Chapter 25 The Continuation of the Land Division
After everyone was stunned, Zhu Gui asked Mr. Wang to send a document to everyone, which detailed the proportion of investment and income of the 'joint-stock system' of the Datong Chamber of Commerce.
This made the representatives of these powerful families present a little moved, and even forgot the purpose of their trip.
"Mr. Liu, collect all the receipts that these guests need to pledge."
Zhu Gui reminded Liu Tingfang, who was still in a daze.
"Yes, lord."
Liu Tingfang is still a little foggy now, so he solved the problem of these people?
This is obviously impossible.
Others have not forgotten the purpose of their trip.
Or maybe they haven't forgotten the Fang family's threat.
"Your Royal Highness, we still want cash."
"What? Do you not believe in the Datong Chamber of Commerce, or can you not believe in this king? ”
Zhu Gui sank his face.
The man was so frightened that he immediately did not dare to speak again.
However, the others also reacted, if they just went back, I was afraid that the Fang family would not let them go.
I'm afraid they won't have the money to spend when the time comes.
So the scene fell into embarrassment again.
None of the documents that were sent out were signed.
Zhu Gui asked Liu Tingfang to invite the shopkeeper of the Datong Chamber of Commerce, and also brought the account books of the Chamber of Commerce.
The crowd didn't know why, but they didn't dare to speak.
The shopkeeper of the Datong Chamber of Commerce is Xu Chenglin, a young Confucian businessman.
After he came, he respectfully handed over the account book to Zhu Gui.
And Zhu Gui put it on the table in front of everyone.
"Let's see for yourself, how profitable is the Datong Chamber of Commerce, the times have changed, and the day is not far off to earn wealth by squeezing the people."
Everyone was shocked by Zhu Gui's words, and there was a faint uneasiness in their hearts.
It seems that the Fang family was not 'tricked' into taking the land for no reason, this acting king really wants to suppress them.
However, they only want to solve this problem through peaceful means, and if they do not agree, I am afraid that there will be no good fruit to eat.
With such a psychological foreshadowing, when they saw the account books of the Datong Chamber of Commerce for half a month, the profits were very objective, and they were even more profitable than they opened a bank.
They don't understand why this unseemly chamber of commerce has such a money-making capacity, but the current situation is stronger than people.
Looking at the fierce eyes of the wolf-like soldiers behind this little prince, they were really afraid.
If they still don't agree now, I'm afraid it's a question of whether they can get out of Datong Qianzhuang.
Although the feudal king could not get involved in local politics, the magistrate did not dare to take care of a few people if he wanted to kill them.
Not to mention that the acting king was already famous in Nanjing.
So in this half-pushed and half-agreed situation, everyone signed an agreement on the paper to exchange the good land in the family as a pledge in exchange for the silver ticket of Datong Bank, and then transfer it to the Datong Chamber of Commerce.
In other words, when they came this time, not only did they not put pressure on the Datong Chamber of Commerce, but they even took advantage of their family's fertile land, only in exchange for a document from the king and the Datong Chamber of Commerce.
These people came in a rage, but they left in despair.
Steward Wang and Liu Tingfang on the side were dumbfounded.
"Steward Wang, you go and count the household registration, first take out half of the land and distribute it to all the farmers who have no land to plant in Datong Mansion, and then distribute the remaining half to the workers of the Chamber of Commerce and the militia families."
Steward Wang left with an excited face.
"Your Highness, do you want to give it to the farmers free of charge? With so much land, and it's late summer, I'm afraid they won't be able to plough it. ”
Xu Chenglin put forward his own ideas on the side.
"Yes, this is indeed a problem, you go and gather all the owners of the small workshops in Datong Mansion, including the blacksmith, it's time to get them involved as well."
Zhu Gui nodded and said.
Xu Chenglin's eyes lit up, knowing that this little prince must have something in mind, he didn't ask too much, and went back to the Chamber of Commerce to find someone to tell him about it.
The news that the Wangfu had recovered a lot of fertile land in Datong Mansion and wanted to distribute it to the people in the mansion for free soon spread.
At first, most people didn't believe it, and in their opinion, it was just a game between the acting king and those landlords and gentry, and there was nothing to do with them at all.
However, in the afternoon of the same day, the Acting Prince's Mansion and the County Warden's Office posted a notice at the same time, asking all the people in the palace to register their household registration as a family unit.
Historically, the household registration level in various places has mainly been related to the payment of taxes, so many rural households will not register.
As a result, in most areas there are far more farmers actually than there are naturalized farmers.
But this time it was different, and the notice clearly stated that only naturalized farmers would be allocated land according to Dingkou.
For a time, the front of the acting king's mansion and the county guard's mansion was overcrowded.
In just two days, the number of registered farmers has exceeded the number of registered farmers in previous years, which makes Zhang Mao sigh.
And at the back door of the Daiwang Mansion, although the situation here is not as spectacular as the front door.
In the past two days, the owners of the small workshops in the city have gone to the palace to register.
Not only did they get the qualification to borrow money from Datong Bank, but the palace would renovate the workshops for them and replenish the workers, and at the same time, they also placed orders for each small workshop on behalf of the palace, and each finished product was given a certain subsidy.
That is, the more they produce, the more the Daiwang Mansion will subsidize.
The owners of these small workshops all left with joy and praised the whole palace of the king.
Xu Chenglin, a Confucian businessman, has also become a frequent visitor to the palace in the past two days, and he is a little worried that Zhu Gui's practice will cause a backlog of goods.
Zhu Gui explained that the agricultural tools produced by these workshops will be rented to farmers on a priority basis, and the surplus can be sold to other states and counties by the Datong Chamber of Commerce.
Due to the subsidy of the royal palace, the production enthusiasm of these small workshops is very high.
Now the most important thing is the renovation of the official road.
But this time, Zhu Gui was not in a hurry.
He was waiting, waiting for Xu Yingxu.
Although the system gave the task, he still cared about Nanjing's attitude towards him.
So he doesn't dare to go too far now.
Finally, half a month after Xu Yingxu left, he returned to Datong Mansion.
It's just that he left alone, but this time he came back with a team of people.
"See the acting king, the last general is back."
Zhu Gui was a little moved.
"Okay, this king thought you weren't coming back, what task did you get this time?"
Last time, Xu Yingxu came to Yunzhou to repair the palace.
Without a task, he, a partial general, could only stay in Nanjing or in the army.
"My father has obtained the position of commander of the Datong Mansion Guard for me, and I will stay here in the future."
Xu Yingxu didn't have any expression on his face.
And this guard post commander is the position of General Chen, who Liu Jingming found before and wanted to investigate Zhu Gui.
It seems that Zhu Gui's father-in-law has heard about this and is determined to protect him.