"Oh?" Commodus was dumbfounded, "Take the two thousand acres of land on the west bank of Moon Lake to make it off? ”

"Take the 2,000 acres of land on the west bank of Moon Lake to offset it?" Richmore and MacJoseph also looked at Zhong Yi in disbelief, thinking that Zhong Yi must be crazy.

That's right, the land on the west bank of Moon Lake is all good land, and one acre of land can be sold for twelve silver dollars during the Taiping period!

But now is the war era, the land price of Yinjiang has been cut in half, and one acre of land is only worth six silver dollars!

Therefore, the 2,000 acres of land on the west bank of the Moon Lake that Zhong Yi took out are worth 12,000 silver dollars, and if the official exchange rate of silver dollars is exchanged for pounds, 1 to 12, 2,000 acres of land are worth 1,000 pounds!

In other words, Zhong Yi plans to spend 1,000 pounds as the capital of the Yinjiang Development Bank in preparation, and he will also occupy 51% of the shares! Tell me, is he crazy?

Could it be that the total capital of the Yinfa Bank he expected was only 2,000 pounds? Do children play house?

Thinking of this, Li Qimo couldn't hold back any longer, and took the initiative to turn around for Zhong Yi and said: "Your Excellency Mayor, if your Yinjiang Municipal Government really can't come up with the money, it doesn't matter, you can use the 100,000 pounds we agreed as the capital of Yinfa Bank, and we can even lend you another 50,000 pounds privately, so that you can use your private capacity to fight for shares in Yinfa Bank." ”

Richmore actually has a bit of a brain, knowing that local officials in China have always been greedy for money, so he came up with a private shareholding to lure Zhong Yi.

After a pause, Richmore continued: "However, I am afraid that the composition of this stake will have to be finalized again. ”

"No way!" Zhong Yi vetoed, "I don't have to own the shares privately, I just hold the shares in the name of the Yinjiang Municipal Government, and the shares must not be less than 51%!" After a pause, he said, "In addition, the ransom of 110,000 pounds from the Royal Marines of your country, 110,000 pounds, not 100,000, and these 110,000 pounds can definitely not be used to offset the bank capital, I can only take out these 2,000 acres of land on the west bank of Moon Lake to offset the capital!" ”

"Fack!" Li Qimo was furious all of a sudden, Huo Ran got up and said, "Your Excellency Mayor, you are a little excessive, you only take out a thousand pounds of capital to occupy fifty-one percent of the shares, aren't you a white wolf with empty gloves?" Impossible, absolutely impossible! Unless I die, I will never, never agree! ”

Joseph also said: "And me, I will never agree!" ”

Richmore and MacJoseph were resolute, even a little angry, but Zhong Yi was not in a hurry at all.

Lying down in the big board chair in Ge You's paralyzed posture again, he stilted his feet comfortably on the big board table, shook and shook, just smiled and looked at Richmore and MacJoseph, and did not speak.

After a long time, Zhong Yi asked Commodus again: "Minister Commodity, what is your opinion?" ”

Only then did Richmore and Joseph Macjoseen realize that Commodus had not spoken, and the two of them also turned their heads in unison and set their eyes on Commodus's face.

Commodus's brows became more and more frowned, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency Mayor, regarding the two thousand acres of land on the west bank of Moon Lake, you must have a comprehensive plan, I wonder if we can listen to it?" ”

"Absolutely." Zhong Yi said happily, "Actually, even if you don't ask, I have to say it." ”

After a pause, Zhong Yi stood up again and pointed to the map and continued to explain: "These two thousand acres of land will become the core residential land of the new Yinjiang River in the planning, and the future of the new Yinjiang River will take Moon Lake as the city center, not the Sanjiang estuary!" Think about it, if one day, Moon Lake really becomes the center of the new Yinjiang River, what will be the value of these two thousand acres of land? ”

Richmore and MacJoseph immediately stopped talking, and their minds began to think rapidly.

However, because we do not know the size and population of the future new Yinjiang as Zhong Yi said, it is difficult to come up with a relatively accurate figure.

At that moment, Richmore asked again: "I don't know, how many people does the mayor envision of the new Yinjiang?" ”

Zhong Yi waved his hand and said: "In the future, the population of Xinyinjiang will be at least one million, or even two million!" ”

"At least a million?" Richmore and MacJoseph's eyes immediately lit up, if the population size of Xinyinjiang really reaches one million in the future, it is indeed possible to fill the entire area around Moon Lake!

If this is the case, even if the 2,000 acres of land allocated by Zhong Yi are worth less than five million pounds, it is almost the same! Because after the two thousand acres of land are built into a house, its value is likely to increase in geometric progression.

But that's not the point, the point is, if Xinyinjiang really develops into a big city with a population of more than one million in the future, how many houses will need to be built for them to live in, and how many factories will need to be built to meet their employment needs? Then, we need to develop a service industry of many sizes to feed them, to provide them with entertainment and distraction?

The construction of real estate, the construction and operation of factories, and even the development of the service industry are inseparable from continuous and sufficient capital supply! Therefore, it is completely conceivable that when Zhong Yi's envisioned new Yinjiang development takes shape, what scale of their Yinjiang Development Bank will swell into a big thing?

Thinking of this, Richmore and Joseph MacJoseph couldn't wait to roll up their sleeves and do it now.

Commod's mind was much clearer, and he then asked, "Your Excellency, where do you envision the population and factories of the new Yinjiang coming from?" ”

"Shanghai!" Zhong Yi said without thinking, "There are more than 4 million refugees stranded in the Shanghai Public Concession, as well as thousands of factories of all sizes, and at present, due to the cut off of trade routes, 4 million refugees and thousands of factories have fallen into a desperate situation, but we do not have the problem of cutting off trade routes in Yinjiang, so as long as we offer suitable conditions, it is not difficult to attract these thousands of factories and millions of refugees to Yinjiang." ”

"That's true." Commodus nodded, and said, "As long as Yinjiang can provide factories and funds, the factories stranded in Shanghai are basically willing to come, and as long as the factories come and there are a large number of employment opportunities, the refugees stranded in the Shanghai Public Concession will definitely flock in, and these are not a problem." ”

Zhong Yi smiled and said, "So, what is Minister Commodus worried about?" ”

"Safety!" Commodus said seriously, "How to ensure the safety of the factory and the new urban area?" ”

"yes, how do you stay safe?" Richmore and MacJoseph suddenly said, "The Japanese army will not sit idly by and watch you Chinese build a large number of residential areas and factories in Yinjiang, and will definitely send planes to bomb them, if they are bombed and built, the factories will soon be declared bankrupt, the workers will lose their jobs again, and the principal we have lent out will not be recovered, and then, our Yinjiang Development Bank can only declare bankruptcy, Fake!" ”