Xinminjiji, Shandong Province.

This is a new market built opposite Xuzhou City. Although the Ming Dynasty's garrison had retreated, the merchants and people gathered here did not all move away. With the refugee wave in the first year of Ganwu, the Xinminji also became a bridgehead for Jin Dynasty refugees to enter the borders of Ming Dynasty.

Here, the Xuzhou government of the Ming Dynasty set up a large-scale refugee resettlement camp. At the peak, nearly 300,000 refugees were placed. Fortunately, after relief from the provincial government and the imperial center, the refugees stranded here were diverted to other prefectures, counties or provinces, greatly alleviating the pressure on Xinminji.

Although there are still large-scale refugee camp resettlement areas in this place, there are only 70,000 to 80,000 people left every month. Among them, 10,000 or 20,000 are permanent residents and merchants from Xinminji.

As a market without a wall, the construction of Xinmin Club is quite casual. However, in principle, it still follows the rules of the Ming Dynasty, and is not allowed to urinate or defecate anywhere, or to occupy public passages to expand at will. Therefore, although the roads are narrow and crowded after entering, most places can still be allowed to pass by.

At this time, on Caidian Street, the main street of Xinminji, the Jin Dynasty's main street, the Gateway General Administration of the East East Road, Bingmadu, was taking a few confidants to discuss the transaction at the agreed-upon business.

Since the establishment of Xinminji, Caidian Street has been the first street market to build venues in commercial banks. With the three major commercial behavior centers of HSBC, Huitong and Huilai, hundreds of commercial banks are densely distributed. Large Ming financial institutions such as Mongolian Bank have also set up large branches in Xinminji.

Merchants trade on weekdays and other things, so it is easy to exchange enough notes in Mongolian banks.

Walking on the street, the endless stream of people is the biggest feature of Caidian Street and even Xinminji. Sometimes Heshi Lieyawu Pagoda is not very understanding. Xuzhou City, which has been built for a longer time, should have more business and people, but in fact, compared with Xinminji, Xuzhou City can really be called calm.

Although it is not as if there is no one in broad daylight, there will be no scenes like Xinminji. Moreover, the people on the street will not walk so casually. They often feel in a hurry, as if they are afraid of hitting someone. Moreover, it is easy to see a large number of beggars gathering on the street. Xinminji, where there is no city, has never seen a beggar.

But as a neighbor, Heshi Lieyawuta also knew the reason why even beggars did not have them. Just seven miles away from Caidian Street, the well-known Xuzhou refugee resettlement camp stood. The beggars who were short of food and clothing were sent to that place for resettlement.

In Xuzhou City, Heshi Lieyawuta also used this method to secretly send some refugees away in the city. And used these useless waste people to exchange for some food and money.

He also deposited thousands of Mongolian gold coins in the Mongolian bank! Although he had no intention of betraying the Great Jin Dynasty from the bottom of his heart, the dozens of people in his family could not follow him to sacrifice for the Great Jin Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was not very harsh on the people of the Jurchens. At that time, let them become the people of the Ming Dynasty and live a peaceful life would be a good way out.

When I came to Huitong Trading Company like this, I found two big seals posted on the gate. There were many people around me who pointed at me, saying that they had been sealed by the government.

"Sir, it's not that our transaction was discovered by the Ming Kingdom?" A confidant Chong Heshi Lieyawuta asked in a low voice.

While talking, he was still nervously watching from side to side, as if he was guarding against something.

"No. Our transactions with Huitong Trading Bank are not considered as violating the laws of the Ming Dynasty. In the earlier peace talks with the Ming Dynasty, there were also allowed food and grass trading. However, it was necessary to pass the three major trading banks, and we were not considered as violating the rules."

"It can be said that the country's food and grass are tight, so it is no longer allowed to be sold overseas. According to the smallest view, let's go back to Xuzhou City as soon as possible." Although it means that the possibility of a country's border quarrel is very low, it is also necessary to guard against it.

After all, the Ming Dynasty has always been tough. In the past, a madman who cheated money in Xinminji was directly captured by the security army who followed him and disguised him after fleeing to Xuzhou City.

For the general trend of friendship between Mingjin, the county magistrate of Xuzhou City was selectively blind at the warning of Heshi Lieyawu Tower. This incident was later circulated and became a topic of conversation for most people in Xuzhou.

"First ask someone to inquire and see how the Huitong Trading Company was seized. We paid 10,000 Mongolian silver dollars, so we can't just leave in a daze." Heshi Lieyawuta was very brave and went straight to a teahouse. He listened to the storyteller on the stage talking about Ming Dynasty's latest storytelling, while asking the people below to inquire about the news.

In terms of enjoyment, the Ming people really opened their eyes to Heshi Lieyawu Tower. Novels such as storytelling, drama, and shadow puppetry are very interesting. In Xuzhou City, there are also such Ming theaters and teahouses.

