Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 76
"The method is very simple, that is to find a few people with no background, as merchants, to engage in the business of selling grain from the south to the north!"

As soon as Zhu Youjian opened his mouth, Zhu Youxiao felt a flash of light in his mind, and immediately asked:
"Brother, what do you mean, instead of going to the court, take out a sum of money and ask someone to buy grain from the North Vendor?"

"Exactly!" Zhu Youjian explained:
"Taking the route of the imperial court, the cabinet and the six departments can reject the imperial decree, which is not good for the battle head-on."

"It's better to directly support some people who have no foundation, buy enough grain from Sichuan, Huguang and other places, and then go down the river, go north by sea, and transport it to Liaodong."

"This..." After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao frowned and said:

"But the sea is rough, if something happens to the ship..."

"Brother, don't be afraid." Zhu Youjian comforted:
"It's impossible not to earn a penny from this business, otherwise, even if my brother's annual income is [-] million, he won't be able to support the [-] million people in Liaodong."

"The easiest thing is for my brother to take out the silver, and then buy enough food in Sichuan and Huguang with three or four hundred cash."

"Grain can be sold in the south of the Yangtze River now. After gaining the trust of the gentry and officials in the south of the Yangtze River, we can join the road of selling grain in the north."

"For three hundred wen grain, it costs five hundred wen to transport to the south of the Yangtze River, and one tael to Liaodong."

"Several times like this, millions of silver can be multiplied several times in a short time."

"..." Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly.

He is not a fool, and he knows that it is feasible to do so, because Jiangnan officials are the ones who benefit.

Three hundred and one stone of grain is transported from Sichuan to Jiangnan, and sold for five hundred, then three hundred thousand taels can be harvested at five hundred thousand taels.

Excluding the boat and wages, I am afraid that the first trip can earn tens of thousands of taels.

And as two of his brothers, they can get hundreds of ships by asking some sailors to sell their boats.

Most of the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are maritime merchants, and they look down on this little profit.

Hundreds of ships cost hundreds of thousands of taels, and buying enough grain to ship them cost another hundreds of thousands of taels.

There are too few such businessmen who spend millions of taels at once, and they have already monopolized various industries.

Salt wine mineral tea silk...

These five businesses are more profitable than grain, and Zhu Youjian can still intervene in grain, but he will never intervene in these five.

Not to mention that there are a lot of Ming Dynasty vassals standing inside, even the nobles from the south are also standing in a large number.

Therefore, only by taking food can we save Liaodong and make money so that he can support the army.

"Wang An!"

Suddenly, Zhu Youxiao spoke, and Wang An also stepped forward.

"How much silver do you have in your internal funds?"

"There are still [-] million taels..." Wang An answered honestly, but after Zhu Youxiao heard it, he could only say to Zhu Youjian:
"There are still many places where the imperial court needs to use money. I will give you three hundred thousand taels first. If this fails, my brother will stop and think about other things."

From the tone of his voice, Zhu Youjian could tell that Brother Haohuang didn't think he could do this, but Zhu Youjian was confident in himself.

If it didn't work, he asked the emperor to seal his vassal land to Daliuqiu, land in Daliuqiu in advance, recruit hungry people, and cultivate fields.

The Great Liuqiu Plain alone can reclaim tens of millions of acres of arable land. As long as there are enough people, he can completely reclaim hundreds of thousands of acres within three years.

As long as these hundreds of thousands of acres start to produce in three years, then the follow-up can be expanded.

As long as there are millions of acres of arable land, even if it is [-] yuan, according to the climate characteristics of the Great Liuqiu, it is relatively easy to contribute tens of thousands of shi of grain and hundreds of thousands of taels of miscellaneous items a year.

To put it bluntly, he directly placed himself in the navy and acted as a stumbling block there, doing Zheng Zhilong's business in advance.

Although it is not as much as the tens of millions of taels boasted by later generations, there are still five or six hundred thousand taels.

