Looking at the small island in the distance and then at the shore further away, Quwu let out a long sigh of relief.
This was the first thing he had done after becoming a Taoist priest, so he naturally had to do it properly.
Around the Chinese New Year last year, Qu Wu and Feng Yi came out of seclusion one after another, and they were already Taoist priests when they came out of seclusion.
These days, if you are not a Taoist priest or a minister, you will be embarrassed to be a high-level official in Yancheng. Now that I have finally become a Taoist priest, I naturally have to do things beautifully.
Apart from the official fleet, the remaining half of this first fleet are all private.
Qu Wu knew that soon, Yue State would sell at least one trillion yuan of development bonds on the Yancheng Bond Exchange. These bonds may be used to build roads, or may be used to purchase large-scale storage of magic weapons, specifically used to ensure that the bodies of little monsters and ordinary monsters do not work hard to kill monsters, but in the end they are worthless due to improper preservation. If you save one, it would be a real loss.
In order to make Yue famous, Quwu specially invited many private fleets in addition to the official fleet.
Some of these private fleets are medium-sized families like the Donghai One Hundred and Seventy-Three, and some are from major sects in Yancheng, such as Meihuadao, where Qingmei Taoist is located. This time they sent several large ships, and it is said that they planned to purchase some Vietnamese ships. Some of them have spiritual roots in the country, and some are representatives of rich people who have fled to Yancheng. These rich people are already so poor that they only have money.
It would be too wasteful if the rich continue to hide their money in cellars. Only by letting money circulate and making money can Yancheng be better developed.
"Ahead is the agreed-upon transaction location, Dashi Island. It is said that this island was transformed into a spirit by a demon king after his death. The island is covered with bluestones. Now it has been simply repaired and a market has been built. It is also the location of this transaction.”
"Although the official agreement between the two parties is 100 billion, the goods you brought over are all needed by the country of Yue, and there is a high probability that they can be sold. As for what you want to buy in the country of Yue, it depends on your own negotiation. price.”
"One final reminder, this is Yue State, not Yancheng. This transaction is also the first transaction for both parties, so it must be sincere and honest. Only when both parties are happy in the first transaction can there be second and third transactions later. And now that the floating island is under construction, our annual transactions with Vietnam will start to reach the trillions level."
"The Yue Kingdom is a big country with more than 200 counties. Currently, many counties are occupied by demons and have not yet been developed. When these areas are developed, the annual transaction scale of 10 trillion yuan will be just around the corner. If anyone deliberately harms the other party in this transaction , then I can only deal with business matters."
"Finally, this is the first major event that I have presided over since I became a Taoist priest. I hope you all can give me some face and cooperate with me."
Hearing this, Taoist Qingmei said with a smile: "Of course, who doesn't know that Brother Ou, you are one of the great bachelors in the cabinet and a minister of the emperor. You have already followed the emperor when the Tao Extermination Order was issued. …”
The person carrying the sedan chair looked at Taoist Qingmei in front of him, and Qu Wu was also full of joy: "No, Taoist Qingmei, you are not bad either."
"Who doesn't know that Plum Blossom Dao was the first Daoist tradition to defect to the Lord. After the development in the past few years, the next generation of Plum Blossom Dao has produced several geniuses. I heard that there are several young heroes who have become adults at a young age. I am a disciple of the Plum Blossom Way. And you, fellow Taoist, successfully broke through and became a Taoist priest last year, which is really enviable."
After a while, Qu Wu led everyone to the big stone island and saw Wen Zhong standing here.
As for Gou Jian, he was the Marquis of Yue after all, the true first-generation monarch. How could he take the initiative to come over to greet a group of wealthy businessmen?
Therefore, Gou Jian quietly hid his existence and left it all to Wen Zhong.
Dashi Island is very lively, and a large number of transactions have begun.
This transaction will last for half a month.
Half a month later, the fleet will return to Yancheng together with the floating island.
…
In Huangtian World, Jiang Hua is handling government affairs.
Although I have to work hard to cultivate my body, I still have to deal with government affairs. Therefore, he came to Huangtian World again to handle government affairs here.
This time last year, Yancheng had only fifteen counties.
At this time this year, the map of Yancheng has added four counties in the south, six counties in the north, and seven counties in the west. This makes seventeen counties, and the area has more than doubled.
