Chapter 1057: Farming and studying heirlooms, not only to study, but also to buy land
Chapter 1057: Farming, reading and inheriting the family, not only requires studying, but also buying land, this is the old business (please subscribe)
"Hey, what are your orders, sir?" Butler Cheng Fu quickly sat down in front of the desk, as if he was all ears.
"I am spreading my branches and leaves. Our old Cheng family has six children and one daughter, so we can be considered prosperous."
"The eldest brother will inherit my title in the future, and the second brother will be able to marry me in the future, so his future will not be too bad."
"This third child... is a good baby, but a bit too noisy..."
Having said this, General Cheng and the steward Fu Shu wiped their faces in unison.
After Cheng Yaojin finished wiping his face, he coughed slightly embarrassed and said seriously.
"I was in the court before, and after hearing what Your Majesty said, I am afraid that Jiaozhou will be vigorously expanded in the future."
"Nowadays, the land there is so vast and sparsely populated that even one acre of land is not worth much."
Uncle Fu, the housekeeper, immediately reacted and rolled his eyes. "Sir, you mean to buy land in Jiaozhou..."
"Yes, let alone the land in Guanzhong, even if it is the land in the Central Plains, where is there any excess?"
"Farming and studying to inherit the family requires not only studying, but also buying land. This is an old profession. Reading alone is of no use."
Uncle Fu, the housekeeper, nodded with deep understanding.
"My master is absolutely right. Merely reading the Four Books and Five Classics is not enough. You must have land in your hands. Where there is land, there will be food."
Cheng Yaojin nodded approvingly.
Butler Cheng Fu quickly fell to the ground and spoke loudly.
"Sir, I am willing to go and help our old Cheng family."
Cheng Yaojin raised his hand to help the housekeeper Cheng Fu up, shook his head and said.
"Get up quickly. This family cannot be without you inside and outside. You should stay in Chang'an."
"So, I thought about it and decided to pick a few smart people and take a group of brothers, half of whom would go to Guangzhou first."
"Guangzhou?" Cheng Fu looked at his master in confusion.
Then he saw Cheng Yaojin laughing and stroking his thick beard like a steel needle.
"The Guangzhou area is considered the largest town in Lingnan and is where the Lingnan administrative seat is located.
The population there is densely populated, so even if you want to buy cattle, it is easier than other places."
"The other half, go directly to Jiaozhou, where you can have 10 million acres of land. Isn't it too much for our old Cheng family to acquire tens of thousands of acres of fertile land?"
"As long as our Cheng family can take root there, it will be easy to handle. Saburo and the others are tinkering with their affairs.
We mess around with ourselves, and if something happens, we can take care of each other."
"By the way, I remember that the "Chang'an Xunbao" of that boy Lao San seems to have not spread this matter yet?"
"Not really. I just said that Li Erlang from Duke Wei's family discovered the three-season rice."
"I knew this kid might have forgotten all about it." Having said this, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but feel happy.
"This is really a good thing, but maybe the boy your Majesty told you is worried about the evil-minded people in Chang'an."
The steward Cheng Fu naturally understood who his master was referring to when he said this, and he was referring to those aristocratic families that have been passed down for thousands of years.
For aristocratic families, changing dynasties has nothing to do with them. They only need to control the population, control the cultivated land, and control the popularity and knowledge.
"I'll talk to those old brothers later, and we'll have a good chat with each other. No one will think that they have too much land."
"The master is wise." Butler Cheng Fu bowed respectfully to Cheng Yaojin and said sincerely.
"Hehehehe... I'm not like those little brats like Lao San and others. They do all the nonsense."
"If you want to do it, you have to do big things..."
The butler, Uncle Fu, tried his best to flatter General Cheng while giving him a full serving of Cheng's secret Sanle juice to quench his thirst.
A group of young people are working secretly on the pepper matter.
And a group of Tang Dynasty dignitaries and important military generals were also secretly talking to each other.
Everyone felt that Cheng Yaojin's proposal was promising, not to mention that their own children wanted to build a pepper plantation.
In this case, it is also good to develop some fertile land by the way, to do one thing, and to do two things.
Therefore, General Cheng's proposal was quickly recognized by a group of brothers, just when the Han and Tang Dynasty merchants were planning a pepper plantation.
A group of famous generals of the Tang Dynasty also secretly formed an alliance to develop Jiaozhou.
Even if His Majesty is not happy, if such a large number of military officials like them work together to develop it, it will not be too great if His Majesty is defeated.
Besides, if those civil servants, especially those from aristocratic families who have been in power for thousands of years, take action.
Those people are really experienced drivers who eat people without spitting out their bones.
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Cheng Chubi, Li Ke, Fang Jun, and Brother Li Dejiao all squatted in the Imperial Medical Office and muttered.
After all, Cheng Sanlang is a person with a serious job. Although he doesn't do serious things, he still has to go to work. He can't be late and leave early all the time, right?
However, today the four of them squatted in the Imperial Medical Office and did not play cards, which made the handyman guarding the door unable to sleep.
After hearing that Cheng Chubi had invited two merchants, one was Zhao, a well-known cloth merchant in Chang'an City, and the other was shopkeeper Mo, a merchant from Lingnan.
And Cheng Chubi explained in detail the purpose of letting these two companies join the Han and Tang Commercial Banks as minority shareholders.
Li Ke couldn't help but raised his thumbs at the stroke with high spirits.
"Wonderful, Brother Chu Bi, you have thought carefully. The two merchants can at least supervise each other."
"Besides, the Zhao family has silk, and the Mo family is engaged in shipping. I know, little brother, that the huge profits of this maritime business are not much worse than those of the Hu merchants from the East."
"Our pepper business didn't make any money in the first two years, but with their participation, we will make money in the next two years."
Li Dejiang nodded with deep understanding and interjected.
"Three worthy brothers, Gu Ming, the eldest son of the Gu family, I also personally visited Brother Yu and informed him."
"Originally I wanted to give him five shares as we discussed before, but it turns out this guy is also a clever guy.
When he heard that so many of us brothers were joining forces, he only wanted three shares."
Hearing this, Li Ke, who loved making friends the most, nodded.
"Well, he seems to be a well-informed and knowledgeable person. He came over here and got together with the brothers."
Fang Jun thought of something interesting with some joy.
"By the way, have you heard that the price of pepper in Chang'an City has increased by another 30%? It's a pity that there is no market for it."
After hearing this, Li Ke couldn't help but become a little nervous.
"Please don't spread the word, otherwise we will be the target of public criticism."
Cheng Chubi and others nodded in deep agreement, and almost plundered all the pepper that was not much in Chang'an market.
I don’t know how many people will scold me, but no one wants to be stabbed in the back.
But it doesn't matter if the price goes up. After a while, when those Hu merchants and Tianzhu merchants who revolt in favor of wealth arrive, the price will naturally fall back.
"Since you don't have any objections, I'll go back and inform you brothers, and the matter will be settled."
"No problem, now we just need to wait for the pepper purchases from each family to be picked up, and if the Zhao family's silk can be collected as soon as possible, and if my family's items are in sufficient quantity, we can set off."