Angel Duan Hong is going back to Chang'an. His mission to Shouchun has been completed and he has to return to Chang'an to resume his life. Just like when he came, Liu An personally sent Duan Hong to the dock and arranged for people to send him out of Huainan. In Liu An's eyes,
Duan Hong is quite a good person. Although he visited the Huainan Kingdom privately without the permission of the King of Huainan at first, he was quite calm after arriving in Shouchun. Regardless of whether he found anything, at least he didn't do it in front of Liu An.
Tell it to the emperor, so that Liu An will have room for change in front of the emperor.
In order to silence Duan Hong, Liu An offered many gifts and asked Duan Hong to send some to important officials in the court, including the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, enough to fill a boat. Duan Hong did not refuse, and Gao
He happily brought it with him. Liu An finally felt at ease, and even made an appointment with Duan Hong that when they arrived in Chang'an, the two of them would go to Cuixiang Tower in Chang'an for a drink.
Su Ren was invited by Liu An to see off Duan Hong. He stood silently in the crowd and watched a group of Huainan officials performing under the leadership of Liu An. Su Ren felt that it was boring, but it was not easy to refute Liu An's face, so he just
I could stand in the bright sun and listen. I thought that nothing would happen to me, but suddenly I heard Duan Hong calling his name.
"Su Zhonglang, do you have anything to say to Your Majesty?"
Su Ren was stunned and shook his head: "No, in a few days I will return to Chang'an with the King of Huainan and the King of Hengshan. If I have anything to say, I won't be too late to talk to Your Majesty."
Duan Hong smiled and nodded: "That's fine. In that case, I'll take my leave. I'll be waiting for the King and Su Zhonglang in Chang'an. Don't worry, I will report everything here to His Majesty truthfully when I return to Chang'an. I'll take my leave."
Liu An smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, angel, and have a good trip, angel."
Su Ren also clasped his fists and said, "Have a good trip."
After coming back, Su Ren seemed to have forgotten about Duan Hong, but sent someone to inquire about the situation in Ma Hutong. The entire Ma Hutong is now the property of the prince Liu Qian, and the wine shops were also opened by Liu Qian, which is why the entrance hall is so popular.
Every day, a large number of Huainan officials came to spend money like water, which made Su Ren funny.
Han Qing frowned: "It's already clear that there is the shadow of King Huainan behind us. Most of the diners are Huainan officials, and they are here to support King Huainan."
Su Ren smiled: "It's not surprising. As long as the King of Huainan goes to Chang'an, those wine shops will close."
"But, why did they do this?"
"Test!"
"Testing what?"
"Trying to see if what I said is true, but they chose the wrong direction. A wine shop opened by their immediate boss, even if it sells shit, will make subordinates flock to it. It is good to do this. Maybe it will make the King of Huainan believe my words more?
Can I ask how much the monthly income of those wine shops is?"
Han Qing nodded and said, "Although it's not as good as Mr. Cuixiang Tower, it's still a lot. The best restaurant has a monthly income of 30,000 yuan. After deducting expenses, it's not a problem to make 20,000 yuan."
"Okay, hahaha..." Su Ren laughed: "Let people clean the treasury tomorrow. We will have a lot of money in the treasury at the end of this month!"
Han Qing smiled: "I just don't know how much money Liu Hong will send. According to what Shopkeeper Sang said, the Huainan Palace actually doesn't have much money."
"It's always richer than us!" Su Ren thought for a while: "Starting from tomorrow, let those people who are still queuing at the door come in, you receive them, accept all those who want to invest, and make a statement to remove the ordinary people.
Besides, anyone can invest, as long as the officials are willing, and they will be treated equally no matter how much or how little."
"It might not be appropriate to treat everyone equally. Since it is investment, those who take more money will definitely earn more than those who take less money. I think it is better to establish a rule, for example, the dividend of one hundred gold is 10%, and the dividend of one thousand gold is 20%.
Those with more than five thousand gold will be given 30%, so that we can convince those people!" Han Qing said: "If everyone is treated equally, it will make people think there is something wrong with it."
Su Ren smiled and nodded: "Mr. Han is becoming more and more like a businessman. You are right. We cannot treat everyone equally. I will do as you say."
Han Qing took two steps and then stopped. He turned around and asked Su Ren: "Why did you suddenly want to accept investment from those people today?"
Su Ren smiled: "Duan Hong will definitely report this matter to His Majesty after he returns. Since someone is taking the blame, why not do something special?"
Shouchun City went completely crazy. People who had some spare money flocked to the other courtyard and borrowed more than a dozen accounting rooms from several familiar merchants. Everyone was so busy that all the money collected by the other courtyard was put into the treasury.
It was too late, so they could only pile them up in the courtyard. It was not yet noon, and under the layers of protection led by Hou Yong, there was no place to stay in the courtyard. Large and small bags and boxes almost occupied the entire courtyard.
It's all money.
Liu Hong came to see the excitement. As he passed by the courtyard, he smacked his tongue and said, "Oh, Mr. Su is so capable. The money he collects in just one day is equivalent to the harvest of Huainan Country in a year."
Su Ren smiled: "The total amount is only about three thousand gold. This amount of money is not even enough for me to build Jiangsu City."
"I heard that the newly built Kuaiji City was also funded by your husband?"
"That's not true. The imperial court took the lead. That city must be purely for housing Yue people, and more than half of the future rewards will be handed over to the imperial court."