Moreover, the jungles between counties in the north, west, south and other places have also been opened up one by one, but they are still under construction and cannot be considered complete counties. However, it can be seen from the map planning that once these jungles are developed, Yancheng will add at least 25 new counties.
This leads to a problem: the territory is large, but the population is small!
Even though these twenty-five counties are still being developed, Yancheng now has a total of forty-two counties, and there are forty-two prefects alone.
In principle, government affairs are under the management of Prime Minister Yu, but when the prefect is dissatisfied with a decision of Prime Minister Yu, he will directly write to Jiang Hua and file lawsuits, quarrels, and conflicts with Prime Minister Yu in front of Jiang Hua. Dispute.
But this kind of thing is relatively rare, so Jiang Hua actually handles not too many government affairs every day. What Jiang Hua does most nowadays is to set rules for new things, such as the Yancheng Bond Exchange.
At this moment, Lu Buwei stood beside Jiang Hua and told Jiang Hua his thoughts: "My lord!"
In the past few years, Lu Buwei has long recognized himself as the master, and since taking charge of the Yancheng Bond Exchange, he has never made the slightest mistake. Now everyone says that Lu Buwei is the finance minister of Yancheng.
In terms of age, Lu Buwei is now as old as Jiang Hua. In terms of strength, he has already found his way forward. As long as he accumulates enough, he can soar into the sky.
Since he completely joined Yancheng and recognized Jiang Hua as his master, Lu Buwei wrote a letter and called his old father here.
Lu Buwei's family has been doing business for generations. By the time of Lu Buwei's father's generation, they had already accumulated a lot of money. After the old father came to Yancheng, after a little investigation, he went directly back to his hometown to sell properties, accumulate money, and buy properties in Yancheng by the way.
Today, the Lu family is considered a well-known wealthy business family in Yancheng.
"Master, we have too much money in Yancheng!"
"Since Jinyiwei began to expand to various countries, there have been too many nobles who came to us to avoid trouble for various reasons!"
"Our reputation in Yancheng is already very high. Coupled with Li Sheng's formation, this ensures safety. In this troubled world, safety is the rarest gift."
"In the past, the Taoist priests from the ten counties here and the nobles from the ten counties across the river all sold bonds on the exchange. On average, one family still had 100 billion yuan a year, and the total amount was two trillion yuan a year. Now three By the end of the year, the total amount of debt will be as high as 6 trillion."
"These bonds are bearer and are the safest form of wealth."
"Many big nobles are not interested in the interest on the bonds, but the bonds themselves are guaranteed by the credibility of the big nobles. The three clans of Han, Zhao and Wei in the Jin Kingdom have more than 100 billion worth of money just for their names!"
"The great nobles are interested in the fact that the bonds themselves are not bearer, and anyone who holds the bonds can sell them. In our exchange, bonds can be sold at any time. Although they may rise and fall, they will not be hacked. .”
Most great nobles will consider their children and future generations.
Even wealthy landlords know that when building a house, a jar of silver or a jar of gold or jade must be buried somewhere in the foundation of the house, for no other reason than to protect the family from the loss of their descendants one day. If you lose, you can dig out this pot of money and live a good life without starving to death.
The great nobles only think more about future generations, and even the words "cunning rabbits and three caves" are not enough to describe them.
At this time, they learned about the bonds issued by the Yancheng Bond Exchange. In their view, this was another way out.
With the idea of multiple escape routes, many ministers sent their sons to buy bearer bonds worth ten million or tens of millions. Not for the little interest or the various conditions promised by Taiping Taoist, just to leave a way out for the family.
The great nobles who did this alone were able to wrap up a total of six trillion bonds.
"My lord, last winter, whether it was Xiangliu who attacked Xiangliu, Xinglinghu later, or Senior Lin Er, many great nobles were optimistic about the future of our Yancheng."
"Since then, more big nobles have come to our Yancheng with money."
"These big nobles are getting richer than the last. They raise the price of whatever they buy, which seriously disrupts the normal order."
"Originally, they wanted to buy houses in Yancheng street by street, and then sit there and collect rent. But this is different from our idea in Yancheng, so the purchase of houses in Yancheng is restricted."
"This amount of hot money will definitely increase in the future. The two trillion annual development bonds alone will not be able to digest it all. In the end, most of the hot money will have to be placed in the cellar again, or hidden in a hidden cave. This is a waste. If we guide it well, Yancheng will definitely develop faster!"
