The top floor of Wangyue Tower in Beijing is a huge hall. The decoration is extremely luxurious. It has always been a place where the really rich people in Beijing and Tianjin can go. A casual purchase here will cost thousands.
, tens of thousands of taels of silver.
"Shou Ning Hou~Jian Chang Bo~ has arrived!"
"Uncle Chang Ning has arrived~"
"Mr. Sihaishang Luggage has arrived~"
"Huishang Trading Company wishes Mr. Feng here~"
"Mr. Wang from Jiangnan Trading Company has arrived~"
"Mr. Zeng from Huguang Commercial Bank is here~"
"Mr. Zhang from Tianfu Trading Company has arrived~"
"Mr. Wang from Caiyun Textile Factory in Beijing has arrived~"
"..."
Along with the loud sounds, one after another important figures in the Ming Dynasty's business community arrived, talking, laughing and greeting each other when they met.
With the arrival of big figures in the business world, the shopkeeper of Wangyue Tower was also surprised.
We see a lot of big shots here in the capital, and those who come to Wangyue Tower for dinner every day are all the rich and powerful people in the capital, but it is very, very rare to see so many big shots at one time this time.
I don’t know which Bodhisattva can invite so many people together. You must know that the industry controlled by these people is enough to cover all aspects of such a great Ming Dynasty.
"What the hell is this Liu Jin doing? How many people have he called over? What does he want to do?"
Zhu Benduan, who came to attend the meeting on behalf of Huizhou merchants, looked at the big bosses in the room and said in a low voice to Feng Xiang beside him.
"I don't know, there must be something big going on, otherwise I wouldn't have mobilized so much to call everyone here."
"In the past, he has never called everyone here so solemnly."
Feng Xiang thought for a moment and shook his head slightly.
"It seems that people from all walks of life in Ming Dynasty are here, right?"
I wish you a careful exchange of shares. Many of them are old acquaintances. Even if you don’t know each other, everyone will know each other after you introduce them. So after looking around, I thought about it and said.
"No, if you think about it carefully, are there some people missing?"
Feng Xiang shook his head slightly, thought for a while and said.
"A few people are missing?"
Zhu Benduan looked at it carefully, then thought about it and said, "Who is missing? He has invited even those of us who were against Liu Jin in the past. Who hasn't been invited?"
"Shaxi merchants!"
Feng Xiang said coldly.
"Shanxi merchants?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Benduan took a closer look and found that he really didn't see a Shanxi merchant, so he thought about it and said, "Did these Shanxi merchants offend Liu Jin?"
"Is Liu Jin calling everyone here to deal with these Shanxi merchants?"
"I don't know. It's just that there are people from all walks of life and places, but Shanxi merchants are missing. This makes me feel very strange."
Prime Minister Feng shook his head again.
"The British businessman has arrived~"
"Dong Chengguo has arrived~"
"The Crown Prince of Dingguo has arrived~"
"Master Liu Jin and Liu are here~"
While everyone was chatting away, Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu, Liu Jin, and Xu Guangzuo walked in with smiles on their faces.
"Everyone~"
"Sorry for being late~"
Liu Jin, Zhang Mao and others smiled and greeted everyone.
"Hmph~"
Shouning Hou Zhang Yanling and Jianchang Bo Zhang Heling couldn't help but snorted coldly when they saw Liu Jin. This guy taxed his head and let himself be imprisoned by Emperor Hongzhi for more than half a month. Even the factory had nothing to do with it.
Almost had a major impact.
"Mr. Zhang~"
Liu Jin saw the displeasure on their faces and greeted them with a smile.
"Liu Jin, call everyone here. If you fart, let it go as soon as possible. After you fart, we can leave. I'm not like you who earn tens of millions of taels of silver a year. I have too much money and no place to spend it, so don't drag us along.
Everyone."
Zhang Heling did not give Liu Jin a good look and said it very loudly.
As soon as his words came out, the entire hall became quiet, and everyone looked at Liu Jin and Zhang Heling.
To be honest, Liu Jin's tax reform and tax arrests are really making everyone unhappy. Many people are still worried about this. After all, these big guys here have to pay a lot of money every year.
But they are not small numbers.
Now hearing that Zhang Heling was angry with Liu Jin, everyone immediately pricked up their ears and wanted to hear Liu Jin's answer.
"Mr. Zhang, everyone~"
Liu Jin looked at the Zhang brothers, then turned around and said loudly to everyone.
"I, Liu Jin, believe that I have always been doing things for the benefit of all of us and for the common interests of our Ming Dynasty."
"I invented cement, textile machines, ocean fishing, ocean trade, plantations, etc. Didn't everyone make money from them?"
"I think many people know very well that if it weren't for me, Liu Jin, we might still be fighting to the death over the original one-third of an acre of land, fighting over a piece of land, and killing people."
There was obviously something in Liu Jin's words. He was talking about the fact that the Zhang brothers once fought for a piece of land with Changning Bo Zhou Yu and caused a murder.
After hearing Liu Jin's words, the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling suddenly became unhappy.
