Two million taels.

Perhaps for those smugglers, this is nothing.

But for a family like the Liu family, it is almost unimaginable.

Within a month, set a small goal to earn more than ten generations of silver that the Liu family has not been able to accumulate.

Liu Hongxun was excited, turned his head, looked at Liu Wenchang, and saw that Liu Wenchang's eyes were already red.

Obviously, the son was also excited.

This made Liu Hongxun, who was in a mood for Pengbai, slowly calm down.

At this time, he was like a soldering iron doused with cold water, showing a calm side.

"One share won't be twenty taels." Liu Hongxun's eyes were sharp, and he said abruptly.

Liu Wenchang looked at his father in amazement, and then said, "Father, what do you mean by this?" ”

Liu Hongxun took a sip of tea, and then said lightly: "You have calculated this correctly, but you didn't expect that what is the essence of the new deal, is it just to divide the fields?" ”

Liu Wenchang frowned lightly and looked at Liu Hongxun hesitantly: "Then ......"

Liu Hongxun said: "The essence of the New Deal is to change from the output of land to ...... Like a railway, like a workshop, the land has no output, son, the world has changed. This rogues have wreaked havoc on the land, and over the years, haven't the natural disasters also caused great damage? Not to mention the Liaodong side...... has been desperately cultivating, and I heard that there are tens of thousands of people out of the customs every month. Not only that, but there are also a large number of prisoners who have been distributed, and this year, there are no less than hundreds of thousands of people who leave the customs, so many people, a large amount of land is cultivated, rye is planted, and when the railway is opened, a steady stream of rye will flow into the customs! ”

"Son, if you calculate, in previous years, natural disasters produced because there were fewer rations, and the population was still so large, everyone had to eat food, and the price of food would inevitably skyrocket. Therefore, whether it is a disaster year or a good year, the output of the land is fixed, and the grain in the disaster year is small, but the grain is valuable, and the grain in the harvest year is cheap. And now? In the future, once there is a steady stream of rye shocks, plus those sweet potatoes that can satisfy hunger, think about it, what does this mean? ”

So Liu Wenchang said: "Even if the land is not divided, it is difficult to make profits?" ”

"Yes." Liu Hongxun nodded, and said categorically: "It's a pity that some people haven't seen the general trend clearly yet, and they are still conservative and incomplete, guarding his family's thousands of acres of fertile land, and dreaming of his generation of wealth, but as everyone knows, the world has actually changed, Liaodong has grown rye, and the railway can be connected, so whether this land is divided or not, even if those people can keep their family business, they are just surviving." ”

"So...... At this time, change is common, and change is death. The essence of the New Deal was to solve the problem of food, and at the same time to redeploy and circulate a large amount of manpower through the railway. In the old man's careful view, when the New Deal was suspended, the biggest loss was not necessarily the railway, but the coal and iron surrounding the railway company, as well as countless inns, ready-to-wear, silk, cotton cloth, and tooth shops. ”

Liu Wenchang suddenly realized, and couldn't help but say: "I'll just say that the Qinglou was depressed a few days ago." ”

Liu Hongxun: "......"

"This is what my son heard." Liu Wenchang's eyes flashed, and his face was serious.

Liu Hongxun shook his head at Liu Wenchang, but he didn't ask this, but said: "Seeing through this essence, this proves one thing, the railway company and all industries are complementary to each other, the rise of the railway, the prosperity of all industries, the prosperity of all industries, but gave birth to more profits of the railway, you think about it, the old man only said that ready-to-wear, to make clothes, you have to have cotton to spin cloth, where does cotton come from, it has to be transported from all over the world, what is needed for transportation?" Railways are required for transportation. Do you understand what the old man means? ”

"It's not a railroad that earns money, but an old hen lays eggs, and the eggs hatch chicks, and the chicks become hens, and lay eggs. Therefore, to calculate the profits of the railway, we must not calculate it as it is now, but from the perspective of three, five, and ten years. It's called being endless, and thus...... Now this railway company ...... Even if it rises to twenty taels, it is still considered less, and you have to run for thirty taels, fifty taels, and one hundred taels. ”

"The Liu family is not the home of the merchants, the family of the merchants, pay attention to the immediate benefits, our Liu family since the beginning of the ancestors, has been two hundred years of poetry and books heirloom, the eyes of the year, two years, three years, what is it, what we calculate, is a hundred years of plan."

Liu Wenchang nodded and said, "Oh, father, I understand, that is to say, we have prepared the silver, and according to the long-term plan of ten or twenty years, we will buy stocks, even if they are worth twenty taels or thirty taels, and we will buy them together." ”

"You can't say that." Liu Hongxun shook his head and said: "Twenty taels, within twenty taels, it is all guaranteed to make money without losing money, no matter how high it is, you have to wait for time, but the longer the time drags on, the future is not easy to say." But at least in the short term, the old man can be sure that this railway will make a steady profit, and the old man can see that there are too many people in the DPRK and China who are profiting from the railway and other coal and iron and other things, and there will be more and more in the future, and all the national policies in the future will revolve around this, which is like ......"

