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Under the influence of the good, the merchants of Jubaolou began to prepare, while letting trustworthy people go to Lianzhou, Lianzhou will inevitably be the door of the entire Ming Dynasty in the future, and whoever takes the lead there will be extremely rich returns. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The news spread to all parts of the world, tens of thousands of merchants with tens of millions of servants began to set off, from all directions to Lianzhou poured in, the money brought is trillions, in this way, it has led to the development of Jubao money, businessmen want to flock to invest, naturally to exchange cash for silver tickets to be easier to carry, the money everywhere can be described as overcrowded, a day to issue more silver tickets than usually issued in a month.

On the other hand, various cities have also begun to recruit craftsmen and laborers, and labor has suddenly become hot, and almost all workshops have begun to increase their scale, after all, the price of goods is now rising everywhere, and the supply exceeds demand, and the larger the scale, the more objective the income, so the recruitment of craftsmen and the purchase of machinery for various workshops are also all the rage.

There are many big businessmen who go directly to Lianzhou to build a dock, once the sea is opened, the supply of cargo ships will inevitably be in short supply, the business of the dock is not lost, there are many businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River, there are many ancestors have a lot of craftsmanship in manufacturing cargo ships, at this time they turned over the river and found out some drawings and skills for manufacturing cargo ships, and they suddenly became hot.

At the same time, the treasure firm began to be officially listed, across the edge of the treasure building, began to recruit shareholders in a big way, the threshold here has already been broken, at the beginning, the businessmen still have leeway, but when Lianzhou really opened the sea, it is known that the treasure firm is a profitable business, just a few days of effort, the treasure firm will raise funds of seven million taels of silver, its gold absorption speed is unexpected.

On the one hand, because Jubao Commercial Bank has the guarantee of Jubao Building, there is no need to worry about credibility. On the other hand, this matter is led by Lianzhou Hou, although Lianzhou Hou is notorious in the officialdom, but his reputation in the business world is like Zhongtian, holding the treasure building and learning and reporting, the limelight can be said to be unique for a while, and even many businessmen will Liu Chengfeng as the God of Wealth, but as long as Liu Chengfeng raises to do what is definitely profitable.

Seven million taels of silver did not exceed Liu Chengfeng's expectations, of which two and a half million of the seven million taels of silver were used to build roads, of course, the roads were not built in vain, and when the time came, the money would naturally be collected back with the cost of the road, and the business would be a business, and the firm would definitely not lose money, and the rest of the silver taels would begin to build ships on a large scale, recruit manpower, and hoard a batch of goods, and even the firm itself could open some workshops.

However, this is a long-term thing, in the short term, Liu Chengfeng plans to start smelting iron and forging weapons in the name of a commercial house in Lianzhou, although the imperial court monopolizes salt and iron, but Lianzhou will not be affected, after all, that place is its own fiefdom, as long as the palace trusts, there is no need to worry about any problems with iron smelting, not to mention this business, the royal family originally accounted for fifty percent, which is equivalent to making money for His Royal Highness the Prince, even if the palace does not support it, at least it will not object.

Lianzhou was originally mountainous, rich in iron ore, and after occupying the five counties of Annan, the five counties of Annan also had a large amount of iron ore, so the raw materials were sufficient for the time being, Liu Chengfeng immediately sent people to raise the matter of mining and establishing an iron workshop, and began to forge weapons in large quantities.

These weapons are not Liu Chengfeng himself to use, but to make the first pot of gold in the treasure firm, now Annan and Nanzhang are at war, the two sides are fighting extremely fiercely, the weapons of the Ming Dynasty have always been much better than Annan and Nanzhang, everyone is red-eyed, of course, they have to buy these weapons in a big way. In fact, before the ironsmith workshop was built, Annanguo heard the rumors and immediately came to contact Lianzhou, asking to buy a batch of knives, guns, and arrows, but the price given by the trading house was too high, which discouraged Annanguo.

It's too expensive, and the decline of Annan has appeared, and it is so hard to breathe by the pressure of Nanzhang State, the treasury has long been empty, and it is easy to come out with tens of thousands of taels of silver, but the price offered by Jubao Commercial Bank is sky-high.

The reason why he dared to offer a sky-high price was because the Jubao Trading House not only sold knives and guns, but also sold bird guns and artillery, these weapons, the palace was acquiesced, for Zhu Youjiao, as long as the firm could earn him money, everything else was a small section, if the weapons such as artillery and firearms were used in a battlefield of this scale in Nanyang, this would have a great impact on the war situation. Don't look at these things in the Liaodong battlefield does not seem to be very useful, this is because most of the Liaodong are horse army battles, cavalry rapid mobility, so that the guns and artillery can only be used for city defense, and Annam these places are different, here are many mountains and forests, the use of the horse army is not great, so foot combat has become the mainstream, and in the foot battle, the power of artillery and guns is amazing, this has long been known in the Nanyang countries. This is due to Mu Ying in the Taizu period, when Mu Ying led troops into Yunnan, the local aborigines were not satisfied, gathered a large army to resist stubbornly, they not only numbered a large number, but also dispatched the entire Nanyang for the color of the military horses - elephant soldiers.

