When Guo Ye said this, he suddenly stood up and raised his voice: "Everyone, you are all elites in the business community of Shandong, let's move forward four or five hundred years from now, don't talk about the Han and Tang dynasties, that is, during the Song Dynasty, our Chinese caravans can still be all over the world, invincible, only we earn other people's money, when will it be the turn of foreigners to earn our money?" The ancestors left a good example for the two of us, but in our current generation, we can't hold our heads up by being squeezed by foreigners! I am not a businessman, but as the governor of Shandong, if you are still so unambitious, timid, then I feel ashamed, as long as you let go of the courage to do, I fully support you, I have already said, any industry, whether it is business, or mining, I fully support, not only to provide loans, but also to give you tax reductions, tax exemptions, in order to rapidly expand our strength! Why, with me as your backing, you don't have the confidence yet? ”

Li Jixian's face was flushed, and the others were even more ashamed, Li Jixian said in a deep voice: "Lord Futai, in business, we have never been afraid of anyone, why are we a little afraid of foreigners?" Isn't it that foreigners rely on the advantages of naval guns to take advantage of the guns and seize them by force? Our local parents and officials, one by one, are afraid of getting into trouble, so they don't care, and our waist can't stand up! My lord, if you can call the shots for us! Even if foreigners come, we will never let them take advantage, and we will sell goods to the West one by one! ”

Another shopkeeper stood up and replied, "Lord Futai, since you have such arrogance, what are we grass people worried about?" We are willing to follow the adults to lay down a piece of the world, just. Now the matter of the money bank ......"

Guo Ye replied: "The matter of Qianzhuang." I would like to show you two paths. You choose for yourself, I won't force you, it's all voluntary. ”

Li Jixian replied: "Lord Futai, we would like to hear about it. ”

Guo Ye said: "First, my bank has just been established, and it is when there is a shortage of talents, and the capital is not strong enough, two or three million taels seems to be a lot. But there is not much that can be done, and the investment in building a harbor commercial port in Dengzhou Bay alone is not less than a million taels! Therefore, you can choose to join my bank, according to the amount of investment, occupy the corresponding shares of the bank, I will not take advantage of you, if you join in, we believe that in the short term we can raise at least five or six million taels of silver assets, enough to ensure that Shandong mining and purchase equipment. I promise to set up a factory. In the days to come, you will never be worse off than you are now; Second, if you think that these things are ancestral property, or they are not easy to come by, you can also choose to merge by yourself, and then improve the operation of the money bank in accordance with the rules of Qilu Bank, and my tax policy will still be given to you, but it is only life and death, but it is not something I can manage......"

When they arrived, all the people in the hall fell silent.

Merger, both roads are mergers, one is to merge themselves, the other is to merge into Qilu Bank, no matter which one it is, it means that their years of hard work will be wasted, and the time-honored brand for many years no longer exists, this is many years of hard work, who is willing to do it?

But don't merge? It is impossible to rely solely on the strength of individuals to compete with the banks of foreigners, and to compete with the banks of Futai adults, how can they be opponents of others, in terms of power? On financial resources? Not at all on the same level, then it will not be a problem whether there is a business name, but I am afraid that even the livelihood will be a problem, after all, the market in Shandong is so big, the money is stored elsewhere, and the money will not be obtained, and the decline is inevitable!

Li Jixian snorted: "My lord, if, if we merge into the bank, can we only pay dividends every year?" ”

Guo Ye smiled: "Of course not, you merged into Qilu Bank, and there are your shares in it, so naturally you have the right to speak!" I will set up a board of directors body, every shopkeeper is a member of the board of directors, you can speak on the board of directors' decisions, according to the shares, decide the size of your voting rights, and even you can remove or recommend the chief treasurer of Qilu Bank, oh, by the way, not called the shopkeeper, I named him manager! He executes the business plan in full accordance with the decision of the board of directors, that is to say, our board of directors is the military aircraft department, the treasurer, that is, the superintendent below, one will do, one will work! Do you understand? ”

Everyone looked at each other, board? Manger? And this statement? Haven't heard of it in decades?

Wang Youshun asked: "My lord, what you said, Xiaomin and the others have heard of it for the first time, and they don't understand very well, this manager is the big shopkeeper of the bank, is it you who is the big shopkeeper?" ”

Guo Ye laughed and said: "Shopkeeper Wang, you think well, even if you want me to be, I have to have that time, right?" I'm a dignified person, and the military and political affairs of a province are all in my hands, where can I have time to manage the bank? Well, I can give me some pointers, and I will never interfere in specific matters. Now in the bank, there is only a political envoy of the Yamen master temporarily agent, once the board of directors is established, I will be the chairman, as for the position of general manager, but it depends on your recommendation, after all, I am out of the treasure, for the heroes and heroes of Shandong, know very little, if any of you feel that this ability, that can be self-recommended, can also be jointly recommended, however, I want to set a rule, this manager, one does not look at qualifications, not look at age, three do not look at identity, only look at ability, Benfu only admires people with splendid hearts, but he is not interested in people who show their qualifications......"

Guo Ye told the affairs of the bank merger one by one, and at the same time took out the articles of association that he and Zhang Chunping and Guo Songtao jointly drafted, and showed it to everyone.

Li Jixian replied: "Lord Futai, I have thanked you for your grace, but the matter was in a hurry, please give me a grace period of two days, let me and others discuss, if there is no accident, I think everyone is happy to accept it, after all, my lord, your famous name who is proficient in foreign affairs is spread far and wide, of course we want to follow the light......"

Guo Ye nodded with a smile and replied, "Okay, in that case, I'll give you three days to think about it, everyone, pick up the wine glass together, I respect you shopkeepers!" ”

(To be continued.) )