Chapter 2454 Gui Zijuan comes up with strange tricks and is a business genius
Guo Zhengyu knew that Feng Ziying must have the confidence to dare to say this.
More than three million taels of silver is neither too much nor too little. To Jiangnan merchants, it is absolutely nothing, but it will take some effort to get them to come up with cash immediately.
"No, Brother Meiming, I'm so insensitive to the Hubu business that I can't stand it. I also think that the Military Department is the best fit for me. I think I'm still capable of doing whatever it takes to rescue emergencies. I've been worrying about the Hubu business all day long. You have to shorten your life span!" Feng Ziying waved her hands repeatedly.
"Then you mean that we deserve to be tortured and our lifespans shortened?" Guo Zhengyu said angrily: "The biggest hole in the household department was dug by your military department. Either it was a war, it was a nine-sided change of clothes, or it was Regarding food and wages, the navy has also begun to open its mouth now. Shen Yourong also shouts something in the newspaper from time to time. I think this must be your instruction, right? "Internal Reference" also writes two articles from time to time about the benefits of colonizing Nanyang. Isn’t it free to build a ship? I don’t think I should do anything else, and basically just focus on you.”
"Brother Meiming, just tell me whether what the newspaper and "Internal Reference" said makes sense, and whether the money should be spent?" Feng Ziying spread her hands, "What does the Ministry of Accounts do? I'm thinking about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. It’s just a supplementary means, and we need to open source of resources. Nanyang is fertile, rich in gold, silver, copper and tin, as well as spices, precious trees, precious stones, and rice is harvested three times a year. Tomorrow, it will be the territory of our vassal and the Xuanwei Division. With this Why don’t you go and get it back?”
Guo Zhengyu resisted the urge to curse and glared at Feng Ziying fiercely: "Ziying, you are standing and talking without pain. I remember that you wrote an article in "Internal Reference" before you came here, talking about restoring the old place of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Knowing the importance of the Yarkand Land to us, I was thinking about how much money it would cost to capture Yarkand. Now I want to talk about Nanyang and Jiaozhi, as well as Dongwu. You also wrote an article last year, right? , Yunnan has not settled down yet, next time you will definitely talk about Kuwu and Ezo, Ziying, I beg you, can you stop struggling so hard, we really can’t bear it, the hair on our heads will be white tomorrow It’s over.”
"Brother Meiming, writing these things is my responsibility as the Minister of War, isn't it? As for how to do it, the decision-making power is not mine, right? It depends on the people in Wenyuan Pavilion who make the decision." Feng Ziying said with a smile: "The Ministry of War The focus now is definitely not the ones you mentioned, Jianzhou Jurchens and Chahar people are. But people without long-term worries must have short-term worries, especially the imperial court. Nanyang is not the focus of the Ministry of War, but it is one of the imperial court's financial resources. , I don’t believe that Brother Meiming can’t see that gold, silver, copper and tin are all urgently needed by the Ministry of Revenue. Instead of relying on foreign merchants to import them, how can we control the collection for our own use?”
Feng Ziying knows how to impress the people in the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Needless to say gold, silver is now imported from Luzon to Nanyang. The exchange of silk and porcelain to Nanyang for silver has become the largest cycle in maritime trade. The imperial court is well aware of this, and it has also become the largest source of sea tax for shipping companies. , but the court needed not only silver, but also copper and tin, as well as spices and large wood.
Feng Ziying was left speechless, and Guo Zhengyu could only grit his teeth and stop mentioning the topic.
It's useless to mention it. People just write a few articles and express some of their own opinions. Whether it's the Ministry of War or the cabinet, whether you believe it, listen or not, and use it or not, that's all the business of the big guys.
You can’t leave others speechless, what’s more, the temptation of Nanyang and Jiaozhi can indeed impress people, fertile land with three crops a year, and convenient shipping.
As shipyards in Dagu, Yuguan, Dengzhou, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places began to absorb shipbuilding technology from the West on a large scale, the styles of masts and sails began to learn from the Western ship types, and Clark and Galen ship types began to enter the market. Domestically, the stern design is also constantly undergoing improvements and changes, and the retractable mast brought by Hongmaofan is quickly being used in major domestic shipyards, causing major shipyards to compete for development.
Large sailing ships from Xiyi began to be used in large numbers along the coast, which greatly improved the shipping capacity. Transporting grain from Nanyang and Jiaozhi to the coast of Dazhou is no longer a new thing.
It has become a reality for rice from Luzon and Jiaozhi to be transported to Yuguan, Dagu, and Dengzhou via large sea ships with a load of more than 2,000 tons. The amount of japonica rice transported by one ship can be as high as 20,000 dan. If you use the canal, at least Ten ships were needed to transport it, which was unimaginable in the past.
It was precisely because of the rapid development of maritime trade that the imperial court began to change its attitude towards Nanyang, Luzon and Cochin. The topics of the Secretary of Propaganda and Comfort in the Old Port and the Chief Envoy of Cochin were also mentioned frequently. This kind of early public opinion Preparation is often a bellwether for the court's future policy changes, and Guo Zhengyu certainly understands that.
