One team, two sets of brands, or even three sets and four sets of brands, this is the great wisdom of future generations.

Wang Wu used it in advance.

Most people don't understand the mystery.

It is definitely not possible for the Jingzhou general Yamen to directly intervene in the water transportation of the Yangtze River, after all, Shunzhi has decreed that the Eight Banners are not allowed to do business, and it is a bad thing to really ask people to expose and sue them.

Even if Babur is a worshipper, I am afraid that it will inevitably be called to take off the crown.

The national policy of the Eight Banners not to do business is also difficult.

It is not possible for the Yamen of Jingzhou General Army to intervene directly, and competing with the people for profit will make Wang Wu very passive.

What's more, he is a freshly shaved general who is desperately trying to make money on the ground, which is easy to give people bad associations.

But if there is a Yangtze River Water Running Association, which is an organization organized by a non-governmental chamber of commerce, it can not only do things well, but also do not have to worry about being charged with violating the laws and regulations of the imperial court.

Some things are not easy to do on the surface, but in fact, they can be done with a little more thought.

Guild is the name of the Chamber of Commerce in these years.

There are guilds in all walks of life, also called guilds and clubhouses.

The organization is very tight, and the rules of the guilds, the rules of the industry, the rules of the gang and other systems are formulated by the guilds, which can be said to be the monopoly group of feudal society.

Such as brocade shops, pawn shops, gold banks

There are even dung rows (incense rows).

The Cao Gang, which monopolized the canal transportation, was also a guild, with millions of workers at its peak.

However, Wang Wu knew that this Cao Gang had not yet taken shape, because this organization grew up during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and later evolved into the Youth Gang Organization, which was the largest association in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

The society has also produced a son of heaven.

After all, the Ming and Qing dynasties have been fighting in the past 20 years, and there is not enough "peaceful" environment to promote the prosperity of the Yangtze River water transport.

The Yangtze River is not only the boundary between the north and the south, but also the main artery connecting several provinces along the Yangtze River.

Therefore, if the water transport of the Yangtze River can be controlled, the ten provinces along the Yangtze River can be controlled in disguise.

With a strong enough sailor, Wang Wuyu Jingzhou is not only an important existence that can influence the battle situation, but also can go up and down freely according to the evolution of the battle situation.

From not being a pawn in someone else's hands, but becoming a chess player.

The reason why the Taiping army failed in the previous life was not because the Northern Expeditionary Army was annihilated by the Qing army, but because the Taiping Army was pressed and dragged by the Qing army on the Yangtze River from beginning to end, making it impossible to devote all its strength to the Northern Expedition.

Wuchang, Jingzhou, Anqing, Jiujiang

These important towns on the Yangtze River can determine the fortunes of the country.

Therefore, Wang Wu deceived Babur into helping him achieve a monopoly on the Yangtze River water transportation under the guise of a partnership, so as to ensure that he had sufficient strategic advantages in the future.

It can't be said to be a fraud, money can really be earned lying down.

There is a Jingzhou general platform, and there are eight banner soldiers in the shares, who dares to be disobedient along the river?

In the past, the Yangtze River water transportation withered.

Although there are still thousands of Ming troops led by three old marshals in Maolu Mountain who are persisting in resisting the Qing Dynasty, the actual territory is only one or two counties, and it is surrounded by heavy troops of the Qing army, and the impact on the overall situation is negligible.

Trade around the Yangtze has begun to resume.

When Wang Wu captured Wuchang the previous time, there were merchants from the south of the Yangtze River who sold goods from the downstream to Wuchang and Jingzhou, which shows that the businessmen with the sharpest noses have smelled the business opportunities brought by "peace".

How could Wang Wu, who was anxious to get money to build a base area for military training, let go of this stable source of wealth.

"It's good or not, that is, I eat the imperial grain in the Eight Banners, open the main gate, and privately participate in the Yangtze River water transportation business."

The truth of two sets of brands in one team, Babur understands, selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, so that the court can't find reason.

And it does.

But he still has doubts about doing business in partnerships.

After all, he had been serving as the deputy commander of the capital in Beijing before, although he had an industry in his family, he was taken care of by Baoyi, and he had never interfered in the business, and he, the general of Jingzhou, was a feudal official, so it was a little difficult to accept morally in a different way to "compete with the people".

"General, there are more than 20,000 people up and down in our Jingzhou Eight Banners, we can't just rely on the imperial court to allocate money, but we still have to develop ourselves. Besides, this matter can not only reduce the burden on the court, but also benefit the banner people, so why not? ”

It is necessary for Wang Wu to point out that his proposal is for the sake of the entire Jingzhou garrison of the Eight Banners, not just to make money.

It was further pointed out that although the 20,000 garrison flag soldiers lived in the city, they were only given the minimum guarantee of food, clothing, housing and transportation, which was much worse than that of Yanjing.

If you want the bannermen to take root in Jingzhou with peace of mind and regard Jingzhou as their future hometown, it is necessary to improve their living environment.

In other words, to increase their income.

For example, the salary in Yanjing is 30,000 yuan a year, and the salary becomes 25,000 yuan after arriving in Jingzhou, but the overall income of various welfare subsidies combined reaches 100,000 yuan a year.

Of course, Babur understood that it was false to say that he was not tempted, but he still had concerns, and after hesitating for a moment, he said: "If you rely on the forehead, you must send the flag officer to participate in it, so that the flag officer will benefit from it, where can you still bother with flag affairs, who is willing to come to the weekday drill training?" ”

They were worried that after opening this "business" opening, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners would be seriously weakened.

This is also true.

Today, the flagmen you sent to participate in the water transport have made a fortune, and there must be more flagmen who are red-eyed, what should I do?

In the end, this financial resource can only be taken out as the welfare of all the garrison Eight Banners.

As soon as the opening of water transportation is opened, there will definitely be more openings to be opened in the future.

Who is afraid of less money?

It's a big deal to get a few more guilds and hang a few more sets of signs.

In this way, everyone in the Eight Banners stationed in the garrison is keen to do business and make money, who controls the Yangtze River for the imperial court and supervises Huguang.

If there is a real war, who is willing to go into battle and kill the enemy.

Wang Wu thought to himself that you have a fart combat power, if it weren't for the fear that the Qing court would press all the heavy troops of Huguang to him, he would have lit the sky lantern for your 20,000 people.

I also feel that Babur seems to be thinking too far, and before he has even skimmed the eight characters of water transportation, he thinks of the prospect of all the flagmen going to the sea, which is a bit unfounded.

"The general is wrong."

"Oh?"

"If a man does not have convariance, he has no perseverance. If a person has a permanent birth, he has his own perseverance. With perseverance, there is perseverance. There is perseverance, since everyone is scrambling to be the first, and does not want to fall behind others. ”

What does that mean?

At that time, not only will there be no money to bring their own equipment, but also no money to raise horses, and I am afraid that the bannermen will be even more reluctant to work for the imperial court.

On the contrary, with a stable source of wealth and a high income, the flag will not hesitate to die.

Because, it's about themselves.

After listening to this, Babur pondered for a while, and finally asked the key question: "How is this water transport profit divided?" ”

Wang Wu didn't think about it: "Of course it's General Lu, I'm wanton." ”

"No."

Babur immediately shook his head, "The idea is a good idea, so you have to open it up." ”