"Even though Cheng Song boldly said that reforms in Guanxi are inevitable. If they continue to drag down, it will inevitably affect my next plan." Wu Feng nodded heavily, with a solemn expression on his face.

"Your Highness, the crux of the Kansai reform is how to change the concept of the land nobles, so that while supporting His Highness, they can also get out of the current dead end and become part of the emerging class according to His Highness's ideas." Fang Chengsong's words were amazing, "In fact, the Kansai nobles are also eager to obtain wealth. They are not unaware of the growing power of the industrial and commercial class over the past few decades, and the wealth accumulated by the merchants is even more envious and jealous. The knowledgeable people among them are thinking about how to reverse the current situation that is increasingly unfavorable to their entire class, but they first have their own identity and face, and whether there are other nemesis ways to change all this, so they can only

By pressuring the government to limit the rights and status of industrial and commercial forces, we can ensure that our dominance is not replaced. However, smart people know that this is only a short time. When the time is ripe, this change will be irreversible. So in fact, they are still in a panic in their hearts, especially after His Highness took over Guanxi, they saw the changes in the situation in the neighboring counties. Although the rise of industrial and commercial forces in the northwest was due to the reason why the land nobles were washed away by Luo Beiren at that time, it was also related to His Highness's strong support. Now His Highness has taken over Guanxi again, but there has been no movement. I am afraid that in their hearts, they are worried that His Highness will make a big move of thunder sweeping holes, which will completely change the current situation in Guanxi."

"But this is exactly what I don't want to see and cannot act like this. The Kansai nobles have always been known for their conservatism. Most of the land in the six Kansai prefectures are fertile and mostly controlled by the great nobles. They use land harvest as their main income. Land is their only support, and it is inevitable to be hostile to the industrial and commercial class. If I act too much because I want to change the situation in Kansai, it will inevitably arouse their hostility and opposition, causing turmoil in the Kansai situation. If it is used by those who are interested, I am afraid it will backfire." Wufeng also smiled and sighed.

"But the Kansai nobles are all human beings, they also have the idea of ​​normal people. It is everyone's unchanging nature to long for wealth. Seeing the merchants' pockets swell, Cheng Song was thinking that they were suffering in their hearts, right?" Fang Cheng Song smiled confidently, "If we can mobilize their desire for wealth and use their hopes to cooperate with some of our measures, Cheng Song was thinking that maybe we can find some ways to change them."

"Oh, more specific, Cheng Song." Wufeng felt increasingly that the Governor of Kansai he chose was not simple.

"For example, most of the Kansai nobles rely on their ancestors to live in land tax. Although the land tax income is stable, it is much smaller than that of industry and commerce, and it is also easily affected by the weather. For example, when encountering floods, droughts and locust plagues, it will make it difficult for tenants and hired farmers to pay enough taxes. However, the landlords and nobles need to consider the lives of tenants and hired farmers in the next season and have to adjust. However, these landlords and nobles have accumulated over several generations and have some foundation. Their usual method is to wait until the funds accumulate to a certain extent before using the flood and drought disasters. When some self-cultivated farmers cannot support it, they come forward to buy the other's land and expand their own land scale. However, the result is that it is easy to arouse the hatred of those self-cultivated farmers who have transformed into tenants and hired farmers, and the land output obtained by the same funds is often far less than the profits obtained by those industrial and commercial owners. This is their current contradictory mentality."

"Yes, these are an important means for landlords and nobles to expand their wealth, but their wealth is concentrated on the land, making the conflicts with the farmers become more and more prominent. Once natural disasters occur, they will pass these burdens onto the farmers, which will easily trigger a riot among farmers." Wufeng nodded in agreement with the other party's analysis, "But how can they achieve a transformation?"

"There is only one way, that is, let them change their investment methods. When their funds are transferred, their identities, even their thoughts and ideas will gradually change. When people are, this is a gradual process, but Cheng Song believes that once this head is ready, everything that comes later will become natural." Fang Cheng Song's thin face was full of confidence.