Hearing this, Jiang Hua asked: "So, you have already had an idea, let's hear it!"
Lu Buwei swiped and took out a pile of documents: "I copied these documents from the cabinet."
With that said, Lu Buwei picked up the first document above: "This document was written by a school priest himself. It said that he wanted to simplify the heaven-level Taoism to control the wind and rain. If everything goes well, the heaven-level Taoism can control the wind and rain. Simplified into several Earth-level Taoist methods, dozens of Xuan-level Taoist methods, and hundreds of Huang-level Taoist methods."
"In this way, when future generations learn the heaven-level Taoist methods to control the wind and rain, they can start from the initial yellow-level Taoist methods and climb up the steps step by step, and the difficulty of learning will drop drastically."
"He believes that this project requires natural resources and earthly treasures... a pair of water eyes..."
"Together, these things cost about three billion dollars, and they may not be successful."
"Generally speaking, this is actually because the Academy Jijiu wants to learn and study certain Taoist methods, so he applies for an application and brags to see if he can defraud the emperor's government of some money. In the end, when they learn it The Taoist method is all spent on the money of the emperor's government, and there may even be some left over, and it becomes his own."
"In the end, he learned the Taoist teachings and made money. It was perfect."
"In the beginning, the government would also provide some funding. But slowly, more and more people started doing this, and the success rate of the project slowly began to decline. Nowadays, many people apply, and only two are given. The money is earned, and the rest depends on results and output.”
"If this priest is willing to take this project to our bond exchange, and then create a heaven-level Taoist magic to simplify the bonds, as long as it is done well, it will definitely be very popular."
"For example, he can say that if the project is successful, then all those who purchase bonds with an amount of more than 10,000 yuan can learn a simplified yellow-level spell for free. If the amount reaches one million yuan, they can learn all yellow-level spells. And a mysterious level spell."
"If the amount reaches 100 million, you can learn all yellow-level and mysterious-level spells, plus at least one earth-level simplified spell."
"And if it fails, then we will lose time and energy, and everyone will lose money."
"This is a gamble. The bet is the research ability of Jijijiu, and the bet is the vision of investors."
"I feel that if this Jijiu is really willing to do this, then even if he issues 5 billion research bonds, someone will definitely buy it!"
"Once the project of the Academy Festival Masters succeeds, as long as you are willing to share some of the results, it will definitely be very popular!"
Having said this, Lu Buwei once again took out a document: "This document was written to the cabinet by a Taoist priest who came from the cabinet and was sent to serve as county magistrate. It mainly asks for money, people, and treasures."
"The county magistrate said that he had carefully inspected the county's water conservancy situation and planned to build water conservancy projects. It is estimated that after the completion of the entire project, one million acres of dry land can be transformed into paddy fields. If all Taoist people are hired for the entire project, it will take a very short time , it can be completed in one month, but it will cost five billion. If Taoists are used for key and difficult tasks, and local people are mobilized for other construction, it will take three years, and the money will only be about one billion."
"Now, he is crying about poverty. His main purpose is to ask for money and people."
"But the cabinet's money doesn't come from strong winds!"
"Although the cabinet has money, there are more places to spend it."
"For projects like this, it is actually possible to issue water conservancy construction bonds directly on the exchange, with the county as a guarantee, until the future water conservancy project is completed. Millions of acres of paddy fields, using fine seeds and local treasures, coupled with our carefully researched farming methods Fa, it is not difficult to produce ten stones per mu, this is one thousand yuan."
"One million acres of paddy fields, the total annual income is one billion yuan."
"If the county is willing to issue bonds and use the income from the paddy fields in the next twenty years as guarantee, a bond of three billion or even five billion can still be issued. But this kind of bond will definitely take longer and will cost five billion. Years or decades."
"But overall, the county will definitely be able to improve in ten years. Even if it is really not able to improve, there is still the county behind the county, and we have Yancheng above the county."
"It is not impossible to use the money hidden in the cellars of the local tycoons to hire Taoists, build Yancheng, and train more Taoists, even Taoists for all the people!"
"If we want to get rich people to spend money, we just need to be good at telling stories and make them suffocate for their dreams. It's not that difficult!"
"What we have to do is to set relatively strict standards at the beginning. When the success rate increases, we will slowly lower the threshold..."
(End of chapter)
