Chapter 759

Based on agriculture, industry and Commerce and light industry. This is the way Yang Chendong chose to develop the economy.

Vast territory and abundant resources are naturally a feature of the land of the Central Plains, but don't forget that there is another sentence behind, with a large population. If you want to feed so many people, just drawing taxes from the land can not solve the fundamental problem. On the contrary, it will increase the burden on the people. Therefore, from the beginning, Yang Chendong only collected some land tax as a levy, but focused on business development.

Businessmen play trade and buy low and sell high. Relatively speaking, they are mental workers. Such people will not only make less effort, but make more money. Compared with farmers facing the Loess and facing the sky, the pay and harvest of both sides can not be in direct proportion.

Such a proportion may not see any problems in a short time, but over time, the contradictions will inevitably begin to deepen. Once the gap between the rich and the poor widens, a variety of problems will emerge one after another. Facts have also proved that at the beginning of the establishment of each dynasty, the social order is very good, but with the continuous development, there are more and more unfair things. Finally, the society is more and more chaotic, until one day it can not be suppressed, it is replaced by a new dynasty.

In order to avoid uneven income and large gap, Yang Chendong adopted a heavy tax on business and a land tax with little tax on farmers. Although doing so can not completely avoid the existence of the gap, it can be controlled at least in a relatively acceptable scale. Only in this way can the society develop normally and make continuous progress.

Naturally, while drawing heavy taxes, Yang Chendong also gave business a certain respect. It's like constantly raising social status. This runs counter to the national policy of the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the status of businessmen is so low that even ordinary people are inferior. In the eyes of others, they are people who get something for nothing. They are Philistines. Their mouth full of money speech is shameless. However, in the territory controlled by the Yang clique, businessmen are indeed respected because they pay heavy taxes to the society, which is tantamount to making a great contribution.

The status has been improved, which makes more businessmen willing to come to Yang territory and develop here. In fact, they don't make a lot of money. Who makes the goods produced in chixian city so novel, good quality and small number? It can be said that the supply exceeds the demand?

It can be said that in the environment at that time, as long as you had a way to get the goods produced in the red inlaid City, you didn't have to worry about selling. The only difference is how high the price of the goods can be.

If we must summarize it in eight words, it is that there is no highest, only higher.

Making money in business has become an important cornerstone of Yang's development. That is, how can Yang Chendong easily let go of such a good thing. At the beginning of the construction of the city, he planned a commercial street. As soon as the cement, steel bars and other materials transported by the sea from the chixian City arrived, he began to build. Then a large number of goods began to fill the street, which soon became prosperous and lively.

This is exactly what Zhang Quan and Xu Deyi saw. They were surprised to find that although it was snowing heavily outside, it was freezing. But in the commercial street, it is indeed a busy scene. People are crowded and close to people. From a distance, it is as prosperous as the center of the capital city.

We must say something different, that is, the clothes of the people here are very different from those of the capital of the northern Ming Dynasty. Here you can see businessmen dressed in all kinds of strange clothes. Most of them are Mongolian businessmen, and perhaps businessmen from further regions and countries. To Zhang Quan's surprise, you can also see Daming businessmen here.

How did Ming merchants appear in the grassland? Do they say they have privately invested in Mongolian tribes?

With such doubts, Zhang Quan personally went forward and chatted with a businessman who was no different from Daming people in both dress and dress, but he was asking something.

The businessman didn't know Zhang Quan's true identity, but felt that someone had given him some feminine feeling. But what the other party says is pure Daming words. It won't be fake. Just look at its clothes. It's the same as yourself. Even though they were all Daming people, the businessmen had a natural sense of closeness. With Zhang Quan's intention, the two sides soon chatted and talked very speculative.

For nearly half an hour, Zhang Quan returned to Xu Deyi, but his face was a little ugly.

"Grandpa Zhang, what's the matter? How can there be our Daming businessmen here?" Xu Deyi was curious for a long time, and finally asked each other when he had the opportunity.

"He is indeed a businessman from the Ming Dynasty, or from our northern Ming Dynasty." Zhang Quan's position is naturally above Xu Deyi, but considering that he needs the other party to protect his safety this time, he knows everything. "He did not take refuge in Mongolia, nor could he take refuge in Zhongdan Gong. He also wanted to take back our Beiming to sell his goods here."

