Fu Wenzhai, who was in great happiness, was still a little dizzy, so much so that when he stepped down the steps, he almost fell down, but Chang Meng beside him quickly stepped forward to support him.
After standing firm, Fu Wenzhai quickly smiled and saluted: "Thank you so much, Butler Chang. The student is so happy that he loses his temper!"
"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter!" Chang Meng quickly returned the gift and said with a forced smile, "In the future, I will also need to pay more attention to you!"
Fu Wenzhai, who was in a state of excitement, did not notice that Chang Meng's words were different from the past. He bowed to Chang Meng several times and then left happily.
A few days ago, Wu Shigong sent someone to propose the idea of establishing a Jimin Reclamation Trading Company to Mrs. Hou and Ye Zhong, and they immediately received enthusiastic responses.
If the reclamation business succeeds, firstly, it can improve the prestige of the Hou family and Ye Zhong among the local officials and gentry families in Henan; secondly, it can stabilize the chaos around Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion; thirdly, it can claim credit in front of Emperor Chongzhen;
Fourth, you can earn money for your family.
What they have to pay is nothing more than some of their own prestige and connections in the government, plus they have to send out some of their own servants and miners, and they don't have to take risks themselves, so how can Mr. Hou and Ye Zhong do such a good thing?
Don't agree?
Of course, Mr. Hou and Ye Zhong also knew that the key to the success of the reclamation business was the military support of the Runing Army and the management of Tuntian Zhuangzi, so they unanimously requested that someone from the Runing Army be sent to take charge of the reclamation business.
The negotiations went smoothly. The Runing Army will hold 20% of the shares in the Jimin Reclamation Company, the Hou family and Ye Zhong will each hold 15%, and the remaining shares will be held by more than a dozen wealthy families in Runing and Guide Prefectures.
carve up.
The Hou family and other large families will send out 500 servants, Ye Zhong will send out 500 miners, and the Runing Army will send out a regiment of troops, and more than 80 officials with training experience in farming and protecting the village will be mobilized to form a new army.
This Jimin Reclamation Trading Company.
After occupying the abandoned land, they exported grain, farm tools, livestock, and seeds according to their shares to resettle the displaced people and set up farms.
After Wu Shigong thought about it again and again, he promoted his butler Chang Meng to the position of the general manager of Jimin Reclamation Company. The other shareholders also unanimously agreed with the candidate Chang Meng. They all believed that a strong general has no weak soldiers. Besides,
Chang Meng was also Wu Shigong's close friend. If the reclamation firm encountered any difficulties, it would be easy for him to get help from Wu Shigong.
But Chang Meng didn't know what he was doing! He knew that Wu Shigong had arranged for him to go out this time with the intention of promoting himself. But Chang Meng was also afraid that he would mess up the matter. After all, he had no experience in military and civil affairs before.
experience.
So Chang Meng had already started to develop friendship with Fu Wenzhai just now. He knew that he would not be able to rely on Wu Shigong for everything in the future, and he also needed to have a good relationship with other high-ranking officials in the Runing Army.
But no matter what, Chang Meng was still a little nervous, so after sending Fu Wenzhai away, he stood blankly in the corner of the yard, thinking carefully about how to open the Jimin Reclamation Trading Company as soon as possible.
Chang Meng was so serious that he didn't even notice when Wu Shigong sent two more guests out of the study. It wasn't until Wu Shigong coughed a few times at Chang Meng that Chang Meng suddenly realized what he was doing and immediately stepped forward to send the two guests out.
These two guests were none other than Zheng Jiao and Shopkeeper Zheng of Minhai Trading Company, who were about to open a branch in Runing. Zheng Jiao was originally here to see Shopkeeper Zheng take office this time, and of course he also wanted to see with his own eyes what Wu Shigong was doing.
What is Runing's strength?
But as soon as he arrived in Runing, Zheng Jiao was shocked. Because he saw the long queue at the entrance of Sihai Bank, and those people who were enthusiastic about saving gave Zheng Jiao a deep impression.
And this time, Zheng Jiao got interested, because he took a fancy to one thing in the Runing Army, and that was the powerful soldiers in the Runing Army. You know, now is the time when the fight between Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang is most intense. If
With the addition of soldiers from Runing's army, Zheng Zhilong's hope of victory will be much greater. For this, Zheng Jiao even did not hesitate to pay some price.
So after today's meeting, Zheng Jiao immediately proposed to Wu Shigong to hire a group of soldiers from the Runing Army. Of course Wu Shigong declined. For Wu Shigong, every soldier in the Runing Army was his treasure. How could he
Will they be sold and used as mercenaries?
Seeing that the recruitment failed, Zheng Jiao had no other ideas, so he and Wu Shigong introduced each other to each other about the situation of their respective forces. However, when Wu Shigong introduced the situation of the establishment of the Runing Army's Jimin Reclamation Trading Company, Zheng Jiao was suddenly moved.
For the people of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how profitable the industry was, the most secure industry left to future generations was land. Even Zheng Zhilong, who made huge profits through sea trade, was no exception.
However, Fujian where Zheng Zhilong is located has many mountains and little land. The Taiwan he developed has competition from the Dutch colonists. Therefore, purchasing a large amount of cultivated land in the mainland has always been Zheng Zhilong's pursuit. However, the cultivated land in the mainland is basically in the hands of the officials, gentry and wealthy families.
It was impossible to buy it for Zheng Zhilong, so when he heard that Wu Shigong's land reclamation firm could obtain a large amount of abandoned land, Zheng Jiao couldn't hold it anymore.
Zheng Jiao also knew that it was not necessarily possible to occupy all the abandoned land occupied by Jimin Reclamation Company. After all, many of the abandoned lands had owners before. But after all, the total amount of abandoned land was too large. As long as a small part was occupied, then this absolute
The quantity is not a small number either.
So Zheng Jiao immediately proposed the following plan to Wu Shigong: The Zheng family wanted 10% of the shares of Jimin Reclamation Company. In exchange, the Zheng family would give Wu Shigong four sea-going ships, and these four sea-going ships would be operated by the Zheng family.
All profits belong to Wu Shigong.
After Wu Shigong heard this, he suspected that there was something fishy about Zheng Jiao, because this condition was too generous. For Wu Shigong, the purpose of the reclamation business was to farm fields, which was to bring grain, grass and soldiers to the Runing army. Whether it made money or not was not
Secondary consideration. After listening to Zheng Jiao's introduction, Wu Shigong also knew that if the four sea ships went smoothly, they would bring him more than 20,000 taels of silver every year. Wouldn't that mean that the Zheng family gave him free money?
So Wu Shigong immediately agreed. But Wu Shigong didn't know that Zheng Jiao settled the accounts like this: The Zheng family actually paid only the four large ships, which were worth only more than 10,000 taels of silver.
Thousands of acres of cultivated land, and the excess land, the Zheng family earned completely in vain.
For the current maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty, it is far from saturated, so the addition of Wu Shigong's four sea ships will not affect the Zheng family's business at all. Even after forming a team with Wu Shigong, they can still
Strengthen the Zheng family’s voice in maritime trade.
Zheng Jiao's plan paid off immediately. Wu Shigong also immediately agreed to select a hundred soldiers with good water skills from the Runing army to join the Zheng family's fleet as guards for the four sea ships. So the purpose of this meeting was
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