Through commerce, the upper layers of the Ming pyramid were diverted from the land.

This can only be said to be incidental.

The issue of land, both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, has been entangled in human civilization for thousands of years. Therefore, Zhu Yuan knows very well that this cannot be solved overnight.

Even from the agricultural age to the industrial age, certain deep-seated beliefs are difficult to change.

For example, many of the super-rich people in the West used to be super-large landowners who owned large tracts of land all over the world.

Perhaps, this is similar to the instinctive territorial consciousness deep in the genes of living beings.

Instinct is hard to change.

Of course, it's better to do than not to do.

The topic triggered by the two account books, after a section related to the 'asset management group', Zhu Yuan took the initiative to start the follow-up: "Ancestor, Shangshan has lived for less than five months, and the net income is more than 1.9 million taels, and next, is it a dividend?" ”

Zhu Yuan's words were faintly ridiculous, and Lao Zhu also smiled: "What's the matter, are you afraid that I won't be willing to score?" ”

said so openly, but, in his heart, Lao Zhu was really reluctant. Even, from last night to now, it is not the first time that a certain thought has arisen.

Even his own daughter-in-law, who has always been more open-minded, rarely advised him to be 'cautious' about this money.

Be cautious.

Lao Zhu said this, and Zhu Yuan immediately said solemnly: "This is also a fundamental matter involving Guozuo, how can the ancestors be reluctant, I want to say it...... The ancestors should have noticed that Shangshan dwelled...... Including the various types of craftsmen and stewards, there are less than 700 people, and if only these people share a percentage of the profits, the average is close to 300 taels of silver per person, which is too high, so I hope to benefit more people. ”

Zhu Yuan's original proposal was to give employees five points of profit dividends, but Lao Zhu obviously didn't realize how big the business was, and it was simply raised to 10%.

According to this calculation, this time, it is 190,600 taels.

On average, hundreds of people share more than the average person's income in ten years.

Zhu Yuan mentioned it, Lao Zhu also thought of it, nodded and said: "I also pay attention, one person gives two or three hundred taels, converted into grain, which is higher than the officials of the four or five grades of the imperial court, it really can't be divided like this, you ...... It is to be divided, as you said, this is a matter of national capital, hmm...... Specific constitution, you take the time to take out a copy, I think, everyone ...... One...... Four or five taels, that's enough. ”

"That's enough," Zhu Yuan said: "However, there are exceptions, ancestors, promised in advance, two stewards, one is a profit." Oh, it was three points at first, and after a few compressions, there was only one point left. ”

"These two, don't ......" Lao Zhu thought for a while and asked, "One of them is you...... It's Joan's father, right? ”

"That's right, he is also the first freehand father who followed Yuan'er's side," Zhu Yuan said: "However, ancestor, although this matter is nepotism, it is also reasonable, according to this year's flow, the two stewards have handled a big business of millions of taels a year, if there is no huge profit, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no other thoughts." Just like Zhiyongzhai, he promised the six stewards two dividends each, and the six of them had nothing to do with Yuan'er, but they still gave it. The reason for this...... I've talked to my ancestors before, so it's a ...... High salaries and low salaries. At the same time, it can also stimulate them to go further and make their business bigger and better. Ancestors, people's hearts are like this, if people watch millions of taels of silver pass through every year, and they can't get the benefits they deserve, then even if they are forced to do anything greedy under the laws of the country, they will definitely not be in the mood to work hard. In that case, nothing can be done. ”

High salary, of course Lao Zhu remembers.

I still remember another one: under the heavy reward, there will be a brave man.

Although Lao Zhu felt inappropriate at the thought that an unofficial and unqualified workshop manager could get tens of thousands of taels in dividends, he still suppressed some thoughts in his heart and agreed again.

Lao Zhu also knows very well that a new era is slowly coming, and as an emperor, if he still holds certain concepts, many things will not be able to be promoted.

However, Lao Zhu still explained: "Just give it, just one, let him not be public." ”

"That's for sure."

Zhu Yuan is not stupid, he will definitely give a good explanation, otherwise, anyone in the Pingzhang political family can earn thousands of taels of silver a year, even if they are all innocent, it will inevitably cause criticism.

