Chapter 40: Trust the Emperor to make a lot of money
After dinner the next day, under Jiang Shangyun's strong suggestion, Young Master Yan and the other two came to Qingfeng Mingyue Tower again. Originally, Yan Yang and the other two wanted to cram the Buddha for a while and read at night in preparation for the next day's exam. Jiang Shangyun made fun of the two. Yes, it was impossible to play any role in these two hours. It would be better to go to the teahouse to relax. Qingfeng Mingyue Tower is now very popular, right? It's not! It's even open at night, and it's often crowded at night.
The three of them have long been regular customers of Qingfeng Mingyue Tower. The waiter greeted them and led them to the second floor to sit down. He also said that there would be a wrestling challenge in the evening, which should not be missed.
Shortly after the three of them sat down, the entire Qingfeng Mingyue Tower was full. Seeing this grand occasion, Mr. Jiang, who was still dressed as a man, was filled with emotion while drinking tea:
"Since the emperor has played against Brother Yan here, the business of Qingfeng Mingyue Tower has been so popular! Brother Yan has made contributions! I also have the ability to throw bricks and attract jade." Yan Yang and the others had no choice but to think that it was not her provocation, but there would be no such a wrestling scene. The two of them were a little amused and crying.
Young Master Yan smiled and said, "The popularity here is also due to the excitement of Tan San's words about "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". I haven't heard him say "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" for a long time. It's still a bit unsatisfactory to just read the serialization in "Ming Pao"!"
Just as he was talking and laughing, the waiter came over and smiled with the three young masters, saying, "Three young masters, three guest officials have just arrived, but the seats are full today. I want to discuss with the three young masters, can it be convenient and squeeze together?"
When Jiang Shangyun remembered the situation where the emperor gave up his seat, he immediately replied: "It's okay! Let them do it! Three people watch the wrestle and six people watch it, which is even more lively."
When the three guests walked closer, Jiang Shangyun screamed: "Hey! Brother, why are you?"
"Why did you run out? Do you know the second uncle? Oh, Zhongyu, Brother Heng is here too." One of the people who came was Jiang Shangyun's cousin Jiang Shangwu, who did not expect to meet Jiang Shangyun and the other two here.
Jiang Shangyun shouted, "Well, I'm accompanying my cousin, I'm here to take the Royal Military Academy. My cousin will take the exam tomorrow. I guess there is no problem! Brother, why are you here in Nanjing? Who are these two?"
Jiang Shangwu knew that his little sister was naughty, and it seemed that the three of them had come out of the house without telling it. He shook his head helplessly and said:
"This is Lei Dianshi, this is Teacher Sun. Wei and his brother and both came to Nanjing to participate in the training class of the Royal Institute. The time was not long, only half a month." Jiang Shangwu served as the head of the foreign county, and was the representative who designated the emperor to participate in the short-term training of the Royal Institute by the emperor.
The Royal Training Institute is specially set up for county-level officials under the ninth rank. All county-level officials must send personnel to participate in the short-term training of the Royal Training Institute. There are 5 places in each county, including one of the chief ministers, one of the tutors, one of the teaching officers, one of the five-person short-term training representatives, one of the five-person short-term training representatives, two of them were selected among the miscellaneous officials such as the "Secretary Office", one of which must be in charge of the farming affairs. As the representative of the five-person short-term training, they will go to Beijing to participate in the short-term training of the Royal Training Institute for half a month.
"I heard that the emperor is going to meet with the students from the short training class. Hello, brother, have you seen the emperor?" Miss Jiang didn't care about anything else, but was very concerned about the emperor's every move.
Jiang Shangwu had never had the chance to see the emperor in his life, and this time he was excited to receive him. Therefore, he said: "Er Wei not only met the emperor, but the emperor also encouraged him and other inexperienced sesame officials, and was very encouraged by me!"
When Teacher Sun saw Jiang Shangwu's beautiful girl, he immediately felt a desire to show off and said:
"The emperor also ate sweet potatoes with me. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsks tsks tsks tsks. They can also be made into dried sweet potatoes and sweet potato vegetarians. There are many people now and there are not enough fields. The emperor has invested a lot of money to persuade them to grow sweet potatoes, virtue and politics!"
