With the participation of Sun Xin and many big families, big gentry, and big landowners in the Jiangnan area, the land in Songhu increased steadily, and soon reached a sky-high price of nearly 500 taels of silver per acre.
At this time, anyone with a clear mind will know that this is definitely a hype, constantly raising the land prices in Songhu.
Five hundred taels of silver, this is no small number.
You must know that a few taels of silver are enough to marry a daughter-in-law. For ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty, these five hundred taels of silver are absolutely astronomical figures.
But now I can only buy one acre of land in Songhu.
The key is that you can't buy land even if you have money, because the land here in Songhu is now basically concentrated in the hands of big landowners, big gentry, and big families like Songhu.
These people relied on their local advantages and were local snakes. They bought and sold some small farmers here in Songhu, and concentrated all the land in Songhu into their own hands.
Not only the two sides of the Huangpu River, but even the fields here on Chongming Island are slowly concentrated in the hands of these people.
Of course, for this reason, these big landowners, big gentry, and big families in Songhu have borrowed a lot from foreign countries. Even if they have some money for an acre of land with a few hundred taels of silver, it is not enough to support them.
The land was bought into his own hands.
These people are just like the stock investors of later generations, holding stocks in their hands and drinking tea every day, hoping that the stock price will continue to rise.
During this period of time, the price of land in Songhu has soared, and various gossips have added fuel to the fire, with the participation of major wealthy families, gentry, and landowners in the south of the Yangtze River.
They all created an illusion for them, that is, the land in Songhu is equivalent to the land in Tianjin now. In the future, this place will become the external port of the south and become the second Tianjin. The land here will be valuable in the future.
So now an acre of land costs more than 500 taels, which is not expensive at all, not at all. It will definitely continue to rise until it is the same as the price of land here in Tianjin.
Some people have even analyzed that the land value here in Songhu is higher than that in Tianjin.
Tianjin only relies on the capital city, but Songhu can rely on the Jiangnan area, the richest area in the entire Ming Dynasty, and can also radiate along the Yangtze River to Huguang, Jiangxi and other places.
At the same time, it is at the middle point of shipping. It can go to Tianjin, and it can go to Zhejiang, Fujian, Ryukyu, and Guangdong. The geographical advantage is far beyond that of Tianjin.
So some people have analyzed that once Songhu develops, it will soon surpass Tianjin and become the largest port city in the Ming Dynasty.
Driven by many news, not only the local landowners, gentry and big families in Songhu believed that Songhu's future would be very brilliant.
Even in nearby places such as Nanzhili, Suhang, and Zhejiang, a large number of people came to Songhu with boxes of silver and banknotes, hoping to buy some land investment from these people.
People didn't pay attention to it before, but after a real analysis, they immediately felt that the location of Songhu is really good and indeed has great investment value.
Everyone believes that the land in Songhu will continue to rise. The whole of Songhu is full of people looking to buy land, with hundreds of taels of silver per acre, making the people in Songhu County raise their heads when walking, as if
A very arrogant look.
Songhua Tower.
"Haha, it's gone up again, it's gone up again, it's almost six hundred taels of silver per acre."
"Have you noticed that even the Tomorrow Morning News is reporting on what happened here in Songhu?"
Zheng Liangzuo held a newspaper in his hand and said excitedly to everyone present.
"The Ming Dynasty Morning Post is still of good quality. If you look at the analysis above, why didn't we know that Songhu's geographical location was so important before?"
"You see, our Songhu is backed by Jiangnan, and the Yangtze River connects the Huguang area. To the north, we can go to Tianjin, Korea, and Japan, and to the south, we can go to Ryukyu, Fujian, Guangdong, and Southeast Asia."
"Songhu will definitely develop into the most prosperous and affluent place in the Ming Dynasty in the future."
Zheng Liangzuo was very happy. He was now the largest landowner in Songhu, holding one-fifth of the land in Songhu. For this reason, he not only emptied all the wealth in his family, but also even sent money to Jiangnan.
Many banks, big families, and big landowners in this area have borrowed millions of taels of silver.
It can be said to be extremely crazy, just like the stock investors of later generations, after tasting a little sweetness, they not only sold cars and houses, but even borrowed money from their relatives and friends, and dared to borrow money from loan sharks to speculate in stocks.
"In the past, our Ming Dynasty had a forbidden sea, and sails were not allowed to go into the sea. Therefore, even though our Songhu has a very advantageous geographical location, it is of no use."
"It's different now. The imperial court is slowly lifting the maritime ban and encouraging foreign trade, and our position in Songhu has gradually become more prominent."
