Feng Ziying does have this intention. Through this round of contact, she can understand the thoughts of these Jiangnan businessmen.
He would not place too much hope on the mainstream of the Jiangnan gentry, that is, those gentry who are based on land and land. These people cannot make too many concessions for their own fundamental interests, not to mention that there is still Prince Yi Zhong.
The best sign in front gave them so much courage and hope.
On the contrary, these businessmen who mainly focus on industry, commerce, and trade deserve to be carefully wooed and won over.
The navy has always been firmly controlled by the imperial court, including the Denglai, Fujian, and Guangdong naval divisions of the three major naval divisions. In addition to Denglai, the Fujian and Guangdong naval divisions are also mainly local people, but those who join the ships as soldiers are all
They were from a poor family and had nothing to do with the gentry. Most of the military officers and military officers were promoted from these soldiers, and they had relatively close contact with maritime merchants.
In Feng Ziying's view, once history really moves towards the separation and confrontation between the north and the south that he least wants to see, and Prince Yi Zhong really wants to raise a rebel flag in the south of the Yangtze River, then if the imperial court based in the north cannot solve the problem in a relatively short time
If we fight, we may fall into crisis.
The Northland, including Gyeonggi Province, depends to a large extent on food, cloth and other daily necessities from Jiangnan and Huguang. Once the north and south are divided and confronted, and water transportation is cut off, how long can the Gyeonggi Province last? Half a year or a year?
Water transportation is cut off. If Northland wants to survive, it can only rely on sea transportation. However, the current sea transportation capacity is far from being comparable to water transportation.
Although Feng Ziying began to promote the policy of opening up the sea a few years ago and encouraged north-south trade to be supplemented by sea transportation in addition to water transportation, the proportion of this supplement is still very small. Based on the various data currently obtained, it is estimated that
It is only equivalent to about 10 to 20% of water transportation. This is still under the circumstances that Yuguan Port and Denglai are gradually expanding the scale of sea trade. If it were replaced before, it would not even be even half a percent.
This is why Feng Ziying worked hard to open ports and build wharves in Denglai and Yuguan to encourage shipping merchants to increase trade. Without this life-saving route, Feng Ziying was worried that once there was a confrontation between the north and the south, as long as the court could not
If we quickly solve the problems in Jiangnan, we may have to collapse first.
Xue Biao was just a randomly placed chess piece, but now it seems that this chess piece has to play a big role. Feng Ziying even spared no effort to support its expansion of the fleet regardless of cost, hoping to be able to deal with possible crises in the future as much as possible.
Can have a little more strength.
In addition to Xue Biao, Feng Ziying values Zhuang Limin even more.
Cooperation with merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi in Yongping Prefecture has deeply bound this wealthy businessman from Guangdong to the imperial court and the North. Guangdong has never had much contact with Jiangnan, so this has become the most important "rear base".
In the situation where Huguang's grain transportation to the north may be blocked by water transportation and the land transportation to the north will consume too much, Guangdong's grain transportation to the north will also become a bright spot and even a life-saving straw.
Of course, this is a worst-case scenario plan. Now Feng Ziying hopes to win over these Jiangnan businessmen and let them restrain the Jiangnan gentry, but Feng Ziying knows that this is difficult.
Although these Jiangnan merchants have strong economic strength, they cannot compare with the gentry in terms of political discourse and control of public opinion. So they can only take a step back and let these people do their best if the situation worsens in the future.
Merchants from the south of the Yangtze River still maintain trade relations with the north, even if it is like the smuggling trade during the sea ban.
As Wang Wenyan said, from the third round of sales by these Jiangnan businessmen, we may be able to get a glimpse of the thoughts of these Jiangnan businessmen. If they are more optimistic about the court or the future peaceful resolution of the situation between the court and Jiangnan, then they may
If they are not optimistic about purchasing the country estates and mansions in Gyeonggi, then it may be difficult for them to purchase these fixed assets in the North.
Of course, this is not absolute. Hedging their bets, or in order to perfunctory and hide their opinions, these businessmen may also spend money to hide their intentions, but this is at least a window.
A steady stream of silver and banknotes arrived at Haitong Bank on the second day, which was another extremely rare publicity opportunity for Haitong Bank.
For transactions involving thousands or even thousands of taels of silver, it would be too frivolous to have servants carry the silver, so merchants basically choose to complete it with the acceptance banknotes of Haitong Bank.
Whether it is Beidi or Jiangnan, Huguang, and Haitong Yinzhuang's semicolons are basically available in big cities. So for these businessmen, they give up the inconvenience of carrying silver, but instead they can find it in Tongdu Dayi.
Depositing, withdrawing, and exchanging money is certainly inconvenient for small amounts, but it is much safer and more convenient for large amounts.
On the third day, that is, the second round of sales was far less lively than the first round of sales, but it was still sold at a good price of 450,000 taels of silver, which was somewhat different from the 500,000 silver that Fu Shi expected.
