Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Illegitimate son of Song Dynasty

The Illegitimate Son of the Song Dynasty Volume 4 Chapter 714 The Stock Price Soars

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    According to original history, at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the government was searching for military expenses from the people. Liu family proposed to pay the money on behalf of the lower households in the prefecture: Please go to the county magistrate and be willing to donate one million yuan of private money to avoid the loss of the lower households.  He built more than ten houses where he saved his money, and then he was able to make up as many as possible.  Officials in one county and several counties were able to live in bamboo slips, and the residents of their households were exempted from exile and death.

    This Liu family donated 1 million guan in cash only, and it was only "more than ten houses" among "dozens of houses". Taking one third of the total, his family's cash reserves were about 3 million guan. So including real estate, it is estimated that all  His family fortune is close to tens of millions, similar to the billionaires of later generations.  Despite this, his home was not well known at the time.

    This incident is also clearly recorded in history books and caused a sensation at the time.

    And this time, the Western Indian Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. did nothing but made a blockbuster move, investing 5 million yuan at a time to support the cotton industry of the Song Dynasty.

    ??The first blockbuster dropped, and before the officials could recover, another blockbuster dropped, and another five million yuan was spent to support the sericulture industry in Guangnan.

    " A trading company dropped 10 million yuan at a time. This was unprecedented in history. These two blockbuster bombs made hundreds of officials in the court feel dizzy and confused.

    For a long time, the imperial court's expenditure on agriculture has mainly been on the construction of water conservancy projects. In fact, when it comes to specific agricultural items, the imperial court has basically no input, such as rice. Usually, local officials go to the fields during spring plowing to supervise.  Teach the people to miss the farming season;

    The government actually did not invest much money, let alone implement agricultural subsidies to farmers like later generations, and there was no technical guidance.  How well the people sow their crops depends entirely on their own exploration.

    Now the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company has spent ten million dollars on it.  In addition to providing high-quality cotton and mulberry seeds to the people, cultivation techniques are also taught.  These are all free of charge. If some people want to expand production and need funds, the trading company will also provide interest-free loans, as long as the people and the trading company sign a production and sales contract.

    Such a large amount of capital investment played an immeasurable role in promoting the cotton mulberry industry in the Song Dynasty. Moreover, this was only an investment in pure cotton mulberry. It also included cocoon baking, silk reeling, cotton tying, etc.  Large factories such as elastic cotton and textiles will also invest nearly 10 million guan, which is 20 million guan.

    This number is astonishing, and how much benefit these investments will bring to the court in the future.  No one can calculate how many employment opportunities it will create for the people and how many people it will lead to get rich.

    The Song Dynasty encouraged industry and commerce from the beginning of the founding of the country, and did not pursue the policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce like other dynasties. This is why industry and commerce enjoyed unprecedented prosperity;

    "The investment from the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company will not only benefit industry and commerce, but also the traditional agriculture and mulberry industry. The imperial court has no reason to refuse.

    This matter caused a huge sensation among the government and the public, and there was a heated discussion in the streets and alleys.  Sensitive businessmen were shocked by the huge generosity of the Western Indian Ocean. At the same time, they also saw huge business opportunities and the crisis it caused to them. Those big businessmen all sharpened their heads.  I want to join the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company.

    But most people are disappointed. The Western Indian Ocean Trading Company is not short of money now and does not need to allocate additional share financing.  Therefore, adhering to the principle of "better than excess", the threshold for shareholders is set extremely high.  Not anyone with money can get in.

    Some wealthy households have other ideas and try their best to find existing shareholders of trading companies.  Purchased shares from the original shareholders at a price of 55 guan per share. If not sold, it would be 58 guan. If not sold, it would be 60 guan. In the end, the stock price reached 60 guan, which was still what they wanted.

    The trading company originally had 50 shares for one share, which means that in a short period of time, the stock price has soared by 20%. If the Yang family transferred all their shares at this price, they would immediately make a net profit of 100  Two hundred thousand dollars.