Lei Dianshi smiled and said, "What is the persuasion to plant this time? Not only did the sweet potato seeds be given for free, but he also invited old farmers from Fujian to teach each county how to plant sweet potatoes. He also printed and published the "Sweet Potato Tradition Record" compiled by Song Yingxing based on the planting experience of Chen Zhenlong's great-grandson Chen Yizhu. What's even more amazing is that if the promotion of planting sweet potatoes is not effective, all of us will be held accountable or even dismissed. There were also rumors of persuading sweet potatoes in the past, but it was just a talk, but this time it was real! The emperor was very courageous this time, and he thought that everything must be handled in this way, so that it would be effective."
Teacher Sun nodded and said, "Brother Lei is right. I'm really eye-opening when I came to Nanjing this time! The ground of the Royal Club is made of new cement from the Works Department. You said that the cement was demonstrated by the people from the Works Department. This kind of ash powder and water are combined into mud, and then it can be made into square and round. After it is dry, it is as hard as a stone. It's amazing! There is also that glass, which is transparent and bright, and it's many times stronger than the wall paper. And the four-wheeled carriage is so comfortable to sit down. The one called a bicycle is even more wonderful. The two wheels don't fall down, and the riding is very fast, which makes me unable to believe it!"
Jiang Shangwu interjected and said, "That soap is also wonderful and smooth, but it is really clean when used to wash your hands."
Teacher Sun said: "These new things look good. According to Eunuch Wang, we can also participate in these businesses, but unfortunately I have no money. Lei Dianshi and Jiang Zhubo can try to make money with the emperor's shares."
Jiang Shangyun immediately snuckled: "When my elder brother went back, I brought me a letter to my father to let him participate in the shares. My younger sister is very optimistic about getting rich with the emperor. Yesterday, after playing the "Killing Tartars" at the Royal Club, my younger sister also washed her hands with something called soap. It was really clean after washing. My father saved up so much money, what's the use of burying it in the field! Don't buy land anymore! Brother, you also advised my father, this is to make money with the emperor!"
"I heard that the first-rank second-rank officials from Beijing have invested in it. Not only the emperor, but also many big names are involved! Eunuch Wang introduced that Royal Peacock Mountain Copper Mining Co., Ltd. can make money and can make more than 15% of the capital in a month. It's really a huge profit!" It can be seen that Sun Zhiyu was quite eager to do so, so he had this tone.
"After the short training class, Eunuch Wang said that he would arrange for each county to send two representatives to visit the Peacock Mountain Copper Mine."
"I heard that Dexing had a large copper-producing county in his early years. In the late Jiajing Dynasty, the ore veins were dug up, and no one cared about it anymore. I heard that the emperor received instructions from the world's masters and dug out a larger copper mine. It's so magical!"
At this moment, I heard a crisp sound of the storyteller's slap in the woods, and Tan San started the storyteller in the evening:
"Dear guests, Tan San is polite! What I want to talk about tonight is not "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", but a good thing to make a fortune. Tan San first wishes you all the guests to make a fortune!"
Speaking of this, the audience immediately responded with applause. The applause started from Chongzhen who heard the story of the story that day. When Chongzhen heard the wonderful things that day, he couldn't help but applaud. When the guard saw the emperor like this, he did the same. With the story of the emperor applause, the applause and applause became popular in Qingfeng Mingyue Tower, and even word of mouth became a new custom.
"If you want to talk about the most profitable thing in today's world, do you know what it is? I dare not say it! Let me say, the most profitable thing is the Pingliao public bond transaction in Beijing. You may not believe it, it is not good, but I didn't believe it at the beginning. But this is true! What is the lowest price of public bonds in Beijing? How much does it have to increase by one qian, five qian and two cents, and it has increased by fifteen times! I have a copy of the "Ta Kung Pao" here, you can circulate it.
, I know whether what I said is true or false. You know, Master Zheng Zhilong, Master Zheng Zhilong, Master Zheng is the hero of my Ming Navy. Master Zheng wiped out the pirates Li Kuiqi, Zhu Cai Lao, Zhong Bin, and Liu Xiang in one fell swoop, and made extraordinary achievements. Master Zheng Zhilong, not only has great martial arts skills, but also has extraordinary vision. When many people in Beijing were very optimistic about public debt, the emperor left Beijing at that time, and Beijing was panicked. No wonder he was
People who hold Dashun’s public debts are panicked! Even if I encounter such a thing, I can’t help but turn the public debt into real money and silver first. But at this time, Lord Zheng had a unique vision and dared to go against the current and smashed one million taels of silver. At the moment, when it was said that the public debt would fall back to one cent, he bought the public debts at the price of three cents of silver. As a result, he only earned three million taels of silver. Everyone, less than a month
, Quadruple! You say it's magical or not! Magical! Yes, it's indeed magical! But what I want to tell you is that Lord Zheng is just loyal to the emperor! I will reveal a secret to you. This magical part was planned by the emperor himself. Lord Zheng just obeyed all actions and made a big profit! This matter can be proved by Prince Wang Cheng'en. If you meet Prince Wang in the future, you might as well verify it. Haha!"