"It's better to open the sea, so that everyone can earn more money from outside."
"I have also done research here. If Songhu is opened in the future, we can go south from Songhu to the Nanyang region, and then east to Australia. I heard that the gold and silver in Australia will not be less than in the Golden Continent.
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"Furthermore, the number of native Australians is very small, and the land is vast and sparsely populated. They will definitely be occupied by our Ming Dynasty in the future."
"You can also reach South Gold Island from Australia further east. Think about it, if this route is opened by then, our position in Songhu will be terrible."
"This Golden Continent is full of gold. Last year, ten ships led by Taiping Hou Du Mingen brought back gold and silver worth 30 million taels of silver from Golden Continent."
"Think about it, everyone. From now on, when people from the south of the Yangtze River go to Huanghuangzhou, Australia, and Nanyang, they will have to start from here in Songhu. Do you think the land here is valuable?"
"The Ming Dynasty Morning Post said it well, this place will definitely surpass Tianjin in the future."
Xu Pu also spread out a world map, drew several important places and lines on the map, and said excitedly while talking.
Now he no longer says that the imperial court is too greedy for profit, or that it is not good to open the sea. Instead, he is a firm supporter of the open sea and feels that the court has done the right thing.
Because only when the sea is opened can the importance of Songhu be reflected, so that the large amount of Songhu land he holds in his hands can be valuable.
"Mr. Xu's analysis is correct."
"The northern route to Golden Island is limited. It cannot be taken in winter because there will be a large amount of floating ice in the Bailing Strait in winter, which will seriously endanger ships."
"But there is no problem at all if you take the route Mr. Xu just mentioned. Because these places are hot, there will be no ice floes at all, and there are land and islands along the way. It is safer and there will definitely be more in the future.
Many people take the southern route.”
Some people have also followed up the analysis, and they have been paying close attention to this aspect during this period of time.
Each one of them didn't pay any attention to this aspect before, but now that it is related to their own interests, each one of them actually studied it to a very high level. They all saw that the world outside the Ming Dynasty was very rich and prosperous, and they saw Song
Shanghai has a superior geographical location.
"Haha, no matter what, our land in Songhu will continue to rise~"
After hearing what everyone said, Zheng Liangzuo became even more happy.
I didn't understand it before, but now after careful study, I suddenly understand that people like me are sitting on a mountain of gold and silver, but they still have to live by collecting rent from tenants. They are really begging for food with a golden rice bowl.
"It will definitely go up~"
"Price prices in places like Tianjin have gone crazy now. A thousand taels of silver per acre is more expensive than land in the capital, let alone our city in Songhu."
"Our location in Songhu is much better than that in Tianjin. Now we only have more than 600 taels of silver per acre of land."
"The main reason is that our place in Songhu has not developed yet. I heard that those Yankees want to invest and build factories here. I think we should support them."
"I know about Tianjin. The reason why Tianjin's land keeps rising is because there are a large number of factories and workshops. A factory and workshop can have as few as a few hundred people, as many as thousands or tens of thousands. How many people are there in Tianjin?
Thousands of factories and workshops.”
"Tianjin used to have only tens of thousands of people, but now it has millions of people. Can the price of land not rise?"
"If we, Songhu, want to develop, we still need to learn from the people in the north, open factories and workshops, and attract more people to Songhu. Coupled with our superior geographical location, it surpasses Tianjin, which is just a
It took two years for Tianjin to develop well, but it only took about three years."
Xu Pu said with great certainty.
In the past, he was the most opposed to opening factories and workshops, because he felt that if there were too many factories and workshops, there would be no one to farm the land, and they, the landowners and gentry, would have to drink from the northwest wind.
But things are different now. In order to let the land in Songhu continue to rise, he carefully studied Tianjin and immediately felt that there were many benefits to setting up factories and workshops, the most important of which was to promote the rise in land prices.
"Yes, yes, setting up factories and workshops. I heard that setting up a textile factory requires an investment of hundreds of thousands, but you can get your investment back in one year, and you will make money in the future."
"Everyone should know about the Wang family in Zhejiang. Their Caiyun Textile Factory is the largest textile factory in the capital. It is said that they earn millions of taels of silver a year."
"I have also thought about it. I am going to borrow hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to open a textile factory here in Songhu. Our Songhu is backed by Jiangnan and we need silk and people, let alone cloth.
Don’t worry about selling it, keep it and make money.”
When Zheng Liangzuo heard this, he immediately nodded.
In the past, these factory owners and workshop owners in the north didn't pay any attention to them. Now after some research, I found out that they are making so much money.
