After inspecting the trading port, Ji Wenjing got the news and came over.
Seeing that he had nothing to do here, Wu Yongfeng retreated temporarily.
"I have met His Highness!"
Ji Wenjing first bowed to Zhu Xuan.
Zhu Xuan smiled and said: "It's rare to see you being so polite. Okay, just sit down wherever you want!"
Wu Yongfeng still said politely: "Because this is the last year, His Highness will return to Beijing at the end of the year, and he is the grandson of the Ming Emperor. I must be more polite, otherwise what will happen if His Highness cuts me off?"
This was just a joke. Zhu Xuan would not kill him for no reason. He said: "Okay, don't say these polite words. How is the bank recently?"
"very good!"
Ji Wenjing's evaluation of himself was limited to these two words, but he said that it was good under normal circumstances and there would be no problems. He also said: "There are imperial banks in several nearby prefectures. I learned a lot of management knowledge here. Even many officials from Guangxi, Huguang, Fujian and other places sent people to Guangzhou to ask ministers to learn how to manage banks. The bank reforms proposed by His Highness went smoothly, and the Ming Dynasty treasure notes no longer There is a tendency to depreciate.”
Not only does it not depreciate, its circulation is even greater.
Many overseas businessmen are willing to use Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes to conduct transactions in Guangzhou, Fujian, Jiangnan and other places without any hindrance.
If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty's bank, it wouldn't have been able to open overseas.
Ming Dynasty banknotes can even be circulated overseas.
In the past, the Ming Dynasty was short of money, and Zhu Yuanzhang worked hard to print money. There was no reserve fund, and there was no gold standard. The circulation was not strong, and the devaluation of treasure banknotes was extremely serious.
Since the reform, officials from the Ministry of Revenue, based on the plans given by Zhu Xuan, have changed the Ming Dynasty Baochao and Qianzhuang again and again, and with Ji Wenjing's additions and improvements, the changes have finally been effective.
The reform of Baochao may not seem obvious.
In fact, there are many people who have been working hard behind the scenes for a long time.
"There are banks all over the old port."
"In places like Nanyang, Ming Dynasty banknotes can be used normally."
Ji Wenjing said again.
Zhu Xuan nodded and said: "You are doing a good job! Are there any bad debts in the loan business?"
"Of course."
Ji Wenjing said.
As long as there is a loan business, there will always be bad debts, which are unavoidable no matter what era.
Ji Wenjing added: "For bad debts, we can only seize them and pay the debts with goods. If there is no goods, then seize the fields and make up for the money."
That's all they can do.
The bank's business is still going very well, and Zhu Xuan has nothing to be picky about.
"Can you leave the bank?"
Zhu Xuan added: "I'm going to take you to the sky."
"You can leave at any time!"
What Ji Wenjing was waiting for was Zhu Xuan's words.
He has already trained people who have the ability to take over banks and manage trading ports.
During these days, he has also trained many talents for Zhu Xuan, and now he has been assigned to various other places. While helping Zhu Xuan make profits, he also helps Zhu Xuan supervise everything.
With Ji Wenjing's words, that was enough.
Zhu Xuan knew almost everything about the bank and trading port.
So, he asked someone to send another copy of the financial reports of Jiangnan and Fujian, as well as various other information, to Guangzhou. This time he had to check them carefully when he came back.
People below, get to work quickly.
There are also ships leaving through the Pearl River Channel and heading back to Fujian and Jiangnan.
"Zheng He."
Zhu Xuan asked and learned that the person in charge of the factory was not in Guangzhou and was supervising industrial forging in places such as Annan and Mubang. He then said: "You can make arrangements to recruit a group of people back as soon as possible to produce the first batch by hand as quickly as possible." For cigarettes, we will also arrange for the factory to prepare our machines, and we must put the manufacturing of cigarettes into practice."
"yes!"
Zheng He said loudly.
Zhu Xuan would never let go of cigarettes.
The tobacco industry is very profitable.
"Your Highness, what are cigarettes?"
Ji Wenjing asked in confusion.
Zhu Xuan smiled and said: "A good thing that can make money. In fact, this thing has good and bad qualities. It is difficult to define what it is."
Next, someone else came.
After finishing the government affairs, the prefect Xu Qi came to the Trade Port Building to see Zhu Xuan.
"Greetings to Your Highness!"
Xu Qi knelt down and shouted, sighing in his heart that he had finally survived.
Ying Tian has many classmates.
According to the news from his classmates, among the three emperors and grandsons, one is in collusion with the White Lotus Sect, the other has no interest in the throne, and wants to join Goryeo as a vassal, so only Zhu Xuan is left, and his political achievements are also the most outstanding.
From the position of Long Zhichen, Xu Qi believed that he was also a part of it.
Zhu Xuan saw him coming and asked, "How is the water conservancy situation in Guangzhou?"
The biggest project done here is to build water conservancy. If this transformation is successful, it can directly improve the people's livelihood in Guangzhou Prefecture. Coupled with commercial activities, it can be said that Guangzhou Prefecture is richer than Yingtian.
"The river channel and so on are all completed."
"The amount of construction work on the reservoirs is larger. None of the reservoirs has been completed yet, but the one that will be completed the fastest will be ready by the end of the year."
“There’s also running water, which is more widely available.”
"Tap water charges are fully rolled out. Rich people who want convenience and are willing to pay will install water meters. Poor people are reluctant to pay, so free water can continue."
…
Xu Qi gave Zhu Xuan a complete report on recent events.
The development of water conservancy is proceeding very quickly and is developing extremely well.
“Well done!”
Zhu Xuan asked: "Is there no other trouble? Will things like Shunde happen again?"
Xu Qi shook his head and said, "It's no problem."
After what happened in Shunde, Xu Qi strengthened his supervision of the lower counties a lot, and also dealt with a group of officials who were in vain. Of course, corrupt officials were not spared.
Under severe suppression and strict investigation, the big problem disappeared.
As for minor problems, Xu Qi doesn’t know how many there are at the moment.
After all, it’s too small to check.
Just don’t have it.
Xu Qi reported other situations.
Zhu Xuan combined the reports from the government with those from the trading port and banks. He found that the development in Panyu was very stable and there was nothing he needed to worry about.
The administration of this mansion went quite smoothly.
"Okay, you can go down now."
Zhu Xuan put away everything, waved his hand and said.
Seeing that Zhu Xuan had no other arrangements, they stopped staying, shouted loudly, and retreated together.
"Does His Highness feel full of accomplishment?"
Ji Wenjing asked with a smile when he saw this.
Zhu Xuan did not deny it, nodded and said: "The sense of accomplishment is indeed very high. Under my governance, the Guangzhou government is in order, the people are prosperous, and there are no major problems. As for the small problems, they are dealt with one by one. You haven't found any other problems, right?" "
"None yet."
Ji Wenjing shook his head.
With his ability, he couldn't find any special problems, that is, it was very stable and everything was normal.
"Congratulations, Your Highness."
Ji Wenjing smiled and said: "But I recently made a divination, and the divination shows that it is not very friendly."
