MTL - Mystery Makes Me Strong-Chapter 2106 express ship

Hearing that Rensheng came to the southeast, he began to act.

Shipbuilding is naturally impossible, and the consumption is too high.

He first went to the boatman who was usually in charge of freight in the inland river.

Although the land of Jianfu is mountainous, it also has many rivers. After all, it is a land close to the sea in the south, with plenty of rain.

He quickly found more than two dozen medium-sized shipping companies.

They are all ships that can pass hundreds or even thousands of miles of rivers and transport goods on them.

There are as many as dozens of inland river boats, and as few as three or five.

Year after year, day and night.

The land of Jianfu is in the south, and the rivers are not frozen all year round.

I took the governor's post and asked the local county magistrate to call these businesses together.

"I have always praised and painted military affairs in the governor's yamen, and the affairs of the boatmen are beneficial to military affairs..."

When Wen Rensheng uttered these words, all the boatmen knelt down in fright.

"My lord, I'm willing to repay the silver..."

They thought that Wen Rensheng was going to requisition their ship.

You must know that expropriation by the imperial court is the same as buying, which basically means that you are going bankrupt.

It is impossible for a ship to give you money, and you have to accept your fate if it breaks down, and you need an extra sum of money to get it back.

In other words, as long as you do business on a small scale, you need to have a backer, and if you don't have a backer, just wait to be eaten.

There are only small traders, big crocodiles look down on them, it's too troublesome to do it once, and it's not enough time cost.

Small traders are reserved for the government servants, gangsters, landlords and gentry to deprive them.

Therefore, the merchant's family regards cultivating scholars as the first priority, doing business is the second priority, and the third is buying land.

But the land is not easy to buy. Without a background, you can't buy much land.

If there is no scholar in the family, you will be forced to evade rent and not pay the rent if you buy land.

This is very common.

The county magistrate will not help you, but will let you calm down.

In other words, as long as you don't have a scholar background, no matter how much money you have, you are the one who gets bullied.

Unless you can master the power of gangsters such as Daxing, but that reputation will naturally be damaged, and it is impossible to take the imperial examination.

However, if you become a prominent figure, you can serve in the army in a critical moment, and you may also get some military positions.

And now these medium-sized shipping companies have some backers behind them, but they are either some middle and low-level military officers or some local civil servants.

But no matter which one is in Wen Rensheng's place, they are all fat sheep.

Because they have no ability to compete with a governor.

It's very simple, Wen Rensheng won't touch anyone who is capable of fighting against the governor...

"Get up, this officer came here this time only because in this province, although the mountains are rugged, the river network is densely covered, so we can develop more water transportation, and use water transportation to communicate with each other."

"If you have any difficulties in normal times, you can report them to me and tell them all. Don't be afraid."

Wen Rensheng said with a smile.

However, in the eyes of the shipowners, this is a wolf that eats people without spitting out their bones.

"Well, master, now that the Ming Dynasty is peaceful and the people are peaceful, there is no problem at all." In order to prevent Wen Rensheng from getting angry, someone finally whispered.

"Yeah, the villain thinks the same way."

"Is that so?"

"That's right."

No one dares to speak the truth.

How can any officials help businesses solve their difficulties?

If it is to help farmers suppress mergers, I have heard of a few.

I heard that some upright officials, in order to fight for their reputation, blindly favor the poor, regardless of whether they are right or wrong.

As long as you are a wealthy landlord and have no backers, you will suffer a loss if you suffer.

If the tenants don't pay the rent and sue the upright officials, not only will they not get the rent, but they will also pay the tenants grain and silver taels...

Anyway, there are many such things, so that the local wealthy households have sold their land to the famous people...

"So that's how it is. Well, I have one thing to do. I'm going to call all of you to invest in it and form a freight company relying on the inland river."

All the merchants suddenly felt cold.

Waiting for myself here.

Yeah, wait until you put it in, and then eat it together.

Isn't this the big fish in the sea preying on the small fish?

Disliked that the small fish was inconvenient to eat, so he squeezed the small fish together and swallowed them in one gulp.

They often heard people who went to sea talk about such strange things, after all, it was really interesting.

Now it's my turn.

But what can we do?

Behind the other party is the governor, behind them there are either a hundred households, or a thousand households, just such a military position.

Don't look at what is the sixth grade, from the fifth grade, the grade is quite high, it looks like it can scare people, but in front of a big official like the governor, p is not.

A post from a staff member can be called to the governor's office, and if you find a mistake, you can directly hit him with a cane.

