After pondering for a long time, Song Li finally nodded, thinking that in the future, others would eat fried chicken, drink beer, and still have Huazi in their mouths, but he could only gnaw on cooking cakes, and he even had to bite his back molars.

The corners of Zhu Gaoxu's mouth outlined a trace of arc, Lao Song is still too young, and he sold this formula for only 30,000 taels.

With his own business acumen, he handed over this matter to the students of Lakeside University to land, and it won't be long before he can make money every day.

Song Li was satisfied with the 30,000 taels of silver tickets into his sleeve, the previous silver tickets, the golden pot or something, were all borrowed by Lin Hao, but the 30,000 taels really belonged to him.

After entering the office, he never thought that one day, he would be able to have so much silver, 30,000 taels, if it was piled up in the house, what a magnificent scene it would be.

Noon.

The group came to the mouth of the canal, and the initial section of the canal had been dug hundreds of meters away.

More than 20,000 people recruited by the imperial court were working in an orderly manner, and Lin Hao saw a familiar figure, interspersed with it, distributing the first batch of ripe sweet potatoes to the people.

I have to say, the efficiency of peaches is really high, I just finished talking yesterday to get the moon here, and I will be on duty today, and it won't take long for fifty taels of silver to be repaid.

The people recruited by the imperial court were all homeless people gathered around Yingtian, and they only needed a full meal, and they came to Jiangnan Mansion with the army unconditionally.

They are all low-level people, when have they ever seen such a beautiful woman as Lianyue, the direct gaze made Lianyue almost collapse, and the back molars were about to be crushed, if it weren't for Lin Hao, how could he end up like this.

There are hundreds of carriages parked at the mouth of the canal, and the businessmen who can count the number of the entire Jiangnan Mansion are gathered here, located in the ten-mile corridor, looking at the mighty project, the heart is extremely shocked.

"Chincha-sama is here!"

Wang Ben shouted.

All the merchants got up, and although they waited here for a long time, they did not complain.

All of you here are smart people, and they all see that once the canal is opened, the benefits it will bring, which is the imperial court's intention to support merchants.

I even heard that because this minister of the Qin Mission, above the court, fought with Confucianism.

That's why His Majesty encouraged business, and even now even the royal family has started to do business.

Before the change, although they were said to be rich, their social status was generally not high, and they were farmers and businessmen, and merchants were the lowest level of society since ancient times.

In the eyes of the people, businessmen will only tell right and wrong, clever names, and strange goods.

But who knows that as a businessman, while making huge profits, he also bears great risks, and if he is not careful, he may go bankrupt.

For example, in the year of disaster, people have been displaced, and many people have been left in the grass and hijacked the wagons of caravans.

It may be good to have a big family and a big business, but often a truckload of goods can cost the life of a small businessman.

It is said that in Yingtianfu, Yu Ke, the daughter of the Hubu Shangshu, established a Yingtian Chamber of Commerce, and all businessmen could join and enjoy the support of the imperial court.

Lin Hao bowed his hand to everyone, and Song Li also followed.

This move made a group of businessmen even more impressed in their hearts, they did not have dealings with the imperial court officials on weekdays, but how could any official family attach so much importance to them.

It's good to be able to see it squarely, but if you can't give it a satisfactory benefit, it's very likely that you will be beaten behind your back.

"Presumably you have also heard some rumors, the canal behind you is built by the order of the imperial court, undertaken by the Ministry of Industry, Jiangnan Mansion has been in drought for many years, but the Xiangjiang River is abundant."

"The first move is to open up the Luoxiao Mountains, introduce the water of the Xiangjiang River and the Ganjiang River into the West Jiangnan Road and the Central Guizhou Road, and solve the drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and the second section is to dig a canal to go directly to Beiping and open up Cao Yun."

Song Li squinted slightly, looking at everyone kindly, while Lin Hao stepped aside.

"Lord Song's move is in the present generation, and it is beneficial for the future, and it is the blessing of the people of the Ming Dynasty to be able to have such courage."

An older businessman stepped forward and bowed deeply to Song Li.

As long as you are a merchant, you will know that the most important thing in business is transportation, just like the goods that are abundant in the north are naturally not sold at a price in the north, and if they are placed in the south, they will become rare objects.

