It was early spring, and silk-like tender buds were drawn from the branches of the willow tree.

On the land of Huaibei, a young man wearing a light blue arrow dress was riding a horse along the land of Huaibei with a brightly-colored Indian maid. There were dozens of servants and maids, and there were two large carriages following him, which looked like a rich young man was traveling.

The banks of the Xifei River are green. After a few days, although there are still some time before spring, many farmers are already weeding in the fields with hoes. In an era without chemical herbicides, everything can only be achieved by manpower.

When the farmer saw the team passing, he just looked up and continued to work. He didn't even have envy, after all, some things are unenvious.

The man in the arrow is the man in the archery that is the Saint Emperor Zigan. The Indian maid next to him is the little princess of the Qiao family of the Mughal Empire. Even if her father is known as the "King of the World", he will only be a maid by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Guoqiang is now revisiting his old place!

He gently stopped the horse under his crotch and immediately looked at the busy construction site in the distance - it was a railway construction site. After crossing the Huai River, the railway ended abruptly within 50 miles. Further north is this busy construction site. On the construction site that stretched for thousands of miles, there were hundreds of thousands of people building roadbeds, laying sleepers and tracks.

They are not employed workers, but are in corvee service.

In ancient times, for the people, the heaviest burden was never the burden of land taxes, but "corps labor". Corsair labor was actually the unpaid labor for the government, including labor, man-made service, military service, etc. All labor activities carried out by the state free recruitment of people of all classes of people were called labor labor, including labor labor and military service. Of course, the former was the only one in the Ming Dynasty.

Strong labor was extremely important for ancient China. From the construction of national defense projects such as the Great Wall, Meng Jiangnu cried, her husband was the one who served as strong labor, to the local governments and schools repaired, they all needed to recruit strong labor.

Why do you need to seek strength?

Hard work requires no money, and it is the "duty" of the people.

Among these powerful labor, the most important thing is to build water conservancy. In ancient times, many "virtuous ministers" built canals and dikes in the local area at a cost of hundreds of miles. How did they build them? They rely on the force of labor. When the people served, they not only had to work, but also brought their own food.

Don't want to serve? It doesn't matter, the government will make you convinced. Not only will your heart be convinced, but your body is also convinced. I will send you a few hundred miles away next year. If you don't die, you will have to lose your skin. It's very common to lose your family and lose your family.

These four words seem inconspicuous, but in fact, these four words are really popular.

As for land tax, how much tax will be collected for one acre of land in the Ming Dynasty? It is only a few dozen cents, a small amount.

Of course, if you have money, you can also pay money to be exempted from labor. For example, the people in the city often pay "free money" and this money... is basically all included in the pockets of officials.

But even so, this money is not something that anyone can pay as soon as they want. If everyone pays the money and is immune, who will repair the canal? Who will repair the official road? Who will carry the sedan chair for the official master? Even among the yamen runners, there are many people who are strong servants. Therefore, being able to pay the money for exemption is also a privilege for a few people. You can't pay as long as you want, and those who can pay will naturally be decent people.

However, the Ming Dynasty has allowed the people to pay free service and exempt from serving. Of course, this amount of money is a big burden for ordinary people. Therefore, ordinary people often choose to serve.

However, the Ming Dynasty's strong labor force is more scientific now, with only winter leisure, and flood control during the flood season can be used to recruit labor force. In other times, the government must spend money to hire workers.

Now it's winter leisure, and the construction site is full of people who are serving hard. Faced with such a grand construction site, Zhu Guoqiang said with great ambition.

"I started to build railways in Daming and usually hired workers. In winter, I mobilized the masses to build roadbeds. At most, no less than one million people built railways from south to north. In recent years, the railways in Daming have gone from nothing to place last year. Last year, at least three thousand miles were built. Today, at least three thousand miles were built. At most ten years, all provinces in Daming will build railways..."

Using winter leisure to organize the masses to build roadbeds is a successful experience in another world. A battle of millions of people is often a battle of rivers, roadworks, digging an artificial river and building a railway in a few months are all very common. At that time, the people are very motivated and they will bring their own food.

However, on the Ming Dynasty, it was a winter service. In previous years, the people either built water conservancy or built official roads. In the past two years, there were more "road workers". However, they did not need to bring their own food to serve this "road workers". Not only did they have enough food, but they even had ten cents of subsidies every day.

Our Emperor Qian Sheng is kind. Throughout history, did the dynasty and that dynasty bring their own dry food?

At this time, Xinara leaned quietly and whispered obediently:

"Master, since I can participate in the coal mine auction, can I buy some land near the train station?"

“Buy some land near the train station?”

Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile.

"You are quite good at doing business. In the future, the land around the railway station will definitely be worth every inch. The ministers and officials of the Ming Dynasty have only realized this recently. What do you want to do after buying the land?"

Railways are new things, and not everyone has that vision. Just like when the high-speed rail era was first started, how many people could have thought that high-speed rail would fundamentally change China. Now, there are definitely fewer people who can see the future of railways.

"Build a house for rent."

Sinara thought for a while and said,

"I am in Nanjing, and I definitely can't do business by myself. I can only build some houses and then rely on rent collection. I earn less in this way, but it's better than relying on others..."

In fact, since the day she escaped from Delhi, Sinara did not want to rely on anyone anymore, which is why she didn't want to sit in the air. When she was in Huainan before, she regretted it because she was angry that she did not participate in the coal mine auction. Now, she can't miss this opportunity again.

Zhu Guoqiang smiled:

"I don't rely on others, I want to rely on myself, but now many good locations have been bought."

Sinara smiled:

"Master, what about you? Have you bought it too?"

The emperor in front of him is completely different from his father. His father needs wealth and will make the governors pay tribute and increase taxes. However, he often invests, just like the coal mines he invests in Huainan, which can bring him millions of taels of profit every year.

Turning his head and looking at the girl beside him, Zhu Guo smiled and said:

"You know that the royal family is rich and good, but the whole world is empty. There are so many people in the palace who have to live. I cannot let the queen and concubine sew clothes and subsidize the family income like the late emperor. So I have to find a way to compete with the people for profit. The people can invest, and the royal family can invest. They are all investments and business. As long as it is a fair transaction, it is no big deal!"

Thinking of the inexplicable poverty in the palace at Chongzhen, even in the end, the queen and the concubine wanted to be a female red and let the eunuch sell it for money, Zhu Guoqiang was disappointed. The royal family was so poor that there were even censors saying, "Fight for profit with the people."

It’s more than just one or two to ruin the country?

Of course, although Zhu Guoqiang invested, he would never "open a royal shop". What is the easiest way to do things like buying and selling forcing them? It is nothing more than investing in stores and industries. Whether it is the newly built street market in Nanjing, coal mines, railways, iron factories, yarn mills and other factories, or land at stations along the railway, it is an extremely high return rate, but a strong long-lasting investment.

One investment will benefit from generation to generation.

As long as the Ming Dynasty is present, these lands will continue to bring benefits to his descendants. Even if the Ming Dynasty is present one day, these lands will still bring benefits, because some of them are purchased by pseudonyms, and on the surface, they seem to have no connection with the royal family.

"If you want to invest in land in front of the station, pay attention to land in front of the station. The return may not be large in the short term, but in the long run, the return rate is still very high..."

While providing some investment advice to Sinara, the group rode their horses towards the construction site.
Chapter completed!