The Ming Dynasty started with caution

It's extremely cold, and vast amounts of snowflakes are falling from the sky. Every snowflake...

All are white.

Yan Chengjin stretched out his hands, and the music of the eighth set of radio gymnastics sounded silently in his heart: Section 1, stretching...

Raise your hand slowly...

Lin Song got up to practice martial arts. Yan Chengjin caught his eye and asked seriously: "Young master's martial arts skills are very special."

"I will escort this young master to Liangxiang in a moment."

His Majesty agreed to open a shipyard in Liangxiang, but he has not informed Zhang Xian yet.

Yan Chengjin plans to go there in person.

After finishing a set of radio gymnastics and running five laps without moving, Yan Chengjin went back to the house to change clothes and went to the back hall to have breakfast.

"Let the chef prepare today's lunch."

As soon as He Neng heard this, he knew that the young master was going to Liangxiang and hurriedly ran to prepare.

"Cheng Jin, my father wants to go to the Li Mansion with you, what do you think?" Yan Kesong held the porridge bowl with a bright smile.

How did dad know about Li Qing'e?

Yan Chengjin looked to the side, He Neng. He Neng avoided looking at him, not daring to look at him.

"My son is not ready yet, and my father and son came to the door abruptly. I don't think Mr. Li is at the house. He is going to court today."

"You are just afraid, daddy, let me tell you!"

Yan Chengjin shook his head, well, it seems it's time to mediate with his father.

While his father went back to his room to change into court clothes, he secretly left Yan's house.

After winter, he rarely came to Liangxiang. The roads were smoothed out, so Yan Chengjin changed to a carriage this time.

Take out the map of Liangxiang on the carriage.

Your Majesty cannot waste money on building shipyards. There is Qingjiang Shipyard in Huai'an, northern Jiangsu Province, and Weihe Shipyard in Linqing, Shandong Province. They have more than 5,000 craftsmen and build more than 100 ships every year.

If he wants to waste money with His Majesty, he will probably be sent to these two shipyards to buy ships.

What he wants is not a ship, but a shipyard.

Not only for the sake of caution for the refugees in the good land, but also to prepare for the sea. It is one thing to have the blueprints, and it is another thing to be able to build it.

"I wonder if I can make a big treasure ship like the Three Treasure Eunuchs?"

After the sea was opened, many ships were needed to sail on the sea and travel to various continents for business.

Therefore, there is no excess of ships.

"Historically, water transportation greatly stimulated the development of shipyards, which allowed Qingjiang Shipyard and other shipyards to continue to expand in scale during the Jiajing period."

Although water transport was prosperous, it pales in comparison to overseas trade.

Liangxiang,

Zhang Xian stood on the river to supervise the work. Digging the river in winter had the advantage of not having to build dams to block water. The Lugou River was frozen and turned into ice.

But the construction period is very tight, and the river channel must be dug before spring.

Otherwise, when the ice melts, the river water will rush out and flow down the waterway, filling the newly built river channel, and the remaining river channel cannot be dug.

"Thank you for your help. Before February of the new year, the river channel must be dug out, otherwise the dam will have to be built. Today... let's dig another half a mile before starting work."

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, we will dig it out as soon as possible."

Zhang Xian sat on the river to rest for a while, and a subordinate handed him porridge and steamed buns.

The porridge stall is on the edge of the river. Each person has a bowl of porridge and two big steamed buns.

After a while, a government servant rode a fast horse to report: "Sir, Master Yan has come to Liangxiang!"

Zhang Xian quickly put down his bowl of porridge, mounted a fast horse, and hurried back to the Yamen. This place was close to the edge of Liangxiang, and it would take nearly half an hour to rush back.

When he heard that the river channel had been built in Gongyuan Village, Yan Chengjin knew that Zhang Xian would not come back so quickly.

We walked around the streets of Liangxiang.

After the water transportation stopped, there were fewer businessmen coming to Liangxiang, and there were only scholars from the library. Liangxiang seemed to be somewhat popular.

