Obviously, in the past, Deng Jian gave Ah Fu a lot of expectations, but every time the master and servant continued to live a hard life.

But this time, Deng Jian seemed very reasonable. He was indeed not a lie. In fact, Qinglong’s salary is indeed not low.

Especially for second-rank officials like Deng Jian, the treatment is even higher.

Of course, the most important premise is that Qinglong’s salary is silver.

This is amazing. You know, the Ming Dynasty also paid salary, but the Ming Dynasty issued the Ming Dynasty treasure banknote. After a hundred years of indiscriminate payment, the treasure banknotes of 100 taels of silver may not be exchanged for even five taels of silver. However, in order to allow the treasure banknotes to be circulated, the imperial court had to use the treasure banknotes as salary. In addition, it was rice, white flour, and cloth to pay for the salary.

For many officials, even if the court does not arrears of salary, it is still very miserable.

Qinglong is obviously different. Qinglong also issues money, but he uses treasure money from Zhenguo Mansion Money House. This thing is said to send you 100 taels, which is a real 100 taels. If you take it out, you can exchange it at the original price at any time. The merchants are willing to collect it, so there is no need to worry about being depreciated wherever you put it.

Speaking of the current official staffing in Lu State, the highest-ranking officials are only the third rank, which is unique to Tang Bohu. It would be great if other young scholars can get from the third rank. In Qinglong, even the fifth rank and sixth rank are considered high-ranking officials, and the salary there is not low. For example, Tang Bohu, a third rank, had a monthly salary of 150 taels of silver.

The value of 150 taels of silver is really a lot. Over the course of a year, nearly 2,000 taels of silver are easily available. Not only is it a good life, but the official residence is also ready-made.

As for Deng Jian, a second-rank official, he must be only high or low.

In fact, people like Deng Jian would not notice such things. His original intention was to take office soon and he could not know nothing about Lu. So after coming out of the palace yesterday, he went directly to Honglu Temple to find some information, all of which were some information from Lu.

When I saw this, I was really shocked and my eyes were so straightened.

He had to admit one thing, the surname Ye, was indeed rich.

Deng Jian was reluctant to part with the capital, but when he thought of the Qinglong, who had vaguely made him curious, Deng Jian set out on the road with his master and servant, and followed the caravans' carriages and horses out of seclusion.

However, the scene here was different from what he had thought before. He thought it was a desolate outside the border, but he expected that it was the south of the border. The closer he got to the destination, the more he was, the more he was eye-opening.

On the other side, Tang Bohu finally got the news before Deng Jian arrived. He dared not be disrespectful to the supervisor. This is a second-rank official. In total, he is still his own Shangguan. In this country of Lu, he is the second-rank person besides His Highness King Lu.

In fact, Tang Bohu has been very busy in recent days. For the promotion of King Lu, Ye Chunqiu had just received an appointment in the capital, and there were some things here that were going to be busy.

All official documents must be replaced, and the plaques of each yamen must be replaced. The plaque alone has promotion, so the cost is quite large.

On the other hand, as soon as the news of the imperial seal was heard, the Merchants Bank was suddenly filled with money, and the merchants came to inquire about the news like they saw flies in cracks.

Good news can always promote production.

They only saw one thing accurately. The more stable the position of His Royal Highness King Lu, the more beneficial it is to everyone! Merchants are always looking forward to the front and back, and many people dare not do long-term business and worry. After all, the identity of merchants in the past was too low. If they continued to invest in the early stage, who knows if something happens in the middle, will they lose all their money in the end?

For example, the investment in railways, this construction took several years to make it cost so much money. If the court suddenly intervened in the matter outside the pass, the money might be sank to the sea, but everyone would just cry without tears.

Therefore, the small cabinet originally issued an edict to encourage everyone to build the railway branch line. In order to encourage it, it also stipulated a land policy, that is, to build a mile of railway, and the Zhenguo Mansion transferred 100 acres of land.

Now that the land is not valuable for the time being, the Zhenguo Mansion has land. There is nothing wrong with using this to arouse the enthusiasm of merchants.

Merchants are actually also moved by this, because although the railways in the depths of the desert are indeed worthless, everyone is not stupid.

Just look at the railway repaired by Qinglong and Qinhuangdao, the land value along the line increased by ten or a hundred times. It turned out that the places without people quickly began to gather people, especially those immigrants, who were unable to gain a foothold in Qinglong's place where every inch of land was valuable, but most of them gathered along the railway. One station was a small town.

Now everyone understands what's going on. Wherever the railway was built, the land wherever it is profitable is ten times a hundred times.

Not to mention whether the railway operation can earn money, the value of the land alone is enough to repay.

But even though the cabinet encouraged it so much and seemed to have such a good prospect, everyone still stagnated.

Why?

I still don’t dare to do anything, just because I’m afraid that something will happen, and the money will be wasted.

They did not believe in Duke Zhenguo, nor did they believe in Zhenguo Mansion, but they did not believe in the imperial court.

Especially the criticisms of many scholars and officials in the pass outside the pass made many people feel even more worried.

In the long run, this kind of business is indeed a profitable deal, but no one dares to make any moves.

But now it is different. The Duke of Zhenguo became His Highness King of Lu, which is a hint, which implies His Majesty’s unlimited support for His Highness King of Lu. In addition, the factory guards began to attack many scholars, which further showed the direction of the court.

Is this not obvious? Your Majesty has a special order to come down, and His Highness the King of Lu will command the land outside the pass, undoubtedly giving the conditions to allow Lu to develop more independently in the future.

Nowadays, many large commercial banks and many commercial associations have gone to the Investment and Merchants Group, all of whom are asking about the discounts for railway construction.

After all, after the construction of the railway, the technology has actually become ready-made. His Highness, King Lu, undertakes the construction of the main road, and merchants can build branches along the main line, which is hundreds of miles apart, which is also an astronomical amount. However, everyone can raise funds and combine shares, and spend tens of millions of taels of silver. That is hundreds of acres of land along the line, enough for several small cities, and then build stations, absorb refugees, and establish markets, and then, it will be a profitable transaction.
Chapter completed!