"Ah! Buy goods from the grassland and sell them back to Beiming? It can take more than 20 days?" listening to this answer, Xu Deyi was shocked and said with a puzzled face.

"But we have no goods in Beiming Dynasty, or we have goods, but they are controlled by those aristocratic families and important officials in the imperial court. Such small businessmen have no share at all. They also heard about Shicheng. They also heard that they can get goods here as long as they have money. As real Han people, they can also give a 95% discount when taking goods, driven by interests, Even if the distance is far away, they will come. "Zhang said these without expression, but in fact, his heart is dripping blood.

Speaking of it, Zhang Quan can be the guard eunuch of Datong mansion. He also has a backer in the imperial palace. Even his name is hung in the heart of Dai Zong Zhu Qiyu. He can also be regarded as a privileged class. But the same privileged class still needs to be divided and distributed. He is not optimistic about some dignitaries in the capital. Some people just do something to take advantage of their power. Once something really goes wrong, they may not have the ability to solve the problem.

It's just that there are not many people with such abilities, but those who can play tricks are still prosperous in official fortune, and some even get the love of the emperor, which makes Zhang wholeheartedly angry. With this bottom fire and understanding, and now hearing what the businessman said, no wonder his face became very bad.

Zhang Quan saw something deeper, that is, the decay and decline of Daming. Although it was a small matter, it really gave him a different feeling. Here, he sees prosperity, vitality and hope

Xu Deyi is just a thousand households. He may not think of so many things, but he also knows that in the long run, I'm afraid Shicheng will have more and more influence. One day, he will have the potential to replace Daming.

While the two adults were still lamenting in their hearts, a mercenary messenger in military green came suddenly, "two adults, please welcome our city master."

Are you finally going to see the Lord? Zhang Quan nodded to Xu Deyi on one side, and then said, "please lead the way."

It's a long way to go. It's five miles out of the city. Fortunately, horses have been prepared here, and the road to go has been completely cleaned out to ensure that they can go smoothly. Kerao was so. After driving for nearly half an hour, he came to his destination and came to a vegetable greenhouse area with plastic film everywhere.

The herald who led the way took out a special token with silver light from his body. No one stopped him all the way. When he finally came to a shed area, he got off his horse, then pointed to a shed area and said, "two adults, our city master is inside, please."

Zhang Quan and Xu Deyi got off the horse and didn't take their entourage. In fact, not everyone can enter the shed. They followed the messenger into the shed. The first feeling was warmth.

Compared with the cold weather outside, the air here is not only more fresh, but also the climate is very pleasant, giving people a feeling of four seasons like spring.

What comes into view is not a vast expanse of white, completely replaced by green. At this time, Yu Mian turned his head in front of a cucumber rack, smiled and warmly greeted them, "Grandpa Zhang, Xu Qianhu, you're coming."

Before coming, I learned that the first lord of Shicheng was Yu Mian, the eldest son of Yu Qian, a minister of the Ministry of war. For this matter, royal guards and east hall also made a report to the imperial court to the effect that they suspected that Yu Qian's disappearance had a great relationship with mercenaries.

But everything is just speculation. Without empirical evidence, this matter can not be known in the end. Now I finally saw Yu Mian. Zhang Quan's first sentence was, "how are you, city Lord? But I don't know if yu Shilang is all right?"

For this obvious temptation, Yu Mian smiled and replied politely, "my father is well, but father-in-law Zhang is worried. By the way, how do you feel about our greenhouse area when you first came here“

He didn't say anything more about Yu Qian. This is also the result of Yu Mian's initial consultation with Yang Chendong. He knew that Beiming sent someone this time, so he would be interested in his identity, and naturally he couldn't get around his father. When asked about Yang Chendong, the answer was half hidden and half present.

After fully understanding this sentence, Yu Mian knew that he had to explain that his father was still alive and could not tell them what to do. This is the answer now.

Yu Mian took the initiative to turn the topic away. Zhang Quan sighed in his heart and knew that this was the end of the problem. Not to mention whether he was asking if he would cause trouble, he was afraid that if he was asking, others would not answer him.