Gao pragmatic deliberately made a mysterious look, and showed an expression in his eyes as if he had seen a golden mountain. He lowered his voice and asked: "Brother Ying Zhen, you are also a well-informed person in the capital. Do you know the discussions in the DPRK?" The rivers are overflowing and sea transportation needs to be reopened to transport grain by sea?"
Zhu Yingzhen was startled for a moment, and then he was a little surprised, and said hesitantly: "I heard some rumors, but this...isn't it a common thing? I remember that almost every time Huang Fan, as long as the water transportation was hindered, the DPRK would There is such discussion.”
The pragmatic old man looked at him from the ground, smiling but saying nothing.
Zhu Yingzhen felt something was wrong and quickly asked: "Why, do you have more inside information? Ah, yes, whether to insist on water transportation or change to sea transportation, in the final analysis, it depends on what Mr. Gao Ge thinks... What's the matter, Mr. Gao Ge Have you made a decision to switch to shipping by sea?”
How could Gao Pragmatic be willing to expose his background so easily? Of course, I had to continue to whet Zhu Yingzhen's appetite, and he asked seductively: "Brother Yingzhen, if...I mean if, this thing can be done, what do you think we can do?"
When Zhu Yingzhen was asked this question, he immediately reacted. Whether it was water transportation or sea transportation, it actually didn't matter half a penny to them. In this case, why did Gao Pragmatic bring this up? Are there any opportunities to make a fortune here?
But that’s not right, regardless of water or sea transportation, this is all Cao Zong’s damn business and the imperial court’s business!
Needless to say, the water transportation was all done by the imperial court's own boatmen. Because the sea transportation was intermittent, in addition to the imperial court's own ships, they would also occasionally be recruited from the private sector - of course, they would usually pay some money. But the problem is, even if shipping is really changed, it has nothing to do with Zhu Yingzhen, or even Gao Pragmatic. Could it be that Gao Pragmatic can suddenly create a fleet in the south?
To put it bluntly, even if a highly pragmatic approach led to a fleet of ships in the south, this business would not be very profitable, would it? Who doesn’t know Mr. Cao’s methods? If these private fleets can get some money from Mr. Cao’s Yamen, they will probably have to pay a lot of money. How can he force Mr. Cao to bleed a lot and spend hundreds of thousands of his fucking money? Are you here to deliver food? I'm afraid even the senior officials can't suppress the impeachment from the officials like snowflakes!
But if he doesn't have hundreds of thousands of taels to make, how can Gao Pragmatic look so talkative? You must know that although this guy is a golden touch, he is also a boy who spreads money. "Three hundred thousand taels is thrown away with a wave of his hand", that is no joke! Young Master, I have read all over the Ming Dynasty for nearly two hundred years, but I have never seen such a heroic person.
Zhu Yingzhen scratched his head and thought hard for a long time. He really couldn't think of any good way to get big benefits here without being criticized by the officials. He couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, brother, I'm here. My ability in this kind of thing is really hard to come by. Pragmatic brother, if you have any clever ideas that can turn stone into gold, please speak up. If you continue to think like this, I will become bald at a young age."
Gao Pragmatic laughed and said, "Brother Ying Zhen, have you been thinking about transporting grain from the fleet?"
"Yes." Zhu Yingzhen looked confused: "Isn't it about transporting grain by sea? If we don't think of ways to transport grain from the fleet, how can we think of ways to do it by land? There are various grain roads in Nanjing, and we can't get involved. As for the capital Well, even if you can think of ways to get it, it's only a short distance from Tianjin to the capital, and with just a few porters' money, I don't believe you can take it seriously."
Gao Pragmatic smiled, snapped his fingers triumphantly, and said, "Brother Yingzhen, when it comes to making money, you must have a little divergent thinking... You might as well think more broadly."
"What...what are you thinking?" Zhu Yingzhen felt his wallet tightening, and thought to himself: It's not good to spread out. Like your "three hundred thousand taels of hand-spreading" spread, even if we become the Duke of the country, I'm afraid we won't be able to afford it a few times. .
Looking at his nervous look, Gao pragmatic knew that this guy was thinking something wrong, so he stopped showing off and went directly to the topic, saying: "What I mean is that we can't just focus on that little grain... Although that thing is important, Although the quantity is large, if you really want to say how much it’s worth, it’s really just that.”
