Chapter 494: The rapid development of Ming Dynasty

Style: Historical Author: Writing and Seeing the Spring and Autumn PeriodWords: 4523Update Time: 24/01/12 03:43:00
When Zhu Ying's thirty arrows all hit the flagpole forty steps away, the whole army was in an uproar.

Although the Ming Dynasty's current bows are soft bows, the bows used by the Xuanjia Guards can also be regarded as high-strength bows. Ordinary people will lose their strength after firing the bows a few times.

Xuanjiawei can shoot thirty arrows in a row, but this will put a lot of burden on his arms. The first ten arrows may be somewhat accurate, but the latter ones may not be accurate.

The key is that His Highness Taisun's thirty arrows were shot in one go without any pause.

And now Yun Qingyun's calm appearance, it is obvious that thirty arrows is not the limit for His Highness Taisun.

This move really shocked all the Xuanjia Guards.

This means that His Highness Taisun can easily take away a large number of lives while riding and shooting. Such a person is simply a killing god on the battlefield.

If he is equipped with high-quality war horses and enough arrows, who can stop him on this battlefield?

"His Royal Highness Taisun is invincible!!!"

When Guo Zhong reacted, he was almost pissed just now, but at this moment, he immediately took up his breath and shouted loudly.

With this life's shouting, all the soldiers, including the accompanying imperial guards, couldn't help but shout together: "His Royal Highness Taisun is invincible!!!"

After three full waves, it finally stopped.

When Zhu Ying walked to the general stand again, all the sergeants looked at him with not only admiration, but also powerful fanaticism.

This kind of extreme fanaticism is no worse than that of religious elements, and this is what Zhu Ying needs.

An army that is absolutely loyal to itself ideologically.

You must know that this move is a miraculous performance even to the Xuanjia Guards who have been practicing day and night. In other words, in their knowledge, they have never seen such a scene.

Even the martial arts masters in the world, or the martial arts masters, would not be able to achieve such a phenomenon as His Highness Taisun.

If such a person really appears, once he joins the army, he will at least start as a general, and he will leave a huge name in history.

Perhaps after a battle, one person can kill dozens of people at most, and hundreds of people can bear the weight of the sky.

But with such ability, one general can defeat a thousand armies.

Momentum is too important on the battlefield. When such a situation occurs, the enemy will be frightened and the friendly troops will have a high aura.

There is nothing strange about hundreds of people chasing and killing thousands of people.

This is the first time Zhu Ying has shown his military power in the Ming Dynasty army.

I didn't use it before, I just didn't think it was necessary.

His personal force is extremely powerful, but for Ming Dynasty, especially his status as grandson, it is just the icing on the cake.

Showing off to win the admiration of the soldiers may be the biggest effect.

This is different from when we were in the Western Regions.

In fact, those who first followed Zhu Ying, especially Zhu Ying's disciples, had a deep understanding of the value of their master's force.

Why can Zhu Ying control many generals remotely without any intention of resisting by his subordinates?

In addition to some daily brainwashing work, the mysterious owner's personal force value is also a great shock.

Especially the desert cavalry who surrendered, they naturally worshiped the strong. When Zhu Ying led them to victory after victory, the impression of invincibility was deeply engraved in their hearts. ….

You know, Zhu Ying has a total of three thousand cavalry under his command.

Under the leadership of Zhu Ying, a team of several hundred cavalry could easily massacre a grassland tribe with tens of thousands of people.

Of course, Zhu Ying had never done this, but was conducting normal business and trade in a friendly manner.

Big tribes can't be offended, but that doesn't mean they can bully Zhu Ying's Qunying Chamber of Commerce casually.

If someone gets angry, no one can stand it, even if dozens of people start crazy acts of revenge around the tribe.

Even if thousands of cavalry are dispatched to pursue, they may not be able to kill Zhu Ying with heavy losses.

Just one

In 2000, the reputation of Qunying Chamber of Commerce was established.

The grasslands are like this, so what about those small countries in the Western Regions?

As his own base camp, even the heads of some small countries can treat Zhu Ying as an equal. Those so-called princes and princesses have no airs in front of Zhu Ying, and they need to respectfully salute and call him "Your Excellency."

Coupled with the profits from business activities, Zhu Ying's status in the Western Regions can only be described as covering the sky with one hand.

