Chapter 32 Raising Funds and Buying Shares
Li Jie looked at the crowd in the audience who were vying to sign up, and smiled in his heart. The money of the ancients was so good! I just took out some random things, and the silver flowed into my pocket.
Back in the backyard of the county government, the nurse was talking to the two girls. Seeing Li Jie coming back, the nurse said, "I heard that you used a tofu method to cheat a lot of money!" Is that stuff really delicious? Li Jie shouted, "What is a lie, it's obviously a good thing!" "Then why don't you hurry up and do it!" The nurse is going to fight. Li Jie could only make tofu sadly. In his previous life, he often used tofu to deal with it, and an old grandmother in the yard taught him to make tofu just to save money!
Seeing Li Jie leaving, the nurse smiled and said, "You two little gluttonous cats, obviously you want to eat, but you want to be evil." Besides, if you two say you want to eat, he won't be happy to do it! The two girls bowed their heads and smiled without speaking.
Generally speaking, there are four steps in making tofu, which are to make mucor grow on the tofu, add salt to marinate, add marinated soup to bottle, and seal and marinate. The whole process took about 20 days, Li Jie made two altars, and after Huai was ready, he didn't care about it, and it would take a few days for the hair to grow!
After Liu Laocai went back, he called his son Liu Jun to the living room and carefully explained the situation, his son likes to read, and he also traveled together in the first two years. Liu Laocai thought that his son had more knowledge than himself, and Liu Jun thought for a long time after hearing this, "Dad, how much can you come up with?" Liu Laocai said, "Five hundred taels is the limit, no matter how much we have, we will have some difficulty!" Liu Jun said, "That's it, the amount of wine and vermicelli is large, let's put in 200 taels each, and tofu into 100 taels." If I'm right, we'll be able to pay for it in five years at most. Since His Royal Highness said that the rent will be reduced, then we will also collect it according to 100 catties! And be sure to tell the tenants that this is the meaning of His Royal Highness King Shou! ”
Liu Laocai was a little distressed, "Son, isn't it too much!" Liu Jun smiled and said, "Dad, do you want your son to be a rich man?" His Royal Highness has the world in mind and is in urgent need of talents. Son, I can take this opportunity to assist His Highness and win glory for our ancestors! His Highness needs the hearts of the people, so we will help him win the hearts of the people! Liu Laocai gritted his teeth, "Okay, son." Daddy has your full back! Ming said that you and Dad will go together! At the moment, Liu Laocai asked the housekeeper to gather his tenants and long-term workers.
Liu Jun stood on the steps and said to his tenants and long-term workers, "His Royal Highness King Shou is sympathetic to your sufferings and issues an edict. Today I will obey the law, and rent 100 catties per mu of land rented by each family. Don't deceive! Whether you want to raise chickens or rabbits has nothing to do with me. If I don't have any money, I can borrow it, and I can repay the principal later! "The tenants and long-term workers were shocked, what a good thing, the family can finally have a full meal!
The next day, countless carriages gathered from all directions to the military camp in the west of the county seat, and hundreds of landlords and old fortunes eagerly awaited Li Jie's arrival. Long benches were set up under the barracks, and hundreds of people were talking to each other. There was a long table on the table, and behind it was a row of stools, and several servants stood in the corner.
"Your Highness has arrived!" With a long shout, hundreds of people hurriedly stood up and bowed. Li Jie came to the stage surrounded by Liu Qi and others. With a wave of his hand, "No courtesy!" And they got up. Li Jie said, "Today is only to raise funds and buy shares, you don't have to be restrained!" ”
At this time, a person stood up at the bottom and arched his hand and said, "Your Highness, the small ones are merchants in the city, can you also participate!" Li Jie smiled: "Yes!" ”
Looking at the audience, Li Jie said, "This king seeks the well-being of the people, and unites the squires to raise funds and shares, in order to make everyone feel at ease, this king feels that a joint trading company should be established first, unified management of the workshop, and verification of accounts." What do you think! ”
At this time, a white-clothed scholar stood up in the audience, and arched his hand and said, "Your Highness, villain Liu Jun, just now you allowed the merchants in the city to participate in the shares, but the villain thought it was not suitable!" Li Jie waved his hand, "Please speak!" Liu Jun said, "I think the merchants in the city can work with the workshop, oh! The United Trading Company signed a contract to exclusively operate a flat price on this street. Li Jie nodded, "Yes, it's me who didn't think it through, yes!" ”
"Now, as the planner of this firm, I would like to announce to all the shareholders present how we will distribute our profits, so as to ensure that your investment is profitable. The king accounts for 30% of the share capital with technology shares, and the remaining 70% is determined by the share of shares held by individual squires. After the profits of each region are summarized once every three months and accounted for by the United Chamber of Commerce, the books are immediately disclosed to the shareholders, and dividends are distributed according to the shares in your possession. ”
Looking at the landlord's old wealth who was listening attentively at the bottom, Li Jie said: "How to use the dividend income, you can continue to transfer to the share capital, and you can directly withdraw the cash!" “
"Now, you squires can go to the audience to subscribe for clothes!" Hundreds of people rushed over at once. Chen Ziqi led the people to hand them the contract that had already been written, and they only needed to fill in the amount and name of the pledge.