This is not an exaggeration.

Thousands of households have too many problems, if you don't pick them, you don't pick them, and they want to trouble you, it's very simple.

Unless there are officials dispatched with specific real powers and powers: for example, Qianhu also serves as a garrison, supervisor, and general, and leads troops outside, so it will be considered decent in terms of real power.

Of course, at the end of the dynasty, military generals with soldiers were highly valued, and they were no longer so statusless. On the contrary, they would be forgiven for making big mistakes, and they would not be easily arrested and killed.

This is the turn of wind and water.

Wen Rensheng continued to say at this time:

"I will issue the yellow flag of the governor's office to this firm and put it on the bow of the boat. In the future, if there are blackmailers, you can report to the governor's office."

When everyone heard this, their hearts were slightly shaken.

It seems that the other party doesn't want to swallow him directly?

However, most people still decided to sell their boats and sell them as property after they went back, and hurried out to sea.

Anyway, they were by the sea, and when they heard that the senior officials were recruiting people for land reclamation, they simply ran over there.

Although it will suffer the disaster of malaria typhoon and savages in the future, it is much better than immediately ruining the family.

"I don't think any of you believe in this official. Anyway, this official hereby states that only 40% of the annual profit will be taken, 20% will go to the Governor, 10% will go to this official, and 10% will go to the yamen."

When everyone heard this, they felt a little relieved.

Yes, it is right for the other party to ask for money.

If you don't want money, you have to swallow it all.

It seems that the other party wants to keep things flowing.

Some people thought about it, in this case, they have a backer, so they don't have to worry about it in the future.

And with the backing of the governor's yamen, it seems that the previous backing can be abandoned.

Moreover, the backer was blackmailed and threatened before, and he never made people gasp. If he earned a little more, he would come to ask for it.

As for the quality of the property management, they will never care about it. If they go bankrupt, they will go to the next one.

And Mr. Zanhua here seems to be living on profit.

Someone was shaken.

"Your Excellency treats you so kindly, how dare you refuse to die?" One family decided to obey.

This is a small boat company, thinking that even if it sells the boat and goes to sea, it will be difficult to succeed.

After all, the opponent will send troops to watch.

Definitely.

Wen Rensheng did invite the soldiers from the Governor's Biaoying Battalion, as well as the local government servants, to take care of the boat he invited. How could it be so easy for them to escape?

Wen Rensheng didn't have time for those tricks.

Now Donglu is already flourishing, and the momentum will soon be achieved.

In fact, there have always been opportunities in the late Ming Dynasty, but they all lack core advantages, making it difficult to make a comeback.

Only the sea route is the most likely opportunity to make use of existing technology, manpower, and materials to make a comeback.

In other ways, to be honest, the probability of fault tolerance is too small.

It was knocked down by accident.

Only the sea is incomparable to the Jurchens.

It will take them at least 50 years to catch up, and as long as they continue to attack, they don't have the time and opportunity to catch up. All the shipbuilding places in the sea can be attacked.

The only way for the opponent to restrain the sea is to move the border and ban the sea.

In fact, there is also a way to break it, that is to connect with the inland river network and build a fortress.

Why was the Liaodong fortress broken?

Because it was road traffic, the land was besieged by digging long trenches, and without foreign aid, it was naturally broken.

But with the help of sea road + inland river transportation, foreign aid continues, so naturally there is no need to worry about being forced.

We must know that in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Jincheng was besieged for more than half a year, and it was only broken when the reinforcements were wiped out.

Afterwards, under Wen Rensheng's intimidation, the last twenty or so shipping companies all invested in ships, manpower, private ports, etc., and finally formed a shipping company.

There are no exceptions, because exceptional celebrities will not be selected.

Wen Rensheng named it: "Express Ship".

Then people gave these people a yellow flag with a name on it, which is now the background of the late Ming Dynasty, so there is no taboo.

Put it in my Qing Dynasty, this color can kill your whole family and three clans.

Exaggerated like that.

In the future, such a flag can be inserted on the bow of the ship.

Anyone passing through various water checkpoints, private checkpoints, banknote checkpoints, except those set up by eunuchs and vassal kings, even the water checkpoints set up by nobles, officials, and gentry can pass through unimpeded.

Relying on this, you can reduce a lot of costs.

At the same time, after avoiding the inspection, the passenger flow of people and goods will increase greatly.

Who doesn't want to be able to sit on a ship with background, reliability, and smooth customs clearance?

"You take turns to rectify. Those who are not in business are gathered here in batches, and the official will check them one by one..."

