Zhang Zhou is the port where he arrived on the twenty-first day of the lunar month.

The last time I came, the port had begun to take shape, and this time I came back to see that it was already a big city on the seaside, from shipbuilding, smelting, transportation, to textile and other light industries, a complete industrial chain has been formed here.

In the past, Zhang Zhou's industries were basically in Xishan on the outskirts of Beijing, and with the completion of the construction of the port, it has also become the location of the latest layout of Zhang Zhou's industry.

The number of soldiers and civilians in the city has grown from a few thousand at the beginning to nearly 100,000 now, and it is still expanding rapidly.

"Brother Zhang, when we came here the last time, there was still empty land over there, why did you build so many houses? The tall building is four or five stories high, right? ”

Zhu Feng came this time, as if Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden, and she felt fresh everywhere.

Cui Yuan's side was relatively calm, this was the first time he set foot in the port, even if it was majestic and magnificent in front of him, it was not surprising in his opinion, after all, there was a god like Zhang Zhou, and he didn't feel surprised what kind of city he had built.

"Grandpa, the two marquis, the humble position has already made people clean up the hotel." Sun Shangqi appeared in front of several people, and at this time Zhang Zhou was still standing on the high platform, watching the ships coming in and out of the port.

Zhu Feng smiled and asked, "Is it just living in the hotel?" Brother Zhang doesn't have any private house here? ”

Zhang Zhou said: "There is His Majesty's palace. ”

"Brother Zhang smiled, I don't dare to go to that place in the palace." Zhu Feng said with a look of shame, "Your Majesty has rewarded you here, you should build more houses here, I heard that the people here are all driven by you." ”

Zhang Zhou pointed to the surrounding construction sites and said, "You see that so many places need craftsmen, will I build my own residence for personal matters?" How many times a year do I come? Where to live is not to live? ”

Cui Yuan walked over and said, "Zhang Butang, as the secretary of the military department, will rarely go out of Beijing in the future, so there is really no need to spend time here." Compared to when you came out of Shanhaiguan...... I thought this way ...... Goodbye to no prosperity. ”

Several people came from the direction of Shanhaiguan.

Originally, Cui Yuan thought that the more he went to the east, the more desolate it became, but who would have thought of Bohai Port to know that it had developed into a distribution center for sea transportation goods in the Ming Dynasty and had formed a new city.

"Soldiers and horses from all over the country have already been transferred to this side, and the training is continuing." Zhang Zhou said, "In a few days, the sailor is about to go on an expedition, and Cui Juma Ke has to pay attention." In these two days, it is best to get used to life on the ship, and it is best to familiarize yourself with things such as sailing on the ship. ”

Cui Yuan said with a look of embarrassment: "Got it." ”

He also seemed to feel that following Zhang Zhou was to keep learning, he felt that he hadn't even learned things on land, and now he had to learn naval warfare, and even sailing.

It's a bit of a torment for him.

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That night, the port was still brightly lit.

Because the port needs to build more ships to complete the voyage after the beginning of spring in the next year, so that the construction period is rushed again and again, and the craftsmen have to work until late at night, and even after nightfall, there are still ships docking.

In a four-story office area, Zhang Zhou, Zhu Feng and Cui Yuan ate here, and there was no wine on the table, but Zhu Feng stood at the window as if he was very drunk, and kept sighing, which made Cui Yuan feel that Zhu Feng was a little fussed.

"After a tiring journey, after dinner, rest early." Zhang Zhoudao.

Zhu Feng said: "Don't worry, this scene is too spectacular, I can't see it when I return to the capital, I want to take a look at it more." ”

Zhang Zhou asked, "Do you want to stay here?" ”

"I want to think about it." Zhu Feng suddenly thought of something, sighed and said, "But there is never a prosperous Jingshi here, if I am in Beijing and want to have everything, it will really be a song every night, and here...... Alas! ”

Sun Shangqi on the side said with a smile: "Master Hou, you don't know, this is a place by the sea, and then go three or four miles to the southwest, to the south of the city, where you can also sing every night." ”

"Really?"

Zhu Feng was quite surprised.

