind of organization, so there were very few people who paid insurance.

This collection of ideas is ahead of its time. Dazzle everyone. From an outsider's point of view. This is just a new gadget that the deputy commander-in-chief has figured out when he is young and undecided, and it will not play much role in the trade zone. In the future, it will have to be stopped. And in the eyes of Zhu Ping'an's subordinates. Most people are also skeptical. On the contrary, Shen Mingxian, who was born in business, took this business development plan written by Zhu Ping'an himself, and studied it for two days and two nights, afterwards. Just four words were said -- "there is a lot to be done."

At the beginning of the establishment of the trade zone, the income from the sale of shops alone reached one million taels of silver, and the rent received was more than 300,000 taels, plus the management expenses, it easily exceeded two million taels, which shows how huge the commercial potential of Dengzhou is. What's more, there are more than 20,000 acres of land voluntarily returned by large and small landlords who buy shops with land.

On the first day of the establishment of the city and trade zone, the transaction volume exceeded 1 million taels, which is also the result of the recent efforts of the Denglai Navy Division to crack down on maritime smuggling. The large and small maritime merchants held back for several months, as well as merchants from Jianghuai, Zhili, Sichuan, and Yunnan-Guizhou, and their payment power and purchasing power suddenly exploded after a period of tension, and the commercial tax of the city alone exceeded 50,000 taels a day. If you think about it, this situation will continue for a long time.

Roughly calculated, even Wang Pin was taken aback, don't say much, as long as this situation persists for a month, the imperial court can easily put one million taels of silver into the warehouse, which is still the most conservative estimate.

Think about the pitiful situation of the commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty in recent years, in the past, whenever the commercial tax was levied, the Chinese military always opposed it in unison, and the Shilin literati scolded the imperial court in unison for "competing with the people for profit", and it was difficult to collect the commercial tax, but now, the merchants were scrambling to come to the city to pay the tax, and the powerful people in the court had no noise, as if they were turning a blind eye to the prosperity of Dengzhou. During the Jiajing Dynasty, because the treasury was empty and the pressure of resisting the Japanese was huge, the commercial tax was collected, but only 200,000 taels were collected in a year, and they were scolded by the scholars for many years. Every day, without waiting for the city to open the yamen, there was already a long queue to pay taxes, and when the door opened a little later, he was glared at by these businessmen blowing their beards. It's weird.

Thinking about the grand scene of these millions of taels of silver being sent to the capital master, Wang Pin's heart was so excited that he was about to jump out of his throat.

"No!" Wang Pin barely suppressed his beating heart, and pinched himself hatefully, "If this million taels of silver arrives in Beijing, it will inevitably cause an uproar." Zhu Ping'an is the person favored by his father-in-law, and sooner or later the prince will ascend the throne, and sooner or later these talents will be reused. If the silver is sent to the capital with such fanfare, it will inevitably cause speculation and jealousy from all sides, and it will easily ruin his future. ”

Wang Pin thought about it and decided to send a letter to Wang Chengen, stating his worries, and at the same time telling Wang Chengen of his decision in the letter, he planned to intercept most of the silver first, and after two months, escort 200,000 taels of silver into Beijing first, and then make plans. explained so clearly, Wang Pin also planned to mend the current lukewarm and embarrassing relationship with his father-in-law.

Merchants from all over the world gathered in Dengzhou, and the business of teahouses, restaurants, brothels, and gambling houses was thriving, and even the homeless people who had no fixed place had a place to go, and those who were physically strong could go to the recruitment office of the Dusi Yamen to sign up for the army, and those who were selected were distributed clothes, arranged accommodation and two meals a day.

Those who have been eliminated do not have to complain, and now Dengzhou Wharf and Weihai Weijun Port require a lot of labor, which is a project undertaken by the Dusi Yamen. Not to mention anything else, two meals a day are indispensable, as long as you register in the yamen and prove your innocence, you can go to the construction site to start work. Those who have stayed in Dengzhou for two years can apply to the government for relief from two acres of thin fields. Although these two acres of thin fields do not produce much food, they at least give the displaced people a way to live, so that they will not starve to death in this famine year, not to mention, they will not have to bear any land endowment within two years.

In addition, the Dengzhou Supervision Office also began to recruit displaced people, requiring them to plant fields for the Dusi Yamen within one year, and after a year, there would be a reward of two acres of fields. In this way, it took less than three days. Nearly 1,000 displaced people were recruited. All of them were guarded by the guards of the inspection room. They were escorted to a wasteland that covered an area of about 1,000 acres, but was heavily guarded. Everyone was apprehensive for a while, but when they saw it later, they didn't say that food and clothing were guaranteed. It is indeed the work of farming. It's just that the things that were planted have never been seen before. I don't know what the adults of Dengzhou Mansion are for, they have to grow these strange things.

