Hepu County.
Li Jin's daily life has not changed much, and it has even become much more leisurely.
In the past, Li Jin did not have too much involvement in the government affairs of Hepu County, and most of them were left to Zhu Biao.
In addition to some general directions, Li Jin would give Zhu Biao some guidance, and then directly act as a hands-off shopkeeper.
At most, Li Jin would train militiamen every day to ensure the military strength of Hepu County.
But since Lan Yu and Zhu Di arrived, Li Jin didn't even go to the military camp. He directly handed over the task of training these militiamen to Zhu Di and Lan Yu.
After all, most of the Ming Navy was trained by instructors, and it was rare for Li Jin to relax.
However, this relaxing day did not last long. Zhu Biao, Lan Yu Zhu Di and others came to the door together again.
"Mr. Li, you are hiding at home alone, you are at ease, but we are very tired."
Lan Yu complained directly after seeing Li Jin.
Li Jin smiled slightly and did not answer. Instead, he asked curiously:
"How come you guys, who have so many things to do every day, have time to come to me? Is there any news coming back?"
Zhu Biao said: "I still can't hide it from Mr. Li."
"Now there are two things at once, and Mr. Li needs to make a decision."
Li Jin was surprised, two things? Isn't there only one thing to do?
"Tell me, what are the two things?"
"The first, of course, is to open the sea. The emperor has agreed to open the sea in Hepu County."
Zhu Biao stretched out a finger and then said:
"The imperial edict has been issued, but it has not arrived in Hepu County yet. The people from Jinyiwei came to report it first."
"Subsequently, people from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Supervisory Office will follow the imperial edict and arrive in Hepu County."
Li Jin frowned slightly and asked in confusion:
"Ministry of Revenue, what are the people from the Inspectorate here for? It's better to send some people from the Inspectorate, otherwise these people will be of no use at all!"
Zhu Di interjected from the side:
"After all, the opening of the sea is of great importance. Only Shanghu County and Hepu County in the entire Ming Dynasty allowed the opening of the sea."
"It's probably because someone in the government is worried about us making a fortune here, so they sent someone to supervise us."
Li Jin said with disdain:
"These people are just jealous. The people here in Hepu County are as poor as ghosts. How can they make a fortune?"
Zhu Biao waved his hand, "We'll discuss this kind of thing later. Even if more officials arrive, we have a clear conscience. The arrival of these officials will be nothing more than decoration."
"Now that Hepu County's sea opening has been approved, what should we do next?"
This is the crux of the problem. Now that the various promises made by Li Jin have been decided, it is now up to Li Jin to fulfill his promises.
"We will continue to use work-for-relief projects and recruit people to build ports and terminals."
"In addition to the port terminals, the county seat and official roads in Shanghu County also need to be repaired."
"Once the news about the opening of Hepu County to the sea comes out, businessmen from the entire southwest region will be attracted to our Hepu County. This will form a siphon effect. I am afraid that the entire Hepu County will be crowded by then."
Li Jin talked eloquently and began to describe the next administrative direction to everyone.
"We must get ahead of these people and build up Hepu County. Among other things, at least the county seat of Hepu County must be expanded to the level of Shanghai County."
"Wherever there are people, there is consumption, and where consumption grows, real estate will become a huge wealth."
“Develop real estate first, and then make the first pot of gold after selling the real estate continuously.”
"Then convert all this silver into tea, porcelain, silk, and go overseas to do business. That's the way to go."
"Next, it's time for us to make a fortune."
When Lan Yu heard the beautiful scene described by Li Jin, her eyes couldn't help but shine. She was finally in the right place.
As Li Jin said, this Hepu County will definitely become the trade center of the southwest region in the future.
Not to mention keeping up with Shanghai County, the population will at least be dozens of times greater than it is now.
At that time, what is the most valuable thing? Not real estate? With these pieces of land, they can obtain a lot of wealth without even going to sea to do business.
If you continue to rely on the convenience of Hepu County to do business with countries in the Southeast Asia region, your wealth will increase exponentially. This is the right way!
"Then what are you waiting for? Act quickly, I just want to make money now!!"
Lan Yu's loud voice was filled with vibrato and she was very excited.
But Zhu Biao was a little embarrassed and said unspeakably:
"Would it be bad for the people of Hepu County if we do this?"
Li Jin shook his head and said:
"Wrong, totally wrong!!"
"Only when Hepu County develops can the people of Hepu County, as locals, live a better life."
"At that time, they will only need to rely on rent to support their family and their children, and they will no longer have to work in the fields. This is the magical life of their dreams, so how can it be bad for them?"
"We'd better speed up this matter, otherwise by the time everyone in the world knows the news that Hepu County is about to open to the sea, the land price in Hepu County will be more than this."
When Zhu Biao heard this, he just remained silent, while Zhu Di and Lan Yu looked excited and eager to try.
Then Li Jin asked again:
"What's one more thing? Aren't you talking about two things?"
Zhu Di said:
"The army of Marquis Yingchuan has arrived in Guangxi."
"Yesterday they sent people to Hepu County to contact us and wanted to ask us whether we should directly kill the chieftains in Nanning as a deterrent."
"After all, the next step is to implement the reform of local people and return local people to local people. If we don't kill the chicken to scare the monkey, I'm afraid the policy will not be advanced."
Li Jin touched his chin and suggested:
"It would be too hasty to carry out reform and return to local rule now."
"It would be a waste of Yingchuan Hou's 100,000 troops to be placed in Nanning Mansion. It is better to suggest that they come to Hepu County."
"The development of Hepu County in the future will inevitably attract covetous attention, and Yingchuan Marquis will be needed to help guard it."
"In addition, the rise of Hepu County can attract other chieftains from Guangxi. We only need to wait and see, and we can continue to attract these chieftains, and then carry out reform and return. The resistance will be greatly reduced."
Zhu Biao, who was originally silent, expressed great agreement after hearing what Li Jin said.
He felt that if he rashly attacked the southwest chieftain, it would probably cause a riot in the southwest.
But if they are lured with benefits and forced with force, the chieftains in the southwestern region will be easier to conquer than imagined.
"Master Li has a good plan. I will write a letter to the Marquis of Yingchuan and ask him to lead his army to come immediately."
"I think he will be happy to come to our Hepu County."
Li Jin reminded from the side:
"Don't forget to write a memorial to the emperor about this matter, otherwise the emperor will blame you and I won't be able to bear it!"
Zhu Biao nodded slightly to express his understanding. They discussed the next plan again, and then started to act separately.
