Gui Zi Scroll Chapter 511: Strange tricks come up one after another, business genius
Guo Zhengyu knew that if Feng Ziying dared to say this, he must have more than three million taels of silver, which was more or less. To Jiangnan businessmen, it was absolutely nothing, but if they were to get cash immediately, it would be too much. It takes some effort.
"No, Brother Mei Ming, I'm so insensitive to the household business and I can't bear it. I also think that the military department is the most suitable for me. I think I'm still capable of doing the emergency. I've been worrying about the household business all day long. I have to shorten my life span!" Feng Ziying waved her hands repeatedly.
"Then you mean that we should be tortured and our lifespans should be shortened?" Guo Zhengyu said angrily: "The biggest hole in the household department was dug by your military department. It was either fighting, changing clothes, or... Regarding food and wages, the navy has also begun to open its mouth now. Shen Yourong even shouts in the newspaper from time to time. I am thinking that this must be your instruction, right? "Internal Reference" also publishes two articles from time to time about the benefits of colonizing Nanyang. Doesn’t it cost money to build a ship? I don’t think I’ll be doing anything else, and I’ll basically just revolve around you.”
"Brother Meiming, just tell me whether what the newspaper and "Internal Reference" said makes sense, and whether the money should be spent?" Feng Ziying spread her hands, "What does the Ministry of Accounts do? I'm thinking about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, and reducing expenditure is just As a supplementary means, we need to open source. Nanyang is fertile, rich in gold, silver, copper and tin, spices, precious trees, gems, and rice is harvested three times a year. Tomorrow, it will be the territory of our vassal and the Xuanwei Division. Why? Aren't you going to get it back?" Guo Zhengyu resisted the urge to curse and glared at Feng Ziying fiercely: "Ziying, you are standing and talking without pain in your back. I remember you wrote an article in "Internal Reference" before you came here, talking about recovery. The hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties, after talking about the importance of the Yarkand land to us, I was thinking about how much money it would cost to capture Yarkand. Now I want to talk about Nanyang and Jiaozhi, as well as Dongwu. You also wrote last year I wrote an article. Yunnan is not yet peaceful. Next time you will definitely talk about Kuwu and Ezo. Ziying, I beg you, can you please stop working so hard. We really can’t bear it. Mingqi’s head is on My hair is all turning gray."
"Brother Meiming, writing these things is my duty as the Minister of War, isn't it? As for how to do it, the decision-making power is not mine, right? It's up to the people in Wenyuan Pavilion to make the decision." Feng Ziying said with a smile: "The Ministry of War The focus now is definitely not the ones you mentioned, Jianzhou Jurchens and Chahar people are. But people without long-term worries must have short-term worries, especially the imperial court. Nanyang is not the focus of the Ministry of War, but it is one of the imperial court's financial resources. , I don’t believe that Brother Meiming can’t see that gold, silver, copper and tin are all urgently needed by the Ministry of Revenue. Instead of relying on foreign merchants to import them, how can we control the procurement ourselves?
Feng Ziying knew how to impress the people in the Household Department.
Needless to say gold, silver is now imported from Luzon to Nanyang. Silk and porcelain are exchanged for silver from Nanyang. This has become the largest cycle in maritime trade. The imperial court is well aware of this, and it has also become the largest source of sea tax for the shipping industry. , but the imperial court needed not only silver, copper, and tin, but also spices and big wood.
Being left speechless by Feng Ziying, Guo Zhengyu could only grit his teeth and stop mentioning this topic.
It's useless to mention it. They just write a few articles and express some of their own opinions. Whether it's the Ministry of War or the cabinet, whether you believe it, listen or not, and use it or not, that's all the business of the big guys.
You can't let others stop talking, what's more, the temptation of Nanyang and Jiaozhi can really impress people, fertile land with three crops a year, and convenient shipping.
As shipyards in Dagu, Yuguan, Dengzhou, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places began to absorb shipbuilding technology from the West on a large scale, the styles of masts and sails began to learn from the Western ship type Clark, and the Galen ship type began to enter the country.
, the stern design is also constantly undergoing improvements and changes, and the retractable mast brought by Hongmaofan is also rapidly used in major domestic shipyards, causing major shipyards to compete for development.
Large sailing ships from Xiyi began to be used in large numbers along the coast, which greatly improved the shipping capacity. It is not a new thing to transport grain from Nanyang and Jiaozhi to the coast of Dazhou. The load of rice from Luzon and Jiaozhi exceeds 2,000
It has become a reality for large-scale sea ships to transport tons of japonica rice to Yuguan, Dugu, and Dengzhou. One ship can transport up to 20,000 shi of japonica rice. If the canal is used, at least ten water ships are needed to transport it, which was impossible in the past.
imagination.
Precisely because the sea transport
Only with the rapid development of trade did the imperial court begin to change its attitude towards Nanyang, Luzon and Cochin. The topics of the Secretary of Propaganda and Comfort in Old Port and the Chief Envoy of Cochin were also mentioned frequently. This kind of early public opinion preparation was often the result of the imperial court.
Of course Guo Zhengyu understands this as a bellwether for future policy shifts.
