As soon as Fan Yuqi's voice fell, the whole hall immediately exploded, and a group of wealthy businessmen and giants discussed one after another, and the meaning contained in these words was too much, the Qing Dynasty Royal Navy expedition to Europe, the opening of the American route, which was published in the Beijing newspapers, and the Jin merchants with a keen sense of business and smell also heard of Europe and America, which were tens of thousands of miles away.

Zhenwu actually expected the ticket number of the Jin merchants to open to Europe and America, which was not only to encourage the Jin merchants to develop inland trade, but also to encourage them to participate in maritime trade, which was secondary, no one expected that Zhenwu not only encouraged the Jin merchants to create a ticket number, but also encouraged the Hui merchants to create a ticket number, and encouraged competition, and the financial resources of the Hui merchants were not much worse than them.

The most important thing is the last one, the imperial court only recognizes the major shareholders of the ticket number, and all foreign trade is only allowed to operate by major shareholders, which is the most fatal, and listening to Zhenwu's tone, there is about to be a big war in the northwest!

There was a buzz in the hall:

"Lao Chang, your Luo Gang has a lot of dealings with Russia, where are the Mughal Empire, the Kazakh Khanate, and the Ottoman Empire?"

"That's all from the west, I heard that Dzungaria used to be, we were trading with Russia in the north, I don't know too well, the Hou family has a horse gang to run Tibet, he should know better."

"The west of Tibet is next to the Mughal Empire, the Bukhara Khanate and the Kazakh Khanate are to the west and northwest of Dzungaria, respectively, and the Persian and Ottoman empires are even farther away."

"So, the imperial court is preparing to fight in the northwest?"

"This is perhaps, the current emperor is ambitious, expanding everywhere on the sea, and this northwest is afraid that there is also a big expansion, haven't you heard that the newly built Praetorian Guard army is constantly expanding its troops and horses?"

"If there is really a big battle in the northwest, our business will be easy to do."

"What do you do? Haven't you heard that only the major shareholders of the ticket number are allowed to operate military rations and foreign trade? ”

"Since it is a shareholding, who has more money is the major shareholder, and a few small shareholders are not a major shareholder?"

This is very true, but I don't know if the number of major shareholders is fixed? How much silver is required to be considered a major shareholder? ”

"Who knows. However, according to the detailed rules of the ticket number issued by Kangxi in 48 years, the principal must be more than 50 million taels, and more than 50 semicolons can be established. According to this calculation, a major shareholder should be more than 2.5 million taels. ”

"I don't think it's three million taels, and the ticket number co-founded by our Jin merchants can't be only 50 million taels."

"Hey, don't think about the benefits, our ticket number headquarters must be located in Taiyuan City, so much silver is placed in Taiyuan, will there be a problem?"

"What's the problem? Though there is a lot of silver. But it's scattered semicolons all over the place, what the are you doing? Are you worried about the robbery of the imperial court? ”

"Don't talk nonsense, it's not a joke. Today's emperor can be said to be an unprecedented saint, and this year's interest-free loans to the northern provinces alone are as high as 20 million taels, and he still cares about this bit of silver? ”

Fan Yuqi drank tea all day long, listening to the heated discussions of the people in the hall, and occasionally businessmen came to set up a mouthful, he skillfully prevaricated, and no one came up to find it boring, and he was not idle. Quietly listened attentively to everyone's discussions, and meditated on how to deal with everyone's questions next.

After half an hour, the discussion in the hall quieted down, and the Zhang family, who was engaged in the salt trade, stood up and asked: "I don't know if the emperor has specific regulations on the preparation of the joint ticket number of the Jin merchants?" ”

Hearing this, Fan Yuqi couldn't help but smile slightly. got up and said loudly: "Since the emperor is encouraging businessmen to be pure businessmen, he will naturally not interfere in this, as for the specific matters of the joint ticket number of the Jin merchants, my brother has a saying, anyone who invests more than three million taels of shares." All have the right to participate in the preparation of ticket numbers. ”…,

The shopkeeper of the Kang family got up and said: "Fifth Master Fan, our Jin merchants' trade in the northwest frontier is often tens of thousands, and the silver deposits of each semicolon in the frontier are not decimals, how to ensure the safety of the semicolon silver deposits?" How to guarantee the semicolon that will be opened outside the Qing Dynasty in the future? If there is no guarantee, it is meaningless for us to open this ticket number. ”

"The shopkeeper's opinion is good." Fu Fan Yuqi said with a smile: "The security of the semicolon outside the Northwest Frontier and the Qing Dynasty is indeed a big problem, I will tell my brother about this matter, since the emperor wants to vigorously promote the Jin merchant ticket number, he wants to have a foolproof strategy, there is no need to worry about this matter." ”

Another person got up and asked, "I wonder how much the Fan family will buy?" Can I see it? ”

Fan Yuqi glanced at the man, who was the third child of the Qu family, and groaned slightly, before he said: "As one of the initiators, the Fan family naturally can't be too little, but the Fan family's financial resources are limited, and they tentatively plan to invest six million." ”

No one expected Fan Yuqi to say the amount of shares so realistically, everyone in the hall was stunned and immediately reacted, the fifth child of the Fan family indirectly told them that the total capital of the Jinshang joint ticket number was tentatively set at 60 million, and the major shareholders must get more than 6 million!

