Chapter 564: Raising Food
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The news of Changsha reached Nanjing in four days through post stations along the Yangtze River.
As soon as the dust settled, Zhai Zhe was impressed by Xu Yiyang. Xu Du is reckless and has no foresight, his son is indeed a talent.
Zhang Shoulu was ordered to be transferred from Anqing to Changsha, and Li Laiheng was transferred from Suizhou to Anqing. The six generals and eighteen general soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are all chess pieces on his chessboard.
At the end of September, half of the leaves on the trees along the streets of Nanjing City have fallen.
Autumn harvest season.
There was laughter and laughter in the Xuanwu Fang on the shore of Xuanwu Lake, Liu Quanyi would appear in the east courtyard, and he would go to the west courtyard for a while, no matter who he saw, he could always call out their names.
Here are the richest merchants in Jiangnan and Huguang.
Outside the door, a high shout "King Jin has arrived", shouting with a long breath and a loud voice.
Everyone who was sitting and drinking tea stood up, and a middle-aged man with ruddy cheeks happened to be beside Liu Quan, and he lowered his voice and flattered: "The shopkeeper Liu really doesn't say anything, and he can invite the king of Jin."
Liu Quanwan smiled. If he could borrow hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from a trip, he believed that King Jin was willing to come to Xuanwufang every day.
First of all, two neat teams of pro-soldiers and guards walked into the gate of Xuanwu Fang, lined up on both sides to get out of the middle road, a military general led the way, and a middle-aged man in a python robe appeared in everyone's field of vision.
Hearing is false, seeing is believing.
Some people in Jiangnan and Huguang say that the king of Jin is kind and generous, and some people say that the king of Jin is cruel and easy to kill. When the owners saw Zhai Zhe, their originally tense thoughts eased down.
"Meet the Prince"
Some knelt, some made waves, and the voices were uneven. Many of these proprietors are famous, and according to the "Da Ming Law", officials can not kneel. Among them, they have at least a hundred thousand taels of silver, and they are all well-behaved in front of Zhai Zhe.
"Excuse me"
Zhai Zhe walked to Liu Quan's side, and the eyes of more than fifty people followed his footsteps. He gave these merchants face today precisely to get money out of their purses.
"I believe that the shopkeeper Liu has explained the specific affairs to you clearly, the Rishengchang is my industry, and the shopkeeper Liu has to operate it for me. The Risheng Chang borrowed money from you, and will make a note, and when the deadline arrives, the principal and interest will be exactly the same. ”
In the eyes of the proprietors, where can Zhai Zhe be brutal, and he is simply a businessman like them. With the power of the King of Jin, if he said such a face-losing word, if he didn't borrow money to come out, he was afraid that it would be difficult to get out of Xuanwufang
Yes, I heard that Xuanwufang is the property of King Jin
"Don't be pressured," Zhai Zhe said in a thick voice: "Rishengchang borrowed silver, it will not be compulsory, it is all voluntary. If you do business all over the Ming Dynasty, as long as you pay taxes normally, if you encounter any difficulties, you can give feedback to the household department through the guò liu shopkeeper."
His words express two meanings at the same time, the speaker has a heart, and the listener also has an intention.
A qiē is all in plain sight.
Although the King of Jin raised two taxes, he actually paid attention to protecting the interests of merchants, there are so many merchants in the world, and a few can have a relationship with the King of Jin.
The proprietors just listened, but did not dare to answer.
In Zhai Zhe's opinion, although these people are greedy, they are better than eighty percent of the officials in the Ming Dynasty. Even the monolithic salt merchants had to organize the members of the family to sell the silver.
The Risheng Chang wanted to borrow silver, because the household department was about to buy grain.
It was a big secret, and once it was leaked, he would definitely not be able to borrow as much as he expected.
For a long time, the imperial court levied land taxes, collected money from the people, and used the silver to buy grain from wealthy households and grain merchants. Two layers of skin were stripped back and forth. Almost all the wang clans in Jiangnan are inextricably linked with grain merchants
However, the whipping law had been in place for a long time, and it was much more convenient for the court to collect silver than to collect all kinds of products, and it was exempted from hard labor. If the land endowment is changed into a physical object, the local government and the people will not be able to adapt to it.
The profit of the grain merchant is not the profit of operation, but the loophole of the imperial court system. The imperial court of the Ming Dynasty did not set up granaries in the Central Plains and Shaanxi in the past, and was powerless to provide relief when encountering natural disasters in various places.
The household department has decided to directly purchase grain during the autumn harvest season, and to set up granaries in Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Nanjing on both sides of the canal, Xiangyang, Jingzhou, and Changsha in Huguang, and Jiujiang and Nanchang in Jiangxi.
Fan Yongdou was busy collecting two taxes, and this matter was carried out by Liu Quan with the assistance of Sun Jiaji, the secretary of the household department. Although Liu Quan has no official position, his influence in Daming Shopping Mall is not a second choice.
In the Xuanwu Fang, Zhai Zhe tried his best.
Liu Quan echoed with a smile: "What the prince meant, all the proprietors have understood, since the establishment of the Rishengchang, it has been spending a lot of money, and there is absolutely no problem with its reputation." ”
The owner who reacted quickly immediately echoed: "Yes, for the prince, this is a way to make money for us."
Zhai Zhe didn't stay here for long, and after coming forward to say something, he left immediately.
On the morning of the second day, Liu Quan came to the Jin Palace.
Ning Sheng led him into the house.
After the ceremony, Liu Quanxing said: "Lord, yesterday I obtained a lot of money, and borrowed a total of 820,000 taels of silver" Counting the loan for the construction of the Songjiang Mansion embankment, the Rishengchang has borrowed more than one million taels of silver.
Things in the world are so unbelievable, the more debts the Rishengchang silver has, the more the proprietors of the firms dare to borrow from the Rishengchang.
The owners of the big businesses can understand the sky, knowing that the Shengchang received the money the next day and lent it to the household, what else do they have to worry about. Although the interest given by the Rishengchang is not very high, it is a sure deal, and it can be connected with the King of Jin.
Zhai Zhe was not too surprised, just nodded lightly, and said, "These silver purchases rice for only three or four hundred thousand stones."
Liu Quan looked a little embarrassed.
Zhai Zhe said his expectations, "When you don't need me to come forward, you can receive two million taels of silver in the Rishengchang Open Your mouth, and it can be regarded as a small success."
Liu Quan pleaded guilty and said: "My subordinates are not doing things effectively"
"I'm not blaming you, Rishengchang was founded less than a year ago, and it is rare to have today's achievements" Zhai Zhe changed his words and said: "But you must know that Rishengchang is not an ordinary business name, it is a link between the back of the imperial court and the household department." ”
"What you think in your head must be just to connect the world" Zhai Zhe nodded Liu Quan's thoughts, "But my purpose is to make treasure money within five years"
"Treasure money?" Liu Quan raised his head.
Daming treasure banknotes were promoted for several years at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, but they were soon reduced to waste paper due to uncontrolled printing.
Zhai Zhe said: "Yes, you have to know that the Rishengchang is actually part of the household department."
The Risheng Chang is his inheritance, but he never thought of extracting silver from it, what he has is Daming's
The eclipse is only three meals a day, and only a bed board is needed for the night's sleep, and he has already dominated the world, so what's the use of asking for so much silver
A bright light flashed in Liu Quan's mind, and he realized that he was still thinking too little.
"The former Yuan and the early Ming Dynasty have implemented treasure money, and in the end they all fell short, you are the person I value, I hope to find the know-how"
Zhai Zhe squinted at Liu Quan, the world didn't know how ambitious he was.