In this era dominated by cold weapons, strong force, especially personal force far beyond ordinary people, is the guarantee of loyalty.

As a member of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, when betraying, you must first think clearly whether you can accept the consequences.

Even if you flee to the ends of the earth, can you escape the pursuit of the Heroes Chamber of Commerce?

You must know that in just a few years, Zhu Ying joined the franchise in the form of Snow Salt, and a large number of merchants joined it and established branches everywhere.

Even if he escapes to the other side of the sea, he will still be hunted by the Heroes Chamber of Commerce.

After all, for a chamber of commerce that spans a vast territory, the most indispensable thing is money.

Unless you hide in the mountains and never show up again.

But compared to this, what's the point of betrayal?

To be able to reach into Goryeo and even develop a huge secret force, there are some things that can't be solved with just ingenuity.

What is needed more is intimidation, authority, and fear of the Chamber of Commerce.

Since the identity of Zhu Ying's grandson was exposed, it must be said that it was a big blow to the chamber of commerce market outside the Ming Dynasty, especially in places such as grasslands.

This is also something that cannot be done.

After all, everyone knows one thing. The former god of death has become the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, it is impossible to say that he will go into battle to kill the enemy in person like before.

Moreover, the Ming family has a great cause, so they can't cause trouble with tribes with thousands of people and tens of thousands of people.

It's not like the Ming Dynasty's army can invade the grassland at will.

Naturally, the arrival of the army will be handled by big men from various grassland tribes, and there will also be tribal alliances to resist.

So I no longer have so many worries.

This is nothing to Zhu Ying.

How many people are there in the grassland, and how many people are there in the Ming Dynasty? Qunying Chamber of Commerce once seemed to span all countries, and even had business dealings with Oparo, but in fact the profits were not much.

Because in this world, in this era, the most wealthy country is the Ming Dynasty.

The wealth owned by the so-called tribal leaders on the grassland is comparable to that of even a single landlord and tycoon in the Ming Dynasty.

Especially the wealth controlled by the landlords and gentry of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang generation is comparable to that of large grassland tribes with tens of thousands of people. ….

Not to mention too much, it's not a big deal to just take out thousands of taels of silver.

On the other side of the grassland, by trading snowflake salt for furs and other materials, and then exchanging them for sale, you might earn dozens or hundreds of taels of silver in a year.

This is already considered pretty good. The general environment is like this on the grasslands of the Western Regions.

The herdsmen basically have nothing except cattle and sheep.

Others cannot be produced at all.

It is only possible to say that some tribes robbed property and dumped it here at the Qunying Chamber of Commerce during the Autumn Wind.

But places like the border gates are often invaded, and no wealthy family would hide a lot of wealth. They themselves are extremely poor.

On the contrary, it was after giving up trade in places like the Western Regions and the Grasslands that the Qunying Chamber of Commerce made a fortune in the Ming Dynasty.

The interests of the people have been taken into consideration, but even a small profit is extremely huge given the size.

Moreover, Zhu Ying's goal is mainly to make money from rich people. That's called making money.

Many entertainment industries across the country are now being acquired by Zhu Ying.

Naturally, it is not in the name of Qunying Chamber of Commerce, but a re-established chamber of commerce. The name is different, but the premise is the same.

The personnel inside are basically the original Qunying Chamber of Commerce personnel.

Zhu Ying, who had some memories of her previous life, had never eaten pork, but had seen pigs running around. Some entertainment industry methods were used to attract money at a speed beyond imagination.

Compared with the hard life in the Western Region, the current Qunying Chamber of Commerce has only developed in one year, and its overall size has exceeded its previous size dozens or hundreds of times.

Qunying Chamber of Commerce is involved in all industries including land deeds under its command, factories with shares, various shops, rental houses, daily department store sales, etc.

At present, Qunying Chamber of Commerce has become the largest taxpayer in Ming Dynasty.

The annual commercial taxes alone are equivalent to nearly 10 million yuan.

You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang once printed one or two thousand guan of treasure notes every year to give to sergeants, officials to pay military salaries, and to maintain people's livelihood.

And it can be said that the court's credit is constantly overdrawn.

Now not only is it no longer needed, but there is also a huge surplus.

After leaving Xuanjiawei's military camp, Zhu Ying discovered a problem.

That is the question of armaments.

Currently on firearms, ongoing research is being conducted by the Gunpowder Division.

