Chapter 276

Maritime transport is not a key to the treasury.

Opening the seas will indeed increase Great Ming's revenue.

But it certainly won't grow in such a doubling fashion.

That is thirty years of savings for all of Great Ming!

Can the wealth overseas currently equal thirty Great Mings?

Obviously, that is impossible.

Old Zhu still has this confidence.

If the foreign states overseas were truly that wealthy, Great Ming would not be the Celestial Empire.

Even if all the foreign states overseas were combined, it would be good enough if they equaled two Great Mings.

The emperors in the chat group immediately fell silent.

A vague sense of ominous foreboding arose in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Gazing at the giant before him, Zhu Yuanzhang clasped his hands and said,

"Brother, your words have taught me. I will pay for this tea. Xiao Er, settle the bill!"

"Coming!"

"This sir, the total is sixty cash."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but furrow his brows.

"Two pots of tea and a plate of melon seeds are this expensive?"

That waiter smiled apologetically and said,

"Honored guest, the brick kilns outside the city earn two hundred cash a day; we little ones must also make a living, right? As for that restaurant over there, our Shopkeeper also bought it by borrowing money."

Only then did Old Zhu reluctantly take sixty cash from his pocket and hand it to the waiter.

Leaving the tea shed.

Gazing at the vibrant Jin Ling before him.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt in his heart that Su Qiao had buried a huge bomb for him and Great Ming.

"Your Majesty, where shall we go later?"

Jiang Huan, following behind Zhu Yuanzhang, looked at Old Zhu with confusion and asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and said leisurely,

"We cannot continue strolling; strolling won't reveal any clues."

"Keep a close watch on that boy Su Qiao for us."

"Report any slight movement to us immediately!"

"Yes!"

What Su Qiao has done has already clearly exceeded the range ordinary people can understand.

Obviously, Old Zhu's previous method of incognito visits is no longer that effective.

The common people only know how much money they earned in a month and how much of that money remains.

They cannot see through the true crisis hidden behind this.

Now that Jin Ling has undergone a great change, all the common people can earn money, so naturally everyone is beaming with joy.

But you, Su Qiao.

Do you truly have a way to let so many people keep earning so much money?

By that time.

When the common people mention your name.

Will they still be beaming with joy?

Old Zhu does not know.

……

……

Jusiya Sect.

Inside the Viceroy Yamen, heads surged, and many Yamen Runners ran back and forth.

In these few days, the number of people coming to the Viceroy Yamen to borrow money has clearly increased significantly.

According to the feedback from the accounts, the Jusiya Sect has already lent out over a million guan of Treasure Notes back and forth.

However, these Treasure Notes quickly returned to Su Qiao's accounts.

After all, this money was used by the common people to buy residences.

These residence funds are Su Qiao's basic foundation.

However, they cannot be the only foundation.

Su Qiao looked at the crowd outside and asked,

"Besides borrowing money to buy residences, does anyone borrow money for other things?"

The Deputy Director looked at Su Qiao with confusion and asked,

"My lord, what other things?"

"Can't our Zanmenya Sect only lend money to the common people so they can buy residences?"

Hearing this, Su Qiao wished he could drag these people out and beat them.

"Go out, hang a sign: from today on, any common people who meet the lending standards may also borrow money to do business."

"Opening brick kilns, opening shipyards to build ships, running sea voyages, all are allowed!"

"As long as it is a legitimate livelihood, we can lend to all of them!"

As soon as Su Qiao finished speaking.

The officials in the Viceroy Yamen instantly, and in unison, brought three words to mind.

—The Green Shoots Law!

Although these men had only come to the Bureau of Paper Currency after sitting on cold benches.

Most of them were literate and had studied.

The Bureau of Paper Currency is now dismantling Jin Ling, then selling the built houses to the people of Jin Ling.

At most, they are merely performing duties, stabilizing the price of Great Ming paper currency.

But if they lend money to the people to open brick kilns, to build ships, and to run sea routes.

Then this becomes the Green Shoots Law that Wang Anshi implemented during his reforms in the Song Dynasty!

"My lord, if you proceed this way, people are likely to compare you to the treacherous prime minister Wang Linchuan of the former Song."

Silence fell over the Viceroy Yamen.

"Oh."

"Hurry and hang that sign out, then recruit more personnel; it would be best to recruit some scholars, at least to make conducting affairs more convenient."

The assembly of officials:...

They truly could not fathom what in this world Su Qiao feared.

After all, he had already committed so many capital offenses.

With enough lice, one no longer feels the itch; after all, everyone has only one head, and it cannot be chopped off several times, can it?

Just after the sign for the Bureau of Paper Currency was hung out.

The entire Jin Ling boiled over.

Currently, there were already quite a few people in Jin Ling with modest assets.

But thinking that this hard-won family fortune would be handed over to the Bureau of Paper Currency.

There was always a certain unwillingness in their hearts.

In an instant.

The brick kilns, which were already numerous outside Jin Ling, suddenly sprang up like a geyser.

Besides that.

Many people also set their sights on the sea trade.

The shipbuilding industry also joined this feast.

For a time, Jin Ling actually saw a massive shortage of labor.

With fewer workers.

The people's income naturally rose.