Chapter 115: Opponents

Shen Guogong Deng Zhen said: "That is some of the factories built by Lord He in order to build Beijing City, and they are said to be sold. ”

Li Jinglong said: "Is this very profitable? ”

Li Jinglong is really not too clear about whether the factory is profitable. After all, his previous thoughts were mostly on the imperial court, not on making money, but now even when he goes to Beijing, most of his thoughts lie in reconciling with He Xi and taking He Xi's boat. Making money is only incidental.

He knew that He Xi had the ability to turn stones into gold, but he didn't understand too much about how He Xi could turn stones into gold.

Deng Zhen said: "I don't know. However, you have opponents in this regard. ”

Li Jinglong said: "Opponent? ”

Deng Zhen said: "Those who come from the sea are led by the Lu family in Nanyang. ”

The Hou Lu family of Yan'an is now the Lu family of Nanyang. In the past ten years, except for the South Seas and the sea, the Lu family has completely withdrawn from the Ming Dynasty. In the imperial army, there is no longer the number one person of the Lu family.

But no one dared to ignore the Lu family. In the matter of opening the sea, the Lu family is the one who eats the most, and Lu Zhongheng has pressed everything he has, and the harvest is naturally the most. Especially in terms of financial resources, it can even be said that there is no one else in the world.

The Lu family is rich, and they have heard of it in Daming.

Li Jinglong secretly said in his heart: "In this way, there is a way to make money in this regard. ”

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Li Jinglong didn't know whether the factory made money or not, but Lu Xian did.

Lu Zhongheng has been in Nanyang for many years, and he has long developed Nanyang into the Lu family's own territory.

It can even be said that in the future, whether Nanyang belongs to the Ming Dynasty or not, it will be necessary for the Lu family and several vassal kings of Nanyang to have the final say. The Ming court relied on these to exercise power, not the other way around. Of course, the imperial court also has checks and balances, and the biggest checks and balances are the biggest interests of these big families in Nanyang, not the local output of Nanyang, but the control of the Nanyang trade route, but the question is, if there is no Ming goods, what is the use of this trade route?

But the problem is that this is a matter of self-loss of 1,000 and injury of 800 enemies, not to mention the annual tariff of several million taels, just to say, how many people in the Ming Dynasty rely on sea trade to eat.

Therefore, the two sides are two benefits if they are together, and two losses when they are divided, not to mention, behind them are the major families of Nanyang in the Ming Dynasty and the soil emperor of Nanyang, but if there is no support from the Ming Dynasty, their situation is the same as that of the Anxi Protectorate who lost the support of the Tang Dynasty.

Although there is no big force in Nanyang like Tubo and Dashi, it does not mean that the local aborigines are useless. Now I just don't dare.

Lu Xian and Chen Zuxiao sat on the carriage, the carriage was very stable, although there was still some shaky feeling, but the bumpy feeling was not too strong, not the kind of feeling that could turn people's internal organs upside down. After all, the roads in Beijing have been repaired.

And for long journeys, many people would rather ride horses. The pain of a long horseback ride, as I said before. But it is not as painful as riding in a carriage, and without a shock absorption system at all, it can really turn people upside down.

Now the two of them still have the energy to talk. It's already pretty good.

Chen Zuxiao said: "Childe, this time I went to see Lord He, and I must fight hard." No matter what kind of factory, we need it, and we have to ask if we can move the factory to Nanyang. ”

Lu Xian said: "I understand. ”

As the sitting tiger of Nanyang, the Lu family deeply felt a change, that is, the goods purchased by Nanyang from the Ming Dynasty were purchased from the south of the Yangtze River before, but now they are purchased from the north, especially from Liaodong.

And the profits are getting bigger and bigger.

In absolute terms, it is still the Jiangnan region, especially the Suzhou area, which is the place where the most goods are purchased in Nanyang, after all, Suzhou is popular all over the world, and it can be said that it is the fashion capital of the Ming Dynasty. Handicrafts were extremely developed, and they were simply the pinnacle of feudal society.

But in terms of profits, Chen Zuxiao understands one thing very well, the Liaodong factory is more profitable than Suzhou.

