Wuhai City, Hetao, is the new city closest to the border of Daming in the Hetao area. Zhang Cong, who had been promoted from a county magistrate to a governor, summoned a merchant group here to prepare to sell land in the Shajing area. This was the new way he thought of to increase military expenditure and infrastructure funds recently, that is, pre-sell land first and then annex the land to obtain the funds needed to launch a war in the early stage, and it has been tried and true.

"I have obtained the approval of His Majesty to prepare for the construction of Shajing and expand the territory under Hetao, to be the escort of Wuhai City, and to promote Wuhai to the city of the city. At present, the geographical overview of Shajing has been investigated by the Ministry of War Geography and the Geography Department of the Ministry of War. There are five iron ore departments, nine coal mines, 36,74 hectares of pasture land, and more than 10,600 hectares of fertile land. The legal business group registered in the Ministry of Revenue can now go to the Wuhai Merchant Hall and find Liu Gui, the first magistrate of Shajing to apply for auction!"

As soon as the Hetao Governor Zhang Cong finished speaking, the wealthy businessmen rushed to the Wuhai Shopping Mall.

Now these wealthy merchants in the Ming Dynasty are no longer conservative as they were in the years when Yulin City was first built. After seeing the first batch of northbound merchant groups relying on mining and military farming and border trade to make money, more and more wealthy merchants in the Ming Dynasty rushed to Hetao. In addition, with the change of China and France, a large number of huge merchants in the Huaiyang area rushed to Hetao. Therefore, more and more merchants in the Hetao area were trying to make profits by using the empire to advance north.

The court naturally had to make money, otherwise it would not be able to maintain military expenditures in the Hetao area. Therefore, what he thought of was pre-sale of land.

As Zhang Cong, who was personally taught by Emperor Zhu Houzhao at the Peking University, it is not surprising that he can think of obtaining capital for foreign expansion by pre-sale of overseas land, and even he can do a good job.

After serving as the governor of Hetao, Zhang Cong publicly sold the official lands that had not been distributed after the Hetao immigrants were in the border area. However, because these undistributed official lands were all on the border of Hetao and were often harassed by Tatar Rangers, not many merchants were willing to buy them at the beginning.

But there are always a few who dare to eat the first one.

When Zhang Cong, the governor of Hetao, issued a ruling to the court to build a new city and pre-sale the land of the new city, some merchants who had long-term vision or were confident in the imperial military capabilities bought the land.

After Yang Yiqing, the general manager, led the guards to defeat the Tatar nomadic tribes in the target area of ​​Xincheng and built the city, these merchants who used to buy Xincheng land all obtained the land as they wished.

According to Zhu Houzhao's plan, the land annexation within the pass must be prevented.

This is not necessary outside the pass. In order to consolidate the foundation of rule and increase the enthusiasm of merchants to develop new territory, these merchants can naturally be encouraged to purchase land.

After all, the land outside the pass is barren and vast and sparsely populated. Even if the court holds it in his own hands, it will not be able to pay for it. He even has to send troops to garrison it, and it is better to let merchants develop it if they spend money and food.

These merchants who obtained new land did have their own ways to develop new land. As long as the imperial army can give them a stable environment and protect their property safety, they can make profits through mining and other means.

Because the imperial government only invests in shares in the form of certain shares, these merchants do not have to worry about being exploited by eunuchs in various places in the border towns, but they just give the households a portion of their money regularly every year.

The profit of this dividend is actually Zhu Houzhao's disguised levy of commercial tax.

After all, the Ming Dynasty collected too little commercial tax, and if you want to directly impose commercial tax, you will naturally encounter layers of obstacles. There are no large civil servants and gentry forces in the newly opened area of ​​the border town. Zhu Houzhao could naturally take advantage of this to use various methods to provide the court's weight in the distribution of commercial interests.

But in general, because the government only collected a certain share of equity dividends, did not use other miscellaneous taxes, and extortions in public and secretly, these merchants still made great profits. In addition, due to the progress of steel smelting technology and the increase in military industry and infrastructure projects in the Ming Dynasty, the demand for iron ore and other things increased sharply.

