The construction speed of Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Plant is very fast, and the main building has been largely completed, but some supporting facilities are not complete.

For example, staff dormitories, residential quarters, and the like.

However, as long as Zhu Yunxi is willing to spend money, it can still be completed by the end of the year.

Of course, this is only because his steel plant is not big in the first place.

Otherwise, even if he emptied the warehouse, he would not be able to find enough steel and cement.

According to his expectations, the steel plant will be expanded at least three to five times. Maybe in 10 years, all the buildings we are building will have to be demolished or used as warehouses.

Zhu Yunxi only stayed in the steel factory for a few days, and then went to Suzhou to prepare for the construction of the first textile factory of the Manufacturing Bureau.

Although the steam spinning machine is still in the research and development stage, the relevant site selection and other preparations can still be put on the agenda first.

Another point is that he has to personally supervise the purchase of raw silk and prepare raw materials for the next spinning factory.

The arrival of Zhu Yunxi is a big event for the whole of Suzhou.

Zhang Qinglai, the prefect of Suzhou, summoned the squires and elders of the city out of the city early in the morning to greet them.

And the day in advance, the loess mat road, water sprinkled on the ground.

The so-called loess mat road just sounds good, but the actual experience is not very good.

Because soil is soil, no matter how much the mat is dusty, otherwise there is no need to water the ground.

Zhu Yunxi still prefers cement roads and asphalt roads, but it can't be realized with the current industrial base of Daming.

Zhu Yunxi briefly listened to Zhang Qinglai's work report, and then, accompanied by Zhang Qinglai, met with the squires, elders, and representatives of industrial and commercial organizations in Suzhou City, and expressed his deep sympathy to them.

Subsequently, Zhu Yunxi, accompanied by Zhang Qinglai, the prefect of Suzhou, and some squires, visited the Suzhou Weaving Bureau and watched the demonstration of complex crafts such as gold weaving and silk weaving.

After Zhu Yunxi's entourage at the Weaving Bureau ended, he also held a grand reception dinner in the courtyard of the Suzhou Prefect's Yamen.

During the banquet, the business representatives spoke enthusiastically and actively offered suggestions and suggestions for the construction of a beautiful new Suzhou.

Zhu Yunxi highly affirmed the suggestions of the deputies and conscientiously listened to the criticisms and corrections of people from all walks of life on the work of the imperial court.

Zhu Yunxi also announced for the first time that in order to revitalize Suzhou's economy, a raw silk protection price mechanism will be launched in Suzhou.

As soon as this proposal came out, it immediately won a high degree of support from the Suzhou bureaucrats headed by Zhang Qinglai, and said that this year's summer tax will hit a new high!

Finally, the dinner came to an end in the best wishes for His Majesty and the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Yunxi finished the reception dinner, he directly lay down in the prefect's yamen to rest. As for Zhang Qinglai, the owner of this room, he can only charter an inn as a temporary residence.

When Zhu Yunxi was asleep with a slightly drunken spirit, Zhang Tianyou in Suzhou City was conspiring with a group of shopkeepers and men.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today the imperial grandson came up with a raw silk protection price, which is to cut off our financial route and rob us of our jobs!"

Suzhou City is the base camp of the Zhang family, and Zhang Shicheng was proclaimed emperor in Suzhou.

Zhang Shicheng was born as a businessman, and he took great care of the businessmen in Suzhou and gave them a lot of convenience. ….

Therefore, even after Zhang Shicheng's anti-imperial court armed forces were exterminated, the local people in Suzhou took great care of the descendants of the Zhang family.

He even risked killing his head to give them a message and secretly provide protection.

Because of the help of the merchants of Suzhou City, Zhang Tianyou was able to escape the pursuit of the Ming Dynasty again and again.

It was not until a few years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty that major events occurred in the imperial court one after another, and the arrest of the descendants of the Zhang family was abandoned.

But despite this, Zhang Tianyou is still incognito, carrying household registration certificates from at least a dozen places.

Because there is no official Daming household registration, Zhang Tianyou naturally cannot buy a house or land. But with the help of the connections left by his father, he controlled a large part of the overseas market share, which can be regarded as grasping the core link.

Therefore, there is not a single ridge of land, a house

Zhang Tianyou, who has nothing to offer, can still call for wind and rain in Suzhou City, affecting the livelihood of more than one million people.

"Young owner, what do you say?"

Many of the businessmen in the room were former shopkeepers of the Zhang family.

It's just that after the Zhang family fell, they gave most of the industry to them, and let them set up their own households, which is why they have the prosperity they have now.

Calling Zhang Tianyou Shaodongjia not only shows their loyalty, but also shows their feelings for the Zhang family.

Zhang Tianyou is also very measured, never pretending to be a young owner, and never interfering in their respective livelihoods.

Because of this affection, these people are willing to listen to him.

"I don't think I can let the court receive raw silk!"

As soon as Zhang Tianyou's words came out, everyone in the room didn't dare to speak.

It's not that they're against it, it's just that they find it almost impossible to do that.

The imperial court has a lot of power in the army, the government, and so on. Moreover, it is even more natural for the imperial court to collect taxes.

