Emperor Hongzhi's heart... hurts very much.

How many 30 million taels of silver are there in life?

Just for this?

This thing is made of gold, and it can't cost so much.

Over the years, Emperor Hongzhi has saved only 30 million taels.

As for the income of the treasury, it was even worse. The tax was pitiful, with more than three million taels a year. All the civil and military officials in the court were thinking about the treasury now, and they all looked green in their eyes, and they seemed to be like we rural people who don’t understand the law. Your Majesty, you have money, you pay.

Originally, Emperor Hongzhi was exhausted by guarding his own money every day.

Who would have expected that these two guys, one of them, would be 30 million taels.

Although Emperor Hongzhi felt that this thing might be of great use, and the exquisite structure was really a skill that was rare in the world.

But……

But at this time, Fang Jifan mentioned the old city, which made him confused.

Fang Jifan smiled and said, "I'm going to tell you, your son and the prince have been shorting the land in the old city for more than a year, spending tens of millions of taels of silver to buy the land along the railway and the old city. Cough cough... Your Majesty, do you understand?"

"I don't understand!"

Emperor Hongzhi was a little angry.

Fang Jifan was stunned. Damn, Your Majesty’s IQ is very limited. He doesn’t understand such a simple truth.

Fang Jifan coughed and seemed disgusted: "Your Majesty, why did the land price in the old city plummet? This is because the old city is a bit far from the Daming Palace. For many yamen, it is more than 40 miles away. If you walk or sit in a sedan chair, it will probably take a whole day. Even if it is a carriage, it will take two or three hours to go back and forth. And who knows what will happen in the middle of the journey. But now it is different. You only need to go to the station and get on the bus at any time. It takes half an hour to arrive at the new city. This is of no interest to many princes and nobles. But... what about countless craftsmen and ordinary people?"

Emperor Hongzhi was angry, but he still patiently listened to Fang Jifan's speech.

What Fang Jifan said was that Emperor Hongzhi was stunned.

At this time, Fang Jifan said again: "They are ordinary people. Your Majesty, think about it. The land price of this new city is too high. How can many poor officials, craftsmen, and ordinary people buy property? They can't afford the houses in the new city, but they live in the old city and are too far away. Only when working in the new city can you get a lot of salary. Can you bear to let them have no houses to live in? My son has already thought that every station will build a large number of markets. At the same time, a large number of houses are built nearby. Although these houses are not in courtyards, three or five stories high, a house with a radius of only a few dozen square meters, it is better because it is cheap. One acre of land can be given to thirty or fifty households. How much money do you guess this house? Your Majesty..."

When he talked about this, Fang Jifan was extremely excited: "Your Majesty, you only need 500 taels of silver. Such a good area is only 500 taels of silver. This is still close to the railway line. You can go to the new city in a blink of an eye. When you enter, you will be surrounded by a prosperous area of ​​the old city."

"Not only that, I have already passed. Many craftsmen can earn thirty or fifty taels of silver in a year. After saving these silver, they can save at least twenty taels a year. If there is a wife at home who works in a textile workshop, there are twenty taels of silver. In a year, there are surpluses of forty taels of silver, and many small merchants and many poor officials. It may take ten years to save a house. But I decided to use the Xishan Money House to give them a low-interest loan. The purpose is to make everyone have a house to live in. In this way, they only need to pay a down payment of fifty taels of silver to move in and repay the loan every month. It is only two or three taels of silver. If it takes ten or twenty years, this house will last for a lifetime."

Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

He couldn't help but say, "In this way, you can sell 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver for one acre of land in the old city."

"This is different." Fang Jifan smiled with a confident look on his face, "This is not an ordinary place. This is a railway line, enjoying prosperity and peace, and the whole family can be in a neat and reunited place. Moreover, these three or five-story mansions also cost money. I have to set up a market next to me, sell some shops, plan primary school, and build a theater, so that ordinary people can enjoy the convenience and prosperity of the new city."

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but take a breath and said, "How much money did you collect from these lands?"

Fang Jifan said in a hesitant manner: "Two, three hundred, two, one acre."

Emperor Hongzhi immediately began to calculate and said, "How many have you bought with the prince?"

Fang Jifan coughed: "People more than 100,000 acres..."

Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

Fang Jifan coughed: "Your Majesty, you can't just look at profits, but also invest in investment. If you want to renovate the old city, you will have amazing investment. Not to mention the railway, there are still a lot of groundbreaking... There are still countless craftsmen. In fact, the pressure of the son minister and the prince's prince has always been very high. In Jianye, Xishan, hundreds of thousands of people have to support him. Without a job, there will be no salary. Without a salary, countless people will be hungry. If they are hungry, will they become refugees under the feet of the emperor? If a quarrel starts, neither the son minister nor the prince's prince will be able to bear it."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he also stretched his face and his eyes were calm.

This is indeed a very serious matter. It’s okay for ordinary refugees. If hundreds of thousands of people are hungry and still at the feet of the emperor, they will really shake the world.

Fang Jifan said again: "And the transformation of the old city, the laying of railroads in the future, the construction of the new city, the labor required in the future, from workshops to roads, to mansions, and countless wood, lacquerware, heating supplies, coal mining, logging, mining, etc. that will be provided for hundreds of thousands of people. Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty refugees can be solved at one time. And these people, with salary, must still need food, clothing, housing and transportation, and can greatly prosper business. The actions of the young minister and the prince are all for the Ming Dynasty, the country, and countless people... without food and clothing, and hungry people."

The harm of two parts is the least.

You said that Fang Jifan cheated people and used the opportunity of old city renovation to make money, but in fact, how many people who were not covered in their bodies and could not fill their stomachs and who should have starved to death made profits?

Emperor Hongzhi looked cautious and squinted, saying, "So, will the land price in the old city rise?"

"Yes!" Fang Jifan stared at Emperor Hongzhi: "It may increase to more than ten times!"

Emperor Hongzhi immediately took a breath of shock and said, "I still have a lot of land in the old city, right? For example, the Forbidden City, and... many old yamen halls... along the railway, there seem to be some emperors."

"Yes." Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty is so wise."

Emperor Hongzhi was too lazy to treat Fang Jifan's polite words, and his heart was refreshed. He couldn't help but be excited and his face turned red.

He couldn't help but say, "So, can the 30 million taels of silver from the construction of the railway be easily collected?"

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "It's not just easy to take it back. This can not only provide work for countless people, but also, with such a large sum of money in Xishan Jianye, it will continue to break ground to start a large number of railways. The son and the prince have thought about it. Next, in Xishan, there will be a railway connecting the anthracite in Xishan, and countless goods, which can be continuously reached the new city to supply the needs of the new city, and even to the pier of the old city, and through the canal, transported to all parts of the world.

Come, there will be more and more railways. There is nothing in this world that cannot be done by silver. As long as there is silver, even if you build a railway to Liaodong, as long as your Majesty gives the order, it takes only three days or three days, there will be countless trains transporting a large amount of food and weapons, and tens of thousands of troops and horses to arrive in Liaodong. Any foreign race or a citizen who dares to be ready to move, the court can mobilize all its strength within ten days to eliminate it!”

turn out to be……

Railways are of such great use.

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi began to be shocked.

In this era, transportation is very difficult.

It requires a lot of manpower, and manpower means countless losses. If a pound of grain is transported from the capital to Liaodong, most of the losses on the road may have been gone. But what if it is railway transportation? Only a few dozen people can send the piles of grain to the army in Liaodong within half a month without any loss.

Not only that, the time for the gathering of the army can be reduced countless times.

There is also manpower transportation and cargo transportation. Isn’t this an artery that is more sharp than the Grand Canal, just appeared out of thin air.

As for money... this kind of difficult thing is so big that it is in front of the emperor. It seems that when Fang Jifan's mouth becomes a trivial matter.

As he said, the transformation of the old city can make a large amount of silver through land, which, to some extent, is a certain accumulation of primitive capital within.

For an empire like the Ming Dynasty, it is almost impossible to complete the accumulation of primitive capital by just plundering externally. It is a drop in the bucket. After all, a hundred paupers plunder and exploit 10,000 people is enough to make one person rich, and the remaining ninety-nine people can improve their living conditions. But one million people plunder and exploit 10,000 people... This is a bit embarrassing. The result of mobilizing troops may be that they are unable to make ends meet.

But this side of the Jiefan...

Emperor Hongzhi stood up and couldn't help but walk to the wall of the car. His hand gently stroked the wall of the car. The vibration of the train was transmitted to the palm of his hand through the wall of the car.

He turned around and said an intriguing sentence: "Is this car really made by the prince?"

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