Chapter 799: Drawing fire from under the cauldron (Part 2)
Fang Jun said with a smile: "Have you never paid attention to the full name of my navy? It is the 'Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty'! My navy is under the dual supervision of Your Majesty and the Ministry of War, but strictly speaking, it is only controlled by The Ministry of War is in charge, and the real ownership right belongs to Your Majesty! No matter how high the authority of the Political Affairs Hall is, can it still manage His Majesty's private army?"
Don't blame Xiao Ban, Xiao Ming and others for being confused. Strictly speaking, there has never been an army in Chinese history that was completely controlled by the emperor and had nothing to do with the Ministry of War and other departments. Even Cao Wei's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the great ancestor Li Yuan The Yuan Cong Forbidden Army, and even His Majesty Li Er's Black Armor Cavalry, are not the royal army in the true sense.
Xiao Ming's eyes suddenly lit up!
If the Royal Navy is really not under the control of the Ministry of War, the Political Hall will naturally have no jurisdiction over it. This is completely outside their scope of authority!
The long history of the Royal Navy...
Even if he is not the number two figure in the Navy, he is at least the one with the most power and can fully satisfy his desire to enter politics! What’s more, this is the emperor’s private army. Now it is controlled by a powerful figure like Fang Jun, and it will be the main force in the Eastern Expedition in the future. , the development prospects are bound to be broad!
Instead of staying at home, getting moldy and having nothing to love, why not go to the Navy and try your luck? Maybe if you catch His Majesty's eye, you can achieve something successful?
Xiao Ming's heart suddenly beat, as if there was a joy and longing for rebirth, and he turned to look at Xiao Ban. He naturally knew that if he joined the Navy, it would mean that the Xiao family would stand by Fang Jun without reservation, at least in the eyes of the outside world. It will be like this...
That means standing on the opposite side of the entire Jiangnan gentry!
Such a move will definitely cause an uproar in Jiangnan, and the consequences are unpredictable. And it is not difficult to guess the real intention of Fang Jun's move, which is to divide and disintegrate the alliance between the Xiao family and the Jiangnan gentry!
But Xiao Ming really doesn't want to pursue nothing and live a life of regret without love...
Xiao Ban frowned tightly.
Fang Jun's move, whether it was premeditated or impromptu, created a huge problem for the Xiao family! According to the family's standpoint, it should be rejected, but from an emotional point of view, Xiao Ban couldn't say Words of rejection.
Xiao Ming's eyes looked at him, full of longing and pleading. It was a desire to come back from the dead and come back to life...
Xiao Ban shook his head and smiled bitterly, looked at Fang Jun and said: "General manager, you are posing a problem for me..."
Fang Jun said calmly: "It's difficult to have both ends of the world. You can't have your cake and eat it too."
After saying that, he left enough time for Xiao Ban to consider the trade-off, turned his attention to the Zhu brothers, and said straight to the point: "I intend to build several salt farms in Huating Town, but I have neither the manpower nor the energy, and I don't know if there are any wise men. Interested in participating?”
Zhu Jian asked in astonishment: "What is a salt field?"
"Guanzi" records: "At the beginning of late spring, the people of Beihai boil the sea into salt." To boil the sea into salt is to put seawater into a container and boil it, evaporating the water and crystallizing it into salt. As long as there is fuel, the seaside can be used everywhere. Salt can be boiled, so there is no such thing as a "salt farm". Seawater boiled salt has been around since ancient times, but seawater sun-dried salt did not appear until much later, at least before the Tang Dynasty, so Zhu Jian did not know what a "salt farm" was. .
Fang Jun said: "I have mastered a brand-new method of making salt, which does not require fuel for cooking, but requires a lot of space and labor. I have inherited the grace of the Holy Spirit, and my affairs are complicated. I need to build a military port, a shipyard, and prepare for construction. The Shipping Department, therefore, does not have enough energy to take care of the affairs of the salt field. If you are interested, you can join in, and the profits will naturally be huge."
Zhu Jian and Zhu Qu looked at each other, thinking in silence.
The two of them have absolutely no doubt about how much profit this so-called "salt farm" can make. Fang Jun's reputation as the "God of Wealth" is not in vain. It is based on his classic methods that can be passed down to future generations.
Created. If we only talk about the art of amassing money, it can be said that no one in the world can surpass him.
But just like the Xiao family's concerns, Fang Jun wants to use huge profits to win over the Zhu family and divide the alliance of the Jiangnan gentry...
The Jiangnan overseas Chinese surnames are headed by "Wang Xie Yuan Xiao". Among them, the Langya Wang family has declined and has now switched to Fang Jun's camp. The Xie family is wavering and always follows the Xiao family's lead, but now it seems that the Xiao family will find it difficult to refuse Fang Jun's offer.
The temptation of the Xie family is not difficult to figure out. The Yuan family has always been neutral, does not get too involved with other families, and flaunts its aloofness.