But Zhu Ying had not paid too much attention to armaments before.

Armor, combat boots, etc., seem to be time for upgrading.

Zhu Ying noticed that most of the current soldiers still wear cloth shoes.

Military boots are not a popular trend in today's Ming Dynasty.

Boots are now considered luxury goods, and leather goods were considered expensive goods in the Ming Dynasty.

Even for high-ranking officials, a pair of leather boots may last a lifetime.

It’s not that you wear it every day, you would definitely be reluctant to part with it, but you would only wear it when attending important occasions or formal attire.

'The price of leather boots should be brought down. ,

With Zhu Ying thinking like this, he conveyed the next instruction to the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, which was to purchase a large amount of furs. ….

The origin of fur mainly comes from pastures.

There are not many pastures in the Ming Dynasty, and furs from outside are not popular in the Ming Dynasty because most people don't need them at all.

When goods are scarce in the market, prices will naturally rise.

In fact, the price of fur outside the Ming Dynasty is very common, but after long-distance transportation and not being sold much, it is not very valuable.

The furs sent to Daming for sale are often more precious furs, and the prices are often relatively high.

It doesn't make much sense to bring ordinary furs, since there is no market here.

Under Zhu Ying's order, the Chamber of Commerce sent a special person to deliver the message, and the speed of passing through the post station was extremely fast.

Now Daming Station is actually almost turning into the station of Qunying Chamber of Commerce.

Normally, many stations will not be used extensively and for a long time.

Because officials take office, or convey urgent military information, such things as official documents are rare.

Unless it is wartime, it is rarely used now.

After Zhu Yuanzhang approved the Qunying Chamber of Commerce to use the inn, the changes in the inn brought about great changes.

The first is staffing.

Originally, an ordinary post station only had a few dozen people, but a larger one could have hundreds of people.

Being a postman is actually quite hard, but this kind of hard work usually doesn't happen every day. Generally, after a few days of work, there will be a day of rest.

But since the Qunying Chamber of Commerce joined, the business of the station has become busy.

Even the most remote inn was busy.

The Qunying Chamber of Commerce can be said to be popular in most of the Ming Dynasty.

Except for some very remote places, goods are basically transported every day. This is why there are so many goods in the capital city.

Including transportation in the grain industry, response to famine, etc., it is extremely fast.

Under this circumstance, it is obvious that the previous members of the station have found it difficult to bear the responsibility.

Got it.

That means there is no other way but to add people on a large scale.

Dozens of people turned into hundreds, hundreds turned into thousands, and the scale of the post station continued to expand.

Zhu Ying is well aware of the importance of logistics, so he will withdraw a portion of the money from the Chamber of Commerce every month to supplement the subsidies for all the stations.

Nowadays, the postman's salary is no longer the big one, but the allowance is.

Depending on the volume of goods transported, the subsidy will naturally vary. The larger the post station, the higher the subsidy will be. A large part of this cost is subsidies to the postmen and repairs to the post station.

For example, the current Zhengyang Post Station, which is the post station entering Zhengyang Gate, is currently the number one post station in the Ming Dynasty.

There are countless goods passing through every day, and there are already tens of thousands of people in the post station. The size of the post station can accommodate 30,000 people a day, and there are thousands of houses built behind it.

The postmen of Zhengyang Post also have the highest allowance among the current post staff in Ming Dynasty.

An ordinary Zhengyang Postmaster can receive treasure notes every month. Including the amount given out after the salary reform, it is basically around twelve guan notes.

Therefore, many people now are trying their best to get into Zhengyangyi.

Twelve guan of treasure money every month, what is this concept?

Even some high-ranking officials don't have such high salaries.

Hard work is a bit hard, but in this world, who is afraid of hard work? There is nothing that is not hard work.

As long as you can make money, talking about hard work is really childish.

No matter how hard it is, how can it be compared to less corvée?

Moreover, the canteen here in Zhengyangyi, with a large subsidy, has enough meat and vegetables, so you can eat it with an open stomach.

Naturally, there is no feeling above the imperial court.

But on the people's side, if it is Zhengyang Station, it is completely different.

And as long as one person in the family is a postman of Zhengyangyi, the younger brothers in the family have no worries about not getting a wife.

I am about to be stepped over the threshold by the matchmaker.

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Writing and Seeing the Spring and Autumn Period