Chapter 810: Ming Dynastys first financial fraud case
It didn't take long for the steam locomotive experiment to end.
Wang Yuan greeted outside.
"Today the steam car can run normally, everyone gets a reward, haha, everyone gets a reward!"
“All relevant personnel involved will receive an additional two months’ wages as bonuses!”
"Today at noon, I will arrange a banquet at Qingyun Tower. Everyone is welcome to come and eat and drink!"
"..."
Wang Yuanwai said that he wanted to celebrate everyone's success, but in his heart he had already figured out how to use the steam car to make profits.
Steam locomotives are still an absolutely new thing at the moment.
If you want to make the existence of steam locomotives deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it is very necessary to do a good job in publicity.
After much thought, Wang Yuanwai's eyes suddenly lit up and he thought of a way.
Perhaps, he could find someone to find a channel to donate a steam car to the emperor.
If even the emperor used his royal family's steam cars, it would naturally set off a trend of using steam cars among the upper class of the Ming Dynasty.
And those who can really afford to buy and use steam cars are actually only the high-ranking dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty.
The top management is where the current relevant market for the steam vehicle industry lies!
And more importantly, the Wang family needs investment. Only with sufficient investment can the Wang family establish a steam vehicle production line.
Instead of relying entirely on workers to produce parts manually...
And more importantly, although the Wang family is rich, many things are not just about money.
It is also very necessary to find a way to introduce royal capital to the Wang family's machine factory, to provide the Wang family with a big backer, and to avoid the crime of harboring a treasure.
There are some things that an ordinary gentry head of the Wang family cannot grasp!
For example, it is like the multiple rounds of financing and listing of later generations of companies.
That's not just for investing money.
The key is to allow certain forces to enter the market legally and everyone to make money together.
Starting a business is not just about making money. Being able to distribute money is more important than making money.
Thinking of these messy things, Wang Yuanwai turned his eyes to Huang Zhongqiu...
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Forbidden City, inside the imperial study!
Zhu Hongyu personally directed the resolution of a financial fraud case.
The details of what happened are as follows. Several scammers took a steam engine and claimed that the steam engine did not need to burn coal and could be driven directly by water.
These scammers are making PPTs and conceptual theories while renting factories and machinery and pretending to be ready for production. They make it look pretty and pretty much the same thing.
Then, they began to give public demonstrations in Nanjing, give academic lectures, take people to visit factories, prepare to fool fools into investing, and kill pigs at the beginning of the market.
Then, someone actually believed their lies and invested money.
Finally, it is the well-known thing of taking money and running away...
Afterwards, the victim reported the crime to the government, and the Ming court sent out patrol officers to arrest the person.
After Zhu Hongyu read this case, he was completely confused.
By the way, has Ming’s deception developed so fast now?
These scammers are all talented!
This is also fortunate that these scammers do not understand the operating system of Daming Royal Bank very well. When they defraud money and run away, they use the bank's system to transfer the money.
There is no difference between this and directly reporting to the court where he has gone.
Otherwise, it will not be so easy for the court to arrest these swindlers!
For the criminal suspects who were arrested, the court's treatment plan was to sentence them in accordance with the Ming Law.
The first offender was sentenced to death, and the accomplices were sentenced to different periods of hard labor.
The money seized by the court was returned to the victims who could produce receipts.
Zhu Hongyu personally gave his approval.
However, while he was giving instructions on the resolution plan, he also had the idea of legislative rectification of Daming's financial activities.
From the current point of view, the financial activities of the Ming Dynasty are barbaric and rough. Even if the court sets up a rise and fall board in the stock market, it still cannot change the status quo.
Today's Ming Dynasty stock market is filled with a large number of careerists who want to get rich overnight, as well as shrewd liars, rich but brainless leeks...
What a mess!
Zhu Hongyu was very dissatisfied with this.
But he was a soldier, and his understanding of finance was limited to Master Jia Yueting's economics. As for other things, he really didn't know much about it.
There is no way to make suggestions if you want to change it, you can only leave it to the ministers below to figure it out.
The king has something to do, and his ministers must obey him!