He paused, and then said: "Just like those gentry at the beginning, everyone is a gentry, and naturally, all national policies will be tilted towards the gentry, which is the effect of water drops." What will become of the future, the old man is a little uncertain, but ...... This is the trend of the times. Hey, you don't want to study on weekdays, and you have failed the imperial examination repeatedly, you might as well ...... In the future, it's up to your temperament, and you can do business. ”

"Doing business...... Liu Wenchang was stunned for a moment, looking surprised.

He's the son of a cabinet scholar, what a deal! This is a business that will be laughed at.

The Liu family has inherited two hundred years of poetry and books, although Liu Wenchang did not succeed in the imperial examination, but after all, there are still some ancestral shades, which will be given to a shadow official, although this shadow official is nothing in the eyes of the Liu family, but everything is better than a businessman.

Looking at Liu Wenchang's surprised look, Liu Hongxun said patiently: "The world has changed, and our Liu family must also change with it." Now it is true that he is a lowly businessman and is looked down upon, but what about the future? Now, while everyone is still hesitating, you take the lead by going first, and from then on, you will ...... Maybe you can really have some achievements, the most taboo thing in the world, just like buying that stock at the beginning, the first person who bought it can't lose horizontally and vertically, but the one who follows the shouting, even if there are benefits in the future, the benefits are limited, at most they will drink a sip of soup. The old man doesn't understand the things of doing business, and he can't teach you anything, but over the years, his father has also taught you a lot of principles of being a man. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Father heard that the business atmosphere in Xinxian is very good, you go for a walk, take a look, follow and learn, and see what you will find in the future, and then pounce in." All in all, it is necessary to have the right vision and to start quickly, which is the trick you need to do everything. ”

For this decision, Liu Wenchang still feels a little difficult to digest, and always feels that this father is not confused.

However, Liu Hongxun is a cabinet bachelor after all, and he thinks that his father should not harm his own son, so he must have seen something so specially told him.

So Liu Wenchang gritted his teeth and said: "This is what my father said, my son will go to Xinxian to stay in a few days, and when the time comes, he will fold his book, or it will damage the reputation of the family, but it is no wonder that his son is not good." ”

"Not to blame." Liu Hongxun smiled kindly and said, "When the time comes, if you want to blame it, you will blame your father." ”

…………

Here, the father and son of the Liu family agreed.

On the other side, Zhang Jingyi was also in his home at this time and began to lay out.

Once the construction of the railway in eastern Liaodong began, then the Zhang family had too much to do.

Liaozhongwei, Haizhouwei, Guangningwei area, there are a large number of iron ores, these iron ores ...... The reserves are extremely rich, to what extent, even in later generations, it accounts for a quarter of the world's proven reserves.

In addition, there are resources such as coal, and wood, which is also very significant.

As soon as the railway was built, the Zhang family had to raise money to build branch lines.

Of course...... The strength of the Zhang family alone is not enough, so it ...... Taking advantage of the current popularity of the railway company, Zhang Jingyi plans to push out the signboard of Liaodong Mining, and also use the method of absorbing shares. Now the Zhang family urgently needs a lot of manpower and material resources to develop various minerals, and the funds required for this are sky-high.

Nowadays, many people have eaten the sweetness of the railway company, and naturally, they will have a huge interest in the new shares of the Zhang family.

But now the problem is the issue of pricing new shares.

If it is set high, everyone feels that it is a loss, and if it is set low, it is a loss for the Zhang family.

After careful consideration, Zhang Jingyi planned to issue 100 million shares and sell 50 million shares, two taels of silver per share.

This price is actually high, although it is not a pig killing plate, this kind of empty glove to take 100 million taels of silver is indeed a bit unkind.

But I can't stand Zhang Jing telling a story.

In fact, now, Zhang Jingyi has already begun to brew.

On the one hand, he allowed the prices of coal and iron to skyrocket.

Driven by these two prices, iron ore and coal mines have immediately become fragrant and sweet, and even scrap iron is now rising in value on the market.

On the other hand, Daming Pao has already begun to blow the wind.

In almost every issue, there are pages shouting that the world's steel and coal are in an emergency, and that today's iron ore can only be used for fifteen years at most.

That is, with one year less than one year.

If this continues, there will be no iron to use on the railroad, no firearms for the sergeants, and no pots and pans for the people.

As soon as this news was released, it immediately aroused the concern of many people.

But at the same time, many keen merchants smelled something different, and soon some people began to hoard iron and coal.