These first batch of merchants who mined in the newly opened territory made a fortune and attracted more merchants to go north to dig gold and make a fortune.

In the later period, basically, as soon as the Hetao court officials issued the investment letter for a new city, countless merchants flocked to buy it, which led to the continued rise in Hetao land prices, which not only had the benefits of development but also the benefits of investment.

The Hetao government naturally gained a large amount of income before it expanded to the outside world, and even realized the model of local infrastructure construction without the imperial government. It changed the sense that the border towns had been abandoned for thousands of years, but it was a pity that it was occupied without any money and food. It also began to have tax surpluses without the need for the imperial government to allocate funds and assistance.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty court naturally had to do things after collecting the money. Even if the court did not want to send troops to build a new city, the merchants who paid to buy land would force the court to send troops. After all, they spent money and were waiting for the court to expand the construction of a new city and divide the land, so that they could develop and recover the cost.

What's more, many merchants have military backgrounds, and the real force involved in external expansion and plunder was the Ming Guards and Border Army, so they naturally wanted to share the benefits of external expansion.

The Tatar nobles were naturally the ones who suffered losses, and their living space was reduced. Even the lower Mongolians and slaves they could exploit became the employers of the Ming Shang because of the large number of Ming Shangshou borders.

Because the agriculture outside the pass was not developed, and the Tatar nobles exploited the lower-class people not less than the Ming landlord class exploited the people, many Mongolians were also very poor. Even if they worked hard work at the hands of the Ming merchants, their income was better than that of the slaves who only worked as Tatar nobles. Naturally, more and more Mongolians smuggled to work under the Ming government. In addition, the government deliberately guided them, they were gradually assimilated into Han people.

The lives of the Tatar nobles naturally became more and more difficult and cruel. On the one hand, they increased their efforts to plunder the border towns of Daming, and on the other hand, they increased their control and directly beheaded the fugitive slaves. However, even so, they failed to prevent a large number of ordinary Mongolians from migrating to the Ming-controlled areas.

"Mr. Futai, the first batch of land in Shajing County has been pre-sold. This is the silver liang that is more than one million and two million taels more than the first batch of land in Tongda County when it was sold!"

At night after the third day, Liu Gui, the magistrate of Shajing, came to Zhang Cong's inner hall in the wind and snow.

As a county magistrate who had just been promoted to the position of Jurong County as a rich county in the south and was promoted to the position of Dianshi of Jurong County, this was the first time that Liu Gui saw a small county in the border town that was countless times smaller than Jurong that could instantly generate so much money, and it was even a county that had not yet been classified under the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the excitement on Liu Gui's face could not be concealed at all. He came to Zhang Cong with a bunch of notes issued by the Royal Bank and began to report in detail.

Zhang Cong was no longer surprised. He glanced at the bills and the cooperation contracts signed by the government and major commercial banks, and just smiled faintly: "Why did the business group in Jiaoge's hometown buy so much land? He is going to Shajing County for retirement!"

After Zhang Cong said, he said: "As long as you follow the rules, in addition to part of it being handed over to the Ministry of Revenue and part of it to the governments at all levels of Hetao, you will keep a portion of it yourself, and you will probably have a million taels of silver;

At that time, once the guards occupy Shajing, you, the county magistrate of Shajing County, need to organize people to build cities and roads. Be sure to build a road between Shajing County and Wuhai Prefecture. You are responsible for the territory of Shajing County, and the other sections are responsible for each county. The roads must be repaired and the city must be built in a solid manner. As long as the roads are repaired, it is equivalent to establishing a connection with Wuhai;

At that time, the Third Division of the Guards in Wuhai will arrive day and night, so naturally there is no need to worry about being attacked by the Tatars! This Emperor of Ming Dynasty formulates the general military and political strategy! It is necessary to strictly implement it. You guess, if you only use the private silver you keep in Shajing County is enough to build roads and cities. If not enough, I will assign some more points to you. After all, Shajing County is really going to build a city on the grassland, and there are places where money is spent."