This thing couldn’t be more normal!
After giving instructions on preparing financial legislation, Zhu Hongyu prepared to order people to pass on the meal.
At this time, a young eunuch made a report.
"Your Majesty, someone from the research institute has come to see you and would like to offer a gift to Your Majesty."
When Zhu Hongyu heard this, he raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Really? Is there any new breakthrough in the research institute?"
The little eunuch heard this and spoke.
"Your Majesty, it's not that the research institute has made a breakthrough, but that a private machine factory in Nanjing has produced a new gadget and wants to present it as a gift to Your Majesty."
"The gift was first sent to the research institute, and the research institute will deliver it on its behalf."
When Zhu Hongyu heard this, he nodded slightly and said.
"Well, call someone in!"
Zhu Hongyu has always been very patient with these researchers.
Not long after, Wang An, the head of the Ming Dynasty Royal Research Institute, received the message and took Huang Zhongqiu into the imperial study.
This was Huang Zhongqiu's first time to meet the emperor. Thinking that he would see the emperor soon, Huang Zhongqiu looked excited and excited.
Even my body is shaking slightly with excitement!
Following the eunuch's announcement, he followed Wang An to the imperial study.
The door of the royal study room was pushed open, and the sunlight passed through the glass window and poured into the room, making the room bright.
The furnishings of the Imperial Study Room are very simple. Tables, bookshelves, chairs, and sofas are all simple furniture.
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The ornaments in Zhu Hongyu's imperial study, even just a random chair, a paperweight, and a brush, can fetch sky-high prices in later generations.
And the books in his bookcase, some of which are rare ancient novels, are priceless.
It is such a simple room, but it is the absolute political center of the Ming Dynasty.
Almost every important government order of the Ming Dynasty was issued from here.
Zhu Hongyu was just sitting behind his desk, wearing simple regular clothes, but his aura was not angry or intimidating.
Wang An took Huang Zhongqiu with him and saluted the emperor.
"I am here to see Your Majesty!"
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.
"Pingshen, give me a seat!"
While they were talking, several young eunuchs moved in small mats for Wang An and Huang Zhongqiu.
Zhu Hongyu pondered for a moment, and then spoke.
"Do you two have any gifts for me?"
When asking questions, Zhu Hongyu's voice was very gentle.
Wang An heard this and spoke.
"Your Majesty, I am not offering a gift to Your Majesty, but it is Mid-Autumn Festival!"
While talking, Wang An motioned to Huang Zhongqiu to get up and answer.
Zhu Hongyu had some impressions of Huang Zhongqiu, mainly from his nephew Huang Luzhuang.
Huang Luzhuang is a true genius. Since he joined the internal combustion engine research and development team, Daming's internal combustion engine research and development process has been no different than pressing the accelerator button.
When Huang Zhongqiu heard this, he started to talk about the steam car with some restraint...
Listening to Huang Zhongqiu's narration, Zhu Hongyu's eyes became brighter and brighter, and thoughts arose in his heart.
Steam car!
There are so many talents in the Ming Dynasty. He, a later generation, didn't even think of developing cars. As a result, a group of indigenous people of this era began to think about it and put it into practice.
After pondering for a while, Zhu Hongyu spoke.
"Very good, I will accept the gift from the Qing family!"
"Since this car is powered by steam, let's call it a car, which is more convenient."
"In my opinion, the courage to innovate and do scientific research is the most important vitality of an enterprise. Innovation and scientific research are very worthy of encouragement..."
Zhu Hongyu expressed great praise for the innovative work of Wangjia Machinery Factory.
After all, supporting the development of private enterprises is also a major national policy of Ming Dynasty today!
After Wang An and Huang Zhongqiu retreated, Zhu Hongyu opened his mouth and gave instructions again.
"Send an order to the Royal Chamber of Commerce and ask them to send people to discuss investment and cooperation matters with the Wang family's machine factory, and prepare to jointly establish an automobile production plant..."
After the Wang family developed the car, they took the route of the research institute and donated this car to Zhu Hongyu, who must have wanted something.
And what is asked for?