Cui Yuan said: "Originally, I was also curious, there are so many sergeants and craftsmen here, and so many people, if they just work here, without any pastime, wouldn't they make trouble?" Seemingly...... It's pretty good in the city. ”

Sun Shangqi said: "No one went to make arrangements, but someone built a house over there, and then there were a lot of tea houses and wine shops over there, and then the merchants who came and went there would go there, and then gradually, a lot of houses were built over there, and there were all kinds of businesses." ”

"Do you do it casually?" Zhu Feng was interested, "I also want to go over and make a business, do you just want to divide the land yourself and repair the house casually?" This is a treasure of feng shui. ”

Sun Shangqi glanced at Zhang Zhou first, and then explained: "This is not possible, according to the rules, it is necessary to pay taxes first, and the government will allocate land, and they will build houses on it, and the business they operate must also be reported to the government, but the grandfather said that in the past two years, you can declare yourself, if you want to make a living in the future, it will be difficult to make a living in the future." ”

Zhu Feng said: "If you open a store, a store or something here, it should be possible, right?" ”

Zhang Zhou said angrily: "You haven't drunk yet, why is it like being drunk?" As a minister of the court, he casually competes with the people for profit, is he not afraid of being impeached? ”

Cui Yuan asked: "Zhang Butang, it is naturally impossible to do business on your own, if the princess's mansion sends someone to take care of the business, do you think it will work?" ”

Not only Zhu Feng, but even Cui Yuan took a fancy to this feng shui treasure, and it seemed that they all felt that the new port was profitable.

Zhang Zhou did not answer.

Sun Shangqi explained on the side: "Two marquis, do you two think that everything in this port is so prosperous? Don't hide it from the two of you, not only you, but even those merchants who come and go, when they come, they think that this place may just be a barren place by the sea, just listen to what others say, and come and go casually. But when they came, none of them didn't want to take root here, and even some officials and businessmen from the south wanted to gain a foothold here. ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "Don't think about it first, how can doing business compare to making contributions on the field, do you think this is frolic?" Sun Yanshi, arrange a place for them to live, and let them rest early. In the past two days, there will be military training. ”

Zhu Feng seemed to be very insistent and said: "Don't, discuss first, this is Brother Zhang, your land, I like business the most, you know." Such a good opportunity, I can't mix it up, I think it's too much of a loss. ”

Cui Yuan hurriedly pulled Zhu Feng along, which means that we can't be strong.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Looking back, it's easy to do business here, but it's not easy to get money from here and go back." Because there are a lot of things here, you don't understand yet. ”

"Alas!"

Zhu Feng looked very regretful.

Obviously, he guards the mountains of gold and silver, but he can't move the silver to his home, which feels too bad.

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After Cui Yuan and Zhu Feng went to the hotel to rest, Zhang Zhou did not rush over.

Here, Sun Shangqi is still reporting some things to Zhang Zhou, mainly involving the tasks assigned to him by Zhang Zhou.

“…… According to the father's instructions, several money shops have been opened in the city, in addition to completing the exchange of gold, silver and copper plates, as well as the temporary storage and lending of silver money, etc., many merchants in the city are very active in this, but on the voucher, even if there is a person who prints treasure money, it is still difficult to be convinced. ”

"In the past few months, there have been a lot of disputes over loans and other matters, and a new yamen has been set up in the city to be responsible for money disputes and other matters, and the public court will be held every day, but there are still many people who have to wait for a long time, and there are too few people who know how to do business."

"And then most of the people who came from the crime were gathered in the shipyard and in the south of the city, and many of them caused trouble, and there were not enough yamen in the city, not even enough prison cells. Many people had to be sent to isolated islands overseas, and some were directly arranged on ships and transported to Jiangnan Shipyard......"

Sun Shangqi said as he handed over the official documents of local administration and other matters to Zhang Zhou one by one.

Zhang Zhou is a city in front of him, and he is the city lord, all the rules here seem to be established under the Ming administrative system, but in fact they are all new, and many rules need to be formulated by Zhang Zhou again.

Because Zhang Zhou wants not only an administrative or military city, but also a city that develops industries here, so that capital sprouts here, so that ordinary people can invest here, and develop this place into a port city with both heavy industry and light industry in the Ming Dynasty, and also has the capacity of sea transportation and transit, and also makes this a distribution center for overseas goods.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Don't think about it in advance, the matter of the silver number will be carried out in the near future." ”

After completing the initial accumulation of industry, Zhang Zhou's next step is to engage in finance.

Only when he has a city, and even others know that this city is his, and let others see the business opportunities here, and then he will take the lead in completing the establishment of the financial industry, it will be more convincing.

