For 30% of the shares, gold members of Yuelai Trading Company can purchase 1% of the shares. If gold members want to purchase more, they only have the right of first refusal at the same price.
In addition, silver members also enjoy the right of first refusal at the same price, but it is lower than that of gold members. In fact, there are not many silver members who have not purchased. The Merchants Chamber of Commerce established by Bailing and others is named after the merchants. Almost most of the named chambers of commerce have silver members and a small number of brass members.
They were given a 10% share. If they purchased it individually, they would definitely not be able to buy the 10% share.
Today Li Ke has dispersed the shares as much as possible, and before coming, he actually asked Tian Meng to secretly greet some businessmen in advance and told them that today's share purchase depends on money. These businessmen alone must definitely It is impossible to purchase it. Let them discuss it privately and unite first. It is best to simply purchase it in the name of the Chamber of Commerce.
Because the gold members of Yuelai Trading Company have five surnames, one for each family of Qiwang. Oh, the Zheng family in Xingyang does not have them, but the Zheng family in Chang'an does. That's seven places, and Li Shiji has one, eight places, which will occupy 8% of the shares, leaving 24% of the shares. They are the strongest, and if they take action, they will probably buy the most.
"Datang Shipping Company has split a total of 10,000 shares, and the price of one share is 1,000. This time it is a bidding method. Everyone bids openly."
"Now let me tell you what the Tang Shipping Company is mainly doing. The purpose of the business is very simple, which is to trade with the Western Regions by shipping. However, because I will be directly responsible for it in the early stage, the specific trade will not be announced to you yet."
"Now you can bid." Li Ke said with a smile.
Everyone: "..."
Your Highness, what you said is equivalent to not saying anything, but they are helpless. Li Ke doesn't want to say it, and they can't help it. And this time, Li Ke also has no restrictions. It's still the same. You agree with me, you don't have to buy it. , whether to participate or not is entirely up to you.
Soon the follow-up auction started directly. These families did not care about the money at all for the 1% shares of the gold members. They must have purchased them directly. The remaining auctions were based on 0.1% of the shares and were auctioned directly to the outside world.
At first, these aristocratic families wanted to take a look, but after the auction started, the enthusiasm of these businessmen made all the aristocratic families unable to sit still. This bid is too fierce.
What shocked these wealthy families even more was that the merchants at this auction did not purchase them individually, but in the name of the Chamber of Commerce.
What surprised Li Ke was that the names of these chambers of commerce matched some of the ones in his memory. The names of the chambers of commerce were very simple.
Shanxi merchants, Hui merchants, Yue merchants, Lu merchants, Yang merchants, Gan merchants and Dongting chamber of commerce.
These merchants seemed to have discussed it, and they all used the names of the main vassal states in their areas during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Needless to say, Shanxi merchants, for example, the Huizhou Chamber of Commerce actually had its prototype in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, although there was no chamber of commerce. , but their local businessmen have actually united long ago.
This time it happened to be established directly by taking advantage of this opportunity.
The Yue merchants were collectively established by all the merchants near Guangzhou, because there used to be various large and small Yangyue, Minyue, Nanyue, etc. here. This is the origin of Guangdong later.
Yangshang is the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, which was united by merchants near Yangzhou. This is likely to be the prototype of the later Zhejiang Merchants and Ningbo Chamber of Commerce. The Dongting Chamber of Commerce is a union of businessmen around Dongting Lake.
It can only be said that there must be coincidences in history. The names of these chambers of commerce were chosen by these businessmen themselves. Li Ke did not teach them, but they chose these names themselves.
The wealthy families took a total of 12% of the shares, and the remaining 18% were won by direct bidding from these seven chambers of commerce.
As for how they distribute it in the future, that is their own business.
The half-percent that Li Ke asked for was actually for distribution to some people. For example, his three married sisters came from the half-percent shares. Each of the three of them gave 0.1% of the shares.
The 10% share purchased by the Merchants Chamber of Commerce is also worth one million yuan at the same price as the royal family.
The total auction premium for the remaining 30% of the shares was about 132%, which means 3.96 million yuan was auctioned.
In the end, the total funds of the entire commercial bank were: 9.96 million yuan, and Li Ke himself did not spend a penny.
Since it is an officially operated trading company, all personnel must be paid salaries, such as sailors, housekeepers, accountants, etc., and Li Ke naturally has to pay them.
The other thing is the ships. Datang Shipping Company will naturally have to pay for the ships built by Yu Wenlin and others.
At present, the cost of these ships cannot be calculated. How to put it? If the ship is only 1,200 tons, the cost is about 10,000 yuan. According to what Yu Wenlin is currently building, that is, the bottom keel and the part below the draft are covered with a layer of iron sheet. It does not need to be too much. Thick, that is, a few millimeters thick, using riveting technology to verify the technology and strengthen the strength of the ship's keel.
The cost is actually only 20,000 guan. Of course, this cost refers to the cost of Li Ke's iron smelting, but according to the cost of iron smelting in the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated to increase to 200,000 guan in an instant.
But the price is too expensive. If you sell it like this, it will be difficult to sell it when the time comes.
So Li Ke set the price of a 1,200-ton ship at 100,000 yuan per ship, so as to make less profit. Many people may find this price incredible. After all, some luxury goods in Datang are so expensive, right?
In fact, in ancient times, this was the real situation. The luxury goods used by the rich and aristocratic families were so expensive, as well as the cost of some large objects, that later generations found it incredible to compare.
In later generations, people will wonder how a ship can be inferior to dozens of pieces of silk, even if it is extremely luxurious? But that's luxury.
In fact, many modern luxury goods are similar. A car costs hundreds of millions. The basic price of a domestically produced Type 99 main battle tank is only 16 million. One sports car can buy many tanks.
The price of luxury goods in the Tang Dynasty was more fragmented than in modern times, because the main costs of shipbuilding manpower, wood, and craftsmen were too low in the Tang Dynasty. A piece of top-notch silk can employ hundreds of ordinary people for several years.
This is the result of Li Ke spending money to hire workers. If it was built by the Tang Dynasty official and the manpower was performed by corvees, the cost would be lower.
For a 100,000-ton ship with a displacement of 1,200 tons, Datang Shipping Company directly placed a deposit to purchase 20 ships first! This is only 2 million yuan, and I will continue to buy more in the future!
In addition, Li Ke purchased a total of 30,000 sets from Chang'an Sixteenth Guards of Tang Dynasty at the price of 80 pieces per pair. At this price, the Tang Dynasty court ordered another 20,000 sets of new armors from Yuelai Trading Company for subsequent replacement, waiting for subsequent shipment to Guangzhou. A total of 30,000 sets of armors cost 2.4 million guan.