It's just for investment or advertising purposes.
And since Zhu Hongyu has accepted the car, he will give them the return they want.
Besides, Zhu Hongyu is also very optimistic about the development prospects of the automobile industry.
Although today's cars still have many problems, such as high failure rate, slow speed, serious pollution, serious energy consumption, etc...
However, no one understands better than Zhu Hongyu how broad the future of the automobile industry really is.
In the early days of later generations and Germany, the main reason why they were able to maintain their status as a developed country was their domestic automobile industry...
After giving these instructions, Zhu Hongyu ordered to see with his own eyes what the car presented by Huang Zhongqiu looked like.
When he sat in the driver's seat of the car, a long-lost feeling came over him.
Immediately, I clutched the clutch, put it in gear, and stepped on the accelerator!
Of course, ejection was impossible, and this car, which was full of rough style everywhere, started to move slowly.
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Temple Street!
More than half a year has passed since the eastbound fleet set off.
During this period of more than half a year, the fleet's manpower left in Temple Street, combined with the large number of strong laborers sent by the imperial court, and hired Li Qingzhuang, a local Daur tribe, launched the temple street construction plan in full swing.
The Temple Street pier was quickly built!
The urban area is also gradually taking shape.
Streets and buildings are neatly planned. Coupled with the influx of a large number of goods and strong labor from the Ming Dynasty, Temple Street has begun to have a somewhat prosperous flavor.
The local environment in Nurgandusi is pretty good in summer, with a warm and dry climate. There is no heavy snow in winter to seal the mountains, and there is no mud formed after the snow melts in spring.
It is the most suitable time for human beings to survive!
Haller and his party set out from the tribe, leading horses and hounds, and driving a carriage.
Carrying a large amount of medicinal materials, furs and other goods, he was going to Temple Street to trade with Ming people there.
In exchange for various supplies needed by their tribe!
Because they all know that Mingren there has almost unlimited goods of all kinds!
From hardware farm tools, cloth and clothing, grain, salt, sugar, to fine wine and weapons, as long as they can exchange enough goods, Temple Street will have everything.
The most typical example is last winter.
After winter, it was freezing cold in the Temple Street area, and the mountains were blocked by heavy snow. Many tribes ran out of food.
If it were normal times, the elders in the tribe would spontaneously walk into the snowfield to seek death and leave food rations for the children in the tribe.
As a last resort, some tribes tried to buy food from Temple Street.
They arrived at Temple Street with a large amount of furs, herbs, fish and other local products, and then brought back carts of grain.
Successfully saved many tribesmen who should have died of starvation this winter!
Shocked many people!
Seeing this, other tribes also sent caravans to Temple Street for trade.
Without exception, as long as they can get the goods for trade, there will be as much material as they need.
At this point, the wealth of Temple Street began to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the reputation of wealth and prosperity began to spread throughout the upper and lower reaches of Heilongjiang.
Of course, Temple Street is not just about wealth!
Because if a person is just rich, he will be coveted by wolves, tigers and leopards.
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In other words, if you can grab it, why buy it?
It's not that no one has coveted the wealth of Temple Street, but most of those who have had thoughts about Temple Street have their heads hung on the flagpole outside Temple Street as a deterrent.
Kill too many and be afraid of killing, and the remaining people will obediently abide by your rules and do business with you honestly.
Haller carried a hunting bow on his back, a quiver of arrows and a pistol on his waist.
The quiver not only contains arrows, but also the bullets needed for the pistol.
Among these things, except for the hunting bow which he made himself, iron arrowheads, pistols and ammunition were all purchased from Ming merchants on Temple Street.
All are high quality products!
The main purpose of their trip to Temple Street this time was to buy some seeds and farm tools, as well as cloth, salt and other groceries.
Used to ensure the material supply of the tribe.
As time passed, the group of people arrived at a place not far outside Temple Street.
In this place, there are sentries set up by the Ming army.
There was a squad of Ming soldiers on duty at the sentry post, all carrying muskets and wearing breastplates.
Heavily armed and ready for an attack that may come at any time!