Wen Rensheng said again.

Then everyone brought their shopkeepers, buddies, sailors, handymen, bodyguards, guards... one batch after another in rotation.

The number of the 23 large and small shipping companies suddenly increased. According to the oral statistics of the shipowners, there are a total of more than 3,500 people.

The big one has three or four hundred people, and the small one has only twenty or thirty people.

The main reason is that there are many bodyguards and guards, but not many sailors and buddies, which also shows the end of the world.

Greatly increased operating costs.

After all, the guards don't work, they only provide security. In a peaceful year, only one-tenth of the manpower is needed, which can save a lot at once.

But not now, if there are not enough bodyguards and guards, then wait to be robbed.

Water ghosts, mountain thieves, swindlers, river pirates, etc., will eat you up.

Then Wen Rensheng cleaned up.

It took two days to find 35 traitors, 220 greedy people, and 422 bastards. Finally, 1,200 people were found who were honest, hardworking, motivated, loyal, and barely qualified.

Among them, according to their character, more than 100 loyal and kind people were found, and these owners were allowed to reuse them and put them in the positions of procurement and supervision.

In short, after cleaning up and rectifying, a batch of supplements were recruited, and the business efficiency of the 23 shipping companies immediately increased greatly.

On this day, Wen Rensheng reported what he had done to Governor Wang.

When Governor Wang heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Since you lack guards there, you can send 200 people from my standard battalion to serve as guards, and it will be regarded as occupation."

When Wen Rensheng heard this, he immediately agreed.

At the same time, he also knew that this was a major drawback.

What is occupation? That is, the governor has a direct-delivery bid battalion, and the soldiers in it are paid by the imperial court.

Now he is being dragged to work in a private business.

Guochao spent money to raise them, but as a result, private labor was used.

It is the most common in the Beijing camp. The corruption of the Beijing camp began with occupation, and the one who occupied the most was first the emperor himself, who used it to repair palaces and tombs.

So honorable eunuchs followed suit.

As a result, the Beijing camp was badly damaged.

This is also normal. When the imperial court looked at the peace, they spent a high amount of military pay, but the soldiers were idle there. Of course, they couldn't bear the impulse in their hearts.

They don't want the consequences of not being able to defeat others in the future. They only know that doing so can save taxes. If they want to expropriate peasants, they must first provide food.

So the Beijing camp was used. You must know that this is a labor force of more than 100,000 people, and they are all young and strong.

How troublesome it is to pull people from other places to do it.

However, Wen Rensheng knew it and still did it.

Naturally, there are other plans.

Because he wants to pay these standard battalion soldiers double pay and train them more.

Turn public soldiers into private soldiers.

So he selected another 200 soldiers from the governor's battalion, all of whom were good-natured and conscientious.

And when I came up, I gave them the silver for the first month, 2 taels.

In fact, these people know it well, and it's the same if they don't send it out, because the yamen will send it out.

The premise is that the Yamen does not default.

Sometimes the standard battalion will be in arrears, if the governor is not effective and is not taken seriously.

In short, Wen Rensheng gave them extra money and ordered them to follow the characteristics of this era to practice every three days.

They just provide enough food, and there is no queue or daily practice.

Those are timeless.

It is even more impossible to exercise every day.

I just hope that they will take the initiative to build up their strength when they are full in their spare time.

When practicing, it is still practicing mandarin duck formation, Qi Jiguang's art of war.

Of course, to the north is another method of car formation.

It's just the method of chariot formation, why can't it beat Donglu?

The reason is very simple. It's not that the law is bad, it's that the equipment is bad and the salary is not enough.

The car array needs to be matched with firearms, but the firearms often explode. How to use this?

As for the express shipping company, which escorted the goods, with the background of the governor's yamen, it was not easy at first, but after a few lessons, it went smoothly.

Relying on the title of governor, it is still easy to use in this province.

The express firm soon began to emerge, and its business volume increased greatly.

Steal a lot of other people's voice.

Taking away wealth is like killing one's parents.

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However, considering the background of the express firm and their small scale, many people still choose to tolerate it.

This is the official contest.

How big an official is, how much money can be collected.

Of course, Wen Rensheng knew that this method could only be used locally.

After going to the capital, many people can go directly to Tianting.

A sixth-rank and seventh-rank censor, if things happen, can remove cabinet ministers, let alone a governor?

So that place cannot directly apply this law.

It depends on who can mobilize the imperial power better.

That's a bit of a model lake.

In short, business in the capital is another approach, and you can't touch it if you don't have enough strength.