The eyes of the maritime businessmen lit up when they heard it, although they seemed to understand the new term "company", but they had done business with the Daxi people for so long, and they still had a general idea in their hearts, they were fighting for a ship in Haichengyue Port to break their heads, it was nothing more than fighting for a maritime trade certificate that could be officially recognized, and now Guo Zhiyuan is willing to take them to do business in the name of Dongfan Mansion, which is equivalent to giving a long-term officially recognized business qualification, which is naturally a good thing for them!

Guo Zhiyuan knew that his words had an effect as soon as he saw everyone's expressions, and hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot: "The Daxi people have strong ships and guns, and the imperial court doesn't want to start a war lightly, so we can't confront them head-on for the time being, but we have our advantages, why don't the Daxi people come to the east thousands of miles away?" Because we have things that they don't have, such as tea, ceramics, silk, and other scarce things in the West, as long as they transport these scarce things back to the West and resell them, they can sell them at a high price several times or even dozens of times, as long as we join forces, we will have the capital to trade with them on an equal footing, and at the same time, after the establishment of a company, we can jointly organize a fleet to go to sea, and the government will send warships to escort the ship and sweep away the ...... of pirates and pirates along the way."

If Guo Zhiyuan can send warships to escort the ship, the security problem will be guaranteed, and the money for hiring guards can also be saved, and when they heard this, their eyes brightened, and they showed an eager expression, but they also knew that pie would not fall from the sky, Guo Zhiyuan offered such tempting conditions, they must also pay the corresponding price, Chen Jintai exchanged glances with a few maritime merchants who had a good relationship, and cautiously probed: " Mr. Guo is so sympathetic to us and other businessmen, it is really the reincarnation of the blue sky, I don't know what conditions are needed to join the East China India Sea Trade Company that my lord just mentioned? ……”

Guo Zhiyuan said with a smile: "There are no conditions to join the East China India Sea Trade Company, as long as you are engaged in the sea trade business, you can join the ......."

And such a good thing? The maritime businessmen's eyes widened in disbelief, Guo Zhiyuan had already whetted the appetite of the maritime merchants, and it was time to get straight to the point, and said in a changed tone: "But you also know that since it is a joint business, there is a problem of interest distribution, the greater the investment, the more benefits can be distributed, so it is fair, the government will divide the shares according to your investment, a total of 100 shares, the government will account for 50 shares, and the remaining 50 shares will be taken out for you to subscribe freely......"

Although there is no shareholding system for businessmen in this era, it is common for several firms to join forces to do business, so there is a general understanding of the shares proposed by Guo Zhiyuan, Chen Jintai hurriedly asked: "Lord Guo, I don't know how much silver is needed to subscribe for a share?" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan raised his index finger and said with a slight smile: "Subscribe for one hundred thousand taels of silver!" ”

When the maritime merchants heard this, their faces suddenly changed, this is too dark, subscribing to one share costs 100,000 taels of silver, and 50 shares cost 5 million taels of silver, Guo Zhiyuan himself monopolizes fifty shares, which is equivalent to taking away half of the income and the right to take charge with an empty name and promise, but they want to take out real money, this is simply a robbery of Chiguoguo!

These maritime merchants are all unruly lords, and they have backers behind their own holdings, so they naturally don't sell the accounts of Guo Zhiyuan, the foundationless prefect, even Yang Tiansheng, who had a good impression of Guo Zhiyuan before, looked at Guo Zhiyuan and looked at him with hostility again, Chen Jintai arched his hand at Guo Zhiyuan with a dark face and said: "Lord Guo's appetite is too big, right?!" Don't say that we can't take out so much silver, but we can, and the silver we wait for is not blown by the wind, but earned by pinning my head to the waistband of my trousers, please forgive me for not being able to accompany me! ......" said and stood up and prepared to leave with the crowd!

Guo Zhiyuan had already guessed that the maritime merchants would react like this, laughed and shook his head again and again: "I thought that you were all heroes on the sea, so I invited you to be so short-sighted, but this government saw it wrong......

The maritime merchants were so angry by Guo Zhiyuan's ridicule that they were all red-faced, but they were also a little inexplicable by Guo Zhiyuan's sudden laughter, so they didn't immediately contradict it, but just stared at Guo Zhiyuan with an unkind face, Guo Zhiyuan glanced at everyone, and said with a smile: "Are you not convinced?" Then this government will calculate an account for you, Haichengyue Port only sends eighty-eight ship guides every year, how can you spend tens of thousands of taels of silver if you want to fight for a boat guide? Joining the East China India Maritime Trade Company is equivalent to obtaining a permanent legal maritime trade qualification, and you can also share the profits, and the government only receives 100,000 taels of silver per share. ……”

Listening to Guo Zhiyuan's analysis, the maritime merchants also looked moved, if you want to calculate it this way, Guo Zhiyuan only receives 100,000 taels of silver per share is indeed not expensive, after all, if they are lucky enough to run a trip to sea trade, they can earn 10,000 to tens of thousands of taels of silver, how can they earn back 100,000 taels of silver in a year, which is equivalent to giving Guo Zhiyuan a year of free work but can exchange for a permanent legal maritime trade qualification, which is also a cost-effective deal.

Guo Zhiyuan saw that the maritime merchants were a little tempted again, so he slowed down and said: "In this way, if you can't trust this government, this government can make a bet with you for a period of one year, if you want to withdraw after a year, this government will take back the shares in your hands at the original price, I'm afraid that you will not be willing to change hands at that time?!" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan said this is not to fool these maritime merchants, he is not only interested in the silver in the pockets of these maritime merchants, if he just wants to raise start-up funds, he can be like Haichengyue Port by selling ships to raise silver, the reason why he took out half of the shares of the East China India Maritime Trade Company to sell to these maritime merchants, is to tie these maritime merchants to their own ships, change the situation of scattered sand in the past, so as to achieve a monopoly on the coastal maritime trade business in Fujian, and rapidly expand their own strength. In the maritime trade with Spain and other Western colonial countries, he can gain more right to speak, and at the same time, he can also use the network resources of these maritime merchants in the inland to reduce his resistance, so he would rather give up part of his interests, eat meat himself and give others a soup.

As soon as he said this, most of the maritime businessmen were tempted, if Guo Zhiyuan could guarantee that the shares would be recovered at the original price after one year, this transaction would not be a loss! At this time, a fine man who had not spoken in the maritime merchants suddenly interjected: "The account can't be calculated like this, even if there is no ship guide, we may not be able to do maritime trade business, and I see that the Dongfan Mansion is now building a city, and the need is huge, how can the adult guarantee that there will be silver to recover the shares after a year?" ……”