Chapter 530: The Colonial Pioneer

When the new dynasty was established, the people below always had to make some statements, and the Mongolian Tartars made a big move, and the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang said that the rich man in Jiangnan could not sleep.

In general, rich people always have to spit out some money. With the trend of King Qi and Jiaozhou Camp, everyone below is thinking about how much they should give.

The unowned land in various provinces began to sell, and the strong and rich people had very simple considerations. This was a political investment. When the money was thrown in, the new and old tripods would be less involved. Compared to the direct hand-held pickup, Shandong also provides a large amount of land.

At least there is something to take back. It is not just about tying the neck to ask for money. Moreover, this land is profitable no matter how you look at it. Shandong has already done enough.

After the King of Qi made this gesture, even if the landlords, gentry, wealthy businessmen in the world knew that the King of Qi would not be incompatible with him like a refugee army. If the King of Qi made this gesture, the corresponding others should also express it.

The Zheng family in Fujian, Fang family in Huai, and Liu family in Hebei, these three are closely related to Jiaozhou. They understand the work style and economic policies of King Qi, and know that this land sale is indeed a good opportunity to make a fortune in addition to political purposes.

So without hesitation, he invested in it. Local merchants in Shandong and merchants in Lianghuai also knew the details, so he was happy to get the money.

Shanxi merchants, wealthy merchants in Jiangnan, and high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital were all hesitant, but they generally believed that this was the opportunity for King Qi and Shandong to give everyone a chance to take the team, take out the money, buy some land for sale, and show their attitude.

After seeing the Zheng, Fang and Liu families investing money like giving away freely, merchants from Shandong and Lianghuai almost rushed forward to grab it. Only then did they feel that this land selling strategy is not simply to pay money from everyone's pockets, but to give everyone a chance to make money and make money.

The businessmen aim to pursue profits. Seeing that this matter is profitable, their attitude is naturally different from when they were reluctant at first. The wealthy merchants in Jiangnan also came together and asked Shandong to give them more shares. The land was limited and the land price could not continue to rise after it rose to a certain level.

But with so much money and so many gentry classes, they can't let them return empty-handed. The only way is to take out more fields to sell.

At present, the Shaanxi general Zhao Neng has just led his army into Shaanxi and is under war. Shanxi is nominally under the control of the Ming army, Henan, northern Zhili, and Shandong are under complete control. How can we take out so much land to sell without any certainty?

As allies and confidants of the Zheng family, Fang family, and Liu family, Kong Sande from Shandong and the Lianghuai merchants. These people are all their own people and must be taken care of and satisfied in these aspects.

But the purchasing power of these people is almost emptying the land they took out. What should the rest do? Moreover, the Zheng family suggested that the Duke of Qi was always interested in the Zheng family's ships and shipbuilding power. If the more they could be on the field, these things would be easy to say.

Anyway, Zheng Zhilong also figured it out. Anyway, if you want to be the other party’s minister in the future, it would be better to take out your own things and talk about the price.

Building a powerful maritime armed force has always been Li Meng's wish, but building a ship requires a lot of money, not to mention the key is the shipbuilding craftsmen and suitable sailors. This is not something that can be done in a hurry. The Zheng family has all these, and this is the capital for the Zheng family to dominate the sea.

But at this time there was no land to sell. Most of the merchants in Jiangnan and Shanxi had not bought it yet. They went there to find the land for sale.

The officials of Tian Zhengshi and the Finance and Trade Department were racking their brains, but the King of Qi Li Meng solved this problem. Li Meng just said:

"The land in the world will be harvested sooner or later, and you will give them those who are sure to be sold!"

These words made the official responsible for selling land suddenly realize that the scope of selling what can be sold is wider. The land occupied by the vassal kings in various parts of the Ming Dynasty was the best in the local area, and the land occupied was very wide. After the dynasty changes, these fields will naturally be confiscated. This is a piece.

There are also lands in various places of Daming Guards. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, these military camps will naturally become homeless lands. The two combined together are also a huge number, not to mention the areas occupied by the Shun Army and the Daxi Army and the areas destroyed by Zuo Liangyu. This is the case.

Li Meng's proposal made the officials below carry forward. After seeking Li Meng's consent, Liao Town outside the pass and Baishan Heishui area, which is still part of the Qing Tartars, as well as the grasslands outside Shanxi and Beizhilikou were also within the sale range.

In late May, the land south of Seoul, Korea was also regarded as land that could be bought and sold. The land of these Ming vassal states and enemy countries was cheaper than that of the provinces in the pass, and the conditions were much more relaxed than those in the pass, such as having a tax exemption of several years. Under the pass, you must establish a farm under the guidance of Shandong personnel. The farm must pay taxes. The tenants in the farm have the obligation to be transferred to the army and serve the government in labor. There are various discounts outside the pass, outside the pass, and on the fields outside the border and in North Korea.

