The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

Chapter 505 Tianjin’s Future Plan [4]

Time flies by...

It has been half a month since Wang Bengu left in despair last time.

The Tianjin sea-opening project is in full swing and progressing smoothly, but Yan Song is still not satisfied.

Although using the goal of making a fortune and becoming well-off, he successfully wooed the White Lotus Sect followers, but he heard that the tiger king, lion king, dragon king and other brick-moving foremen were still ruthless and incited young migrant workers everywhere in an attempt to restore the authority of the White Lotus Sect.

"It's so messed up that you can't move bricks, and you still refuse to leave? These faces are really big!" Jin Yiwei Lu Quan said indignantly: "Why don't I take Jin Yiwei and arrest these few backbones of the White Lotus Sect?"

Yan Song waved his hand: "Currently the project is progressing smoothly, and the overall situation is good. We can't ruin this pot of soup just because of a few mouse droppings. You have to outsmart it by transferring to the White Lotus Sect."

"What can I do?" Lu Quan asked in distress, unable to think of anything.

Yan Song smiled: "Just wait and see the good show."

He recruited about 1000 believers from the missionaries to conduct closed-door training.

Most of these believers are scholars, learned, able to write and count, and have received the baptism of religious belief, most of them are firm-willed.

Yan Song focuses on training these people, but the training direction is very mysterious and no one knows.

Lu Quan asked Yan Song twice, but Yan Song always smiled and didn't answer.

For the past two days, Wang Jiaping has been staring at Yan Song. When Yan Song eats, he also eats. When Yan Song goes to the bathroom, he also goes. Even when Yan Song sleeps, he follows him.

Yan Song was speechless, and stopped Wang Jiaping: "This pavilion always sleeps and you follow? Get lost!"

Recently, Yan Song has been worrying about the planning map of Tianjin City, and he is naturally very upset about Wang Jiaping, who always disturbs him.

In Yan Song's plan, Tianjin and Shanghai will become great cities beyond Beijing.

The Beijing of the Ming Dynasty has countless halos, the largest population, the most prosperous economy, the largest scale, the most tidy city appearance, and the most prosperous culture... There is the most magnificent city wall in the Ming Dynasty, and the Forbidden City that can be called a miracle. It is more comfortable than the king of the barbarian land.

So many auras, added to Beijing, make the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty radiant and glorious through the ages... But Yan Song knows what is going on behind Beijing's prosperity. Let's do the math, who is supporting Beijing?

The emperor and the clan of the old Zhu's family were among the few, followed by eunuchs in the palace, hereditary honorable generals, high-ranking officials from the Manchu Dynasty, students from all over the world, and hundreds of thousands of imperial troops.

These people, together with their family members, account for at least [-]% to [-]% of Beijing's permanent population!

They all have one thing in common, that is, they do not create wealth!

In other words, the prosperity of Beijing, like any imperial capital in history, is entirely based on absorbing the blood of the entire empire. The people inside are responsible for distributing wealth, consuming wealth, but not producing wealth.

Since Beijing was built, Zhu Laosi (Zhu Di), the builder of Beijing, moved six ministries and officials from Nanjing, and more than 30 large households with a population of one million from rich places such as Zhejiang and Nanzhili. To enrich it, artificially create a great city.

Beijing in the Ming Dynasty is like a city in the clouds, prosperous but without foundation, everything depends on external supply, but does not create anything.

The new city of Tianjin is completely different. It is built and designed with the purpose of creating wealth, improving the value of commodities, and adapting to new trends in the world. It will be the creator of new wealth in Ming Dynasty, with a strong industry and strong ability to create wealth. The ability to provide high-quality goods, rather than simply consumption.

Urban planning must match function and positioning, and positioning must be considered in design.

Right now (bfbh) the construction of Tianjin is given priority to the port, and the urban planning has not yet been finalized.

As the construction of the city progressed~ru, Yan Song had a new understanding and had a better idea of ​​the previous city construction plan.

Standing on a reef, facing the top merchants of Ming Dynasty, Yan Song had the feeling of provoking words and pointing the country.

"This area is the wharf. Now the land is being leveled and reinforced concrete is used to build a safe haven for ships to dock. There are 300 planned berths for ships. There is also a breakwater in the open sea, and a ship repair workshop for Chinese and foreign businessmen to repair ships. As for Shipyard, wait until the conditions are ripe in the future (Yan Song has points extraction technology)."

Close to the wharf, entering the east gate of Tianjin City, is the Wanguo Trading Market, where Chinese and foreign goods from overseas are sold.

Passing through the market, there is a group of shops in the eastern part of the city. These shops were bought by various merchants from the Ming Dynasty, and they were going to build shops to sell the goods of the Ming Dynasty to the foreign merchants who came from overseas.According to the preliminary survey, the most shops are silk, porcelain, tea "three treasures of China", followed by raw silk, tea sets, spices, dyes and other shops.

Seeing Yan Song's advanced engineering technologies such as steelmaking, cement, and reinforced concrete, many businessmen saw business opportunities and found Yan Song's businessmen such as Hu Xueyan and Qiao Zhiyong in time. Heavy industrial products such as steel and cement powder have also become Daming's expensive high-quality goods.For example, to create weapon-grade 0.5-refined steel, steel with a carbon content of less than [-]%, the price is comparable to gold of equal weight.

(Note that it is only sales, not production. Yan Song does not allow the key technologies of cement and steel to flow out.)

This da~ area is positioned as the eastern commercial area and warehousing and logistics area of ​​Tianjin, which is the closest to the port and convenient for goods to enter and exit.

After the goods negotiated here are packaged, they will be transported away by Daming's caravan and shipped to all parts of the world.

What's more novel is that the eastern part of the urban area will become the new financial center of Daming!

Huiliansheng, Tiantonghui, Federal Reserve, and Daming's three major bank accounts are all located in the most prominent positions in the Eastern District. They have set up bank accounts, banks, and pawn shops. Rong and other business!

As long as you have ships and goods, but you are short of money, you can find any financial services you want here~wu, everything can be negotiated, and you are satisfied with the custody.Of course, the fees and interest charged are not cheap.

By vigorously developing the financial business, Daming's finance will become the most gold-absorbing and profitable industry in Tianjin!

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Chapter 506 Urban Construction Planning Talents [5]

Yan Song wants to control all economies through financial means.

Perhaps in a few decades, foreign businessmen will find that they have become the labor force of the three major banks in Ming Dynasty.More than half of the money earned from hard work traveling overseas will flow into the pockets of Daming Bank in the form of handling fees and interest.

In addition, with the permission of Yan Song, led by the Federal Reserve, the three major banks have jointly launched an "insurance" business that the entire world has never had before!

The so-called insurance is to provide a guarantee for businessmen who travel far and wide at sea.Based on the condition of the ship, the distance of the route, and the value of the goods, you can purchase an insurance policy. In the event of a shipwreck, as long as it is not caused by human factors, you can get a claim.

It is believed that this business will quickly become another growth point for Daming to attract money with the prosperity of Tianjin's shipping industry.

In short, the eastern part of Tianjin New City will become the center of trade + freight + logistics + finance + sales!

The entire process of merchant trade is the central axis of New Tianjin and the line of wealth creation!

Different from the situation in the east, in the northern part of the urban area, there are mainly imperial yamen, including the yamen of the city ship department, the military supply workshop for the production of bows and crossbows, the workshop for sewing clothes and armor, and the nautical school set up by Yan Song. Museums, temples and other buildings.