Crisscrossing the north and south, the distance between them is thousands of miles, and it takes three or five months to walk, or even longer, and many goods cannot be reached at all, so they rot on the way.

Even if you can get there, the road is far away, and the risks are self-evident, and if you ask for a dart game, the transportation cost will undoubtedly increase.

The price of goods was once high, otherwise they couldn't even maintain the cost, just like a cart of salted fish, which may be worth ten taels of silver in the south, and it was transported to the north, even if the dart master was not invited, the freight alone was not lower than the cost, which also caused the objective impression of the people, and the businessman was black-hearted.

Once the canal is navigable, relying on the transportation of water, it can not only greatly reduce the cost of transportation time, but also ensure the safety of goods.

What's more, the imperial court was willing to hand over the land on the right bank of the canal to the merchants involved in the development.

Just imagine, after the opening of the canal, the two sides of the river will become a gathering place for the people, and the goods coming and going from the south to the north can be sold immediately as soon as they get off the boat.

Therefore, as soon as they heard the news, the famous businessmen of Jiangnan Prefecture spontaneously organized and came here to voluntarily contribute to the construction of the canal.

"How dare Song ask for credit, all of this is the idea of Lord Qinchalin, and it is also up to him to persuade His Majesty to dig Caoyun."

Song Li naturally knew that Lin Hao wanted to push himself to the "cusp", how could he fulfill his wish.

"You're the Chinchalin-sama?"

When Shang Jia saw Lin Hao's slightly green face, his heart was extremely shocked.

In their impressions, the one who can convince His Majesty should be a gray-haired drooping old man, at least a veteran of the two dynasties, who is highly respected in the imperial court.

And this Lord Lin in front of him, no matter how you look at it, it will be the year of the crown, which is embarrassing.

"Yes, there is Lin below, this canal is related to the people's livelihood, and I hope you will help you, otherwise with the power of the imperial court, I don't know if it will be the year of the monkey."

Lin Hao had a warm smile on his face from beginning to end.

"Lord Lin is a good official who asks for the people's life, as long as he can use our place, he will definitely help!"

Lin Hao's humble posture made a group of businessmen extremely useful, coupled with a series of things that Lin Hao had done before, the people present didn't think about it, they were full of willingness.

"Cash-for-work is a blessing, and you need to be responsible for the construction of a section of the canal in the form of a contract, and the benefits promised before will also be recorded.

"The requirement given by the imperial court is that the people are given two full meals a day, plus a copper salary."

Lin Hao told the story.

As soon as this remark came out, it attracted applause from businessmen.

Before Lin Hao came, Peaches had already introduced the product of sweet potatoes to everyone, two full meals, plus a copper, and the price of two coppers in total, and it was less than a big dollar in January, which was definitely cost-effective.

"In addition, the migrant workers who build the canal and the migrant workers who build the buildings only need to reach half of each other, and if they have difficulty in cash, it will not be a problem."

Lin Hao continued.

At this point, all the businessmen are holding their breath, and those who come here are all worth a lot of money, but most of the silver is backlogged on the goods, and the cash on hand is really not very rich.

I didn't expect Lord Lin to even think of this, but I didn't know how to deal with it.

"All businessmen involved in the construction of the canal, Huibaotong can provide an interest-free loan for up to five years, as for the amount, there will be specific personnel for approval, special funds, can only be used for the construction of the canal."

Lin Hao spread his hands.

The crowd suddenly boiled.

You must know that all the money banks in Daming have the business of lending, but the interest is surprisingly scary.

But it's normal, in the 21st century, there are countless bad debts and dead debts, not to mention today's Ming Dynasty, Qian Zhuang is not charity, if you want to borrow, you must be able to have a trend of interests that make your heart move.

In five years, the interest should reach at least two or three times the principal, but Lord Lin said, interest-free loans!

I even wonder if I heard it wrong, otherwise how could there be such a pie-in-the-sky good thing.

"You don't have to question, after today's banquet, you can take the title deed of the business to Huibaotong to apply for a loan, and now Huibaotong Xichang business has prepared tens of millions of silver taels for you to loan."

Lin Hao squinted slightly.

