Compared with stabbing Liu's father-in-law to death with a knife, the reluctant invitation to invest in Tianjin was undoubtedly as peaceful as the blessing of heavenly officials, and Qin Kan clearly saw that several shopkeepers in the room breathed a sigh of relief.

After stimulating the spirits of the big bosses of the business, Qin Kan finally said the purpose of summoning the shopkeepers.

Investing in Tianjin is not only because of the commitment to Tang Zihe, but also because of the prosperity of Tianjin is also important to Qin Kan himself.

To change this era, we must always take some practical action, changing Tianjin is the first step of Qin Kan, a coastal city and the collection of the Cao River, how important the geographical location is, now it is just a small earth city, which is unacceptable to Qin Kan.

To enrich the people, strengthen the country, and strengthen the army, we must first open the sea ban, and open the sea ban must first prosper Tianjin, this is Qin Kan's plan, he knows how taboo the sea ban is for those vested interests in the court, and he also knows how much of a storm the road will face, but this step must eventually go out of the road.

What he can do at present is only to be quiet, and slowly change Tianjin into a new look in a subtle and silent way.

Prosperity Tianjin must first attract investment, every dynasty and every generation can not ignore the strength of the merchants, today summoned these more than a dozen Beijing famous business shopkeepers, its purpose is the same.

As soon as Qin Kan's words came out, more than a dozen big businessmen were stunned for a moment, everyone could achieve a career in a mixed environment like Jingshi, naturally they were not stupid people, and they understood the purpose of Qin Houye's summoning them today.

There was silence in the room, and more than a dozen people were silent, with a look of embarrassment on their faces.

Like Zhou Yuanwai's thoughts, if Qin Kan only asked them for money. Even if it is tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, they will definitely take it out without saying a word, and they are even willing to take more, because Qin Kan's status is worth this price.

But investing in Tianjin......

In business, Tianjin, a small city made of small soil, can be said to be a poor and remote country in their eyes, where is it worth their shot? Everyone has a wealth of experience in doing business, and an investment is sprinkled in a small place like Tianjin, and the risks are not mentioned, even if the results are not something that can be seen in a year or two. The rate of return is too low.

Except for one case. If the imperial court suddenly decided to open the sea ban, then the location of Tianjin would be very important, and at that time, merchants from all over the Ming Dynasty would flock to it. Seize the time to seize the mountain turf. Set up stores and logistics network. Establish trade routes between the Ming Dynasty and small countries such as Korea, Japan, the Ryukyus, and even Southeast Asia as quickly as possible.

However. The imperial court has forbidden the sea for more than 100 years, and the sea ban is the ancestral system set by Taizu when he was the emperor, how could it be broken?

Without this premise, the small city of Tianjin really has little investment value for businessmen.

The silence in the room was still there, everyone looked at each other and did not speak, but no one came out to express their position.

Qin Kan probably understood everyone's thoughts, smiled slightly, and said, "Looking at everyone's expressions, it seems that they would rather stab Gonggong Liu to death with a knife than invest in Tianjin?" ”

Everyone's cheeks twitched violently at the same time.

The blind can see that everyone's expressions are clearly unwilling to do two things.

Zhou Yuanwai coughed twice, and arched his hand: "Hou Ye, Zhou Ji is willing to give Hou Ye 150,000 taels of silver, please Hou Ye smile." ”

Not only everyone, but even Qin Kan was slightly surprised.

This week, the staff is so generous, so bold, just now he only sent 50,000 taels, and now he has changed his mind and added a full 100,000, but the meaning of his words is also very clear, he just wants to ask Qin Kan to accept the 150,000 taels, and then don't mention anything to invest in Tianjin, he can afford to give away the silver, but he is really not interested in investing in Tianjin, and the power of more than a dozen big businessmen here to invest in a city is obviously not something that can be solved by 150,000 taels, it is more likely to be a bottomless pit of dissatisfaction.

As soon as Zhou Yuanwai expressed his position, everyone also rushed to increase the price, and the silver was given very generously, but the meaning revealed was the same, investing in Tianjin This kind of thing asked Hou Ye to find another person, and they did not have any interest.

Qin Kan frowned, his face was cold and he didn't say a word, the room gradually quieted down, the merchants were good at observing faces, and it could be seen from Qin Hou Ye's expression that Hou Ye was unhappy.

Zhou Yuanwai sighed secretly, and arched his hand: "Hou Ye, dare to say a few words that are out of place, the world knows that Hou Ye and Liu Gonggong are not compatible, and now Liu Gonggong has checked the world's acres of land and Weitun, the new deal can be said to be in full swing, and Hou Ye also wants to implement the new policy to win prestige in the court, everyone can understand, but Hou Ye ...... Why did you choose Tianjin? ”

Qin Kanleng froze, and then burst into laughter.

can be regarded as being speculated by people with the heart of a villain, it turns out that these people think that they built Tianjin in order to compete with Liu Jin for power, favor and prestige, and deliberately make political achievements?