But the amount is not large, and the cost inside is quite large.

Unlike the Xinminji, the same tea and drama are only about 30% of that in Xuzhou City. There is also the female branch courtyard in the ecstasy cave, which is much more cost-effective in the Xinminji. There are many women here, and often a period of novel gameplay and bloody singing and dancing will be produced every once in a while.

Heshi Lieyawuta is a man and has also come to Xinminji to play several times.

I have to say that compared with the girls in Xuzhou City, the girls in Xinminji are simply talking woods.

Soon, more and more news about Huitong Trading Bank was transferred to Heshi Lieyawu Tower. It was said that Huitong Trading Bank's headquarters in Shangjing was investigated by the Ming government. It seemed that many shopkeepers were involved in corruption crimes and were abolishing public affairs for personal gain.

Xinminji Huitong Trading Company was also implicated.

In addition to Huitong Trading Bank, more than a dozen other businesses led by HSBC and Huilai were fined ranging from 10,000 silver dollars to 30,000 gold dollars. It was said that they were tax evasion.

"Isn't this Huitong Trading Company from the royal family of the Ming Dynasty? Why does the government dare to check the royal family's trading company?" Heshi Lieyawuta was a little difficult to understand.

"I heard that this was the order of strict investigation by the Ming Dynasty. It seemed that the shopkeeper of Huitong Trading Company in Goryeo was privately preaching, which angered the king and led to the ruler's order to conduct strict investigation and rectification of the entire Ming Dynasty's business." A confidant explained with all his heart.

Heshi Lieyawuta asked again if he had found out when Huitong Trading Company would be reopened, but no one knew about it.

Seeing this, he had to temporarily give up his transactions with Huitong Trading Bank and try his luck in other trading banks. In the end, the grain and grass in the Jin Kingdom were too tight. Wars along the Yellow River in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei continued one after another, and he had to use means to buy grain from the Ming Kingdom.

On the official side, the Jin Kingdom also asked the envoys to ask Ming Kingdom for help. However, the Ming Kingdom itself was short of food, so naturally it could not help too much.

However, the luck of Heshi Lieyawuta is really not good. It almost ran through the big and small businesses of Xinminji, but it was unable to reach a large-scale transaction with any of the businesses. Moreover, even if you buy small amounts of grain, you have to take out the identity certificate issued by the government. Sell them a certain amount of grain according to the purpose indicated above.

This is the grain rationing system that has been implemented since the beginning of the refugee wave. In the past, ordinary people did not need to supply grain on tickets. Now, they are all regularly and regularly. Meat, various canned food, dry food, bread, etc. are also within the range of rationing.

This made Heshi Lieyawuta, who wanted to buy grain through other channels, give up this option.

The Ming government cannot understand his difficulties. Even if he can understand them, the current Ming government has no time to pay attention to them.

Because the establishment of the eight ministries of the Ming Dynasty involved the interests of the original five ministries and the Privy Council, the official positions and arrangements of officials that were split out became the top priority to be resolved.

In an elegant pavilion outside the capital, the Minister of Revenue Harstin and the Minister of Rites Wang Xu were sitting opposite each other while drinking wine, expressing their boredom.

"Halstin, do you think the court's move is because we don't do our best to the position of Shangshu?" Wang Xu said.

As a place where people in the government often come and go, there are many pavilions for people to rest in the yard, and they are all built very elegantly. At this moment, there are no ones to accompany them, except for them. However, in order to avoid others talking randomly after hearing the random words, the two of them dare not leave others to serve.

"Your Ministry of Rites is pretty good. It's not like my Ministry of Revenue, but it's gone, four departments, including civilians, merchants, farmers, and taxes!" Harstin comforted him, and he was not very happy.

After all, no one can be happy after being decentralized.

"Hey! Without the Education Department, our Ministry of Rites will be even more Qingshuiyamen in the future."

"Your Ministry of Rites and Religious Department has also been in charge of money and grain. Now our Ministry of Revenue cannot collect taxes. Even statistics have statistics. In the future, the Ministry of Revenue will become a Qingshuiya."

"Come on, let's not talk about it, let's have a drink first." Listening to Halstin's words, Wang Xu really felt that his Ministry of Rites was quite good. The Religious Department could distribute a lot of supportive Mongolian Yuan from the court every year, and it was also highly valued by Ulutus.

Compared to the Ministry of Revenue, which has all the important authority and has done some chores such as storing food and grass in the future, it is indeed much better.

Their discomfort is not an isolated case. In Ming Dynasty, the traditional five ministries and senior officials of the Privy Council felt discomfort. However, the new departments that were upgraded were happy.

Li Zhi, the first imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty, was one of them. Because of his outstanding arithmetic performance, he was attracted by the newly established statistics department and specially sent to the department to serve as the left assistant minister. The promotion was so fast that he was surprised and happy.

Pucha Sijin is also among the happy people.
Chapter completed!