Chapter 531: Great Change
Most people only see the tax exemption of grain fields, but they never think that the so-called new policy of the governor is not here, and the tax exemption is just a virtue of establishing authority, tying the new Futai and tax exemption together, and raising the prestige of the Futai people to the top, while at the same time, the real new policy has just begun.
At least at this time in Zhejiang, is unprecedentedly united, from the day the news was confirmed by the Ming Pao, Zhejiang has become an iron plate, and Xu Qian's prestige, once again climbed to a new apex, at the same time, in Ningbo, a large number of businessmen began to settle in, Ningbo land began to be acquired on a large scale, the price is also increasing, Ruyifang quietly opened in this boiling sound, at the same time, Ruyifang's money is also opened.
The whole of Ningbo was immediately reduced to a large construction site, and countless businessmen who flocked to it were frantically poured in after learning about Shuangyu Port, Ningbo Weaving Bureau, and Ruyi Money Village had taken this place as the first choice.
Sometimes, businessmen are blind, no one knows where the future trend is, and naturally no one will think where the future will be. More people are more willing to believe that where Ruyifang goes, there will be silver.
The Weaving Bureau has been listed, but the workshop is still breaking ground, there have been rumors in Ningbo, that it is the overseas Shuangyu Port, the future will be in Ningbo to handle the goods, the future will have hundreds of thousands of ships, will be a shipload of goods from Ningbo to Shuangyu Port, these goods are piled up, through the transit of Shuangyu Port, transported to various countries, and even as far as the Franco.
In this way, almost all the porcelain kilns, tea, silk, and weaving merchants gather here, and the most important thing for the production of goods is the market, and here will be a huge sales intersection.
Porcelain kilns and tea are fine, but silk is different. Silk is a special product in Zhejiang, Songjiang area, many businessmen began to spend a lot of money, began to build textile workshops in the Ningbo area, as for the need for raw silk, since directly from the provinces and counties of Zhejiang purchased.
The whole of Ningbo almost fell into a certain frenzy, so that the prefect was startled and hurriedly reported the matter, and the result was to the governor's yamen. The reply to him was indifferent.
Be indifferent to......
The prefect of Ningbo was speechless in astonishment, and saw that the next piece of land was being bought and sold, and a large number of people were recruited as migrant laborers, and began to build houses and warehouses. The construction of workshops and docks, the arrival of many textile machines from the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau, and the scurrying of countless brokers hired by silk merchants in the government and county, he felt that many things suddenly subverted his cognition.
At the same time, another bombshell news came out. The governor's yamen set up a money and grain office, aiming to build schools, widen rivers, build bridges and roads, and build ports, and so on. All were promulgated, and as a result, another wave of enthusiasm began to emerge, and the first to shoot was Ruyifang. Ruyifang smashed 500,000 taels of silver and 500,000 taels of silver at the Money and Grain Bureau at one time. This is almost equivalent to several years of gold and silver in Zhejiang Province, and such a large-scale investment seems to have heralded infinite prospects.
Ruyifang took the lead, the businessmen were like crazy, and they also began to follow up frantically, and the gentry were not far behind, Liu Yu took the lead first, and then served as the director of the money and grain bureau, his old man came forward, it seemed that there was no risk, and the gentry saw this, and they also invested a large sum of silver.
In seven days, in just seven days, the money and grain bureau has raised more than 4 million taels.
You must know that the annual income of the entire treasury is only so much, and the Money and Grain Bureau, which holds a large amount of money, is very wealthy, and immediately threw out various plans, and then began to recruit people in the river sections of various prefectures and counties, on the one hand, the government began to requisition forced labor, on the other hand, it was to invite people everywhere, such a large project started at the same time, the manpower of Zhejiang Province was obviously far from enough, and people from Jiangxi, Fujian and other places also began to flow in under the promise of heavy profits.
Nowadays, almost the whole of Zhejiang has been turned into a construction site, building a school, removing sediment from the river, widening the river, building dams, building bridges and paving roads, building ports, and even many markets such as Ningbo, are also recruiting a large number of people to build, for no other reason, a large number of people are pouring in, there are bound to be people living here temporarily, temporary residence must have a place to live, the residence is rented out is silver, the street can also be used as a shop, due to the influx of a large number of manpower, these manpower can often earn hundreds of thousands of dollars per month, which means, These people have a certain amount of spending power, and with the ability to consume, the shop on the street is a small restaurant, the sanitary conditions are poor, and the rice wine is a little inferior, and they can immediately attract a lot of business, and even this kind of cheap small restaurant does not have to earn less from the big liquor stores in the city because of the flow of people.