Xie Yu's dental shop built a series of more than 20 wing rooms and rented them to scholars who came to the capital to take exams. They made a lot of money by collecting rent.

When we reached the library, two scholars came out.

"There is only one library in Liangxiang and no brothel, so it is boring."

"What Brother Menglong said is that after all, it is not as good as the capital. Let's go drink two glasses of wine and sleep."

Reading all day long would be boring. Reading during the day and drinking wine in a brothel at night were the daily routine of some talented people in the south of the Yangtze River.

Yan Chengjin fell into deep thought. He couldn't open a brothel.

No buying and selling, no harm…

We walked back to Liangxiang Yamen and waited for half an hour.

Zhang Xian hurried back, got off his horse and strode into the Yamen. The cold wind blew his ears red, and he breathed out white air.

"Looking for a place, I want to open a shipyard in Liangxiang."

Shipyard?

If you think about the Qingjiang Shipyard in Huai'an, northern Jiangsu, you will know that even if it is small, it still costs a lot of money.

Zhang Xian looked troubled: "Sir, everything can be opened in Liangxiang, except for a shipyard. How much land does a shipyard need? Now the only land is given to the refugees, and the rest belongs to the gentry of Liangxiang. There are also The shipbuilding craftsmen are definitely not good, and there is no wood. It needs to be transported from Yunnan and Guizhou. I don’t know how much money it will cost. Liangxiang’s treasury will not be enough, and it will all be used to build the library. "

Whether it is building an ordinary canal boat or a slightly larger rhubarb boat.

It is indispensable to hire craftsmen, and craftsmen are not refugees. They need many craftsmen such as carpenters, joiners, sawmakers, and painters who specialize in shipbuilding.

The refugees can still negotiate wages, but the craftsmen will not work if the money is low.

"Take me to see the land first."

Yan Chengjin stood not far from the pier. He saw a piece of land and dug the river into it to create a bay area for parking.

"Whose lands are these?"

"The land owned by a gentry named Hu Gong. After the business in Liangxiang was good, the land price increased several times. How could they sell it? Besides... there is no money left in the treasury."

The land price in Liangxiang is far lower than that in the capital, and it is very cheap, but with more merchants coming and going, the land price has risen.

"Then we will build a business group and open a large shipyard. Even if there is money in the Liangxiang treasury, it cannot support it. We have to establish a business group in Liangxiang and hold shares to start it." Yan Chengjin said.

Liangxiang has become the birthplace of small commodities in the Ming Dynasty and is the righteous bird of the Ming Dynasty. Even if he does not form a business group, it will naturally form a business group in the future.

The famous business groups now include Huizhou merchants, Shanxi merchants and Guangdong merchants.

The common point of Huizhou merchants, Shanxi merchants and Guangdong merchants is that they sell salt, silk, tea, etc. They are involved in the entire Ming Dynasty market.

But they have some emphasis on each other. Shanxi merchants exploit minerals in Shanxi, and Guangdong merchants frequently trade with state merchants in the southeast coast.

It is difficult to find a chamber of commerce that can compete with them in the world.

Liangxiang may have a little chance as the righteous bird of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

In the previous life, Yi Niao's Chamber of Commerce was very strong...

Although the gentry in Liangxiang were all paupers in his eyes, and compared with the merchants of Huizhou and Shanxi, they were equivalent to beggars, but at least they had a piece of land, and giving them the land was considered as their investment.

Zhang Xian ordered people to post notices at the gate of the government office, and the court reports were sent to the homes of the gentry.

Hu Family,

Hu Gong took a look at the court report. The place where the shipyard was to be built was his own land, wasn't it?

"Opening a shipyard in Liangxiang is simply a foolish dream! Qingjiang Shipyard was established by the court. Can the business compete with Qingjiang Shipyard? Our piece of land is good, and we will not sell it no matter what."

He looked down a few times and found it even more ridiculous.

To establish the Liangxiang Merchants' Guild in Liangxiang? Shameless!

"Master, the government office invites you to go."

"Say I don't have time."

"Mr. Zhang said that if I don't go today, if there is trouble in the future..."

"Who are you trying to scare?"