Hundreds of elephant soldiers hit the forward, and then hundreds of foot soldiers covered up and killed, at that time, this war, in the whole Nanyang country had a great impact, originally thought that these hundreds of elephant soldiers, the Ming army was bound to be defeated, who knew that Mu Ying used the Shenji Army, a column of Shenji Army with firearms in hand was divided into three sections, and launched an attack on the natives who rushed in front of them, and the natives were immediately defeated, and the elephant soldiers who could not be a lifetime did not even touch the side of the Ming army, and the whole army retreated.

This battle laid the foundation of the Mu family in Yunnan, and in the following hundred years, the Ming army in Yunnan repeatedly used firearms to suppress the local natives, with remarkable results, and the entire Nanyang also had an understanding of the power of the Ming army's guns and artillery.

Because of this, although the Jubao Trading Company offered a sky-high price, it promised to add ten artillery pieces, 500 firearms, plus tens of thousands of refined knives, guns, halberds, arrows and other goods to this batch of weapons, and the asking price was 500,000 taels of silver, which made the people of Annam feel excited. Since Annan was raided by Liu Chengfeng once, and was attacked from the west by the Nanzhang State taking the opportunity to pour the country, it has now reached the predicament of collapse, and the Nanzhang State has burned and plundered all the way, occupying more than a dozen county seats, and there is a tendency for soldiers to come to Tokyo to destroy the Yue Kingdom.

In this case, if you can get this batch of weapons from the Jubao Trading Company, it will be extremely beneficial to the current situation of the Great Yue Kingdom. As long as the Dayue State is willing to use the taxes of the mines and passes as collateral, the Dayue State can be allowed to pay the cost of purchasing weapons in installments, if the Yue people violate the agreement, then these mines and passes will belong to the Jubao Commercial Bank, and the Annan people are now sick and rushed to the hospital, and even the country is dying, so it seems that they can't take care of so much at this time, and immediately agreed to the conditions of the Jubao Commercial Bank and signed a series of agreements.

The first business of Jubao Trading Company was completed, and all it had to do now was to immediately start smelting iron, mining and casting and then deliver the goods on schedule.

Jubao firm has now elected a shopkeeper, the details of the problem, Liu Chengfeng will no longer ask, since the last court meeting, Liu Chengfeng has been sitting at home waiting, now the emperor is inconvenient to summon, Liu Chengfeng estimated that it should be formally summoned in a few days.

He has put aside the business matter, although he successfully opened the sea this time, but he offended a lot of officials for this, and for Liu Chengfeng, he is afraid that it will not be easy in the future.

On the one hand, the establishment of the Jubao Firm has completely tied the interests of the palace with Liu Chengfeng, and in the long run, the Treasure Firm will definitely become the most well-known firm in the world. Secondly, Lianzhou opens the sea, the only one in the world, and all the goods in and out of the future are bound to pass through Lianzhou, which means that sooner or later Lianzhou will become one of the best ports in the world like Quanzhou in the Song Dynasty, and Lianzhou is the fief of Liu Chengfeng, Liu Chengfeng sits on the ground to collect money, and his children and grandchildren will benefit immensely.

Not to mention anything else, the current population of Lianzhou Prefecture is only 500,000 in ten counties, which also includes many Yue people who do not have household registration, but after the opening of the sea, the population of Lianzhou will sooner or later increase to one million, three million, or even five million.

The status of Lianzhou is like the Hong Kong of later generations, and the benefits can be imagined.

At the beginning of August, the palace finally came to the will, so that Liu Chengfeng immediately entered the palace to meet him, and there must be no mistake.

Liu Chengfeng is waiting for this day, he has been sitting at home for so long, doing nothing, it is really a little boring, at this time, the emperor summoned him, it should be a matter of appointment, and it is better to have something to do than nothing to do. Liu Chengfeng put on a new set of clothes, and immediately entered the palace from the noon gate, and when he arrived at the noon gate, he happened to see the two brothers of the Zhang family coming out of the door, and the two must have just received an errand and asked them to supervise the construction of the road, so their faces were full of red light, don't look at the two of them looking like they are hanging out, but with the identity of this relative, although they have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime, they also want to do something to let their brother-in-law and sister see. Now the emperor finally looked down on them and handed over the most important project in the world to them, and they also knew the reason, which was recommended by Liu Chengfeng, so as soon as he saw Liu Chengfeng, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he greeted them with a smile, and said to Liu Chengfeng: "Brother Liu is good." ”

Liu Chengfeng could only stop and greet them, but everyone was acquaintances, and Liu Chengfeng would not be too polite, so he said goodbye: "The emperor called, Liu someone will go into the palace and then talk about it, and then everyone will make an appointment to come out together to drink some wine and talk." ”

(To be continued)