As soon as Fan Yuqi spoke, the whole hall immediately exploded. A group of wealthy businessmen and tycoons immediately whispered to each other and discussed. The meaning contained in these words was really too much. The Royal Navy of the Qing Dynasty went on an expedition to Europe and launched an American airline. This was all published in the Beijing News. The merchants have a keen sense of smell. The Shanxi merchants also heard about Europe and America, which were tens of thousands of miles away. wwWelcome to reading
Zhenwu actually expected Shanxi merchants to open their ticket accounts to Europe and the United States. This would not only encourage Shanxi merchants to develop inland trade but also encourage them to participate in maritime trade. However, no one expected that Zhenwu not only encouraged Shanxi merchants to establish invoices, but also encouraged Huizhou merchants to establish invoices. The financial resources to vote and encourage businesses to compete for badges are not much worse than theirs.
The most important thing is that in the end, the imperial court only recognized large stocks with ticket numbers. All foreign trade only allowed large shareholders to handle this. This is the most terrible thing. And according to Zhenwu, there is about to be a war in the northwest.
There was a buzz of discussion in the hall:
"Where are the Mughal Empire, the Kazakh Khanate, and the Ottoman Empire in your Luo Gang's dealings with Russia?"
"That's because the west heard that Junggar went there. We are trading with Russia in the north. It's not that the Taiqing Marquis family has a caravan. He should know better."
"To the west of this country are the Mughal Khanate of Bukhara and the Kazakh Khanate, and to the west of Junggar and northwest Persia and the Ottoman Empire are further away."
"So the imperial court is preparing for a big fight in the northwest?"
"Doesn't this mean that the current emperor is ambitious to expand in all directions on the sea? I'm afraid there will be a big expansion in the northwest. Didn't I hear that the new imperial guard army is constantly fighting?"
"It would be easy to do business if there was a big business in the northwest."
"What should I do? Never heard that only the major shareholders of the bank are allowed to operate military grain and foreign trade?"
¡°Since it¡¯s a big shareholder, whoever invests the money will own the big shares. Wouldn¡¯t several small shareholders together become one big shareholder?¡±
¡°This is very true, but I don¡¯t know if there is a fixed number of major shareholders? How much money does it take to be considered a major shareholder?¡±
&nb) According to the detailed rules of the ticket number issued in the 48th year of Kangxi's reign, the principal must be fifty million taels and more than fifty companies can establish the ticket. The price of each share is 500,000 yuan. Since it is a big company The shares must account for 50% or 10% anyway. Based on this, the price of a large stock should be more than 2.5 million taels. "
¡°I don¡¯t think it¡¯s easy to say that the capital of the three million yuan jointly founded by our Shanxi merchants cannot be only 50 million taels.¡±
"Don't even think about it. Our bank account headquarters must be located in Taiyuan. Will there be any problems if we put so many silver coins there?"
"What's the problem? Although there's a lot of money, it's scattered all over the place for you to care about? Are you worried about the imperial court robbing it?"
"Don't say this so nonsense that it makes people laugh. The current emperor is an unprecedented saint. I heard that the interest-free loans to the northern provinces this year alone are as high as 20 million. Do you still care about this little money?"
Fan Yuqi was leisurely drinking and listening to the crowd in the hall. Occasionally a businessman came to ask for a mouthpiece, but he happened to push it and no one came to look for him. He was not idle either. Quietly and attentively listening to everyone's discussion, thinking about how to respond to everyone's questions next.
After half an hour, the discussion in the hall subsided. Zhang Jiajia, who runs the salt trade, stood up and asked: "I wonder if the emperor has any specific regulations on the preparation of Shanxi merchants' joint ticket?"
Hearing this, Fan Yuqi couldn't help but smile. He stood up and said loudly: "Since the emperor encourages businessmen to do pure business, he will not interfere in the specific affairs of the Shanxi Merchants United Bank. Anyone who invests more than three million taels in the stock has the right to participate in the preparation of the bank." matters."
The shopkeeper of the Kang family stood up and said: "Fan Wu, our Shanxi merchants are doing business in the northwest frontier. The deposits of each branch in the border are not small. How can we ensure the safety of the deposits in the branches? In the future, branches opened outside the Qing Dynasty will How to protect it? Without insurance, there is no point in opening this ticket number."
"Shopkeeper Kang has made a good suggestion." Fu Fan Yuqi said with a smile: "The northwest frontier and the semicolon outside the Qing Dynasty are indeed a big problem. I will tell the emperor that since he wants to vigorously promote Shanxi business tickets, there is a sure way to do it." There is no need to worry about this.¡±
Another person stood up and asked, "I wonder how many shares the Fan family will buy? Can you tell me?"
Fan Yuqi glanced at the man, who was the elder of the Qu family, and said slightly: "As the founders, the Fan family cannot be too generous, but the Fan family has the financial resources to contribute six million yuan tentatively."