Even if the emperor's grandson can't collect raw silk, and the government collects raw silk when it collects taxes, the common people don't dare to take anything else.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zhang Tianyou added again.

"There are our people in the government, and I have already told the steward in charge of the warehouse that as soon as the raw silk of the imperial court is in the warehouse, he will sell it to us!"

"Low price!"

"Hiss......"

The businessmen in the room are all old people, and many of them have experienced the battle of Suzhou.

Hearing Zhang Tianyou's words, there was only one word in their minds - Fire Dragon Burning Warehouse!

Everyone saw that the young owner had arranged it so clearly, and they all praised it.

"The young owner is far-sighted, and I admire him so much!"

"The young owner will give the order, what do you say, what do we do!"

"You said that the imperial grandson couldn't receive raw silk, so let's join forces to make him unable to receive a single one!"

Zhang Tianyou listened to everyone's praise, and his face showed pride.

"Price increase!"

"No matter how high the protection price of the imperial court is, let's raise a fixed price!"

As soon as Zhang Tianyou's words came out, the room fell silent again.

There is no other reason, everyone goes out to do business, not to gamble with others.

If the protection price of the imperial court is too high, and they have to follow, then how can the additional losses be calculated?

Zhang Tianyou saw that everyone didn't speak, and his mind turned to understand their concerns.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there was something I forgot to say." ….

"You still use the annual transaction price as the standard, and I will make up for the extra part for you!"

When the businessmen heard this, they immediately smiled.

"Only the young owner is the first to look forward!"

After everyone discussed it, Zhang Tianyou personally sent them away, and when they returned to the room, their faces changed.

"Profit-seeking!"

"My father was so good to them back then, after the fall of our Zhang family, we will also distribute all the house deeds and land deeds to them!"

"Now it's just a trivial matter for them, and it's really infuriating that they have such an attitude!"

Hearing this, Qin Xiangsi stretched out his soft hand to caress Zhang Tianyou's cheek, and then exhaled like a soft whisper of comfort in his ear.

"God bless, businessmen are unprofitable and can't afford to be early, so why should you bother with them?"

Qin Xiangsi was originally a famous prostitute in Suzhou, but was taken in by Zhang Tianyou as a concubine, and funded the purchase of this mansion in her name.

Zhang Tianyou heard his concubine say this, and his mood was a little better.

"I know!"

"I'm just angry!"

"They won't be happy for long, though......

Qin Xiangsi asked puzzled.

"What do you mean by that, are you going to clean them up?"

Zhang Tianyou is playing and playing, but the wind has always been very tight. Even if it's a pillow person, you won't say what you should say.

"You'll know then!"

"Come on, let me see if you've gained weight or weight in the past few months......

……

With the arrival of Zhu Yunxi, the people of Suzhou City obviously feel that their lives have changed.

Because of the mechanism of protecting the price of raw silk, the price of raw silk purchased by merchants from all over the country this year is 10% higher than that of previous years.

The government didn't know what was wrong, so they had to harvest raw silk, and when they saw others raise prices, they also went up.

After going back and forth a few times, the price of raw silk has more than doubled compared to previous years.

The common people have spare money in their hands, and the desire to consume has increased, making the whole city of Suzhou show an unprecedented prosperity.

Zhu Yunxi changed into the clothes of an ordinary scholar, and led Chang Jizu and Kong Yanjin to wander around the street, looking at the crowded streets, and the mood was extremely comfortable.

Zhu Yunxi saw that a food stall was good, and immediately invited the two of them to come over to make it, and by the way, they ate some special food in Suzhou City.

Kong Yanjin frowned, and Chang Jizu stared at everyone on the road with wide eyes, for fear that someone would be unfavorable to the imperial grandson.

"Young Master, why don't you continue to increase the protection price?"

"In this way, we won't be able to harvest raw silk, and the textile workshop you have set up will not be able to do it!"

Zhu Yunxi didn't answer immediately when he heard this, but just beckoned Kong Yanjin to sit down, and only after Kong Yanjin sat down did he explain.

"My original intention was to benefit the people, not to compete with the people!"

"As long as it can benefit the people, what does it matter if the textile workshop can't be opened?"

Kong Yanjin was taken aback when he heard this, and then solemnly bowed to Zhu Yunxi.

"Young Master Gao Yi!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled and beckoned him to sit down to eat and drink, and enjoy everything in Suzhou City.

While Zhu Yunxi was eating and drinking, Zhang Tianyou was inspecting the warehouses of various merchants. When he saw the raw silk piled up in the warehouse, Zhang Tianyou smiled and his eyebrows danced. ….

His father was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang, but he defeated the imperial grandson of the Ming Dynasty and snatched 800,000 loads of raw silk from him!

However, the merchant Jia who cooperated with Zhang Tianyou to buy raw silk was full of sadness.

I didn't pay attention when I collected it, and after I finished it, I realized that this thing is not easy to store at all.

In case of accidental fire, a million taels of silver will be lost!

"Young owner!"

"Now these raw silks, to say the least, have to be tens of thousands of looms, and they have been weaving non-stop for a year, do we still want to continue to collect them?"

