"Of course not, there is an essential difference between the two."

"Industrial bonds are liabilities, which are lent to the industry by the businessmen who have opened accounts in the two cities, and the industry will pay the principal and interest to the businessmen after the bond expires."

"Stocks are joint ventures, a kind of investment."

"Stocks are not paid at maturity, but dividends are usually paid according to performance."

Speaking of this, he said: "If the performance of the industry is good, the dividends of stocks will not be less than the income of bonds, of course, stocks can be bought low and sold high like bonds, and arbitrage profits." ”

"So that's it." Sun Shouting understood it at once.

But Sun Shouting is still worried: "Shengshang, other industries such as Daming Machinery Factory, Daming Tamba Workshop, Daming Liquor Workshop, etc., the profit is visible, because as long as the product is sold, it can generate income, but the profit of our Daming Infrastructure Workshop is only to sell the house, and the price is also set very low, so ......"

Sun Shouting was worried that no one would buy it, and no businessman would be willing to buy the shares of Daming Infrastructure Workshop.

Chongzhen also feels that it is indeed unrealistic to do a good job in the infrastructure transformation of new Beijing without spending a penny.

"In this way, the price of houses in Beijing can be set higher, and it will be twice as good." Chongzhen said in a deep voice, "Before issuing shares, we must make it clear that most of the land houses in Beijing, including all the land houses in the inner and outer cities, are under the name of Daming Infrastructure Workshop, so the future profit prospects are promising." ”

"Minister, Commander." Sun Shouting has nothing to worry about now.

Chongzhen said to Sun Shouting again: "Shopkeeper Sun, I have done your three difficult things for you, but I also said in advance, if the reconstruction project of New Beijing is completed, the appearance of the city has not changed greatly, and I will not spare you." ”

"You can rest assured in this matter." Sun Shouting said angrily, "As long as the houses in the outer city can be demolished smoothly, and the number of laborers and the principal of the project are also sufficient, the minister guarantees that the new Beijing after completion will be able to take on a new look as the saint wishes, and there will be no more sewage flowing between the streets and alleys, and there will be no more muddy roads on rainy days." ”

"Okay, I'll see." Chongzhen then turned his gaze to Weng Zhiren on the other side, "Shopkeeper Weng, when will the craftsmen of the Daming Railway Factory arrive in Beijing?" ”

Daming Railway Factory, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daming Machinery Factory, specializes in the production of locomotives and train cars, and will be sent by Daming Machinery Factory to Beijing a group of craftsmen.

Weng Zhiren is the big shopkeeper of the Daming Railway Factory.

Weng Zhiren hurriedly said: "Qi Sheng, the craftsman has to settle his family to pack up, so he has been delayed for some time, and he will probably not arrive until the end of the month. ”

"As long as it arrives at the end of the month." Chongzhen nodded happily, and continued, "Shopkeeper Weng, has Gewuke already given you the processing drawings for the locomotive and the train car?" ”

"Qi Song Sheng, Gewuke has already given the drawings." Weng Zhiren said in obedience, "The minister has already discussed with several masters of the Daming Machinery Factory, and there is basically no big problem. ”

"Originally, large pieces of iron were not only hard to find, but also extremely expensive."

"But not long ago, Gewuke invented a new iron plate extruder, which can squeeze the newly baked iron blank into a thin iron sheet in a very short time, so there is no problem."

Iron plate extruder? Chongzhen couldn't help but move slightly when he heard this.

This iron plate extruder can also be regarded as the unintentional insertion of the willow of Gewuke.

Chongzhen originally wanted Gewuke to develop a steel pipe extruder.

The main thing is to produce seamless steel pipes and continue to improve the performance of cannons.

However, the difficulty of steel pipe extrusion is too high, mainly because the material requirements of the thimble are too high, because the thimble needs to work under high temperature and high pressure for a long time and is easy to break.

Therefore, Gewuke has not built a steel pipe extruder until now.

However, the iron plate extruder was built by Gewuke first, and it soon came in handy, and it can be used in many industries such as shipbuilding and car manufacturing.

Chongzhen asked again: "Where do you plan to choose the site of the train factory?" ”

"It's in Tongzhou." Weng Zhiren has obviously thought it through, "It is close to the canal, close to Beihai, and the transportation is very convenient, which is convenient for the transportation of bulk raw materials such as iron and timber, and the Liangjing Railway also passes through Tongzhou, and after the locomotive and train car are built, it is also convenient to deliver." ”

Before the absence of rail transportation, the transportation of bulk raw materials could only rely on light transportation or sea transportation.

It is precisely because of this that the Beijing-Beijing Railway is almost built on the basis of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, because in this way, the sleeper rails and stones required for the construction of the railway can be transported by water, and the cost can be reduced.

Chongzhen recognized Weng Zhiren's choice, and Tongzhou was indeed the most suitable site.

While he was talking, Li Kaixian had already brought Zheng Zunrang, Shi Jiuke and other businessmen to find him, and the bidding for the Daming Railway Transportation General Account had been completed, and the bidding for 35 million shares had been completed.

To be honest, the 35 million shares can be sold so quickly, which is still a bit unexpected by Chongzhen.

You must know that this is not an intention to contribute, but you need to take out real funds to buy shares.

However, this is enough to prove how optimistic businessmen such as Zheng Zunrang and Shi Jiuke are about the prospects of railway transportation, and they all firmly believe that this is an extremely profitable sunrise industry.

