Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 657 Developing the Southwest

After Wang Yan finished speaking, the hall became quiet for a moment, and no one spoke. The Hengyang Fan had no problem asking for money, and everyone was willing to give it, but there had to be an explanation for everything.

Although everyone has a big family and a big business, what if everyone borrowed this money today, and the Hengyang Fan spoke again another day?There must be a standard for everything, but most of the government is greedy, which is also the helplessness of merchants in this era.

There was silence in the hall, and at this moment the importance of one or two confidantes was reflected. Feng Yingchang was glanced at by Wang Yan, and immediately stood up and saluted knowingly: "Your Highness, I don't know what you can say about this loan, can you have a mortgage?"

Only Feng Yingchang could say this, who would dare to ask Wang Yan for a mortgage from other firms?

As a major political force within the Ming Dynasty, just like the political parties of later generations, no matter what they want to do behind the scenes, they must first have an idea and a party constitution to gather strength and come to the fore.

At this time, many parties in the Ming Dynasty mostly had their own ideas. Even the notorious Donglin had the slogan of "honoring the public with integrity, revitalizing the administration of officials, opening up the way of speech, eradicating the evils of the government and the opposition, and opposing the rich and powerful's corruption and perversion of the law."The eunuch party was originally the product of the emperor's division of the civil servant group in order to fight against the civil servant group, so the Wei party also had a decent slogan to safeguard imperial power.

When Wang Yan returned to Guangjing this time, he also carried out many activities. First, he talked about Mencius in the Guozijian, and wrote a letter imploring the court to restore Mencius’s sub-sage status and invite him into the Confucius Temple again. Second, he inspected many workshops of the Ministry of Industry and merchants outside the city. The third is to add Confucianism to martial arts.

Although these actions of his suffered a lot of criticism and were not fully approved by the court, they conveyed his political views that "the people are more important than the emperor, and the four peoples work together, and the civil and military merge to form the affairs of the world".

Although these merchants know that Wang Yan encourages business and improves the status of merchants, they are still in an absolute disadvantage when facing Wang Yan, and there will be no change in the short term.

This is because their status was given by Wang Yan, not because they are really strong enough to change the social status of the entire class.

Feng Yingchang asked what they wanted to ask, Wang Yan saw that everyone focused their attention, and said with a smile: "If you have any questions in your mind, you can ask Mr. Feng, and I will explain them one by one."

Looking at the performance of the crowd, Wang Yan knew that he still had a long way to go. It would take more than ten years, or even a hundred years, to change the people of the country.

"Then Gu will answer Feng Lao's question first, and also relieve everyone's worries. Gu knows that the first loan has not been paid off, and now he is borrowing the second one. You are inevitably worried, whether Gu can repay it? "

Wang Yan paused, the people below were guessed, and Yue Wei felt a little embarrassed.

He glanced at everyone, and then continued unhurriedly: "Of course, there is a need for a mortgage. This time, I plan to borrow money in a cooperative way. Many mines in Guangxi and Guizhou have no financial resources from the government. For mining, I want to cooperate with many companies. The companies only need to lend a sum of money to obtain the right to mine. The provincial governor will collect the full amount of mining tax. Do you think it is feasible?"

Mines, as long as they can be dug out, they will make a steady profit without losing money. Everyone couldn't help being moved when they heard this, but since it is a steady profit without losing money, how can such a good thing stay in the present, I am afraid that it will be divided up by the rich and powerful. .

These merchants are all fine people, they calmed down after a little excitement, Wang Yan sat down and took a sip of his teacup, and let them discuss in a low voice.

Not long after, an old man was instigated by someone, stood up nervously, saluted and asked: "Your Highness, as I know, Guangxi and Guizhou are covered with mountains and dense forests. Opening the road in Fengshan, and building warehouses and smelting furnaces in the early stage, the investment must be huge. The villain wants to know, the chamber of commerce has invested a lot in the early stage, once the government pays off the silver owed, will the mine be taken back?"

The people below listened and nodded one after another. This person has got the point. If the company spends a huge amount of money to repair the road and the mine is out of the mine, at this time the government wants to take back the mine, then they will lose their money. .

