Even Tianjin County has benefited a lot! Because so many people came from the capital, it is conceivable how much impact it has on the local economy!
The nobles and wealthy businessmen who arrived early filled the high-end restaurants and inns! Especially those nobles, who have their subordinates to do their work. They spend the whole day calling friends, feasting and having fun, eating at restaurants in Tianjin County from house to house! As for those wealthy businessmen, although they can't compare with the nobles, they are not far behind in spending money!
Although the craftsmen, soldiers and servants could not afford to go to big restaurants, small restaurants and roadside stalls were places they frequented. Although each person may only spend a few dozen or even a dozen pennies per day, there are so many people! So now everything is easy to sell in Tianjin County!
If Liu Haojia hadn't had the foresight, he would have signed a purchase and sale contract with the surrounding villages and paid a lot of money in advance for them to raise livestock. Otherwise, this group of people would eat up everything as soon as they arrive! Even so, the price of mutton has doubled, and the price of chicken and duck has also increased slightly. Only pork has barely remained stable.
As for the one who has made the biggest profit among them, Liu Haojia is naturally Liu Haojia. He has already opened a branch of Shiweizhai in the city and outside the city, as well as two high-end inns. The nobles and wealthy businessmen who rushed to Tianjin naturally supported it, so before the sea opened, a large amount of money was already in their accounts!
The happiest people are the ordinary people in Tianjin and the local farmers! Those small businesses have doubled their profits every day in the past month! Those craftsmen have been working day and night to catch up on work, just for the extra reward money in their hands every day! Even those who only work hard have their daily wages tripled! And even so, they are still so exhausted every day that they fall asleep when they get home!
As for those who are unhappy, they are the original gang members in Tianjin County! Before Liu Haojia came, he had already sent people to investigate Tianjin thoroughly! So after taking office, he threatened the county magistrate to cooperate and start cleaning up local gangs!
After seizing the most heinous crime, he was sent directly to the court to clear the case, and even some old cases were traced out! Those with minor crimes were directly sent to work in the fiefs, which was euphemistically called "reform through labor". Therefore, the public security in Tianjin County during this period has been unprecedentedly good!
Nowadays, in Tianjin County and its surrounding villages, due to the improvement of public security and the huge increase in income, everyone from top to bottom feels that life has a bright future, and they work harder!
The merchants and clerks were selling goods in front of the store with all their strength. The shopkeepers of various restaurants also ordered large quantities of fresh ingredients, gearing up for a big deal! In the tea house and theater, the tables and benches were even wiped clean, waiting for all the gentlemen to come! Even the girls in the brothel put on new clothes and jewelry one after another, hoping to keep these patrons!
The villagers in the countryside are naturally working harder. They are looking for chickens, ducks, pigs, and lambs to raise and exchange for money! Even the children had no time to play. They went to hunt hogweed and pick up fruits at the request of their parents. We have to take care of these animals to eat first! As long as they grow up, it will be a lot of money to send them to Tianjin County! So now the whole Tianjin is prosperous!
And everyone from top to bottom knew that all these changes were brought about by Wu Ningbo Liu Haojia! Even those ignorant villagers learned the truth about how they suddenly made a lot of money from the vendors, and also knew about Wu Ningbo, so they respected him more than ever before!
And Liu Haojia also felt the benefits of all these changes! In the past, when he went out, people on the street would see a large number of royal guards and servants appearing around them. Knowing that they were noble people, they had already stayed away!
But now as he walked from the pier to the city of Tianjin, some of the local gentry and scholars on the way actually raised their hands in greeting from afar! Even the common people no longer hide away, but point and look at them.
When encountering this situation, Liu Haojia and the people around him were a little strange. Some servants even thought it was a sign of something happening and were ready to fight! But nothing happened after walking a long way, and this made him realize something! Read the book
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little proud! I feel like I was able to brag a lot with Miss Zhang when I went back today! But what he didn't know was that what he caused at this time was not just Tianjin, but the entire Ming Dynasty.
They were all shocked!
Because Liu Haojia had arranged a lot of manpower in advance, coupled with the profit-seeking nature of merchants, the news of the opening of the sea spread throughout the north as soon as it was released! Although the north is not as good as the south in terms of economy, there are many gentry and wealthy businessmen everywhere!
So as soon as they received the news, their first thought was to confirm the authenticity! Then he immediately sent his confidants to rush to the capital, and countless horses were killed in a short time!
After they confirmed the news, their second move was to recruit servants, hire escorts, and rush to Tianjin with the silver cart and goods. They must grab this verbal soup no matter what!
So for a time, the most popular ones in the north were carriage and horse agencies and escort agencies! They were caught off guard and received many times more orders than before, and they couldn't cope with it at all! Especially for those reputable horse racing and escort agencies, the prices have been increased by more than three times! This sudden surprise caught everyone off guard! They already wanted to send all the milk babies at home to the battle, but they still couldn't get enough manpower!
As for Jiangnan, there was a cry of mourning! Countless gentry yelled at the north, cursing Liu Haojia for a good death! The reason is very simple. The news of Tianjin's opening and banning of seas reached Jiangnan at the same time. These gentry with hollow eyelashes immediately understood the reason: "Liu Haojia is preparing to monopolize the entire sea trade!"
If this were the case alone, they wouldn't be excited. The Ming Dynasty has banned the sea for so many years, and it's not the time to sell goods. I haven't heard of any delays! But the news that followed made them really jump! The Ming Dynasty's naval fleet was like a grate, combing through the sea batch by batch. Nearly 40% of the ships were blocked by the navy, and the cargo was confiscated! But the strange thing is that everyone was released!
And what’s even more strange is that just when these nest owners were about to destroy the evidence, spend money to find someone to clear the way, and some were even ready to pack up their things and run away, they found that no one was paying attention to them! This makes these fearful people even more confused!
However, as more news came, they quickly figured out that Liu Haojia had bad intentions! The reason he didn't arrest anyone is because you have a lot of goods on hand and must go to sea! And if you go out to sea, although there is a high chance that you won't be caught, if you are caught once, you will lose both the ship and the cargo! So they were sending a ship to Liu Haojia!
