Chapter six hundred and ninety seventh debts do not worry
There are four other highlights of this agreement:
The first is the land mortgage. To be honest, the current Runing Army is very nervous about its own land and cannot afford these 240,000 acres of land. Although the delivery date is five years later, as the Runing Army continues to allocate
By giving land to your retired soldiers and expiring serfs, the land of the Runing Army will become even more tense.
Obviously, the Runing Army must get out of its own territory and go outside to plunder and plunder. This is destined to implement an offensive policy, which is to go out. If the original Jimin Reclamation Trading Company is
If semi-officials go out to occupy land for farming, then the Runing Army will now completely convert it to full-official farming.
The second is the establishment of trading houses. Here, both the Runing Army and the Yangzhou salt merchants actually count the imperial industry and other people's private industry as their own. To put it more seriously, they actually no longer regard the imperial industry as their own.
The law was taken seriously, and it was completely on the verge of rebellion. In addition, in order to seize the salt field, salt wells and salt sales areas, the Runing Army's policy was destined to be offensive. This is similar to the first point.
So this brings us to the third point. The agreement between Wu Shigong and the Yangzhou salt merchants on business expansion can only be a verbal agreement, and no piece of paper can be left as evidence. Of course, this can also be seen that the Yangzhou salt merchants’ commitment to Wu Shigong is quite
trust.
The last step is the distribution of shares in commercial banks. There is nothing to talk about about Runingjun's shares, but Wu Shigong put restrictions on the shares of Yangzhou salt merchants to prevent one of them from having too large a share. This is also a preventive measure to prevent
In the salt industry, there is one company that is too big to get rid of.
Because if the Runing Army finally seizes the world, the salt tax will still become an important tax for the Wu Dynasty. Wu Shigong must take precautions at this time to prevent losing part of the salt tax. However, because of the current relationship with the Yangzhou salt merchants
Through cooperation, it is conceivable that they will become bigger in the salt industry. But now, in order to solve the financial shortage of Runing Army, Wu Shigong can only ignore this problem in the future.
Through this incident, we can actually see that with the victory of the Runing Army, some interest groups began to take the initiative to board the chariot of the Runing Army. Wu Shigong's personal leadership position in this group is also increasing.
The more stable it is.
In the army, if all the generals in the Runing Army want to break away from the Runing Army, regardless of whether their subordinates will agree or not, if they don’t have the financial resources controlled by Wu Shigong, those troops will immediately fall apart. So with Wu Shigong,
The army is simply monolithic. Even the Xue Mansion faction only has its own opinions on the issue of Wu Shigong's successor, but they absolutely dare not challenge Wu Shigong, the leader. Even Wu Shigong's father-in-law, Xue Lian, did not come forward.
This is especially true in the civil service system. Because Wu Shigong was not qualified to open a government office, almost none of the civil servants in the Runing Army had the qualifications to be officials in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, without the Runing Army, they were actually nothing. So they also
I am absolutely of the same mind as Runing Jun.
The same is true for interest groups. Whether it is Runing, the official gentry group in Guide, or the Jiangnan consortium, or the Yangzhou salt merchant consortium, their profits must be supported by the Runing army. And this support is becoming more and more important.
The more it evolved into supporting Wu Shigong personally, which was contrary to the wishes of the imperial court, these interest groups also began to completely favor the Runing Army.
So when the Runing Army returned to Runing, these interest groups began to show their power. There was an endless stream of distinguished guests visiting Wu Shigong, and the gifts and rewards they sent were piled up. And when Wu Shigong offered the same conditions as the Yangzhou salt merchants
, after using the land five years later as collateral to borrow money, he immediately raised another 300,000 taels, which made Wu Shigong feel astonished at the wealth of the people.
And those interest groups completely regarded this loan as a feast. One acre of land cost 225 yuan, which is a quarter of the market price. This opportunity is too rare, so those wealthy families are completely crazy. Although
It will take five years to get these lands, but these rich people are not worried about the Runing Army breaking their promise, nor are they worried that the Runing Army will not be able to grab these lands. What’s funny is that these people have more confidence in the Runing Army than Wu Shigong himself.
Much more than enough.
Not only that, in Yangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, and all over the south of the Yangtze River, a large number of officials and gentry began to raise money and wanted to loan money to the Runing Army. They were also afraid that Wu Shigong would not agree. So in the blink of an eye, Wu Shigong stopped worrying about money.
Not having enough money turns into worrying about having too much money. What a happy worry!
And it’s not enough for Wu Shigong not to accept the money. This has become a weather vane, which shows which family the Runing Army is close to and which family has a close relationship. If you casually refuse to accept it, not only is it not a good thing, but it will also offend people for no reason.
.It seems that the officials, gentry, and wealthy people are all crying and shouting: "Hurry up and take away all our money!"
So Wu Shigong didn't refuse anyone who came. Anyway, it would be better to have more money now. He also told Deng Qifan that if anyone sent money in the future, he would accept it as well. Anyway, if there are more lice, he won't be itchy, and if he has more debts, he won't have to worry about it.
As for whether we will be able to come up with so much land in five years? Let’s talk about it then! People are so light and relaxed without pressure!
However, Wu Shigong did not have no choice in collecting money. At least two families refused to accept it. One family was Ruan Dacheng who also came to Runing to congratulate Wu Shigong; the other was the Zheng family from Fujian.
"Mr. Yuan Hai! You have already flourished in your humble abode, so why do you need your money? I really don't dare to accept it if I am late!" Wu Shigong said with a smile.
"I don't want to hide it from Chang Jing. I don't have much wealth. The mere 20,000 taels is just a token of my gratitude. I am just returning home to congratulate Chang Jing. I hope Chang Jing doesn't need to refuse." Ruan Dacheng also smiled and said politely.
Originally, Ruan Dacheng came to Runing to visit Wu Shigong with Hou Fangyu's letter of introduction. He just wanted to get in touch with Wu Shigong and get to know each other first. However, when Ruan Dacheng learned about the Runing Army's debt repayment, he made an immediate decision.
, he was immediately willing to pay 20,000 yuan to befriend Wu Shigong. How could Ruan Dacheng give up on such a good thing that would sell well and make money at the same time?
"Mr. Yuan Hai is famous all over the world. I can't even invite you to come to me on weekdays. How can I let you spend money? I accept the gift but don't accept the gift. The best gift is when someone comes. However, the late student has few talents and little knowledge, and many things are not done carefully.
, we need the help of someone as big as Mr. Yuan Hai. The most troublesome thing now is the resettlement of the refugees. There is wasteland here in Wansheng, but we need the people to take care of it. We are a little worried, and it happens that Mr. Wansheng is here. So Wansheng has an unsympathetic feeling here.
Please give me 10,000 acres of land first and share it with hundreds of households for the later generations. The stock exchange in Runing will also issue new bonds. If you are interested, sir, can you stay in Runing for a few more days?" Wu Shigong said.
Ruan Dacheng understood what Wu Shigong meant as soon as he heard it. He pointed at Wu Shigong and did not refuse. The two of them immediately laughed.