After hearing that Rensheng had arrived in the southeast, he began to take action.

Of course, shipbuilding is not possible because it consumes too much money.

He first went to the boatman who was usually responsible for freight on the inland river.

Although the land of Jianfu is mountainous, it also has many rivers. After all, it is a land close to the sea in the south and has abundant rainfall.

He quickly found more than two dozen medium-sized shipping companies.

They are all boats that can travel hundreds or even thousands of miles of rivers and transport goods on them.

There were dozens of inland river boats at most, and as few as three or five.

Year after year, day and night.

The land of Jianfu is in the south, where the river never freezes all year round.

After taking the governor's notice, he directly asked the local county magistrate to summon these merchants.

"I usually go to the governor's office to praise the military affairs. What you do with the boatmen is conducive to the military affairs..."

When Wen Rensheng said these words, all the boatmen were so frightened that they knelt down.

"Master, we are willing to repay you with some silver..."

They thought Wen Rensheng wanted to commandeer their ship.

You must know that imperial requisition is the same as buying, which basically means you will go bankrupt.

It is impossible for the ship to give you money. If it breaks down, you have to accept its fate. If you want to get it back, you will need an extra amount of silver.

Or to put it another way, as long as you are doing business on a slightly larger scale, you must have a backer. If you don’t have a backer, you are waiting to be eaten.

There are only small traders, and big crocodiles don't like it. It's too troublesome and not enough time to do it once.

The small traders were left to the government officials, gangsters, landlords and gentry to expropriate them.

Therefore, merchants' families all regard cultivating scholars as their first priority, doing business as their second priority, and buying land as their third priority.

But land is not easy to buy. Without background, you can't buy much land.

If there is no scholar in the family and you buy land, unruly people will force you to avoid paying the rent.

This is very common.

The county magistrate will not help you, but will make you calm down.

In other words, as long as you don't have a scholar background, no matter how much money you have, you will always be bullied.

Unless you can master the gangster forces such as Daxing, your reputation will naturally be ruined, and it is impossible to take the imperial examination.

However, if you become a prominent figure, you can serve in the army in critical moments, and you may also get some military positions.

Nowadays, these medium-sized shipping companies have some backers, but they are either some middle and low-level military attachés or some local civil servants.

But no matter who is here in Wenren Sheng, they are all fat sheep.

Because they don't have the ability to compete with a governor.

It's very simple. Wen Rensheng will not touch anyone who has the ability to compete with the governor...

"Get up. I am here this time because, although the mountains are rugged, there are dense river networks in this province. We can develop more water transportation and use water transportation to communicate with each other."

"If you have any difficulties in daily life, you can report them to me and tell me. Don't be afraid."

Wen Rensheng said with a smile.

However, in the eyes of all shipowners, this is a wolf that eats people without spitting out its bones.

"This, sir, now the Ming Dynasty is peaceful and the people are safe, and there is no difficulty for the young ones." In order to prevent Wen Rensheng from getting angry, someone finally whispered.

"Yes, the villain thinks the same way."

"Really?"

"That's true."

No one dares to tell the truth.

Are there any officials who will help merchants solve their problems?

If it is to help farmers stabilize mergers and acquisitions, I have heard of a few.

I heard that some upright officials, in order to gain reputation, blindly favor the poor when judging cases, regardless of whether they are right or wrong.

As long as you are a wealthy landowner without any backers, you will suffer a loss if you suffer a loss.

If a tenant farmer fails to pay rent and sues the official, not only will he not get the rent, but he will also be compensated with grain and silver...

Anyway, there have been so many such things that local wealthy households have sold their land to those with merit...

"I see. Well, I have something to do. I want you all to jointly invest in the company and form a freight company that relies on inland rivers."

All the merchants suddenly felt cold in their hearts.

I'm waiting for you here.

Yes, wait until you invest in it, and then eat it together.

Isn't this just the big fish in the sea preying on the small fish?

I thought it was inconvenient to eat small fish, so I squeezed the small fish together and swallowed them in one bite.

They often heard people who went to sea talk about such strange things. After all, they were indeed interesting.

Now it's your turn.

But what can be done?

Behind the other party is the governor, and behind them are either hundreds of households, or in many cases thousands of households, such is the military position.

Regardless of whether they are all from the sixth grade, from the fifth grade, the grade is quite high, and it seems to be quite intimidating, but in front of an important person like the governor, P is not.

A post from a staff member can be used to call the governor's office, and if someone makes a mistake, he can be beaten with a cane.

This is no exaggeration.

There are too many problems with hundreds of thousands of households. If you don't pick one, it's easy to find trouble for you.

Unless someone is dispatched by an official and has specific real power: for example, Qianhu also serves as a garrison, supervisor, general, and leads troops outside, which will be regarded as somewhat respectable in terms of real power.

Of course, by the end of the dynasty, military generals with soldiers were highly valued and no longer had no status. On the contrary, they would be forgiven for making serious mistakes and would not be easily killed. Civil servants, even governors and governors, would be jailed and executed.

This is how things change.

Wen Rensheng continued:

"I will issue a yellow flag from the governor's office to this trading house and place it on the bow of the boat. If there are any extortionists on the water in the future, you can report to the governor's office."

When everyone heard this, their hearts were slightly shaken.

It seems that the other party doesn't want to swallow him directly?

However, most people still decide to sell their boats and pawn them off immediately after returning home, and quickly go to sea to escape.

Anyway, they were close to the sea. I heard that the officials were recruiting people to settle the land, so I ran over there.

Although we will suffer the disaster of Malaria Typhoon Savage after it passes, it is still better than destroying the family and killing people immediately.

"I think you all don't believe me. Well, I have made it clear here that I only take 40% of the annual profits, 20% goes to the governor, 10% goes to me, and the remaining 10% goes to the yamen."

When everyone heard this, they felt a little relieved.

Yes, the other party just wants money.

If you don’t want money, you just have to swallow it all.

It seems that the other party wants to keep things flowing smoothly.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Some people thought for a while, in this case, they would have a backer, and they would not have to worry about it in the future.

Moreover, with the support of the governor's Yamen, it seems that the previous support can be abandoned.

Moreover, the backers used to blackmail and intimidate, never letting anyone take a breath, and they would come to ask for money if they made a little more money.

As for the quality of industrial management, they are determined not to care. If they go bankrupt, they will find the next one.

And Master Zanhua here seems to live off profits.

Someone was shaken.

"The adults treat the common people so kindly, how dare the common people refuse to die?" One family decided to bite the bullet and obey.

This is a small boat shop, and I thought that even if I sell the boat and go to sea, it will be difficult to escape successfully.

After all, the other side will send troops to watch.

That's for sure.

Wen Rensheng indeed invited soldiers from Governor Biaoying and local government officials to take care of the boat shop he invited. How could it be so easy for them to escape?

Wen Rensheng didn't have time for those tricks.

Now Donglu is already developing vigorously, and the momentum will soon be achieved.
To be continued...