Outside the guard post, a row of flagpoles were erected densely.
There are several dried human heads hanging on each flagpole. From a distance, there is a faint smell of putrid smell.
This scene is quite brutal and bloody!
But in a barbaric land like Siberia, barbarism and bloodshed are the mainstream.
To many people, your kindness will be viewed as weakness.
Only killing and blood can establish awe and authority.
Haller and others looked at the forest of human heads on the side of the road. They were all filled with fear and obediently accepted the sentry inspection set up by the Ming army at the intersection.
After an interrogation, the group of them passed through the forest of human heads and entered the area of Temple Street.
In an instant, a burst of market smoke came out!
Today's Temple Street City is actually a long street with a large number of shops on both sides of the street.
There are those selling hardware products, there are those selling various sundries, there are cloth shops where you buy cloth, there are restaurants where you eat...
Quite prosperous!
The crowds coming and going are also quite dense.
Many tribes that have always had conflicts can only live in peace and laughter after meeting in Temple Street.
Ming Dynasty’s dominance in Temple Street is pretty good!
With the forest of human heads as a deterrent, most people understood that they must abide by the Ming Dynasty's rules in Temple Street.
After Haller and his party arrived at Temple Street, they found a wine shop and walked in.
When the waiter saw a customer coming to the door, he said very enthusiastically.
"What do the guests want to do?"
Afraid that these indigenous people would not be able to hear Chinese, the waiter repeated it in the local indigenous language.
The attitude is very warm and considerate, making people feel like they are in the spring breeze.
Although Haller and others seemed to be quite poor, and they seemed to be from the surrounding small tribes, the waiter did not look down upon them because of this.
Because the more a guy comes from such a small tribe, the more he spends money after coming to Temple Street.
Because, out of self-esteem considerations, they often do not want to be looked down upon by others because of their stinginess.
And more importantly, everyone in the service industry knows that the most taboo thing is to look down on customers.
When Haller saw how enthusiastic the waiter was, a smile spontaneously appeared on his face because he was respected, and he asked.
“Do you have any signature dishes here?”
The waiter took a rag and quickly cleared a table for Haller and others, and then spoke.
“Beef with soy sauce, braised whale meat, braised bear paws, braised sea cucumber with green onion...all are affordable, large in quantity and filling, and taste good!”
The waiter ordered hard dishes.
"As for staple food, there are steamed buns, steamed buns, flatbreads, rice, noodles, etc., and the prices are not expensive."
The climate in Nurgandusi is too cold, and there are very few crops that can be grown on the land. Common staple foods in the mainland, such as wheat and rice, are rare goods here.
It must be transported by sea from Liaodong or even within the customs.
After hearing this, Haller ordered a portion of soy sauce beef, a portion of braised whale meat, and several other hard dishes. As for the staple food, he ordered a large bowl of steamed buns and rice...
Haller asked.
"Is there any wine? What kind of wine do you have in your store?"
When the waiter saw this, his eyes lit up and he said.
"Our store has recently shipped a batch of Maotai liquor from Daming Pass. Guests can try it, but the price is a bit high..."
"In addition, there are also different wines such as Shaodaozi and Erguotou, and the prices are actually cheaper!"
The waiter at this store knows sales talk.
When Haller heard this, he slapped the table and said.
"Go to Maotai, go to Maotai, we are not short of money. The strongest warriors must drink the best wine!"
The waiter replied with a smile.
"Okay, okay, sir, please wait a moment, I'll be here soon!"
Not long after, the waiter brought the food in front of Haller and others, and then spoke.
"Guests, please use it with caution!"
After the food was served, Haller and others immediately started to eat hungrily.
Their eating habits are quite rough!
After the group finished eating, they headed towards the shops in Temple Street City.
Their first target was a fur shop, whose main business was to purchase some furs.
Among the goods that Haller and others brought to Temple Street, the most important ones were various leather goods.
There are bear skins, wolf skins, mink skins, and furs of different animals such as foxes and tigers.
Due to the local natural environment, these furs are smooth and shiny, and the color is very good.
If these furs could be made into furs and sold, the market in the Ming Dynasty would be very broad.