Six million is not a small amount, a group of people naturally do not dare to express their position at will, even if they are financially strong, they do not dare to express their position at will, this matter finally has to wait until the heads of several families arrive, and the rich businessmen with slightly worse strength have the bottom in their hearts, so they began to lobby everywhere to find someone to join the shares, so as to be able to become the major shareholder of the ticket number.

Three days later, at dusk, Ma Qi, Wang Luo, Fang Bao and others rushed to Taiyuan City by carriage, because Zhenwu was in Taiyuan, Shanxi officials did not dare to greet them with great fanfare, but only Xu, Su Keji, and Su Zhan picked up everyone at the city gate and accompanied them to the Fan family compound.

In the past three days, Zhenwu Weifu visited the bustling streets and alleys of Taiyuan City, especially the bustling streets and alleys around Nanguan City, as well as Dongmi City, Ximi City, East and Xiyang City, Yiyi City, and Cotton Lane, and visited the Lingxiao Twin Towers, Jingyin Temple Tutang Strange Cypress, Yanqiu, Fenhe Evening Crossing, Mengshan Xiaoyue and other Taiyuan Eight Scenes, visited the three major academies in Taiyuan City, Sanli Academy, Jinxi Academy, Xunle Academy and river engineering site, and had a general understanding of Taiyuan's education, people's livelihood, official voice, business and other situations.

The officials of Taiyuan City have been sitting on pins and needles for the past three days, panicking, Zhenwu is not a secret every day in his private service, they all know in their hearts, everyone is worried about being caught by Zhenwu, this master came suddenly, and then he paid a private visit to the microservice, they had no time to prepare, and they did not dare to whitewash the peace with great fanfare during his private visit, the official reputation was not good, the children of the family behaved inappropriately on weekdays, bullied, or the officials who judged the case unfairly, every day they were worried and frightened.

Hearing that Ma Qi and the others had arrived, and asked to see them outside, Zhenwu ordered: "Let them wash and eat first, and then come to meet them." With a slight sigh, he said again: "Xuan Xuan Xuan Meeting." ”

In the past few days, because he couldn't think of how to solve the river control project, his hair was a lot whiter, and he was worried that he couldn't see Zhenwu, and he hurriedly rushed in.

Seeing that he was coming so quickly, Zhenwu knew that he must have accompanied Ma Qi and the others to come over, so he waved his hand and said, "No courtesy, just stand and reply." ”

Hearing this, he knew that it might be a long conversation, so he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you for the emperor's grace." After a slight pause, he continued: "The slave is stupid, and he really can't think of how to solve the project silver to cure the Taiyuan flood, and I beg the emperor to allocate it." ”

Groaning slightly, Zhen Wucai said slowly: "Radically curing the Taiyuan flood is not an overnight thing, and if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, don't you know?" ”

Hearing this, he couldn't help but be confused, even if the project was delayed, the project silver should have a whereabouts, and after a slight pause, he bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, once the river control project is delayed, the slave is worried that he will be suspected of giving up halfway." ”…,

"Halfway?" Zhenwu said in a deep voice: "Just after the drought, the people want to devote themselves to restoring farming, but you have transferred the young and strong people to the river affairs, which will directly lead to the rise of grain prices in Shanxi, have you thought about it?" ”

He really didn't think that it would cause food prices to rise, and he didn't allow him to think about it, Zhenwu had already continued: "I have been visiting Weifu privately in the past few days, and the grain prices on the market have been rising slowly, this is because some grain merchants have foreseen this problem and began to absorb grain, once the grain prices are out of control, there will inevitably be public grievances." ”

After a slight pause, he continued: "The river control project must be reduced, the river course of the Fen River is of great importance, and the construction can be continued, and the small rivers on both sides are temporarily suspended. ”

Seeing that Zhenwu didn't mention the silver at all, he couldn't help but be anxious, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "The slave obeys the order." Raising his head, he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, even if you govern the Fen River, this project silver is not a small amount." ”

Zhenwu glanced at him and said, "Don't expect the imperial court to allocate the project silver, go and borrow it yourself." ”

As soon as he heard this, he couldn't help but secretly slander himself, he had already borrowed five million, and he had to repay the loan, besides, this interest was not a decimal, and the court did not allocate it, so it was a general policy, right? After groaning slightly, he said: "The slave is stupid, I beg the emperor to make it clear." ”

Zhenwu stared at him before he said, "Don't have anything to do to borrow from the gentry, isn't there still the 'Four Hengs'?" The new ticket number of the gentleman is about to open, and he is looking for them to borrow a low-interest rate. ”

Listening to this, I couldn't help but be happy, the 'Four Heng' don't buy the accounts of local officials at all, low-interest loans even if they are local officials, it is extremely difficult to borrow, not to mention that the number is so large, however, with Zhenwu's words, things are much easier, as for the new ticket number of Jin Shang, I don't know if people have a low-interest lending business, however, they are private, should give face to local officials, and this is to cure the floods in Taiyuan, not to mention more, about one million should be able to borrow, but what to pay? (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )