Han Shizu

Chapter 1923 Ceiling

Of course, no matter how it changes, how it expands, Corning will not lose its business. It needs to spend a lot of money every year to maintain the cooperation with the government and the relationship with the powerful.

In the past 20 years, Kang Ning's retinue team has always maintained the organization. Instead of disbanding, it has grown. Caravans with "Kang" flags can be seen almost everywhere, with footprints all over the Han Dynasty.

It goes without saying that there are tens of thousands of people who depend on Kang Daguan for food and clothing.Of course, this kind of personal dependence mainly depends on business, which is not so reliable. It is not easy to support so many people. In addition to having money, you also need food and meat.
Many merchants in the Han Dynasty, as long as they were successful in business and made a certain profit, they couldn't help buying fields and land, expressing their greed for land to the fullest.Kang Ning is not exempt either. His hometown, Weizhou, must have an industry. He owns [-] mu of land and [-] hectares of pastures in Shanyang circle. Many servants are employed in it, but this is only a small part of it.

The group of people who followed Kang Ning came from many sources and had complex ingredients, but under the leadership of Kang Ning, most of them had a certain characteristic, that is, wolf nature, and they were used to "eating meat".

When the country tended to be stable and the big man gradually stopped expanding, the Kang family did not stop. On the contrary, they spontaneously developed outward, especially in overseas trade.

Among the earliest people and forces engaged in "armed colonization" in Nanyang was the Kang family. Of course, in hindsight, the Kang family's overseas journey was somewhat coincidental.

At first it was for the spice trade, and later for precious metals such as gold and silver.Back then, Corning also secretly opened several silver mines in Hunan, and made a lot of profits. This was naturally illegal, especially after the imperial court carried out currency reforms.

However, because of the Huazhou corruption case headed by Xungui Zhang Jin, the case of Zhao Kuangmei's private opening of silver mines was introduced, causing a lot of trouble, and the imperial court also used this to crack down on private gold and silver mines in various places.

Even Rong Guogong's younger brother couldn't keep him, and he voluntarily surrendered himself. Although Kangning's business is big, he couldn't handle it. The suffering people donated a large sum of money to survive, and that was the most dangerous time in Corning's business career.

But as a merchant, the most prominent characteristic is profit-seeking, crazy profit-seeking, especially after tasting the sweetness, although mining is hard, it is definitely a huge profit.Domestic policies are strict and there are many restrictions, but abroad is a vast sea and sky, let it roam.

As a result, Kang Ning organized several groups of people to go to sea, and the footprint of the Kang family caravan also went to a wider world.Back then, when Guo Liangping fought the Three Buddhas and captured Puluo Zhongdao, the retinues and sailors of the Kang's fleet all actively supported and helped him. Besides logistical help, they even brought their own weapons to go ashore to fight and kill the enemy.

Of course, there is no loss in this process, and the death or injury of some people is nothing. The land seized, the mines occupied, and the benefits are several times or even dozens of times.As many people feel, for the rentier class of the big Han, overseas is too free, they can use any means, and they are not afraid of being criticized and liquidated.
Over the past ten years, in addition to some gold and silver mined and smelted locally, a large number of gold and silver from overseas have poured into Dahan, which has also caused the price of silver to continue to fall. However, no matter how depreciated, one tael of silver can still be exchanged for 1058 copper coins.

Although gold, silver, or copper were all "exploited" by the imperial court when they were imported into the country, and they were brutally slaughtered, they were still huge profits.As for the cost, it is just to enslave some aborigines to open mountains and mine, which is very low.

Up to now, Corning has more than ten gold and silver mines of various sizes overseas, and the annual production of silver alone is nearly [-] catties, which is even more than the income of the silver supervision institute set up by the imperial court in Hunan.

As for the harvest of many gold and silver mines, Kang Ning kept it secret. Most of the mining proceeds were hidden by him, and he dared not reveal them. The feeling of holding gold through the busy city.

However, this is almost impossible to hide. There are quite a few people engaged in mining business overseas. Even if people in the same industry can't figure it out for a while, they can estimate it. At least they can mine mines for several years or even ten years. The value is absolutely Not small.

At the same time, Kangning has also set foot in places rich in gold and silver such as Korea and Japan. Of course, this requires cooperation with the powerful classes of the two countries, and they pass by among them to earn a "handling fee". Kang's caravans spread all over the world. The advantages in trade circulation are not small.

No matter it is due to great foresight or luck, over the past few decades, Corning has always been on the right path, even if there are ups and downs, it will always be overcome in the end.

Today's Corning can be regarded as successful.In terms of fame, he is famous all over the world, and his decades of "legendary career" have made him a role model for merchants all over the world; Counting the indigenous slaves, 10 people pointed at Kang Daguan to eat; in terms of status, most of the rich and powerful families of the big man can visit them as guests, and even His Royal Highness has personally met him and listened to him talk about his experience of overseas colonization and harvest
Life has been so brilliant, but Kang Ning is still not satisfied. He has money and fame, and a lot of it, but it is also because of the strong smell of copper that he has been criticized and despised, although he himself knows that the source of many targets Just because of jealousy.

However, the more you lack, the more you want to get something.In Dahan, it is obviously not possible to do whatever you want with money. This is a hierarchical and almost strict society. Although they are called "Kang Daguanren", they have no fame and are still a commoner in essence.The social status of merchants has improved in recent years, but it is still limited. In the eyes of many scholars, they are still not as good as those handicraftsmen and farmers.

Even if you have millions of dollars, many behaviors are restricted. Some clothes cannot be worn, certain cars cannot be ridden, and some etiquette cannot be displayed. If you do it, you will exceed the rules, and the more famous you are, the more you will be stared at.

Therefore, behind the scenery, Kang Ning is actually very depressed, especially in his heart, full of unwillingness.Therefore, what he has been pursuing in the past 20 years is no longer wealth, but how to go further, how to grow from rich to noble.

The more wealth you accumulate, the more you understand how fragile wealth without power is in Dahan, just like buildings on the beach, which will disperse when the wind blows.In the past few decades, I have also seen too many wealthy businessmen being slaughtered like pigs by the imperial court.
Kang Ning once had a chance. He was cited by Zhong Mo, who was the political envoy of Jiangxi Province at that time, as the assistant, and was later recommended to participate in politics. Due to the strength of the Kang family and their past contributions to the imperial court, the Ministry of Officials also granted permission. Up and down, there is a group of harmony, and we will join in the grand event together.

It's a pity that Emperor Liu found out about this matter later on. It is impossible for Emperor Liu not to have heard of Kang Daguan's reputation. In his early years, he even praised him for having such a "good businessman".

However, when he learned that he learned about this, he smiled and said something that made people feel uneasy: "Although the senator is not a big man, he is also an important member of the Daoist Department. I have heard of Kang Ning and he is very good at management. The business is doing very well, and it will be easier for him to make money when he becomes an official.”

Shortly thereafter, Kang Ning lost his official position. Interestingly, it was Hechuan Bokang Yanze who secretly revealed Kang Ning's appointment as an official.

(End of this chapter)