A large number of manpower came out of the township to work, which also means that they are temporarily out of self-sufficiency, and it is impossible to return to the living environment of male farmers and female weavers, therefore, a large number of cloth shoes and cloth clothes have also begun to sell well, and some people see business opportunities, and they are also producing coarse cloth, as for those dyeing houses, there are countless of them.
In March, the drizzle is drizzling, and Lianghu Town has gathered countless officials of all sizes today, here, a large number of riverbeds are beginning to excavate, although it is spring, a large number of people are digging out a load of soil to both sides of the riverbed.
There is no waterway here, but to connect the waterway between Ningbo and Shaoxing, it is necessary to open up an artificial canal and connect with the small Shunjiang River more than 20 miles away, the amount of work here is also the largest, thousands of people began to start construction, the project has been carried out for a month, a few days ago, there was an accident here, several people died, the prefect of Shaoxing hurriedly reported, who knows, Xu Qian actually brought a large number of people to come.
Standing on the edge of this artificially dug riverbed, many officials followed Xu Qian's footsteps, and some people held bamboo slips and pen and ink to record at any time.
Ma Zhilong, the prefect of Shaoxing, looked at the official boots in the mud with a painful heartache, the boots were already dirty, and the muddy water poured into them, and the ice was fluttering under his feet, and then he saw that Xu Qian and the other attachΓ©s were wearing boots, and he couldn't help but cry bitterly, but at this time, he didn't dare to reveal anything, just followed Xu Qian with a deep foot and a shallow foot, waiting for Xu Qian to ask.
Xu Qian stopped at a beachhead, looked at it and said, "Have you already taken care of those people?" β
"If you go back to Lord Futai, you have already been compensated, and each person has been given thirty taels of silver, and the family wants to make trouble, but the official has suppressed it."
Xu Qian didn't say anything, just nodded, and then said: "Now Shaoxing Mansion has put down everything that can be put down, this section of the river embankment must be completed immediately, you look at other provinces, the progress is good, only this Shaoxing has something to do today, and tomorrow it will delay something, so it is not a way, the Money and Grain Bureau has allocated so much silver, even the people are not all apportioned, those who can give some silver will be given some silver, and the governor of the yamen has solved all the difficulties that should be solved, and you should use your life to do so." β
Ma Zhilong complained bitterly in his heart, the silver was indeed allocated a lot, the sky is pitiful, this silver has not let the yamen pass a hand, all in the money and grain bureau, and do not take the silver, and let the yamen and the errand under the head run errands, isn't this not to give the horses grass and let the horses run?
It's just that the governor yamen listed this matter as a major event, and Ma Zhilong had no choice but to talk about the difficulties, and said: "My lord, the lower officials naturally do their best, but the money and grain bureau has completed a construction period to give a part of the money, and they have specially sent people to inspect it, and if the inspection is not good, they will rework, not only to rush the work, but also to rework, which is afraid of contradicting the order of the adults, and the lower officials are also embarrassed, and they have urged the people under the head several times to ......."
Xu Qian interrupted him coldly: "It's useless to say more, why don't other prefectures and counties have so many complaints, but you Shaoxing do?" In the final analysis, it is your Shaoxing officers who are too greedy and unwilling to contribute, and there are some things that the official will not give you a break, and leave you a little face, all in all, if you can't do it, it doesn't matter, but this person's future does not depend on closing his eyes. β
Ma Zhilong wiped his face, and he didn't know whether it was sweat or rain in his head, so he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the lower officials must step up, and the schools in various counties of Shaoxing Prefecture are now under construction. β
Xu Qian said: "Displaced people are also manpower, so naturally they have to be recruited first. β
Ma Zhilong was full of hesitation, and said: "My lord, having said that, I am afraid that the project will be completed, and the displaced people will not leave. β
Xu Qian smiled: "There will be more manpower needed in the future, this is just the beginning, and you don't have to worry about it." β
As he was talking, a captain Pegasus came along the river and found Xu Qian and his party, and the captain turned over and dismounted, and sent an urgent report, saying: "Zhou Jiaoxi urgent report, that inspector Zhou Chang has arrived in Ningbo." β
"Really?" Xu Qian couldn't help but smile and said, "Sue Zhou Tai, let's do it, this person, the official doesn't want to see him again." β
In front of so many officials, Xu Qian said it so aggressively, it was very cold, long before this, Xu Qian had already said that he wanted to clean up Zhou Chang, the reason why this is the case is also for deterrence, what is right, right refers to where to fight, there is no need to use conspiracy, conspiracy is used by the weak, and the powerful rely on crushing, only in this way, these people who know the inside story will be afraid of you and afraid of you, and will obey you unconditionally.
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