When everyone heard this, those who were frightened by the five million taels couldn't help but be overjoyed, looked at each other's friends, and thought: I can't take out so much silver at once, but I can have a joint venture with many parties!

Although the joint venture is not like a sole proprietorship, and the profits must be distributed by many people, the benefits are obvious, you can unite to gather greater strength, and the risk can also be borne by many people, and the competitiveness has been enhanced more than a little. Even Su Donggua and Shi Xinhai couldn't help but think secretly when they heard this: Should we pull some well-connected merchants into joint ventures?

Lin Tian didn't care about their reactions, stretched out three fingers and said, "The third point is that all cement workshops have to join an organization...... Hehe, Lin called this organization: the Cement Association. ”

Cement Association? When everyone heard this new term, their faces were puzzled, and Su Donggua frowned and asked, "Lord Lin, what kind of cement association is this...... What is it for? ”

Lin Tian immediately talked about the constitution of the cement association, which Lin Tian formulated with reference to the articles of association of the private chambers of commerce of Western capital countries in the 21st century, and he is fundamentally different from any industry association in China.

Most of the trade associations in the West are non-governmental, while the trade associations in China are official. Although Lin Tian also had a minister in his identity, he had already decided that when the Taihu Academy was built, he would delegate power to the academy and let those students go to various places to inspect and inspect.

And he will focus on these commercial actions, and later generations will not say that the economic base determines the superstructure, and as long as the capitalist economy sprouts and grows strongly, then society will naturally move forward.

China's trade associations are a tool for the government to manage the industry, while in the West, the industry associations are a tool for the game between capitalists and the government.

This is different from China's national conditions since ancient times, and China's characteristics are: peers are enemies and engage in infighting. Lin Tian hopes that through a trial experiment by the Cement Association, this millennium-old bad habit can be gradually changed. Because he had already predicted that if cement wanted to be produced on a large scale, it could not be smelted by charcoal, because the cost of charcoal was too high, but coal was different, coal could reduce the cost, and the heat was high and long-lasting!

But there is one thing about coal, that is, most of the coal resources are in the Shanxi region, and Shanxi is in the sphere of influence of the Lu family. In the rest of the places, only there are a large number of coal mines in northern Anhui, this is the scope of the Zhao family, Lin Tian talked to Zhao Ji, and the coal mines here have been taken by him. But this is far from enough, Shanxi coal mines are the heart of the industrial revolution.

But will the Lu family automatically release the wealth in his hands? Of course not! After the Lu clan saw the prospect of cement again, they must have tried to use it as a threat to demand the division of interests, but with the temperament of these scholars, how could they be willing to operate and distribute profits on an equal footing with those lowly merchants? Their habit is to eat people without spitting out bones!

Then the contradiction between the new big merchants and the old big warriors will inevitably occur, and a single merchant, since he owns the wealth of the enemy country, actually has no way to fight against the powerful nobles, but the merchants often have a large number of strata born with them - the working class, this stratum is numerous, and in history the bourgeois revolution will not have won without the support of the working class, and the victory of the bourgeois revolution has relied on the strength of the working class!

However, another historical experience is that the bourgeoisie united with the working class at the time of the revolution, and after the victory of the revolution, the working class was forgotten, and all the fruits of the revolution were appropriated by the bourgeoisie, and the workers could only return to work in the factories and suffer the exploitation and oppression of the business owners, and this led to the coming of another great revolution: the working class revolution, that is, the proletarian revolution...... However, these are far away, and the era in which Lin Tian is now living is still in the embryonic stage of capitalism, and it is still far from the proletarian revolution or something.

Lin Tian personally served as the president of the cement association, and the children of those merchants listened to Lin Tian's introduction, although this cement association is a bit above the cement mills, but as the articles of association say, it is conducive to the interests of each family and avoids tasteless conflicts.

Besides, Lin Daren is powerful and has him as a backer, which is the best thing for these businessmen who are rich but have a very low social status. So they listened to the incomprehensible discussions, but they did not object.

Why is it confusing? Because in this era, those big men with status, on the one hand, although they are interested in the interests of business, on the other hand, they cherish their feathers, and they do not want people to know that they are doing business, and some business activities are operated by their henchmen, which is already a tacit secret of the big men.

Lin Tian saw that everyone was talking again, clapped his hands, and said loudly: "Be quiet, be quiet!" Everyone fell silent. That Shi Xinhai said: "What does Lord Lin want to say?" Let's all listen! Su Donggua also hurriedly said: "Don't speak, listen to Lord Lin!" ”

Lin Tian glanced at the two of them and said with a smile: "This matter is very important, I am afraid that you sons will not be able to be the master, I suggest that you should go back and inform the family." ”

After Lin Tian finished speaking, Shi Xinhai suddenly said loudly: "Lord Lin, it will take a lot of time from Gusu to Fujian, please forgive time!" "Some who are far away should also be reconciled at the same time.

Lin Tian laughed and said, "Just one month!" Lin only gave a month, and a month later, that is, on the third day of the first month of March, the right to use the patent will be granted! Hehe, I hope you don't miss the time! ”

Yes? Shi Xinhai was greatly disappointed, he rushed from Gusu to Fujian, and the time to go back and forth for a month was very tight, of course, he could also take the waterway, and the waterway took little time, but the east coast, which was the territory of the Haisha Gang, was alone, and he really didn't dare.

And Lord Lin only gave him a month, and it seems that he really has to leave for home immediately, otherwise he will lose time. At that moment, his face was a little anxious. There were also a few other people among them, who were also anxious. That Su Donggua was smiling, looking at Shi Xinhai's deflated appearance, he couldn't help but say two more words.

Lin Tian shook his head and said, "Lin Mou has other important things to do today, so I can't accompany you, you ......" Before Lin Tian finished speaking, Su Donggua over there probably had dealings with the Haisha Gang at home, and he had seen some bigwigs in the rivers and lakes, so he was not too afraid, and interjected: "I heard that a large number of martial arts people came to Gusu at the invitation of the Lord of the Lin Gate, is the Lord of the Forest Gate going to see them?" ”

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