When Mu Million came to the Yamen of the political envoy, he saw that several other big businessmen in the province had already arrived, all of them with sad faces, and they seemed to have been recruited and worried about fundraising.

This time, 780,000 displaced people from Jingchu entered the country, and everyone knew that the official treasury had been relieved. In this case, of course, it will be the turn of the big family to bleed, so how can they not worry?

If it was just to break the wealth and eliminate the disaster, but this time they were all called to the yamen, and the apportionment would definitely be very heavy, so how could people not complain.

Someone said, "No matter what happens this time, I can only move out of five hundred taels of silver here at most, no matter how much, it is better to take my life!"

Someone said with a wry smile: "This time it's not a matter of silver, I'm afraid the worst is only a few of us grain merchants." We discussed that each family could bear a maximum of 1,000 stone of aged rice, plus 1,000 stone of miscellaneous grains, and the rest of the liters were not available. ”

These few are all deliberately resisting, and some people are worried: "If we are such a hard top, Master Pan is only afraid of thunder and anger, everyone must communicate with each other, advance and retreat together, no one is soft!"

In front of the government, these businessmen are weak after all when they are single-handed, but if they join forces, the momentum will be great, and there is no relationship behind them, this net is spread, even if they are dignified political envoys, they dare not do anything to them.

Mu Million's status is higher than the rest, he has a somewhat strange temper, and when everyone speaks, he only dares to knock on the side, hoping that Mu Million can also join their offensive and defensive alliance.

Mu Million glanced at them with disdain, at this time, the way the lord of the domain played was different from before, looking at their frightened and hard-mouthed appearance, it was really disgusting!

He completely forgot that before Master Jin visited, he was almost like this. Merchants are very profitable, but wherever they spend money in vain, they must become black-eyed chickens.

Master Jin greeted the group of businessmen, went first to tell Master Pan, and after a while, he came out again and led Mu Million in first. A group of businessmen were worried. Many people hurriedly looked at each other, hoping that Mu Million could set an example for them.

Mu Million strode through the crowd with his head held high and entered the back hall, and Master Jin smiled first: "The owner." I invited the Muslim Waiwai to the house. The province is building a lot of construction, and if there is no foreign management, I am afraid that things will be difficult to achieve. ”

Master Pan raised his head from the Kanyu sand table, his face was tired, and he smiled at Mu Wanwan. "Let's take a look, is this canal a merit in the future and a benefit in the present generation?"

Mu Million just glanced at it, and saw that the terrain on the sand table was very familiar, it was the style of Dinghu Province, there was a long canal running through the north and south, zigzag, but it could irrigate half of the province, and the waterway was not smooth. There are post roads to connect with it, and then it enters Jingchu Province to the south.

If this road and canal are completed, it will be as Master Pan said, it will be a merit for a thousand years and a benefit for the present generation. It's just that it will inevitably cost a lot of money, and the imperial court can preside over it, and now in this situation in Dinghu Province, where is the good time to build a large number of buildings?

Could this be the business that Master Jin said that the political envoy wanted to do with him? That is a respectful thank you, Mu Million hurriedly pretended to be confused, "Your Excellency is majestic and strategic." The plan to set this road is naturally remarkable. ”

If you want to repair it, you can repair it, anyway, I don't have to talk about life or death, and I don't have to pay for it. Mu Million made up his mind again.

Master Pan's fingers gently flicked on the sand table, and he muttered: "This north-south long canal has been planned by Zhou Mo Zhou since the past. Trying to use this canal all the way through the north and south of Dinghu and the neighboring province of Jingchu, so that the two provinces will no longer have to worry about irrigation and transportation, and become a real country of abundance.

It's just a huge cost. It has not been formed for hundreds of years, and in this dynasty, there are occasional builders in each section. A few years ago, when the rain from the Han River washed away the Hanxi Canal, the amount of work that needed to be excavated was much reduced. Therefore, this official wants to take this opportunity to open the long canal between the north and the south, I don't know what Mu Yuan's intentions are?"

Where is Mu Million willing to talk, he only hummed and chirped: "My lord's move, it is worth hundreds of millions of merits, and it must be on the table of the imperial court, if you need wood and stone, you are willing to do your best." ”

At most, he will be pitted with a little material, not to mention that this kind of plan will definitely not pass in the imperial court, Mu Million is very sure.

Master Pan said quietly: "Mu Yuanwai said and laughed, now that the Jingchu refugees have entered the country, Dinghu Province is too busy to take care of itself, if it is requested by the imperial court, it will definitely be rejected by the court, how can it be successful? ”

He also knew that the Jing Chu refugees had entered the country and the situation was critical, so how could he still have the leisure to plan and other major matters? Or did he feel that the political envoy couldn't sit still anyway, so he made a desperate bet and begged to go down in history, even if it didn't work, the rest of the mess would be the successor? Mu Million slandered in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more likely this was possible.

