There was a commotion in the conference hall, and finally it was the sixty-year-old old man who used the "dong" and "dong". The cane hit the ground hard several times before everyone calmed down a little.
"What are you arguing about? Before anything happened, you all started making chaos on your own." The old man turned to look at the head of the family, "Head of the family, what exactly did Wang Xuan tell me to do with the Wei family?"
"I didn't say anything, I just sent a message to ask my family leader to go there." The head of the Wei family sighed. He really didn't want to go. He glanced around the crowd and considered whether he should give up his position as the head of the family now...
The meeting hall started to become noisy again.
"Dong dong dong!" The old man knocked on the ground with his cane again, with a gloomy face. He was very dissatisfied with his family members, "Is it just me, the Wei family, or is there anyone else?"
"I didn't ask. Well, my uncle reminded me that I will arrange for people to go to other houses to ask."
More than twenty people were sent out at one go. The Wei family sent people to inquire about all the prominent families in Zhangzhou City. Everyone was waiting here with their thoughts on their minds. It felt like time passed so slowly. There was no sound in the hall. No one was there.
The idea of conversation.
More than half an hour later, spies began to come back one after another, and the news they brought back was different. Some said they had received the notice, and some said they had not. Finally, after everyone came back, the head of the Wei family discovered that the news had been received.
They are only the four largest families in the city.
As for the younger ones, they don't know the news at all.
In this way, everyone has put most of their mental calculations back into their stomachs. As long as it is not targeted at one family, since so many people have been invited, there should be no danger.
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The time agreed upon by Wang Xuan for these families was ten days later. After all, the distances ranged from far to near, and he was not in the mood to receive them one by one, so he must set a unified time.
Seven days after arriving, people arrived in Fuzhou Prefecture one after another, some settled in the new city, and some settled in the inner city, but without exception, they all visited Wang Xuan, but most of them were turned back.
After all, there were too many invited, more than forty families. If Wang Xuan received all of them, he wouldn't have to do anything else these days.
On the tenth day, Wang Xuan received everyone at "Lin Feng Academy". After all, there were too many people, and there was really no suitable place for other occasions.
Four-wheeled carriages arrived one after another. Thanks to the large space of the academy, they were able to park so many carriages. Lin Feng Academy has been open for more than a year. It can be said that everyone in Fujian knows about it. After all, the academy is very important.
It is open to all readers. The collection of books is extremely rich, and you can borrow them at will, but you cannot take them away.
At least hundreds of scholars come here every day, making it the largest gathering place for scholars in Fujian.
Of course, this place is also controlled by Wang Xuan, and some of the ideas Wang Xuan needs began to slowly form here, and affected every scholar who came here.
Various family heads arrived one after another, some who knew each other and some who didn't. Although they were all top figures in the family, not all of them had met each other.
After all, this was ancient times and transportation was inconvenient. Even within the province, it would take more than ten days to go out. Transportation was too inconvenient.
Today is also a good thing for everyone. It used to be that the heads of major families who have been friends with each other for a long time have gathered together today, and they are very lively in exchanging pleasantries with each other.
More than half an hour after everyone arrived, someone suddenly shouted in a long voice at the door of the third-floor hall: "Mr. Wuzhou is here!"
For an instant, the entire third floor fell silent, and then there were waves of whispers. After all, most of the family heads had never seen the notorious Wuzhou Mr. Wang Xuan!
A melodious and solemn sound of the piano sounded, and Wang Xuan, dressed in white Hanfu, stepped into the third-floor hall with BGM as the background.
Suddenly, the entire hall fell silent.
Stepping forward in front of everyone, Wang Xuan stood still, his sharp eyes scanning everyone's faces. None of these usually powerful figures in the local area dared to look at Wang Xuan.
"Some people know me, some people don't know me. Let me introduce myself. My name is Wang Xuan."
"Everyone who has come into contact with me knows my temper. I like to go straight when talking and doing things. I don't like to waste time by beating around the bush. Today, all the heads of major families in FJ Province who have received my invitation can all be present. I am very happy.
Here, thank you all." Wang Xuan cupped his fists and saluted everyone.
As soon as Wang Xuan finished speaking, the people in the whole place didn't even dare to scream. They all said with smiles on their faces that it was their honor to receive Wang Xuan's invitation. Naturally, they would happily go, but no one thought about it no matter what they thought in their hearts.
knew.
Damn it, I don’t want to come!
But how dare I not come!
Let me ask you, do I dare to come?
I can not!
Wang Xuan stretched out his hand and pressed it down. After everyone calmed down, he continued: "We are all the leading figures in Fujian Province, but most of them have never met and have little communication with each other. This is not the case for me.
It seems very bad. My Fujian power is too scattered and cannot be united into a single rope, so it is very inconvenient to do many things."
"Of course, this is a purpose, but the more important thing is that some time ago, a large ship with a displacement of 2,000 tons was launched at the shipyard."
