"The eldest prince is here."

The voice outside the door came in, Zhu Di and Xu Zengshou stopped talking, and looked at the door together.

Xu Zengshou's eyes were a little curious, the eldest son of King Yan was good at governance, and his reputation was more or less moving in Ying Tianfu.

But the movement is not too big.

There are many descendants of saints, some have a bad reputation, and some have a good reputation, and Zhu Gaochi is not the only one.

"Father, uncle." Zhu Gaochi entered the door and saw two figures, stepped forward and saluted, with a respectful attitude.

"Haha, it's already that big." Xu Zengshou laughed, did not put on the shelf of the elders, and looked easy-going.

Zhu Gaochi quietly looked at Xu Zengshou twice.

It looks smaller than Zhu Di, giving people a sense of freedom and ease, and it is a rare species in the current environment.

Zhu Di, like his father in other families, was dissatisfied: "It's not a matter of worrying about it." ”

Through the atmosphere between the two, Zhu Gaochi judged that Xu Zengshou should be regarded as Zhu Di's "hair small".

is also the top class of the capital, and there are many who have grown up together since childhood, but there are not many who can be regarded as small.

Xu Huizu, the eldest son of the Xu family, as the eldest son, puts the interests of the family first, and must join the prince's line.

Xu Zengshou is actually the third elder of the Xu family, and there is a second brother above, but he is not the same mother as Xu Zengshou and Xu Huizu.

"I didn't hear that, they all said that King Yan had a good son, and King Yan was very happy." Xu Zengshou said directly, and Zhu Di shook his head.

Xu Zengshou looked at Zhu Gaochi with a smile and sighed: "I saw you a few years ago, you were so tall. He gestured in mid-air and continued, "Now I look like an adult." ”

"I haven't seen my uncle for a few years, and my mother often speaks in front of our brothers, talking about the uncles when they were young."

Zhu Gaochi knew that Xu Zengshou was talking about going out with Zhu Di to the desert back then, he had been to Beiping before the expedition, and after returning victoriously, he went back to the capital directly.

"It's good that the eldest sister doesn't speak ill of me." In front of the juniors, Xu Zengshou, who had no shelf, said indifferently.

After a few words of greeting, Zhu Gaochi had a good impression of Xu Zengshou, no wonder Zhu Yuanzhang also liked this person.

I couldn't put it down when we met for the first time, and gave Xu Zengshou a name.

The ancients believed that young people were too smart and easy to die, so they gave their names to increase their longevity, which shows Zhu Yuanzhang's love for Xu Zengshou.

This person is not to mention it, he only behaves in a style and is not old-fashioned, which makes people feel comfortable, and with the environment in which Zhu Yuanzhang is located, it is not an accident that he likes Xu Zengshou's character.

Zhu Di interrupted the chatter between the two and took the initiative to speak for Xu Zengshou: "Before you come in the future, your two younger brothers have already come to visit your uncle. ”

Xu Zengshou was a little embarrassed on his face, he just mentioned it casually, where did he ask his nephew in person, as if he was very greedy as an elder.

Sure enough, Zhu Di said again: "Let's talk to your uncle about what you do, your uncle is a little interested, can you buy shares?" ”

"Whether you can buy shares or not is a trivial matter, just say it casually, and don't take it seriously." Without waiting for Zhu Gaochi to answer, Xu Zengshou said directly.

Xu Zengshou said so, but Zhu Di did not retract his gaze, it seems that Zhu Di and Xu Zengshou have a really good relationship.

It is no wonder that after Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, in the politically correct environment of the overthrow of the feudal domain, Zhu Yunwen doubted King Yan, so he asked Xu Zengshou.

Xu Zengshou knew that it was not good, but he still insisted: "King Yan and the first emperor are angry, and they are extremely rich, how can they still rebel?" ”

China Heavy Industry will definitely not divide the shares, but Zhu Di's face must be given, and Xu Zengshou's friendship must be taken into account.

So is there a win-win solution?

Zhu Gaochi thought for a moment, thought of an idea, smiled, and said to Zhu Di and Xu Zengshou: "Uncle wants to buy shares, that's a good thing." ”

Without waiting for the two to ask in detail, Zhu Gaochi explained in detail.

"Mining associations?" Xu Zengshou's face was full of curiosity, he has always been like this for new things, and he likes new things the most.

Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Gaochi, although it was not what he thought, it was not bad.

"The factories in Beiping are all old factories, there is no increment, but the business negotiated with the second and third uncles has been a big profit in the past few years in the coal mine."

Zhu Gaochi said seriously: "The core of China Heavy Industry is coal mines, so the matter of the Mining Association, my uncle is worth starting." ”

Through the honeycomb coal industry association, mining association, etc., through economic means, to seize the coal industry in Shanxi, Shaanxi.

With the current economic strength, the coal merchants in Shaanxi and Shanxi cannot be stopped, and the shortcomings are political.

With the addition of Xu Zengshou, a group of nobles can be driven, so no one can stop the combined power.

In the honeycomb coal industry and coal industry, China Heavy Industry did not directly end up through the means of control.

As long as the honeycomb coal industry, coke industry, etc., whoever invests in the coal industry needs to obey the system chain of China Heavy Industry.

It's a win-win situation, and everyone gets what they want.

Xu Zengshou did not agree casually, but glanced at Zhu Di, Zhu Di bowed slightly, and Xu Zengshou smiled.

