After arranging the implementation policy of the Chamber of Commerce on the "Private Property Protection Law", Wu Zhi announced the dissolution of the meeting, and everyone left.

Although the Shandong Chamber of Commerce only participated in the chamber of commerce, the major businessmen in the Great Song Dynasty outside were paying close attention to the results of the meeting, after all, the business tax was related to the interests of all businessmen, and the matter was caused by Wu Zhi.

However, after the meeting, Wu Zhi is destined to disappoint those businessmen outside, the implementation of the "Private Property Protection Law" currently only has an effect on the members of the Chamber of Commerce, not to other businessmen, Wu Zhi also knows in his heart that after this meeting, he is afraid that he will be criticized by businessmen outside the Shandong Chamber of Commerce all over the world.

Human nature is like this, the commercial tax was proposed by Zhu Mian to retaliate against Wu Zhi for favoritism, but the businessmen will not blame Zhu Mian, who is in power, but will blame Wu Zhi for provoking Zhu Mian.

After the Chamber of Commerce meeting, Wu Zhi did not leave the hall immediately, but went to the side hall with Wang Gang, Liu Anxiao, and Brother Yun Jiang Jing.

Originally, Wu Zhi didn't plan to stay, and directly wanted to pull Wang Gang and Liu An and them to Fanlou to eat and drink, but Wu Zhi didn't open his mouth yet, but he was pulled to the side hall by Wang Gang and Liu An, who were eager.

"I said Lao Wang, Lao Liu, what is so important, I can't say it slowly"

After sitting down in the side hall, Wu Zhi asked helplessly.

Wang Gang and Liu Anxiao glanced at each other, and then smiled mysteriously: "It's not a big deal, it's a big happy event, since it's a happy event, naturally let Wu Zhi know it for the first time." ”

"Yes, yes, whether this happy event can be accomplished, the key is to make a decision with a big official."

"Great official, please see"

As he spoke, Xiao Rang pulled out a roll of drawings from his cuff and unfolded it on the coffee table next to Wu Zhi's seat.

"This is a map of Shandong"

Wu Zhi looked at Wang Gang, Liu An and Xiao Rang puzzled, this map mapping is already very detailed and accurate in this era, but what are they doing when they show themselves the map

"What the hell are you going to say?"

Wu Zhi looked at the map in addition to the details, that is, there were many Xu circles in the coastal areas of Shandong above, and Wu Zhi didn't know what those red circles represented.

"Haha Wuzhi, do you see these red circles" Wang Gang stood in front of Wu Zhi and said with some excitement: "The places in the picture are all natural and excellent harbors that are suitable for big ships and have no reefs nearby, and these places are all small fishing villages. ”

Hearing this, Wu Zhi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, he seemed to have vaguely guessed something.

"Didn't you tell us to look for opportunities to develop marine trade when you left Qingzhou, big official," Xiao Rang continued: "Now driven by Qingzhou, the entire Shandong business is booming, which has affected shipping, our Shandong is the closest to Dongying Goryeo, convenient shipping, where the products are abundant, but not as rich as my Great Song Dynasty, there are already many chambers of commerce businessmen who have begun to ship to earn redundant price differences." ”

"Hehe" Liu An smiled and continued: "Isn't the purpose of our chamber of commerce to be built to facilitate businessmen, so our Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce is a total of people, and the maritime trade is now just the beginning, and it will definitely be more prosperous in the future, so our chamber of commerce plans to join forces with Da Song Bank to build a port on the coast of Shandong."

After saying the words "building a port", Liu An twitched with obvious excitement, what a heroic word this is, it is equivalent to building a new city from scratch, which requires huge manpower, material and financial resources, even the emperor and Lao'er dare not speak lightly about this matter, it is conceivable that Liu An's excitement is inevitable.

"Now, just wait for the big officials to look up to the place, and we will start to formulate a plan for building a port."

"Haha"

Wu Zhi couldn't help laughing after hearing this, this group of businessmen is really ambitious, they didn't need Wu Zhi to plan for them, they actually took the initiative to break through on their own. So Wu Zhi smiled, not a mockery, but a relieved smile, it seems that what he did before was correct, he just needs to sow the seeds of prosperity in the commerce of the Great Song Dynasty, and everything else will naturally fall into place.

Businessmen are not fools, once there is a suitable soil for business development, they will definitely do everything possible to maximize profits.

