Songjiangfu Industrial Park.
Zhu Gaoxu met Zhan Yuquan, Wang Wenxian and others.
Accompanied by these wealthy businessmen, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhou Chen began to patrol.
After all, Songjiang Prefecture is a developed area for the textile industry, so Zhan Yuquan and others are very discerning and regard it as the first stop in the south for the development of industry and commerce.
It's just that when the northern business group first arrived in Songjiang Mansion, they were really in trouble, and the local officials didn't give them any face at all.
If you want to build a factory, that won’t work. What will the local merchants do?
If you want to invest, that’s not possible. You’ve all made money. What will the local merchants do?
For these reasons, Zhan Yuquan and others faced huge difficulties.
However, the prince ignored them and had no intention of helping them, so the northern business group even thought of withdrawing.
Fortunately, Zhan Yuquan was quick-thinking and found Zhou Chen, the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing.
Zhou Chen also understood the importance of industry and commerce, so he personally spoke with officials from the five Jiangnan governments and established a cooperative relationship between the two parties.
Northern business groups and Jiangnan merchants cooperated to build industrial parks, and everyone made money together.
The northern business group is responsible for providing equipment and experience, including the park management model and operation model, while the Jiangnan businessmen provide funds. After all, they only have money now.
As a result, through Zhou Chen's mediation, industrial parks were established in five prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, and the textile industry ushered in a period of rapid development.
After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu greatly appreciated this cooperation model. After all, the interests of local merchants must be guaranteed. Zhan Yuquan and others cannot really be allowed to make all the money, and eventually form financial oligarchs of the Ming Dynasty!
These industrial parks are basically focused on the textile industry, and also deal with tea, paper, porcelain and other overseas commodities in high demand.
To put it bluntly, everyone is not a fool, and they are all keenly aware of the atmosphere of maritime trade.
As the Ming Dynasty abolished the national policy of banning sea trade, as long as these goods produced in the industrial park go to sea, their net worth can skyrocket ten times or dozens of times in an instant, and they are all snowflakes and silver!
They don't have to go overseas, they just need to go all out to produce these goods that are in high demand overseas, and they can make a lot of money. Why not?
In other words, Jiangnan Industrial Park was completely serving the imperial court's overseas expansion.
The silk, tea, paper and porcelain produced are all necessary commodities for overseas trade!
However, there is a problem right now, that is, the supply of raw materials is insufficient.
Zhan Yuquan spoke worriedly: "Prince, I don't know why those merchants are crazy. They obviously cooperated well, but they suddenly cut off our raw material supply channels. It is really unreasonable!"
"Now that there are no raw materials like raw silk, the major factories in the industrial park have no choice but to suspend production."
"If we continue like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on anymore!"
It’s not surprising that Zhan Yuquan complained because the cost of the industrial park was too high.
Whether it is a northern business group or a southern businessman, if you want to open a factory, you must buy land, build a house and build a factory yourself. After the factory is built, you can start recruiting workers and put it into production.
As a result, the initial investment cost is so high that most businessmen choose to cooperate with Daming Bank to build factories and obtain loans from Daming Bank as principal.
Although there is no interest to take out loans from Daming Bank to build a factory, after all, this is a huge loan, which makes anyone feel heavy in their heart.
If the factory construction runs as expected and the money can be recovered in a short time, they have nothing to panic about.
But now the supply of raw materials has been suddenly and maliciously cut off, and major factories have had to suspend production.
Since these factories were built, they have still been in a state of net losses, and now they are forced to stop production. Wouldn't that directly cost their lives?
A cold light flashed in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, and he calmly said calmly: "Don't worry, Gu is aware of this matter and has arranged for someone to solve it."
"It won't be long before the supply of raw materials can be restored and the industrial park can resume production."
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this.
It’s not easy!
The prince finally took action!
Zhu Gaoxu actually understands that industrial parks in various places are still in an incubation state, and it will take another two or three years to fully see profits.
For ordinary businessmen, it will take two or three years to get a return on such a large investment. This alone is enough to make most businessmen give up.
That is to say, northern business groups such as Zhan Yuquan and Wang Wenxian made a lot of money when Zhu Gaoxu was developing northern industry and commerce, so they chose to follow Zhu Gaoxu's footsteps closely and would rather sell iron to build industrial parks.
After the construction of this industrial park is completed and on track, it can drive local economic development. It is currently the best model for developing Ming Dynasty's industry and commerce, so Zhu Gaoxu must find ways to support it.
The economic benefits brought by an industrial park with complete industrial supporting facilities and good operation are far greater than the profits brought by the park itself.
If the industrial park is successfully constructed, local people can work in factories to earn money and improve their family life. In addition, many service industries will emerge around the industrial park. These service industries will also provide jobs for local people and promote the rapid development of the local economy. The market will gradually prosper as a result!
This is also the real reason why Zhu Gaoxu allowed and even supported the northern business groups to move south and vigorously build industrial parks.
We are now in the incubation period of the industrial park, which is also when the industrial park is at its weakest and most dangerous. However, those gentry and merchants have cut off the supply of raw materials, which undoubtedly dealt a fatal blow to the development of the industrial park!
It is unbearable!
My uncle can bear it, but my aunt can't bear it anymore!
Even if you want to rob the royal family of money, you still dare to delay the economic development of the Ming Dynasty. That is a heinous crime of treason!
After Zhu Gaoxu finished his inspection, he immediately summoned several secret guard leaders.
But according to what they said, Nie Xing was busy investigating now and had already rushed to the Fujian and Zhejiang areas, where raw silk originated.
This is indeed a troublesome thing.
After all, he didn't have a specific list in his hand, and Nie Xing couldn't arrest people randomly.
It is not impossible to find out those gentry and merchants who hoard goods and threaten the court, but it will take time.
But the longer it takes, the more detrimental it will be to the development of the industrial park!
unless……
At this moment, a secret guard hurried over.
"Your Highness, this is the list given to us by Dongchang!"
Zhu Gaoxu immediately took it and took a look, then a smile appeared on his face.
"It's not easy!"
"Old man, you are not idle!"
This list contains detailed records of the gentry and merchants involved in this incident, as many as twenty or thirty people.
But it’s understandable. After all, if there were only a few gentry and merchants, how could they dare to unite and threaten the court!
Zhu Gaoxu handed the list to the leader of the secret guard.
"Send it to Nie Xing immediately."
"Tell him not to hold back!"
“It’s time to confiscate your home, it’s time to be exiled!”