Adding up all kinds of things, six to seven hundred thousand taels of silver and tens of thousands of shi of grain are enough for him to support a team of more than [-] people.

At that time, Daming is really going to perish, so he will take his good brother Huang and free himself to go to Nanyang.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian nodded and said:

"Brother, don't worry, just leave this matter to me."

"Hmm... eat!" Perhaps because he didn't care about this matter, Zhu Youxiao saw that Zhu Youjian stopped talking, and started chatting with him about some interesting things about Changping.

While they were chatting, several officials were also sitting in a side hall of the Wenhua Palace, with a serious atmosphere.

"Brother Jing Wen, His Highness the Fifth Highness is in a hurry this time, I'm afraid something will happen again."

In the hall, Fang Congzhe was the first to speak. He called Sun Ruyou by his name, and Sun Ruyou also said after hearing his words:

"Thinking about it carefully, it was only after the Zhejiang soldiers went to Changping that they had the capital to go south to recruit soldiers, and also had the idea of ​​Wansui to ask them to escort Caoyin to the north."

"It seems that we have underestimated the two left behind by the late emperor..."

Sun Ruyou frowned tightly, but an official on the left suddenly said:

"Why don't you just think of a way to dispel His Royal Highness's attempt to control the Imperial Horse Supervisor?"

"What way?" Sun Ruyou said sarcastically:
"Yumajian is originally the emperor's choice of striker, plus it has its own Caochang Huangzhuang, so it can be said to be self-sufficient."

"Now His Highness Fifth is in command again. Unless Long Live becomes suspicious of His Highness Fifth, it is impossible to ask His Highness Fifth to withdraw from the Imperial Horse Prison."

"Military power still needs to be managed. At least the three guards of Habayashi should be withdrawn." Fang Congzhe tried to smooth things over, but Yao Zongwen, who was lying down, said:

"I once asked the Duke of England, and what he meant was that there are too many vacancies for Habayashi Sanwei, and it would be troublesome to get them back, so I don't want to mess with them."

"What a coincidence!" an official suddenly sarcastically said:

"When I was inspected by Beijing for empty pay, he was very nice to me. Now I need to do something, but I know that I am empty pay."

"Okay, Liu Xun, it's better to think about yourself now." Fang Congzhe said with a frown.

After hearing what Fang Congzhe said, Liu Xun knew what he was talking about, so he could only keep his mouth shut.

He was the first adjudicator in the stiletto attack case. Because of Zhang Chai, a prisoner in Qubei, he was impeached again by Wang Zhicai, a member of the Donglin Party, a few days ago.

After being reminded, he closed his mouth, but Yao Zongwen said:

"Although the Duke of England does not want to recall the three guards of Habayashi, most of the three guards of Habayashi are empty, and the same is true of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. I am afraid that His Highness the Fifth Highness wants to train soldiers, and no one will use it."

"As far as the annual income of the Yumajian is concerned, I'm afraid it won't be able to support these [-] soldiers and horses, and His Highness Fifth will retreat when the time comes."

"There are many ways to make money. As long as His Royal Highness is willing, big businessmen will send him famous invitations." Sun Ruyou interrupted Yao Zongwen.

For those businessmen, as long as Zhu Youjian asked Zhu Youxiao for some tea and salt, it would be very simple to pay tens of thousands of taels of silver every year.

Therefore, facing such a situation, Sun Ruyou thought for a while before saying:

"You need to keep an eye on the memorabilia from the Supervisor of Rituals. Regarding the matter of tea and salt, you can't let His Highness the Fifth Highness get it."

"As long as these are controlled, the annual income of the Yumajian, ten or twenty thousand troops is insignificant."

"As for Qi Jin, it's better to send someone to try. It's best to reconcile. If it doesn't work, use other means."

"Hmm..." After saying these words, everyone nodded and retreated after confirming that nothing happened.

Only that Sun Ruyou, with gloomy eyes, didn't know what he was thinking...

(End of this chapter)