Suzhou City, in the Governor's Mansion.Zhao Ming was wearing regular clothes, sitting in the middle hall, discussing Su Songchang's affairs with many staff.Chen Mingyu, Ma Shiao and others sat on both sides, and the soldiers served refreshments to everyone, but they usually discussed politics, not seriously, and everyone was relatively relaxed.Zhao Ming took a sip of tea, and then looked at the crowd: "I called everyone here today, first, to discuss the current situation and clarify what to do in the future, and second, to take stock of the family."
Which do you think we're going to talk about first?
”Several people looked at each other, and Ma Shiao said: "Marshal, as the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move the grain and grass, it is better to take stock of the family first, so that we can have the confidence to talk about what we want to do in the future." ”Recently, Zhao Ming has spent money like water, and almost all the deposits of the treasury and Huaxing Company have been spent.Ma Shiao had heard about this, but he didn't care about it, and he didn't dare to ask, so he took this opportunity to find out, and he had a good idea.Zhao Mingyu nodded, looked at Chen Mingyu and said, "Sir, tell you about our current financial situation." ”Chen Ming met his head, and immediately said: "Back to the marshal, in recent times, the treasury has been overheaded.The marshal recovered eastern Zhejiang, collected Su Songchang, and the soldiers made a lot of meritorious contributions, and spent 500,000 taels on rewards and pensions, expanded 50,000 soldiers, armor and equipment, allocated to Liangtian, and used more than 1 million taels.In addition, Dashuai invested six million taels to revive Su Songchang, and almost spent the treasury and Huaxing Company's deposits. ”Ma Shiao's face sank, "Dashuai, although most of these coins come from seizures, they can't be spent like this."
Moreover, a large part of them are still raised from gentlemen and businessmen, if they can't pay it back, and if there is no dividend, they will lose people's hearts!
Moreover, now we have 80,000 soldiers in our hands, and we will have to pay 150,000 taels of military pay every month.If there is a war, what should I do?
”In a few months, nearly 10 million taels of silver were spent, which made Ma Shiao unable to ignore it.This was simply too much of a loser for Ma Shiao, which made him worried, and many officials and staff members sitting on both sides were also dissatisfied with Zhao Ming's spending money, and they started to talk about it.Zhao Ming didn't care, in order to develop the economy, the government took the initiative to run a deficit, and when the economy was better, he would pay back the money he owed, which was a very normal thing for Zhao Ming.Moreover, Zhao Ming thought that all this money should be spent, and if he invested six million this year, he would be able to return to his capital in a few years, and he would earn it back exponentially.This account, Zhao Ming was calculated with Chen Mingyu, Chen Mingyu managed the support, and Zhao Ming's plan to revitalize Su Songchang must have his support."
Everyone, don't be impatient!"
Chen Mingyu said: "These expenses have been discussed with Yu.At present, there is still one million taels of silver in the treasury, which is enough for several months' expenses, and Huaxing Company also has one million taels in its account for daily operations.With these two million taels, Donghai Town is enough to operate normally.This time the investment of six million taels, half of the silver money, are raised in the southeast gentleman, and there is this silver money injection, in my estimation, just the silk of the next year, can make a profit of five million taels, if you add the silk weaving industry stimulated, driven by other industries generated by the tax, I expect to be able to collect eight million taels a year.Even if dividends are excluded and a part is set aside for further expansion, two or three million taels can be collected. ”Chen Mingyu glanced at everyone, waved his fists and raised his arms: "This matter is definitely worth doing." ”Before deciding to invest money to revitalize Su Songchang, Zhao Ming and Chen Mingyu first learned about Su Songchang's various walks of life.A fine piece of silk can be sold for six taels in the interior and fifteen taels for export, and if the output can be restored, the profit will be extremely huge.The silk weaving industry needs a large number of workers, and there are also many upstream industries, and after driving it, the tax of the entire Su Songchang will be several times higher.At this time, Zhao Ming also said: "In the past, a corner of the Southern Song Dynasty, the benefits of the sea, and the annual income was tens of millions.I have a lot of land and resources in the Ming Dynasty, and the people are diligent, if you open the trade road of silk, porcelain, and tea, these three can be rich in the world.This two or three million taels is only a conservative estimate, and when Shanghai opens its port, maritime merchants from all over the world will come to trade, and they will only make more money. ”Ma Shiao and the others were stunned when they heard this, and they didn't understand how Chen Mingyu calculated it, but Chen Mingyu was very clear about what he was and knew that it was impossible for him to tell lies.If you invest six million, you can recover the cost in two or three years, and in the future, you will have an income of several million taels per year, and then Donghai Town will definitely be rich and rival the country.After everyone listened, they couldn't help but talk for a while, but at this time, Ma Shiao hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, I still have a trace of doubt in my heart......"
When everyone in the hall was full of enthusiasm, Ma Shiao still had doubts.Zhao Ming frowned slightly, "If Mr. has any doubts, you can say it clearly, as long as it is reasonable, I will naturally be as good as I am." ”"Handsome!
After listening to it, I feel that this matter is indeed a good thing, but I don't know if the marshal has considered it, the husband is not guilty, Su Song is often a place in the world, and the imperial court can let us manage Donghai Town for a few years.Now, the imperial court's reward has not come down so far, and the prefect and county recommended by the marshal have not been officially appointed. ”Ma Shiao has experienced the struggle at the top and has thought about it a lot, "If the imperial court has another appointment to the marshal, the so-called people will go to tea and cool, and the investment of our Donghai Town will not cheapen others in vain." ”These words reminded everyone that Donghai Town took out so much money to revitalize Su Songchang, if the imperial court took back Su Songchang, wouldn't it be in vain.Moreover, there is no need to think about this matter, as long as the imperial court has the strength, it is almost inevitable to take back Su Songchang.After Zhao Ming heard this, he was silent for a while, and he had already handed over the report to the imperial court and the recommendation of talents, but there was no reply so far, which was really chilling.Zhao Ming actually thought about this matter, he was silent for a while, stood up, and said coldly: "There is a handsome day, I see who dares!"
”Of course, he is just angry talk, and I am afraid that there are really people who are not afraid of death.After all, the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, since he is a minister, the court wants to move him, and if he wants to resist, it is not in line with the current values, it is disloyal and rebellious.This kind of thinking is deep-rooted, and if you don't break through, you will always be tied hand and foot, unless you really turn against the court.Obviously, Zhao Ming doesn't want to turn his face with the court now, that will only bury the current anti-Qing situation, but he is afraid that some people in the court will not see it clearly, thinking that he can be bullied, and he really dares to touch his cake.To say that this time the Zhejiang army captured Hangzhou and recovered a large area of land, the reward should have come down a long time ago, but there has been no news so far, which made Zhao Ming a little worried.Ma Shiao and the others listened to Zhao Ming's words, but they just kept a calm face, this sentence was not the solution.Zhao Ming saw that everyone was worried, so he said: "This matter, Mr.
Ma is thinking about Zhou Xiang."
Then all the investments will be assigned to the name of Huaxing Company, the company has Donghai Town as the backing, and there are so many gentry and businessmen as shareholders, I see which one is not afraid of death and dares to move. ”As he was talking, Ding Weiyue came in and walked quickly to Zhao Ming's side and whispered, Zhao Ming raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Nanzhili Supervisor?"
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