"Shangshu Han, we have to pay for someone to invest money. . Your plan is huge, but it seems that it is very slow to take effect."

Yuan Zhe said with concern.

In terms of the current environment, attracting investment is not difficult, because the business is developing very well, and many powerful people cannot find a place to invest if they have money, but their investment needs to be rewarded. Such a huge project is spending money in the early stage. Even if it is three years, who would be willing to wait for three years?

Han Yi smiled and said, "Who said that it will take effect slowly? My plan will take effect immediately."

“Effective immediately?”

Dou Heng didn't believe it and said, "How can this work immediately? Don't say it, it will take time to build a ship."

Han Yi said: "Don't forget that the whole plan was born in the reform of canal transportation. How to complete the transition from canal transportation to private? It's very simple, ships."

"vessel?"

"good."

Han Yi said: "If you wait until you have built all the ships and then start again, let alone you don't have time to wait, even if you can afford them, the court will not be able to afford them. Therefore, the court will sell some of the ships to you. The price is easy to negotiate, and payment can be postponed. Wanli and Changyun repair the ships and modify them, and then they can be transferred to Shandong and Guanzhong. How many ships the court sells to you will mean how much goods will be handed over to you for transportation. The court will allocate funds to you. After you get the funds, you can put them in it with the money. With ships, goods, and funds, you can run them immediately. Secondly."

Speaking of this, he suddenly stood up and went to the front of the demonstration.

Zheng Shanxing and the others also quickly followed.

"What's this?"

Han Yi took the thin bamboo and drew a big circle on the demonstration picture, "Look, what is this?"

What?

The four of them looked at Han Yi with confusion. You are not even a thin bamboo or a pen, and you can’t even draw a circle.

"This is the market!"

Han Yi rolled his eyes and said, "Now your business is basically concentrated in some upper states, and you ignore these small markets. If you integrate these small markets, the benefits will be huge. Whether it is shipbuilding or transportation, the fundamental thing is the market. The bigger the market, the higher your profits will be, and this can save you costs.

When your goods are transported from Yangzhou to Chang'an, if it is only two points and one line, the freight will be very high. However, if there are still many points during this period, benefits can be generated between every two points. Therefore, when you are halfway through, the cost will be back, and the cost will naturally be reduced. This is also a major disadvantage of canal transportation. Why canal transportation consumes so much money when working people, the main reason is that it is two points and one line.

My plan is to subdivide more points. If merchants have a larger market, they will definitely create more goods, and the more goods they will transport. These new points will definitely produce goods. Your transportation volume will increase exponentially. After three years, your annual profit will be huge enough to unimaginable now."

The businessmen standing here are all famous wealthy businessmen with rich experience. With Han Yi's tip, they can naturally understand them. They can't help but shine with excitement in their eyes, and they communicate with each other with their eyes.

Yuanzhe said excitedly: "The plan of Han Shangshu is really amazing. We are willing to participate in it, but this matter cannot be decided by the four of us, so we have to go back and discuss it."

The other three nodded.

Having said that, judging from their expressions, Han Yi knew that they were already moved. As long as they were moved, there would be no big problem, because their collaborators were all rich people and were not very proficient in trading. Han Yi smiled and said, "Of course, but I hope you can answer me as soon as possible, because I still have a lot of things to plan."

"must."

After the talk, the few people didn't care about having dinner here and rushed back immediately.

Because this is a super big plan, Han Yi said it will be three years, but these three years are just replacing the canal transportation. If it is to be implemented all over the country, it will be impossible without more than ten or twenty years. There is also the northwest region there, because this is a management model and not a technological development of river engineering, so it can also be applied to northwest trade.

On the broader side, this is a plan that can change the times.

If trade is carried out nationwide, the small peasant economy will inevitably collapse and will be replaced by commercial civilization.

Han Yi did not lie to them, and the interests in them were unimaginable. In the world, only Han Yi knew how much interests there were.

However, as a minister and an official, you must have the eloquence of fooling the people and the emperor, so that you can succeed.

After talking to the four major groups, it is time to talk to the emperor next. The reason why Han Yi did not talk to the emperor before was because he had no bargaining chips. You said that Dou Heng was willing to pay private money to repair the twenty miles, so I would believe it? After contacting the merchant, he had a foundation for cooperation, and Han Yi had enough bargaining chips to talk to the emperor and further discussed some substantive issues.

Today, Li Zhi convened the ministers of the Shujiao to discuss matters, which does not include the three giants of Luozhou, because the court still has rules and regulations, and the ministers of the Shujiao can only participate. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to be with the third rank of the Secretariat. Because the meeting a few days ago was just a discussion on the Sanmenshan accident, and it was not a member of the Shujiao meeting. Li Zhi did not expect Han Yi to use his big move as soon as he came up. This time it was a purpose and was the highest level of the meeting. Besides, Li Zhi did not expect that Luozhou officials and the ministers of the Shujiao had a new conflict.

"This is the whole plan of me."

Han Yi stood next to the demonstration picture and put down the thin bamboo.

Li Zhi, Li Yifu and others stood up one after another, walked up, and almost all put their faces on the demonstration map.

"It's amazing! It's really amazing!"

