Chapter 880 The flow of people at the Million Reward Yuelai Inn is obviously greater than that of the Bafang Hotel, which can also show from the side that the Ming Empire is still more poor.Any industry and any profession follow the 28 law, and the high-income group is only a small part of the people, which has nothing to do with the industry or the profession.Even in the Zhu Ming period, scholars were above all living beings, and in that case, it was not without poor scholars, such as Yu Qian and Haiduan, including Lu Xiangsheng.Compared with the environment of the Bafang Hotel, it seems very ordinary, at least the cleanliness and hygiene of the Yuelai Inn are incomparable to other inns.Although it is a civilian consumption, Yuelai Inn is similar to the express hotels of later generations, whether it is towels, pillows, or bedding, they are all white, and all of them have been sterilized at high temperatures.Just when Quan Xu, Helena, and Sanniang washed up in the guest room, changed into light clothes, and came to the hall on the first floor to eat.In fact, the Bafang Hotel provides the service of delivering food into the guest room, and the price is almost the same as that of the restaurant on the first floor, but Quan Xu is used to being a spectator.The restaurant on the first floor of the Bafang Hotel, the area is not large, after all, willing to be in the individual.Nowadays, few people in the Ming Dynasty wear Confucian shirts to swagger through the city, whether it is officials or students, they all wear black or cyan robes, blue or other colors as formal attire.Traditional scholars still like to wear Confucian shirts, which is their last pride or stubbornness.Just when Quan Xu was about to order, several middle-aged men in cyan Confucian shirts came in at the door, and when they saw that they were wearing sachets, they smelled a smell of sachets when they were far away.If you don't look at these people with your eyes, they are both rich and expensive.In fact, a fat man who was over thirty years old said in a low voice: "Fourth son, please also instruct your subordinates, don't make trouble here, not long ago, Lord Hu of Sichuan Province took his baby son into Beijing, his baby son drunk and rode a horse, hit and injured a pedestrian, obediently lost 2,500 taels of silver, and had to send his son away overnight!"
”"Master Hu?
Hu Zhiyong?
He seems to be just the prefect of Chengdu, right?
A prefect casually took out two thousand five hundred taels of silver, and no one checked his personal finances?
”The expression of the fourth prince was a little underwhelming, and the meaning of ridicule was very obvious."
Haha......
The fourth prince didn't know, this was the new dynasty, and it was not unusual for an official at the level of the prefect to take out two thousand five hundred taels of silver, since he dared to take it out, it proved that there was no problem with this money!
”Quan Xu also smiled faintly when he heard this question, and he didn't think so.On the one hand, 5 percent of the official's salary is deducted every year as a pension, and once the official retires, he can enjoy the imperial court's pension in the future.However, once the law is broken and dereliction of duty, the money will be returned to the treasury for use, such as the Chengdu prefect, the legal income of a year is about 2,500 taels of silver, if the wife and concubine are harmonious and not extravagant and wasteful, then it is not a problem to save 8,000 taels of silver in a few years.At this moment, the fourth prince hurriedly walked past Quan Xu.Soon after, a red-haired Scotsman, led by an interpreter and a servant, entered the hotel.The red-haired man saw Helena sitting next to Jeon Wook, his gaze lingered on Helena for two seconds, and he whistled at Helena.Helena rushed out and made an international friendly gesture, courting a boring, red-haired man who was not angry, it seemed that the other party was also a China expert.Knowing that Da Ming would not be accustomed to them as foreigners, once they broke the law, they would be arrested immediately, and it was very unfriendly that when they were arrested, they would suffer.However, Daming's environment is very good, so you don't have to worry about any robbery or extortion.The red-haired man had just left, and a shadow guard looked at Sanniang, looking at Sanniang with an inquiring gaze, asking if he wanted to teach the other party a lesson.The shadow guard naturally knows Helena's identity, and the crime of molesting Helena can be big or small, and it is not too much to arrest and kill the head.Quan Xu shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's too much!"
”It's not that Quan Xu is too generous, the main thing is that he is now in the micro-service period, if the other party can't flirt and wants to use strong, then Quan Xu will definitely not be polite, for the sake of the other party's interest, he doesn't plan to delve into it.It's just that Quan Xu is a little curious, most of the red-haired people are English, but Quanjiazhuang Town is not a coastal city, why are there Scots?
