Huang Zongxi raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and respectfully picked up a pamphlet and said: "This is the "Equity and Business Regulations" written by His Royal Highness the Auxiliary Prince, and the businesses I just mentioned will be established in accordance with these regulations.

"I know what you are worried about, but in the future, whether it is an iron factory, a glass factory, or an ocean-going caravan, it will no longer be the private property of the imperial court. The imperial court is only one of the shareholders, and all transactions and decisions must be made by the general meeting of shareholders. ”

As soon as he said this, the attention of the wealthy merchants and wealthy gentry immediately focused on him. At the same time, another miscellaneous servant distributed the "Equity and Management Regulations" to the public.

In fact, the joint-stock system appeared in Shanxi as early as the end of Wanli, but it has never formed a climate, but the people here still have heard of the charter.

Huang Zongxi continued: "According to the Regulations, all properties will issue shares according to their valuations, and the holders of the votes are shareholders. As long as you are a shareholder, you can receive dividends or dividends.

"And there is no type of these industries, and all the appropriate sizes are decided by the shareholders' meeting. Accounts, craftsmen, stewards, etc., all listen only to the general meeting of shareholders. Of course, some important departments, such as those involving weapons and forbidden objects, will be supervised by special personnel by the imperial court, but as long as they do not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, they will never put their beaks in the sale. ”

After listening to his introduction to the situation of the "joint-stock company" piloted by the imperial court, everyone opened the "Regulations" and took a closer look, and gradually began to nod their heads in agreement - everyone invested a lot of money to engage in a transaction, and they were bound to be able to make a large scale, so that their ability to make money was stronger. At the same time, the regulations also strictly protect the rights and interests of shareholders, and if it is implemented in this way, it is a worthwhile thing to invest money in.

It's just that this model is too fresh, and the previous Ming Dynasty court had a bad reputation in the eyes of merchants, so there are still very few people who are willing to eat crabs.

Huang Zongxi sighed secretly, and was about to talk about the benefits of investing in shares, when he saw a black-faced middle-aged man on the east side standing up and shouting roughly: "I said old and young masters, what's wrong?" A few years ago, the imperial court asked everyone to donate border salaries, liao salaries, and salaries, and didn't you all take out a lot of silver? Now that the court is so reasonable, politely inviting us to take money and buy shares, you have become an iron rooster? ”

He arched his hand towards Huang Zongxi, "Lord Huang, I know that it costs money for the imperial court to fight tartars, and I will donate two thousand taels!" ”

Huang Zongxi couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, "Shopkeeper Long, we are not donating today. ”

"Ah, yes, take a stake." The middle-aged man patted his head, "The owner of the iron factory makes guns and cannons, so I will take a stake in the iron factory, two thousand taels." Help the soldiers kill a few more Tartars! ”

Fang Yizhi on the side said busily: "The iron factory here only makes axles, farm tools, and tools, but it does not involve military ......."

"This, what about the shipyard? Warships have to be built, right? ”

"Longjiang Shipyard does also build warships......

"Okay, then I'll take a stake in the shipyard!"

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were righteous merchants, but there were more traitorous profiteers, and Zhu Linmiao naturally would not leave the manufacture of military weapons out of the control of the imperial court, so most of the private investment only involved the production of civilian goods. It is the Longjiang Shipyard, in fact, it only opens the production of civilian ships to businessmen, and the warship part is operated independently.

And the production of military products is mainly with the money of the royal family and clansmen. After all, these people are still surnamed Zhu, and they basically don't care about anything, they don't understand anything, and the officials like to find fault with them the most, because the possibility of them leaking advanced technology or smuggling weapons is still relatively low.

The shopkeeper of the dragon opened, and many patriotic businessmen followed up, mainly because the Ming army had won several battles recently. Hundreds to thousands of taels of silver have been invested in various industries, but due to the influence of the dragon shopkeeper, most of them have invested in shipyards.

These people are just squandering their wealth at this time, but they didn't expect that their actions today will win endless wealth for future generations......

After it was quieter in the surrounding area, a dark and thin man got up and said, "Lord Huang, just now you said that the imperial court encouraged the imperial court to form a fleet to explore the sea route, but you didn't mention how to reciprocate?" ”

"Who is this?"

"Ah, the grass people's surname is Ji, and a single name is a good word. It is a maritime merchant in Guangdong. ”

"Shopkeeper Ji." Huang Zongxi said, "His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King has instructed that anyone who goes to sea by boat only needs to carry a few court attachés on the boat, and all expenses will be allocated by the imperial court.

"For every mile of the new channel, you can get three taels of silver.

"Whoever discovers an unknown island and sets up a flag on the island, regardless of the mountains, rivers, lakes and rivers, will get seven thousand taels of silver for every 20,000 pieces of land.

"If there are materials needed by the imperial court on the island, sell half a cent of the people who have been sent to the island, and continue for fifteen years.

"When you come across an island of value, build a camp on it......"

After Huang Zongxi's introduction, Ji Liangxin was very satisfied with this price, he had dealt with Zhu Linmiao for a long time, and even the latter had a reliable reputation, so he immediately nodded, "Since the imperial court is so generous, the grass people are willing to lead the fleet to sea!" ”

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"Your Highness, Your Majesty has disappointed you." Huang Zongxi submitted a volume of detailed accounts of private shares, "In the past few days, only 58,300 taels of shares and silver have been raised. There was also a maritime merchant named Ji Liang who was willing to go to sea to explore the waterway and new land. ”

"More than 50,000 taels is not bad. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and Mr. Lizhou does not have to blame himself. Zhu Linmiao smiled and said, "When these people who participate in the shares get heavy profits and the news spreads, someone will come to you with the silver."

"By the way, Mr. Lizhou should also step up the preparation of the Department of Commerce and Commerce. In the future, not only the Customs Department will be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce and Commerce, but the Department of Commerce will be responsible for the management of the shares, caravans going to sea, and even the newly acquired territory overseas, and there is a long way to go. ”

"The lower officials must plan carefully, and they dare not make mistakes."

Although this department of commerce is temporarily under the name of the Ministry of Households, according to Zhu Linmiao's plan, the Department of Commerce will become independent in the future and become the Ministry of Commerce of the Ming Dynasty, responsible for the internal and external business affairs of the entire Ming Dynasty, especially overseas trade. It is believed that it will not be long before the Ministry of Commerce will surpass the Ministry of Household to become the largest source of income for the imperial court.

After Huang Zongxi left, Zhu Linmiao took out another list, which was the details of the shares of the Ming clan relatives a few days ago.

He briefly summed it up and bowed his head slightly, "With the 58,000 taels from Huang Zongxi's side, more than 910,000 taels of shares and silver were raised in a few days." Daming really doesn't lack rich people. ”

This is still the silver invested by the "big households" with titles among the clansmen, and after the news spreads, there will definitely be small clansmen who have no identity and no title to join the shares - without Yulu, this will be their future job.

Although these people are not as rich as King Lu and King Gui, they can't stand the large number of people, and under the gathering of sand into a tower, Zhu Linmiao estimates that he can at least make up more than 500,000 taels.

With such a large sum of money, it is enough for several shipyards to make enough efforts to build warships. In addition, the glass factory, the carriage shop, and the new iron factory, which he had planned for a long time, had also been fully funded and could be put into practice. I want to talk about "The Rise of the Ming Dynasty 1646" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~