After a long time, everyone returned to their seats. Li Jie also said, "For the sake of the stability and peace of the trading company, I Shou Wangfu will lead the management right, if this right is handed over to the short-sighted, mercenary businessmen to operate, it is inevitable that shoddy will increase the price, which is inconsistent with the original intention of the United Trading Company, and may also bring damage to everyone's interests." Therefore, the general manager of the palace will be the head of the trading company, what do you think? "Everyone bows down to salute" is all arranged by His Royal Highness! ”
Manager Ma came out to meet everyone, Li Jie led everyone away, and before leaving, he ordered Xue Liang to bring the white-clothed scholar.
Liu Laocai didn't expect his son to really be taken by Li Jie, and watching his son and the guards go away, Liu Laocai's face smiled. When you go back, you must put incense in front of the ancestral tablet to bless your son's prosperity.
Li Jie and everyone were waiting in the study, and after Liu Jun came in, he bowed and saluted, "I've seen Your Highness, I've seen all your lords!" Li Wangyi waved his hand, "No courtesy!" Liu Jun stood up and touched his hands and said, "I don't know why His Highness called Xiao to come?" ”
"You are very assertive, I don't know what you think of this king's opening of the whole chamber of commerce this time!" "Your Highness, Your Highness's move is really wonderful, a few days ago because the tenants abandoned the rent, the squire complained. Now, His Royal Highness has set up a joint chamber of commerce, but the squires have made huge profits without much effort. I think that no one cares about the small profits in the fields, and the farmers will be able to rent the land at a very low price. This move, farmers, gentry, merchants, artisans can all benefit! After discussing with my father, I rented 100 catties per mu to farmers, and they wanted to raise chickens and rabbits, so we didn't ask, I lent them no money, and I could repay the principal in the future! ”
Li Jie was surprised: "Oh! You've seen it thoroughly! I don't know if it's famous! "Liu Junyi arched his hand" Your Royal Highness, the villain went to the capital last year to try. But it didn't make the list. Li Jie thought for a while, "You can do things under Changshi first, I don't know if you are willing?" "Liu Jun is overjoyed, this is a step to the sky! hurriedly bowed his hand, "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”
In the next few days, Mr. Ma led people to set up workshops and recruit craftsmen and ordinary workers. The whole county is in a hurry, but everyone has a smile on their faces.
Li Dazhuang carried his mother on his back and his youngest daughter, and his daughter-in-law carried his eldest daughter to lead his son, and he fled from the south bank of the Yellow River only three days ago. The husband and wife have no crafts and don't know how to live! The workshop began to recruit a large number of people, and the eldest daughter-in-law signed up to wash yams in the workshop, and was selected. I advanced a hundred yuan in the account room to buy a bucket of millet, and looked at the gobbling up of my children, Li Dazhuang cried! Finally, the family can finally have a full meal.
The next day, Li Dazhuang also went to sign up, he didn't have the skills but the strength, and he could still carry a big bag. Everyone receives money according to the number of bags they carry, and Da Zhuang can earn forty yuan a day, and the two of them add up to nearly two taels of silver. And the wages for the first ten days of the year are calculated on a daily basis. This is a request made by Mr. Ma, in order to allow the workers to settle their homes first.
The next day, Li Dazhuang spent ten cents to buy a rabbit to eat, and the old lady was a little reluctant to see the children eating meat. "Loser, spend money indiscriminately!" Da Zhuang smiled and persuaded the old lady, "Mother, don't be reluctant, now your son and daughter-in-law can earn money, and a better day is coming, you don't have to worry!" "The old lady is crying! Da Zhuang and his daughter-in-law also cried! The whole family was crying! But it's joyful crying! This is the people's biggest reward for Li Jie!
With the support of a large number of people, the economy has been developed in an all-round way, and what followed is the invisible support of the people for Li Jie. Now Li Jie doesn't need guards on the street. Whoever dares to be disrespectful to Li Jie, the people of the whole city will not agree.
There was once a child of a foreign family sitting in the restaurant, and said with contempt, "What kind of system, actually let two maids be servants!" Insulting Sven! Xiao Er, who was serving the food, was furious, "Who are you, you dare to bully my father-in-law and mother-in-law!" Come! Come on! ”
The shopkeeper rushed up with Xiao Er and the cook, "What's the matter!" What's the matter! Xiao Eryi pointed to the family and his party, "This person dares to bully the lord and the master mother with words in the restaurant!" "The shopkeeper was furious" He dared to be disrespectful to my lord and mother! Come! Get them out! The diners next to him also rushed up, "Get out, get out!" The kid never expected to be angry, so frightened that he ran out of the restaurant with someone. After a while, the whole city knew about it, and they all drove it away, and the boy could only leave the Xinxiang territory in disgrace, or the boy would be starved to death.
Li Jie didn't know all this, he still followed the two girls with a stammering face, happy and tired. And many people also watched the three of them show their affection with a happy face.
The street is getting cleaner and cleaner, and the street surface is much neater and cleaner, and there is a special person to clean it. The officials spoke with smiles on their faces, and they were also much more polite. There are more and more goods, Lianquan Trading Company has been established, the workshop has been built, the first batch of goods have been put on the shelves, the sales are excellent, and the surrounding merchants have also come to order, unconsciously, changes occur in every corner of Xinxiang County.