In the face of Quanxu's doubts, it was the service of Bafang Hotel that gave an explanation.Later, Zhu Weiyuan transferred hundreds of palace ladies to strengthen the textile industry of the family villa, and with the use of steam engines, the production efficiency here increased by hundreds of times.This means that the productivity of a few hundred people is higher than the previous tens of thousands, and with easy transportation, it has become a huge market for meat supply, fur processing, textiles, and porcelain trading.Jeon Xu suddenly realized.In later generations, China is the world's factory, many people may not realize China's regional advantages, to give a very simple example, whether it is clothing processing or the production of electronic products, this industrial chain has many supporting industries.Just like the production of televisions, including picture tubes, or now LEDs, circuit boards, plastic housings, in coastal areas, any place, you can find the corresponding supporting factories within an hour's drive, without the need to process all the links from start to finish.Now the whole family villa is the same, because the breeding industry is developed, so there are many feed factories, animal husbandry and medicine factories around the establishment, fur processing, down processing, of course, including canning factories, the canning processing plant here is a unique condition, because a large amount of meat is slaughtered here, and the remaining leftovers can be purchased cheaply, and there is no need to worry about deterioration.Quan Xu didn't care, just went back to the guest room to rest after eating.In the high-level business conference room on the third floor of the Octagon Hotel, there are men in tight suits standing at the door and in the corridor, and it is clear that this conference room is holding an important secret meeting."
Welcome Mr.
Taylor, this is the fourth son of Ye I introduced to you, Ye Chengchang!""
Abraham Taylor!""
Fortunately, I will be lucky!"
The guests on both sides sat down, and the red-haired Abraham smiled slightly: "I heard that Ye Gongzi has the goods I want in his hands!"
”"Of course, as long as the price is in place, everything is easy to say!"
In the Ming Empire, where money is paramount, it is not without crises.In capitalist society, everything is about interests, as long as the price given is high enough, a person's left hand can sell his right hand, let alone a country or a nation?
Although Quan Xu has enacted strict laws and the punishment for treason is very severe, there are always people who take risks.Ye Chengchang is the son of Ye Xianggao, the former head of the Ming Dynasty, but because Ye Xianggao has long since died, the turmoil of the past few years has been avoided.The most important thing is that Ye Chengxue, the head of the Ye family, is very smart, and before Quan Xu liquidated, he placed a bet in advance, took advantage of the relationship with the Hetao Council, and successfully washed the Ye family, and at the same time, he also separated from the six brothers.Of course, the Ye family lost more than 300,000 mu of land as a result, as well as more than one million taels of usury.At that time, the situation was that he was willing to cooperate with Quan Xu and was not to blame for the past, while Ye was more practical and was compensated in many fields.The Ye clan was involved in the maritime trade very early, and now the scale of the Ye clan's ocean-going fleet is not particularly large, but it has more than 200 transport ships with a transportation capacity of more than one million stones.For the continuation of the family, Ye Chengxue and Ye Chengchang successfully separated, and they seemed to be inseparable from each other, but in fact, they broke their bones and connected tendons.Ye Chengchang also has a small fleet "Chengchang", a total of more than 20 ships, but only responsible for trade in North Korea, Japan's coastal waters, in a very unexpected opportunity, once Ming had a Flying Fish warship in the southern waters of North Korea, hit the reef and sank, Ye Chengchang's fleet took the opportunity to rescue the navy soldiers who fell into the water.The Ming court gave a reward for this kind of rescue of the Ming sailors, and the captain in charge at that time in order to get a bounty, he searched back and forth in the area where the accident occurred, and accidentally salvaged two bow guns.This kind of artillery is the most advanced 28 times the diameter of 130 mm howitzer of the Ming Dynasty.This is a treasure, the Dutch want to get this advanced artillery of the Ming Dynasty.The Spaniards want it too.Of course, the Portuguese and French were no exception, including the navies of all European countries, who had suffered from the Ming Royal Navy, and the naval guns of the sea were far away and powerful, and no matter how many layers of oak armor they reinforced on their battleships, they could not withstand such shells.In the case that they can't fight and can't escape, the countries of Europa have always wanted to purchase this kind of naval gun, and they have spared no expense for this, and Helena has paid 50,000 gold coins for this, which is equivalent to 125 tons of gold per naval gun.Morales proposed a two-column Spanish silver coin of one million, which was between 25 and 27 grams and contained more than 93 percent silver.It's just that Quan Xu refused the sale transaction without hesitation.European countries are also trying to obtain this new type of naval artillery, but unfortunately they have never had the opportunity, first of all, this naval gun is huge, and with the transportation capacity of this era, it is very difficult.In addition, the Gun Bureau is defended by an independent garrison brigade, and it is impossible to steal it out.Abraham Taylor was nominally an employee of the British East India Company, but in fact he was a pirate loyal to the royal family, and the British did not hesitate to buy this new naval gun of the Ming Dynasty, and Charles I even offered a reward of one million pounds.You must know that before 1820, the British pound was not actually the gold standard, but the silver standard, the original British pound was equivalent to 350 grams of silver, but with the advent of the Age of Discovery, the British pound depreciated, but now the British pound is still 1 to 120 grams.This means that one million pounds is equivalent to more than three million silver.