The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1821

[1821. Chapter 1732 Done]

For Liu Jian, Wang Shouren and Ouyang Zhi are different.

Their identities are juniors and lower officials.

Sometimes it’s a bit harsh, but that’s okay.

So not long after, Wang Shouren, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Ouyang Zhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, were invited.

After letting the two of them sit down, Liu Jian took a sip of tea and then said slowly: “The merchants want to build the railway. This will reduce a lot of burdens on the court. As long as it is not prohibited by law, the master is ordered to do this.” But why… is he so harsh on private railways? What I’m worried about is that he scares the merchants away… Hey… Qi Guogong is young after all, and he doesn’t know that everything is easy in this world, except… The most difficult thing is to make people willingly pay for money. To pay for one tael of silver requires turning against each other, and to pay for ten taels or one hundred taels of silver requires desperate efforts. If it is thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of taels, this is a matter of life and death. It’s a big feud.”

Liu Jian then added: “But in this list, not only does the land take up half of the shares, but the construction also needs to be verified by the town government, and the engineering team used also needs to be approved by Xishan Jianye. The qualifications and management rights are all in the hands of the Railway Bureau. Of course… there is nothing wrong with this. I am just worried that the merchants will be scared away.”

He paused, thought for a long time, and then continued: ” People haven’t paid for it yet, so what’s the ugly thing to say? Can’t we wait until they pay for it before we say

it

?

Disciple, don’t dare to make unreasonable opinions. After thinking about it, he must have his own thoughts.”

Liu Jian was convinced, Ouyang Zhi didn’t say anything, and Wang Shouren responded without mentioning his father’s name and his disciple’s name.

Looking at the two brothers, Liu Jian sighed and understood that inviting them here was in vain.

Liu Jian had a good temper. He didn’t say anything more, but waved his hands and said, “Come on, this is a matter for your command to supervise, so I won’t ask anything about it.”

…

Today, if Wang Bu is on duty, he will do it .

He went directly back to his mansion.

Now everyone in Beijing is talking about building railways.

A large number of people gathered in the capital, coupled with the cheapness of printed matter, the channels of communication began to become diverse, so whenever anything became hotly discussed, it would be overwhelming.

Wang Bushi Anxin was on duty in the Imperial Academy and hardly asked about foreign affairs. He only returned to the mansion. At this time, Deng Jian came.

Deng Jian wore the latest Confucian style. Although he was not a scholar, he loved this style. It matched it with his big gold chain, his gold sunglasses, and a hat inlaid with precious jade. , looking particularly energetic.

“Master, the railway’s results have been released.”

“Oh?” Wang Bushi became interested: “Get it.”

Deng Jian hurriedly took the copied results and handed them to Wang Bushi, who detailed them. It seems.

Wang Bushi had some taboos about building the railway. He knew very well that the railway was of great importance. Now the court needed money, but once the railway was built, would this national weapon be in the hands of merchants in the future?

Because of this, he appears more cautious than others.

But when he lowered his head to read the list and saw the many restrictions on construction, operation, and profit distribution, he was stunned. Then he frowned and murmured: “There is a bottom, there is a bottom, now Now that you have the bottom line, go… raise as much money as you can. This railway is still profitable, and the most important thing is to be safe…”

Deng Jian listened clearly to Wang Bushi’s words and couldn’t help but He looked at Wang Bushi sympathetically: “Master, people outside say that there are too many rules here, I’m afraid it may not be a good business.”

After looking at Deng Jian, Wang Bushi calmly said: “This It’s an ordinary person’s view. If you think like an ordinary person, let alone earn money, you won’t even be able to eat ashes. You have been following me for many years, don’t you still have no perspective?”

He paused and seemed to think that Deng Although Jian ate a lot of food, he was finally more mature than before, so he said: “The most fearful thing about business is the lack of rules, especially when it involves a major event such as building a railway. When paying for money, if the court is willing to agree to anything, then this You need to be careful when buying and selling, because if something serious happens in the future, the imperial court will never allow merchants to handle state weapons. The more rules there are, it means that the imperial court sincerely hopes to cooperate with merchants and hope that they can achieve mutual benefit. What is this? “This is sincerity!”

“In this way, although the power of management is all in the hands of the imperial court, to a certain extent, it is equivalent to us and the imperial court’s interests becoming one and sharing weal and woe. This not only makes us feel at ease, but also Let the imperial court… be able to build the railway without spending any money and gain benefits.”

“With this benefit, the imperial court will never kill chickens to keep warm. Instead, it will try its best to maintain a profit margin for us. Do you know? Why is this?”

Deng Jian seemed to understand, shaking his head and nodding again.