    Once the imperial court approved the plan to cultivate cotton in the north and silkworms in Guangnan, the huge energy of the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company immediately burst out;

    Those responsible for grafting mulberry seedlings, purchasing cotton seeds, collecting planting techniques, visiting places to sign contracts with farmers, and preparing cocoon baking, silk reeling, and weaving factories are all responsible for the major shareholders. Countless manpower and material resources are involved in the huge  With the support of financial resources, it started operating extremely quickly. Suddenly, all over the north and south of the Yangtze River, and inside and outside the Great Wall, the carriages and horses of the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company were galloping.

    In addition to signing contracts with farmers, tens of thousands of acres of land in Guangnan, Hexi, Hebei, Shandong and other places were bought by Western Indian Ocean trading companies and opened up into mulberry gardens and cotton fields;

    The pace of promoting mulberry and cotton starts from these huge mulberry gardens and cotton fields and radiates to the surrounding areas. Various processing plants are also built based on these mulberry gardens and cotton fields.

    "And these are only what the people in the country can know. What they don't know is that the Western Indian Ocean Trade once again spent money to order hundreds of two thousand ships from the imperial court's official shipyard.?, fifty sea-going ships worth one thousand materials;

    In addition to being thick, a thousand-material sea-going ship also has strict speed requirements, so that the cost of building a thousand-material sea-going ship is actually the same as that of a two-thousand-material sea-going ship.

    "In fact, these ships with a thousand materials will become the best armed merchant ships with a little modification when they go to sea in the future. This is what Yang Yi means. We will never be fat sheep to be slaughtered.

    Ship cargo is the capacity of a ship that can carry people and objects.  One material is ten cubic Song rulers.  The load capacity of a "material" volume depends on the specific gravity of the cargo.  Ship material can be estimated by the product of length, ship width and cabin depth.  Generally speaking, there is a ratio of 1 material = 1 stone = 92.5 kilograms.

    Based on this calculation, a ship with two thousand materials can carry about 100 tons. A hundred sea-going ships with two thousand materials can carry 10,000 tons. However, this is only a relative value. It mainly depends on the cargo, such as silk.  , tea, cotton and other things are relatively light in weight, and the loading capacity mainly depends on the volume of the ship.

    This is a very astonishing value, because whether it is silk or porcelain and other commodities, the price increases several times or even dozens of times after going overseas;

    In some places, silk is more expensive than gold. Then you have to think about it. If a hundred sea ships are loaded with tens of thousands of tons of cargo and go to sea, it is not an exaggeration to say that they can bring back half a shipload of gold and silver when they return successfully.  , how much profit will this bring?

    ¡°And one hundred ships worth two thousand materials is just the beginning. As long as the trading company operates well, the number of ships will continue to increase

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

    In the president's signing room, the three presidents and vice presidents, Han Bi'er, Lin Ruhai, and Shen Qingwen, issued various orders in a flowing manner. At the same time, they received information from all over the place. They were organized by their subordinates, prioritized, and then handed over to the desks of the three for approval.  .

    At the beginning of everything, the headquarters of the trading company was as busy as the Shangshu Province of the Song Dynasty.

    Han Bier looked at the documents on the table and reviewed most of them. She rubbed her sore wrists, called Qingye in and asked, "Is there any news from Japan?"

    Qingye replied softly: "Not yet, but if nothing else happens, the five ships should have set sail from Japan."

    "Are the supply ships halfway ready?";

    "We are all ready, and we will provide them with supplies near Penghu."

    "Well, now I'm busy with everything. Qingye, please pay more attention to this matter. Don't be careless. The domestic stalls have been spread. Puluozhong must win the construction of port as soon as possible. In addition, the mulberry farm laborers in Guangnan must also  We are counting on them. We must pay attention to this matter so that no one knows that we did it. The five ships must not enter the coastal ports of Song Dynasty and dock."

    "Yes, your servant will pay attention."
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report