"Let's take a look at the present. Take Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo as an example, with all the industries under your command now, if you add up all the industries, do you still earn tens of millions of taels of silver a year?"
"In the past, Mr. Zhang, could your family earn one hundred thousand taels of silver a year from all the properties combined?"
Liu Jin turned to look at Zhang Heling again and asked very seriously.
"this…"
The Zhang brothers were immediately speechless.
Because what Liu Jin said is true. Following Liu Jin's footsteps in the past few years, everyone has indeed become rich and made a lot of money.
"These two idiots can actually make tens of millions of taels of silver a year~"
Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but think so in their minds.
Who are the Zhang brothers?
They are idiots and typical examples of being without any brains.
"I, Liu Jin, have a clear conscience. I always do things for the benefit of everyone. Every time I work in any industry, I bring everyone together to make a fortune."
"Now I am responsible for the issue of tax reform. Many people are complaining about this. They think that I, Liu Jin, have too much money and no place to spend it, so I am doing this."
"But have you ever thought about why I want to do this?"
Liu Jin's words also made everyone fall into deep thought. If they think about it carefully, Liu Jin's actions seemed to have profound meaning.
"Everyone, country, country, only a country has a home!"
"The imperial court is in financial difficulties and the treasury is empty. The imperial court wants to do some big things, but it always fails to do so."
"Today, all of you here have ships operating on the sea, plantations and mines in Nanyang, fleets in the Golden Continent, and caravans on the grasslands."
"In the past, would everyone dare to build plantations overseas?"
"Do you dare to do business on the grassland?"
"Do you know that the Golden Continent is full of gold?"
Liu Jin kept asking questions, which also made everyone speechless. In the past, everyone was limited to one-third of an acre of land in the Ming Dynasty, and the most important thing they did was to annex land. But now it is different.
As long as people have money, the most common thing they do is buy ships, go to Nanyang to build plantations, open mines, etc.
"Have you ever thought about it? In the past, we were threatened by prairie people in the north of Ming Dynasty, and there were Japanese pirates running rampant along the southeast coast. At the same time, due to transportation restrictions, it was very difficult for everyone to do business and travel inconveniently."
"What's the root of all this?"
"It's because our court has no money, and the court has no money to support the ever-powerful army, so we can't defeat the grassland people, and we can't wipe out the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast, let alone go overseas to do business and make a fortune."
"Only when the imperial court has money and silver can it organize a powerful army to sweep across the grassland, wipe out the Jurchen tribes, open up territory and turn the grassland into our back garden, and then we can go to the grassland
, went to Liaodong to do business."
"Only when the imperial court has money can it build a powerful navy, protect our trade routes in Nanyang, protect our plantations and mines in Nanyang, and be able to occupy more places in Nanyang in the future.
of islands and land, allowing us to build more plantations and mines."
"Because the imperial court has money, it can do great things, conquer Japanese countries, suppress bandits, and allow our merchant ships to pass unimpeded. Otherwise, if your ship goes to sea, you don't know if it will come back. How would you still dare to go to sea?"
"The current taxation will indeed give everyone an extra amount of money~"
"But this money is also for everyone's benefit, so that we can continue to earn more money."
"The imperial court had money, so it built cement roads in various parts of the Ming Dynasty to facilitate business travelers from south to north. It also built reservoirs and riverbanks to prevent natural and man-made disasters."
"Similarly, the imperial court has money. The imperial court is undergoing military restructuring and has a powerful army. By then, it will not only be the grassland, but we can also go all the way to the west and fight against the Western Regions."
"Aren't many people complaining that cotton prices in the Western Regions are too expensive?"
"When the imperial court conquers the Western Regions, everyone can go to the Western Regions to build cotton plantations. Then the price of cotton will naturally become cheaper."
"The imperial army can also go north, west, and south to occupy more places and expand the territory of our Ming Dynasty. Then we will have a larger market and can go to more places to do business and do business.
Buy and sell.”
"The imperial court is building a navy. Once the navy is strong, it will be able to wipe out all the pirates in Nanyang. By the way, it will also occupy more islands and countries. You will not have to fight for land to build plantations.
It’s time to garden.”
"The world is very big, including Australia, Golden Continent, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the South Asian subcontinent. If we only rely on businessmen like us, can we conquer these places?"
"Without a powerful Ming Dynasty as our backing, can we be guaranteed to do business overseas?"
"Everything I do is for the benefit of everyone, because only a strong Ming Dynasty is the strongest support for our overseas expansion. Without a strong country to support us, once someone is jealous, who will protect our interests?"
?”
"Only when we have a country can we have a family. When our Ming Dynasty becomes stronger, we can straighten our backs and go out to make money. We don't have to be afraid of anything."
Liu Jin's voice was sonorous and powerful, constantly echoing in the hall.
It also made everyone present fall into deep thought.
If you think about it carefully, this is really the case.
If the Ming Dynasty hadn't been so powerful and cleared the way for businessmen like them, would they have been able to make a fortune overseas so smoothly and easily?
Can you make money that you could never imagine before?
Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but nod their heads, finally thinking about this clearly.