"Then there is no imperial involvement in Jiangsu City?"
Su Ren nodded: "Well, His Majesty is just involved."
"Your Majesty? Isn't your Majesty the imperial court?"
"This is why Fifth Young Master doesn't understand. The imperial court belongs to the imperial court, Your Majesty is His Majesty, and the imperial court's money belongs to your majesty. Do you dare to say that your majesty's money belongs to the imperial court? In the future, the profits of Jiangsu City will go into your majesty's private treasury.
The imperial court has nothing to do with it."
"Mr. Su confused me, but I understand. I wonder how much your Majesty voted?"
Su Ren stretched out his hand and made a seven gesture.
"Seven thousand gold?"
Su Ren shook his head: "It's 70%, which means that Your Majesty owns 70% of the shares in Jiangsu City, and the money earned must be divided into 70% dividends by His Majesty."
"How much is 70%? Did Mr. Su also invest their money in Jiangsu City?"
"Not all of their money. In order to allow you to get dividends quickly, most of this money is used by the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce. The Fifth Young Master also knows that I have two trade routes in Shuzhong. One is Yelang's medicinal materials and furs.
Ore, a horse from the Qiang region, and the business of Cuixianglou can ensure that their money will get dividends quickly."
Liu Hong nodded: "That's it, I understand. If it were placed in Jiangsu City, I might not be able to receive so many rewards in a short time."
"That's right. Speaking of which, there are two ways to make money, one is fast and the other is slow. Although the fast method is better, the profit is too low, but the slower method is more profitable. When Jiangsu City is repaired, according to my estimation, the profit will be at least three times."
"three times?"
"Three times! That is to say, investing one dollar will turn into three dollars. Calculated based on the 70% of the investment of 730,000 gold by Your Majesty, there will be an income of 100,000 gold by the end of this year. This does not include the commercial tax after the city is built.
The income from agricultural taxes, various taxes, and specialty goods such as salt and iron wine should be at least four to five thousand gold every year, right?"
"so much?"
Su Ren smiled and said: "This is still a small amount. To be honest with you, Fifth Young Master, I am planning to build Jiangsu City into a shopping mall. According to my plan, if everything goes well, the annual profit in five years will be ten times that of Shouchun City, and maybe even more."
many."
Liu Hong was shocked by Su Ren's words and was stunned for a long time without coming back to his senses. Liu Hong was not very clear about the annual income of Shouchun City, but he was not ignorant either. What is the concept of ten times? Huainan Kingdom shares
There are thirteen large and small cities, none of which is as big as Shouchun. This means that Su Ren's estimated annual income from Jiangsu City is much greater than that of all the cities in the entire Huainan Kingdom combined.
"Sir, there's something I don't know whether to ask or not?" It took Liu Hong a long time to calm down the surprise in his heart.
Su Ren put down the tea bowl: "But it doesn't hurt to ask!"
"Sir, are you so sure that Jiangsu City can make so much money? Although I am not a merchant, I have interacted with merchants. In my opinion, the dividends you have given to those in the hospital are incredible. How can Jiangsu City be so prosperous?"
Su Ren looked at Liu Hong and said nothing for a long time.
Liu Hong quickly said: "Sir, don't worry, I swear by my ancestors that I will never reveal your secrets!"
Su Ren smiled: "It doesn't matter if it's leaked. I'm afraid no one in the world can have so much money to build it, and the court still doesn't care. Today, when the Fifth Young Master asks, I will tell you, Young Master, does he know where the money comes from?"
"
Liu Hong was stunned: "Nature was created?"
"Who made it?"
"The money supervisor of the imperial court."
"Wrong! What the Qian Jian makes is just copper plates and cannot be called money. Money is produced by the people all over the world through labor. A farmer produces five to eight coins for one stone of grain and rice. A woman weaves a piece of money.
Silk cloth can be made for fifty to eighty cents, and the money that Qian Jian puts into the world is based on this. Too much or too little will not work. Too much will cause prices to rise, and copper plates will be worthless. Too little and people will have no money.
It’s available. Does this make your prince understand?”
Liu Hong thought for a while: "That seems to be the truth."
"Let's talk about merchants. Merchants are not as indifferent to production and money as people in the world think. In fact, merchants play a very important role. The most direct one is to balance the distribution of goods in the world. Merchants will only send excess goods to one place.
There is another place that lacks this kind of goods, has the prince heard of anyone transporting Shouchun’s specialty moso bamboo from other places?”
Liu Hong shook his head.
"This is the role of merchants. They balance the world's goods and at the same time circulate the money produced by the people. Just like river water, only flowing water is living water and can nourish the earth. Without merchants, the world would be a pool of stagnant water.
No matter how much things the people produce in one place, they will only be left there to rot and spoil. At the same time, the people will starve to death, and the stagnant water will become smelly!"
Liu Hong felt that his brain was a little exhausted. Su Ren's words sounded reasonable, but it made people wonder: "What does this have to do with the Jiangsu City built by Mr.?"
Su Ren scratched his head: "It's a big deal! It's precisely because I saw this that I decided to turn Jiangsu City into a commercial city. Jiangsu is located on the north-south thoroughfare, spanning from east to west. It is a place where merchants from all over the world gather, just like the four directions.
Where water flows together, if you open a small opening, there will be a steady stream of water to drink. Do you understand, Master?"
Liu Hong rolled his eyes, and after a long while, he shook his head. (To be continued)