I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 226: The Tenth Year of Zhengde
In comparison, the enforcement of the Qing Dynasty's policy of seclusion was a completely different story.

For example, the infamous "Emigration Order" ordered all residents from Shandong Province to Guangdong Province to move 50 miles inland, burn down all houses there, and prohibit coastal residents from going out to sea. This measure abandoned the fishery and salt industry in the coastal areas of East China to South China, left farmland barren, and displaced coastal residents who suffered greatly from the migration. Hundreds of thousands of people died, and the urban population in the southeastern coastal areas lost nearly half during the migration.

This policy was formulated to deal with Zheng Chenggong and lasted for twenty-three years. Although the territory was restored later, it had already caused extremely serious consequences.

Since the Song and Ming dynasties, China's coastal areas have had a fairly developed maritime trade, which has greatly promoted the economic development and scientific and cultural progress of the coastal areas. However, the Qing Dynasty's order to move the sea destroyed hundreds of years of maritime achievements. The coastal areas were silent for thousands of miles, and the maritime trade plummeted and has been unable to recover for a long time.

This order to move the sea directly ensured the implementation of the Qing Dynasty's policy of isolation and maritime ban.

Therefore, the real maritime ban still lies in the Qing Dynasty, while the Ming Dynasty only had a false maritime ban.

Although Zhu Houxuan had just written the inscription "Working for the Health of the Chinese Nation for 50 Years" not long ago, and did not encourage workers to harm their health due to work, he had to put that idea aside when facing the strong young men on the fishing boats.
Because winter is the peak fishing season for ocean-going fishing vessels, and because there is no problem of rotting and spoilage in winter, the fishing boats can fill up the cabins before returning, which is much more efficient.

Moreover, frozen marine fish basically do not need to be processed by food factories. They are directly taken to various factories and construction sites for digestion. The taste of frozen seafood is much better than that of salted fish.
Therefore, Zhu Houxuan could only provide the good guys who were sailing with better protection against the cold. He specially purchased some leather and made fur coats for them. Originally, he wanted to use down, which is lighter, but its ability to keep out the cold will drop rapidly after it comes into contact with water. Finally, he decided to use leather, which is also waterproof and suitable for use on board.

In addition, each ship carries a large amount of kerosene and coal for heating the cabins when not in operation.

Subsidies for winter operations were also provided, increasing the frequency of crew rotations on board fishing vessels.

There is no way. Food is too important in this era, especially marine fish, which is a way to supplement protein in large quantities.

This is much faster than raising chickens and ducks. He is determined to stick to the "ocean ranching" strategy.

After inspecting the fishing port, Zhu Houxuan returned to Tangshan Iron and Steel Plant
The ninth year of Zhengde passed quietly. Zhu Houxuan was extremely busy that year. He gradually shifted the focus of his industry to the north, and more than 30,000 Qizhou workers followed him north.

The tenth year of Zhengde arrived like this. In the first month of the tenth year of Zhengde, the railway from Tangshan to Tianjin was opened to traffic. People were all amazed at the arrogance of King Jing, who actually used the best rails to pave the road, and were also amazed at the convenience of the railway.

At the same time, construction of the railway from Tianjin to Beijing also began.

The construction was very fast and was completed in March.

When the first Marxist-Leninist train arrived outside Chongwenmen along the railway tracks, the entire capital city was in an uproar. As news spread extremely slowly, many people had never heard of the railway tracks and Marxist-Leninist trains, even in Tianjin, which was so close.

Zhu Houzhao also attended the ceremony of opening the railway
However, laying rails on the ground was a huge fortune, which attracted the covetousness of many villagers. Zhu Houxuan had to set up a special track patrol team, and Zhu Houzhao ordered the prefectures and counties along the railway to assist in protection. After the spring plowing, Zhu Houxuan began to gather civilians to start building new salt fields and infrastructure.

In March, Zhu Houxuan began to organize the first Ming Dynasty Business Conference in the capital, inviting merchants from all over the world to participate.

This move caused a huge sensation in the business world of the Ming Dynasty. Although the merchants of the Ming Dynasty controlled a lot of wealth, their social status in the Ming Dynasty was not high. Even if they wore brocade clothes, they could only wear them secretly, so they usually acted in a low-key manner. Therefore, it was the first time that Zhu Houxuan held such a high-profile conference that only invited businessmen.

Although Zhu Houxuan usually acted very low-key, hiding behind the scenes most of the time and rarely appearing in public, the legend of Zhu Houxuan had already spread everywhere in the business world of the Ming Dynasty, and businessmen had very complicated views of Zhu Houxuan.

There was no way. Zhu Houxun's identity was too special. First of all, he was a royal prince of the Ming Dynasty. Even though many princes were secretly doing business, Zhu Houxun was the only one who could do what he did. Moreover, Zhu Houxun's business was different from that of other princes. He made his fortune by selling high-quality and low-priced goods.

The most important thing is that Zhu Houxuan has now become the ultimate form that Ming Dynasty merchants can imagine - an imperial merchant. He has great trust and support from the Ming Emperor.

If that were all, the merchants would definitely have all kinds of doubts about contacting Zhu Houxun, because Zhu Houxun was a behemoth and they were just small shrimps, and if they were not careful they would be in danger of being swallowed up skin and bones.

However, Zhu Houxun started doing business in the fourth year of Zhengde, and up to now, in the tenth year of Zhengde, he has maintained an excellent reputation for a full six years. He always treats business as business and never uses his power to bully others. This golden signboard of integrity has been established.

The merchants who had dealt with the Prince of Jing's Palace all praised its style of doing things, so Zhu Houxuan's good reputation dispelled the doubts of many merchants.

Moreover, Zhu Houxuan did not mention his titles at all in the invitation letter. He was just issuing the invitation as a businessman, which made people feel even more favorable towards him.

The agenda for the conference listed by Zhu Houxun caused a lot of discussion among the businessmen who received the invitation.

Railway investment promotion, financial cooperation, business information exchange cooperation, Royal Group strategic cooperation, etc., each of them has a fatal attraction to businessmen.

There is no way Zhu Houxun has too many good cards in his hand.

Although the Ming Dynasty was still an official-oriented society and many businessmen were merely appendages of power, the topics raised by Zhu Houxuan also aroused the interest of the people behind the businessmen, so many people accepted the invitation and signed up to participate.

Zhu Houxuan's intention of holding the Merchants Conference was simple. He had now become the number one in the business world of the Ming Dynasty. To be the number one, one must have the awareness of the number one and also play the advantages of the number one. So he began to try to use this identity to mobilize the business resources of the Ming Dynasty and let these business resources follow his baton.
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