He was just very unhappy that this guy always took the initiative to turn the wind in his hands, forcing Tobu to have to run behind them.
"Okay, Brother Meiming, don't be so angry." Feng Ziying smiled authoritatively, "We all have the same goal, which is to make the Zhou Dynasty better, right?"
"Okay, stop being pretentious there and get down to business. Now that we have talked about Taihe Yinzhuang, the rest is the business of the Zhen family. I know you have also contacted some Jiangnan businessmen to take over.
, but with such a large scale, I guess it will be difficult for them to eat it all of a sudden, and it will be difficult to realize it. Do you have any good ideas?"
This is the most important thing for Guo Zhengyu to find Feng Ziying this time. The remaining business properties are worth tens of millions of taels. How can they be realized?
It is impossible for the Ministry of Husbandry to control these industries. The Ministry of Husbandry only wants money.
"I have considered it and have two ideas." Feng Ziying said thoughtfully.
"Tell me about it, I know you have always had many ideas." Guo Zhengyu felt calm and asked quickly.
"The first is to encourage businessmen from all over the country to acquire these properties. Of course, Haitong Bank and Taihe Bank can provide them with loans to support them. These people just can't come up with so much cash for the time being, but Haitong and Taihe just have it, so they can.
Everyone gets what he deserves."
Feng Ziying's first suggestion made Guo Zhengyu a little disappointed.
Although this suggestion is good, it may be difficult to get these businessmen to borrow money for acquisitions.
There are risks in doing business. They all have their own livelihoods. It may be possible to acquire some of their own related industries, but if the amount of loans is too large, then it may be necessary to reconsider.
And now this batch of assets involves all walks of life. The amount is huge and the assets are worth tens of millions of taels. Who dares to borrow money to acquire them easily?
Feng Ziying could understand Guo Zhengyu's thoughts just by seeing his dark color, and he did not place his hope on this. In fact, he hoped to use this to promote a certain path that he had always wanted to try.
"In addition, we can also try market-based trading of shares.
Feng Ziying's suggestion made Guo Zhengyu a little confused. He had long known that Feng Ziying had many ideas, such as the sale of concessions in the earliest sea-opening plan, and later the issuance of national bonds, and the one that has now begun to comprehensively expand throughout the entire Zhou Dynasty.
The popularity of Arabic numerals and double-entry accounting caused great shock among businessmen.
He even vaguely knew that the reason why Shanxi businessmen were so convinced of Feng Ziying and followed his lead was largely due to the fact that the other party came up with unexpected insights on the improvement of iron smelting blast furnaces, and the attempt was successful, which suddenly improved the efficiency of iron smelting.
Countless times, and later the "invention" of cement allowed merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi to win two games in a row and feel proud despite having repeatedly failed to compete with merchants from Jiangnan.
It can be said that you can say that even if he is not an official, he can still have a prosperous life in the shopping mall.
"Wait a minute, Ziying, you said that this stock market transaction is a bit confusing, please tell me carefully, what do you mean?" Guo Zhengyu is the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and he is considered to be quite proficient in financial planning in the entire Zhou Dynasty.
character, but he still couldn't accept Feng Ziying's series of new terms.
He had even studied Arabic numerals and double-entry bookkeeping before, and was greatly amazed. He also tried his best to promote this somewhat unconventional reform within the Ministry of Accounts. It also aroused criticism from many people, but he persisted in his opinion and finally succeeded.
Huang Ruliang also agreed, so these new measures began to be promoted within the Ministry of Household Affairs.
He didn't understand, and he wasn't afraid. There were a lot of people in the Zhou Dynasty who didn't understand. As long as the guy in front of him could explain it to himself and collect enough money for the Ministry of Revenue, that would be fine.
Feng Ziying was not polite and went straight to tell her thoughts, "...it's that simple, bring out some businesses that are indeed promising, have stable profits, or are easy to monetize, such as the Tang family's Wusongkou Shipyard
, covering an area of 120 acres
, with four docks and two piers, it has always been the largest shipyard in Songjiang and Suzhou. It basically monopolizes the manufacturing of large and small ships in Songjiang and Suzhou. It has solid assets and stable profits. The assessed asset value is 600,000 taels,...
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"..., I also invited Ningbo Su Xingxian to negotiate the purchase, but Su Xingxian is expanding his own Ningbo shipyard and cannot afford so much money..."
"..., the Zhuo family in Nantong Prefecture owns a shipyard and its business is not bad, so they intend to acquire the Wusongkou Shipyard. However, the Zhuo family is not strong enough and can only afford one hundred thousand taels of silver. Even if he wants to Haitong
Yinzhuang can only borrow 100,000 taels, which is still short of 400,000. In fact, there are many people in Songjiang and Suzhou who are optimistic about Wusongkou Shipyard. Many of them are maritime trade merchants, timber merchants and ship owners related to the shipbuilding industry, but these
Firstly, people have no strength, and secondly, they themselves have no experience in this industry to operate, what should they do?”
"..., so I was wondering if I could try splitting the shares and listing them for trading..."
Guo Zhengyu listened very carefully. Every word that came out of Feng Ziying's mouth was carefully inquired to understand.