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"In half a year, this person made a lot of money, and he introduced a large amount of Chu silk to our Ming Dynasty, which suppressed the original high price and made it something that ordinary families can afford to buy." Wang Yueyao said: "And he also gave dividends to those who bought his share capital, Your Majesty, it is to earn from the capital." If you had bought his share capital of 100 taels of silver, you would have earned 100 taels in half a year. ”

"Although it is indeed successful, the risk taken is also very great, if this Geng shrewd business fails, it will be lost." Qin Feng shook his head and said: "The reason why he was able to gather funds is still related to his reputation and status, if you change someone, I am afraid that it is impossible to gain trust so easily." ”

"Of course." Wang Yueyao nodded: "But this person is indeed a capable person." After earning the first pot of gold in his life, he struck while the iron was hot and used the same method to absorb funds again, in his words, it was called additional issuance. This time, he was much more courageous, and directly issued a million taels of shares. ”

"Raise a million taels of silver?"

"No, it's two million taels!" Wang Yueyao shook her head and said.

"How is this account calculated?" Qin Feng's eyes widened.

"Because if you buy his shares now, you can't buy one or two pieces of silver and a share." Wang Yueyao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, think about it, in half a year, you can make the right money, and such opportunities to make money are not available all the time." Geng Jingming set a price of two taels of silver for a share, but in fact, the highest share sold in the end exceeded five taels of silver. We don't know how many tricks Geng shrewd did here, but it is clear that he must have participated in this hot speculation, and it is estimated that the silver that fell into his hands in the end was between three million and four million. The people who bought this share of him are all over the Ming Dynasty. ”

Qin Feng gasped: "This is a little inappropriate, what if this Geng Jingming escapes?" ”

"The person who bought his shares didn't worry about this, because his father was the county warden of Izumo County." Wang Yueyao said, "In fact, at this time, our Commercial Department has already set its sights on him. ”

"What's wrong?"

"This person is indeed ambitious, got so much silver, and did not indulge in his own enjoyment, but went to Chu again, this time not to find Chu people to buy, but directly involved in the production of silk in Chu State. I bought a lot of mulberry planting circles, silk weaving workshops, embroidery workshops, etc., and joined the local big businessmen to participate in the Chu State Silk Industry Association, and officially became one of them. Wang Yueyao sighed. By this time, the original people of our Ming Dynasty who were dealing in the silk of the Chu State could no longer compete with him at all, and they became his distributors. ”

"Do I care more about the people who later bought his share capital making money? Especially the one that cost a lot of money? Qin Feng said with a smile.

"Of course, it also made money, although it was not as crazy as the first one, but it still had a profit of three to four percent. Sitting at home and waiting for dividends, these people are quite satisfied. Wang Yueyao said with a smile: "It was the first batch of people who bought his share capital to make a windfall, there is an interesting thing here, Geng Qiancheng has a clerk, in order to please this county guard, he borrowed 1,000 taels of silver to buy Geng Jingming's share capital, at first this was a big deal, after all, our Geng Dagong only has a capital of 5,000 taels." He originally wanted to use this to get to know Geng Dagongzi as a springboard, so that he could go further in the officialdom, but in the past year, he not only earned more than 1,000 taels of silver, but also the 1,000 earliest share capital in his hand is now worth 5,000 taels. This little official sold these shares, and then bought hundreds of acres of land in Izumo County, and now he is comfortable as a small landlord, and his life is leisurely! ”

Qin Feng stared at Wang Yueyao, "Are you taking a fancy to Geng Jingming's business methods?" ”

"Your Majesty, it is true. In fact, not only did I take a fancy to it, Geng Jingming made a fortune by this, and now many people have begun to imitate it. Wang Yueyao said.

"Geng Mingming's success has a lot of chance, and if others do it, I'm afraid they may not be able to succeed." Qin Feng shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty's words are extremely true. In fact, in the past year, there have been many people who have failed, especially those businessmen who did not expect the war to break out on a large scale, because there are also those who have lost their families and lost their fortunes. However, we do not have this concern, because those businesses under the Commercial Department have the strong backing of Daming. Your Majesty, with the endorsement of the Commercial Department in the back, these businesses will certainly be able to raise more money for circulation. And as long as it is done properly, these released shares can make another share of the money. ”

Quan Yun didn't understand it yet, but Su Kairong and Su Can, father and son, understood it and nodded again and again.

