My Brother-in-law is the Prince - Chapter 426

Chapter 426 Windfall

Yu Qian obviously also knew that Zhang Anshi had already taken his fancy.

He pondered for a moment, did not bother to refuse, but said seriously: “If His Highness does not give up, then I will naturally try my best to do it.”

He said he would do his best, and Zhang Anshi was obviously very satisfied.

He knew that Yu Qian was a person who kept his promises, and once he made a promise, he would not change it.

Yu Qian is well-known in history. In addition to his effective organization of the defense of the capital and the continuation of the Ming Dynasty’s Guozuo, it is his integrity and promise.

Once such a person makes a promise, it can be said that Zhang Anshi does not need to have any worries about the customs affairs in the future.

Customs fees, even if it is a copper coin, will be recorded in full.

Zhang Anshi was in a happy mood, and said in a very easy-going way: “It’s late at night, let’s go to rest earlier.”

Yu Qian nodded, feeling a strange feeling in his heart.

Essentially speaking, he is a scholar, and he still firmly believes in the Four Books and Five Classics, but when he came to Taiping Mansion, it was obvious that the people here lived and worked more peacefully than in other places.

And Zhang Anshi’s trust in him was even beyond everyone’s imagination.

Now, he is finally about to get involved in real affairs.

Accurately speaking, this is more than meddling, it is simply starting to take charge of the lifeline of the Taiping Mansion, which made him laugh.

He thought to himself, no matter what, he just needs to do his own thing well according to the requirements of the saint.

The vassal kings came to Beijing one after another.

In addition to the very grand courtesy, the emperor hosted a banquet in person, when everyone was looking forward to the most important business affairs, they found that His Majesty had disappeared.

And Zhang Anshi seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

It’s strange to say that when everyone is pushing the cups, His Majesty and Zhang Anshi are very enthusiastic. When the wine is over, because of the excitement of the wine, everyone can’t wait to hug and complain together.

But when it comes to serious business, the old and the young seem to disappear out of thin air.

It was Zhu Jin, who always had a fake smile on his face, and Gao Xiang, who was stern and selfless, who were in charge of contacting them.

“I don’t know what your Highness promised, and I don’t care. I just follow orders. To do business, you need to be kind and make money, but there is also a bottom line. If not, this business will not be possible.”

Zhu Jin made the opening remarks first with a smile.

Gao Xiang on the side added: “Because it is a major event, since I am a minister, I should act impartially. We already know a little about the situation of the various vassals. The special products you reported are all good things, but you have to find them. came out, but it was all silver.”

“This requires large-scale commerce and close cooperation, which requires a large number of shipbuilding, countless merchants willing to invest in gold and silver, the need to build ports, mines, and roads… These… which one, which one, It’s not a waste of money, so the Taiping Mansion can draw up some regulations, Your Highnesses, please read them.”

The clerks on the side began to distribute the regulations that had already been printed.

All the kings lowered their heads to look at it. In this regulation, it is clear that if it is mining, it covers almost everything from tariffs to the development of various minerals.

After everyone read it, they whispered to each other that the agreement was far looser than they imagined.

In fact, it is for mutual benefit.

After all, to the vassal states, their land, agricultural products, and minerals are worthless in themselves. For this thing, give them a ship of ordnance, and they can take hundreds of miles within a month.

But Taiping Mansion’s medicines, firearms, and the continuous exchange of merchant ships are of great benefit to them.

At the moment, Han King Zhu Gaoxu took the lead in expressing his opinion: “It’s easy to say, I have no problem with this king.”

Ning King Zhu Quan also nodded and said: “That’s right, I have no problem with this king. Since it’s agreed, it can’t be changed without authorization.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Three days later, Zhu Jin came to see Zhang Anshi with an agreement, and said face to face with a smile: “Your Highness, everything is in order.”

Zhang Anshi’s eyes suddenly revealed a gleam, and he smiled and said: “In this way, I have fallen a big stone in my heart.”

