Before the cold winter arrived, Fang Siwei had already experienced the ice storm brought by capital. After the storm swept away, it left a lot of chicken feathers in the ground...... It's still vivid when I think about it now.

The price of land has come down, but it is not easy to clean up the chicken feathers in that place, but fortunately, he made a quick decision at that time, listened to the advice of others, and practiced the art of leveling to stabilize the local prices in Liuhe. Otherwise, when the new year comes, Liuhe will really wither.

Fang Siwei had a kinship in his heart, and every time he dreamed back, he would still break out in a cold sweat. So he can better understand the sentence 'The country of ten thousand times has a thousand gold Jia, and the country of a thousand times has a thousand gold Jia, but what is it?' Guoduo loses ...... If the people are rich, they cannot be punished, and if they are poor, they cannot be punished. If the law does not work, the people will not be governed, and the rich and the poor will not be equal.'"

"Therefore, those who benefit from one hole are invincible in their country......" Fang Siwei reflected on himself alone in the provincial hall: "And those who have a hole cannot do it if they are not the king." ”

"Is the county rethinking again?" Master Huang had been in for a while, but Fang Siwei hadn't noticed it.

"Take advantage of a hole, give it to you, take it from you, be poor in you, and be rich in you? But what do you mean? ”

"That's right!" Fang Siwei sighed, "Master is really rich and rich, which is admirable!" ”

"Snort~, you won't be a sycophant," Master Huang was a little disdainful. "But what you said is not bad, if the king does not strictly bind the merchants, it is indeed ......"

Fang Siwei was a little surprised: "You feel the same way?" ”

"Now the old man really understands what it is'a soldier who surrenders without a fight', although the merchant has no weapons in his hand, he can still kill people, and there is no blood, and it is more lethal than a real knife and a real gun. It's terrible that the people don't have a good life, no wonder King Qin would kill Lü Buwei......"

"The key is not whether King Qin kills Lü Buwei or not, but if all businessmen want to be Lü Buwei, this is the most terrifying."

When Master Huang heard this, his expression turned grim: "You're right! If you want to be everyone, then you will turn the world upside down......"

"But there is one thing, it should be said that it is more fortunate," Fang Siwei smiled, "It is true that the merchants do not have weapons in their hands yet, and they are also afraid of death." ”

The master raised his eyebrows and looked at Fang Siwei: "I understand what you mean!" So ......"

"So I decided to give Your Majesty ten thousand words to explain the beginning and end of this Liuhe land incident."

"Good! The old man was waiting to read the master's masterpiece of the county lord. ”

Fang Siwei smiled, and after a while, he asked again: "By the way, Master Huang will come here, what is the so-called matter?" ”

"Oh, that's the case...... Master sorted out his thoughts and said, "I remember that last time you mentioned that you wanted to build a granary in Liuhe, I was still paying attention. ”

"Eh, yes, I have this plan, Master proposed it today, but what do you think?" Fang Siwei heard that this was a top priority.

"I don't dare to say the idea, I checked the previous county records, and found a strange thing, not to say it, just say that in Yingtianfu, except for Liuhe, other counties have community warehouses and righteous warehouses, and only Liuhe has never built such a folk granary, I don't understand, why doesn't Liuhe have?"

"You forgot? The elders of the gentry that we visited together, they also said that Liuhe only has a reserve warehouse, and only stores official grain and grain, so there is no community warehouse and righteous warehouse. ”

"I just remember, that's why I went to check the county records, and I also checked the accounts of Liuhe over the years, and the valley was only 300 stones. If you turn forward, in fact, it is not difficult to find that the number of valleys has been declining, to put it mildly, if there is a major famine, these 300 stones are really a drop in the bucket. ”

Fang Siwei shook his head: "This only shows one problem, the imperial court has not paid attention to the production of grain in recent years, and the imperial court has not come up with corresponding countermeasures to restrict the land that should be used to grow grain to other crops. ”

"Last year, I remember that Nanjing's right capital Yushi Zeng Shangshu suggested that all prefectures and counties should repair warehouses and accumulate reserves, and I don't know how many prefectures and counties in the world are responding?"

Fang Siwei was silent, frowning as if he had fallen into some kind of thought.

After a long time, he spoke: "In short, no matter where else, let's build the granary of this county first." ”

"I mean, don't you want to convene another meeting of the gentry and elders of the county? Let's discuss how to build a good warehouse? ”

"It's good ......"

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Wu Yan's solution was to find two directors of the Beijing newspaper and inquire about the financial activities of the French Jesuits in Beijing. As for why she inquired about the Society of Jesus, she knew that in the context of this era, a new religious group such as the Society of Jesus must not be taken lightly.

"Uncle, Mr. Ke, what about you, just send out all the staff of the newspaper, anyway, cast a wide net, as long as there is some useful news, inquire back, and we will summarize it."