, but it is in line with Feng Ziying and Wang Wenyan’s predictions. After all, jewelry and jewelry are not something that can only be found at a low price. They are everywhere in the jewelry shops in the capital city. Most people come to buy them in the hope of picking up the ones that are missing and getting a bargain.
, if it exceeds expectations, it will be difficult to raise the price.
However, the third round of sales did surprise everyone. The farm, shop and mansion all sold for a good price, and the auction price was 610,000 taels.
What Feng Ziying paid most attention to was the Jiangnan merchant group. Dongting merchants, Longyou merchants, and Anfu merchants were all active, but Huizhou merchants and Yangzhou salt merchants were not as good as they were, forming a sharp contrast.
It goes without saying that Huizhou merchants and Shanxi merchants have always had a bad relationship. They are representatives of merchants from the north and south. However, Yangzhou salt merchants are a mixed group, with merchants from all over the Yangtze River and the north, Shanxi and Shaanxi merchants joining in. Therefore, this group
In fact, it can no longer be judged by place of origin, but a very special interest group. They will be loyal to whoever can bring them the most generous benefits. And now they are obviously more optimistic about Jiangnan and stand on Jiangnan's side.
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On the other hand, although the group of maritime merchants and salt merchants in Fujian only picked up a small area like Dongfan, they were more trustworthy because they had been squeezed out by the Yangzhou salt merchants.
Of course, this is only the crudest and most straightforward classification and judgment. It is difficult to say how many of them are speculators or people who are in Cao's camp but are in Han's heart, or whether everyone is placing bets separately and watching the changes.
This is all expected, but in the big wave of gold mining, these people will eventually reveal their true colors. When the situation becomes clear and it is no longer possible to sit on the fence and wait and see, it will be the time to see the outcome.
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"Father, the total income from the four sales was more than 3.56 million taels, which far exceeded our previous predictions. Now you can go and discuss the issues of the four northwest towns with Mr. Huang and Mr. Zhang openly."
Feng Ziying sat under Feng Tang, holding the account in her hand and saying quite proudly.
"Well, it's really shocking." Feng Tang was also full of emotion, "The officials in Jingtong Ercang are really unimaginable. Aren't they greedy for ink every moment for so many years?"
"The accumulation over the past twenty years can be regarded as a contribution to the imperial court." Feng Ziying said calmly: "If not, father, what can you do to appease the military morale in the northwest?"
"It's not as serious as you think. There are 300,000 ways to appease 300,000, and there are 800,000 ways to appease 800,000." Feng Tang said calmly: "But if it is as you said, there will be big problems this year and next year.
Change, that 300,000 yuan is really not enough, 800,000 yuan is enough."
Feng Ziying laughed and said, "Why, father, do you have feelings now?"
Feng Tang glanced at his son and breathed a sigh of relief, "Although your father and I are not too involved in government affairs, I am not completely indifferent. Although Beijing seems to be safe and peaceful, there are many disputes between the DPRK and the DPRK, but I don't understand what is happening in Jiangnan."
Wen, can’t Ye, Fang, and Li, the three cabinet ministers, not see that Huang Ruliang, Gao Panlong, Zhang Jingqiu, Gu Bingqian, and Liu Yishui are all famous ministers in Jiangnan, are they also indifferent?”
"It's not that it turns a blind eye, it's not that it's indifferent, but it's that it's too confident. The public riots in Jiangnan are not just once or twice. Even when the emperor is the emperor, don't they also make riots from time to time? Now that there is such a situation, everyone probably thinks that it is the gentry in Jiangnan who wants to
To be pretentious, the court first appeases, then hangs, then comforts, then beats, in short, just hangs, hangs, and takes turns, what else can those people in Jiangnan do?"
Feng Ziying sneered.
Feng Tang thought for a while, and it seems that this is really the case. In the 42nd year of Emperor Yuanxi's reign, the gentry in Jiangnan had at least five or six quarrels, and they would have riots every few years. After the current emperor ascended the throne, this Jiangnan seems to be the first
Once, right? So everyone thought it was nothing, it was commonplace, and they weren’t surprised if they were used to it.
"However, these people seem to have forgotten that the situation is different. There is an additional Prince Yi Zhong who has been the crown prince for twenty years, and the Supreme Emperor is still here. Who can guess what his thoughts are?"
Feng Tang frowned and shook his head slowly: "The Emperor cannot fail to see the pros and cons of this. No matter how pity and guilt he feels towards Prince Yi Zhong, he cannot make a mistake in this situation. If the emperor
If you can't even grasp this sense of proportion and emotion, then the Zhang family should have been over a long time ago."
This is something Feng Ziying is very puzzled about.
If Prince Yitada wants to raise a flag of rebellion, all he needs to do is say a word from the Supreme Emperor, and everything Prince Yitada has done will be wiped out.
If Prince Yi Zhong thought that he could persuade the Emperor to side with him based on the previous relationship between father and son, then Prince Yi Zhong would be too naive. In this case, when the great cause of the dynasty is at stake, the relationship between father and son will also give way to Da Zhou Zhang. The inheritance of the emperor's throne is eternal, not to mention that Emperor Yonglong is also his son.