Wang Yan nodded and said: "Just now I just talked about cooperation, so naturally I won't do anything to harm you. The five virtues company that opened the mine will take up 20% of the shares, and before the mine is opened, you can make a deal with the government for about [-] years. What do you guys think of the contract?"

When Wang Yan was in Huguang, he had been thinking about handing over the mine to a company for mining. This move was not only to enrich taxes and obtain money, but also to use the financial resources of private chambers of commerce to manage the Southwest under the circumstances that the government's power was insufficient.

He was a man who led the troops through Guizhou once, and he knew that the road was really difficult, and it was extremely inconvenient for the government to deploy troops.

If these companies wanted to transport the mines, the road had to be straightened out, and a bridge had to be built. Once the road was cleared, the chieftains in the mountains would also be under the management of the imperial court.

These firms can completely serve as the pioneers of the government's management of the Southwest and save the government a lot of effort.

After hearing this, the old man who came out bowed and returned to his seat, and there was another round of discussion below.

With a role model, the people behind became more courageous, and one of them got up and saluted and asked, "Your Highness, I don't know which mines are they?"

Wang Yan listened, nodded and explained: "The copper mine in Tongren, the coal mine in Xuanwei Division of Shuizhou, and the iron mine in Qingyuan Prefecture are all listed here. For more information, I will ask Counselor Chen to sort it out and provide it to you." Check it out, everyone."

There is already small-scale mining in places like Tongren, so it should not be too difficult for a business to enter.

At this time, another person asked: "Your Highness, in Guangxi and Guizhou, there are few Han people, chieftains are everywhere, and the government is weak. What if the company conflicts with the Miao and Yi?"

The atmosphere became active, merchants were good at management, and thought very comprehensively.

Wang Yan said calmly: "Before Gu, it was said that the Wude Company accounted for [-]% of the shares, and one of the shares was owned by the local chieftain. The mining of the mine is also good for them. As for the government's weak strength in the southwest, you don't have to worry about it. The isolated governor of the five provinces, Guangxi currently has Zhongzhi Town in town, and will send the mighty general Chen Youlong into Guizhou later. If the chieftain makes trouble, Gu will definitely send troops to wipe it out."

For the southwest, Wang Yan still has many strategies. For example, the government army system is implemented in these places where the chieftains are prevalent, and these chieftains are appointed to a thousand households, and their soldiers are incorporated into the government soldiers, and they will be transferred to the recruitment after a few years. In other words, once these people descended from the mountains, and after being exposed to the more advanced Han culture, most of them would not be able to return to the mountains after their service period expired.

Of course, this is a long process of assimilation. The Ming Dynasty operated the Southwest for more than 200 years, and the registered population in Guangxi was only 300 million, and Guizhou was even less, just over 100 million.

After listening to Wang Yan, everyone felt that this matter could be done. Even if they lost money in the end, they could just use it as a donation to the Hengyang Fan. They are still very willing to spend money on Wang Yan.

In the lobby, after a heated discussion among the people, Feng Yingchang came out on behalf of many firms and said, "Your Highness, this old man has many firms and agrees to borrow 100 million from Wude Firm without charging any interest."

After Wang Yan heard this, he was overjoyed. This year can be regarded as a solid one.

After talking about the loan, Wang Yan pressed his hand to calm everyone down, "Okay, Gu thank you for your kindness, you don't accept the interest of Gu, and Gu also gives you some opportunities. The court is preparing for war, but the Ministry of Industry has no staff There are not enough craftsmen and households, and important materials such as weapons, armor, and flags cannot be produced, so I have already discussed with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and decided to entrust some of the armor manufacturing to private companies."

After hearing this, everyone started to make a noise. This Ming Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of troops and consumes huge tens of thousands. It is an opportunity to make military shoes, and one order can make a lot of money. Moreover, these consumptions are not one-time, and they must be ordered every year. It is definitely a continuous profit. good opportunity.

Seeing the warm atmosphere, Wang Yan reminded with a smile: "This armor is not an ordinary thing. It is related to the life and death of the country. If you want to take over this business, you must first have enough strength to be able to complete the project on time. The military law is punished, and the quality must be in accordance with the regulations. If you dare to cut corners, you will be severely punished. If anyone among you thinks that he has the strength to continue, he can prepare in advance, and he will come to the company to check with the officials of the Ordnance Supervision. "

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