Therefore, no matter how "painful" the "painful" lessons and unforgettable memories of this trial train gave Ma Shiying and Li Hao, the General's Mansion from top to bottom has tacitly recognized the huge role of the train, so that things will be easy to do, and it only needs to be continuously improved and perfected, rather than fundamentally negated.

Xiong Rulin, who is old but not honest, had a bold saying at that time, "If this iron ox can cultivate the land, Xiong guarantees that in three years, the grain produced in the land under the jurisdiction of the General's Mansion will increase by at least 30%." ”

Wu Zheng unceremoniously turned his head to Song Yingxing, Qi Daokun and others: "One year, you only have one year, and you only want to see the speed of the train increase by fifty percent ......." ”

Song Yingxing replied firmly: "I am willing to make a military order." ”

Wu Zheng immediately said: "The load should also be doubled." ”

Wu Zheng naturally didn't want to position the train, which was regarded as an "artifact", as a large truck.

Song Yingxing said with a little embarrassment: "If you want to double the load, it involves so much that I'm afraid it can't be solved within a year." ”

Wu Zheng didn't seem to hear it, "The iron ox ploughland that Zuo Bu's political envoy wants is theoretically achievable, and the power is lightweight, portable and low-cost...... Two years, this king will at least see the prototype, how? ”

Song Yingxing was stunned for a long time, and finally said with a stiff neck: "If the prince can provide enough silver and manpower...... Song may have a try! ”

There is no shortage of manpower, and the most important thing in China from ancient times to the present is people.

Silver, silver, [Liancheng] or silver...... Wu Zheng was speechless.

……。

The General's Mansion was indeed short of silver.

In the past five years or so, there has not been a day without a shortage of silver.

But if there is a lack of it, isn't life the same?

On the contrary, compared with the financial secretary's embarrassment, the economy is very relaxed, and there is no shortage of silver in China, especially in Jiangnan, since the Ming Dynasty, the huge profits of overseas trade can almost be described as "making money every day".

And the wealth precipitated by the people even needs to be buried in a special cellar.

To be precise, Da Ming has lost a good opportunity to dominate the world.

Primary commercial capital, which began to sprout decades earlier than the West, was only buried in the ground because it was not properly guided, and could not be transformed into reproductive forces.

And Wu Zheng has been doing this all along, guiding the huge stock of capital into circulation, which is the biggest financial reform.

There is no need to use force to snatch, let alone further divide the class, and the pie continues to grow, which has prompted Jiangnan capital to grow like a snowball.

The Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, without a doubt, is the most representative and powerful symbol among them.

Regardless of politics or position, as long as it is silver, you can buy shares.

With an unprecedented inclusiveness, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce has taken over the entire Central Plains, the southeast coast and even overseas merchants.

Wu Zheng does not hold shares in the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, except for the Hanming Bank under the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, Wu Zheng accounts for one and a half of the shares, and in disguise owns about half of the shares of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, it can be said that the control of the General's Mansion over the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce is very low.

This is also in line with the wishes of all shareholders, big and small, no businessman would want to put his wealth and fate under the control of the government, and Wu Zheng gave them relatively "absolute" freedom.

This is also the main reason why the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce has developed to this day and has smoothly pinched the interests of almost everyone.

Not just Kerry, the commander of the red-haired fleet? Thorne wants to invest in the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, and it is not only Zierharang, Hong, Fan and others who have already invested in the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, in fact, as long as there is free silver in their pockets, or even if there is no free silver, they are all thinking about "sending silver" to the Chamber of Commerce.

Because the annual interest of Hanming Bank's deposit has dropped to half (five percent), but the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce's single-quarter dividend last year, per share has also reached half percent, but the problem is that there are four seasons a year, which is equivalent to two percent of the annual dividend, and it is still not a compound interest.

Who can resist the temptation of wealth with almost no risk?

Compared with burying silver in the cellar, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce is a "gold-swallowing beast" praised by everyone.

The power structure of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce gives everyone confidence and peace of mind.

The 13-member joint conference is the largest authority of the Chamber of Commerce, deciding the investment decisions of tens of thousands of wealth.

It's an unprecedented type of open power, no, to be precise, a reward of power.

With the joint meeting jointly controlled by the Longyou Merchants in the South, the Dongting Merchants in Suzhou, the Yinxian Guild in Ningbo, etc., and the Jin Merchants in the North and the Shandong Merchants Gang, plus the Fanshang who continued to join and began to occupy a place.

The Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce is now more like a "multinational company".

The thirteen members of the joint conference are not officials, but they have power far beyond officials, and from an economic point of view, the joint meeting of the chamber of commerce is enough to shake any force and cause violent turmoil.

So, isn't Wu Zheng worried about threatening the General's Mansion and causing power to get out of control?

Of course worried.

Not only worried, but afraid.

Wu Zheng was extremely wary of this "giant beast" released by himself.

Among the thirteen members of the joint meeting of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, the Jiangnan business gang, such as Xi Benzhen of the Dongting business gang, accounted for eight seats, and the northern business gang accounted for five seats.

The Mo family is one of the founders and has become the largest shareholder of the Chamber of Commerce.

And Wu Zheng, because of the shares of Hamming Bank, owns half of the equity of the Chamber of Commerce in disguise.

In this way, in fact, Wu Zheng has an influence on the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce in disguise, so that in these years, whenever the financial crisis is in place and the future money needs to be spent, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce has become the strong backing of the Financial Secretary.

So far, the General's Mansion has borrowed more than 20 million taels from the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.

This is a very terrifying figure, although the General's Mansion had an annual income of more than 16 million last year, but there was no surplus, but the loss was constantly growing.

In other words, if you want to pay back, it's no fun. At least for the foreseeable next ten years, no play.

But why the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce is willing to continue to inject silver into the Financial Department, there are two reasons, one is the credit of the government, and the other is victory!

In many cases, force can be transformed into credit and financial power, and these are the last things that the General's Mansion lacks.

So, the General's Mansion is not really short of money!

"The old man estimates that the fiscal deficit of the General's Mansion will increase by 5 million taels this year, and the cumulative deficit will reach 26 million taels." Mo Zhinian gently closed the account book and said in a flat tone, "Are you sure that the prince will inject a huge amount of money into Dongfanghong Technology Co., Ltd.?" ”

Wu Zheng raised his eyebrows and complained, "Old Mo, when did you become so petty?" ”