The cabinet of the Chinese Empire, people generally like to use the government council to borrow the cabinet zhèngfu. It is an interesting habit of the Council to disseminate any policy with great fanfare, and in March of each year, the financial accounts of the previous year are not published after they have been audited by the parliament. Of course, there is also a legal basis for the actions of the Government Council, and the government reform will achieve openness and transparency in the final budget accounts within 10 to 20 years.

The main reason for not making it public is that Lin Hong's annual injection of system income into zhèngfu cannot be explained. Moreover, in order to maintain the huge administrative activities of zhèngfu, a huge administrative expenditure was unavoidable. Although some people have criticized the redundant government of the dynasty, they can never imagine how huge this number is. However, on the other hand, He Muping felt that this money was well spent, and a large number of Jingcha and propaganda committee members infiltrated all corners of his territory, helping him maintain national stability on the most fundamental basis.

Compared with the fiscal revenue of 1832, the fiscal revenue of 1833 was already very satisfactory to Lin Hong. As a result of the Northern Expedition of 1832, there was no tax burden on all the newly occupied territories that year. Therefore, the main sources of tax are Guangdong Province and Hainan Province. In 1833, the tax-paying areas became Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Taiwan, parts of Anhui, and parts of Jiangsu, with the Pacific and North American colonies not counting their incomes. Fiscal revenue has also surged from 40 million Chinese dollars to 110 million dragon dollars, and fiscal expenditures have also risen sharply due to the increase in regions.

As the largest investor in the country, the Government Council was scattered with glittering Chinese dollars throughout South China, so the fiscal deficit remained in 1833.

The main income of the Government Council comes from the surplus of state-owned enterprises, commercial taxes, customs duties, land taxes, etc. Among them, the surplus of state-owned enterprises accounts for a considerable proportion of the total fiscal revenue, because the government affairs yuan has invested in too many enterprises in the country and is operating well.

These well-run enterprises have become excellent assets in the eyes of many wealthy people, since the government affairs yuan released the words, some enterprises will be sold to individuals, the people who have gone through the back door of the relationship have broken through the threshold of local administrative departments, but they have been pushed back by a sentence, the state has made overall arrangements, and the local government has no right to intervene.

During the Meiji Restoration, large-scale sales of state-owned enterprises to private individuals were carried out, but they were sold at low prices to privileged businessmen such as Mitsui, Mitsubishi, and Sumitomo, and at the same time created a zaibo that had been rampant for more than a century.

Lin Hong has no relatives and no reason with those rich people, so naturally he will not cut his own meat and sell the cash cow to them. A reasonable price is a must, and no one wants to make a losing deal. At that time, he agreed to build large-scale factories of all sizes funded by the Government Council, and his plan was to guide the state-owned enterprises to pave the way first, and then to private management, so as to expand the wealth of the people, revitalize the economic system, and guide the economic trend at the macro level.

At the same time, Lin Hong must also sell some of the surplus enterprises. In addition to Lin Hong's several large shipyards, which were still fattened by private orders, the nearly 100 military factories he built in order to quickly replenish ordnance were facing the dilemma of under-operation. At that time, hitting the construction of a military factory on such a scale was itself a perverted act, and now Lin Hong is also thinking of a way out of this matter.

Thirty of these military factories will be dismantled and relocated to other provinces, basically maintaining a certain amount of ordnance production capacity in each province. But just migrating won't solve the problem. Immediately afterward, Lin Hong set up military research institutes in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, and other places to specialize in the research and development of military science and technology.

On the basis of retaining the 10 military industrial enterprises in Guangdong, the surplus military factories will be dismantled, and the large ones can be transformed into other machinery production enterprises. If it is too small, it will be discarded, and the site can be sold, but all the workers and machinery will be recycled. In the end, Lin Hong left behind four medium-sized military factories, ready to sell to private individuals, but they had strict restrictions on the sale of arms, and every sale had to be filed with the relevant departments and ask for approval.

In March 1834, a strange scene appeared in the whole of South China: the Government Council was still throwing money and setting up factories all over the ground like a loser, while on the other hand, it was clamoring for the sale of the profitable enterprises it had set up the year before last.

Shanghai Xingdeli Auction House is full of friends and people.

The marble floor tile paved room, there are a lot of precious vases, antiques, back and forth with tea, melons and fruits of the beautiful female welcome, but no matter who is also a look of anxiety, the early Chun of Guangdong is far from the hot time, many people are already sweating profusely.

