After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhang Ke put down the wine glass in his hand.

Seeing Grandpa Guo put down the cup, everyone else was so frightened that they hurriedly stopped, only Xu Zhongliang, who was sitting at the end, stuffed a pill in his mouth, and his face was so red that he couldn't go up or down.

A few people around secretly despised it, and said in their hearts that they were from a big clan, and they hadn't eaten anything, so it was so embarrassing! Xu Zhongliang's tears are about to come out, he has been locked up in prison for the past few days, two cakes and a bowl of pot water every day, and he is about to fade out. If you've been in prison before, it's even worse.

Fortunately, Zhang Ke resolved his embarrassment and said with a smile: "Everyone is casual, don't be restrained." ”

Xu Zhongliang was like being amnestied, and hurriedly swallowed the balls in two bites, and let out a long breath.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have agreed to collect taxes, but the trouble at hand has not yet been resolved. Suzhou, and even the south of the Yangtze River, after this catastrophe, must wither people's livelihood, the market collapses, and order must be restored. Besides, during this time, you have borrowed a lot of money and owed a bunch of debts, I am afraid that some people will not let go and continue to chase after you, let's discuss it and come up with a solution! ”

As soon as these words came out, many people present had hot faces.

That's right, the drastic changes in the past month or so have not only greatly damaged the vitality of the eleven families, but also a large number of small and medium-sized businessmen, who joined in as soon as their heads were hot, and as a result, they went bankrupt and hanged themselves in the river.

Countless shops went bankrupt, and the money in the pockets of the people was drained. According to conservative estimates, Jiangnan's business has regressed by at least five years.

What's even worse is that the original imperial court had no management of commerce, relying on the industry norms consciously formed by merchants, so reputation is the life of merchants. By the time the food war had raged, the credibility of the merchants had gone bankrupt, and the people resented them.

Zhang Ke said that if he cut them all, the people would only clap their hands and applaud, which is not false at all!

How to bring the dead back to life. Getting rid of the current crisis made everyone here feel sad, Rao has been in business for many years, and he can't think of a good idea for a while.

There was an eerie silence at the table, and everyone sighed and couldn't come up with an idea.

Zhang Ke smiled at the corner of his mouth and beckoned slightly, and Fang Chongwen walked over from the corridor. When he arrived at the banquet, he gave Zhang Ke a salute, and he didn't pretend to these people from the big family at all.

"Right now the people are poor. Shops are closed, workshops are closed, and all industries are in a depression, and if you want to recover, you must regain your confidence. Someone spends money, someone produces, and gets society running again. ”

After Fang Chongwen finished speaking, everyone present couldn't help but nodded, but it was easier said than done. It's hard to do, what is the breakthrough!

Zhang Ke smiled and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Benjue has just played the imperial court and asked to open up a city in Songjiang. Foreign trade is permitted. ”

Ichiboshi!

Three words can't help but make people gasp, the so-called city shipping department, is the management agency of foreign exports. The Ming Dynasty went from Zhu Yuanzhang's implementation of the sea ban to Zhu Di's seven voyages to the West. Since then, the sea ban has been intermittent, sometimes severe, sometimes lax.

Until Wanli's father Longqing ascended the throne. Gao Gong Zhang Juzheng and other pragmatic and capable officials were in the DPRK and decided to open the sea, and the address was selected in Yuegang, Fujian.

In fact, from the geographical point of view, the moon port is not the best choice, remote, closed, and the port conditions are poor, but this also reflects the contradictory heart of the Ming Dynasty, which is hesitant and uncertain about opening up.

Zhang Ke has long known that the best place to open is Songjiang, which is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, which is later Shanghai! North-south, this is the midpoint of the coastline, east-west, is the mouth of the Yangtze River, occupying the convenience of the river and the sea.

Moreover, the surrounding prefectures and counties are rich in products, silk, cotton, porcelain, tea, the quantity is amazing, if the city of Songjiang is set up, and the materials are allowed to go to sea, the scale must be ten times that of Yuegang, a hundred times!

Zhang Ke said with a smile: "As long as the city is set up, the textile workshop in your hand, porcelain and tea will be exported in large quantities, the price will rise rapidly, and the net worth will be very different." The gentry who are big gentry who collect debts will also have their requests for you, and the debts will be settled. When the workshop is in operation, the workers have an income, and they will buy goods and materials and go to taverns and tea shops to consume. In addition, overseas merchants will also come in, and business will naturally prosper. It won't be long before the blow of the food crisis will pass quickly, and, with the wealth of Jiangnan, Benjue believes that there will be greater prosperity soon! ”

The words were full of enthusiasm, and everyone who was agitated was excited, and their faces turned red.

Gao Guifang couldn't wait to give himself two mouths at this time, he knew that Zhang Ke was so open-minded, and he actually wanted to open the sea to give such a big benefit to the big guys. I should have gone to the Tianfei Palace for a banquet and had a good discussion with this grandfather. Why not cause some food crisis and cause a lot of trouble!

He took the lead in getting up, knelt in front of Zhang Ke, kowtowed respectfully and said: "Grandpa Guo, clever calculation, unparalleled in the world, repay grievances with virtue, save us and others in the midst of fire and water, the villains are grateful to Dade and will never forget!" ”

"Thanksgiving, never forget!"

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Conquest by force alone is useless, but the connection of interests is the most reliable. There is no doubt that the city has tied Zhang Ke and them tightly together and become a solid community of destiny.

When the big problem was solved, everyone pushed the cup and changed the glass, not to mention how happy they were, until the evening, they dispersed.

The next day, news spread that the Bank of Liaodong had provided a loan of 10 million taels to alleviate the difficulties of large households in the south of the Yangtze River. At the same time, the original eleven Jiangnan companies brought in Bao Shiqing to jointly establish Jiangnan Bank, accepted a loan of 10 million, and announced that they would assume all the debts of large households.

The economic crisis comes from confidence, although I don't know what Jiangnan Bank is, but the funds of 10 million at every turn still give rise to strong confidence in everyone.

After the establishment of Jiangnan Bank, on the one hand, it sent representatives to negotiate with all the major accounts in arrears on the way to repay the debts. On the other hand, they began to make decisive acquisitions of a qiē industry.

Porcelain kilns, workshops, shipyards, furniture factories, tea houses, hotels, inns, guild halls, in short, a valuable thing is among the ones they acquired.

Countless people and businessmen waved silver tickets in their hands and rushed to buy them frantically. Many businessmen who had suffered heavy losses did not have time to react at all, they were hesitating to jump off the building, and when they saw the real money, they decisively agreed.

In this way, after half a month, the procurement eased up.

Another even more shocking news came, led by Mao Yilu, the governor of the Heavenly Patrol, more than 1,000 officials and gentry and celebrities in the south of the Yangtze River, jointly petitioned to open up a city in Songjiang and allow the sale of goods to foreign countries to restore the vitality of the south of the Yangtze River.

It was only then that it dawned on everyone!

Originally, those who were chasing debt collection all changed their minds and chased after shares instead, and they had the posture of dying in front of me if they didn't agree.

Just when they were begging for a piece of the pie, Zhang Ke was already drooling in the face of a thick list, yes, drooling!

Don't laugh at him, if anyone faces the wealth of Jiangnan Sancheng, it will only be even more unbearable...... Jiangnan has been bought by Zhang Ke! (To be continued......)