I finally understood why Dr. Qu Yuan sighed, "Everyone in the world is drunk, I am sober alone", and if there is a river in front of him, he also wants to jump in.

"Do you think that Benhou wants to prosper Tianjin in order to make political achievements?" Qin Kan smiled faintly.

Zhou Yuanwai looked at Qin Kan's face, but he couldn't see the slightest joy or anger, and said with a wry smile: "Hou Ye forgives my sins, I really can't think of why Hou Ye is so concerned about such a small earth city." ”

"Tianjin is the city of my Ming Dynasty, the barrier of the Beijing Division, do you need a reason to build it and prosper it?"

Zhou Yuanwai sighed: "I don't dare to ask the Hou Ye for the reason, it's just ...... Hou Ye, in the next one more presumptuous words, even if we all promise to prosper Tianjin, a city only by a dozen of us businessmen is not able to prosper, the reason why businessmen can create a family business, by conforming to the general trend, the so-called general trend, maybe is the imperial decree, maybe the supply and demand of the two places, the world is a cloud businessman 'profit-seeking forgetfulness', 'forgetfulness' is the world's prejudice against us, but 'profit-seeking' is not wrong at all, profitable to attract us, and Tianjin ......"

At this point, Zhou Yuanwai stopped, but the meaning was very clear. What is profitable in that place in Tianjin? There is not even a formal administrative yamen, only a Caoyun yamen and a salt road yamen, the grain is in the hands of the imperial court, and the salt is also in the hands of the imperial court, and the entire Tianjin city is only 2,000 households.

Qin Kan was also the vice president of the company in his previous life, so he was naturally very clear about the true nature of a businessman. Zhilu Dao Zhou Yuanwai told the truth, but he didn't blame it.

Zhou Yuanwai saw that Qin Kan's face was not angry, and his courage gradually increased, and he continued: "Master Hou, even if we are all willing to spend money to make Tianjin prosperous, but after all, we only have a dozen people, although everyone has a small amount of wealth, compared to the prosperity of a city, it is still far from enough, even if the family is bankrupt, it may not be able to change Tianjin much." If you want to prosper Tianjin. Only by attracting businessmen from all over the world to rush in, can all rivers converge into the sea, but Tianjin has only 2,000 households, and most of them are poor. This is the desire to attract businessmen from all over the world. It's like a fool's dream......"

"But what...... If the imperial court has a decree to expand the city. The relocation of the population and the establishment of the government office gradually increased the population of Tianjin. With a large population, why worry about the lack of business? At that time, there was no need for Hou Ye to speak, merchants from all over the world flocked to it, all kinds of shops, workshops, weaving houses, granaries, carriages and horses, etc., and Hou Ye's goal of prospering Tianjin was almost achieved......"

Qin Kan listened carefully for a long time, and then let out a long sigh of relief, with a smile on his face.

Sure enough, you can't underestimate the ancient people, even if they are ancient businessmen, their insights are very desirable and even worth learning, Zhou Yuanwai's words seem to be superficial, but in fact, the "root" and "end" of this matter are analyzed very clearly.

Although Qin Kan was also a businessman in his previous life, he was not a mayor after all, and he was good at fighting for profits for the company, but how to prosper a city was not enough, and in the final analysis, he didn't understand the question of whether there was an egg or a chicken first, and he always thought that the first to attract the population would be the first to attract the population, but in fact, it was the population that attracted the businessmen first.

"So, if Tianjin's population is large, are you all willing to invest?"

Zhou Yuanwai said with a smile: "There are many people, and there are naturally many financial resources, Master Hou, we are businessmen, and businessmen have no enmity with silver." ”

Qin Kan smiled slightly, Zhou Yuanwai's words were modest, the merchant has no enmity with the silver, the silver is simply the ancestor of the merchant...... If the merchant family accidentally caught fire, the first thing they grabbed was definitely the box containing silver, not the ancestral tablet.

Qin Kan looked around and saw that more than a dozen big businessmen all had expressions of agreement on their faces, and immediately understood.

To put it simply, if you can't plant a sycamore, you can't attract a phoenix.

And this kind of thing of attracting investment cannot be oppressed by power, otherwise there are more than a dozen reluctant businessmen in a city, and over time there will be evil intentions, and the lack of virtue that rich people can do is no less than Qin Kan.

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Although summoning the merchant was fruitless, it was not without gain.

At least Qin Kan's ignorant thinking was made clear by these businessmen, who used to have only a vague outline of the construction of Tianjin, but now they have a clear organization.

While Qin Kan is doing his best to change this era, some people are wantonly harming this era.

Eunuchs are a very special group, not only the gender is difficult to determine, but also the species is also difficult to determine, some are human, some are not human.