After saying this, there were exclamations in the venue. They obviously knew what the 2,000-ton displacement ship represented, but more people were confused and had no idea what this had to do with them.
Wang Xuan smiled, raised his hand to appease, and then continued: "Most people here don't know what this means, so I will explain a few words."
"A large-scale ship with a displacement of 2,000 tons means that it can transport three million kilograms of grain at a time. If it starts from Fuzhou, even if it is transported to Tianjin Wei, it will only take half a month, and the loss during the journey is almost negligible.
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"This is impossible!"
Immediately, there were bursts of exclamations in the venue. Many family heads jumped up from where they were. It was hard to believe this fact.
what does that mean?
According to the current transportation capacity of the Ming Dynasty, a few years ago, before there were four-wheeled carriages, all carriages were used to transport 500 kilograms of grain through the official road. It would be considered good to have 200 kilograms left from Fujian to the capital.
This is still the official way, and it ensures that no one takes advantage of the card along the way, and the journey is safe without any accidents.
Even if we take the Grand Canal, starting from Yangzhou and Hangzhou, transporting 500 kilograms of grain to the capital will only amount to 400 kilograms, with a loss rate of at least 20%.
The main reason is that the ship is small and slow. Furthermore, the canal's navigation capacity is also limited.
But now Wang Xuan said that one ship can transport three million kilograms. What is the concept? It is at least equivalent to the transport capacity of 100 to 150 canal ships.
Not only is it faster, the loss is almost negligible.
Neglecting consciousness at least means losing no more than half of it!
Everyone will understand what this means. After all, these forty or so are the heads of the family, and any family has more than 10,000 acres of fertile land.
Of course, these grains are consumed within the province, but they also need to be transported back and forth. They are well aware of the huge consumption.
Everyone also knows that Wang Xuan will not lie to others, but it is just that they cannot believe it rationally.
One by one, they moved their eyes away from Wang Xuan and focused on the heads of families involved in maritime trade, hoping to get some answers from them.
"It's not impossible. Before, my family's boat had a displacement of one thousand tons, and I've known for a long time that the shipyard is building a larger ship. I just don't know how big it will be and when it will be launched."
Someone stepped forward to confirm, which caused another burst of exclamations. "One thousand tons, doesn't that mean that one and a half million kilograms of grain can be transported at one time?"
Of course, in fact, it is impossible to transport so much. The three million kilograms mentioned by Wang Xuan is also an exaggeration. After all, the density of rice is much worse than that of water, and the space is limited. It can transport half of it at a time.
But this is scary enough.
Of course those who are engaged in maritime trade understand what is going on, but they do not dare to dismantle Wang Xuan's platform. In fact, if they transport some metal products, they can still transport so many.
Everyone looked at those engaged in sea trade with envy. Now they finally know why these people go to sea to work hard. With such a large transportation volume, a lot of money can be made from the north-south trafficking of many things!
Wang Xuan stretched out his hand again to calm down everyone, and then continued: "Why do I have to notify so many family heads who are not engaged in maritime trade when this big ship is launched?"
"This is indeed because this matter is really related to you. As everyone knows, there are actually many large islands overseas. Let's talk about the small Liuqiu next to Fujian. In fact, the area is not much smaller than Fujian, although it is also more mountainous.
However, its arable land area is not much less than that of Fujian."
"But now on the island, there is almost no development of cultivated land. What does this mean? It means that there are no less than five million acres of land that can be used to grow food!"
Having said this, Wang Xuan's voice suddenly rose, and he said with a deceptive power: "Five million acres, that's five million acres!"
"The more important reason is that because of the climate, the land can be harvested three times a year!"
"The land that is unoccupied and full of weeds. As long as you get people to go there, you can start to reclaim the land. As long as it is reclaimed, it is your own. As long as you have people and you can eat it, ten thousand acres or one hundred thousand acres."
The land is up to you to possess!"
"Everyone, do you understand what this means?"
"In the past, there were no big ships, so people couldn't transport it on a large scale, and even after growing food, they couldn't transport it back to sell it. Therefore, the land had no development value at all, and no one cared about it for thousands of years. But it's different now!"
"A large ship with a displacement of 2,000 tons only takes six or seven days to sail there. It can transport four to five thousand people at a time. No matter how much food you grow, it can be transported to the north for sale."
"How much is it worth? Do you understand?"
As soon as Wang Xuan finished speaking, the entire three-story hall exploded. More than 40 family heads all turned red with excitement. They knew exactly what this meant!
Land, a lot of land, as long as they can open up wasteland, it will all belong to them. If a family has ten thousand acres of fertile land, they are a wealthy family. What if the family has one hundred thousand acres of fertile land?
This is unimaginable!
How much food can be produced, how many slaves can be fed, and how much money can be earned every year?
I simply can’t imagine that my family can become a real top class!