Wu Mengming smiled and said: "I am willing to be a middleman, and someone happens to be willing to buy some land."
The man immediately asked: "There is no profit from farming now, why doesn't he go into the cement business?"
Wu Mengming smiled sheepishly and said: "He is a father-in-law in the palace.
He got some money and did not dare to show his wealth, so he could only buy some fields in this country.
No matter what, it is better than being buried in a pig pen."
Everyone was relieved of their doubts.
Since he was the father-in-law in the palace, the source of the money might not be righteous, so of course he would not dare to open a factory and make it known to everyone.
Buying some fields in the countryside is also a profitable business, although it is slower.
Wu Mengming said: "Cement has a great role and the demand is greater.
Railways and official roads need to be built from the capital to Shanhaiguan.
Cement cannot be transported from the capital to here, so even if ten cement plants are opened in Lulong It’s not enough.
Please think about it, there won’t be that store after passing this village.”
Someone else asked: "Sir, since this year's harvest is about to disappear, is my father-in-law still willing to buy land?"
Wu Mengming naturally understood what he meant: "My father-in-law said that the land can be purchased at five times the normal production of Tianqi in three years."
To put it simply, land prices in the Ming Dynasty rose first and then fell.
During the Hongwu period, the price of land was one tael of silver per mu.
Later, it gradually rose, reaching a maximum of more than 40 taels per mu.
Later, it dropped again, and the current market price is about two to three taels.
If the positive output in the third year of Tianqi is not included in the calculation, the average farmland can be worth ten yuan and five taels of silver per mu.
This is far beyond the market price.
Wu Mengming smiled again and said: "My father-in-law naturally doesn't know the price of the land, so I just say how much it is."
Everyone was overjoyed, but they also understood that selling the land would give the commander Tongzhi some transfer fees.
So someone tried to say: "I wonder what you think the real price should be."
Wu Mengming smiled and said: "I think eight or nine yuan should be about the same.
Just pick the middle number."
Although Wu Mengming asked for a dollar and a half, everyone still felt hot when they thought of the market price.
The land price is eighty-five yuan, I'm afraid it's really not easy to come across now.
Another person said: "Of course we have to keep some fields for ourselves.
We cannot sell all the fields.
This will cause some fields to be unable to be connected.
Will my father-in-law find it inconvenient?"
Wu Mengming frowned and thought for a moment and said, "My father-in-law doesn't know how to plant by himself.
All he needs to do is read the field deeds, regardless of whether they are connected or separate."
And someone finally discovered the problem: "Sir, my father-in-law bought the land, where can I find people to plant it?
All the tenants have gone to the mines."
Wu Mengming smiled and said: "You only know that the north is vast and sparsely populated, and no one is cultivating the land.
But you know that the south is now more populated and less land, and many people have no land to cultivate at all.
My father-in-law moved people from the south to help him cultivate the land.
It’s not a piece of cake.”
Everyone knew that they were no match for the father-in-law and could not move people from the south to farm the land.
They cursed in their hearts for a while and felt a little proud of taking advantage of the father-in-law.
Everyone should go back to discuss with their families and make an appointment with Wu Mengming to come together to issue the contract tomorrow.
After Wu Mengming waited for everyone to disperse, he went to the guest room of the back office.
Yang Lian was playing chess with the county magistrate.
When he saw him coming in, he asked: "Wu Tongzhi, how did it go?"
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Wu Mengming bowed and said: "Everything is as expected by the imperial envoy.
They really want to sell the land to run the cement business.
I promised them that the land price will be eighty-five yuan."
Yang Lian shook his head and said: "This is the Emperor's Holy Might, not my idea."
The county magistrate asked with some worry: "Is cement really so easy to make money?
If they lose money, they will have to blame the court for deceiving them."
Yang Lian smiled and said: "No one can guarantee that they will make money when doing business, but cement, as long as they don't go through evil ways, can indeed make money.
The cement factory in Beijing has made more than 800,000 yuan this year.
This is still Net profit after deducting taxes.
The rocks on your mountain are more suitable for starting a cement factory.
This is the report of the graduates.
Besides, the land price of 8.5 yuan is much higher than the current market price."
The county magistrate asked again: "Is your Majesty planning to implement it nationwide?
Then where can you get so much money to buy land?"
Yang Lian said: "The emperor said this is called a pilot.
Let's try it first and see how it goes.
It would be unrealistic to do it nationwide.
There is a big difference between the south and the north.
The emperor said there is no need to rush.
Let's take our time after we find a way."
The county magistrate lamented: "There is land to the tiller.
If we really do this, our Ming Dynasty will last for tens of thousands of years.
The rule of three generations will be nothing more than this."
Yang Lian nodded and said: "Yes, the emperor sees far and thinks deeply.
But there are still some people who are not satisfied.
Now some people below say that the emperor is a craftsman emperor who only knows how to hang out with craftsmen and ignores government affairs.
These people, the emperor Qin Zheng doesn’t like it.
He thinks the emperor doesn’t trust the officials, and he doesn’t like it when the emperor delegates power.
I really don’t know what to say about these people.”
Wu Mengming said angrily: "Catch a few of them and go to prison for a while.
Naturally, they won't dare to chirp anymore."
Yang Lian shook his head and said: "The emperor's thoughts are not quite the same as ours.
But we ministers don't dare to speculate on what exactly will happen, so just do what the emperor ordered.
In the past few years, the emperor has not made a mistake."
Wu Mengming said: "Last time I heard from the factory owner that the emperor is playing a very big game of chess.
He is playing stupidly and doesn't understand the meaning."
Yang Lian said: "The emperor uses the world as a chessboard and all the people as chess pieces.
Yang Lian is willing to be a pawn crossing the river, charging into battle, and not regretting it even if he dies."
Wu Mengming said: "Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, the factory master also said something like this last time, and the Emperor deeply appreciates it."
Yang Lian's expression remained unchanged, but in her heart she wanted to scold her.
He has a complicated view of Wei Zhongxian.
In the past, I just looked down on him for his flattery to the emperor.
Later, he became the director of the Dongchang Factory and did some pretty good things.
But for some reason, he changed from looking down on him to being disgusted with it.
There was no reason, no reason, I couldn't stand it.
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Inexplicably, I always feel that Wei Zhongxian is very bad.
The two of them seem to have a natural hatred, but I don't know where the hatred lies.
So when I heard Wu Mengming juxtapose him with Wei Zhongxian, I felt uncomfortable.
Wu Mengming didn't know, so he asked: "Your Majesty, my subordinates will go to sign a non-sale contract with them tomorrow.
Do you have anything else to explain?"
Yang Lian handed over to the county magistrate and said: "Tomorrow I will trouble the Ming Dynasty.
Wu Tongzhi will be the buyer for the time being, and we can exchange the lease when the fields are divided in the future."
The county magistrate hurriedly said: "This is an internal matter for the lower official, and you should not be so polite as the imperial envoy.
The lower official will instruct the junior officials tomorrow to complete the contract."
Yang Lian sighed: "This kind of thing requires deception.
Yang Lian, Yang Lian, you don't feel ashamed at all.
It shows that you have changed."
The county magistrate said: "In order to serve the country and the people without harming its interests, deception is a last resort.
The imperial envoy does not need to blame himself
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