Chapter 51                                                             �

What else is Zhang Yunling worried about?

What I worry about is nothing else, I worry about Zhou Mengchen asking Shanxi merchants to make unconditional contributions.

After all, in the entire Ming Dynasty's business environment, power still dominated everything. There was no market competition at all. Even the victory or defeat of the shopping mall actually depends on the victory or defeat of the court.

Therefore, the power in Zhou Mengchen's hands could destroy countless merchant families. The reason why Shanxi merchants were so active towards the court was not that they had nothing to do when they were full, but that they were very clear that Shanxi merchants used administrative means to suppress other small merchants, but on the other hand, they were worried that someone would use the same method to eat themselves.

This is the entire Ming Dynasty money ecological chain.

Without reforming this vicious circle, business cannot be developed. No matter how good you do in business or product innovation, it is not as good as someone who has handed over a letter to the yamen.

In this way, who is the businessman or the factory owner has the energy and motivation to reform?

In fact, the foundation of China's industrial revolution has long been established. It is just that the production relations have suppressed productivity. For most people who can develop productivity, this development of productivity is not beneficial to them.

Zhou Mengchen actually used both with and with a guard. He had seen the faces of later capitalists. But he didn't know that even his use of defense was actually the best treatment for merchants.

At least, Zhou Mengchen was willing to follow business rules to talk about some things. However, other officials may not be the case. Even some honest officials in Hairui were the same. This is the limitation of the times. In terms of financial gaps such as disaster relief, or when necessary, even honest officials did not hesitate to attack merchants. First, the merchants had money, and second, the merchants could save more people by dealing with them, which was also in line with their moral logic.

Zhou Mengchen's success in business, claiming to turn stones into gold, actually has a lot to do with Zhou Mengchen's identity and his attitude towards wealth. If Zhou Mengchen was not a favorite minister of Jiajing and had made so much money, Zhou Mengchen would have long known how many times he had died. It was like when Zhou Mengchen was in Wuchang, he only had a ninth-rank official, so he dared to make small money and not big money. But if Zhou Mengchen did not care about money, but included it all in his name. These wealth that made the emperor jealous may have nothing to do for a while, and in the end he would have taken Zhou Mengchen's life.

In other words, Zhou Mengchen's attitude instead exchanged money into a political bargaining chip.

Zhou Mengchen rarely thought about this. He just had his own ideas. What he valued was an economic cycle. The Yellow River Bank borrowed money and then went to the hands of the Shanxi merchants as purchase funds. It can be said that the Shanxi merchants made two money. Of course, Zhou Mengchen did not mean to make money for the Shanxi merchants. As for the 100,000 taels of shares in the Yellow River Bank, Zhou Mengchen didn't care at all.

He has only one purpose for this, and it is easy to borrow and exchange, and it is not difficult to borrow again.

No, some people think that the construction of railways can only be funded by the Ming Dynasty. Even after Zhou Mengchen reformed the Ming Dynasty's finances, the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue still had a limit, which may not be able to meet the construction of a large number of railways.

Therefore, you need to borrow money to build the railway.

The Yellow River Bank is Zhou Mengchen's gaze. When the Shanxi merchants understand, they will actively want the court to build railways. Of course, the court owes more and more money.

Zhou Mengchen didn't care too much. On the one hand, Zhou Mengchen was a politician. Although he loved to cherish his feathers, sometimes he could not use power to fulfill his wealth. And Shanxi merchants did not have any problems. Of course, Zhou Mengchen would not choose this path unless he had no choice. On the other hand, Zhou Mengchen actually prepared a high-quality industry to repay the loan, which is the railway.

No one thinks that the railway is not profitable.

In the future, the railway network construction is almost done, so we can slow down the construction of railways and repay the loan with the railway profit. Could it be that the Yellow River Bank still dares to collect debts? If it really doesn't work, selling some branch railways is not a solution.

Zhou Mengchen said, "What should I do? I still know the Master's tribute to redeem the ox." Zhou Mengchen's implication was that he did not want to infinitely raise his moral standards and did not want others to contribute to the court unconditionally. After all, once or twice, it would be difficult to continue next. Zhou Mengchen changed his voice and said, "The second thing is, after the cultivation here is completed, how much tax should the people who pass the railway from now on will pay?"

Zhang Yunling's heart moved. At this moment, he looked at the stone river bank next to Hukou Waterfall, and there was a golden light directly on it. It was really golden light. To be honest, as one of the core hubs of foreign trade, Datong can produce too few things, and many things need to be transported from the mainland. Even if you walk the canal, it will take a lot of effort.

However, if we can get from here, it will be very convenient to transport goods from Qin and Jin provinces, or even Henan provinces, to Heshuo. Moreover, with the establishment of Heshuo Province, the Ming Dynasty took an important step on the grasslands, and at the same time greatly increased trade with Mongolia.

Zhang Yunling knew very well that a caravan had already visited Qinchadao and came up with the judgment that he could do business through Qinchadao to the west of the Western Regions.

What is the Qincha Road? That is, along the Russian Far East Railway, the pioneer of this road was the Mongols, which was the route from the Qincha Khanate to return to Mongolia. It was also the route from the Russians to advance eastward. After Zhou Mengchen captured Qingcheng, although he suppressed the hatred of the Mongols and recruited many Mongolians into the army, many Mongolians still did not want to serve the Ming Dynasty and fell into the grassland.

This is inevitable.

Just think about it and know that after so many years of fighting and killing, how much blood hatred has been between each other? This is true for Datong people and the Mongols.

It is acceptable to serve as a guard for merchants. As a result, the Shanxi merchant caravan's guarding ability increased greatly, and at the same time, the increase in understanding of the grassland. After all, the Mongolians are the masters of the grassland. There are many things that Zhou Mengchen may not be able to find out clearly, but it is not a secret for many Mongolians.

Although there has not been an estimate of the future commercial potential of Qincha Road, Zhang Yunling has keenly felt that this is a great opportunity. Therefore, his judgment on Hukou Railway is also very optimistic.

It was just because of optimism that he could not let Zhou Mengchen collect more money.

Zhang Yunling said: "The court's commercial tax is 30 and one tax. As for how to pay the fees by taking the train, of course it is up to the adults to decide. I just think that adults will definitely be polite to the business people and will not fish in the end."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen smiled and said to himself, "Old slick." However, he was right. Under Zhou Mengchen's arrangement, the train should be a means of public travel, not a cost that a few people can afford, so the train cost must be low. However, it is thirty tax one. Zhou Mengchen felt a little uncomfortable inside, nothing else, it was too low.

And there is a suspicion of one-size-fits-all, but this was decided by Emperor Taizu. What can Zhou Mengchen do if he can do it?

We can only wait for the opportunity to deal with it in the future.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Of course I will not fish in the waters. However, there will definitely be a lot of money here, not even below the checkpoints on the canal. And I will not just build this place. Once this place is successful, I will also build the Tongguan Railway. At that time, even if I can't go directly to Lanzhou, I can basically go to Ningxia. You know the business opportunities. No matter if there is a million taels per year, there should be hundreds of thousands of taels. So, I have a suggestion, that is, the previous loan was mortgaged for Shaanxi taxes. You also know how much Shaanxi taxes can be left depends on God's will. Now, how about I mortgage these two places?"
Chapter completed!