“However…” Zhu Jin thought for a while, and said, “However, Your Highness, the officials are a little puzzled. The conditions given to them this time are too loose. In my opinion, the conditions can be more stringent, and the kings will also agree. willing to accept.”

Zhu Jin has already obtained the Yin official, so he can call himself a lower official.

A businessman who can get an official position is the number one person in the world.

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: “For business, of course everyone has to benefit. If we take advantage of all the benefits, even if this agreement is signed, it will become invalid sooner or later. Instead of this, everyone might as well make a concession. Make it inseparable, and no one can do without the other.”

Zhu Jin looked suddenly enlightened, and said with admiration: “Your Highness is right.”

“Moreover.” Zhang Anshi smiled, and continued: “In the long run, it seems that this agreement is beneficial to everyone, but the real meat is all eaten by the Taiping Mansion, and they just share a piece of it. It’s just soup! Think about it, Taiping Mansion is unique, and all feudal states are dependent on Taiping Mansion, but what about all the feudal states?”

“Actually, they are the ones who compete. Whether it is grain production, mines, or other things, their trade with Taiping Prefecture overlaps. This ensures that their things are difficult to sell at high prices because they have to compete with each other. Come to Taiping Mansion, but the goods in my Taiping Mansion are scarce, but it is equivalent to grasping the pricing power of buying and selling, and this is the most lucrative profit among them.”

Zhu Jin thought carefully, then said with a smile: “Your Highness is far-sighted…”

Zhang Anshi said: “You don’t come here, don’t you understand the reason? It’s just that you feel that the money is not enough and you want to earn more. My brother-in-law is the prince, and all the kings belong to the prince. Dear relatives, speaking of them, they are also my relatives! How can I take away all the benefits by myself? Always leave some soup and water for people, leftovers, even if it is meat residue, if not, then Is it still a person?”

Zhu Jin smiled, but said nothing.

At this moment, Zhang Anshi’s heart was surging. He stood still, with his hands behind his back, and raised his head slightly. He felt that he was moved by himself.

At this time, he said with a lot of emotion: “Wuhu, it’s about to take off!”

Right now, for the people of the world, they obviously haven’t seen the biggest benefit behind this.

Some people even think that the Taiping Mansion is severing itself from the world, and there are many obstacles in implementing the New Deal in the eighteen provinces, so they simply decided to go to sea.

Although the Ming Dynasty has opened the sea, or even if a large number of vassal kings began to seal their vassals outside the territory, people still don’t know much about overseas.

It is nothing more than a land of barbarians, and I have everything in China.

This impression that is rooted in everyone’s mind is deeply ingrained.

Although Daming is indeed rich compared to overseas countries, they obviously don’t know the truth that those undeveloped wild lands, in a sense, have room for appreciation.

It’s as if everyone is scrambling to snap up fertile land that has already been reclaimed, but the price of this fertile land is already high, and the value has reached its peak, but Zhang Anshi chose to open up wasteland!

Wasteland is certainly worthless, but future appreciation is unlimited.

A few days later, Zhu Di issued an edict.

This can be regarded as the king of Wuhu County and all the vassal states have thoroughly concluded all the agreements, and the palace has made a confirmation, buy and leave, and the next step is the issue of implementation.

Therefore, Taipingfu Customs was prepared.

United Bank began to issue a large amount of loans, especially the shipbuilding business, which is now the hottest.

At the same time, the bank began to carry out sea-going ship insurance business. There are inherent dangers in this vast ocean. To some extent, for many merchants, going to sea is a gamble, but with insurance, everyone Ability to spread risk equally to ensure profitability.

After that, Qixia Commercial Bank announced a large-scale investment.

Many merchants once made a lot of money in Qixia, and now, they are also holding money and paying attention to this big move.

There are already quite a few commercial firms, who have obviously seen business opportunities and have secretly started planning.

The vassal states began to cooperate at this time and gave a lot of preferential treatment.

In addition, Qixia’s ordnance workshop began to expand on a large scale.

News one after another, dazzling.

