"You can only get 60 taels of interest for one thousand taels, and the interest will be calculated from the fifteenth year of Hongxing... I'm afraid this stock won't be distributed, right?"
"Yes, the land in this new continent is not worth much, right? Doesn't it mean that you can get a piece of land with nothing?"
"Being in power and leading the discussion, how about we submit a memorial to His Majesty and revise it together?"
"Yes, yes, please change it again. How about giving me more land or paying more interest?"
In the Council Hall of the United States of New Zealand, after listening to Zheng Cai explain the conditions for issuing new shares, the members began to express different opinions.
Of course, you can't speak casually. You have to raise your hands to speak, just like a primary school student in class. Emperor Zhu was not familiar with the affairs of the parliament, so he held a "primary school student meeting."
And these "major shareholders" are really kind-hearted, actually speaking for the interests of small shareholders... Emperor Zhu, who was listening to politics in a cubicle, was also a little dumbfounded. This major shareholder in the early stage of capitalism turned out to be the same. For beginners, there is still a lot of room for improvement!
Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong winked at Huang Xiaobao, who was also in the cubicle, and asked him to go out and shout "The Emperor is here".
Zhu Cixi's method of "listening to politics in a cubicle" was learned from the Ottoman Empire. This is how the Sultan played. After Emperor Zhu heard what others said, he thought it was very good, so he took it to the political meeting and used it - he was a great leader of his generation, what a deterrent he was! If you want to sit on the throne, you are so powerful in Wei Jiahai. Who dares to speak freely?
So he simply made a small room, where he could drink tea and eat fruits while listening to politics. Sometimes he could also read a memorial or something...
"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived, and all the officials are respectfully welcoming him!"
When Huang Xiaobao shouted, the "kind-hearted major shareholders" did not dare to speak. They all stood up and bowed - still bowed, not kowtowed. Because Zhu Cixiang asked people to arrange the political meeting like a classroom, with rows of tables below. It’s very inconvenient to kowtow. I don’t know whether I should kowtow standing on the table or get under the table... Moreover, the rows of tables and chairs are quite crowded. What can I easily bump into when I kneel down and kowtow?
"I respectfully send you your holy greetings!"
One hundred, seventy-eighty members (the full capacity is 200, but some people always ask for leave and cannot come) and about a dozen officials from the ruling government bowed to Emperor Zhu and paid their respects.
Zhu Cixi strode to the throne, then sat down, looked at the MPs below, raised his hands and said with a smile: "Sit down, everyone, sit down..."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Everyone thanked them and then sat down obediently like elementary school students. Emperor Zhu smiled and looked at the wealthy congressmen in red robes - this is the benefit of establishing the capital in Nanjing, the emperor can directly go to these wealthy people to collect money!
There are many ways to make money, but the prerequisite is to find a rich person! Otherwise, it’s useless for you to talk about breaking the sky...
"I have heard all your questions," Zhu Cixang smiled, "I won't answer them for now, but I want to ask you a few questions. The first question is, do you know the standards for granting land to marquises in the United States?"
Someone immediately raised their hands, and Zhu Cihong winked at Huang Xiaobao, who immediately named Cao Huachun's cheap son Cao Wenbao.
Cao Huachun has passed away now, leaving behind a noble family!
This Cao Wenbao is now the Qinghou of Kenan Wu, but he did not enter the United States Congress as a nobleman by taking the "unpaid special shares", but instead paid 100,000 taels of silver to subscribe for a special share.
The reason for this is that Cao Huachun faded out of politics after arriving in Jiangnan and went to do business with his nephew. This old man still had a few tricks up his sleeve, and the 70-year-old actually succeeded in starting a business. He opened Caoji Silk Shop, Caoji Tea House, Caoji Grain Shop, and Caoji Sauce Garden. It was not a "high-tech" industry, but it was successful and impressive, giving Cao Wenbao He left behind a large family fortune.
Although Cao Wenbao was a marquis, because he was the son of Cao Huachun, he always lacked confidence, so he "bought in" the United States Congress, and would attend every meeting, rain or shine, and would not let anyone show up in front of the emperor. Chance.
"Your Majesty, the standard for land granting by the Marquis of the United States is the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, both of which are 2,500 acres."
