In the office where Ge Tianzhang left angrily, after sitting with completely different people, the whole atmosphere became different. Zhu Mu, www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion, held a new round of imperial loan dividend meeting here, and officially repaid the capital consortium in the battle of Liaodong to support the emperor's investment in the form of repayment of assets such as land and mineral deposits in Liaodong.

If this is just one thing, it is not enough to make the capital consortium and the big businessmen smile, what they are really excited about is that His Majesty the Emperor actually announced that he would strengthen the construction of the imperial armament when the world economy is not very good, and then borrow dozens of times the Liaodong War money from them in one breath to purchase all kinds of military equipment and train a new army.

This is not a small amount, but a huge amount of money that can bankrupt absolutely any country. Zhu Mu wanted to get a full 10 trillion gold coins of various materials and cash from these businessmen who had already carved up the actual assets of Liaodong! And last year, the financial balance of the entire country of the Ming Empire was only tens of billions of gold coins.

Fighting a war means that tens of billions of gold coins are spent, and a large amount of money has to be borrowed. You must know that many emperors in Chinese history lacked the courage to expand outward or fight back, and a large part of the reason is that war is indeed a game that burns money. In the case that you may lose a lot of money if you win the war, and you will go bankrupt if you lose the war, there are indeed not too many people who have the courage to use the army to try it.

At such times, it is often the case that nothing is done, and the dynasty can be kept alive for decades, and once the idea of war is fought, the consequence of failure is to go from being an easy emperor to a fallen king - most people will make their wisest choice until the death of the country really comes.

Although high risk can definitely bring high returns, when the risk becomes uncertain and the returns are too exaggerated, the greed of capital often lacks courage, and it is only a matter of time before businesses waver.

So while they were smiling, they were also having a headache for the emperor's adventure. If the emperor only borrowed 300 million 500 million, or even 1 billion 2 billion, they would eat it without hesitation, and then get a coveted dividend in the future. But when borrowing more than 100 billion or even a trillion or more, they hesitate.

"Your Majesty, the financial statements of the Ming Empire here show that before the Liaodong War began, the financial situation of the Ming Empire was already very bad." A businessman took off the lenses he wore on his eyes, looked at Zhu Mu and commented on the report with the eyes of a businessman: "There is no difference between a surplus of tens of billions and a deficit of tens of billions, which indicates that the Ming Empire has not made a profit in the past year. ”

"And often a company has no ability to make a profit, we can't confirm its ability to repay......" Another old man followed and slowly said to Zhu Mu: "Although the cooperation between us is very pleasant in the distant Liaodong, this does not become a reason for you to expand your cooperation tenfold or even dozens of times...... What we need is an assessment of future profitability, not a real pledge of assets that you can't recover. ”

They don't look down on the various repayment abilities mentioned by Zhu Mu, where do they dare to collect the money from the mortgage of roads, railways and even ports? Even if Zhu Mu plans to auction the Forbidden City, in this environment where the emperor of the Ming Empire says that he will turn his face and kill people without blinking, how many people dare to buy the palace and live in it by themselves?

What's more, this kind of agreement is still a kind of almost verbal agreement that is not visible, the various taxation and state management powers of the Ming Empire, as well as the ownership or income of those roads and ports - these things His Majesty the Emperor himself does not count! If the cabinet doesn't admit it at that time, will they have to pay another sum of money to fight a war to force the country to fulfill the contract?