Almost every day, there will be new news in the mansion newspaper.

Of course, most people don’t understand it very well, but there are also people who pay close attention to it, except for many merchants! They are often extremely sensitive to these, after all… they have suffered losses in the past, and sometimes they realize it later, which may cause huge losses.

There are also quite a few scholars who always pay attention to the contents of some newspapers.

As for the news about Qixia, it’s just incidental.

At this time, in an inn not far from the Confucius Temple, many young scholars were gathering together.

These are scholars who came to Beijing to take part in the scientific examination. In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient. Once they won the exam, in order not to delay the examination, scholars from all over the country would often go to Beijing in advance, stay in the capital to study, and prepare for the imperial examination at any time.

In an inn like the Confucian Temple, it is a place where Ju people often come.

Many people here read the Di Bao, and they couldn’t help showing a look of relief.

They couldn’t help but heaved a long sigh of relief: “Now it seems that the king of Wuhu County is well aware of his new policy, which is unsustainable in our Ming Dynasty. Now… he has taken his idea outside the territory, this barbarian land, Want a new deal?”

Someone shook his head in silence.

Some people sneered and said: “This new policy is the law of the barbarians, isn’t it just in time?”

Everyone burst into laughter.

Someone strangely said to a quiet scholar beside him: “Why don’t you talk about **** and today?”

This person who is called Sexuality is Ma Yu from Shandong Province. After Ma Yu came to Beijing, he also loved to read Dibao. Of course, there is no way to do this. To have a good policy theory, one must have an understanding of the affairs of the world.

He can also be regarded as a talented man in Shandong, and he is full of ambition when he comes to Beijing this time. Everyone marvels at his talent and learning, and they are happy to associate with him.

In the past, Ma Yu laughed and cursed at the New Deal, but these days, when he kept reading the Di Bao, he seemed reticent.

“Yeah, let’s talk about **** and sex.”

Ma Yu smiled wryly and said, “I’m not feeling well today, I didn’t talk about sex, let’s talk about it another day.”

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands, said goodbye to everyone, and went back to his room to rest.

The accompanying servant Ma San saw the young master like this, thought he was sick, and while tidying up the bed, he said concernedly: “Young master, do you want to invite a doctor?”

Ma Yu slightly lowered his brows and sat on the chair, but he suddenly asked, “Qixia’s side is building ships?”

“Yes, I heard that the price of shipping materials is going to skyrocket now…” Ma Sandao: “Now I also heard that any loan related to maritime trade is willing to be given by the bank. As long as the mortgage is sufficient, there is no need for much review. , issued directly…and…”

Speaking of this, Ma San suddenly smiled, scratched his head with his hands and said: “I forgot that the young master never likes to hear these things. Speaking of which, young master, our money may not be enough. Shandong has been hit by disasters in the past two years. The old man It’s not easy, and there’s the third young master…he’s a gambler, and he’s lost so much of his family business, so I don’t know if you can go to high school next year, young master, if you can’t… I’m afraid…”

Ma San didn’t continue talking about the following words, but his face was full of worry.

Ma Yu nodded. He pursed his lips and lowered his head to think about something. After a while, he suddenly said: “I heard that a few days ago, the people of King Zhao got malaria, and they were cured in medical school?”

Ma San nodded and said: “Yes, it is said that there is some magic medicine.”

Ma Yu frowned even deeper, and said in his mouth: “If so…if so…”

Ma San finally realized that Ma Yu was unusual, looked at Ma Yu strangely and said, “Master, what’s wrong with you…”

Ma Yu said, “Are you from Dengzhou?”

Ma San didn’t understand why Ma Yu suddenly asked this question, but he said honestly: “Yes, the younger one is from Dengzhou.”

Ma Yu continued: “Didn’t your ancestors also go to sea?”