Shu Daizong thought for a while and asked, "What kind of news do you want to inquire about?" ”

"Well, actually, I can't say it well, anyway, personal judgment, as long as you think it's useful, write it down."

"That's okay, listen to the news, the newspaper is still experienced, dare not say for three days, and even find out whose wife sleeps and snores."

"You can know this kind of thing? Mom, could it be that your newspaper has installed bugs elsewhere? ”

"What do you call a bugging?" Mr. Ke couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Uh...... Nothing! Wu Yan said quickly, and hurriedly diverted the conversation elsewhere, "Also, last time you said that the priest of Nantang opened two money houses in the capital, do you know the specific situation?" ”

"It's not two, it's three," Mr. Ke corrected, "in fact, there have been twists and turns since the opening of these three......

Wu Yan's eyes lit up: "Huh? Did Mr. Ke inquire about anything again? Let's hear about it. ”

"Hey, it's also hearsay, my brother-in-law's daughter-in-law's sister-in-law's sister's man, who works as an errand boy in the south hall, likes to inquire about gossip on weekdays."

"Hey~, this relationship is really complicated...... Okay, you go ahead. ”

"I heard that they thought it was unethical to start a bank, and that one of their great priests said that money lenders and profiteers committed crimes because they harmed the people who borrowed money with interest."

"Does that make sense?" Wu Yan couldn't help but nod and praised: "Lending usury is harming people." ”

"But the man explained that their priest had to lend the money as a last resort."

What do you mean by that? Is money lending still a last resort? ”

"Yes, I asked the insider at the time, and he said that because their current Jesuit is not the same as the Jesuit in the past, and they are now subject to Macau. Because they only accept money once a year, if they are restricted, they will not be able to live, let alone build new churches. ”

"Oh......" Wu Yan only understood a little bit, the feeling is that the finances are controlled by others, so he wants to find another way to make a living.

"Also, they invest money to run a bank, but also for their missionary cause, and it should cost a lot of money, I think. After all, I have a vast country, and it is not easy to enter the hinterland from Macao, and it is necessary to first take the waterway and then the land, and then the waterway. ”

"Indeed, I estimate that the distance between the two 'two capitals' is so far from Macau that if they are not entangled, they will have to beg all the way, let alone preach."

Shu Daizong said: "I understand, they are doing the thing of entering the world with the heart of being born. ”

"Haha, it makes sense," Wu Yan smiled: "But it's hard for them, according to our saying, wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha sits in his heart." ”

"Wonderful, this sentence sums it up exquisitely!"

Wu Yan asked again: "Who do they usually lend to, do you know?" ”

Mr. Ke recalled again: "I haven't heard of it, but in my estimation...... It may not be the people who feed their families on a few small sums of money, and their priests are quite happy to make friends with celebrities. ”

"Well, I understand a little bit when you say that," Wu Yan reacted immediately: "Wasn't it that they donated money to build roads last time, and they repeatedly said that they didn't want anything in return, and I almost thought they were bodhisattvas of great compassion at that time." ”

"Didn't their predecessors do the same, that Li senior."

"But I'm a little confused," Shu Daizong asked again: "It's not like you can run a money bank if you have money, right?" ”

"What is Mr. Shu's opinion?"

"Because I have dealt with many money owners in the south this time, I probably know something, just like opening a money bank, you must have five people in the same industry to jointly guarantee the settlement, and pay a donation of 400 taels, approved by the official, all with unlimited liability. Moreover, at the beginning, the business is mainly short-term deposit, and the floating arrears are calculated with interest, and the banker notes issued are half a month for a comparison period......"

"To sum up, if you want to run a money bank, you must jointly guarantee the settlement with the same industry, and someone dares to guarantee for you; Second, the business must be carried out with the permission of the government. ”

"In this place in the capital, to put it mildly, if you smash a stone, you can hit an official, so it's no wonder that they like to make friends with celebrities, and they should have a good relationship with the government, so they have a network of acquaintances of quite high quality, and they will have someone to help them do anything in the future."

"That's right...... It seems that our newspaper needs to learn more from Western priests and make more friends with celebrities, so that we can be more informed. ”

After analyzing the three of them, Wu Yan seemed to have realized that if the Jesuits proposed to buy land, it should not be difficult to rely on their good interpersonal relationships, and there were still many down-and-out nobles in the capital, who had no money but some land in their hands.

"Two, there is another direction that you should pay attention to, that is, how much land they own, especially near Gyeonggi. Have you traded land recently, with whom have you traded it, and what is the buying and selling price...... It's best to find out. ”

When Shu Daizong and the others heard this, their eyes lit up, and Mr. Ke asked, "Little owner, is there any news recently?" ”

"Yes, is the rich man from the south coming to the capital?"

Wu Yan smiled: "You two are really rich in associations," she muttered again, and then said: "Xiong'an Economic Zone has not forgotten, the land price that has remained unchanged for decades has recently risen by two or three percent, isn't it strange?" ”

"Hah! Sure enough, it's famous......"