"Cheng Song's idea is to choose some investment projects to raise shares in the form of a shareholding. This is a common method in the Western Continent. Here, we can consider our actual situation and allow landlords with aristocratic status to have certain priority. The initial effect may not be very good, but we can first choose some advantageous projects as pilot projects, such as mines, and then gradually promote them to other industries. As far as Cheng Song knows, after the adults took over Kansai, some merchants with a warm relationship with the original Taiping Army were punished, and their assets were all

After being frozen and confiscated, some advantageous projects can be selected as the first batch of pilot projects, such as mines, cigarette factories, dye factories, and winemaking workshops. These profits that are still under the government-managed nature are quite rich. I believe that they will definitely attract many landlords to invest and buy. With the first batch, there will be a second batch. When the noble landlords find that the profits brought by these workshops are far greater than that of land production, they will gradually lose interest in purchasing land, and may even sell the land and transfer funds to these industrial and commercial industries."

"And now the expansion of Your Highness is in full swing. I believe that those who have long-term vision among the Kansai nobles will continue to expand, such as Myanmar gum trees, cocoa, sugarcane plantations and finished processing industries, tobacco, coffee, sugarcane plantation and textile industry in Northern Luzon, the profits brought by these industries will stimulate these aristocratic landlords to invest their funds in emerging industries in these border areas. With the large flow of funds, the landlords will even find that sometimes even investing money in banking houses is more cost-effective than purchasing land. When all this becomes normal, I think the identities of the nobles will gradually evolve into a member of the emerging class, and their concepts will also undergo a fundamental change. They will even desire to expand outward and take risks more than the original business class."

While nodding thoughtfully, Wufeng also made the basis for the analyst's speech. This guy seemed to have built the transformation of these aristocratic identities on his own pace of continuous expansion. Only by constantly expanding outward and seizing wealth and markets from outside can these emerging classes of wealth be satisfied. Only by relying on them can he truly defeat all the stumbling blocks on his own path. It seems that the other party can see this clearly than himself.

"Very good, very innovative, Cheng Song, although your idea seems to come from the colonial expedition organizations supported by the government in the Western Continent, it combines the reality of our side. At least in my personal opinion, it should be feasible in our East Continent. Of course, this is a gradual process, and we also need to have more measures and means. We cannot expect to see great results in a year or two, but as you said, as long as there is a good start, no one can stop this torrent because it is in line with people's nature of seeking profit." Wufeng laughed and applauded.

"Your Highness said very much. As far as Cheng Song knows, the Western Continent is increasing its efforts to develop trade, and the preliminary preparations for developing trade are to take risks and colonize externally. It turns out that the southwestern regions of the Central Continent and many islands and lands in the oceans in the south of our continent have become paradises for adventure in the Western Continent. Although Cheng Song does not know what the situation in the Western Continent has been in recent years, the increasing number of caravans from the Western Continent to our East Continent can roughly know that the Western Continent's efforts in this regard are getting stronger and stronger. Cheng Song even heard a businessman from the Western Continent say that someone has discovered a large area of ​​land in the southern ocean, and he does not know whether the situation is true or not."

Although Fang Chengsong's words were easy and simple, they aroused Wufeng's endless interest, "Oh? When did you hear it? Where was the source of the news?"

Seeing that Wufeng attached so much importance to this situation, Fang Chengsong was also a little surprised and quickly replied: "This was what Cheng Song heard when he received a caravan from the Sardinian Kingdom in the small coastal country of the southern coast of the Western Continent before he was imprisoned. However, it seemed that even the merchants who told me this news did not believe it very much, but Cheng Song never heard of this news again."

"Oh," gave up the questioning in disappointment. Wufeng did not think that the news was false. As early as when he was studying at Heidelberg University, he had heard that the sea originals from the south talked about not only many islands in the southern ocean, but there was a legend among the indigenous people living on the islands since ancient times. There was a large area of ​​land further south of the island where they lived, but no one had been there. Maybe this is a legend, but it was more likely that the story brought back by people who had visited that land, but it was more difficult to set foot on that land, and it was just that there were too few people who knew it.

Seeing Wufeng gave up the questioning, Fang Chengsong turned the topic back: "Cheng Song believes that in order to completely change the concept of these nobles and stimulate the great development of the industrial and commercial industry, a group of people from the industrial and commercial class can be appointed appropriately in the selection of officials. This can inspire the ambition of the industrial and commercial class, and it can also show the world that the industrial and commercial class in the Western Xinjiang has gradually become an important part of the upper class. Of course, this requires consideration of the acceptance of the nobles, but Cheng Song personally believes that this risk is worth taking."
Chapter completed!