The land outside the pass and grasslands on the grasslands are not necessarily interested in Jiangnan merchants, but Shanxi merchants and some wealthy people from northern Zhili know that it is profitable. Not to mention the value of the land itself, the cattle, horses, livestock and fur have already traded with those nomadic peoples, which is a mountain of gold and silver.

For the Zheng family, Liao Town, Guanwai and several ports near the sea in North Korea will not be sold in Shandong. They may have their own manors around the port, where the storage of goods, repair of ships, and even related businesses can be placed, which also touched them.

Shandong proposed this concept and officials spread it out. This is another way to mobilize the people's strength. Jiaozhou camp has limited troops and cannot take into account both ways, but it can encourage local people to colonize and pioneer the country. When the conditions are ripe, the government will send troops to intervene. This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

The officials below expressed their thoughts, but unexpectedly, these wealthy merchants and wealthy people also expanded this idea. Maritime merchants in Guangdong and Fujian, as well as wealthy families from Nanyang, have a lot of contact with the West, and the clues are seen from the later changes in Shandong's land selling policy.

They asked whether they could treat the land of the South China countries and Japan in the same way as that of the North. They would rather pay higher prices, but after asking the Jiaozhou camp to conquer the land there, they had the right of refusal.

Regarding this idea, the official responsible for selling land asked the King of Qi and directly rejected it. However, in private, some officials took the initiative to contact these bold merchants and said that if they took the initiative to do some work, it may not be impossible to make this request in a few years.

The land sales are crowded and complicated. There are still some aftermaths in the middle of the second year of China, but the results are also significantly abnormal.

Needless to say, the wealth gathered in the world was naturally the same. The wind situation in various places suddenly changed. The consumption of the capital and several surrounding cities was the key to driving trade between the north and the south. Chongzhen was killed, and everyone was in danger. A large number of people came out. The market suddenly became depressed, and business transactions between the north and the south also stopped. Shandong's commerce and the collection of lijin on the canal transportation were affected. When the land sale policy was released.

The officials, nobles and wealthy people in the capital all understood the situation and their minds settled down. Many people who escaped also returned, and the market flourished, and conversely, the canal transportation and trade were also driven.

It affected not only the capital, but also the civil and military officials of the small court in Nanjing who mentioned Li Meng, a traitor who killed the king and plotted against the rebellion, gritted their teeth. The scholars in Jiangnan also looked irreconcilable. However, after April, the wind gradually changed, and the officials were much less cursing. Some people began to talk about the change of destiny among the scholars. After all, when Chongzhen was in power, there were all kinds of natural disasters, internal strife and external troubles, but in the past two years, they gradually recovered. Isn't this destiny?

Some people also say that the former emperor Chongzhen did die at the hands of the assassin of the Tartars. Isn’t it wrong that he wronged the good man when he went to the King of Qi? What evidence do you have?

Some people have made a righteous act, saying that if the northern soldiers go south, they will inevitably be soldiers and soldiers. Then the suffering will be the people, and everyone is the Han people. Why not consider the people and avoid this disaster of war?

Scholars generally have better family background than ordinary people. After all, this will occupy the labor force in their families. The richer the family, the greater the possibility of scholars with fame and fortune in their families. What these scholars say naturally represents the family and the village party behind them.

Nowadays, wealthy families in Jiangnan have invested their money in Shandong, buying land, or doing business. Now it is almost a matter of sharing honor and disgrace. So what else can I scold? It is the main thing for everyone to make money together with each other.

The mind of King Li Meng of Qi had long moved away from this land sale strategy. In mid-May, the military supplies and logistics of the Jiaozhou Camp rushed to Northern Zhili in advance, preparing to build a camp in the three guards of Tianjin to fight outside the pass. The camp obviously had to be more suitable in Northern Zhili. The troops directly under the King of Qi, who had been resting for nearly half a year, began to prepare for mobilization again.

The army of Shaanxi General Zhao Neng was sent back to Jinan. The Ming vassal king Qin committed suicide in Xi'an city. Shaanxi Governor, the governor of Shaanxi and others opened the city to surrender. The next task was to divide the troops and pacify the entire Shaanxi territory.

Niu Fu, who was a secretary in the secretary, finally contacted Niu Jinxing in Xiangyang with the help of the Shandong Salt Gang and wrote letters in a very secret way.

Of course, Niu Fu understood his situation and knew what he should do. Every letter was taken to King Li Meng of Qi to read...
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