Chapter 447 All interpretation rights belong to this trading company
Chapter 447 All interpretation rights belong to this trading company
Author: The best is like no water
Chapter 447 All interpretation rights belong to this trading company
"The black soil of Goguryeo is so fertile that you can produce oil and water even if you grab a handful of it."
Li Yunze seriously introduced, "Such a wealthy place, as long as it is properly arranged, it is not difficult to feed tens of millions of people. How can it be used as a feudal state?"
Li Er, who frowned slightly, thought for a while, "But it's cold in the north."
"We have cotton-padded clothes and quilts." Li Yunze immediately stated, "There are also a lot of coal and iron mines in Goguryeo. The coal is mined to make briquette stoves. The house is very warm in winter."
Limited by industrial production capacity, Li Er does not pay too much attention to other minerals except gold and silver because the demand is not large.
Of course, if the Tang Dynasty had the industrial strength of later generations of China, then even the islands would have to be scouted to see if there were any minerals.
However, the fertile land was enough to impress Li Er.
In the agricultural age, nothing was more important than fertile soil.
"I originally wanted Ke'er to go to Goguryeo."
Li Er muttered a few words, looking a little regretful.
Although he decided to establish a virtuous man, he still had a bottom line deep in his heart, that is, the heir must be the legitimate son of Empress Changsun.
Li Ke, the king of Shu, was very good in terms of ability and character, but it was a pity that his mother was Yang Guang's daughter.
The identity of the former princess almost destined Li Ke to have no chance of inheriting the throne. But precisely because of this, Li Er felt guilty and wanted to compensate her.
"There is a lot of fertile soil in this world."
Li Yunze drew a map with his finger and continued to extend toward the northwest. "There is a piece of black land here similar to Goguryeo. It is very fertile and can be used as a granary."
"How far?"
"It's five thousand miles away from Suiye in the Western Region."
"Five thousand miles?!" Li Er was stunned.
It's already five thousand miles from Chang'an City to Suiye City in the Western Region, and it's still another five thousand miles from Suiye to that black soil granary. Isn't that a thousand miles away!
When he thought of his beloved Li Ke traveling thousands of miles away, Li Er immediately began to frown again.
If we really leave, we will never see each other again for almost the rest of our lives.
Looking at Li Er with a sad face, Li Yunze couldn't help but smile, "Did your Majesty forget about the railway?"
"Um?"
Li Er was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.
By walking or riding a caravan, the long road is naturally out of reach, and the road is also very dangerous.
But if there is a railway, not to mention other things, you can travel at least a hundred miles in an hour, and it will not stop day and night.
One day is a thousand miles, and a distance of ten thousand miles is only a matter of ten days.
If we were in Datang, ten days might not be enough to go to Luoyang City.
After thinking about this, Li Er immediately relaxed and said, "It's okay to say that. If you take the train, you can arrive there in more than half a month at most, so it's not a big deal."
"Forget it." Li Yunze expressed his position seriously. "The most important thing is to build a railway that is thousands of miles long. As of now, the railway to Lanzhou has not been built yet."
Li Er was speechless immediately.
The two railways that have been repaired only cover two thousand miles in total.
This took several years and countless manpower, materials and property.
From Li Er, who had cultivated tens of thousands of miles, to all the civil and military officials in the court, they all went to Pingkangfang to sell themselves, but they couldn't make any money.
Thinking of this, Li Er's mind moved slightly, "Over there in the stock market."
"It's not time yet."
Li Yunze knew that Li Er was eager for quick success again. "It's not time to wield the sickle yet. Didn't Baiqisi say that those wealthy families still have a lot of savings that they haven't spent yet?"
Li Er asked unwillingly, "Is there any other way?"
"have."
Li Yunze nodded and said, "The Changwei Railway can take action."
"Okay." Li Er applauded with a high-five, "Bring out more and find a way to build the road to Lanzhou as soon as possible before continuing to build it to the west."
"I won't come forward in this matter." Li Yunze has already paved the way and is too lazy to act as a villain himself. "Du Gong stepped forward to handle it. This is his duty."
"good."
Li Er hid in the side hall of the Daming Palace, looking at the map and sand table, imagining that his sons would be entrusted to all parts of the world, and he was busy working on the map to open up new territories.
Li Yunze returned to Lijiazhuang and was busy communicating with Li Lizhi in depth.
The matter of defrauding the powerful family will naturally fall on Du Ruhui's head.
Just like Li Yunze said, he is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue who manages the money bag, so of course he is responsible for the money fraud.
After receiving the notice, Du Ruhui cursed and threw all the offending things in his mind at me, but he could only summon the representatives of the wealthy families in Beijing, headed by Wu Xing Qiwang, for a meeting.
Right here in the main hall of the household department, a group of representatives of wealthy families looked at Du Ruhui in surprise, not knowing what they were calling him and others to come to discuss.
Originally, Du Ruhui invited Duan Lun, Minister of Industry, to support the scene, or to bear the infamy together.
After all, the funds to build the railway came from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but it was the Ministry of Works, which could be considered a relevant department, that did the work and supervised the work.
But Duan Lun was a shrewd man and directly said that he was bored playing with stone lions when he was at home and injured his foot and could not come back.