He was just very unhappy that this guy always took the initiative to turn the wind in his hands, forcing the household department to have to run behind them.
"Okay, brother Meiming, don't be so angry." Feng Ziying smiled authoritatively, "Everyone has the same goal, which is to make the Zhou Dynasty better, isn't it?"
"Okay, stop being pretentious there and get down to business. Now that we have talked about Taihe Yinzhuang, the rest is the business of the Zhen family. I know you have also contacted some Jiangnan businessmen to take over. , but on such a large scale, I guess it will be difficult for them to eat it all of a sudden, and it will be difficult to monetize it. Do you have any good ideas?"
This is the most important thing for Guo Zhengyu to find Feng Ziying this time. The remaining business properties are worth tens of millions of taels. How can they be cashed in?
The Hu Bu cannot hold these properties in his hands, the Hu Bu only needs money.
“Tell me, I know you have always had many ideas.” Guo Zhengyu felt calm and asked quickly.
"The first step is to encourage businessmen from all over the country to acquire these properties. Of course, Haitong Yinzhuang and Taihe Yinzhuang can provide them with loans to support them. These people just can't come up with so much cash for the time being, but Haitong and Taihe just have it, so they can. To each his own.”
Feng Ziying’s first suggestion made Guo Zhengyu a little disappointed.
Although this suggestion is good, it may be difficult for these businessmen to borrow money for acquisitions.
Doing business is risky. They all have their own livelihoods. It may be possible to acquire some of their own related industries, but if the amount of borrowing is too large, it may have to be weighed.
And now this batch of assets involves all walks of life, the number is huge, and the assets worth tens of millions of taels are used to make a living. Who dares to borrow money to acquire it easily?
Feng Ziying could understand Guo Zhengyu's thoughts just by seeing his dark color, and he didn't place his hopes on this.
In fact, he hopes to use this to promote a certain path that he has always wanted to try.
“In addition, we can also try market-based trading of shares.”
Feng Ziying's suggestion made Guo Zhengyu a little confused.
He had long known that Feng Ziying had many wild ideas, such as the franchise sale in the earliest plan to open up the sea, and later the issuance of national bonds, as well as the Arabic numerals and double-entry accounting methods that have now begun to become popular throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty. , all caused great shock among businessmen.
He even vaguely knew that the reason why Shanshan and Shaanxi businessmen were so convinced of Feng Ziying and followed his lead was largely due to the fact that the other party came up with unexpected insights on the improvement of iron smelting blast furnaces, and the attempt was successful, which suddenly improved the efficiency of iron smelting. Countless times, and later "invented" cement, allowing merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi to win two games in a row and feel proud despite having repeatedly failed in battles with merchants from Jiangnan.
It can be said that even if he is not an official, he can still play well in the shopping mall.
“Wait a minute, Ziying, you said this market-based share transaction is a bit confusing, please tell me carefully, what do you mean?”
Guo Zhengyu is the Right Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He is considered to be a very proficient person in financial planning in the entire Zhou Dynasty. However, he still cannot accept Feng Ziying's series of new terms.
He had even studied Arabic numerals and double-entry bookkeeping before, and was greatly amazed. He also tried his best to promote this somewhat unconventional reform within the Ministry of Household Affairs. It also aroused criticism from many people, but he persisted in his opinion, and finally Huang Ruliang also agreed, so these new measures began to be promoted within the Ministry of Household Affairs.
He is not afraid even if he doesn’t understand. There are many people in the Zhou Dynasty who don’t understand this. As long as the guy in front of him can explain it to himself and collect enough money for the Ministry of Household Affairs, that’s fine.
Feng Ziying was not polite and went straight to tell her thoughts, "... It's as simple as that. Take out some businesses that are indeed promising, have stable profits, or are easy to monetize. For example, the Wusongkou Shipyard of the Tang family covers an area of 100,000 square meters." Twenty acres, four shipyards, and two piers. It has always been the largest shipyard in Songjiang and Suzhou. It basically monopolizes the manufacturing of large and small ships in Songjiang and Suzhou. It has solid assets and stable profits. The assessed asset value is 600,000 taels,..."
“…, I also invited Ningbo Su Zingxian to negotiate the purchase, but Su Zingxian is expanding his own Ningbo shipyard and cannot afford so much money,…”
"..., the Zhuo family in Nantong Prefecture owns a shipyard and its business is not bad, so they intend to acquire the Wusongkou Shipyard. However, the Zhuo family is not strong enough and can only get one hundred thousand taels of silver. Even if he borrows money from Haitong Bank, it will only be We could borrow 100,000 taels, but we were still short of 400,000. In fact, many people in Songjiang and Suzhou were optimistic about the Wusongkou Shipyard. Many of them were maritime trade merchants, timber merchants and ship owners related to the shipbuilding industry. However, these people did not have the strength. , Secondly, they themselves have no experience in this industry to operate, what should they do?”
“…, so I was wondering if I could try splitting the shares and listing them for trading,…”
Guo Zhengyu listened very carefully. Every word that came out of Feng Ziying's mouth was carefully inquired to understand.
(End of this chapter)