Many powerful people like fur coats!
Take Zhu Hongyu for example, he owns several bearskin or tiger skin coats, which are very warm to wear in winter.
There is even a rare white tiger skin, which is very valuable.
It was a gift given to him by the local garrison after hunting tigers.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! To be honest, apart from all kinds of leather goods, there are no other valuable things in Siberia.
Lao Maozi's development of Siberia mainly relies on fur goods to make profits!
The same is true now in the Ming Dynasty. All kinds of materials were transported from the pass, leather goods were purchased from local tribes, and then transported back to the pass for processing and sale.
For the time being, it can be regarded as barely equalizing the imperial court’s investment in the construction of Temple Street!
Haller and others sold all the furs they brought, and the best white mink fur was sold for nearly three hundred silver dollars.
The total price of other leather goods is almost the same.
No matter what it is, only if it is top-notch can you buy it at a price, and if it is average, can you buy it in quantity.
Holding a huge sum of six hundred silver dollars in his arms, Haller rubbed the banknotes with his fingers and felt the feel of his hand. The expression on Haller's face was a little confused.
Six hundred silver dollars, if all were converted into food, would even be enough to feed their entire tribe for two to three months.
But after changing it into banknotes, there was only a thin pile!
Haller's first reaction was that it was untrue. In order to verify the untruth in his mind, he used the banknotes to exchange for supplies as soon as he got the money.
Looking at the various supplies loaded into several carriages, Haller felt that these supplies made people feel much more at ease than paper money.
It felt very unreal to Haller that a few thin pieces of paper could be exchanged for so many supplies.
After Haller and his party bought the supplies they needed, they prepared to return.
Haller held an iron jug in his hand, filled with burning knives.
Although he let the waiter drink Maotai in the wine shop, when it comes to drinking, Haller still prefers to burn knives.
It’s powerful and cheap, which is hard to say.
Actually, it is not only the indigenous people from small tribes like Haller who like Shaodaozi, but also many workers hired by the Ming Dynasty from Japan and Korea, who also like Shaodaozi wine.
Especially for the Japanese, after a day's work, drinking a cup of shako and then falling asleep beautifully is a life that many of them yearn for.
Just when Haller and others were about to leave Temple Street, there was a sudden noise from the direction of Temple Street Pier.
The noise continued to spread with the flow of people, and soon spread throughout Temple Street.
"The imperial army is coming!"
"The imperial fleet is coming!"
"Go to the pier and take a look. There are many warships coming..."
"..."
When Haller saw this scene, he also showed a very interested expression on his face.
Instructing his tribesmen to keep an eye on things, he headed towards the dock.
On the pier, countless people gathered together, cheering in the direction of the Heilongjiang estuary in the distance.
"Long live, long live, long live!"
"The Ming Dynasty is victorious and the Ming army is mighty!"
"..."
Only by working hard outside can you realize how important it is to have a strong motherland at your back.
So many merchants from the Ming Dynasty poured into Temple Street and made a lot of money from the business of selling fur goods. They relied on the strong protection of the Ming Dynasty court.
If the imperial court did not set up settlements in Temple Street, they could go to Temple Street to do business.
Without the deterrence of the imperial army, the fierce local indigenous tribes alone could eat these merchants down to their bones and dregs.
Now, watching the imperial army arrive, countless businessmen spontaneously appeared at the dock and cheered.
Even in the crowd, there were many Koreans and Japanese cheering.
After the Ming Dynasty swallowed up North Korea, although there were still some diehards in North Korea, they continued to cause trouble for the Ming Dynasty locally and wanted North Korea to regain its independence.
But more North Koreans have sincerely regarded themselves as part of the Ming Dynasty, and their centripetal force is very strong.
It can only be said that the Ming court’s hundreds of years of sinicization of Korea were not in vain.
Although the Japanese did not have Ming Dynasty household registration and were just a group of laborers responsible for doing hard work, they also had a certain sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty.
This so-called sense of belonging does not come from the influence of the Great Tomorrow throughout East Asia.
