Those people who were raised on dog food want to play tricks on me? At that time, you will only be able to eat and drink!
Compared with the production cost of table salt, what I use is the victims of the disaster. It mainly reclaims wasteland and rents land for free. It is still produced in large quantities. No matter how low your cost is, it cannot be compared to my sea salt, and all logistics are shipped by sea. Much lower cost than land transportation.
Even if the market price is 20% lower than yours, I still make a lot of money. Not to mention that there will be forced buying and selling. Anyone who doesn't buy sea salt will be the enemy of the empire and a bandit. Once this big label is slapped, you will be confused in an instant and dumped to death, you bunch of ignorant bastards!
Li Daiwenming, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, was not obsessed with drying salt. His worries mainly lied in another aspect: "I would like to report to Your Highness the Crown Prince, although Taicang has just received silver, if four new cities are built in Shandong at the same time, plus the expenditure of border wages and silver, At the same time, we will provide support for fear that our strength will be exhausted!”
Spending millions of taels of silver at a time to "relief through work" in Shandong, I am afraid that by then the Liao's salary and military expenses for suppressing the bandits will be exhausted again.
Yaoji found an extremely experienced person in the industry to answer everyone's questions: "Zhang Guowei, Zhang Aiqing, I heard that you have a lot of experience in building cities. You might as well tell me and the ministers how much it takes to build a big city?" "
As an engineer in the late Ming Dynasty, Zhang Guowei, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry and the censor of the right capital, Zhang Guowei, had considerable experience in this aspect, so he explained: "I would like to report to His Highness the Crown Prince, based on my experience, it only takes two or three to build a small city like Taihu Lake." One hundred thousand taels. To build a new city roughly equivalent to Jinan City, no less than five or six hundred thousand taels of silver are needed. If the city wall is built first and then the residence, the city wall can be erected in less than three months."
Zhang Guowei first used the price of building a small city as a basis for a big city. This would make people feel more reasonable, so as not to directly reveal the high cost of building a big city and scare the little prince who is not familiar with the world.
"What if Aiqing is asked to build a city as big as the capital? How much will it cost?"
If the capital is suddenly abandoned due to some unstoppable reason, and he doesn't want to move to the poor place in Nanjing, Yaoji needs to know the approximate construction cost of building another one in another place, although it is only a backup plan.
"...Your Majesty, the imperial city is located in the capital, and I don't dare to estimate it rashly!"
Today's court meeting was really a strange competition for supremacy. Zhang Guowei was extra careful when reporting it, especially since the matter involved the imperial city. He must not be careless, lest he be plotted by the villain like the upright Sun Chuanting. The prince could excuse this important border minister for the sake of his great military exploits in the past, and he might not be able to enjoy such preferential treatment.
"But it doesn't matter. My dear, there is no need to consider the imperial city. Just talk about building a new city!"
If you have the money to build the Forbidden City, you might as well build a European-style castle that is both beautiful and practical. It is stronger than the Forbidden City during wartime, and it can also be used to pose for photos with a beautiful woman in your arms. It kills two birds with one stone!
If you turn mountains of money into the Forbidden City, you can only charge admission tickets...
"Your Highness, I estimate that the cost of building this city will probably be no less than one and a half million taels, nothing less!"
Zhang Guowei speculated that the prince would probably entrust him with the important task of building a city on the Shandong Peninsula, so he still had room for maneuver when reporting. If you want to make the city stronger, the city walls should be taller and thicker, the corridors wider, and the city bricks made of high-end materials that are strong and durable to protect against artillery attacks. It is not impossible to add tall horse-shaped walls to the four walls for side defense and build a large urn city inside. It is not impossible for the cost to rise to two million taels.
In short, you get what you pay for. Two million taels of silver will definitely make something much better than five or six hundred thousand taels. At least the enemy will feel a sense of difficulty in swallowing it all just by looking at it from a distance. bad feeling.
If five million taels were spent on building a city, then Zhang Guowei would probably have built a huge fortress. It is estimated that the Qing army would mobilize in full force, with artillery support, and block the gates and besiege them for three months. As long as the people inside did not surrender voluntarily, they would not be able to defeat them even if their front teeth were broken. Come down.
After listening to the words of this code defense expert, Yaoji thought for a moment, calmed down, and suggested: "I think you all know the cost of different cities of different sizes. How about this, the East Palace will allocate funds?" A city with the same size as Jinan City will be built in Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture in northern Shandong Province. The Ministry of Household Affairs will allocate funds to build a city with the same size in Rizhao County and Jiaozhou Lingshanwei. If you feel that the big city is not convenient for supervising the salt fields, or It can be replaced by four small cities. For additional sites, you can choose two of the four locations to build a city: Andongwei, Xiahezhaiqiansuo, Fushanqiansuo, and Aoshanwei. If the household has sufficient money, then these six locations can be built for city monitoring. Salt farming!”
It's up to you how you choose the location. I'm going to send people to the north to find gold. Anyway, if you can pocket a windfall after ransacking the house, it's all considered venture capital. I can't believe that hundreds of thousands of people are digging the ground together, and they can't dig out the slag of the gold mine within a year.