"Even if you don't mention the matter of profit, but Your Majesty, you always have to tell us what kind of investment you plan to use this money for?" Tan Jincheng put down the documents in his hand, looked at the predators of several other consortia, and then asked Emperor Zhu Mu: "Your Majesty, you have smashed almost 10 trillion gold coins into the military and related things like this, this is a very dangerous signal. ”

"Your raising of armaments will cause panic in the neighboring countries...... This will affect the sales of our products in other countries. Wang Yadong, as the chairman of the largest machine tool production group in the Ming Empire, sighed and said: "Although you have bought out all the materials we produce in the short term, we will face the danger of losing all the market in a year or two." ”

The first to speak, that is, the leader of the chemical company, followed and said to Zhu Mu worriedly: "Your Majesty! The arms race is going on faster than you think, and at that point, you'll find that the upfront investment isn't enough to help you win the war, and you can't afford to pay the debts you owe, IMHO, you really have the potential to become the first emperor of the Ming Empire to go bankrupt. ”

Zhu Mu had a faint smile on his face, looking at these capital chaebols who were gossiping about denying their loan agreements, and he never spoke. What he wants is to know what these capitalists are thinking in their heads, after all, there are some things that must be said before they can continue to negotiate.

He has too many things to do, and he wants to solve the peripheral problems such as Ceylon and Japan within a year or two, so he must seize the time to expand the power in his hands, and there is no time to waste on arguing with various forces in his own country.

"Gentlemen! All I want to say is one sentence! Zhu Mu stood up, and there was no sound at the scene almost at the same time, everyone hurriedly stood up, and the sound of the chair legs scraping the ground was so lively. Everyone looked at the young emperor and waited for him to explain the whole plan accordingly.

"I want to get back what belongs to the Empire...... Those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me perish, it's as simple as that. After Zhu Mu finished speaking, he walked out of the door with his secretary, he passed one after another capitalists with unbelievable expressions, and then didn't care about their appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, he really walked out, leaving this conference room to the rest of the people.

"Too ...... It's so unbelievable! Who does he think he is? Those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me die? An old man trembled as he spoke, and it took him a long time to mutter, looking at the door of the conference room that had been closed.

"At least he's our Imperial Majesty." Wang Yadong also looked at the closed door, and said to the old man with appreciation on his face: "Moreover, I think what he said is very domineering and very infectious to me. I also want to take things, take things that don't belong to me in the first place. ”

"I had a bad premonition...... Gentlemen. If we start a war without preparation, in the end everyone here will have to pay the price for defeat......" Another conservative old man knocked on the table and shouted to the people around him: "This price is too heavy and will make us collapse!" ”

Tan Jincheng raised his hands in favor of war, he hoped that there would be wars in every corner of the world, and he hoped that the munitions he produced could appear in all the warring areas. He smiled and said to Yang Yuheng beside him: "We need to assess the risks brought by the war and re-evaluate ...... We have an emperor who is very supportive of war, and a general who is very good at fighting...... It's all a plus. ”

"War is not good news for me." Yang Yuheng closed the documents in front of him and put them back in his original position very neatly, as if he hadn't read them at all. Then he withdrew his hands and said to Tan Jincheng: "My car was bought very quickly in peacetime, and the order already requires me to expand four production lines of the same size." ”

At this point, he paused and then continued, saying the exact opposite of what he had just said: "However, my car will be bought faster in the conditions of war...... So for me, the war is not bad news either. ”

Tan Jincheng heard Yang Yuheng's words and laughed: "I knew that you and I could become best friends." You see, I love war...... And you, too, don't hate it. ”

"You're wrong, no one likes war, and trust me, you won't really like it either." Han Kai, the oil magnate sitting on the other side of Tan Jincheng, waved his hand and said: "I don't mind the empire launching a foreign war, but what I fancy is the result, the final result - if we win, half of the world will become our new market...... Of course, if we lose, then after the war we can rebuild our market on a piece of ruins......"

"You have a point! Now what we produce is starting to be unsalable, but after a war, I guarantee that everything will be sold, and it will be sold at several times the price. More and more people joined the discussion, and as soon as the old man finished speaking, a young man next to him smiled and nodded, and expressed his opinion: "The population will drop sharply...... We'll get more land cheaply. ”

"Gentlemen, now our question is, when exactly will His Majesty the Emperor start the war." Tan Jincheng sat back in his chair, leaned on the back of the chair and asked comfortably.

"It's not a difficult question to answer." The other replied with a smile, "It depends on how much we, who have nothing but money, are willing to lend to our Emperor." (To be continued.) )