……

After the two sides met, the businessmen proposed to go to the railway construction site again.

Chongzhen did not shirk at all, and immediately took a group of businessmen to the railway construction site.

When Chongzhen arrived, Wang Pingshan was taking laborers to unload sleepers from the boat, which were cut down from Liaodong, because all the sleepers were taken by water, and the freight was not high.

Rather, it is the lumberjack's wages that are expensive.

Going to the deep mountains and old forests of Liaodong to cut wood still has to take a lot of risks.

Seeing Chongzhen coming over with a group of people, Wang Pingshan hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

After seeing the ceremony, Wang Pingshan said: "Holy Lord, the minister has encountered a difficult matter, please ask the Holy Lord to help." ”

Chongzhen smiled and said: "Wang Pingshan, you are unwilling to ask for help, but today you are begging with a thick face, it can be seen that you have really encountered unsolvable difficulties, let's say, what's the matter?" ”

Wang Pingshan said: "The sleepers, stones, earthworks and labor have all been solved, but the rails have not yet been settled, and the shopkeeper Hu has found the Hanyang Iron Smelting Workshop many times, but the asking price of the Hanyang Iron Smelting Workshop is more than twice as much." ”

"Why is that?" Chongzhen frowned and said, "Chen Liangbi, what does he want to do?" Deliberately making things difficult for you? ”

Chen Liangbi is the new iron-smelting imperial history who succeeded Wu Jinxi, and the Hanyang iron-smelting workshop is now under his management.

Wang Pingshan said with a wry smile: "The minister doesn't know where to offend Chen Duxian, other workshops sell steel for 4 yuan a catty, but the Hanyang Iron Smelting Workshop has to sell for 15 yuan a catty, the minister has been doing business for half a lifetime, and he has never heard that the larger the goods, the cheaper the price, and he has never heard of the price increase." ”

"How can it be?" Chongzhen snorted and said, "I will talk to the cabinet about this matter." ”

"Thank you, Holy Lord." Wang Pingshan breathed a sigh of relief, "Just wait for the rails to be transported to Beijing, and the first section of the railway can be laid." ”

While speaking, Wang Pingshan had already led Chongzhen and Zheng Zunrang to the construction site of the railway, only to see that a long trapezoidal roadbed had been built along the south bank of the Grand Canal.

Tens of thousands of prisoners of war are working under the watchful eye of the Forces nouvelles.

Seeing that there were prisoners of war who were lazy, the new army went up with a whip.

The prisoners of war were beaten and screamed, but the Forces nouvelles refused to let go.

It is clear that the officers and men of the New Army brought the hatred of the battlefield to the railway site.

It is entirely conceivable what these prisoners of war would be treated on the construction site.

Chongzhen actually saw a familiar face among these prisoners of war - Zu Dashou!

Because of old age and frailty, Zu Dashou slipped and fell to the ground while carrying gravel.

Seeing this, the new army supervisor next to him immediately waved his leather whip and slashed his head and face.

Within a few strokes, the cloth on Zu Dashou's body was sparsely smashed, and scars appeared on his body.

However, Zu Dashou was stunned and did not say a word, but silently endured the beating of the new army overseer.

Seeing this, the overseer of the new army became more and more angry, and he pumped harder, and the flesh and blood on Zu Dashou's back soon became blurred.

"Alright, don't kill me." Chongzhen stepped forward to stop it at the right time, Zu Dashou may just want to be beaten to death, so that he can avoid the next three divisions of the trial, and he can also avoid being humiliated.

"Holy." The overseer of the new army saluted Chongzhen and said, "These dogs are cheap, and if they don't fight for a while, they will dare to steal and play tricks, so they have to be beaten often." ”

"You can't just kill them, it's too cheap for them."

After Chongzhen finished speaking, he asked Zu Dashou: "Zu Dashou, are you seventy this year?" ”

"Initiation Saint, the sinner is already seventy years old this year." Zu Dashou said.

"Seventy-one, life is seventy years old, you are already in the age of old."

Chongzhen said abruptly: "Have you ever regretted it in the dead of night? Regret that you shouldn't have surrendered to slavery? ”

"How not to regret it." Zu Dashou muttered, "The sinner even repents of his intestines, but what's the use? Will the Holy One forgive sinners for this? ”

Zu Dashou did not hide it.

Chongzhen asked rhetorically, "Do you think you deserve forgiveness?" ”

Zu Dashou sighed: "Wenchen's betrayal is forgivable, the military general surrenders to the enemy is unforgivable, and the criminal minister is a military general but treason and surrenders to the enemy, he has touched the bottom line of the military general, although it is difficult to atone for his sins." ”

"It's good to know." Chongzhen said, "So no one can save you." ”

"The sinner didn't want to live." Zu Dashou said, "I only ask the saint to let go of the ancestral family." ”

"Then it depends on whether your son and grandson have made a big mistake." Chongzhen shook his head and said, "If it doesn't make a big mistake, at most it will be a raid and then a prison sentence, but if your hands are stained with the blood of your compatriots, I'm afraid it will be difficult to save the immortals." ”

Zu Dashou's expression froze when he heard this, and then he was relieved: "It's the criminal's greed." ”

After speaking, Zu Dashou picked up the gravel and left with heavy steps.

"Hey, did the Holy One let you go?" The overseers of the Forces nouvelles were furious.

Chongzhen stopped: "Forget it, let him work with peace of mind." ”

(End of chapter)