As a businessman, especially a shrewd businessman, how can you make a loss-making business.

The special fund is earmarked, which means that the silver will only be used to buy food and building materials.

The Taoyuan Research Institute began to grow sweet potatoes on a large scale a few years ago, and although the sweet potatoes are not marketable, the transportation cost is extremely exaggerated.

In fact, if Lin Hao wanted to, sweet potatoes could even be sold at a higher price than corn, after all, both in terms of taste and satiety, they were better than corn.

But under Lin Hao's intentional manipulation, sweet potatoes have been reduced to the price of cabbage.

In Lin Hao's words, sweet potatoes belong to the livelihood of the people, and although businessmen have to make money, they can't make all the money.

Another is building materials, Huibaotong everywhere, the profits will never be taken away, but used in the local purchase of real estate and forestry.

After several years of development, the forestry industry to which Huibaotong belongs has reached an extremely terrifying number.

In this way, the people who built the canal can solve the sales of sweet potatoes and building materials, and the silver tickets given by Huibaotong are earmarked, and there is no possibility of cashing at all.

If the silver ticket is not cashed, it is equivalent to a piece of waste paper, and Huibaotong can print as much as it wants.

It is equivalent to selling these sweet potatoes to merchants in installments, and after a few years, not only can you pick up a canal for nothing, but also get tens of millions of taels of silver, and you will definitely make a profit without losing money.

"Lord Lin, you are really a good official who seeks the well-being of the people and the livelihood of the people of the world, please accept the next bow!"

All the businessmen were extremely moved, and they all fell to the ground and bowed down to Lin Hao.

"In addition, in the near future, I will order someone to prepare for the establishment of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, you can also participate, and the benefits after joining the Chamber of Commerce, there is no need to say more about it."

Lin Hao said the last purpose.

The Chamber of Commerce is essentially a private organization, but now it can rely on the prestige of the imperial court.

"Jiangnan Mansion also wants to organize a chamber of commerce, and Qian Mou must be the first to participate."

The owner of the Qian family wine shop was the first to stand up.

The reason why the Qian family has been able to crisscross the mall for so many years is because of the liquor license issued by Emperor Taizu himself.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, no more than ten households were allowed to use grain to make wine privately, and there was one household in Yingtianfu, which was rumored to be the property of Li Yan Li, the Qing of Honglu Temple.

Wine in the Ming Dynasty is a valuable object, every time in transit, it will be targeted by bandits, and the brewed water, are registered, by the wine seller acceptance, if lost, not to make up the amount, is the head of the capital crime.

So much so that Qian Hao specially opened a dart bureau and made a special trip to escort the wine for the Qian family's winery, but he couldn't stop the thieves from drilling the camp.

In the face of absolute interests, it is normal to take risks, and the dart master died on the way, not only to compensate the family, but also to re-recruit is a troublesome matter.

Except for the Qian Family Wine Workshop, everyone is like this, and they often have to lose wine, and it is said that after Lord Li of Tianfu joined the Chamber of Commerce, every time the Chamber of Commerce organized a centralized escort of goods.

Officers and soldiers were escorted to the next place along the way, and if there was a problem on the way, the local county order would be dismissed and investigated.

After all, the local mountain bandits have to deal with the county government, and the county government can't afford to fight with the mountain bandits, they have always turned a blind eye, and the county order is afraid of being dismissed, so they will say hello to the mountain bandits in advance.

As long as there is a caravan with the banner of the Chamber of Commerce, it will be released from the territory, and this alone gives him a reason to join the Chamber of Commerce.

The example of the Qian family winery has attracted a group of businessmen to echo it, joining the chamber of commerce is a good thing that is beneficial and harmless, it is said that the businessmen in the Tianfu want to join if they squeeze their heads, but the threshold is too high.

If you don't express your stance at this time and miss it, you will have to regret it in the future.

In the corridor in the distance, there was a smell of meat, and the merchants who had not yet eaten felt unbearable hunger.

"Please come and eat lunch for all of you."

Momoko bowed slightly to everyone with a smile on her face.

I saw that in the corridor, dozens of cauldrons were erected, and the soup in the pot was rich, and the fragrance that came out of it attracted everyone's index fingers.