Section 70 returns to Canton

Wu De was very opposed to the Guangzhou Shijie project on the executive committee, and in addition to him, Cheng Dong was also against it. The reason for the opposition was the same: the 1631 budget and material allocations had already been prepared, and the sudden addition of a large project meant that everything had to be reinvented. Cheng Dong was vehemently opposed to this, and 1631 was the first time that the Treasury had prepared a formal annual budget. In 1630, the second anti-encirclement campaign caused an economic shock. A series of problems such as the sharp decline in imports and exports and the over-issuance of currency. The financial measures of the Treasurer in 1631 were "moderately tightened".

"We may have multiple contingencies in 1631 that will require additional budgets." Cheng Dong pointed out that in the analysis report submitted by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, the Military General Tribunal, and the Planning Institute, it was believed that in 1631 the Senate would probably face several major military operations, including the military operation on the southwest frontier, the war against Liu Xiang, and the war against Zheng Zhilong. On Hainan Island itself, the security war in northern Qiongbei has come to an end, and the next step is for the army to enter the southern Qiongnan area to start military operations, and the cost is also considerable, and the war funds in the budget are definitely insufficient.

"We have not made a specific deficit, but it is entirely conceivable that there will inevitably be a deficit in this year's budget." Cheng Dong warned, "This has a great impact on the currency value of our stable circulation bonds. ”

At present, the inflation of the negotiable bills has been temporarily concealed -- the military victory of the traversers has greatly expanded the ruling area, and the negotiable coupons have been extended to the counties of northern Qiongbei by bayonets, and the social wealth of the counties in northern Qiongbei has digested the inflated purchasing power of the negotiable coupons, which in disguise has supported the stability of the negotiable coupons. So that it does not show flaws. You must know that the most tense was at the end of 1630, when two-thirds of Lingao's silver inventory was transferred to Leizhou to purchase sugar, and the finance director's department at that time was in a very tight state.

Skade was extremely supportive of the project: "But once the project was launched, the benefits were very objective. The most important thing is that we will get rid of the current situation of extreme dependence on Lingao industry, process raw materials locally in Guangdong, hire labor locally, and sell locally. ”

"Since we were originally planning to set up light industry production enterprises in Hong Kong and Guangdong, it is not a waste to make use of Guangdong's manpower and material resources nearby to build a large-scale sales base for goods." Zhan Wuya also agrees with this from an industrial point of view.

"As for the financial and material resources needed for construction, I think we can use our brains from Guangzhou. Don't just go down the path of full grants. Li Mei once again sacrificed her idea of demutualization.

She proposed that Guangzhou Dashijie absorb private capital like a large * shipping. Li Mei proposed: state-owned capital occupies 51 and sets aside 49 as a public offering. Specifically, the first is to directly absorb funds from the local gentry in Guangzhou; The second is to absorb private funds through the institutional investor of Delong Guangzhou Branch. Whether it is an offering of stocks or corporate bonds can be discussed separately.

Before the second anti-encirclement and suppression, Delong Guangzhou Branch absorbed a large number of deposits through Zishi Enterprise and itself, and a large part of these deposits were used as trade liquidity for Guangzhou Station and supported the development of Leizhou Sugar Industry. Guangzhou Delong has established a considerable credibility in the past few years of operation in Guangzhou, and it is completely feasible to invest in Guangzhou Dashijie with the current financial situation.

As for the large amount of materials needed for construction, they can be purchased from the nearest Guangdong, including timber, bricks and stones. It is even possible to consider building a building materials factory in Guangzhou or Hong Kong, using Lingao's advanced jishu to process and manufacture building materials, so that even cement can be solved on the spot in Guangzhou.

Cement is originally an industrial enterprise that needs a lot of raw materials, and the cement industry in Lingao relies on foreign transportation for coal, which is not very advantageous from an economic point of view. Although there were no coal mines in Guangzhou, there were many small and medium-sized coal kilns in Guangdong at that time, and it was not difficult to obtain coal cheaply nearby. As for materials such as limestone and clay, it is not difficult to obtain them near the Pearl River Delta. It is much stronger than the Lingao cement plant, where lime often relies on firing oyster houses.

Eventually, the proposal was adopted by the Executive Committee. It was decided to include the Guangzhou Dashijie project in the 1631 material production and budget of the Planning Institute in the form of additional projects. Of course, a considerable part of the funds need to be raised by the project team itself.

"Proprietor, Guangzhou Tianzi Wharf has arrived." Outside the door came the admissory's respectful voice.

Guo Yi nodded, and Yi Liu, the life secretary standing beside him, answered loudly: "The proprietor knows." After his two maids returned to Lingao, they all went through political examination and "re-education", and now they have been included in the establishment table of Guangzhou Station, Yiliu is the secretary, and Zhitao is the confidential officer.