No one expected that Fan Yuqi would tell the number of shares so realistically. Everyone in the hall was stunned and immediately reacted. The fifth child of the Fan family told him indirectly that the total capital of the Shanxi Merchants United Bank was tentatively set at 6,000. The major shareholder must obtain More than six million
Six million is not a small number. Naturally, many people do not dare to express it casually. Even the wealthy ones with strong financial resources do not dare to express it casually. The final decision on this matter will have to wait until the heads of several families catch up with the less powerful wealthy businessmen. With this in mind, they start to travel around. Find someone to join forces with to become the major shareholder of the ticket account.
Three days later, Huang Maqi, Wang Juan, Fang Bao and others arrived in Taiyuan in a carriage. Because Zhenwu was in Taishanxi, the officials did not dare to greet them with much fanfare. Only Kuixu, Su Keji and Su Zhan picked up the company at the gate of the city. Then go to the Fan family compound.
During these three days, Zhenwu incognito visited the bustling streets of Taiyuan City, especially the bustling streets in Nanguan City, as well as Dongmi City, Ximi City, Dong and Xiyang City, Guayi City, Mian Mian, and visited the Lingxiao Twin Towers, Eight visitors from Taiyuan, including the strange cypresses in Jingyin Temple Tutang, Yanqiu, Fenhe River Ferry, and Mengshan Xiaoyue, visited the three major courtyards in Taiyuan City, Jinxi courtyard, and the river engineering industry's impact on Taiyuan's education, people's livelihood, official reputation, and commerce. Everyone has a general understanding.
The officials of Taiyuan City, big and small, have been sitting on pins and needles for the past three days, fearing that Zhenwu's daily private visits in incognito are no secret. They know in their hearts that everyone is worried about being caught by Zhenwu and suddenly come to the master. He didn't have the time to be sure, and he didn't dare to cover up the official's poor reputation in a big way during his incognito private visit. The officials at home, whose children usually behaved inappropriately, bullied others, or judged cases unfairly, lived in fear every day.
When it was reported that Ma Qi and others had gone outside to seek Zhenwu, he ordered: "Let them wash up first and then come to have an audience." After a slight pause, he said, "Xuan Kui has an audience."
In the past few days, I couldn't think of how to solve the river governance project.
Seeing Kuixu coming in such an awe-inspiring manner, Zhenwu knew that he must have come with Ma Qi and others. As soon as he got up to greet him, he waved and said, "You don't have to stand and answer."
Hearing this narration, he knew that it might be a long time. He bowed and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." After a moment, he continued: "I am so stupid that I can't think of how to solve the project to cure Taiyuan's floods. Please give me your Majesty's advice." .¡±
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????mbance out and said slowly: "The root cause of Taiyuan water shortage cannot be achieved overnight, don't you know?"
Hearing this narration, I couldn¡¯t help but feel confused. Even if the project was delayed, the project bank should have a subordinate. He bowed slightly and said: "If the river management project is delayed, I will worry that it will be abandoned halfway."
"Have you ever thought about this, which will directly lead to a rise in food prices in Shanxi?"
Kuixu was in a hurry when he heard this and lowered his head, not daring to say anything. He really didn't consider that it would cause food prices to rise. Zhenwu continued, "I think the price of food in the private market has been rising slowly in the past few days." This is because some grain merchants have foreseen this problem and started to absorb grain. Once grain prices drop, public dissatisfaction will inevitably arise."
After a slight pause, he continued: "The river management project must be narrowed. The channel of the Fen River is very important. Construction on both sides of the apricot river has been temporarily suspended. Although the water volume this summer is limited, it is difficult to guarantee that there will not be a large amount of manpower and resources to complete the embankment of the Fen River in August."
Seeing that Zhenwu didn't mention Yin Kuixu at all, he couldn't help but hurriedly bowed and said: "I obey the order." He raised him and then said cautiously: "Even if the emperor manages Fen, the amount of silver is not a small amount."
Zhenwu glanced at him and said, "Don't expect the imperial court to allocate money to borrow engineering silver."
Hearing this remark, he couldn¡¯t help but secretly thought that he had already borrowed five million, and if he borrowed the money, he would have to pay back the interest. This was not a policy of the small court without a general plan, right? After a slight sigh, he said: "I am begging the emperor to make it clear."
Zhenwu stared at him for a while and then said: "If you have nothing to do, go to Jin Shen. Don't you still have the 'Four Constants'? Jin Shen's new bank account will be opened soon to borrow low interest rates from them."
Hearing this, I couldn't help but realize that the "Four Dahengs" would not buy low-interest loans from local officials at all. Even local officials would find it extremely difficult to borrow, let alone such a large amount. Without Zhenwu's words, things would have been much easier to handle. As for the Jin Dynasty, I don¡¯t know if they have a low-interest loan business. They are privately owned and should be interviewed by local officials. Besides, this is to cure Taiyuan¡¯s water problem. I don¡¯t know if they can borrow more than one million yuan, but how can they repay it?
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