Zhaoyuan Gold Mine has been mining since the Song Dynasty. All it takes is to expand the mining area and continue to dig deeper where gold is already produced. The adjacent gold mine is also very close to the main mine. If Yu Gong and his family didn't move mountains, there shouldn't be much of a problem.
Whether it is official records, unofficial history, or even street literature, there has never been any book recording the natural displacement of the Zhaoyuan gold mine. Since the location of the mine is fixed, the location of nearby gold mines can be basically determined. .
Anyway, Yaoji has heard of rivers being diverted, but has never seen gold mines run away on their own. Whoever has the ability will move the Himalayas to Thailand, and the things flowing down the mountains can be filled up in a cup and used as pure natural ice. Water is sold...
Hearing that the prince actually wanted to use the money from the internal funds to build the city, and in his words, there was a strong tendency to share the annual income of the Shandong Peninsula with the Ministry of Household Affairs. Liu Zunxian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly asked: "Your Highness, I don't know if the East Palace will allocate funds to build two cities." , how will the income be distributed?”
As soon as he finished speaking, other ministers also focused on this issue, wanting to hear the prince's defense.
"The income allocated by the East Palace to build the city will naturally belong to the East Palace, and the income allocated by the Ministry of Household to build the city will naturally belong to the Ministry of Household Affairs. This implementation is naturally reasonable. If the Ministry of Household feels that the income is too low, it can also build a new city. After all, there are many places in the Shandong Peninsula where cities can be built. .”
Do you want to use this to block me? Go ahead and dream!
The brothers are still clearing the accounts, let alone the internal funds and the household department!
Chen Biqian, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, finally caught the slightest flaw exposed by the young prince, and hurriedly launched a killing move to stop his city building plan, so as to make up for the face he had just lost: "I would like to report to your highness the prince, the proceeds from the Zhaoyuan gold mine. They have always been included in Taicang. If it is according to His Highness's wishes, wouldn't all the gold produced in the mine be obtained by internal funds? Furthermore, the mine is not owned by the royal family. As a prince, how can His Highness act arbitrarily and use power for personal gain? With his own selfish desires. Are you going to swallow this golden mountain? If Your Highness insists on going your own way, you will lose all your faith in the world, and you may be ridiculed!"
Looking at this posture, the guy Dong Lin in front of me can be regarded as fighting with me to the end today. He is really a "gang head" in human form.
If Wang Chengen hadn't reminded him, Yaoji wouldn't have known about Chen Biqian's sect, which was all from Yue Buqun's group.
Does this guy only have a three-second memory?
Have you forgotten what happened in the blink of an eye?
Do you think I am a "chicken to chew on"?
Like a mad dog that bites you right away?
Li Juesi, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, did not wait for the prince to speak, but came out to support him: "I reconsider what Chen Shilang said. The master said, a gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way! Your Highness's move is to rob Taicang's gold. It is really inappropriate to cause disaster. It is definitely not the behavior of a gentleman, and it is not a way to make money. Mining and building a city is a long-term strategy, and planning must be done with caution. How can we just seize the day? I hope Your Highness will take back his life."
Emperor Wanli just sent a mining envoy. Unexpectedly, the prince, who had not yet ascended the throne, had a bigger appetite than Emperor Wanli. He wanted to eat the Zhaoyuan gold mine in one bite. This really shocked everyone. If there were no restrictions, how could he return the favor in the future.
When Shenzong discussed the mining envoy with the ministers, he was very polite: I have been conducting conquests for many years, the treasury is exhausted, and the palace construction ceremony is in full bloom. If I don't set up a place to use the money, how can I bear to send more people?
Such an emperor is simply a puppet. If you want money, you have to beg from ministers. If the other party doesn't agree, you can't do anything. Your dignity and imperial power are really gone.
Since you are actively seeking death, I don’t need to talk nonsense to you. Yaoji asked enthusiastically: “Since Chen Aiqing mentioned that I intend to use power for personal gain, I wonder if Chen Aiqing can be selfless?”
Chen Biqian's heart suddenly tightened. In the blink of an eye, the prince changed the topic from mining to himself, which was bad: "Since I became an official, I have been working hard, diligently, hardworking, and never complaining, and I never dare to slack off. …”
Not knowing what the prince was going to ask next, Chen Biqian was already sweating profusely and extremely nervous. The prince didn't embarrass himself just now. Could it be that he was preparing for an attack?
Yao Ji snorted, waved his hand impatiently, and interrupted the other party's perfunctory words: "Okay, let's just tell you how much your family wealth is? What did you eat last night? Do you dare to make unreasonable accusations against me in court? Just say it!" He still dares to criticize me without shame, without looking in the mirror to see what he is! Come here, expel this man from the hall, and Dongchang will go and ransack his house to find out whether he is an upright official or a corrupt official! If he resists, Severe punishment without mercy!"
In the past, only nobles had their homes confiscated, and even if civil servants verbally contradicted the prince, they were at best dismissed from their posts without being liquidated to any extent. After the blame-shifter came to power, they all escaped.
Although Chen Biqian turned pale with shock, he still pretended to be calm and said in a loud and awe-inspiring voice: "I am honest and upright, both public and private, and I have a clear conscience! It is unethical for the prince to treat his courtiers like this, and he will definitely do so." He was criticized verbally and written by the wise people in the world!"