"Take!"

"Be sure to hold all the raw silk in Jiangsu in our hands, so that Zhu Yunxi can't catch a single one!"

"Now the city is signing a document with the merchants, and when the time comes, he can't get the goods, who will still do business with him!"

"Hahaha!"

After Zhang Tianyou smiled, he left with his hands behind his back, leaving only the money with a bitter face.

Continue to collect?

Then you'll have to rent a few more warehouses, otherwise you won't be able to pile them up here!

After Zhu Yunxi met with the people of Jinyiwei, he knew about the movements of the Zhang family, and directly ordered the prefect of Suzhou to issue a document so that the people could pay taxes with silver taels.

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Zhang Tianyou really guessed correctly, the reason why Zhu Yunxi has this confidence is because his vision has never been limited to Suzhou, but to the entire Ming Dynasty.

There are many places where Daming produces silk, not only in Jiangsu, but also in Huguang, and the price is cheaper.

At the same time as he introduced the protective price of raw silk in Suzhou, he sent people to the Huguang area to buy it.

Now the raw silk purchased there has exceeded one million quintals, which is enough to feed several weaving bureaus.

Zhang Tianyou figured this out and immediately ordered someone to stop the acquisition. He even wanted his merchants to sell the raw silk they had previously purchased to the imperial court at a protective price.

However, to his surprise, the imperial court revoked the acquisition point when it announced that it could pay the tax with silver taels.

Now there is only his Zhang family's stupid high-priced silk collection on the market!

Zhang Tianyou wanted to understand this, and he was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot, even if his old friend Qin Xiangsi tried his best, it didn't make him cheer up from his weakness.

Zhang Tianyou pushed Qin Xiangsi away, and then got out of bed naked. Qin Xiangsi wanted to pounce on him to comfort him, but he pushed him away again.

"Get out of here!"

"Lao Tzu is almost losing pants now, how can I have time to warm up with you!"

Zhang Tianyou's words are not an exaggeration, the price of raw silk is not cheap, and in some places it can even be directly used as currency. ….

He collected it at a price twice as high as in previous years, which can be described as a big blood.

Although there are local businessmen in Suzhou who contributed half of the money, he also made up half of it!

Therefore, the tone of his gamble with Zhu Yunxi almost bankrupted him!

Qin Xiangsi sat on the bed aggrievedly, looking at Zhang Tianyou, who was thunderous, with indescribable grievances and distress in his heart.

"God bless, why don't you sell the house?"

Zhang Tianyou snorted coldly when he heard this.

"Your house is worth a few dollars, and it will kill hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!"

"Lao Tzu is bankrupt, and you can buy a house like you casually!"

"Including you!"

These words were a bit hurtful, but Qin Xiangsi didn't dare to get angry.

After all, all the food she eats now is given by Zhang Tianyou, how dare she be angry with him?

Fortunately, Zhang Tianyou's side did not collect raw silk, and the local price of raw silk in Jiangsu plummeted.

The common people saw that it was not cost-effective to pay taxes with silver, so they switched to raw silk to pay taxes.

Anyway, the government's notice clearly says that silver can be used, so you can also use silver?

Therefore, when it was time to pay taxes, the people took out worthless raw silk to pay taxes.

This move made Suzhou Governor Zhang Laiqing bitter, if it weren't for the emperor's grandson staring at him from the side, he really wanted to tear up the notice.

This year, he is ready to pay taxes of 1 million taels to the imperial court, brush up his test scores, and strive to move before the end of the year.

Even if you can't be promoted directly to the Beijing Division, at least you can be a political envoy.

Now that he has been so engaged by the imperial grandson, this year's promotion plan has come to naught.

As a cart of raw silk was transported into the warehouse, Sun Yuan, the ambassador of the warehouse, couldn't close his mouth with joy.

According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, except for a part of the raw silk in the warehouse transferred to the Suzhou Manufacturing Bureau, the rest of the raw silk was put away for ashes, or distributed as a servant to officials, officials, and errands.

So, there's a lot of room to maneuver here.

For example, replace the high-quality raw silk with the inferior one, or simply write it as loss, and let it drift away layer by layer.

This kind of thing is his specialty, and he relied on this ability to quietly save hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

What makes him happiest is that there is a big customer this year, who told him half a month ago that he would buy his raw silk at a high price this year.

When the time comes, he secretly sells the raw silk, piles some firewood in the storehouse, and burns it in one fire......

Although this move will delay his career, after doing this vote, he will have a net worth of one million, and he will be a library ambassador

Yes?

After Sun Yuan saw that all the raw silk was in storage, he rushed to his big customer to discuss the next step of cooperation.

"Shopkeeper Qin, do you still want the raw silk you said before?"

The so-called Qin shopkeeper is Zhang Tianyou's good friend Qin Xiangsi in Suzhou City.

Zhang Tianyou had a lot of inconvenient things to do, all of which he told Qin Xiangsi to do.

Qin Xiangsi saw Sun Yuan and replied without thinking.

"No!"

"You're going to burn it all!"

"Huh?".

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