I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The businessmen may not know Wu Changqing's ambitions, but they feel that Wu Changqing is attacking them.

After all, there are only a few people who are submissive. Most of the big businessmen are actively working hard to increase the voice of their class.

Yangzhou, in a restaurant, the Yangzhou Prefect Fei Committee is hosting a few big businessmen for dinner.

No, no, no, the secret of promotion in the current Dahua officialdom is to please big businessmen.

Because economic development has become the most important assessment indicator for local officials.

Local officials who can develop the economy will be promoted faster.

On the other hand, if you still pursue long-term peace and stability like the previous dynasty, then you will be dead, and there will be no hope for promotion.

And as more and more talents enter the Dahua officialdom, sooner or later these people will have to make way for the talents behind.

This is a great advantage of the Dahua court, that is, the officialdom is full of vitality.

In the previous Ming Dynasty, promotions had to pay attention to seniority, and dismissing a waste official had to consider their hard work.

This has led to the fact that capable people have not been important and need to endure years.

Incompetent officials can always occupy the position, the corpse is vegetarian.

Of course, any regime that has been around for a long time will have this kind of problem.

The current Dahua court, when dismissed, does not need to consider their hard work, because they have no hard work.

At present, more than 90% of the civil officials in Dahua are former ministers. What credit and hard work can they have for Dahua?

If you don't have qualifications, you don't have to worry about their face and ideas, and if you want to withdraw, you can withdraw.

This leaves those incompetent with no living space.

Moreover, due to the rapid rise of Dahua, the promotion mechanism for officials has not yet formed unspoken rules, and there is no rule that must be promoted every three years.

It is the norm for anyone who is capable to be hired without exception.

Although, with the development of time, Dahua's officialdom will sooner or later become a place that pays attention to seniority. But at least for now, Dahua's officialdom is still full of vitality.

It is precisely because of this that those ambitious officials in Dahua's officialdom are very active in their work, because there are many opportunities in Dahua's officialdom.

As long as you do it well, it is possible to fly into the cabinet.

Fei Wei is an ambitious person. Although the prefect of Yangzhou is fat, he cannot satisfy his appetite at all.

Therefore, he is also doing his best to develop the local economy.

In this process, naturally, many difficulties were encountered.

Originally, Yangzhou was a very advantageous place, and it has been a famous town in the world since the Sui Dynasty. Connected to the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, water transportation is extremely developed.

Its economic development has always been among the best.

However, the Manchu invasion caused a huge drop in population.

And because Dahua North went up late, the time to merge into Dahua was also slow.

When Yangzhou was merged into Dahua, the development of Nanjing, Songjiang and Suzhou was already in full swing.

In this case, the capital of Yangzhou went to Nanjing and Songjiang, and the development of Yangzhou was stagnant.

Today, Yangzhou has poor infrastructure, weak industrial base, and serious brain drain.

For many reasons, the cost of building a factory in Yangzhou is much higher than that in Nanjing.

This has led to Fei Wei's intention to develop the economy, but it is difficult for clever women to cook without rice.

In desperation, he can only pull down his old face and entertain local wealthy businessmen, hoping that they can look at the face of their hometown and play a card of affection, so that they can invest in Yangzhou to build factories and develop Yangzhou.

Everyone first drank and ate meat, talked about the current good life, and talked about the good prospects in the future.

Afterwards, Fei Wei found a suitable opportunity and said, "Although Dahua is developing in full swing, Yangzhou is a bit of a drag. It really deserves the name of Huaizuo's famous capital and the best land in Zhuxi."

Several other big businessmen were silent when they heard the words. They all knew Fei Wei's purpose before they came.

It's not that they don't want their hometown to develop. The key is that the investment income in Yangzhou is low, and it is far better to go to Nanjing to make money.

"Hey, there's nothing you can do about it. Who let Nanjing and Songjiang take the lead."

said a cloth dealer.

He built a textile factory in Nanjing as a supplier to the Wu family.

Relying on a lot of mechanization, its production cost is extremely low, and it has also made a lot of money.

But if the textile factory is opened in Yangzhou, the cost will be out of control.

For example, a machine suddenly breaks down.

In Nanjing, it is easy to find a professional maintenance technician, but in Yangzhou, it is difficult, and it can even be said that there is no one. You need to send someone to Nanjing.

The cost of hiring people is a trivial matter. The key is this back-and-forth time, which delays the construction period, and the loss is unpredictable.

In addition to this, the procurement of raw materials, the sale of goods, etc., are not as convenient as Nanjing.

Nanjing has formed an agglomeration effect. It is very convenient to do business in Nanjing, but there are many difficulties in other places.

"Boss Cheng's words are bad. Nanjing's development is only two years. It only takes two years. In a long-term investment, it is not long. As long as everyone invests and builds factories in Yangzhou, relying on Yangzhou's excellent geographical location , we will soon be able to catch up. As long as we have more manufacturers, other human capital will flow to Yangzhou, and then form the same advantages as Nanjing.

And this is also an inevitable trend. It is impossible for the imperial court to develop only one Nanjing. It will support the development of important places in the future. Yangzhou is definitely one of them. "

Fei Wei has obviously done his homework, and the big reason is very slippery.

But it is useless, businessmen are profit-seeking.

Since you can make money in Nanjing, why come to Yangzhou to pioneer. Why don't you wait for other businessmen to stay in Yangzhou in the early stage and come back after Yangzhou has developed?

Seeing that those businessmen were not letting go, Fei Wei felt helpless, and continued: "For the sake of the elders and the villagers, please do this official a favor. In the future, the official will not forget this. a favor."

When the merchants heard this, they became enthusiastic.

They have always wanted to seek more right to speak, and making friends with officials is the best way.

Now a huge opportunity is in front of them.

As long as you give up a little profit and help Fei, you can have one more ally.

Moreover, if they can develop Yangzhou and lift the fee committee into the central cabinet, then their benefits will be even greater.

It is impossible for the emperor to do everything himself, and there are many things that the cabinet ministers can do without authorization.

As long as the fee committee favors them, they can make countless profits.

However, they need to evaluate Fei Committee and judge whether Fei Committee is worthy of forming an alliance.

If Fei Wei is a loyal royalist, or a capricious scumbag, their investment will be lost.

"I admire Mr. Fei's concern for the people, and we are also determined to contribute to our hometown. It's just..."

Next is some exchange of interests. Everyone's words are relatively obscure, but those who can sit in this position are not mediocre, and everyone can understand it.

Fei Wei knew the other party's demands and was very entangled in his heart.

Once you become the spokesperson of the other party's interests, it will not be so easy to get off the ship. In the future, in order to repay, you may have to do something illegal.

However, Fei Wei had no choice. If he wanted to climb up, he had to rely on these big businessmen.

So, after some bargaining, the two sides finally reached a cooperation.

These big businessmen promised to invest 3 million yuan in Yangzhou to build a factory in the early stage.

And Fei Wei also promised that he would give the greatest convenience. Whatever he saw, he would handle it.