Zhu Cixiang had relatively tight control over the scale of granting land to nobles. Only the county prince's family can get 5,000 acres of granted land, and in addition to the granted land, the only treatment the county prince can get is a royal palace and nothing else.
In other words, if the county prince has no official position and is just a prince, then he can only stay in the palace and earn rent... Zhu Cihuan, the fifth brother of Zhu Cihong, the prince of Chongqing, is now a short-term prince. Wang, the whole family guards 5,000 acres of land to collect rent, and life is very tight.
Zhu Cixiang nodded and said: "A marquis only has 2,500 acres of land. Isn't it a little less? The United States is not like the Ming Dynasty. The land is vast and sparsely populated, and the land cannot be rented out at a good price. Can a mere 2,500 acres of land support a noble family?" I'm afraid it's not enough? Cao Wenbao, what do you think?"
"It's not enough, it's definitely not enough..." Cao Wenbao shook his head repeatedly, "It has to be 20,000 to 30,000 acres, right? And it has to be managed well, using grassland rotation, raising more livestock, and building water conservancy."
Zhu Cixiang nodded: "Your family is a baron, right? How much land does a baron have? There is a big gap between 20,000 and 30,000 acres, right? How do you plan to make up for it?"
"Subscribe for common shares," Cao Wen finally understood what Zhu Cihong meant, "subscribe for 20,000 shares!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "There are only 29.98 million shares left to raise... You should hurry up! If you miss the opportunity now, there will be no such cheap land in the future!"
Someone in the audience raised their hand again. Zhu Cixiang glanced at that person and said with a smile, "It's Yun Shangqian. What do you want to ask?"
The person who raised his hand was Yun Shangqian, the general manager of the Salt Merchant Bank. He was originally a steward of a large salt merchant in Yangzhou. He took the lead when Zhu Cixi was rectifying the salt business. He has been working in the Salt Merchant Bank since then. He has worked conscientiously for more than ten years and is now a director. The general manager of the Salt Trading Company naturally has a lot of savings.
But being rich but not expensive always makes people feel uneasy!
"Your Majesty," Yun Shangqian asked, "Do you mean that this kind of United States stock with a face value of 1,000 taels will still rise?"
Zhu Cixiang smiled and asked, "Shangqian, you are the general manager of the Salt Trading Company, didn't you know?"
"My lord, I am stupid."
Zhu Cihong said: "One tael of silver and one acre of land! How can this be a loss? Besides...are you really going to give your son only a baron of the United States and a few hundred acres of land? Don't you think it's a little less? Really? You’ve already bought 100,000 taels of special shares, so why can’t you spend tens of thousands more taels to buy special shares in exchange for land? Will you, the general manager of the Salt Trading Company, be able to settle the score?"
yes!
The nobles and wealthy people present all felt that Emperor Zhu’s words made sense!
You’ve already spent a lot of money, why don’t you buy some more land for the dandies?
Emperor Zhu added: "In addition, this thousand acres of land can be bought by not just those of you sitting here...all the officials and citizens of the Ming Dynasty can buy it. What is the current price of land in Jiangnan? One thousand taels of silver is enough." That's dozens of acres of land. How many shares can you share in the family business of dozens of acres of land? Why not sell it and exchange it for stocks in the United States of Xinzhou. You can earn 60 taels of interest here in Ming Dynasty. When the situation in Xinzhou opens up, there will be 1,000 acres of land is enough for 10 children and grandchildren! Isn’t it?”
yes!
Nowadays, among the rich farmers in the Jiangnan area who own dozens of acres of land, many of them have children and grandchildren. Do they have enough land? Should I sell it to buy a large piece of land in Xinzhou?
Zhu Cixi smiled and said: "How many shares were issued this time? It's only 30,000 shares... I'm afraid you people will eat half of it. What's the remaining 15,000 shares enough? Ming Dynasty doesn't have 15,000 shares." Thousands of people want to buy a piece of land in America for their children and grandchildren? So the common stocks of this United States will definitely rise!"
He didn't finish what he said, and the only thing left was: If it doesn't rise for a while, I'll speculate on it and keep it rising to the sky! When the price rises, I will issue new shares at a high price... and then circle 50 million taels, and that should be enough!
