Although the body of Ma Hanshan is a Dasong person, his soul has traveled from another time and space. Therefore, many of his behaviors are incompatible with the original Dasong person. These incompatibles cannot be judged as good or bad, such as
, today’s meeting, if he had been a complete great person, the result would have been different.
From reducing production and raising prices of Zuixianjiu to opening up new horizons and importing grain, gold, silver, copper and iron from abroad, this is the result of today's meeting.
Ma Hanshan remembered that the gold and silver reserves of Japan were still quite large, and the copper and iron reserves of the Korean Peninsula were also very rich. He also remembered the approximate locations of these large mines. Whether they are developed now is his responsibility.
Tell Zhang Ziji the news. The Zhang family are experts in overseas trade. As long as it is profitable, I believe he will invest abroad.
Of course, the wood from Japan, Goryeo, Tomcheng and other countries is also needed by Ma Hanshan, and he also hopes that the Zhang family's fleet can transport it back.
Ma Hanshan strongly encouraged and offered high prices for the Zhang family to purchase grain and metal lumber from abroad, hoping to stimulate more people to explore overseas. Although Dasong has stricter maritime trade regulations, it is not like the Ming Dynasty in another time and space.
Maritime ban, this is something that Ma Hanshan praised the emperor very much. No one is allowed to go to sea. Damn it, your uncle, you have to tie your own hands and feet and ruin your own development opportunities in vain. It is really stupid.
For the purchase of grain, dried fruits, fruits, fruit wine and other businesses, the prices offered by Ma Hanshan were not low. Needless to say, Shen Wuwan also went all out for the purchase. Profit is the driving force for businessmen, and it is redundant to say anything else.
The profits from horse-drawn carriages and mixed fertilizers must be huge, but the negotiation could not be concluded today because Mahanshan’s asking price was too high, and there were many restrictions. It not only stipulated the sales area and price, but also stipulated different buying and selling conditions for some specific objects. For example, mixed fertilizers
Fertilizer, the first transaction is with farmers who rent their crops for a long time, the second transaction object is those individuals who own small amounts of land, and finally the big landowners and wealthy gentry, and it is stipulated that the total amount of mixed fertilizer sold to them cannot exceed
The number of acres they need to register with the government.
Ma Hanshan was extremely disgusted with big landowners and wealthy gentry, because they exploited tenant farmers too much and did not treat others as human beings. Moreover, they also evaded taxes in hiding, which was really abominable. He praised the poor people in the country.
The gentry are rich because there are too many of them.
Dasong's tax system is already weird. A large number of gentry, wealthy families and officials do not have to pay taxes, but those farmers who have no land and no land have to bear the highest tax burden. It is simply unreasonable. Of course, these things cannot be changed by Mahanshan.
Therefore, his business had to be done in a "discriminatory" way.
But if he does this, the merchants will be in great trouble. They don't dare to offend these wealthy gentry. Moreover, even if they dare to offend them, how much manpower and material resources will be spent to verify the data.
The expansion of Wagonzhai required huge investments. Negotiations with the four-wheeled carriages and the agents of the mixed fertilizer were not successful. Mahanshan was unable to raise a large amount of money for a while, which made him very distressed. However, the passenger transport company was established very smoothly.
It will be opened soon. The first to be opened are several short-distance routes near Lin'an. The long-distance routes confirmed to be opened are Lin'an to Jianjiang, Lin'an to Guangling's Linguang line, and Lin'an to Ezhou, a thoroughfare for nine provinces. The Lin'e line is considered
Since the route is super long-distance, Ma Hanshan hopes to open a route from Lin'an to Xiangfan, but shareholders object, saying it is unclear whether these routes can be profitable, so we will operate two long-distance routes first.
Well, Ma Hanshan only gave out ideas. Although it was expected to make money, the real situation would only be known after operation, so Ma Hanshan did not insist on it.
What worries him now is money, which has always bothered him.
"Master, Shopkeeper Shen is here to visit." In the evening, after dinner, Ma Hanshan hid in his "pavilion bed" to enjoy the cool air. There were too many mosquitoes and the weather was too hot. He couldn't sit anywhere else, so he had to hide here.
"Invite him in and let him change his shoes." Ma Hanshan didn't want to go to the living room. The heat was unbearable, but the mosquitoes were unbearable.
After a while, Shen Wuwan entered the pavilion with a gauze tent.
"Boss Shen, we have only been separated for two hours and you are here again. Why are you so obsessed with us that we can't leave you for a long time? Unfortunately, I only like women and am not interested in men." Ma Hanshan said jokingly, looking at Shopkeeper Shen.
"Shen thought that Brother Ma would be sad if he didn't raise any money. Now it seems that I was wrong. For Master Ma Dazhao, money is no reason to worry at all." Shen Wuwan said with a smile.
"Of course, people who worry about money are the stupidest. Is there anything easier than making money?" Ma Hanshan said disapprovingly.
"Really? So Brother Ma has been solved?" When others said such things, Shen Wuwan would definitely think of him as a lunatic, but when Ma Hanshan said such things, he believed it because this kid created too many things. What a miracle.
Although Ma Hanshan has methods, these methods require sharing interests with others. Ma Hanshan is not afraid to share interests with others, but he is not willing to share too many interests with others, nor is he willing to share interests with others in that way. Therefore, he In fact, I am still worried.
What solution does he have? The simplest and most direct way is to raise funds. You can set up a separate company to raise funds, or you can use an investment company to raise funds, and then invest in Waganzhai.