Seeing Mu Million like this, Master Jin knew what he had in his stomach, and he was not in a hurry, so he said: "Don't worry, adults, now the big merchants in this province are waiting outside the door." After a while, they will have to negotiate the level fee, and they will definitely not let go of this business that makes a lot of money. ”

Master Pan sighed and said, "That's all it takes, Master Jin, how much should we charge for this fee, what did Ye Gongzi say, you explain it to me again?"

Hearing these three words, Mu Million pricked up his ears, and when he heard about the level charges, he felt his heart pounding, as if he had suddenly touched something amazing.

Mu Million has been doing business for decades, and he is still happy to do it, and his biggest hobby in his life is to make money, and secondly, to do a money-making business that he has not done before.

He knew that it was built on a traffic artery, and then there were gatekeepers to collect taxes. Of course, there are also places to rest and stay in the checkpoints, but this has always been operated by the imperial court, and private individuals are not allowed to interfere. Guan Yin is also a figure in the system, although he has no grade, he is also prepared to eat imperial food.

What is the matter with the so-called fees? The cost of checkpoints has always been allocated by the imperial court, and where are there any charges other than tariffs? Just listening to these two dialogues, Mu Wanwan's heart itched and scratched, and he unconsciously approached like Lord Mu.

"Dare to ask Master Pan, what does this level charge mean? I don't know it, I really don't understand. "People who do business should be thick-skinned first, Mu Million knows that if he doesn't seize some opportunities, he will be caught by others immediately, and he must not let them go.

Master Pan and Master Jin glanced at each other and smiled. Ye Xingyuan had already given them a rough explanation of the strategy before, but there were still various difficulties in the specific implementation, and the three words Mu million in the bag made the two of them suddenly. Now that Mu Million has entered the group, the last piece of the puzzle in this plan has been half completed.

Ye Xingyuan's strategy is actually not complicated, but it must be an official, a businessman, and a homeless person, and the three waves in one to be completed. The government opened a large project of the north-south long canal, and used work for relief to solve the imminent trouble. The businessmen contributed money and the displaced people contributed to complete this great cause together, and at the same time, the biggest hidden danger in Dinghu Province was removed.

This must be true to all three parties, the displaced people must live, and the government must have stable political performance, which will not be bad, but for businessmen who are not profitable and cannot afford to pay early, it is not easy to get them to pay.

In the past, the government went out to collect donations from large households in the province, although it could raise a drop in the bucket of money and food, the effect would not be very good. The big families are not happy, crying and complaining, most of the money and food are not enough, and in the end, they are not pleasing in all aspects.

Ye Xingyuan's idea turned this work-for-relief into a business. Merchants can reap the benefits of the project after investing. As long as the benefits are greater than the previous investment, then there is no need to ask them, they will flock to it.

Of course, in today's situation, it is not easy for businessmen to believe, so it is necessary to find a leader. In Dinghu Province, of course, there is no doubt that it is Mu Million.

It is said that rich Mu million is the first, and the vision of doing business is also far from everyone. As long as he sees the feasibility of this plan, he can bring the wealthy businessmen from the whole province and even outside the province to come together, and the money and food problem that plagues Lord Pan will naturally be solved.

"Is there a charge for this level" Master Jin smiled slyly, shook his head and said: "Speaking of which, I have to mention the thirteen chapters of Ye Gongzi's "Yuan Fu" first, this is really a book of heaven taught by immortals, we have only seen a piece of light and zero feathers, and we are already amazed and difficult to understand.

That day, Ye Gongzi's article on the release of rent in your Peach Blossom Literature Club was actually obtained from the thirteen articles of this original wealth, do you want to listen to it from the beginning?"

Mu Million had originally read the article on Ye Xingyuan's release of rent very well, and he thought about the connotation mentioned in the article but did not expand in depth, but now he heard that the release of rent is only a part, and there are thirteen more powerful articles of "Yuan Fu", where can he withstand the seduction of Master Jin, and hurriedly shouted: "I want to listen! Please also ask Master Jin to teach me!"

Master Jin laughed, this is also Ye Xingyuan's explanation, he must explain his words clearly to others, so that the other party can fully believe in the possibility of this cooperation. Regarding the cost of this road and canal, it is the content of the "Release" article in the original wealth, Ye Xingyuan gave a lesson to Master Jin in simple terms, and now he can also teach a few more in front of Mu Million.

The key is that transportation is supposed to make money, and the dart game in the world makes a lot of money by walking. However, the construction of bridges and paving roads by the imperial court or private individuals is often only regarded as merit and has no economic benefit.

Ye Xingyuan pointed out that this situation is not right! Since the road has been repaired with money, the person who spends the money should be qualified to collect fees from those who use the road, which is referred to as "tolls."

If this transportation road is a traffic artery, there is an endless stream of pedestrian caravans every day, and checkpoints are set up on the nodes, so you can naturally sit on the ground and collect money. There are land gates on land, and there are water gates on waterways, even if the toll is only a millimeter, and the little ones add up to a tower, which is also a huge amount! )