"Oh... but since it's not valuable, why are we talking about it?" Zhu Yingzhen looked confused and could no longer keep up with Gao's pragmatic thinking.
At first glance, being pragmatic is not the way to go. The so-called medicine can cure diseases and Buddha can save destined people. With Zhu Yingzhen's business acumen, it seems that it is a bit difficult to be sincere and good at tempting people. I'm afraid it is more reliable to use enlightenment.
So I didn't bother to argue with him and said directly: "What we want is this road."
"Road? There is no road. Why not take the sea?"
"Uh..." Gao Pingshi hesitated for a moment, wishing he could have his brain smashed open. Aren't he usually quite smart? Why did he act like this when it came to doing business?
But there was no other way. Even if he was a pig teammate, he was an important teammate and could not be abandoned. He had no choice but to explain patiently: "What I mean is that what we want is this shipping trade route."
"Business Road?" Zhu Yingzhen was even more confused and scratched his head: "Isn't it transporting grain? Why has it become a business road again?"
"This... Okay, let me explain it to you from the beginning." Gao Pragmatic was forced to have no choice but to start talking to Zhu Yingzhen about population flow, ports, trade routes and other things from the beginning, and analyzed the business opportunities contained in them to him one by one. listen.
Zhu Yingzhen looked confused at first, then gradually became a little enlightened. In the end, when Gao Pragmatic laid out the entire prospect in front of him, Zhu Yingzhen's expression turned dull.
"Brother Yingzhen? Brother Yingzhen?" Gao pragmatically waved his hand in front of Zhu Yingzhen, for fear that the boy would be frightened and go crazy.
"Mother! -" Zhu Yingzhen suddenly jumped up, his eyes were red, he pointed at Gao Pragmatic's nose, stared into his eyes, took a deep breath, and asked stammering: "You , you said here, every year, there is a profit of millions of taels?"
At this moment, this young prince, who was extremely dignified in public, was trembling even as he spoke.
Gao Pragmatic was taken aback and quickly explained: "I said that the prospect of profit is almost this level, I didn't say that it can be done now."
"A million taels?" Zhu Yingzhen seemed to be unable to hear other words, and only remembered this "a million taels".
Gao Pragmatic was a little speechless: Look at your character, Zheng Zhilong's business will be much more scary in a few decades. Although ours is just a trade road and it belongs to domestic trade, there are many things that can be done in north-south trade. Although it is much worse than the Ming Dynasty One Piece, as long as it is managed well, this Tianjin Port can obviously do more than just business between the north and the south! It can be done from Tianjin to Liaodong, from Tianjin to North Korea, and from Tianjin to Japan! What's all the fuss about a million taels a year.
Gao pragmatically had no choice but to briefly mention all these "Qian Jing" who had not yet disappeared to Zhu Yingzhen, briefly analyze them, and then ask him what he thought.
Zhu Yingzhen's eyes were already red. After listening to Gao Pragmatic's analysis, he immediately slapped his thigh and said impassionedly: "I did it! Whoever doesn't do it will be his grandson!" Then he quickly came over and took Gao Pragmatic's hand, and said from the bottom of his heart: "Pragmatic brother... No, I mean, pragmatic. I'll leave it here today. From now on, you will be my brother. If anyone dares to quarrel with you, then he or I, Zhu Yingzhen, will quarrel with us." I can't get through the Duke's Mansion! Isn't he just Feng Bao? Damn it, it's not easy for the Jinshi gentlemen to offend these bullshit 'internal ministers'. We, the nobles for generations, don't take them seriously! It's pissed off the rest of us. , let’s go to the emperor to make a fuss together, regardless of whether he is holding a pen or holding a palm print, there is only a dead end!”
Gao pragmatically smiled.
My brother Yingzhen, this is what I am waiting for! Eunuchs, regardless of whether they have palm prints or pens, are nothing more than a group of domestic slaves used by the emperor to suppress and balance the civil servants. What is the honor? That is a direct lineage that shares the same relationship with the country and is truly one and the same with the emperor!
Only when there is an emperor can there be nobility, and only with nobility can the emperor intimidate the world - they are the fundamental community of interests!
With the system of the Ming Dynasty, how could there be conflicts with nobles over a few domestic slaves who could be replaced at any time? I'm afraid the emperor's brain is filled with urine rather than water!
