Chapter 134： Meet with merchants

Governor's Mansion.

After a night of statistics, the seizure of other materials almost came to fruition.

As the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and the political, economic and cultural center of the South, Nanjing is much richer than Suzhou, Changzhou and other places.

The cash in the Yamen treasury alone is 350,000 taels. Although there is a lot of money, there are also many officials in Nanjing City. There are a large number of idle officials, and the cost of running this administrative team is huge.

Wu Changqing has decided to lay off some old-style officials who have no actual positions to save money.

A large number of munitions were seized, which amounted to 2.4 million catties. But for an army of 100,000, this is only a ten-day consumption during wartime, and it consumes less when not in war, but it is enough to eat for more than half a month.

With the rapid expansion of Wu Changqing's strength, his expenditures are also rapidly increasing.

It is not enough to rely on these seizures to feed this 100,000 army. You have to find ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

Open source, of course, is to count on taxes.

Except for these, the rest are real estate. For example, Hong Chengchou's house and antique furniture, Boluo's house and so on. All officials who are completely loyal to the Qing court must be investigated.

Officials who refused to surrender were also checked.

This part of the money is also a lot, worth two to three million, but it takes time to realize it.

After listening to the statistical report, Wu Changqing went to the lobby to meet with representatives of businessmen in Nanjing.

A total of more than a dozen merchants came, and seven of them made contributions when the Ming army attacked the city.

The other merchants who did not participate in the battle for the city gate were already about to regret their intestines at this time, and they did not expect that the Qing army would be so vulnerable.

If they knew this would happen, they would definitely join without hesitation.

Now, these merchants who did not make a contribution must be treated differently.

"I have seen Wu Guogong."

As soon as Wu Changqing appeared, everyone bowed their heads slightly.

When lowering their heads, many businessmen were also murmured with emotion, feeling Wu Changqing's age.

Such a young figure started from scratch, holding hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hand, and defeated Hong Chengchou of Manchu, and killed the General of Zhengnan, Boluo.

Tsk tut, this kind of great feat is another rare historical hero. As long as there are no accidents and continue to develop in this way, Wu Changqing will be one of the best in this court for decades to come, and he has a great right to speak.

This kind of character must be pleased, and there is no other choice.

"Sit down, everyone, this time we won Nanjing successfully. You are all heroes."

Wu Changqing said.

"I dare not dare, we just did a little bit of what we can, mainly relying on the wise leadership of the grandpa."

Tong Youwei hurriedly declined his resignation, not daring to take credit.

After all, their role did not affect the overall situation, but only helped the Ming army accelerate the speed of breaking the city and reduced some of the Ming army's losses.

"No matter how big or small the credit is, I will never treat anyone who is committed to our army. I will send perfume, soap, soap, and glass mirrors to the seven shopkeepers who have contributed in this siege war in Nanzhili. The management right is left to you."

His promise made Tong Youwei and the others smile. They risked extermination, but it was just for these benefits.

Now that Wu Changqing kept his promise, they were finally relieved.

Although it is only the right to operate, and does not have the right to produce the formula, it is already very good.

The management right refers to the Nanzhili area where only seven of them are allowed to do this kind of business. The goods produced in Suzhou must be supplied to them at the agreed price, and no one else can be supplied.

In this way, Tong Youwei can control the supply of goods, set a higher price, and make huge profits.

This is no loss to the Chen family in Suzhou. Anyway, they sell the goods to everyone, just give them money. For Tong Youwei and others, there are many benefits.

The only ones who have suffered are the consumers in Nanzhili. It may not be easy for them to use cheap perfume soaps in the future.

Of course, Hong Chengchou imposed heavy taxes on these commodities before, so these things were originally very expensive in Nanjing. Now Tong Youwei and others don't need to raise prices anymore. They only need to sell them at the original prices to make a lot of money.

The seven of them who worked hard were naturally smiling, but the other few merchants who didn't work could only sigh in their hearts.

At this time, they dare not make any excessive demands, and can only watch others get rich.

They can only wait for future opportunities to see if they can find opportunities to please Wu Changqing, and then reap some benefits.

After all, the good things Wu Changqing has in his hands are not only perfume soaps, even those cheap cloths are also very tempting.