Some people are happy, some people are unhappy. The Military Intelligence Department has already begun to closely monitor the two firms of Jintong and Jinhe. In and out every day, including purchasing contacts, someone summarized the news to the intelligence room of the military intelligence department, sorted it out in a unified manner, and reported it to Yin Shigang, who picked out the valuable ones and presented them to Zhu Ping'an.

The establishment of the city and trade zone was a heavy blow to the Fan family and the Wang family, who were engaged in the smuggling of salt, iron and grain. What's more, their main trading partner is still the Manchu Qing outside the Guan, and now the sea route is banned, and the Dengzhou Mansion has trained troops on a large scale, and even the land route is very tightly guarded. Not only have the delivery and receiving channels by sea been cut off, but even the materials in stock cannot be shipped out.

In less than ten days, the warehouses of the Fan family and the Wang family were frequently stolen and attacked, and the two warehouses were inexplicably ignited with fires, and the grain originally stored in more than 1,000 stones turned into ashes. And a large amount of salt and iron stored in the warehouse could not be transported out at all, and for a while, Fan Yongnian and Wang Yanshu were a little anxious. Many Shanxi businessmen scolded the two families behind their backs, did some shady business by themselves, and even pulled all the Shanxi businessmen into the water.

Chang Yao of Deyu Firm sat firmly in Diaoyutai, and at this time, he knew what the "change" Shen Mingxian said, and now it seems that he just needs to wait quietly, wait for the Fan family and the Wang family to fall, and easily come out to clean up the mess. It seems that this Shen Mingxian and Feng Xiantang have completely thrown themselves into the deputy chief soldier, what should they do after cleaning up the mess? At this point, Chang Yao was quite hesitant, so he repaired a letter and ordered someone to send it back to Yuci, Shanxi immediately, and asked the head of the family Chang Wei to decide.

It was not easy to survive the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the shape did not improve at all, and the Shanxi merchants in Dengzhou City stuck to the city, and the thriving trade area had nothing to do with them. Even the merchants who dealt with them noticed a different taste, and they temporarily stopped all transactions with them. To add fuel to the fire, in view of the dilemma of the Shandong branch, the Shanxi General Number mobilized 300,000 taels of silver to rescue Shandong, but it was robbed by horse thieves halfway through.

Jokes, now there are no horse thieves in the two states of Denglai, even the displaced people have gathered on the coastal line of Dengzhou, Dengzhou's maritime trade is in full swing, but all the bandits who have a little thought have brought the old capital they have accumulated for many years to invest and make a fortune, who is willing to do this bloody trick on the tip of the knife! No need to ask, it must be Zhu Ping'an who put Jin He and Jin Tong together.

"Lord Ning, this is implemented according to your old plan, and now my Jin Shang has a lot of complaints about my Fan and Wang families. Jin Tong and Jin He saw that they were going to be unable to stay in Shandong, you said, how is this good? ”

Fan Yongnian and Wang Yanshu's faces were pale, and they stared at Ning Wan with two bloodshot eyes.

Ning Wan I was also a little surprised, originally planned to let Jintong and Jinhe secretly make some small moves, in the past, the business community in Dengzhou respected the Jin merchants, and the raw materials thought that the Jin merchants were unwilling to enter the trade zone, which would definitely cause speculation and hesitation in the Shandong business community, and Zhu Ping'an's trade zone would also sink.

Unexpectedly, this trade zone has just been established, and it is so unstoppable. Now even Zhu Ping'an has noticed that something is wrong with Jin Shang, and then thinking about the losses suffered in Zhu Ping'an's hands before, Ning Wan and I boast of my unparalleled wisdom, and I can't make up my mind at this time.

Nagu and the others, who have been visiting and looking for it, have never heard from them, and the matter of the Jin merchants has become like this, if they return to the outside of the pass, they may not know what kind of punishment Huang Taiji and Dolgon will be.

Ning Wan gritted my teeth and took the case, "What's the panic, now that Zhu Ping'an has gained a firm foothold in Dengzhou, the trade route from the sea to the outside of the customs has been cut off, and my Daqing is bound to be greatly affected." What is the loss of your two businesses compared to that! ”

Fan Yongnian and Wang Yanshu closed their mouths hatefully.

Ning Wan I took out my saber and went straight to the table, my expression became hideous, "Since Zhu Ping'an is dead, he wants to ruin my plan of the Qing Dynasty, and we can't sit still." The Fan family and the Wang family have been in Dengzhou for many years, and the dead soldiers raised under their command should also come in handy. Let's plan carefully, withdraw from Dengzhou in batches, and send a big gift to Zhu Ping'an when we leave! I heard that Zhu Ping'an's father-in-law and fiancée are going to come to Shandong to complete their marriage, and our sword will poke at his Zhu Ping'an's heart! (To be continued......)