The Wu surname in Jiangdong is headed by "Gu Lu Zhu Zhang". The Gu family is a staunch "house flipper" and will never have an affair with Fang Jun. The Lu family was ruined, but Lu Xiaoyu and Fang Jun turned their feud into friendship and helped Fang Jun frame Zhu.
, Xiao, Changsun and other families have already made their positions clear, and it is said that a big business is going on with Fang Jun. The Zhang family is similar to the Yuan family. Although they are not obsessed with official career, they do not interact too much with other families and have little restraint on their children.
Yan, the cliff bank is high, and it is quite similar to the legacy of Zhang Han in the Western Jin Dynasty who "saw the autumn wind blowing and thought about wild vegetables, water shield soup, and seabass in Wuzhong", so he gave up his official position and returned to Wu...
The so-called "Jiangnan gentry" are headed by these eight surnames.
But Zhu Jian suddenly discovered that the originally monolithic Jiangnan gentry alliance was gradually falling apart unknowingly, and was about to become a piece of loose sand...
Zhu Jian had to think carefully about the future path of the Zhu family, whether to stick to the seemingly huge but increasingly scattered ship of the Jiangnan gentry, or to switch to Fang Jun, the upstart who was gradually rising and holding the Tianxian...
Zhu Qu suddenly asked: "I don't know how much salt this new method of making salt can produce per year?"
There was a sudden silence in the hall.
Zhu Jian almost raised his hands to cover his face...
I know you love money, but brother, this is not a matter of how much salt is produced or how much it is sold for, right? This is a matter of stance, a matter of standing in line. Even if Fang Jun is given a gold mountain, if you can't stand over it, you can't; on the contrary,
Even if you don’t have a penny, you still have to stop when you need to!
How come this fool loves money more and more as he gets older?
Zhu Qu was also a little embarrassed by everyone's gazes, but he still looked at Fang Jun closely, waiting for Fang Jun's answer. In his opinion, it was just a question of choosing between two, who would get more benefits?
Just follow whoever you want, what's there to worry about?
Are you talking about feelings? There are a lot of dirty things between aristocratic families. They are all trying to make a living in this three-quarter acre of land, so it is inevitable that there will be no bumps and bruises. When the Lu family was unlucky, everyone pushed against the wall, but no one was seen.
Let me help you emotionally...
Fang Jun chuckled and said in his heart that he likes you like this!
He raised his thumb and praised: "Brother Zhu speaks straightforwardly and without pretense. He is truly a sincere gentleman! I have planned a total of fifteen salt fields in Huating Town. Each salt field can produce no less than ten sea salt per year."
Wan Huo, if there is any shortage, I will make up for it for you!"
Thirty kilograms are Jun, four Juns are stones, and stone is the same as Dendrobium. One Dendrobium is one hundred and twenty kilograms. What is the output?
According to the tax revenue of the two salt fields in Puzhou in the late Tang Dynasty, which was 800,000 shi per catty, and the price of salt at the time was around 17 shi per catty, the output was approximately 470,000 shi, while the output of the two salt fields in Puzhou over the years was
They are all between 400,000 to 500,000 shi. Puzhou and Anyi, the main salt production areas of the Tang Dynasty, only produced 400,000 hu of salt a year. This shows how amazing the output of 100,000 hu of dendrobium from a salt farm is!
During the Zhenguan period, the price of salt was around 200 wen per dou. In conversion, what a huge amount of wealth this would be?
The most important thing is that this is an eternal transaction. If the sea water is not exhausted, it will be inexhaustible!
The output of four or five salt fields is more than that of one important salt-producing land. How can it not be astonishing?
Zhu Qu's eyes were red, and he looked at Zhu Jian anxiously, the greed and urgency in his eyes shining nakedly...
Zhu Jian looked at his brother's appearance and smiled helplessly.
Most Jiangdong families have a sea salt business, but the largest one is undoubtedly the Gu family. The Gu family occupies a large number of coastal reed marshes. If Fang Jun wants to build a "salt farm", he will have to have a direct showdown with the Gu family, because this has already touched the Gu family's interests.
Bottom line.
Zhu Jian understood that Fang Jun was seeking revenge against the Gu family who had united with other families to kill him in Niuzhuji!
But can the Zhu family side with Fang Jun and directly conflict with the Gu family?
Xiao Ban was about to speak but stopped.
He had originally heard that the "Salt Field" had such amazing profits, and wanted to get involved. After all, if Xiao Ming became a long history of the navy, it would be equivalent to siding with Fang Jun. Why not get more benefits?
But directly conflicting with the Gu family was not in line with Xiao's usual style of doing things, so he gave up the idea.
Fang Jun is taking money from the bottom of the cauldron!
How can the Gu family give up when they compete with the Gu family for the reed marsh?
Cutting off someone's financial path is like killing one's parents, let alone the pillar industry that a family relies on to maintain?