Wang Bushi smiled and said: “Because…thinking from the side of the imperial court, since the merchants cannot shake the country’s foundation, the merchants have invested so much money and they naturally want to make profits. If they don’t benefit everyone, who will be willing to invest in the future?” More money to build more railways. “

“At first, I was still worried, so I was unwilling to touch the railway business, but now… I feel completely at ease, because this investment is from Xishan Bank. He Zhenguo Mansion is a model of trust. The more restrictions there are, the more it shows that the Zhenguo Mansion has put thought into it. For a person with such a wealth as me, so much money cannot be invested in the mansion and the stock market. It needs to be spread out to be safe. . Nine times out of ten, my descendants will never surpass me. If I pass away in the future, it will be useless for them to invest this money in the railway. The current profit of the railway is of course far less than that of the mansion. and stocks, but this transaction is a century-old plan, planned for future generations. Deng Jian, you have followed me for so many years. I have told you everything, let’s see how much I can transfer to Wuchang. We just want to raise funds to build a railway to Wuchang.”

As he spoke, he stood up as if he had made up his mind and said resolutely: “Raise funds and use all your strength!”

Deng Jian said nothing more. , just nodded obediently: “Oh.”

……

While small businessmen and ordinary people were still confused, quite a few big business houses took the lead in taking action.

So each railway construction plan was sent to the town government, waiting for verification by the town government.

The Zhenguo Mansion also sent countless prospectors to determine the feasibility of the plan and the approximate cost.

These big trading houses probably have similar thoughts to Wang Bushi.

Eggs cannot be put in one basket. The bigger the business is, the more people are unwilling to opportunistically pursue high-return and high-risk businesses, but strive for stability.

All plan submissions are by no means as simple as just submitting a plan, but require a deposit, and the amount of the deposit is very huge, so… the merchants have just made preparations for early fundraising.

Fang Jifan received more than 70 such plans.

Strangely enough, Fang Jifan compared the plan and looked at the birthplaces of these big businessmen, and found that they were all more inclined to build the railway to their hometowns.

The nostalgia of the ancient people for their hometown is evident.

Fang Jifan couldn’t help but feel sentimental: “Looking up at the bright moon, looking down at my hometown…oh, where is my hometown from?”

Wang Jinyuan, standing aside, blinked and looked at the young master, he was also a little confused.

This… is a bit unknown. The Fang family followed Taizu Emperor Gao in raising troops, and then guarded Beiping, and then… followed Yan King Jingnan.

I have been in Nanjing and the capital. There seems to be rumors that the Fang family may be from Jiangxi…

Of course… no one cares about this matter anymore. Everyone knows that the Fang family originally came from Nanhe’s house in the capital. , probably no one except Fang Jinglong cares about the others.

Fang Jifan said: “I once heard from my father that the Fang family was originally from Yichun, Jiangxi Province. Oh, so I still have so many fellow villagers? Maybe… the old cousins in Jiangxi are still five years old with me, Fang Jifan We were the same family a hundred years ago.”

Wang Jinyuan shuddered violently, and his mind immediately began to search for a few friends he knew in the Jiangxi Chief Envoy. He was wondering whether he should inform them in advance and let them change quickly. Refuge in place of origin.

Fang Jifan held these pieces of plan in his hand. Fortunately, he did not continue to pursue the problem just now, but got back to the point and preached: “At this time, more than 70 railways, large and small, will be built. These merchants The qualifications must be carefully reviewed, and people must not let people come in with fake numbers. In addition, exploration must be carried out quickly. With these scattered branch lines as supplements, the progress of this railway will not take long. It’s much faster.”

Wang Jinyuan suddenly raised his thumb and said, “Young Master built seventy railways for the imperial court without spending a penny. Yi Yin and Zhong Hui’s disciples can’t compare with Young Master.”

Fang Jifan waved his hand and said, “Get out .”

, you amateur bitch.”

Wang Jinyuan was relieved and wanted to get out, so he ran away.

Fang Jifan hurriedly collected all these plans and rushed directly to the cabinet.

Although he is now a bachelor of the cabinet, Fang Jifan does not come to the cabinet many times. It is difficult to get a cabinet today, so he went to see Liu Jian first.

Liu Jian looked Fang Jifan up and down and said, “I heard that the Duke of Zhenguo has been busy with his feet off the ground recently. Is this a problem?”

“Yes.” Fang Jifan breathed a sigh of relief: “For the sake of the emperor, I am a minister. I’m so worried. It’s not just about attracting investment. Fortunately, it’s all done. Let Mr. Liu take a look at it.”

Liu Jian looked suspicious and took the pile of reports.

When he looked down, his expression suddenly changed and he couldn’t help but tremble.

More than seventy?

All over the country…

these merchants are really weird. They are giving away money on the pole.

…………

Please give me a monthly ticket.

(End of chapter)