"You don't have to be humble!" Feng Yunshan interrupted his words and said word by word: "You have to be confident, after all, you are the seed of my old Feng family, how can you get an eight-point son if you are ten years old, and besides, do you think I don't know?" During your travels in the West, you did not stop studying, on the contrary, you studied nature, industry, economy, commerce, humanities, and politics, and you also worked and sold tea and holy oil.

I give it to you, and you do it boldly. It's nothing to lose, it's only one-third of our Feng family's private money! What's more, it is impossible to lose, and it is a matter of earning more and earning less. I will transfer some business leaders from Toyo Company and Nanyang Company to help you, don't worry. ”

Feng Qifang said with some excitement and some frustration: "Thank you, Father Emperor! ”

Feng Yunshan glanced at him, knowing what he was thinking in his heart, and wanted to say something, but finally sighed and said, "What should be given to you will be given to you, and if it is not yours, don't think nonsense!" Do it with your heart, and it is also a great thing to achieve your capital business empire. Set an example for your younger brothers and sisters! ”

Feng Guifang nodded knowingly and kowtowed in thanks.

More than ten days later, Feng Guifang set off from Shengjing, took a special ship, and went to Shanghai, preparing to go to San Francisco in North America via Ryukyu and Honolulu with some principals of the Oriental Company and the wealth handed over to him by Feng Yunshan, preparing to use it as a headquarters base to formally establish his own business.

Feng Yunshan didn't see him off, he sat quietly in the pavilion of the Imperial Garden, stunned. Half an hour later, cabinet members Zhou Shengkun and Wu Chongyao, and Fan Ruzeng, director of the Special Services Department, rushed to the Imperial Garden.

Zhou Shengkun and Wu Chongyao were specially summoned by Feng Yunshan, and Fan Ruzeng came back to restore his life after seeing off Feng Qifang in his place.

"Gone?" Feng Yunshan asked directly, which made Zhou Shengkun and Wu Chongyao inexplicable, and only Fan Ruzeng understood the meaning of the emperor's question, and hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, an hour ago, the eldest prince had already left Xiaguan Wharf and set off. ”

"Everything is normal?"

"Your Majesty, everything is normal! It's just that the eldest prince seemed a little reluctant, and when he left, he bowed in the direction of the palace. Fan Ruzeng seemed a little unbearable: "Your Majesty, the eldest prince didn't make any mistakes, why should he be exiled so far away, or he will be brought back after a year and a half." ”

"Mouthy!" Feng Yunshan glared at Fan Ruzeng, "Okay, you can secretly send someone to protect him!" After speaking, he looked at Zhou Shengkun and Wu Chongyao and asked, "Call the two Aiqing to come, you must know what's going on, right?" How are the accounts that I asked the two of you to check a while ago? ”

Zhou Shengkun and Wu Chongyao replied together: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen and the others have already found out, and they have also made proper arrangements, and they can be called at any time." ”

"There are no outsiders here, Zhou Aiqing, Wu Aiqing, you tell me in turn about the wealth I let you keep, and I also want to know how much I have in my family!" Feng Yunshan Road.

Wu Chongyao first said: "Your Majesty, on the side of industry and commerce, Weichen gave Your Majesty a detailed calculation. His Majesty's royal private assets were mainly concentrated in the Nanyang Company, the Oriental Company, and the Beiyang Company, all of which were the second largest shareholders of the three major trading companies, which was now worth about 160 million Holy Dollars, and some other companies, such as the Liangguang Ocean Company and the Inland Waterway Company, also had assets of 110 million Holy Dollars. In total, it is about 270 million holy dollars.

Of course, His Majesty allocated all the shares in textile factories and other industries to the imperial court. At this point, on behalf of the 500 million people of the empire, Weichen would like to thank His Majesty and the vast number of old brothers in Guangxi for their generosity. ”

Zhou Shengkun followed: "Your Majesty, the treasury side is all developed from the original holy treasury. In recent years, the imperial government banks, factories, factories and mines, etc., which have been invested by His Majesty and the Holy Treasury, mainly the shares of industrial and commercial construction banks, and the private shares held by His Majesty such as the Krupp Iron and Steel Company, the major holy fertilizer factories and the holy oil refineries, etc., have been brought together to roughly 700 million holy dollars. According to His Majesty's principle of only taking half and returning the other half to the imperial court, the total is about 350 million holy yuan!

In addition, from now on, His Majesty's method of refining holy oil, making holy fertilizer, etc., can be used by each factory free of charge. ”

Feng Yunshan listened to the general introduction of the two of them, and was happy: "In this way, I have a capital of 520 million holy yuan, and I have really become the largest capitalist in the Chinese Empire?"

No, it's not my own. Just now, what Zhou Aiqing said was very right, among them, except for the refining methods and formulas such as holy fertilizer and holy oil invented by me, the rest were actually the funds in the holy treasury of the original Taiping Holy Kingdom through continuous appreciation. These should not only belong to me alone, but to this large number of old brothers in Guangxi who originally owned the Holy Treasury! ”

Speaking of this, Feng Yunshan paused, seemed to think for a moment, and decided: "I have decided, the assets of the 520 million Holy Dollars that I have, of which 20 million Holy Dollars, are used to house the old brothers of Liangguang and Xiangnan who followed me to fight, especially the families of those who died in the war and the old brothers who were injured and retired. This is what I, Feng Yunshan, as the original Holy King of the Taiping Holy Kingdom, promised them, and now I have come to fulfill it!

As for the other 500 million holy dollars, all of them were converted into two horse consortiums to be used for investment activities for the purpose of industrial profits. Of course, this Erma consortium is not mine, the Feng family, where I am located, only needs 50.1% of the shares, and the remaining 49.9% of the shares, for a price of 500 million saint dollars, which will be purchased by the treasury of the Chinese Empire as the start-up capital of the entire Erma consortium. In the future, nearly half of these shares will benefit all the people of the Chinese Empire! ”

Zhou Shengkun and Wu Chongyao were not much surprised, they probably knew that the emperor had such a mind.

Zhou Shengkun just asked puzzledly: "Why is Your Majesty called the Erma Foundation?" ”

Wu Chongyao next to him was still clever and applauded: "Lord Zhou is confused, isn't the two horses your majesty's honorific surname together?" ”

Feng Yunshan smiled: "Not bad! That's what I mean by the Feng Consortium. By the way, Wu Aiqing, the arrangement between the Oriental Company and the Nanyang Company, no problem, right? ”

Wu Chongyao hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen has already made arrangements!" As soon as the prince arrives in Shanghai, the Nanyang Company and the Toyo Company will hand over the 100 million Shengyuan funds in advance to the prince! It's just that Your Majesty, these funds are placed in the three major trading companies such as the Nanyang Company, and the profits increase by no less than 20% every year, why don't you continue to put them here, but cash them out, and let the prince travel thousands of miles to the Hexi region of North America? ”

Feng Yunshan replied: "The profit of two or three percent per year is not high!" On the North American side, it is not limited to the Hexi region, but also the whole of North America, and even Central and South America. It has been developing rapidly recently, and in addition to force, we need the power of capital and full control of the region! Moreover, the eldest prince is also an adult, and it is time for him to come forward and become independent! This time, I gave him 100 million Shengyuan first, and asked him to open the Bank of Erma in Hexi, North America, as the main financial branch of the Erma Consortium. ”