Tan San took a sip of tea, then clapped his hands and said:
"Everyone, I just mentioned that the government bonds in Beijing make a lot of money. It's good, that's huge profits! But this time of huge profits has passed. Do you know what the "Guo Family Fund" that was popular in Beijing a while ago? Now it's called "Dog Shit Fund" by Beijingers. Why is it called "Dog Shit Fund"? In a word, you can lose money! The government bonds fell from one or five cents to one or two taels of silver. Not only the "Guo City Fund" lost money, but Liu Baiwan's "Liu Family Fund" was not good, but it was not like the "Guo Family Fund" that only lost shorts. At this time, you might as well guess whether Lord Zheng would lose money. However, I can tell everyone responsibly that Lord Zheng not only did not lose money, but made money again. It was the emperor who had foresight. Lord Zheng listened to the emperor's command.
, , took out all the silver invested in the public debt. This time, Lord Zheng followed the emperor to open a copper mine in Jiangxi. I don’t know if you have read the newspaper. The copper mine in Dexing was also a large copper producer during the Jiajing period and the early Wanli period. Later, the copper mine was mined. After that, no one cared about it, and the rats in the cave grew fatter than the other. As a result, when the emperor went south, he met a paradise and instructed that there were even larger copper mines in the Peacock Mountain area. This time, Lord Zheng followed the emperor and followed the right side again. As a result, you also saw in the newspaper that the copper mine in the Peacock Mountain mine could not be dug for several lifetimes. This time, a group of gentry in Jiangyin also benefited from it. The money invested in it made money, benefiting money, and it could be born for generations, which was even stronger than the one-time transaction of selling public debts in Beijing."
"So, a saying has spread on the Nanjing market now, "Believe in the emperor and make a lot of money!"
"Nanjing is the most popular now, I don't know if you don't mention it. It is the four major Royal joint-stock companies, one is the Peacock Mountain Copper Mining Co., Ltd., which is the chairman of Mr. Zheng. The other three are China Vehicle Co., Ltd., which is Chen Yan, who is the former chief assistant, bicycle, tricycle, and four-wheeled carriage. The other is Yaohua Glass Co., Ltd., Wei Zaode, and the former chief assistant. As for the director of Zhenhua Cement Co., Ltd., the chairman of the board is Wei Zaode, and he is also the former chief assistant. As for the board leader of Zhenhua Cement Co., Ltd., the chairman of the board is Wei Zaode, and he is also the former chief assistant. As for the board leader of Zhenhua Cement Co., Ltd., the board leader is Wei Zaode, and he is also the former chief assistant. As for the board leader of Zhenhua Cement Co., Ltd., the board leader of Zhenhua Cement Co., Ltd.
The seat is Zhou Guozhang. The day before yesterday, the emperor issued an order to elect the first chairman of the Ming Dynasty Federation of Industry and Commerce, and these four are candidates. The emperor's intention is that this election fully respects public opinion. Among these four, the first chairman is elected, and the first chairman is awarded the title. I think that Lord Zheng is following the emperor closely, with great strength and contributions to the country. I take the initiative to sing for Lord Zheng here. If you can sell my face, you might as well vote for Lord Zheng. I will thank you here in advance!"
It turns out that this guy Tan San has become the flag-shaking and shouting player of the Zheng campaign group!
After hearing this passage, Miss Jiang couldn't help but say: "Then Chen Yan and Wei Zaode were said to have asked for officials from Dashun at that time. These two people would definitely not be the chairman of the Daming Federation of Industry and Commerce."
Teacher Sun nodded repeatedly and added: "According to what I have seen, foreign relatives do not interfere in politics is a lesson learned in previous dynasties. Among these four people, Zheng Zhilong is indeed more suitable."
Lei Dianshi smiled and said, "It's the same for anyone to be the chairman. The key is whether we can make money. According to Eunuch Wang, the emperor intends to establish Daye Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in our place. At that time, I will be a shareholder of this new company and make money with the emperor."
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Chapter completed!