"Your Majesty, this Geng shrewdness can empty gloves and white wolves, of course we can do it, and Geng shrewdness has the possibility of failure, we have the treasury to support us, and with Your Majesty as a guarantee, we can get the trust of the people." Su Kairong thought for a while and said: "The battle of Shayang County has not yet been fought, so Jin Shengnan is worried about the task assigned to him by His Majesty, to build a track from Feng County to Shayang County. With a shy face, he asked the minister for start-up funds, saying that this was promised by His Majesty. I dismissed it on the spot, firstly, I really have no money, and secondly, Fengxian is still in the hands of Qi people! ”

"This road is definitely going to be built." Qin Feng said: "Skillfully drew a large number of masters from the Ministry of Industry to Taiping City, and developed how to make those rail cars capable of carrying both people and goods, I heard that it has been quite successful." ”

"Since Your Majesty has already made up his mind to cultivate, why not adopt this method? The imperial court only needs to invest a very small part of the capital, and then issue share capital to absorb private capital, since His Majesty is optimistic, I believe that there will be many people who will invest money in it. Su Kairong narrowed his eyes, "In this way, it doesn't cost much money to the treasury, and it can get things done, isn't it beautiful?" ”

Qin Feng looked at Wang Yueyao: "Lord Wang, is this suggestion of the Su Hu Department feasible?" ”

Wang Yueyao pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty, this kind of rail car, your original idea is more to be used in military affairs, right?" ”

"Yes, with such a rail car, for example, this kind of road has been built from Fengxian to our Yuejing, then if there is another war in Fengxian, I can use the shortest time to put my army from Yuejing to the front line, and transfer troops, it will be much faster than Qi State."

"Since it can be used in the military, ordinary time can naturally be used in the civilian sector." Wang Yueyao said: "Now we have a lot of workshops in Taiping City, to transport the produced goods to Yuejing City for sale, you must use horse-drawn carriages to transport here, not to mention slow, secondly, the loss on the road is not small, if you really build such a road, according to Your Majesty, then we can transport the goods in a very short time, I think the cost will be much lower than in the past, the loss can also be reduced, but can make more money." ”

"Yes, if there is such a road, of course I would rather spend money on this rail car than in the old way. This can greatly save costs, especially labor costs! Quan Yun also expressed his support.

"Not only can you take goods, but you can also walk people." Wang Yueyao continued: "You have to charge money for transporting goods, and you can also collect money for transporting people. And this is a unique business, except for the imperial court, no one can do it, so making money is stable, so if we take this method to raise funds, discerning businessmen will definitely follow up. ”

"In this case, we are going to set up a new yamen to operate this matter." Qin Feng touched his chin and said. "Yueyao, how about the Commerce Department take the lead in this matter?"

Wang Yueyao shook her head again and again: "Your Majesty, this is not appropriate, if this rail car is built, it involves all aspects, as far as I know, this track is best repaired as straight as possible, try not to turn, such a long path, it will involve the occupation of people's land and even the demolition of houses, the road is repaired, the operation needs to be guaranteed is also very large, at least the pull of the car needs to be replaced every other distance, the maintenance of the road is more complicated than ordinary roads, I don't know how many times, and it involves the military." The Commercial Department can't do such a thing, it's better for the imperial court to set up a separate department, and if it involves our Commercial Bureau, we are willing to send someone to assist. ”

"Shoufu, you see, what Yueyao said is also very reasonable." Qin Feng nodded.

"Your Majesty, what is the name of this new yamen?" Quan Yun asked, "This is something new that has never been seen before. ”

"This road is made of iron, I think it will be called a railway, and the new yamen will be called the Railway Administration." Qin Feng thought for a moment and said, "Isn't Qiaoshou now a waiter in the Ministry of Industry?" Let him be transferred to the post of director of this railway department, he has prestige and technology, and if he comes to serve as the director of this department, if there is anything to do, find the heads of various ministries and offices, and everyone will give a few faces, and it will be easier to do things. ”

Hearing Qin Feng's words, Su Kairong made a bitter face: "Master Qiaoshou came to me to ask for silver, so I didn't dare to delay it." ”

The crowd burst out laughing.

"Your Majesty, the skillful hand was originally a squire of the Ministry of Works, so what is the level of this railway department?" Quan Yun groaned.

"It's the same level as the Commercial Department, half a level lower than the five ministries." Qin Feng Dao. "Let the skillful hands pull up the stall first, and make the preliminary preparations first. There is no time to start construction this year, and I am afraid that some technologies have not yet been figured out, and in addition, our affairs with Qi have to be concluded first. ”

"Our envoy should have arrived in the Chu State by now, and now it depends on what the attitude of the Chu State is." Quan Yundao: "This time, we have to let the Qi people know that the consequences of provoking us are not enough, and this time we don't want to give up." ”