Du Ruhui's words were extremely kind, "Zhuang Zhuang Li once said that building the railway is a matter of benefit to the country and the people. From now on, the natural chasm will become a road. All investors are good people."
As soon as these words came out, the wealthy family was not proud. On the contrary, someone said in a strange way, "We have invested so much wealth, but we are not doing good things for the villagers."
Du Ruhui, who raised his eyebrows, still smiled, "This is natural. Your investment will naturally be rewarded. Once the railway line is opened, the money will be recycled like a flowing stream."
The rich people are not stupid. They were vaguely aware of the problems here, and someone immediately asked, "Can all the repairs be completed with 600,000 strings?"
"I've seen the progress, and I think it's okay."
"Then if that doesn't work, we'll have to ask Mr. Du for an explanation."
"It's natural."
Du Ruhui agreed simply, but what he was thinking in his mind was, 'After I get the money, I will immediately jump to another yamen, and you won't even be able to get in my door!'
After receiving Du Ruhui's guarantee, everyone felt that Du Ruhui still had face and credibility, and 600,000 yuan seemed to be a lot, but the Guandong Consortium was huge in number, so it would not be that exaggerated if everyone shared it equally.
With reluctance and anger, he finally scraped together the money.
However, no one expected that just over a month later, they would receive another notice saying that the railway they invested in had another problem.
The problem remains the same. As construction becomes more difficult, costs continue to rise, requiring continued investment.
Representatives of local wealthy families stationed in Chang'an City went to Du Ruhui with full of anger, but to their surprise, they couldn't even get in.
The steward of the Du Mansion made it very clear, "This matter is undertaken by the construction company, the Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for the payment, and the Ministry of Works is supervising the progress. My father-in-law has left the position of Minister of the Ministry of Households to recuperate at home. It has nothing to do with my father-in-law. Please go find him."
Go ahead and do it.'
Isn’t this a rogue act?
Everyone was furious, but there was nothing they could do. They couldn't rush into Du's house and arrest him to demand an explanation.
As for impeachment, the emperor ignored it at all.
They couldn't go to Lijiazhuang either, and Li Yunze never gave them a good look, even if they wanted to buy goods from Lijiazhuang.
The Minister of the Ministry of Industry heard that the Minister of the Ministry of Industry had left Chang'an City early and went to supervise the development of the railway line.
Everyone had no choice but to go to Dai Zhou, the newly appointed Minister of Household Affairs, to ask for an explanation.
Li Yunze brought huge technological improvements to Datang, which naturally included medical-related technologies.
The emperor supported it, Li Yunze provided funds and technology, and Sun Simiao stepped in to build a special medical center to provide everyone from top to bottom with more advanced medical assistance than now.
Thanks to this, Dai Zhou, who was supposed to die of illness last year, was still able to take the blame this year.
Dai Zhou, who didn't look very good-looking, still received the angry angel investors at the household department.
"Everyone." After coughing a few times, Dai Zhou went straight to the topic. "The railway is almost reaching Chengdu. It would be a pity to give up at this time. You only need to invest another 1.2 million to build it."
"fart!!"
All the angels were angry, "You think we are fools. Last time we said that we only need 600,000 guan to complete the cultivation, and now we need 1.2 million guan. You, the imperial officials, have no credibility at all!"
Faced with the saliva coming towards his face, Dai Zhou wiped his face slowly and asked lightly, "Who said that?"
"The words of Du Gong!"
"Then go find Mr. Du." Dai Zhou, who didn't look very well, simply spread his hands and said, "I didn't say that."
Rich people are not fools, so they naturally understand what this means.
Everyone said angrily, "I can't wait any longer and will refund my money!"
"I don't want money, and I won't give you my life." Dai Zhou said very calmly, "All the money has been invested. If you don't want to invest, you can go and dismantle the rails yourself. By the way, those tables, chairs, benches, etc. bought by the construction company,
You can also take them all away.”
Naturally, everyone was angry.
Tables, chairs and benches are useless. No one wants to chop them down to make fires. Nowadays, coal is being burned everywhere in the world.
As for the rails, they are worth some silver, but they are so heavy that it would take a lot of energy and resources to dismantle them.
And if the construction company doesn't accept it, no one else in the world will want it, and they can only melt it and build other objects. They have found someone to calculate it before, and the cost is almost as much as the price of investing in the railway. It is a thankless effort.
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Seeing that everyone was getting quieter, Dai Zhou said slowly, "Everyone, it's only 900,000 yuan. What does it mean to you? The profit you made on that stock is more than a few 900,000 yuan."
Come on."
It's true to say that, you can make a lot of money in the stock market.
But the problem is that the stock has been rising continuously, and no one is willing to sell it now. If you want to buy it back after selling it, you will have to pay a higher price.
Everyone was talking a lot and looked very bad.
After all, millions of coins have been invested. If you give up at this time, you will only be able to look back at hundreds of thousands of coins. The sunk cost is too great.
After some consultations, the head of the Fan Yang Lu family came forward and asked, "Dairy Gong, I would like to ask if it is feasible to open the railway only to Chengdu?"
"This is impossible." Dai Zhou shook his head repeatedly and took out a thick copywriting, "It is clearly written on it that it must be completely completed before it can be completed and opened to traffic and charges will be collected. People cannot stand without trust, so you must be honest.
of."
'It's really a ghost, you still have the nerve to say that you are honest!'
Everyone is willing to withdraw their capital. If they had invested their money in the stock market early, they would have doubled their profits by now. How could they not give up when they are at such a disadvantage?