Using this excuse, Du Ruhui really wanted to say, 'Why don't I smash you to death, you old cunning guy!'
He had no choice but to do it himself.
"Everyone." After greetings, Du Ruhui finally got down to business, "There are some obstacles on the railway from Chang'an to Shu."
Everyone's expressions suddenly changed.
They invested millions of dollars in this railway!
"Dare I ask Mr. Du?" The head of the Lu family in Fan Yang had the highest status at this time, so he came to ask, "What happened?"
"The road to Shu is difficult to travel. Not only is it difficult to transport construction materials, but the civilians are also making noises." Du Ruhui covered his forehead with a look of embarrassment, "Moreover, the transported materials often fell off the cliff, and the losses were considerable.
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Everyone looked at each other in shock, and the patriarch of the Fan Yang Lu family asked again, "What does Du Gong mean?"
"It means that the budget has exceeded the standard." Du Ruhui simply spread his hands, "The goods you invested before are not enough."
As soon as these words came out, there was finally an uproar.
Some younger people were so angry that they immediately stood up and shouted, "We all paid for real money. When we made the deposit, it was clearly written. What does it mean that there is not enough money? Do you want me to wait and continue to pay?"
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"exactly."
Du Ruhui took out the text that he had previously discussed with the investment consortium and found a line of small words in a book that was more than a hundred pages thick and filled with countless articles.
"Everyone, please take a look." He pointed this line to everyone, "If there is force majeure, the consequences shall be borne by the investor."
"We know this." The patriarch of the Fan Yang Lu clan also shouted angrily, "But the so-called force majeure, isn't it agreed to be war, fire, fire, meteorites falling from the sky, etc.?"
"You still haven't seen it clearly."
Du Ruhui pointed his finger at the last line of writing: "All interpretation rights belong to this trading company. This sentence means that the trading company has the final say on what is a force majeure event."
"What is the right of interpretation?" Everyone gathered around and looked at the copy carefully, and there really was a sentence like "What on earth does this mean!"
"That is to say, the troubles we are encountering now are force majeure."
Du Ruhui also simply showed off his cards, "Let's put it this way, if you can invest more, the railway can continue to be built. If you don't invest, then I don't know when it will be repaired."
After all, he still wanted wealth, and everyone understood.
But when he understood, he became even angrier, and repeatedly accused Du Ruhui of not keeping his words. How could he go back on what he had agreed to do?
We had agreed to invest three thousand and one miles per mile, and now we have to invest more. The court has no credibility at all!
"This matter has nothing to do with the imperial court."
Du Ruhui wiped his face and immediately turned cold, "This is the agreement between you and the trading company. It is also the trading company that works, and the court is just supervising."
Li Yunze had long known that there would be such disputes when cutting leeks, so he had already used construction companies as outsourcing entities to cooperate with investors.
The imperial court was jumping up and down in this process as if it was in charge of everything, but in fact, when it came down to black and white, everything was owned by the construction company.
This really opened everyone's eyes. Working on such a big project has nothing to do with the imperial court?
Facing everyone's angry spit, Du Ruhui, who looked as usual, held a tea bowl and slowly drank tea, all in front of everyone that he was performing ventriloquism.
But as the words became more and more unpleasant, and as the saliva continued to spray into the tea bowl, even Du Ruhui couldn't help but get angry.
He placed the tea bowl heavily on Hu's table and scolded with a cold face, "It's useless to say anything now! You can either invest more and continue to build the railway. Or you can just give up. This railway will have nothing to do with you in the future."
"Why?! We invested millions of dollars!"
"That's right! With so much wealth, you can already make a lot of money by investing in the stock market."
"It's just that I can't bear to wait for so much wealth to be lost at the drop of a hat~~~"
A large group of people were chattering and venting their anger. Unfortunately, Du Ruhui remained unmoved. He kept saying the same thing over and over again: "Either invest more or give up."
"Duke Du," the head of the Fan Yang Lu family said bitterly, "I can't wait any longer. Return the property to us. We can invest it in the stock market, which is better than investing in some railway."
"Yes, refund the money!"
"Refund the money?" Du Ruhui immediately sneered, "The goods you invested have been replaced by labor and equipment, and the rails have been laid in Lizhou. Where can I get the money back?"
"If you want money, you can hire people to dismantle the repaired rails. In my head, if you dismantle the rails, the construction company will not accept them. They can only melt them and sell them for iron.
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Datang's iron output soared rapidly, and an important impact was the plummeting price of iron.
Not to mention how much labor and transportation capacity is required to dismantle those rails, even if they are dismantled, if the construction company does not accept them, how much money can be made from selling the scrap iron.
Not to mention that even if the rails are melted, it will still cost a lot of money. At the very least, the fuel cost will be astronomical.
After a meaningless quarrel, the representatives of the wealthy families who gradually calmed down began to discuss with each other.
Finally, the head of the Fan Yang Lu family came forward and asked, "Dong Du, how much does it cost to invest?"
Du Ruhui's face showed a smile, he raised his hand and made a gesture, "Six hundred thousand guan is enough."
This is what Li Yunze told him. Don't let the lion speak loudly at the beginning, and start with the less.
When the accumulated investment reaches a certain level that the Guandong Rich Family Group is reluctant to give up, then the price will be raised aggressively.