"The subordinate officials have been a county assistant for many years. They have never known that their subordinates have given money to their superiors. They do not know that their superiors have allocated funds to their subordinates. Now, Your Majesty has experienced the hardships of local governments in governing the people, and cannot bear to add additional enlistment from the local government offices to the people. They have ordered the local government to keep a portion of the treasury silver. It can be said that the Holy King has never seen before in the dynasty! More than one million taels are enough, and the subordinates dare not seek more."

Liu Gui smiled and said, "For him, millions of taels are already a huge sum of money. He himself didn't know how to use it in practice if he asked him to get an extra amount of public money. Moreover, he also knew that the current officials were very strict in their investigations, and he had always been cautious and did not want to cause a lot of trouble because of the excessive public money in charge, so he rejected Zhang Cong's kindness, Shangguan.

"Since that's the case, when you need to pay more silver, you will find your official. Now the Royal Bank deposits too much money. According to the Ministry of Revenue, you must spend as much as possible. It cannot be stored in the hands of the court. Your Majesty is unwilling to create a large number of palaces and must help the people first. If you spend more, you can also make the border people have more money. At that time, there will be more people who are willing to come to the north to make a living. If you immigrate to the border, you have to let the people see the benefits of getting the money, so that they can stay away from their hometowns and settle here."

After Zhang Cong said this, Liu Gui nodded: "The officials remember the teachings of Futai Lord. But what the officials are worried about is that our Ming Dynasty built cities and roads in Hetao was expanded too quickly. At present, most of the Hu people are mostly in the Wuhai Prefecture area. Do you think these Hu people will take the opportunity to cause trouble? The officials also want to ask the great masters how to manage these Hu people."

"Although it is not my race, their hearts must be different, but the Ming Dynasty was the supreme country of the Celestial Empire and could not do things that would destroy human nature. Moreover, these Hu people were poor people enslaved by Tatars. Many of them were Han people who were robbed by Tatars. They came here to do coolies spontaneously, and we also needed them to build cities, build roads, transport mines, etc. As long as they lived better than when they were slaves, they naturally would not want to go back;

However, we have to take this opportunity to change customs and let them be sinicized. These Hu people at the bottom can eat enough, so they naturally don’t care what kind of culture they receive. But we have to instill etiquette and law in them to forget that they are Hu people and only know that they are Ming people. Through trade, work, cultural propaganda and entertainment, they will gradually get used to speaking Chinese. Gradually, they will forget that they were Hu people before. For example, the Huns’ surname was Liu and established a Han country. You, Liu Gui, may be both Huns, and you said yes, not right."

Zhang Cong said and joked about Liu Gui. Liu Gui smiled awkwardly: "Although I don't know if my ancestors were Han or Yi, I know that I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Cong nodded and continued, "This is right. Those who are loyal to His Majesty of the Emperor are all subjects of my Ming Dynasty! You must remember one thing at that time. These Hu people are forbidden to gather together and live together in the Han and Hu people, and to prohibit intermarriage within their tribes to form alliances, and to form clans and factions. Those who have the tendency to be the leader of other Hu people will be killed! The Hu nobles will not forgive you!

Use the methods in the "Foreign Regulations" issued by the General Political Department of the Guards to promote the sinicization of the Tatar nobles, and investigate a few more miserable people, and give them the opportunity to talk about their painful experiences of being enslaved by the major Hu people in their workplaces, and by the way, they were good in the Ming Dynasty! This will be very effective, and it will even make these Hu people more desperate to defend the city than the original Han people when they encounter Tatar cavalry attacks in the future!"

As soon as Zhang Cong finished speaking, Wang Xi, the governor of Wuhai Prefecture, and Gui Yong, the deputy general, suddenly came to report in a hurry: "Futai! The cavalry of Urianha attacked, and Daha, the son of the leader of Urianha, was personally led by Daha. According to our Jinyiwei's return, we still came to ask the Hu people to go back, saying that we had robbed their subordinates."
Chapter completed!