Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 790, anxious boss
In the palace, Emperor Hongzhi was discussing state affairs with several important ministers.

"Winter is coming soon. How are the grain, hay, and briquettes prepared for the winter by the herdsmen in the northern grasslands?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the cold wind howling outside the glass window, and thought of the past winters.

In the past, every winter was the time when Emperor Hongzhi had the most headache.

Because in winter, the grassland people in the north would definitely go south to plunder. Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, and even northern Zhili would be shrouded in the cold current from the north, which made Emperor Hongzhi sleepless all night and always worried.

He could receive reports from remote areas every day, where he was looted again, bloodshed and countless casualties, every time he heard such news, he felt extremely guilty.

However, after a few years, he now has to care about the wintering of grassland herdsmen.

The winter on the grassland is very terrible. Once the white hair wind passes, the sky and the earth are vast, and everything is covered with heavy snow. Countless cattle and sheep are killed and injured. When the herdsmen are suffering the most,
This is also one of the important reasons why when winter comes, the grassland people in the north will repeatedly go south to plunder. They may die in battle if they go south to plunder, but if they don't go, the whole family may starve to death. To die, it is better to pick up a knife and ride a horse to plunder well, maybe you can return with a full load.

"It's all ready, and the major towns on the grasslands have already had enough stock, enough to cope with the cold winter."

Liu Jian hurriedly replied respectfully.

In the past two years, the grassland has been extremely peaceful and stable. Because of the inclusion of the territory and territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty built a large number of small towns on the grassland, covering every corner of the grassland.

The grasslands are connected through these small towns, and the massive material resources from the customs are continuously transported to the grasslands, allowing the herdsmen on the grasslands to live a prosperous life that they have never had before.

Of course, in the same way, Daming also obtained a large amount of cattle, horses and sheep from the grassland, as well as the most needed wool for the textile industry, and there was no war between the two sides, and they got along harmoniously, and the border troubles disappeared all of a sudden.

"That's fine, that's fine."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded in satisfaction, and then said with a sigh: "The grassland is peaceful and peaceful, so we can sleep well."

"That's right, in the winter before, His Majesty was the most emaciated time."

"Now the northern grasslands have become the barrier of our Great Ming, and there is no longer any worries about border troubles."

Li Dongyang also nodded and sighed, this is something that he never dared to think about before.

They did what the previous dynasties failed to do, successfully solved the grassland problem, and brought the grassland into the ruling territory of the Central Plains dynasty.

Unlike previous dynasties' rule in history, at this moment, the Ming Dynasty's rule on the grassland is extremely strong and firm. Through small towns all over the grassland, it firmly controls the entire grassland like a network.

The leaders of the various tribes on the grassland are now living in Beijing and Tianjin, and they don’t want to leave. For example, Bateer from the Naiman tribe and Huhe from the Zadalan tribe are now capitalists in the textile industry of the Ming Dynasty.

Enjoying a rich life here in the capital, who would want to live a hard life on the grassland?
Not everyone has ambitions, and their ambitions also grow with the growth of their own strength. Now that the grassland is firmly controlled by Daming, no matter how ambitious they are, they must disappear completely.

What's more, they are actually very mediocre people. They are far worse than the little prince Dayan Khan. Dayan Khan died under Ming's iron hoof. Are they more powerful than Dayan Khan?
So wouldn't it be nice to live a happy life of a rich man here in the capital with peace of mind?

Do you have to go to the grassland to be a free eagle?

"The grassland herdsmen are also my citizens of Ming Dynasty and my people. We must strictly demand officials at all levels in the grassland province not to cheat or oppress the grassland herdsmen. If such things happen, they will be severely punished."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said after thinking about it.

The grassland is stable, so the north is stable. Now the only border troubles are the Western Regions and Wusi Tibet. Regarding these two places, Emperor Hongzhi already has his own plans.

This year we have cleaned up the countries in Southeast Asia, and next year we will start to clean up the Western Regions and Uzbekistan, and we will continue to fight westward, all the way to Europe, and open up land transportation with Europe.

He was getting worse and worse. Emperor Hongzhi wanted to solve these problems as much as possible while he was still alive, and leave a huge territory for his son.

Of course, at the stage of Emperor Hongzhi, he now has his own ambitions, and his ambition is to leave his own great achievements in history, to be as great an emperor as Emperor Qin and Han Wu.

"Yes~"

Everyone replied in unison.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Liu Jin, Minister of the Household Department, seek to see you."