He stood up, and Yiliu hurriedly uncovered the silk mirror cover on a large mirror on the bulkhead, allowing him to see what he looked like. The man in the mirror, with a dignified appearance, is full of a noble momentum of a rich and powerful person. This feeling made him trance: Is this still himself? Recalling what he looked like when he worked in the security department, Guo Yi felt that it was simply another person.

"How is Mr. Lu?" He asked. It doesn't matter to the others, it's either the patriarch or the naturalized people, but Lu Yizhong has to watch it closely. Although this person fully exposed his unethical characteristics in the prisoner camp, and left a series of "stains" such as writing persuasion and documents to the governor, he could only follow the patriarchs with all his heart, and the Guangzhou station was ready to make him a figure who communicated with the Guangdong officialdom. But the veterans of this man's reliability are not very assured.

"Mr. Lu has changed his clothes just now, and he is waiting in the cabin to go ashore, and there is nothing unusual."

"Hmm." Guo Yi nodded.

Momo helped him straighten the folds of his clothes, and he waited for the women to do zuihou decoration for him. Then, Yiliu raised the curtain for him.

Guo Yi came to the deck, and the wind on the river made him feel slightly. As far as the eye can see, a group of people have gathered on the Tianzi Wharf, and there are drum displays. The Tianzi Wharf was cleared, and unrelated people and ships were driven aside.

As soon as he came out of the cabin, drums played on the dock. Gao Sheng and firecrackers crackled. Guo Yi smiled, waved his hand to the dock slightly, and then got off the gangplank.

There were quite a few local gentlemen in the crowd on the dock, Guo Yi saw Liang Cunhou at a glance, and he was full of smiles; Then I saw the exalted, rich faces full of joy of reunion after a long absence; The young master, who often goes in and out of Ziming Building, gathers together and shakes a folding fan and laughs...... The first in this group of people was Li Xijue, although he did not put on a little official pomp, everyone knew that this person was on behalf of Li Fengjie, the governor of Guangdong, to greet "Guo Dongzhu".

It seems that for fear that the staff of just one governor of Guangdong is not solemn enough, Guangzhou Prefecture, Nanhai, and Panyu counties have sent officials to maintain order. The pomp and circumstance was almost the same as that of the outgoing court officials.

There are already three blue tweed four-person sedan chairs and more than a dozen two-person sedan chairs lined up on the dock. The sedan chair was prepared for Guo Yi, Pei Lixiu and Zheng Shangjie. The sedan chair was prepared for their maids.

One of them is the luxury sedan chair originally used by Guo Yi. After the sedan chair was withdrawn from Guangzhou Station, it was occupied by Tian Da and was ready to be brought back to Beijing to be dedicated to the master, after Tian Da was "seventy yards", the sedan chair became dilapidated. This time, Li Xijue specially found out, looking for skilled craftsmen to renovate, except for the glass on the car window was pried away and there was nowhere to match, so he had to use haode beads to string a beaded curtain instead, and all the others were repaired.

Li Xijue smiled and came up to greet him and speak. Later, the gentlemen who came to greet him also saluted. Most of the gentlemen present were people who had business contacts at Guangzhou Station or were frequent visitors to Ziming Building, and they were originally "close people", and when the government launched a crusade, they were somewhat deflated. Especially young masters and sons such as Dong Jizhong and Wu Zhixiang, because they have too much contact with the "thief", they have also been reprimanded a lot by their fathers and brothers at home.

Holding high the spring breeze on his face, he arched his hand: "Seeing the clouds, the proprietor has always been fine?" ”

"Thank you Gao Daguan for bothering to help" Guo Yi knew that after the Guangzhou Station left, Gao Ju took care of the interests of the Guangzhou Station. Be a proven partner.

"It's easy to say, the proprietor's return to Guangzhou this time is like a shallow dragon getting off the beach, and he is going to show his ambition of Yunpeng." Holding up his mouth full of compliments, he said in a very low voice, "I don't know when I can come to the mansion to visit?" ”

"Don't dare, and give three days, and let people come to visit."

"Well said, well said." Gao Ju smiled and nodded, and stepped aside.

The gentlemen saw the ceremony, and there was a mess for a while. Everyone got into the sedan chair. The luggage and belongings were transported to the mansion on Wai Fook Street, which had been cleaned after it had been unsealed, according to Li Xijue's orders.

A group of sedan chairs under the leadership of the "top horse" hugged the front and back to Huifu Street. The team not only had officials from Guangzhou, Nanhai, and Panyu counties to open the way, but also sent personnel to take care of many yamen in the city. The citizens along the street came to see the excitement.

"This is Guo Yi" someone said, "It's really big to see this face"

"It's not that the thief is an anti-thief......"

"Shh

"The government is really turning its face faster than turning the book......

"It's called this time and that time. Besides, whether it is a thief or a proprietor, it has nothing to do with us ordinary people. But as soon as he came back, several purple stores could be opened, and there was a place to buy Australian goods. ”

Guo Yi sat in the sedan chair, thinking of the dilemma of escaping in a hurry at Guangzhou Station more than half a year ago, it was really like a world away. Guangzhou is still a promising world for him.