Having been tricked once, the wealthy family naturally had a keen eye, and this time the request was very straightforward and straightforward.
"Please be your guarantor, Mr. Dai."
Dai Zhou did not hesitate. Not only did he swear on the spot that this would definitely be the last round of investment, he also wrote a written contract, guaranteeing his life and face.
After receiving this guarantee letter, the wealthy family reluctantly began to collect wealth.
Most of the wealth of each family has been invested in the stock market. If they are used now, in addition to the wealth buried deep under the pig pen, they can only use the acres of land in their hands.
Qianzhuang banks, which have gradually been established in various places, have launched a land leasing business. Each family can lease their land to the bank on a long-term contract in exchange for funds.
Of course, the price of land is extremely cheap now, and renting it out only costs tens of pennies a year.
Fortunately, there are too many acres of land in the hands of wealthy families. The advantage in quantity and the extension of the lease period can still be exchanged for considerable wealth.
These assets are basically invested in the stock market.
After all, in the eyes of everyone, sometimes you can make more money in one day in the stock market than by digging in the soil for more than ten years.
Everyone believed Dai Zhou's guarantee and obtained a letter of guarantee with his own handwriting and seal. After returning, they sent messengers to retrieve the capital accumulated over hundreds of years from the cellar and leased the land to banks in exchange for property.
Many people even secretly took out more of their guaranteed capital and sold more acres of land in exchange for goods. The extra goods were basically thrown into the stock market.
In their words, wealth hidden underground is no different than rocks. The output of an acre of land in one year is not as good as the stock market's one-day return. Of course, the more money you have to sell, the better, you can use it to buy stocks.
Dai Zhou has repeatedly assured that this is really the last round of financing, and all angel investors just need to wait to receive the money. If they still want to invest again, I can just take my head.
The wealthy family believed his guarantee, gritted their teeth and invested another 1.2 million yuan into the railway.
In addition, there is a lot more money invested in the stock market than this. No matter what the sky-high prices are now, they are desperately buying up all the stocks that can be seen, further boosting the enthusiasm of the stock market.
Just when everyone thought they could continue digging for gold in the never-ending mountain of gold, a shocking news came: Dai Zhou, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, passed away from illness.
The wealthy families who heard the news were all dumbfounded.
Then as expected, they received an invitation from Du Ruhui, the new Minister of Household Affairs.
I can't say he is new, I can only say he is back.
A few months later, Du Ruhui once again took up the post of Minister of Household Affairs.
When Du Ruhui said that additional investment was needed to build the railway to Shu, the room was quiet and everyone remained silent.
"What's going on guys?"
Du Ruhui said with a smile, "The construction of the railway to Songzhou has already begun. At this time, we only need to make an additional investment."
"Du Gong!"
Unable to hold it in any longer, the head of the Fan Yang Lu family simply said, "You promised before that you would not invest any more."
"Yes, this is indeed the case." Du Ruhui calmly picked up the tea bowl, "It's just that the tea has cooled since I left, so I will naturally have nothing to do with it after I leave office."
"Haha~~~"
There was a sneer in the room, "Du Gong is back now. Could it be that he doesn't recognize him?"
"It's not that I don't admit it. It's just that it happened last time. I already knew the matter from Dai Gong. What else can I admit?"
Some of the younger ones couldn't hold their breath, "Dai said that the 1.2 million yuan last time was the last payment, and he even signed and pledged it to guarantee it!"
"There is such a thing." Du Ruhui nodded repeatedly, "I have also heard about this matter. However, it is recognized by Dai Gongxuan. What does it have to do with me? If you want to guarantee it, just go to Dai Gong."
When he said this, everyone rolled their eyes.
Dai Zhou is already there, so how can they go to him to get a guarantee? They can't open the coffin and pretend to be dead.
The head of the Fanyang Lu family said calmly, "Duke Du, there is no need to say anything else. I will never invest any more money."
They had already discussed it before they came here. If they continue to invest in this way, they will lose everything and cannot fill this black hole.
Before, they sent people to the construction company to check the accounts. No problems could be found in the accounts, but the details were horrifying to think about.
The information obtained through insider information shows that the price of the rails purchased for the railway they invested in is more than twice that of the railway invested by the nobles!
Needless to say about other aspects, from labor costs to daily expenses, etc., everything is extremely expensive.
Everyone knows this trick, it’s just for making expenses, no one seems to know how to do it.
Moreover, most of the things purchased were purchased from the property under Li Yunze's name. As soon as the two parties cooperated, the huge sum of money that everyone had invested so hard was mysteriously gone.
If you still want to invest now, go ahead and dream!
They would rather drag the matter out until the court can't bear it anymore than give them any more money.
Seeing that everyone was in a state of despair, Du Ruhui also sighed lightly.
He simply got up and went to the back hall, and came out with others after a while.
Everyone knows the visitor, the famous God of Wealth, Li Yunze, the owner of the village.
"Everyone."
With a smile on his face, Li Yunze stepped forward and greeted, "I dare to ask you, why do you invest in railways?"
Why, of course it is to make money.
"Yes, the purpose of investing in railways is to make money." Li Yunze said with a smile, "Now there is a golden mountain in front of you, waiting for you to dig it."
Fan Yanglu's family members sneered, "Could it be that Master Li is talking about the railway we invested in?"
"That's right."
Li Yunze chuckled, "As long as this railway can be built, it can be listed directly! Your investment can be converted into original shares. This is a golden mountain!"