After deciding on the matter of dividends, Lao Zhu took the initiative to turn to another: "Yuan'er, tell me again, these two account books...... What are you going to spend on four or five hundred thousand taels of silver? ”

"There happens to be one," Zhu Yuan said: "Because of what I thought of in the free clinic a few days ago, ancestors, there are a few words in the next generation, if you want to get rich, build roads first, I don't know if I said it?" ”

I said too much, I can't remember it, it feels like I've said it, and I don't feel like I've said it.

Lao Zhu nodded: "It seems that it was mentioned in some documents in Mingzhou earlier." ”

Zhu Yuan said with a smile: "That's right, I don't need to explain much, my idea is to invest in building the street in front of the Medical University into a commercial street." ”

Lao Zhu couldn't match it for a while.

If you want to get rich, build roads first.

This is about building roads.

Behind it, it is about increasing production, promoting distribution, and ultimately promoting the economic development of a region.

This......

Mall?

Well, if you think about it, there are some commonalities.

Seeing that Lao Zhu was puzzled, Zhu Yuan took the initiative to explain: "The so-called commercial street is based on leveling and widening the road and building shops along the street, and the imperial court has also given a lot of support to promote an area to become a lively commercial street. The advantage is that investors can collect rent through shops, which will be a long-term livelihood similar to buying land. For the imperial court, the commercial street developed, and we could collect taxes from it. For the people, relying on this commercial street, they can not only run some businesses and sell the materials produced, but also facilitate more people's daily purchases. Kill more than one stone. ”

Lao Zhu listened, nodded and said with a smile: "I also know that you are in Namingzhou...... That's what those communities do, right? ”

"yes, handy."

Zhu Yuan said with emotion.

Goldfinger.

It's all squandered early...... I can't pretend to be able to pretend now, and I know everything...... How can this continue?

Lao Zhu Ke didn't know what his baby twenty-third grandson thought, but after pondering, he became more and more interested in the idea of this 'commercial street', and asked: "Let's talk about this commercial street...... In the north of the city, there are gradually 100,000 people, and this street is indeed needed, but ...... Maybe it's possible to do it in this city, right? ”

"Of course you can do it," Zhu Yuan said, "But, the problem is the cost." Ancestors, all the markets in Jinling City have been developed for many years, and the reason is ...... Well, at the three-year planning meeting a few days ago, Zuo Xiang proposed the River Bo Division, and Yuan'er said it, or that...... It's too hard to paint one painting on top of another. Hebosi is prone to chaos, this, is too costly, after all, everyone is safe and stable, suddenly to engage in commercial streets, to relocate, etc., very disturbing people. ”

Lao Zhu was a little regretful: "In this way, I can only expand outside the city." ”

"We still have to wait for time," Zhu Yuan said, "When the new era comes, the current planning of Jinling City will definitely not be suitable." Well, though...... The area in the city may also be preserved, after all, many of them have a history of hundreds of thousands of years, which is also part of our Chinese culture. Anyway, when the time comes, it will be enough to just have a large new city outside the city, east and west, north and south. ”

Lao Zhu thought of another one: "I'm afraid it's not good to build that city wall again." ”

The city wall complex.

Zhu Yuan thought about it and said: "Ancestor, when the steam engine develops, and you have all the heavy machinery that I showed you that day, if you want to build it, no matter how big it is, you can build it, but when the time comes, ...... The city wall, in the face of the new era, really does not have much effect. ”

"Didn't you say it," Lao Zhu disagreed: "...... That cement, gunpowder can't be exploded? ”

"This is the problem of spears and shields," Zhu Yuan said: "What Yuan'er said is that it is not easy for the current black powder to blow up concrete buildings made of cement, sand or reinforced concrete, but in the future, it will ...... Not to mention the sun-related nuclear energy that Yuan'er mentioned to you, it is just a variety of new gunpowder, which is ten times more powerful than the current black powder, and it is not nothing. ”

Even after thinking about it in private, he understood the principle of gunpowder, Lao Zhu still didn't believe it: "Ten times a hundred times...... How? ”

"Chemistry is a very magical science," Zhu Yuan said: "Compared with black powder, the new gunpowder is ten times more powerful to ten times and a hundred times, there must be, but this is the problem that the talents we train will study in the future, and it will definitely be listed as a state secret at that time." Think about it from another angle, Ancestor, if you and I can't imagine it, this is certain, and our enemies can't imagine it, which means that this knowledge is not something that ordinary people can master. In the new industrial era, what we want to pursue is the knowledge that ordinary people can't easily grasp, otherwise, as before, just like before, we can know how to make iron at a glance at the furnace, and with steel, followed by it, weapons and armor will be created, which is not good. Oh, the new military system that I talked about in the conference room before is similar. ”

Lao Zhu still couldn't imagine that there could be a new type of gunpowder that was ten times and a hundred times stronger than black powder, but think about the sun hanging in the sky, and think about a certain simply exaggerated formula of mass and energy...... I didn't feel anything at once.

