After the opening ceremony of the Quwubao Railway, the onlookers still refused to disperse, looking at the behemoth train, and the railroad tracks that were like a long dragon and dense like a spider's web, the shock in their hearts still needs to be digested slowly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Feng Yunshan chatted with Wu Chongyao and Cheng Hengsheng about the harvest of this railway construction: "Chongyao, Mr. Cheng, I don't know how many skilled craftsmen and technicians Nanyang Company can recruit?" Can we form a team to build the Holy Kingdom of its own?"

Wu Chongyao replied: "Holy King, this matter is not ideal, but there is no hidden secret. Mr. Cheng knows best, so let's ask him to report it. ”

Feng Yunshan turned to Cheng Hengsheng, but heard the latter say: "Holy King, according to the humble understanding, Nanyang Company has recruited a total of nearly 300 people, and it should be possible to form a small railway construction team in front of it. Several of the hired workers, whose skills are also very good, originally promised to come to Nanyang Company with low positions, but in the past two days, they have changed one by one. After inquiring about it, he learned that it was a leader named Zheng Hezi in Wushi Town, who secretly contacted these leaders of hired workers, and Zhang Luo wanted to set up a railway construction company on his own and dragged everyone away. There is also a foreman named General Zheng, whose track-laying skills are the most exquisite, and he originally agreed to come to Nanyang Company, but he recruited him, which is a pity. ”

"That Zheng Haozi also approached the Nanyang Company and the lowly office to inquire about contracting the construction of the railway, and the lowly official didn't want to pay attention to him, but later I heard that the director and deacons of the Nanyang Company said that the Holy King had mentioned that this kind of self-formed private company should be encouraged. As a result, both the lowly and the Nanyang Company expressed their support for it. ”

"Well, this king once said that private capital should be encouraged to invest in factories, mines, workshops or businesses, and gradually reduce the capital invested in the fields. Oh, this is a bit of a mouthful, to put it bluntly, the king hopes that the landlords and squires who hoard land in the Holy Kingdom will be mine owners and workshop owners, and do business with the common people and foreigners, instead of living by collecting rent. Feng Yunshan grimaced and said seriously: "You did the right thing. By the way, this company is in Wushi Town, has it been opened? The king would like to talk to a few of them. ”

"Back to Shengwang, their company was established later today, and Wu was invited to give a speech. Wu agreed to them, but Wu felt that this was a good investment opportunity and wanted us to invest some shares in Nanyang Company. Wu Chongyao talked about his plans.

"Chongyao, it's okay left and right, wait for this king to go with you to participate in the opening of this company. As for the investment of Nanyang Company, this king has no opinion. However, there is one point, Nanyang Company cannot become a major shareholder, and it is better to let the company develop on its own. Of course, it is also possible to give a little help in the early stages. What this king wants to see is the capital of the people, which will develop and grow on its own. Feng Yunshan thought about how to make this private company develop and drive a group of private capital to establish the company.

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Two days later, two young men walked down from a medium-sized passenger ship belonging to the Liangguang Ocean Company at the passenger boat wharf on the bank of the Beijiang River outside the city of Shaozhou.

One of them spoke with a strong accent in the Dongting area of Xiangbei and asked: "Brother Chuanjia, do you know where this "Nanfang Daily" is sold? My lord specially asked your boat boss to stop the boat at this Shaozhou wharf, which is to let the villain buy a copy of "Nanfang Daily" and go back. ”

"Nanfang Daily, don't worry, brother, I am a native of Shaozhou, and I am most familiar with Shaozhou City. After entering Shaozhou City, a few dozen steps away is the newspaper distribution point in Fucheng. Speaking of this "Nanfang Daily", it looks good. Brother, although I am literate, I also like to hear people talk about some strange things on it. The other had a Cantonese accent.

The two quickly bought the newspaper and sent it back to the ship.

In the cabin, a well-dressed and wealthy old man, holding a newspaper, read it with relish.

"Quwubao Railway was successfully opened to traffic? This railway, I, Jiang Mingqian, have seen the introduction from the previous issues of the newspaper, but I haven't seen it on the spot, I can't think of how long it has been since the railway was built and opened to traffic? Well, it's in Wushi Town, Qujiang. On the way to Guangzhou, you have to pass through there, and maybe you want to see with your own eyes what the railway and trains look like. ”

It turned out that this rich old man was the original head of the Jiang family in Anfu, Lizhou, Jiannan, Jiang Mingqian.

Some time ago, Shengguo established a central bank, and also publicly raised private capital in the "Nanfang Daily" to invest in three banks, Shengguo Industry and Commerce, Shengguo Construction, and Shengguo Communications, until the share capital was full.

It just so happened that Lizhou was on the eve of the attack of the captive army, so the Jiang family held a family meeting, and in the end, there were differences, and the Jiang family was separated.

