"In order to ensure that businessmen can get the greatest guarantee when going overseas, Lord Li decided to form a chamber of commerce himself. All businessmen who are willing to join the chamber of commerce can go overseas to do business with Lord Li."
"The number of places is limited. Tonight at Zuichun Tower, Mr. Li will conduct business negotiations with the Chamber of Commerce. Businessmen who are willing to participate, please participate."
Government servants were beating gongs and drums one after another at the inn, at the city gate and on the street.
These businessmen did not expect that Hepu County would participate in any chamber of commerce when it opened to the sea, which made them confused for a moment.
Some of the earliest businessmen who followed Li Jin had long been accustomed to this matter.
The reason why Shanghu County was able to rise rapidly back then was precisely because of the formation of chambers of commerce. Basically, every industry has a chamber of commerce, which can quickly make an industry bigger and stronger.
After all, in a chamber of commerce, Li Jin carries out unified integration and management. There is no need for vicious competition. Under a virtuous cycle, there will be no waste of resources and internal friction, and the industry can develop more healthily.
Now that Li Jin wants to repeat his old tricks in Hepu County, he is naturally sought after by businessmen from Shanghu County.
That night, all the businessmen in Hepu County swarmed into Zuichun Tower. Although they didn't know what Li Jin was up to, the businessmen's sense of smell was still very sensitive.
Li Jin looked at the overcrowded brothel, but this time he did not come forward to shout out, but directly gave the opportunity to Zhu Biao.
Li Jin only made an opening statement at the beginning, and then Zhu Biaolai took full charge of the investment conference.
Under the auspices of Zhu Biao, the investment conference went very smoothly. Basically all the businessmen paid to invest in the overseas chamber of commerce established by Li Jin.
This time Li Jin only raised less than five million taels of silver. For him, five million taels of silver was enough for him to do many things.
Immediately, large ships began to gather at the port in Hepu County, and the first sea voyage was imminent. Li Jin took the money and continued to be an infrastructure maniac.
A series of infrastructure such as highways, expanded ports, and shipyards were all built. For the subsequent war, Li Jin even built a small military factory.
Of course, the main role of the military factory is to provide ammunition, and the production of weapons also needs to be provided by Shanghai County.
Time passed in the blink of an eye, and half a month passed. During this half month, merchants in Hepu County were very busy. They kept transporting supplies to Hepu County every day.
Cloth, ceramics, silk and other specialties of the Ming Dynasty were continuously obtained from everywhere in order to follow Li Jin's fleet to sea and make a fortune.
Waiting until all preparations were completed, Zhu Di, under Li Jin's order, began to lead the fleet and started the first sea voyage in Hepu County.
The value of the goods shipped this time was close to 3 million taels of silver. Li Jin stipulated that the Municipal Shipping Department collect one-tenth of the tax. In other words, Li Jin collected 300,000 taels of silver for Hepu County in just one voyage. .
With the tax level of Hepu County, these 300,000 taels are enough for them to collect for twenty years, but they may not be able to collect it all.
With money, Li Jin frantically mobilized the natives around Hepu County to recruit, hire, and provide relief.
Li Jin used all his strength to continuously pull the natives out of the mountains, and then invested in the entire infrastructure of Qinzhou without hesitation.
Nowadays, the construction of the expressway from Hepu to Maoming, Guangdong has begun. In addition, there are seven highways leading to Sichuan, Guangxi, Hunan and other places, all of which are planned.
