Beginning in 1898, the Qing government introduced a number of policies to encourage private enterprises. Since 1903, the Qing government established the Ministry of Commerce, formulated commercial laws, opened industrial schools, set up exhibition halls, held exhibitions, and promulgated a series of measures to encourage the development of capitalist industry and commerce.

Among them, in November 1903, the Ministry of Commerce promulgated the "Articles of Association of the Reward Company", which pointed out: "There are many people who have always invested in business in the officialdom, but they are so obsessed with habits that they often shame themselves on trade, or change their names, or trust other managers, so that officials and businessmen are eventually estranged." Now that the imperial court attaches great importance to commercial politics, it is urgent to break down prejudices, so that officials and businessmen can work together to pay attention to the situation, so that the atmosphere can be broadened.

In other words, the Qing government explicitly advocated the free development of capitalist industry and commerce. At the same time, the articles of association clearly stipulate the reward method for those who operate industrial and commercial enterprises: those who can raise 500,000 yuan to 50 million yuan to operate industrial and commercial enterprises will be awarded the positions of parliamentarians or first-class advisers of the Ministry of Commerce.

After 1907, the Qing government revised the "Articles of Association of the Reward Company", according to the latest "Revised Articles of Association of the Reward Company", raising more than 20 million yuan of shares can become the first-class adviser of the Ministry of Commerce.

If you raise more than 8 million yuan in shares, you can become a first-class consultant officer of the Ministry of Commerce, and you can wear a top product.

If you raise more than 6 million yuan in shares, you can become a second-class consultant officer of the Ministry of Commerce, plus a second-class top.

If you raise more than 4 million yuan, you can become a third-class consultant officer of the Ministry of Commerce, plus a third-class top.

If you raise more than 1 million yuan in shares, you can become a first-class member of the Ministry of Commerce, plus five ranks.

If you raise more than 200,000 yuan in shares, you can become a fifth-class member of the Ministry of Commerce, plus seven products.

Of course, this time was not yet 1905, but according to the "Articles of Association of the Reward Company" issued in 1903, if Yan Shao invested enough money in the industry, he could also get an official title...

And if a larger industry can appear under his rule, it will be a great achievement for Seongxun, and he will be so enthusiastic about this matter for this reason.

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Yan Shao had never heard of this "Reward Company Charter", but it was a good thing to get an official position if he paid for an industry—————— even if it was just a fictitious title.

With this title, it is equivalent to having the right to see officials and not to worship.

Although Yan Shao has not worshiped second-class masters like Chengxun and Lu Yuanding now, but the king of Hades is easy to provoke, and the little ghost is difficult, who knows what kind of person Lu Dao will meet in the future, it is not impossible to find him to be embarrassed by him, if he can have such a title, it will be less troublesome...

"I didn't expect such a good thing..."Yan Shao's face showed a little joy.

"Of course," Seong-hoon twisted his beard. This was specially set up by the imperial court to encourage the private sector to set up industries..."

"Since that's the case, then I won't hide it from adults..."Anyway, this kind of thing is not used to hide from others, so Yan Shao said straightforwardly." I plan to open a yarn factory in Wuhu this time, the specific scale is not clear, but the investment will probably be more than one million yuan..."

"Million yuan..."Chengxun's eyes widened, you must know that Zhang Jian's Dasheng Yarn Factory had not invested so much. That's true..."

"Of course, you can't hide this kind of thing from anyone..."Yan Shao smiled slightly. I hope that the adults will be able to support them when the time comes, and I will never forget the 'thank you' adults here..."When he said the word 'thank you', Yan Shao deliberately accented a little.

After all, Yan Shao is not ignorant of the world, and he knows very well that in this era, everything costs money. And he doesn't have any connections in China, if he thinks that his reputation is high enough and he doesn't need to befriend these officials, then I'm afraid it won't be far from him to suffer.

Seonghoon obviously understood the meaning of his words, and nodded with a smile.

If Yan Shao really prides himself on his reputation and doesn't know what to do, of course he won't say anything, and it's hard to say whether he will make some trouble for Yan Shao behind his back. But now that Yan Shao is so reasonable, he naturally can't afford not to give some care, not to mention that he also gave a lot of gifts this time...

"Then again, under my rule, there was a million-dollar industry, which is also very beneficial to my political achievements..."Thinking about the rewards of the imperial court and the benefits of Yan Shao's promise, Chengxun's mood also changed a lot.

With the gift that Yan Shao had given before, coupled with the benefits brought by the construction of the factory, the approval of the yarn factory and the ash factory was passed at a very fast speed, and at this time, Yan Shao and others had not even been to Wuhu...

Bidding farewell to Chengxun, Yan Shao and his entourage took a boat to Wuhu to find a suitable site for building a yarn factory.

With Chengxun's care, the officials of Wuhu County did not dare to slack off, let alone make any difficulties, and the establishment of the factory also had great benefits to Wuhu County itself, so the magistrate of Wuhu County was also very cooperative.

After some investigation, Yan Shao found a suitable place not far from the northwest outside the county. It's not cultivated land, the terrain is quite flat, there is a small river nearby, it's not very far from the official road and the Yangtze River, and there are no villages and dwellings around, which is just suitable for building a factory...

After learning from the county government that this was an ownerless wasteland, Yan Shao circled about ten hectares of land and planned to build a factory here.

"Li Liang, I'll leave the rest to you..."

Standing on the dock, Yan Shao said to Li Liang, who saw him off.

"Don't worry, boss, I will definitely get this thing done..."Li Liang nodded, his face no longer having the excitement he had earlier.

"Hmm..."patted Li Liang on the shoulder, Yan Shao didn't say anything.

Once the site of the factory has been chosen, all that remains is the equipment required for the factory. Because the number was too large, Yan Shao planned to go to Shanghai in person. However, during the period when he left, he also needed someone to stay and recruit workers, first build the factory buildings and other facilities—————— at least build the warehouse where the equipment is stored...

If you are a left-behind candidate, Elano and Caterina are definitely not suitable, after all, Yan Shao also needs someone to warm the bed by his side. Ahem, no, it's a language barrier. Although the two of them have also learned a lot of Chinese and Chinese characters from Yan Shao, there is still a long way to go, and if they stay, it is a big problem to understand the language alone.

After thinking about it, Yan Shao still decided to leave Li Liang behind.

At the beginning, Li Mao asked him to follow Yan Shao, not to let him be Yan Shao's bodyguard, but to let him follow Yan Shao to create a career...

Just take this opportunity to inspect Li Liang's ability, after all, he is just building some warehouses, and if he does it well, he can entrust him with more things, but if he can't even build a warehouse, then he can be a bodyguard by Yan Shao's side for a lifetime...

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Because I hate the number 48, so today's four more, ask for collection and recommendation votes~~~

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