Jiang Mingzhang stayed in Anfu with another side branch to take care of Lizhou's fields, shops and ancestral homes. Of course, the other houses were also resold to him cheaply, and when the begging army came, he took refuge in the Holy Kingdom in his own name and donated a large amount of property and food to protect the Jiang family's property.

The other Jiang family's rooms, Jiang Mingyun, Jiang Mingxi, Jiang Mingen and others, packed up their soft and floating wealth and moved their families to Beijing in the north.

Jiang Mingchu, on the other hand, was very optimistic that the Holy Kingdom could win the world, and often read the "Nanfang Daily", and felt that Guangzhou had a great chance of making a fortune, so he simply packed up his soft and family wealth, and moved his family south to Guangzhou.

At this moment, it is from his hometown in Lizhou, on the way to Guangzhou.

"Huh, this is a prospectus?! On February 28, the 'Bac Giang Railway Construction Joint Stock Company' was established in Wushi Town, and now it is facing the owners of the Holy Country, raising funds to become shareholders and jointly operating Bac Giang Company? Well, within ten days, it's quite urgent. What is this 'Bac Giang Railway Construction Joint Stock Company'? Jiang Ming tried to flip to the front page of the newspaper and continued to look down.

"Hey, there is a mention of this 'Bac Giang Railway Construction Joint Stock Company'. Oh, it was founded the day before yesterday, huh?! When it was established, Shengwang and Wu Chongyao, general manager of Nanyang Company, also went? The Holy King also said that the construction of railways has great prospects for development? When Jiang Mingtry saw this, he closed his eyes and began to ponder.

Shengwang and Wu Chongyao both went, which showed that they must support this company. Moreover, Shengwang said that the construction of this railway has great development prospects, which shows that this company will definitely not lose money. Isn't this a good opportunity that God has sent to him?

Jiang Ming tried to turn to the column of the prospectus advertisement, and sure enough, under it, there was the share capital information published. Ten taels of shares, a maximum of 1,000 shares, that is, 10,000 taels of silver.

"In that case, you have to hurry up! I hope it's not full! Jiang Mingqian muttered to himself, turned his head and shouted out the window: "Ah Liu, tell the boatman to hurry up and rush to Wushi Town as soon as possible, my lord, I have something urgent to do!" ”

"Okay, sir!"

The passenger ship soon departed, but this medium-sized passenger ship was hired by Jiang Ming from Lechang, and a lot of valuable property was put on board, and more than 30 members of the Jiang family were all on board.

Not long after leaving Shaozhou, Jiang Mingqian suddenly heard a loud whistle from behind, and then, the hull of the ship shook violently, Jiang Mingqian was about to ask the boatman what was going on, Ah Liu ran in and shouted: "Master, come out and see the train you said, there is the train you said passing by on the shore." ”

"Train?!" Jiang Mingqian hurriedly came out of the cabin, looked behind the side, and saw a black dragon galloping along the riverside. As this huge steel monster approached, a wave of qi rolled up, and the local sound hit Jiang Mingqian's heart, making him open his mouth wide, forgetting to breathe, and almost suffocating.

It's terrifying!

Jiang Ming tried to understand that this was still a little far away, and if he stood on the edge of the railway and looked at it, it was estimated that the momentum would be even more terrifying.

If there are many such monsters in the Holy Kingdom, if even this kind of monster can be created, what can the Qing Dynasty resist? Jiang Mingchu couldn't help but be moved, and wanted to write a letter to persuade the brothers who went to Beijing to come to the Holy Kingdom.

Soon, Jiang Mingxian, who arrived in Wushi Town, led three family members, and soon found Zheng Haozi and others from Wushi Village on the edge of the town.

After asking, I learned that there were only 150 shares left in the 'Beijiang Railway Construction Joint Stock Company', and Jiang Mingqian hurriedly said that he wanted all the 150 shares.

First, he came to the savings office of the Shengguo Construction Bank next to the town office, Jiang Ming tried to transfer 1,500 taels of silver to the account of the Beijiang Company with a stub, and then came to the town office with Zheng Haozi and officially settled the equity of the 'Beijiang Railway Construction Joint Stock Company'.

Jiang Mingqian didn't stay too long, but hurried to Guangzhou.

The savings bank of the China Construction Bank that he saw just now made him excited and anxious.

The savings bank in this small town is so busy that the business of this bank must be booming, which makes him very excited, and he is eager to open this kind of bank or buy shares in such a bank immediately. But seeing the words marked 'China Construction Bank' made him feel that something was wrong, the China Construction Bank had already started business, and most of them had already completed their IPO, and other industrial and commercial banks and Bank of Communications might also be in a similar situation, which made him very anxious, afraid that he would miss a good opportunity to make a fortune.