At this time, Xiao Huangmen came to the study in a hurry.

"Announce~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, and then said to everyone in doubt: "This Liu Jin, he is too lazy to die, and he will take the initiative to ask for an audience."

As soon as everyone heard this, they couldn't help but smile. Liu Jin's laziness was well known in the government and the public. Emperor Hongzhi said he would take a two-month holiday, and he really stayed at home for two months, without any delay. It means going back to work.

Zhang Mao also went to Nanyang for more than half a year. After resting at home for three days, he couldn't wait to go to the morning court.

Soon, Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin came to Emperor Hongzhi's study.

"Sit down~"

Looking at Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin, Emperor Hongzhi smiled and nodded.

Both of them are so young, the world belongs to them, but after all, it still belongs to them young people. Emperor Hongzhi sighed for a while, wishing to borrow another five hundred years from the sky.

"Liu Jin, there is still half a month left in these two months. I thought I was ready to finish it."

Looking at Liu Jin, Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said.

"Your Majesty, I have such a plan."

Liu Jin thought for a while and replied.

"...Then what are you doing here today?"

Emperor Hongzhi was speechless, this kid is good at everything, but he is too lazy.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if you read today's Daming Morning Post?"

"The prices of cotton and wool in our Ming Dynasty are soaring. Next year, it will definitely cause huge turmoil and losses to our textile industry in Daming."

Liu Jin thought about it and said.

"Newspaper, I read it."

"Could the soaring prices of wool and cotton be caused by businessmen deliberately hoarding and driving up prices?"

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it and asked.

All the ministers around heard Liu Jin's words, and they immediately regained their spirits.

The interests involved in the textile industry are too great. It can be said that many people in the capital have their own interests in this industry, and the bigwigs present are no exception.

More or less, they all have their own shares in some textile factories, and even have prevention factories invested and built by their own families.

"Your Majesty, this time it's not that someone deliberately hoarded and drove up the price, but that the demand for cotton and wool in the market increased sharply, causing the price of cotton and wool to soar."

"This year, we have built more than 2 new textile factories in the north and south of Ming Dynasty, of which more than [-] new textile factories have been added in the Jiangnan area alone. Some large textile factories have very large investment and need to employ tens of thousands of employees. "

"My Ming Dynasty has good weather this year. The output of cotton has increased by more than ten times compared to last year, and the output of wool has also increased by more than ten times, but compared with the huge market demand, it is simply insignificant."

"That's causing the prices of cotton and wool to skyrocket."

Liu Jin took out a piece of data and handed it to Emperor Hongzhi. The most convincing thing is to speak with data.

"Add more than [-] factories?"

When Emperor Hongzhi and all the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but widen their eyes slightly, which was too much.

The barriers to entry in the textile industry are actually very low. You can open a factory with a few machines, and you don’t even need to hire workers. You can just work as workers for your own family.

If it is a shipyard, a steel plant, or a cement plant, the investment is huge and the threshold is high. Only truly capable people can afford it.

This also led to the explosive development of Daming's textile industry this year, and there were too many new and invested factories at once.

"This is a disaster!"

Xie Qian couldn't help but said anxiously.

Their Xie family invested in building a large textile factory in Nanjing. The soaring prices of cotton and wool will definitely have a huge impact on their textile factory.

Rising raw material prices will inevitably lead to reduced profits, and even if the price rises too much, they will lose money.

The key now is that you may not be able to buy cotton and wool, which means that the textile mills that have spent huge sums of money may be abandoned and rusted.

"Yes, the situation is very serious, and it will have a huge impact on our Daming's textile industry."

Liu Jin nodded solemnly when he heard Xie Qian's words.

"If it's really next year, the [-] newly opened textile factories may close down nine out of ten, and countless people will lose their money."

When the ministers heard this, they all became anxious.

Fortunately, Zhang Mao, anyway, the textile industry is only one of the many industries under his command, and when he first entered this industry, he had already made enough money, even if he lost money for a few years, it would be nothing.

But Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Qi Zhong, and Liu Daxia are different. They are all latecomers. Some of them tasted the sweetness of their investment last year, and increased their investment this year. Some even lost their own retirement funds went in.

If they lost all their money, wouldn't they be drinking the northwest wind in the future?

Do you still count on this little salary from the imperial court to live?
So everyone became anxious, a little restless, and wanted to go back to find their own people to understand the specific situation.

　Profit is the driving force~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)