More actually comes from the treatment Ming Dynasty gave these Japanese workers.
Although these laborers work hard, they can have enough to eat and their wages are not low.
Compared with their life in Japan, where they had no enough food to eat and no warmth to wear, it was much better.
And more importantly, the Ming Dynasty opened a policy window for labor naturalization.
After these Japanese workers have worked for Daming for ten years, they can apply for a long-term residence permit in Daming.
After working for twenty years, you can apply for Daming household registration and settle down there.
As long as you can pass the Ming Dynasty's naturalization examination, you can become a true Ming Dynasty citizen.
Of course, the Ming household registration here refers to overseas provinces, and they can settle in Nanyang, Nuergandusi and other places.
If you want to have a household registration in the Ming Dynasty, the difficulty will increase exponentially.
As for how many workers can survive twenty years after hard work, haha, no one can say for sure.
After all, wherever Ming Dynasty could use labor, the environment was not very good.
The problem of labor attrition is very serious!
Of course, the above immigration and naturalization policies are only open to yellow people in East Asia.
Because these people have the same culture and race as Ming Dynasty, it is easy to assimilate them and turn them into our own people after naturalization.
It is much more difficult for white people to naturalize in the Ming Dynasty than for these yellow people.
Generally speaking, the Ming Dynasty only targeted technological immigrants for white immigrants.
In other words, Ming Dynasty only accepts immigrants from white scientists, and basically doesn’t accept other people!
Of course, if you can donate millions of silver dollars to the Ming Dynasty in one go and want a naturalization quota, that is definitely possible.
Make money, don’t tremble!
The operation of the imperial court also requires money.
However, the above immigration policy only targets men.
The threshold for women to naturalize in the Ming Dynasty is the lowest. It can even be said that there is basically no threshold. As long as you marry a Ming Dynasty man, you can naturalize in the Ming Dynasty.
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This is no longer a problem of low threshold, but that there is no threshold at all.
Of course, all the above policies do not include black people.
Even Zhu Hongyu strictly prohibited black people from entering the Ming Dynasty more than once. Black slaves sold to the Ming Dynasty by Westerners had to be castrated before entering the Ming Dynasty.
After all, in this era, it is the consensus of the whole world that black people are not considered human beings.
Zhu Hongyu also doesn't have a good impression of those "cancers of the earth", the large agricultural machines that cause chaos wherever they go.
Haller stood in the crowd and looked at the estuary in the distance along with the crowd.
As his eyes came into contact with the Ming Dynasty's several thousand-ton large sail battleships, Haller's eyes widened involuntarily.
The hull is as tall as a hill, the outside of the hull is painted with black anti-corrosion paint, and the white sails flutter high, as if to cover the sky.
The sails and hull form a sharp contrast!
Gun windows were opened on the side of the ship, and the black muzzles of the guns were quite eye-catching!
This is especially true for the steam ironclad ship at the beginning. The hull is covered with a layer of iron, and black smoke is billowing from the chimney on the rear deck.
The turrets arranged on the deck reflect the cold light under the sunlight, which is unforgettable.
He had never seen such a tall warship.
I have never seen so many artillery pieces.
When I see it now, my first reaction is to be horrified.
Like a miracle!
In Haller's eyes, Akito who can control such a huge battleship is no different from a god.
Daming is such a powerful country!
Haller couldn't help but admire in his heart.
As time passed, the fleet quickly approached the mouth of Heilongjiang.
As the fleet approached, the faces of the Ming soldiers standing on the side of the ship were clearly visible.
The tall and erect soldiers of the Ming Dynasty with high spirits formed the face of the Ming Dynasty to the outside world.
The neat and straight military uniforms they wore attracted countless people's attention.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"The Ming Dynasty is victorious and the Ming army is mighty!"
"..."
As the battleships gradually approached, the cheers on the dock became louder and louder.
Countless people are waving their arms vigorously!
The flag belonging to the Ming Dynasty fluttered over the port.
Boom! Boom!
The first few warships fired salutes.
It was as if they were using a salute to announce to everyone that "the heavenly soldiers have arrived, and the barbarians will be crowned!"