"Thank you, Lord Guo, in order to support Father Guo in regaining more homeland, I would like to donate one hundred thousand taels for Father Guo to support the army.

Wu Changqing gave them benefits, and Tong Youwei also very interesting donations.

Although one hundred thousand taels is a lot, it is nothing compared to the long-term profits of those soaps.

More importantly, donating these 100,000 taels is equivalent to selling his personal affection to Wu Changqing. You don't have to worry about being blackmailed by those big soldiers in business in the future.

Collusion between officials and businessmen is very important when the ancient legal system is not particularly sound. Doing business must have a good relationship with the officials, otherwise no matter how big the business is, it will be useless.

The magistrate of breaking the family, the extermination of the prefect, refers to the fact that officials can easily destroy other people's families.

This money needs to be spent anyway. As long as Wu Changqing does not collect money and do nothing like Hong Chengchou, Tong Youwei will not lose money for them.

"I am also willing to donate 80,000 taels."

Another giant businessman named Cui Mingchong also pledged to donate. Several other businessmen also reported their donation figures. The least of them was 50,000 taels.

These seven merchants alone donated 500,000 taels, which is enough for Wu Changqing to support military expenditures for a long time.

"The villain, Sun Daoming, was deeply ashamed that he had not been able to help the king when he broke the city. He specially donated two hundred thousand taels of silver, and I hope the general will accept it."

Before Sun Daoming was afraid of causing trouble to his upper body, he did not mix with the actions initiated by Tong Youwei.

And now, seeing Tong Youwei waiting for the people to make a big profit and establish an intimate relationship with Wu Changqing, he knew he had to act.

Otherwise, it will be a problem for Nanjing to tolerate Sun Daoming in the future.

In order to show his loyalty, Sun Daoming also donated 200,000 yuan as soon as he gritted his teeth.

He couldn't make it back for three or four years. If Wu Changqing couldn't keep it in Nanjing for three years, he would lose a lot.

However, Sun Daoming made this decision because he is now very optimistic about Wu Changqing.

Young and courageous, talented and virtuous, and know how to gain popular support. In short, all the signs that Wu Changqing showed on his body showed that he was a rare man in troubled times.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with investing in such a hero.

When other people saw Sun Daoming also donated, they all expressed their opinions.

Regardless of whether they are happy or not, as long as they still want to be treated fairly and want to do business, then this protection fee must be paid.

Not only had to pay, but also had to pay more than Tong Youwei and others to show obedience.

Sixteen merchants donated a total of 1.5 million taels of silver, which is enough for Wu Changqing's military salary for seven or eight months.

The merchants at the end of the Ming Dynasty were indeed very rich.

Wu Changqing sighed with emotion.

A major feature of the wealth distribution in the late Ming Dynasty was that the court and the people had no money, and officials and private businessmen were particularly rich.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, taxes on land were too heavy, and taxes on business were too light, which led to this deformed society. Moreover, with the increasing smuggling of overseas trade, the wealth of private merchants has increased rapidly, and the seeds of capitalism have even begun to emerge.

The early development of capitalism relied on squeezing the people and overseas colonies.

There were no overseas colonies in the Ming Dynasty, and capitalist wealth accumulation basically relied on squeezing the people.

The people would rebel if they had no money to survive, and the imperial court would not be able to suppress it if they had no money. That's why Li Zicheng could break through Beijing and Daming would perish in a daze. The address of the latest chapter of the aircraft carrier I built in Daming: https://www.novelhall.com/book/149212.htmlI built the full text of the aircraft carrier in Daming to read the address: https://www.novelhall.com/read/149212/I built the aircraft carrier txt download address in Daming: https://www.novelhall.com/down/149212.htmlI read it on the mobile phone built by Daming: https://m.novelhall.com/read/149212/In order to facilitate the next reading, you can click \"Favorites\" below to record this (Chapter 134 Interview with Merchants) reading record and open it next time You can see it on the bookshelf! If you like "I Build an Aircraft Carrier in Daming", please recommend this book to your friends (QQ, blog, WeChat, etc.) ,Thank you for your support! ! (www.novelhall.com)