Lu Chengqing couldn't help but shake his head and muttered to himself. Of course, he did not consider any cost issues. He praised this management model, which is definitely a brand new management model, much more advanced than before.

Master Xu even said: "Your Majesty, although this method was born for the transportation of grain, I think it can also be used for the management of the court."

Li Zhi looked at the demonstration picture, nodded repeatedly, and said, "What I said is good, I have been inspired a lot just now, haha!"

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty, everyone, in addition to this before, this management model can also bring five major benefits to the court."

"Is that true? Come and listen."

"Affect the order."

Han Yi said: "First, warehouses. Under this new management model, warehouses will be established by the court and will be both public and private. They will not only be used by the court, but also rent some for merchants. This benefit will be durable and even permanent. Moreover, as goods exchanges become closer, the court will benefit more from it. The court can use this expense to escort grain to offset the expenditure on the transportation of the canal.

Secondly, under this management model, the closing method can be brought to the extreme, not just for grain. Since the warehouse belongs to the court, the court naturally needs to establish a regulatory mechanism or even a tariff system on major wharves. According to the situation in various places, mediate tariffs and protect the local economy. There is no need to store grain to implement the closing method. You can directly choose to use tariffs to mediate. In prefectures and counties with high grain production, tariffs can be raised to prevent the transport of grain from other places from being transported in, prevent further lowering of grain prices and guarantee the interests of farmers. In some places where grain harvests are poor, not only tariffs are exempted, but subsidies are also given, so that foreign food will soon enter the local area. In this way, Chang'an does not need to mobilize grain everywhere, and can reduce the harm caused by grain prices in the fastest way.

Third, emergency mechanism. With the construction of warehouses in various places, the balance of goods is ensured, especially in emergencies. For example, our army is fighting in the east. If the food and grass are burned, the past situation is a message received by Chang'an, and then orders the prefectures and counties to raise grain and transport it to the front line. Under my management model, due to the exchange of goods, warehouses in various places must have stored grain. When sent to various places, the court only needs to discuss with some merchants and spend money to buy their grain. I believe that in this situation, the merchants will definitely agree, so that they can directly send grain from the warehouse closest to the front line to the front line as quickly as possible. Moreover, the warehouses have been built on top and are well-connected, which will save a lot of time for the front line soldiers.

Of course, this is just one of the emergency incidents, and these warehouses can have huge effects in many emergency aspects.

Fourth, connect the prefectures and counties across the country, make information communicate, and enable the court's instructions to be implemented as fast as possible.

Fifth, bring wealth to local prefectures and counties and improve the situation of local prefectures and counties. Nowadays, many prefectures and counties are still relatively poor. The main problem is that their local grain output is insufficient and their roads are blocked, so they cannot contact the outside world. Under my operating model, we must try our best to connect prefectures and counties across the country. In that case, those prefectures and counties that are insufficient in grain can also make commodities in exchange for grain and wealth."

Han Yi didn't say this to the businessman. Of course, he wouldn't discuss this cost issue with Li Zhi. What he said to Li Zhi was all about the entire country, and he analyzed how much benefit this operating model would bring to the country. As for investment and cost issues, Han Yi told them, they didn't understand it either!

And they can understand these problems at once, because they often encounter difficulties.

Li Zhi was excited when he heard this and laughed: "Your dear move can be followed by the same car and the same text as the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, Li Si!"

Xu Jingzong's eyes flashed a few times and said, "What Your Majesty said is extremely true. This method is indeed wonderful!"

Li Yifu was shocked. Why did Xu Jingzong wear a pair of pants with Han Yi at this time? But after thinking about it carefully, he also understood that if the imperial court's decrees could become faster and more effective, who would be the most beneficial to? Of course, it was for the prime minister. This undoubtedly reduced the power of local prefectures and counties and enhanced the power of the central government. In the past, the central government was out of reach and could only hand over to local prefectures and counties to solve them themselves. For example, the closing law, this could only be handed over to the prefectures and counties to solve them themselves, and the central government could not transport them. If information exchanges quickly, the central government could get news and convey instructions very quickly.

This is the prime minister and the emperor is even more so. If this operation model is adopted, the governor will definitely be invincible. Why is the governor in the middle of the Tang Dynasty so powerful? It is because he controls finance, administration, and military affairs. Finance is particularly critical among them. If there is no finance, if you want to talk about military affairs, you are playing hooligans. People fight for money, and whoever gives money will listen to whoever I listen to.

Once the food and money are activated, the central government's power has not actually increased, but the power of local prefectures and counties has been reduced. In contrast, the central government's power has increased.

For example, in the northwest military and political affairs, you don’t need to hoard grain as far as the Great Protectorate, just hoard the surrounding areas. You just need to hoard houses in the Great Protectorate to ensure the grain they operate. Once the Great Protectorate needs food, the surrounding warehouses will immediately send food. As long as the connection between the various places is opened, the power can be dispersed.

Of course, at present, whether it can have such a big effect in the northwest is just a fantasy. To really reach that level, it will take a lot of effort, because the northwest road is not easy to walk and there is no water transportation, but at least it is no problem to take effect in the Central Plains, and Rome was not built in one day.

Li Zhi patted Han Yi on the shoulder with great joy and said, "Your dear, just let it go, I will definitely support you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I have made a promise."

"Okay, okay!"
Chapter completed!