What does Wang Chengen, this old eunuch, think?

Anyway, Chongzhen couldn't understand the psychology of eunuchs.

You say that you are a eunuch who doesn't even have a life, but you have to get a beautiful girl by your side, in addition to highlighting your own physical defects and aggravating your pain, can you have other uses?

However, Wang Chengen was loyal to him after all, and this was also a personal matter, so Chongzhen didn't bother to ask.

At that moment, Chongzhen switched the topic back to the Japanese slaves: "Don't talk about this, let's get back to business, and continue to talk about the price of slave labor." ”

Kang Million replied, and then said: "Before the outbreak of the labor shortage, the price of slave labor in eight prefectures and one state in the south of the Yangtze River was probably like this, and after the outbreak of the labor shortage, the price directly increased tenfold. ”

Chongzhen thought for a while and said: "If it is calculated according to the price after the outbreak of the labor shortage, it is bullying you, but if it is calculated according to the price before the outbreak of the labor shortage, the navy will suffer too much." ”

"Let's take a median value and calculate it by five times."

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Considering that there are still a lot of children among the Japanese slaves sold this time, it will be slightly reduced as appropriate, so it will be calculated at four times, and the price of each Japanese slave is 20 yuan, how about it?" ”

When it came to business, the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce present became serious.

After the dozens of big businessmen present whispered for a while, You Kang Wanwan asked, "Holy Lord, there are a total of 300,000 Japanese slaves, how many men and women are there, and how many boys and girls are there?" ”

Chongzhen said: "There are a total of 300,000 Japanese slaves, 120,000 for men and women, and 30,000 for boys and girls. ”

Dozens of big businessmen discussed again for a moment, and finally Kang Million replied: "Yes, 300,000 Japanese slaves, a total price of 6 million yuan." ”

"Refreshing." Chongzhen struck the knot and said, "Deal." ”

Kang Million smiled and asked again, "Is there anything else the Holy Lord has to advise?" ”

"There's nothing special about me here." Chongzhen shook his head and said, "There is only one, the 300,000 Japanese slaves should be separated as much as possible, even if it is a family, and the others should be treated as ordinary contract slaves of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"In addition, you can't eat meat at the Tianfu Chamber of Commerce, but the rest of the provinces don't have soup to drink."

"These 300,000 Japanese slaves have to be evenly distributed to eight prefectures and prefectures according to the labor gap."

After a pause, Chongzhen admonished again: "And the price must not be increased, it must be transferred at a parity." ”

"Command." Kang Million complimented, but it could be seen that he was not very reluctant in his heart.

Other businessmen such as Wang Tao and Sun Tinglan were also frowning, obviously a little unhappy.

In the end, it is still a businessman, and he only sees the immediate interests in his eyes, and cannot see the greater interests behind it.

Therefore, businessmen or capitalists need to rely on such things, but they must not be left alone.

The correct way to do this is to draw a clear red line for businessmen or capitalists, what can be done and what things must not be touched, and if they do, they will be punished or even bankrupt!

At that moment, Chongzhen emphasized with a threatening tone: "I solemnly say to you that these 300,000 slave laborers must be evenly distributed according to the labor gap in eight prefectures and one prefecture, and they must be transferred at a fair price, and they are never allowed to make profits from them." ”

The representatives of the Ying Tianfu Chamber of Commerce present suddenly looked at each other, and the saint was sent to Longwei?

Kang Million is also awe-inspiring, it seems that there is no room for negotiation in this matter.

However, Chongzhen is also well versed in the way of beating a stick to a sweet jujube, and after beating the representatives of the Ying Tianfu Chamber of Commerce who were present, he gave the benefits: "As long as you are fair and successfully survive this labor shortage, there will be more slave laborers in the future, and you can set the price freely." ”

"And slave labor?" Wang Tao couldn't help but ask.

"Of course." Chongzhen said, "Where is this, the back is the big head." ”

Hearing this, the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce present suddenly became excited again, and then got up to say goodbye.

They had to rush back to Mei Xianglou on Bankhouse Street for a meeting to discuss how to distribute the 300,000 slave laborers.

Chongzhen called Zheng Zhilong and Qian Xi, the big treasurer of the shipping shipbuilding silver who had just arrived.

"The price has been negotiated, and the total price is 6 million." Chongzhen said to the two, "Let's get ready to settle." ”

"Holy Lord, this price is sold at a loss." Qian Xi couldn't help but feel a little regretful when he heard this, "According to the current market, 300,000 slave laborers can be at least 10 million, and if you take some time to get the auction house on Bankhouse Street to auction them separately, you can even sell them for 15 million, and the price is at least twice as bad, but it's a pity, it's a pity." ”

Chongzhen frowned slightly when he heard this.

The heart said that the Qian brothers' financial management ability is a good hand, but the strategic vision is still a little worse than Zheng Zunqian, and the Qian brothers can only see the small profits in front of them, and it is not as good as Zheng Zunqian who can calculate the general account.

sold 300,000 Japanese slaves for 6 million, and on the surface, it looks like a loss.

But in fact, it can greatly alleviate the labor shortage in Jiangnan in a short period of time.