Yang Yiqing was taken to the edict less than two days after the prison, the news came out from the West Factory, Yang Yiqing has been convicted, the crime is to kill the people, greedy for military salaries, the master of ceremonies Liu Jin deeply learned the lesson of Qin Kan to save Wang Shouren last time, no longer come forward in person, but to convict the West Factory, and then sentenced to behead and abandon the city, three days later.

The power of the Ming court in this period is very chaotic, the emperor is sluggish, the power is in charge, the power of Jinyiwei and the east and west factories is infinitely magnified, it seems that everything can be managed, anything can be sentenced, so many cases do not go through the criminal department and Dali Temple at all, the factory guard directly took the prisoner into the edict, and was convicted after a so-so trial, and even the execution was handled by the factory guard. Needless to say, Qin Kan is also a member of the-stirring sticks.

After the news of Yang Yiqing's conviction came out, the whole dynasty was in an uproar, and the ministers were furious, this Liu Jin became more and more arrogant, and even a loyal and upright minister like Lord Yang of the trilateral general system actually said that he would kill him, where is the justice of heaven? Has Lang Lang Qiankun really become a eunuch world?

When the Manchu Dynasty was furious, there was an anxious figure running up and down for Yang Yiqing.

This anxious figure is not Qin Kan, but Li Dongyang, a cabinet scholar.

The day after the news was confirmed, Li Dongyang boarded Liu Jin's door again, but returned in a huff again.

Obviously, Liu Jin was determined to put Yang Yiqing to death this time, Yang Yiqing refused Liu Gonggong's solicitation very shamelessly, this is just it, he actually sarcastically sarcastically mocked him, Liu Gonggong's heart is not big, and the gender is also very vague, I don't know if he has a kind of "don't have sorrow and hatred" feelings for Yang Yiqing, anyway, this time Yang Yiqing must be killed, and the cabinet scholars don't buy it.

Li Dongyang is anxious, whether it is justice or personal relations, he can't sit back and watch Yang Yiqing be beheaded, but the matter seems to have become a foregone conclusion, Liu Jin's decision has never changed, if it is said that the implementation of the so-called new policy Liu Jin has done a lot of mud, but in terms of killing, Liu Jin has always been straightforward and decisive, and the efficiency is extremely high.

Liu Jin decided that no one could save the person he wanted to kill, but ......

The anxious Li Dongyang was full of excitement, and a familiar figure came to mind.

Others may not be able to save it, but can't he save it?

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When night falls, thousands of homes are lit up.

An official sedan chair quietly stopped at the gate of the Marquis Mansion in Shanyin, and an old servant beside the sedan chair handed the name card to the gatekeeper of the Hou Mansion.

Qin Kan in the backyard received the name post, and his brows couldn't help frowning deeply.

"Why did Li Dongyang come to me?" Qin Kan muttered to himself.

Up and down the court, I don't know how many ministers have been cheated by Qin Kan, and even the prince has suffered a big loss under Qin Kan, but if Qin Kan is the most jealous of anyone, it is Li Dongyang.

This old fox seems to be his nemesis, no matter what kind of conspiracy he has, it is clear in Li Dongyang's eyes, the old fox seems to have a demon mirror in his hand, which illuminates Qin Kan with nothing to hide, so now Qin Kan can hide as much as he can, and he is really a little afraid of him.

However, since everyone had taken the initiative to find the door, it was not appropriate to hide any longer, so Qin Kan had no choice but to go out of the door and personally invite Li Dongyang into the front hall.

Li Dongyang is very kind, and his long beard and smile have a sense of elegance like a fairy wind, in fact, Qin Kan also hopes that the old guy will be ranked in the immortal class as soon as possible, don't stay in the world to hinder him from pitting people, and his insightful expression is very annoying.

The maid served tea, Li Dongyang took a sip of it, and then said with a smile: "The old man heard that the Marquis of Shanyin rarely seems to return to Beizhen Fusi to take charge of official business after returning to Beijing from Tianjin?" ”

Qin Kan arched his hand and said with a smile: "Xia Guan is on maternity leave, and he really has no time to take care of anything else." ”

Li Dongyang was stunned: "Maternity leave? ”

"The wife of the family is about to give birth, and the lower official wants to accompany her more, and he also wants to see the child born with his own eyes." Speaking of this, Qin Kan showed a rare touch of warmth on his face.

Li Dongyang was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "Being a husband is a thousand times better than being an official, if you can turn it upside down, it is really a blessing for the world......"

Qin Kan's face turned a little green, is the old guy coming to the door tonight to provoke?

"I don't know if Boss Li came to the cold house in person tonight to ......" Qin Kan decided to go straight to the point, not wanting to go around in circles with him.

Li Dongyang said with a smile: "Naturally, there is something to look for you." ”

Qin Kan's eyebrows furrowed, and his tone was a little dissatisfied: "Master Li, don't blame me for the bad luck of my colleagues in the DPRK and China, in addition to killing hundreds of people in Xichang and setting fire to a few houses recently, I have been very peaceful......"

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PS: How many monthly passes will stimulate my nerves? (To be continued......)