Ma San was taken aback for a moment, and then complained sadly: “It’s very bitter outside, there are pirates, and it’s easy to get sick. If you go out, you will be close to death. If it wasn’t for my grandfather who went to sea with others…I wouldn’t have Lost my life…”

Ma Yu is from Shandong. During the Yuan Dynasty, Quanzhou and Dengzhou and Laizhou in Shandong were important seaports. Ma Yu had heard a lot of things since she was a child.

In general, going to sea is a terrible thing for Ma Yu. Such as disease, such as pirates, such as wind and waves, so people who go to sea are often regarded as humble.

This is all because if a person is in a situation where there is no way out, he will definitely not go to sea with the boat.

But at the same time, another impression people have about going to sea is huge profits.

During the Yuan Dynasty, many big food merchants and Han Chinese sea merchants were not without wealth. Ma Yu had heard of these.

Ma Yu comes from a scholarly family, and someone in his ancestors once participated in the maritime trade. Of course, he didn’t go to sea, but bought the exotic goods of the maritime merchants, and made a lot of money because of this.

Now, after reading the various measures in the Di Bao, Ma Yu suddenly came up with some ideas.

Relying on drugs to solve diseases, sharing risks through insurance, borrowing a lot, and encouraging shipbuilding. In addition, all the vassal states are not foreigners, but they are all brothers and sons of His Majesty today. Going to foreign countries, the language and writing between each other are all the same.

After reading the new measures in the mansion newspaper every day, Ma Yu can feel that almost every decree is in the middle of the bull’s-eye, paving the way for maritime trade everywhere.

“In the past, I underestimated the Taiping Mansion, thinking that it would only extort money. Now, it seems that it is really powerful. Everywhere is the right medicine. It seems… the future of the Taiping Mansion is really immeasurable.” Ma Yu couldn’t help shaking with emotion. Shake your head.

He actually had some regrets. In essence, he was hostile to Taiping Mansion, and his impression of Zhang Anshi couldn’t have been worse.

As far as he can tell, Ma Yu knows very well that the impact of this matter… may far exceed the imagination of his classmates and peers.

But Ma San said at this time: “Master, we are not enough to spend, so we have to write a letter quickly and ask the master to send some money. Master, you are too honest. Among the brothers of the young master, you belong to the young master.” The most up-to-date, but the master’s possessions are the least you ask for…”

“Silver…is…is…”

Ma Yu muttered in his mouth, as if he suddenly remembered something, stood up abruptly, paced up and down, looking thoughtful.

Ma San didn’t know what to do, and said nana authentically: “Master…”

At this moment, Ma Yu suddenly raised his head and looked at Ma Sandao: “You said, at the bank, if you use your fame as a guarantee, you can **** the money and get a loan, right?”

Ma San was startled, frowned and said: “Young master… how can you say such a thing, this… isn’t this a joke? Although we are not enough, but at least… we can still think of a way, how can we make such a bad plan?”

Ma Yu shook his head, but his eyes became serious, and said: “Actually, it’s not impossible to try it. Since they want to make a mortgage, it is because they are afraid that someone will not pay the money. I am a candidate for the provincial examination, and I will take the examination soon. My family is in Shandong. Although it is not a famous family, it is also considered a scholarly family. Maybe you can try it, but if you don’t try it, how will you know?”

Ma San looked at Ma Yu coldly and said, “Master, this is…”

Ma Yu’s expression at this time showed a bit of awe, and said: “I have to get a sum of money to buy a boat. In the future, the price of the boat will definitely rise again. Not only that, if my prediction is not bad, as long as there is a boat Now, you will definitely get several times the profit, and then, you won’t have to worry about having no money.”

Ma Yu paused, but his eyes lit up again, and then he said, “I have another idea. There must be many people like me. Why not let me take the lead and teach everyone to buy a ship together?”

“This sea-going ship is expensive, but some people covet it, but they don’t have enough capital. If they buy it in partnership with others, they are worried about causing trouble. But I am a person. If I can take the lead and guarantee it, the matter will come to fruition. Already!”

Speaking, Ma Yu told Ma San: “Ma San, hire me a car, I want to go to Qixia immediately.”

(end of this chapter)