Chen Zuxiao has inspected that the goods produced by one factory in Liaodong can outperform the goods purchased in one or two counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and the collection of goods from the peasant households in the countryside requires monopoly sales at all levels, and I don't know how many hands have been transferred from the peasant households to their hands.

And these people certainly don't buy and sell at a loss.

Naturally, the price cannot be lower.

But it's a must.

And it is impossible for the Lu family to monopolize the materials of several counties.

But the Liaodong factory is different, it seems to be not small. But in reality, the largest is only a few thousand people. There are a lot of just a few hundred people. He Xi didn't say that he could sell it before, and Chen Zuxiao was already preparing to dig people in private. Let's see if we can build a factory by ourselves.

There is no other idea, it is to make money.

From this point of view, He Xi's decision is very clear that unless He Xi strictly forbids everyone except the imperial court to set up factories, this mode of industrial production will definitely spread.

There is no doubt about that.

In the face of competition, what kind of reaction will He Xi buy these industries?

He Xi didn't know it himself.

Now it seems that it can be regarded as a stop loss.

Of course, Lu Xian came this time, not just for this issue. The longer Lu Zhongheng was in Nanyang, the lower his influence on the Ming Dynasty became, or even none. But Lu Zhongheng understands one thing very well, the power of the Ming Dynasty is in the center, don't look at the Lu family's almost single-handedness in Nanyang, if the relationship with the center is good, then there are very likely to be problems in the future.

Lu Zhongheng's placement of the Lu family in Nanyang can be regarded as having advantages and disadvantages.

The drawbacks naturally have to be remedied, that is, to choose a powerful ally in the center, and Lu Zhongheng thinks about it, this ally can only be He Xi. First, He Xi's status is high enough, He Xi because of Zhu Yuanzhang's favor, coupled with He Xi's own ability, has his own power behind him, above the court, he may be slightly weaker than several princes, but he has become an indispensable force in the court. Lu Zhongheng is Zhu Yuanzhang's descendant, but Zhu Yuanzhang is old, Lu Zhongheng also wants to think about the future, as for the other princes, Wei Guogong doesn't care, Song Guogong has no son, and Yingguogong's mind is all on his son. Lu Zhongheng thought about it, or He Xi was the most suitable.

After all, did the two ever work together happily?

This time, Lu Xian came over, and He Xi personally wrote a letter and sent someone to invite him. Regardless of whether he makes money or not, as long as he doesn't lose money, Lu Xian is ready to spend a lot of money in Beijing.

As for money, the Lu family doesn't have much else now, just a lot of money.

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When the group arrived at He Mansion, He Xi hurriedly greeted him. exchanged a few words with Lu Xian, although he was welcome into the inner room and sat down.

He Xi and Lu Xian felt nostalgic for some of the past events of the South Seas and fought old news. Let's get to the point.

Lu Xian said: "Lord He, what my father meant, you and I are a good family, and now that we can use our Lu family, we naturally have to help." ”

He Xi said: "Brother Lu is serious. This is just an opportunity, the two sides are mutually beneficial, after all, the world's tin out of the South Seas, in the future, Liaodong and Beijing will purchase a large number of tin materials every year, this is also an opportunity. And a considerable part of the things produced in Liaodong and Beijing have to be sold to Nanyang, and now that the imperial court is in deficit, these factories will be sold, so they will naturally think of your home. ”

"Mingren doesn't say dark words, don't say that your family is not interested."

Lu Xian said: "Ming people don't say dark words, well, the statement that the court is empty can't convince me." I want to know why you sold these hens that lay golden eggs, and I don't know the reason behind this, so I don't dare to do it. ”

Seeing this, He Xi smiled bitterly and said, "Okay." Here's the thing. ”

He Xi told the Liaodong nest case. said: "The imperial court is more than the imperial court, and the main role of the imperial court is to maintain social order and fairness. Instead of making money, it's good to make money, but if it's like this, it's too much. If such a thing happens in your hands, I will not hesitate to stop your factory. But the factory of the imperial court can only fine three glasses of wine. Yes, this point needs to be changed. ”

There are many things behind this, He Xi did not elaborate, managing the marginal effect, also recovering the currency, maintaining the balance of the currency, and so on, He Xi did not say it, he was worried, and he said that Lu Xian would not understand.

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