Zhu Gaochi saw the interaction between the two, and his impression of Xu Zengshou deepened.

Evening.

At the palace night banquet, although Xu didn't say anything about her brother's arrival, she could have rich delicacies and delicacies, and the menu was arranged by her own hands.

Several sisters, as well as three brothers, all received valuable gifts brought by Xu Zengshou from Ying Tianfu.

Zhu Di and Xu Zengshou drank freely, Xu smiled and didn't speak, and Zhu Di named Zhu Gaochi as an accompaniment.

Embarrassed, Zhu Gaochi drank for the first time, drank two glasses of lower stomach, and his face was flushed, so Xu stopped it with a smile.

Day 2.

Zhu Gaochi, who had a good night's sleep, went to the distribution trade.

"Here we are."

A large group of people were waiting in the streets, and when they saw the carriage of the palace, they greeted it, and the carriage stopped in front of everyone.

Under the eyes of everyone, Zhu Gaochi bent down and walked down from the carriage, and several guards on horseback also dismounted.

"Little Lord."

"Little Wang Ye'an."

……

"I've been waiting for a long time." Zhu Gaochi was very polite and greeted everyone with a smile.

"I've just arrived."

"As it should be."

Everyone replied.

The people passing by on the street in the distance looked curiously at this side, and hurriedly withdrew their gaze, not daring to look more.

What is going on here, many citizens don't know, they only see that many tall and strange buildings have been built, and there is nowhere to use it for secretly laughing at the amount of silver.

It is not surprising that commodity trade has nothing to do with the lives of ordinary people.

Just like the furniture and building materials centers in many places, tens of thousands of square meters of buildings, as a result, only scattered people hang out every day, while there are hundreds of businesses.

Many people in later generations will also feel strange when they see it for the first time, and it is a matter of cognition that this kind of market does not go bankrupt.

The whole place has been finished, and many businesses have begun to renovate.

Zhu Di personally wrote the inscription on the archway, named the Beiping Trade Center, hung with red cloth on it, and waited until the auspicious day to open.

The streets are wide and clean, lined with tall buildings.

In the center of the word "well", there are not only buildings, but also a bell tower, a water tower, water pipes buried in the ground, and each house has a faucet. ”

Ma Lin introduced with a smile, Zhu Gaochi and a group of stewards and businessmen who laughed haha.

"This water tower is so convenient." One of the merchants laughed.

"The water tower is so high that the water flows everywhere, and every family can use it at home, so it's incredible to come up with this method."

Someone patted the horses.

Zhu Gaochi was not carried away by sycophants, and knew that it was just everyone's exaggeration.

The use of water pipes has existed since ancient times.

From street wells to pressurized wells, water is brought into homes through bamboo tubes from high places, and so on.

The only rarity is the water tower.

Because of the restrictions of imperial power, the height of the building is limited, so the height of the water tower is not dared to be built by ordinary people.

Zhu Gaochi dares to cultivate.

"The management of the Beiping Trade Center is contracted by China Heavy Industries, and the tax is set according to the standard of ten to one, but the door stall tax and miscellaneous taxes are abolished."

"With such low taxes and today's market environment, you will be able to make a big show for the next big thing, and I believe this will become one of the richest places in the north."

Zhu Gaochi took people to visit a building, which seemed to be a cloth shop, and said to everyone in front of the door.

The ten-to-one business tax is really not high.

The commercial tax formulated by the Ming Dynasty was very low, but there were many people who intervened, you collected a little, he collected a little, and the commercial tax was high.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, local yamen, feudal kings, eunuchs, officials, and military attachés could all set up cards to collect taxes, and even retired old eunuchs, after his death, the merchant cards he set up during his lifetime were still collected for decades.

Including the local yamen, because something has set up a card, when the matter is over, the commercial card will stay.

The most famous story is a man who is hopeless in reading and is ready to do some small business to transport chrysanthemum from Anhui to Jianghuai through the canal.

As a result, before he arrived at the destination, the taxes collected all the way had already lost money, and he still needed to pay taxes when he returned the same way, so he was so angry that he burned directly.

It can only be said that such a huge tax has not received from the imperial court, and it has fattened private interest groups.

The prestige of the palace in Beiping, Zhu Gaochi wants to see who dares to collect his taxes.

Whoever collects his taxes, he gives him a knife.

Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat dried shrimp.

Zhu Gaochi wants to control the small fish, he wants to eat more small fish, so that there are more shrimp at the bottom.

This is also one of the main reasons why the Beiping Trade Center has won the enthusiasm of businessmen, not only because of its geographical advantages, but also because the business environment is stronger than that outside.

Walking to the next one, there is a building bought by the Food Stamp Bank.

The president of the grain stamp bank was also in the crowd and introduced to Zhu Gaochi: "You can use grain stamps to settle inside the Beiping Trade Center. ”

"With the implementation of the same-day settlement system, as long as the food stamps are submitted, they can be exchanged on the spot, and they have already received a savings of 30,000 taels."

Zhu Gaochi nodded.

That being said, if anyone really takes out a food stamp of 10,000 taels, it is impossible to redeem it on the spot, and it needs to go through a process.

It's not that there is no money, and businessmen understand this truth and will not pursue it too much.

The president of the Grain Stamp Bank, who was born in the Outer Cabinet, smiled and said to everyone: "Welcome to cooperate with the Grain Stamp Bank. ”

Everyone hurriedly responded and agreed.

(End of chapter)