Come to think of it, there is a reason why shipping is valued by merchants so quickly, the key lies in a "price difference", and the "price difference" comes from the national strength between the Great Song Dynasty and Goryeo Dongying and the social wealth gap caused by the same piece of business, which is very expensive in the market of the Great Song Dynasty, and very cheap in Dongying Goryeong.

The "expensive" and "cheap" here are relative, for example, rice, in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, is three copper plates and one catty. On the Dongying side, a copper plate of the Great Song Dynasty can buy more than three catties of rice, but for the people on both sides, the price of rice is normal, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty have a high income, and they only need to take out one percent of their income every month to buy rice; It's the same in Dongying, where the people's income is low, and they only use one percent of it to buy rice every month.

If you don't count the tariffs, if you draw a few hundred dollars to buy a mobile phone, the Chinese people will have a little more difficulty.

Therefore, there is a "price difference" there are business opportunities, in the past, the merchants of Dongying side transported goods to the Great Song Dynasty to earn copper money, which also led to the serious loss of copper money in the Great Song Dynasty, and the people generally made a "money shortage", so the imperial court strictly prohibited foreign merchant ships from transporting goods to sell, and Shandong because of the emergence of the Great Song Bank, consistent, ten silver tickets have long been circulated in Shandong, and also began to be accepted by the merchants of Dongying, so the merchants of Shandong grasped the development of shipping, bought merchants from Dongying Goryeo at a low price, and then sold them in the Great Song Dynasty. A few back and forth can make a lot of money.

"Great official, which place do you think is the best place to build a port?" Xiao Rang asked Wu Zhi, "I personally think that these three places are good choices." With that, he pointed to a few places on the map.

"Wait, before you choose a site, you answer me first, how should this port be prepared," Wu Zhi asked.

"Look at my brain"

Wang Gang patted his head and said: "I'm so anxious, I forgot to report the key to you" Annoyed, Wang Gang continued: "The construction of the port costs a lot of money, and the Chamber of Commerce has initially discussed that the members of the Chamber of Commerce will raise one-third, the Great Song Bank will contribute one-third, and the other one-third, and ask Wu Zhi and Lord Murong to move around the court more, so that the court can bear the burden, and all the benefits of the port behind will be divided in the same way." ”

"Hmm."

Wu Zhi nodded after listening, the port is not only a port, but also contains shipyards, residential areas, and all kinds of necessary buildings, this is completely to build a city, at present, no one has the ability to build it alone, the best way is the Chamber of Commerce, the bank, and the imperial court to join forces.

"However, it shouldn't be easy to handle the imperial court," Wu Zhi frowned.

"What's the matter, Lord Murong is the head of the household, this matter shouldn't be difficult."

"I'm not worried that the imperial court won't pay" Wu Zhi shook his head and said: "It's just such a major matter of building a port, even if Brother Murong can cover it, it will inevitably be mixed with the power of various court bosses, after all, the port is a piece of fat."

Hearing this, Wang Gang and they also frowned, after the port is built, the administrative aspect will naturally be under the control of the imperial court, but the operation will naturally be all handed over to the businessmen to operate the most perfect, but the operation is the largest, and it will definitely attract people to covet it.

"Otherwise, our chamber of commerce and the bank will tighten their belts and divide the remaining one-third equally."

"Not necessarily"

Wu Zhi immediately waved his hand and said: "Our Shandong Chamber of Commerce wants to build a port, why tighten your belt like this, the Chamber of Commerce still contributes one-third, and the remaining two-thirds, all of which are from my Dasong Bank and Deyi Lou Group, as for the share capital, it is split into five parts, and the Chamber of Commerce accounts for two-fifths, and everyone will share it according to the capital contribution, and the remaining three-fifths will go to the bank and Deyi Building, you see how this goes."

After Wu Zhi finished speaking, Wang Gang and Liu An were stunned for a moment, Xiao Rang looked at Wu Zhi very puzzled, and Brother Yun and Jiang Jing behind him stared at Wu Zhi with an uneasy expression, as if they wanted to stop talking.

"Big official, I know you don't want to take advantage of you everywhere, but wouldn't you give us your money for nothing by dividing the share capital like this" Liu An hurriedly persuaded Wu Zhi: "We should be as much as we want, and we can't take advantage of you as much as a big official." ”

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