If the 300,000 Japanese slaves are detained and put up for auction at auction houses, they can certainly be sold at a high price, but the shortage of troops in the eight prefectures and one prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River will not be alleviated, which will inevitably cause a huge obstacle to the industrial and commercial development of the south of the Yangtze River, and even form a siphon on the rural labor force in the surrounding provinces, which will then affect the output of grain.

What's more, 6 million yuan is not a lot, plus the Tokugawa shogunate's indemnity and the special tax levied on the Osaka merchants, adding up to nearly 20 million yuan.

You must know that before Chongzhen's 17 years, the annual income of the Ming Dynasty was only 20 million taels of silver.

Although at the beginning of the implementation of the currency reform in the Ming Dynasty, the value of the silver bill was depreciated due to inflation, but after the large-scale application of the steam engine, the industrial products were greatly enriched, so the price fell, and the decline in the price of industrial products in turn stabilized the value of the silver dollar, and now the purchasing power of one yuan silver coin is roughly equal to that of one or two silver.

That is to say, this trip to the country directly brought back the previous Ming year's income.

However, Chongzhen did not lose Qian Xi because of this, but gently revealed this: "If you lose, you can point to it, at least you can let the shipping shipbuilding silver number breathe a sigh of relief, and in the past three years, the shipping shipbuilding silver number will only have an item, but no input, like this, no matter how big the family base is, it will not be able to bear it, not to mention that the output will increase sharply in the next few years." ”

In the next few years, it is necessary to build an ironclad fleet on a large scale, which is a big investment.

The cost of Zhou Yu is 2 million, and if the cost is halved, it will also take 1 million.

One is 1 million, ten is 10 million, and a medium fleet of 50 ships is 50 million!

"That's just as well." Qian Xi was also relieved when he heard this, "As of the end of last year, the shipping and shipbuilding silver number is really about to bottom out, and there are almost problems with the daily payment of depositors, but now it's okay, with these 20 million inputs, at least there will be no more money shortage this year, otherwise I, the big shopkeeper, will really have to hang myself." ”

"I'm afraid it's not as much as 20 million." Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Thirty percent of it is a bonus, which needs to be paid to the army and navy officers who participated in this combat operation, as for the dividends of the shipping and shipbuilding silver, it can be calculated separately according to the performance of the silver at the end of the year, but the 6 million must be divided first." ”

Zheng Zhilong, who was next to him, was suddenly heartbroken.

If the 6 million bounty money is given to him for distribution......

However, Chongzhen quickly dispelled Zheng Zhilong's unrealistic illusions.

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Money boss, you will directly deposit the 6 million bounty into the accounts of the 2nd Division of the Army and the officers and men who participated in this combat operation, 200 yuan per person." ”

"Huh?" Zheng Zhilong, Jiang Tianyi, Qian Xi and others were all dumbfounded.

Lu Jiude, the only one who remained by Chongzhen's side, was also in a complicated mood, and his heart was really unfathomable, long live the Lord sometimes simply cut the door to the extreme, on the first day of the first month, he gave the crown prince and the king of Ding, and they only had a few taels of silver, but when it was their turn to give bonuses to the soldiers, they sent 6 million at a time!

Well, with Lu Jiude's vision, I really can't understand the underlying logic of Chongzhen's move.

In fact, in this world, except for a few people such as the crown princess Kang Xi and Zheng Zunqian, the big treasurer of the industrial and commercial industry, I am afraid that no one can understand Chongzhen's underlying logic.

This is actually the Ming version of stimulating domestic demand through consumption.

As long as you have a little involvement in economic development, you know that there are generally only three types of means to develop the economy, one is investment, two is foreign trade, and three is consumption, Daming is now in the early stage of industrial development, and the total industrial output value is not doubling in five years, but doubling in one year, but Chongzhen is still too slow.

Therefore, Chongzhen also wants to speed up the development of Daming.

However, investment and foreign trade have entered a bottleneck period.

It is not the lack of capital that restricts the growth of investment, but the shortage of labor.

Restricting the growth of foreign trade is the lack of foreign demand, the purchasing power from overseas has not been able to keep up with the crazy expansion of Daming's production capacity, such as the textile industry, the porcelain industry and the tea industry, the proportion of foreign trade has fallen to the point of insignificance compared with domestic demand, and now the domestic market is the big head, the absolute big head.

For example, silk, before Chongzhen's 17 years, the output of raw silk in Jiangnan was about 17 million catties, and according to the average of 10 catties of silk, about 1.7 million horses can be woven.

Among them, about 800,000 pieces of silk were used for foreign trade.

That is, almost half of the silk is used for export.

But in the 22nd year of Chongzhen, the output of raw silk in Jiangnan increased to 30 million catties, and nearly 3 million horses were woven into silk, but the silk used for foreign trade dropped to less than 500,000 horses.

The reason is very simple, Daming's domestic demand is skyrocketing.

With the explosive growth of industry and commerce, coupled with hundreds of thousands of new army soldiers and nearly one million town soldiers, a new rich group of more than two million people has emerged in the Ming Dynasty.

This newly wealthy group has a strong yearning for a better life.

Silk fabrics are the most typical feature of a good life.

This is Chongzhen's logic, the 6 million yuan can be sent down, and 30,000 new riches can be created in an instant, and the basic demand of 6 million can be directly put into the market, considering the expansion of the industrial chain, the basic demand of 6 million can at least pull 4 times or even 5 times the amplification of domestic demand, that is, 24 million to 30 million demand.