So amazing things are happening, visible to the naked eye, and others, what else is impossible?

Looking forward to it in his heart, Lao Zhu returned to the previous topic: "In this case, the commercial street, you should also think about it first, just right, it should be a cooperation project between the royal family and the nobles, plan it out, I will speak in person, and if there is spare money at home, you can participate in the shares." At the same time, it can be regarded as adding an industry to one's own family. ”

After saying this, waiting for Zhu Yuan to agree, Lao Zhu was still unsatisfied: "This ...... Suddenly, I had a large sum of money in my hand, and for a while...... Tell me about it. ”

Regarding the issue of money, Lao Zhu had expected that in the future, he would be very rich. Therefore, there was a fuss about spending millions of taels to replenish winter clothes for the soldiers as soon as their heads were hot.

However, this time, it was still beyond Lao Zhu's imagination.

Other sources of finance...... For example, the tariffs on the city after the restructure, such as the fishing income of the Naying Haisi, such as the planned Ming Central Bank can supplement the state by issuing currency, such as the treasury of various places after the army has been plundered all the way, just like the recently destroyed Xia State, the treasury is also full, and all these are expected.

It is precisely because of this that during this period of time, Lao Zhu was not as picky as he used to be in rewards.

Now, this stroke of Shangshanju, even if I have understood it before, can ...... It's still too much.

It's so easy!

It's even easier than the imperial court coinage.

The cost of minting coins is actually not low.

Zhu Yuan heard Lao Zhu say this, and smiled again: "Ancestor, how to spend it, in fact, you know it, but you ...... For a while, I was a little reluctant, or I wanted to leave more for my juniors, or I also wanted to have some reserves in case of emergency, which is understandable. However, what Yuan'er wants to say is that the money is stored there, and it is not easy to make money, and only by spending it again can you get more. It's like sowing seeds. On the other hand, we are in the Ming Dynasty, and what we need is these capitals. The ancestors may have wondered why gold and silver could not be eaten by hunger or drunk by thirst, so why could they become 'seeds'? ”

Lao Zhu interrupted, also with a smile: "I know, or you mentioned it in the past, this money...... Not...... Let's talk about it. ”

Lao Zhu really remembered it just now.

However, when I wanted to speak, I found that my thoughts were blocked again, and I couldn't sort it out for a while.

It seems to be something, and it doesn't seem right.

It seems that he has taken the time to look through the many letters and documents that his precious twenty-third grandson has been accumulating to him since he appeared.

Learn from the past.

Zhu Yuangang was depressed again, the golden finger is gone, listening to Lao Zhu let himself say it again in a blink of an eye, his thoughts were also interrupted, and after thinking about it, he could only focus on the topic just now, and said: "Probably, because of the recognition of gold, silver and copper in the world for thousands of years, they naturally have monetary attributes." Money can be used to exchange all kinds of social resources, and it is these resources that a country that is in ruins and needs to build it. In this process, money acts as a tool, similar to the water in the Grand Canal, carrying boats and distributing people, food, cloth, etc., to where they are needed. ”

Lao Zhu was suddenly transparent, raised his hand and kept pointing: "Yes, that's it, water...... That's what you said earlier...... Water! ”

Zhu Yuan looked at Lao Zhu's appearance of raising his arms and stretching out his fingers to keep dotting in the air, and thought of a world-famous painting in the past, which little by little, it was all his lost 'golden finger'!

Is there a twenty-third grandson in the world who is more heartfelt and heart-wrenching than himself?

Complaining in his heart, Zhu Yuan continued: "In short, whether this money is invested in various projects by the ancestors, or used to reward his subordinates, at this stage, as long as these silver coins are spent, it can have the effect of stimulating the economy." ”

Well......

There is also a principle behind this.

Don't say.

We'll have to hide it.

Lest one day it will be a little embarrassing.

(End of chapter)