"I have long heard that the prince is a resolute and resolute master, but unexpectedly, today's fasting banquet can end smoothly and perfectly?"
To be honest, many people thought this was another Hongmen Banquet.
After all, I spent several days touring the mountains and rivers in Jinling City. It seemed that it was not a tour to the south, but just to play in the Qinhuai River. Who knows, just when everyone relaxed and felt that His Highness the Crown Prince was no more than this, His Highness the Crown Prince suddenly Moved.
This move naturally shocked many people.
Therefore, many heads of aristocratic families did not dare to attend this fasting banquet, and many bachelors and scholars did not dare to go, so they stayed at the foot of the Dabaoen Temple to watch.
Of course, the Dabaoen Temple is not as good as the White Horse Temple, so in order to get close to the wealthy businessmen in the southeast first, Xiao Yi specially asked Lu Chong and others to guard the door.
Most of the people who could participate in this fasting banquet were wealthy businessmen from Jiangnan.
What is this called?
This is called the first to get the moon near the water and the tower.
It is also called giving a sweet date first to win over a group of people.
In order to avoid being deceived and used by others when they attack later, they will be trembling with fear like a frightened bird.
Therefore, many people who missed this great opportunity naturally regret it.
The person speaking at this moment was Shen Wansan, the richest businessman and maritime merchant in Jiangnan.
"Yeah, we thought too much from the beginning."
The person who answered the call was the largest tea merchant in the south of the Yangtze River. His ancestors had been selling tea since the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Wang Kejiu was known as the tea boss.
"If you miss it, you miss it... It's true that His Royal Highness is not a tyrant. He can say that the king is a boat and the people are water. The water can carry the boat and capsize it. This shows that he has a deep heart. All nations.”
"When something like this happened in Jiangdong this time, it must be rectified and some corrupt officials and people who have done evil should be killed to appease the people."
"We have never done anything that violates the law, so why should we be worried?"
The other wealthy businessmen all said "Oh" after hearing this. They were suddenly confused and didn't know whether they really supported this statement or had other ideas.
Let us also say that there are more than a dozen merchants in the Great Baoen Temple, including some of the top wealthy merchants in the southeast. They have many business houses, dozens of caravans, several maritime merchants, and four or five fleets. .
I heard that they got a lot of benefits from this fasting banquet.
Of course, before they got the benefits, they also contributed a lot of wealth. For example, a big salt merchant directly contracted a section of the canal.
It should be noted that during the previous dynasty, they were trying to dig canals to connect the north and south waterways.
Nothing more.
At that time, it was a waste of money and people, which eventually aroused public anger and caused the dynasty to fall apart.
Nowadays, if you want to continue to dig the canal, you have to spend a lot of money. A worker must be paid at least the minimum wage for a month and have to eat one meal a day.
The wages are not paid enough, and there is not enough food to eat.
You can report it directly to the government. At that time, the Supervisory Yushi and Jinyiwei yamen will conduct a little investigation and they will raid the house and pay wages and severance pay.
Building a section of canal is not easy.
But I didn't expect that that person would have such courage.
His Royal Highness the Prince made this person famous directly, and immediately wrote three words to name this section of the canal after this person.
Zhao Guqu.
One can imagine how much benefit this person received.
This is the reason why wealthy businessmen such as Shen Wansan and Wang Kejiu are sitting here.
Envy, jealousy and hate.
Of course, it was impossible to say this in person.
Shen Wansan said bluntly: "Brother Wang is right, we are not afraid of the shadows being distorted. There is no fasting banquet, but there is also a Mid-Autumn Festival symposium. Even if we have no chance to speak during the Mid-Autumn Festival symposium, we can still find someone."
"After all, what we want to do is to benefit the country and the people."
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, can agree with Zhao Gu, an old thief, but will he refuse to let me wait?"
Everyone quickly raised their hands and said, "Please give me some advice, Boss Shen."
Shen Wansan took a sip of West Lake Longjing before he started talking.
"We can also directly report it and show that we can contribute money to do some good things."
"I have also thought about it. If Zhao Gu pays to repair one section, I will directly repair the rest!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
Wang Kejiu was stunned for a moment, almost in disbelief: "Boss Shen is really grand, I admire him!"
Shen Wansan smiled naturally.
The financial resources he has now are not empty at all.
As maritime merchants develop and grow, they will own more and more fleets, and the money will come in more and more quickly.
Now, he has established five breeding farms in Jiangnan, using the point mentioned in the Daqiandi newspaper to breed chickens, ducks and pigs.
Not to mention, results were seen in the first year.
Jiangnan saltwater ducks were sold to Japan, and the return from one saltwater duck was equivalent to the ten ducks he sold in Daqian.
The benefits between this can be imagined.
Especially the dried pork, which tastes pretty good and is sold as beef.
The merchant ship arrived at the dock in Japan, but within a few days, it was all robbed.
And places like Anxi Protectorate, Anbei Protectorate, and Andong Protectorate are also very popular.
Now, he has begun to increase investment and build more breeding farms. Then he will buy more ships from Daqian Jiangdong Shipyard, form more fleets, and go to more overseas places.
Especially places like Tianzhu, Shendu, and Vietnam.
Because there are so many jade stones in these places, there is gold everywhere!
rich.
Shen Wansan can definitely say that I am not interested in money.
Of course, he couldn't say such arrogant words, but he still had some self-restraint and wanted to save face.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is responsible for big things. Why are you patrolling Jiangdong now? I think you all understand that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still very young, but he has already pacified the four vassal states in the North. Those are barbarians!"
"Only during the Han Dynasty did the champion prince have the title of a wolf. Since then, who else has had such strength?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has only been in power for three years. He has eliminated the treacherous prime minister and shaken the world."
"Now we must do something big, and ZTE must do something big."
"From the treacherous prime minister Li Linfu to the five governors of Daqian and the four kings of the North, their strength is definitely more than enough than ours. Even if we are rich, we can't reach their level."
"However, what will be the outcome of these people's hostility to His Highness the Crown Prince?"
"Those who follow will prosper, those who go against will perish."
"Don't set your sights too low. Just look at the little money in front of you, but forget that if people disappear, no matter how many ways to make money in the future, no matter how good the prosperous times are, you will not be able to see it."
After listening to Shen Wansan's words, Wang Kejiu couldn't help but join in the conversation.
"What Boss Shen said is really a guiding light. We are all businessmen, and businessmen naturally pursue fame and fortune."
“Who can make us more money today?”
"Is it the Xuanfu envoys in the southeast, or the heads of those aristocratic families?"
"neither."
"It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"It was His Highness the Prince who proposed navigation, going out to sea for business, developing maritime commerce, and developing aquaculture."
"And you have all seen the benefits of overseas transactions."
"A shipload of goods that may not be worth a price in Daqian can bring back several boxes of silver when it goes overseas."
"Converting silver into silver coins can allow an ordinary family to have food and clothing from now on."
"How can we have trouble with money?"
"Since Boss Shen plans to contract the remaining section of the canal, then I have no choice but to choose other projects."
"I heard that the imperial court is currently building and expanding official roads across the country. I will directly contract three of them."
Everyone was in awe for a moment and felt that Boss Shen and Boss Cha really had a big business and rich fortune. They were worthy of being the richest businessmen in the Southeast.
Incomparable.
It's really incomparable.
However, the wealthy businessmen here regretted not attending the fasting banquet, so they thought of ways to remedy the situation. Over there, at the Jinling Palace, Prince Xiao Yi waved a Chinese document and asked directly: "Fang Xuan! This is what you did. An investigation?!”