In fact, the basic functions such as the silver trumpet have already taken shape in the Jin merchants and Hui merchants, and even many details are more perfect than the silver trumpet he wants to set up.

But these merchants are only internal games, and they do not accept outsiders to join their games, so this kind of financial game has great limitations.

What Zhang Zhou wants to do is to form inclusive finance, that is, any businessman, as long as he is a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, is eligible to participate in it, ordinary people can deposit money in the silver number, and any businessman, as long as he has collateral, can become a participant in the financial industry.

And Zhang Zhou is not for the purpose of usury, on the contrary, he wants to promote the development of the local area through the financial industry, so he must definitely guarantee the concession of interest on loans, and even sometimes he can allow a lot of bad debts, as long as the local development can be formed into a big rule, then everything is worth it.

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When Zhang Zhou arrived at the port, he originally wanted to take advantage of the fatigue of the journey and take a good rest.

But when he arrived, he realized that he was actually the busiest person in the city, no matter where he was, he had to keep the new city in mind, and even after he arrived, everything would follow, because there were many rules, and only he had the power to make and modify them.

The others are only participants, and he is the only one who actually controls the city.

One person after another, one thing after another, will be sent to him that night, let him know that he only has an idea, and wants to implement it, but it is actually so troublesome, and those helpers who seem to be awesome are actually just doing things according to orders, and his ideas are difficult to be understood by others.

"Grandpa, it's not too early, it's time for you to rest."

When Sun Shangqi arrived at the hotel in the middle of the night, he saw that the lights on Zhang Zhou's side were still on, so he hurriedly went to the door to persuade him.

It's freezing outside, but inside the hotel, it's very warm, because the hotel was built with winter heating in mind, and the whole thing is heated.

Zhang Zhou smiled: "Didn't you sleep either?" You're only a few days ahead of us. ”

Sun Shangqi smiled bitterly.

"Where's Guo Ang?" Zhang Zhou asked.

Sun Shangqi said: "After Guo Zhenfu's envoy entered the city, he first went to the station of Jinyiwei in the south of the city, saying that he wanted to see the defenders here, and he was also busy now. If you have any problems, you will pass the word. ”

"No need." Zhang Zhou said, "Didn't you say that the yamen here is not enough?" When he came here, he would take over the crimes of the soldiers first. In the future, you will need to build an intelligence system here, or you will be in charge. ”

"Yes." Sun Shangqi saluted.

While Zhang Zhou was talking, he also reviewed a few official documents in his hand.

It is all related to the allocation of money and grain, as well as the setting of city defense, as well as the division of urban areas, as well as commercial income and resource allocation, etc., not a court matter, which is equivalent to a "family matter" that he, the city lord, needs to deal with.

After sorting out several copies, Zhang Zhou handed it to Sun Shangqi and said: "Let people distribute it, first go to the port prime minister's yamen for the record, and then let them implement it one by one." ”

"Yes."

Sun Shangqi picked up these things and hurriedly took them out to convey them.

As he was talking, the people who delivered the official documents came on the other side, but they were Chen's daughter and Huang Zhao's, who brought the account books of the smelting workshop and weaving workshop in the city, and came to Zhang Zhou to make some instructions.

Liu Gui gave a note, so that they could go upstairs, and when they arrived at the door of Zhang Zhou's room, Wang Mingshan gave way, and they were able to enter.

The things were handed over to Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou took it and looked at it, and then handed a thing to Chen's daughter.

"Take this thing, go to Zhangjiakou first, and leave tomorrow, now there is a shortage of iron here, and the iron ore transferred from Yongping Mansion is completely insufficient, and it can only be transferred from Zhangjiakou to this side, and the iron mines over there have all said hello, and this batch of pig iron will be transferred within a month." Zhang Zhoudao.

Chen's daughter said: "A month, will it ...... Too tight? ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "This is a military order, not a discussion. ”

Chen's daughter lowered her head.

"In addition, this batch of fabrics, a total of 130,000 horses, must be rushed out before March, this involves military uniforms, and the single clothes used by the entire Northwest soldiers rely on these batches of fabrics......" Zhang Zhou handed over another thing to Huang Zhao, "Calculate for me, how many looms are lacking now, and how many female workers are missing, give me an accurate number within two days, and at the same time, I will also send people to all parts of Yongping Mansion to recruit, and the salary will be increased by two percent compared to now!" (End of chapter)