However, he doesn't want to do this, it's very troublesome, and he's afraid that he won't be able to have absolute control in the future. What he wants is that whether it's Wagonzhai, a special zone, or a certain company, he must have absolute control. This is not a dictatorship. , this is the necessary control in a special period. This era will usher in great changes, and absolute control must be in your own hands.
Of course, he also has very simple methods of fundraising and technology transfer.
Wagonzhai has accumulated a lot of products. Every product can make a lot of money when it is put on the market. Therefore, for every technology and every product, if he is willing to transfer it, a lot of people are willing to pay for it.
"What about solving some problems? Do you think Shopkeeper Shen wants to give me some money?" Ma Hanshan actually hasn't decided how to solve it yet, but he can only talk to Shen Wuwan about solving some problems.
"Oh..." Shen Wuwan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He suddenly felt that he was cheap, because he came to give money to Ma Hanshan. If Ma Hanshan solved the problem, his money would not be given away. If he could not give away the money, he would not be able to get the favor that Ma Hanshan owed.
The favor that Ma Hanshan owed was very valuable, and now he still had a chance, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is Shopkeeper Shen here to give you some money?" Ma Hanshan said with narrowed eyes.
"Yes, I'm just here to give you some money, but it's not much, only two million taels." Shen Wuwan said.
"What conditions?" Two hundred is not bad. Ma Hanshan really wants to hear Shen Fifty Wan's conditions. It is impossible to give money unconditionally.
Tread!
Xiaoyue's footsteps sounded again, and she told Ma Hanshan across the swimming pool that Zhang Caidong was visiting.
Well, it was really lively. It was getting dark, Shen Wuwan came, and Zhang Zi actually came too.
"Please come in." Ma Hanshan ordered, then gently shook his head at Shen Wuwan and said, "You guys... ugh... I have to thank you... but why didn't you say it during the meeting during the day?"
The reason why Ma Hanshan said this was that he guessed that Zhang Zilai's purpose was the same as Shen Wuwan's, and he also wanted to give him money.
"Does Brother Ma know Zhang Caidong's purpose?" Shen Wuwan said with a smile.
"Can't Shopkeeper Shen guess it?" Ma Hanshan said with a smile.
"He's also here to give money. Zhang Caidong...it's such a big place...it's really rare that the money buried in the ground is willing to dig out and give it to Brother Ma." Shen Wuwan said this, but in his heart, he was thinking, Zhang Zi will open the door. What are the conditions?
A businessman cannot afford to give up early if there is no profit. If he offers unconditional help, no one will believe it, and Ma Hanshan will not accept it. For him, if something can be solved with money, he will never owe any favors.
Money is easy to earn, but favors are hard to repay.
Within a few words, Zhang Zi came in and was stunned for a moment when he saw that Shen Wuwan was also there.
"Haha, Zhang Caidong, I didn't expect you to know that Brother Ma has new tea here." Shen Wuwan said with a smile, which meant that he was here to drink tea.
"Brother Shen, why do you always like to tell lies? Do you need to be so hypocritical in front of Brother Ma? You want to help Brother Ma, isn't Mr. Zhang unwilling to help? There is strength in numbers, and we can do it together. With strength, won't Brother Ma's matter be settled?" Zhang Zi actually directly exposed Shen Wuwan's hypocrisy.
"Haha, yes, yes..." Shen Wuwan could only fake a smile. Damn it, Zhang Zi, can you not be so direct?
Ma Hanshan looked at these two old foxes, a little dumbfounded, but also a little moved.
In business, these two old guys would not give in in business during the day, which Ma Hanshan understood. But outside of business, they kept sending money. No matter what their purpose was, Ma Hanshan was still a little touched.
"Brother Ma, in a word, has Shopkeeper Shen helped you solve the money issue? If it hasn't been solved yet, I can help you get it together. However, the money is not much, and you know that although I am known as the richest man, most of it is land. The most I can take out is three million taels of silver." Zhang Zi was much more straightforward than Shen Wuwan.
"Haha, for me, money means the more soldiers the better when Han Xin orders it. No amount is enough. But Zhang Caidong, what are your conditions for these three hundred taels?" Ma Hanshan said with a smile.
For him, there was really not enough money, there were too many things to do, and everything was like a bottomless pit. He suddenly felt that he was on a pirate ship, running a country's affairs with his own efforts. This...this is too...too overestimating one's abilities.
"I'll lend you three million taels, and you can pay the interest as you wish. No other conditions are attached. Our business will be as it should be." Zhang Zi deserves to be the richest man, but it's easier than Shen Fifty Thousand.
It's no wonder that all his money was saved by his ancestors, and the 50,000 yuan he earned was all earned by himself. Moreover, he is still a "wage earner" of the money gang.
"Okay, I'll borrow it, but the interest rate will never be the same as when a landlord lends his wealth to a small farmer... That's a usurious loan that sucks people's marrow. It's a damn bastard loan." Ma Hanshan thought for a while and said, "Let's do it, three million taels." If you lend me a loan for one year, the interest will be one hundred thousand taels to you; if you lend me a loan for two years, the interest will be one hundred and fifty thousand taels."
"Ah, the longer I lend you, the less interest I pay? Brother, how did you calculate this account?" Zhang Zi said in surprise, "However, the interest you paid is too high. We brothers should help each other.
If you hide the money under the bed, you won't get a penny of it, so just give me a few tens of thousands taels as transportation expenses."