"Brother Lin, why hasn't this auction started yet?" Fang Xunming couldn't help asking.

Lin Hangao was also anxious on the one hand, but on the other hand, he pretended to be calm and appeased Fang Xunming, and said: "Don't worry, brother, this notice says that it is ten o'clock in the morning, and it is only half past nine now, and there is still half an hour!" ”

Fang Xunming wiped his sweat and said, "But we arrived at less than six o'clock in the morning!" The organizers saw that the people were almost coming, wouldn't it start early? ”

Lin Hangao smiled and said, "This organizer is a member of the Government Affairs Yuan, a member of the zhongyāng level in the empire. Say that the people who pay the most attention to the rules are these people. They say it's ten o'clock, then it must be ten o'clock. ”

Although Lin Hangao said this, he looked at the pocket watch vigorously.

Fang Xunming waited and muttered: "I don't know how these companies set prices?" ”

Lin Hangao listened to it and pondered: "I see, it will definitely not be too low, since it has come to the auction, everyone will inevitably raise the price~." And the first day's estimate is an appetizing small business, and tomorrow's day after tomorrow is the big dish! ”

Fang Xunming waved his hand and said, "I just eat appetizers, my little financial resources are definitely not comparable to Brother Lin's!" ”

Lin Hangao laughed and said, "Brother Fang, don't blame me, how can my old Lin not understand you!" You can just scrape together a little money to come out, you can buy a business, buy a Guangdong today, tomorrow you will definitely take a boat back to Zhejiang, waiting for the company over there to sell. That's a hometown company, you're going to have to win a big one! ”

Fang Xunming smiled awkwardly and acquiesced.

Finally, at ten o'clock, in the noise of a group of merchants and landlords, a man in his thirties who was not good-looking came to the forefront. This guy looks ordinary, and he only said hello everyone, thank you for coming to Hhindley Auction House. He beckoned and asked the two guys to bring up a whiteboard with a factory painted on it, and some data and texts ~ words were written.

"Don't talk nonsense, now into today's first auction factory - Huiliu Furniture Factory, the factory is one of the first batch of new factories built in 1841, located in the southern suburbs of Guangzhou, covers an area of 10 acres, has 85 employees, market valuation of 8200 yuan, 42 years of net profit of 568 yuan, 43 years of net profit of 1200 yuan, has a large appreciation space...... The reserve price is 5,000 yuan, and the minimum price for each bid is 100 yuan, and the deposit is not counted in the auction funds. ”

This deposit He Muping came up with is different from the deposit of ordinary auctions, this kind of deposit is designed to avoid someone buying the factory but not having working capital, and the bidder can use these deposits for operation after auctioning the factory.

After all, Fang Xunming is from Zhejiang, and he is not familiar with the factories in Guangdong, so he bowed his head and asked Lin Hangao: "Brother Lin, how is this factory?" ”

Lin Hangao did his homework for this auction, and immediately replied: "It can only be regarded as an ordinary small factory, but there are a few skilled old ~ masters in the factory, and it is said that they spent a lot of money to invite them at that time." It's just that this factory has a problem, that is, it is very dependent on wood, and the wood is basically foreign, either from Hainan or Borneo or even from Europe. However, if you can find some high-quality wood, such as rosewood and pineapple wood, you will also make a lot of money. How to say it, when this factory is in hand, it depends on how it operates, and if it does not operate well, it may also have to be compensated. ”

Fang Xunming said: "If you can make a net profit of more than 1,000 a year, it will almost return to your capital in four or five years?" ”

Lin Hangao nodded and said: "It's also an industry, we are not doing this kind of business, I don't know much about the twists and turns, it doesn't hurt to find someone who understands a little bit to do it, but it's just a factory of a few thousand yuan." ”

The host then announced, "Let's shoot!" ”

Sure enough, as Lin Henkel expected, this furniture factory was not very popular among the hundreds of businessmen who rushed to come, and finally the furniture factory was sold to a Jiangxi businessman at a price of 6,700 yuan lower than the market appraisal price ~ grid, this person has a family history, knows a little carpentry, and does not have much capital, so he bought this enterprise.

A few years later, Lin Hangao and Fang Xunming heard that this Jiangxi businessman worked hard and finally turned Huiliu Furniture Factory into a large enterprise with an annual profit of nearly 10,000 yuan. Both of them sighed at this and regretted that they did not bid at that time.

Lin Hong also hid among the crowds, enthusiastically participating in the auction, in order to observe the purchasing power of the richest people in these countries, so as to set a new direction for the economic development of the country.